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THE H0RTICLL7URAL ADVERTISER. 



Tlie Sugar Beet. DO YOU LOVE HONEY? 



Including a History of the Beet Root Sugar Industry of 

 Europe. Varieties of the Sugar Beet, Examination, 

 Soils, Tillage, Seeds and Sowing, Yield and Cost of 

 Cultivation, Harvesting, Transportation, Con- 

 servation, Feeding Qualities of the Beet 

 and of the Pulp, Etc., Etc , Etc. 

 BY LEWIS S. WAKE, C.E., M.E., 



Fellow of L'Ecole des Arts, Agriculture et Manufactures, 

 Paris; member of American Chemical Society. In one 

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CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila. 



BEET ROOT SUGAR 



AND CULTIVATION OF THE BEET. 



BY E. B. GRANT. 



Including the Sugar supply of the U. S., History of Beet Root 

 Sugar, Supply of Beets, Cultivation, Cost of Beet Root Sugar in 

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814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa 



ISssay on Roses. 



BY MES. M. D. WELLCOME. 



Paper, pp. 24. Illustrated. Price, 15 cents. 



Mrs. Wellcome writes with enthusiasm, and from a 

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 little monograph interesting and suggestive."— Boston 

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HINTS FOR PAINTERS, 



Decorators and Paper-Hangers. 



being a selection of useful rules, data, memoranda, methods 

 and suggestions of house, ship and furniture painting, paper- 

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TheCHEMISTfifoftheFlieM 



BY. R. WAEINGTON, P. C. S. 



A most valuable Work, which should be in the Hands of 

 Farmers, Gardeners and TUlers of the soil generally. It 

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SWEET POTATO CULTURE. 



GIVING FULL INSTRUCTIONS FROM 



STARTING THE PLANTS TO HARVESTING 



AND STORING THE CROP. 



WITH A CHAPTER ON THE CHINESE YAM. 



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AMATEUR'S ROSE BOOK. 



By Shirley Hibberd. 



Comprising the cultivation of the Rose in the open ground 

 and under glass; the formation of the Rosarium; the charac- 

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 for exhibition ; the raising of new varieties; and the work of 

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BY JAMES FITZ, 



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A MANUAL OF VEGETABLE PLANTS, 



BY ISAAC F. TILLINGHA8T. 



Containing the experiences of the author in starting all those 

 kinds of vegetables which are most diflScult for a novice to produce 

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WHEAT CULTURE; 



How to bouble the Yield and Increase the Profits. 



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PRACTICAL HINTS 



On the selection and use of the 



MICROSCOPE, 



Intended for beginners, by John Phin, 



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KEEPING ONE COW. 



Being the experience of a number of practical writers, in a clear 

 and condensed form, upon the 



Management of a Single Milch Cow. 



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Say's American Insects 



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ROSES IN POTS; 



observations on their Cultivation including the Autobiography of a 

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byWM. PAUL. 



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