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PROF. L. H. BAILEY has again placed horticulturists in his debt by the publication of his “Manual of Cultivated Plants,” in which he has set down the plants commonly grown in N. America, both for use and for their horticultural interest. The book is furnished with keys by which the various species can readily be identified, which are of very great value. The descriptive portion is prefaced by a very useful general account of herbarium methods, terms and names used in botanical science, and a valuable list of the botanists who have given to the plants their specific names. This is followed by a key to the families of the plants referred to in the manual.
Manual of Cultivated Plants: a Flora for the Identification of the most Common or Significant Species of Plants grown in the Continental United States and Canada for Food, Ornament, Utility, and General Interest, both in the Open and under Glass.
By L. H. Bailey. Pp. 851. (New York: The Macmillan Co.; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1924.) 31s. 6d. net.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 114, 748 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114748b0
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