POPULAR FLOWERS;

THEIR

Propagation, Cultivation, and General Creatment

IN ALL SEASONS.

EDITED BY

ROBERT TYAS, B.A., F.R.B.S.,

AUTHOR OF "FAVOURITE FIELD FLOWERS," "FLOWERS FROM THE HOLY
LAND," ETC., ETC.

With Twelve Coloured Portraits,

DRAWN FROM NATURE, AND COLOURED BY
JAMES ANDREWS.

Third Series.

LONDON:

HOULSTON AND STONEMAN, PATERNOSTER ROW.

MDCCCLIV.

191.6.139.

LONDON:

THOMAS HARRILD, PRINTER, SILVER STREET,

FALCON SQUARE.

ADVERTISEMENT.

It is now many years since the First and Second Series of Popular Flowers were offered to the public. They were remarkably successful in winning the favour of admirers of flowers, and it is in consequence of their retaining that favour that this Third Series has been undertaken. How far it deserves and will obtain an extension of that favour it is not for us to express an opinion. The quantity of matter has been increased, and recourse has been had to the best authorities for information, yet we cannot hope that the methods of cultivation will be universally approved in detail, since the varieties of climate, soil, and situation, even in our little island, are so diverse, that the practice of every cultivator will of