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(1) The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (2) Forage Plants and their Culture (3) American Science Series Essentials of College Botany (4) The Story of Plant Life in the British Isles: Types of the Natural Orders

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(1) THE second volume of Bailey's “Cyclo-X pedia of Horticulture” contains information on every subject pertaining to horticulture from “Cabbages” to “Extension Teaching in Horticulture,” and is of a remarkably comprehensive character.

(1) The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.

Vol. ii., Ca-E. By L. H. Bailey. Pp. 603-1200. (New York: The Macmillan Co.; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1914.) Price 25s. net.

(2) Forage Plants and their Culture.

By C. V. Piper. Pp. xx + 618. (New York: The Macmillan Co.; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1914.) Price 7s. 6d. net.

(3) American Science Series. Essentials of College Botany.

By Prof. C. E. Bessey Prof. E. A. Bessey. Pp. xiv + 409. (New York: Henry Holt and Co., n.d.) Price 1.50 dollars.

(4) The Story of Plant Life in the British Isles: Types of the Natural Orders.

Vol. ii. By A. R. Horwood. Pp. xiv + 358. Vol. iii. Pp. xvi + 514. (London: J. and A. Churchill, 1914.) Price 6s. 6d. net each.

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(1) The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (2) Forage Plants and their Culture (3) American Science Series Essentials of College Botany (4) The Story of Plant Life in the British Isles: Types of the Natural Orders. Nature 95, 421–423 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/095421a0

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