Cactus Culture For Amateurs by W. Watson
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Title: Cactus Culture For Amateurs Being Descriptions Of The Various Cactuses Grown In This Country, With Full And Practical Instructions For Their Successful Cultivation
Author: W. Watson
Release Date: September 3, 2004 [EBook #13357]
Language: English
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CACTUS CULTURE FOR AMATEURS:
BEING
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIOUS CACTUSES GROWN IN THIS COUNTRY.
with
FULL AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEIR SUCCESSFUL CULTIVATION.
By W. WATSON, Assistant Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED.
LONDON: L. UPCOTT GILL, 170, STRAND, W.C.
1889.
[Illustration: FIG. 1.--A COLLECTION OF CACTUSES. Frontispiece.]
PREFACE
The idea that Cactuses were seldom seen in English gardens, because so little was known about their cultivation and management, suggested to the Publisher of this book that a series of chapters on the best kinds, and how to grow them successfully, would be useful. These chapters were written for and published in The Bazaar, in 1885 and following years. Some alterations and additions have been made, and the whole is now offered as a thoroughly practical and descriptive work on the subject.
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