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 Informationfor Fruit Growers, Truck Gardeners,Florists and others. New edition, completedto 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 aRecord of Progress. Being records ofintroductions during the year, of newmethods and discoveries in horticulture,of yields and prices, horticulturalliterature and work of the experimentstations, necrology, etc. Illustrated. 2vols. 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. |
This little handbook aims at nothing more than anaccount of the methods commonly employed inthe propagation and crossing of plants, and itsprovince does not extend, therefore, to the discussion ofany of the ultimate results or influences of these methods.All such questions as those relating to the formation ofbuds, the reciprocal influences of cion and stock, comparativeadvantages of whole and piece roots, and the resultsof pollination, do not belong here.
In its preparation I have consulted freely all the bestliterature of the subject, and I have been aided by manypersons. The entire volume has been read by skilledpropagators, so that even all such directions as are commonlyrecommended in other countries have also beensanctioned, if admitted, as best for this. In the propagationof trees and shrubs and other hardy ornamentals,I have had the advice of the head propagator of one ofthe largest nurseries in this country. The whole volumehas also passed through the hands of B. M. Watson, Jr.,of the Bussey Institution of Harvard University, ateacher of unusual skill and experience in this direction,and who has added greatly to the value of the book.The articles upon orchids and upon most of the differentgenera of orchids in the Nursery List, have been contributed« 4 »by W. J. Bean, of the Royal Gardens, Kew,who is well known as an orchid specialist. I have drawnfreely upon the files of magazines, both domestic andforeign, and I have made particular use of Nicholson’s IllustratedDictionary of Gardening, Vilmorin’s Les Fleursde Pleine Terre, Le Bon Jardinier, and Rümpler’s IllustriertesGartenbau-Lexikon.
It is believed that the Nursery List contains all theplants which are ordinarily grown by horticulturists inthis country either for food or