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                                  THE

                             NURSERY-BOOK


                           A COMPLETE GUIDE
                                TO THE
               Multiplication and Pollination of Plants


                           _By L. H. BAILEY_


                               New York:
                     The Rural Publishing Company
                                 1891


_By the Same Author._


Horticulturist's Rule-Book.

A Compendium of Useful Information for Fruit Growers, Truck Gardeners,
Florists and others. New edition, completed to the close of 1890. Pp.
250. Library edition, cloth, $1. Pocket edition, paper, 50 cents.


Annals of Horticulture

FOR THE YEARS 1889 AND 1890.

A Witness of Passing Events, and a Record of Progress. Being records
of introductions during the year, of new methods and discoveries in
horticulture, of yields and prices, horticultural literature and work
of the experiment stations, necrology, etc. _Illustrated._ 2 vols.
Library edition, cloth, $1 per vol. Pocket edition, paper, 50 cents per
vol.


COPYRIGHTED 1891,
BY L. H. BAILEY.

ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED
BY J. HORACE M'FARLAND, HARRISBURG, PA.




PREFACE.


This little handbook aims at nothing more than an account of the
methods commonly employed in the propagation and crossing of plants,
and its province does not extend, therefore, to the discussion of
any of the ultimate results or influences of these methods. All such
questions as