List of Volumes in the Series.
1. SWEET PEAS. By Horace J. Wright, late Secretary and Chairman of the National Sweet Pea Society. With Chapter on "Sweet Peas for Exhibition" by Thos. Stevenson.
2. PANSIES, VIOLAS, AND VIOLETS. By William Cuthbertson, J.P., and R. Hooper Pearson.
3. ROOT AND STEM VEGETABLES. By Alexander Dean, V.M.H., Chairman of the National Vegetable Society.
4. DAFFODILS. By the Rev. J. Jacob, Secretary of the Midland Daffodil Society, with Preface by the Rev. W. Wilks, M.A., Secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society.
5. ORCHIDS. By James O'Brien, V.M.H., Secretary of the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society.
6. CARNATIONS AND PINKS. By T. H. Cook, Head Gardener to Queen Alexandra at Sandringham; James Douglas, V.M.H.; and J. F. M'Leod, Head Gardener to Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan.
7. RHODODENDRONS AND AZALEAS. (The first popular volume published on this subject.) By William Watson, A.L.S., Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, with Preface by Sir Fred. W. Moore, M.A., A.L.S., V.M.H.
8. LILIES. By A. Grove, F.L.S., with Preface by H. J. Elwes, F.R.S.
9. APPLES AND PEARS. By George Bunyard, V.M.H., Chairman of Fruit and Vegetable Committee of Royal Horticultural Society.
10. ROSES. By H. R. Darlington, Vice-President of National Rose Society. (Double volume.)
11. IRISES. By W. Rickatson Dykes, M.A., L.-ès-L. With Preface by Professor I. Bayley Balfour, D.Sc., F.R.S., &c.
12. ANNUALS, HARDY AND HALF-HARDY. By C. H. Curtis, Hon. Sec. of the National Sweet Pea Society.
13. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. By Thomas Stevenson, with chapters by C. Harman Payne and Charles E. Shea.
14. TULIPS. By the Rev. J. Jacob.
15. THE ROCK GARDEN. By Reginald Farrer, Author of "Among the Hills," "My Rock Garden," "In a Yorkshire Garden," &c.
These will be followed by volumes on Dahlias, Climbers, Trees and Shrubs, Pæonies, Primulas, Window Gardens, Cucumbers, Melons, Bedding Plants, Hardy Herbaceous Plants, Ferns, Tomatoes, Bulbous Plants, Peaches and Nectarines, Vines, Stove and Greenhouse Plants, &c.
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