Tumbledown Farm .9 Acres (give or take an acre or two)

Abbreviations and Authorities.

Am. Agr.,--The American Agriculturist. By ORANGE JUDD, A. M. New York. Monthly. 1842 to the present time.

Big.--Plants of Boston and Vicinity. By JACOB BIGELOW, M. D. Boston, 1840.

Bon Jard.--Le Bon Jardinier pour l'Annee 1859. Par A. POITEAU et M. VILMORIN.

Corb.--The American Gardener. By WILLIAM CORBETT. Concord, Boston, and New York, 1812.

Cot. Gard.--The Cottage Gardener. By GEORGE W. JOHNSON and ROBERT HOGG. Weekly. London.

Count. Gent.--The Country Gentleman. By LUTHER TUCKER and SON. Weekly. Albany, N.Y.

De Cand.--De Candolle's Systema Naturale. By Prof. DE CANDOLLE. 2 vols. Svo. Paris, 1818, 1821.

Down.--The Fruit and Fruit-trees of America. By A. J. DOWNING. Revised and corrected by CHARLES DOWNING, 1858.

Gard. Chron.--The Gardener's Chronicle. Weekly. By Prof. LINDLEY. 1844 to the present time.

Gray--Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States. By Prof. ASA GRAY. New York, 1857.

Hort.--The Horticulturist, and Journal of Art and Rural Taste. Monthly. By P. BARRY and J. JAY SMITH. Philadelphia.

Hov. Mag.--The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany; and Rural Affairs. By C. M. HOVEY. Boston. Monthly. 1834 to the present time.

Law.--The Agriculturalist's Manual. By PETER LAWSON and SON. Edin­burgh, 1836.

Lind.--A Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden. By GEORGE LINDLEY. London, 1831.

Loud.--Encyclopaedia of Gardening. By J. C. LOUDON. London, 1850.

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xii ABBREVIATIONS AND AUTHORITIES.

Loud.--Encyclopaedia of Agriculture. By J. C. L0UDON. London, 1844.

Low.--The Elements or Practical Agriculture. By DAVID LOW. London, 1843.

McInt.--The Book of the Garden. By CHARLES McINTOSH. 2 vols. Edin­burgh and London, 1855.

Mill.--The Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary. By PHILIP MILLER. Re­vised by Prof. MARTYN. London, 1819.

Neill.--Neill's Journal of a Horticultural Tour, &c. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1823.

New Am. Cyclopaedia.--New American Cyclopaedia. D. APPLETON & CO., New York. 16 vols. royal 8vo. 1857 to 1863.

Rog.

--The Vegetable Cultivator. By JOHN ROGERS. London, 1851.

Thomp.--The Gardener's Assistant. By ROBERT THOMPSON.

Trans.--The Transactions of the London Horticultural Society, Commenced 1815, and continued at intervals to the present time.

Vil.--Description des Plantes Potageres, Par VILMORIN, ANDRIEUX, et CIE. Paris, 1856.