2 STANDARD BOOKS. 
Mushrooms: How to Grow Them. 
Any one who has an ordinary house cellar, woodshed or barn, can 
grow Mushrooms. This isthe most practical work on the subject 
ever written, and the only book on growing Mushrooms published 
in America. The author describes how he grows Mushroom3, and 
how they are grown for profit by the leading market gardeners, and 
for home use by the most successful private growers. Engravings 
drawn from nature expressly for this work. By Wm. Falconer. 
Cloth. Price, postpaid. 1.50 
Land Draining. 
A Handbook for Farmers on the Principles and Practice of Drain- 
ing, by Manly Miles, giving the results of his extended experience 
in laying tile drains. The directions for the laying out and the 
construction of tile drains will enable the farmer to avoid the 
errors of imperfect construction, and the disappointment that 
must necessarily follow. This manual for practical farmers will 
also be found convenient for references in regard to many ques- 
tions that may arise in crop growing, aside from the special sub- 
jects of drainage of which it treats. Cloth, 12mo. 1.00 
Allen’s New American Farm Book. 
The very best work on the subject; comprising all that can be con- 
densed into an available volume. Originally by Richard L. Allen. 
Revised and greatly enlarged by Lewis F. Allen. Cloth, 12mo. 2.50 
Henderson’s Gardening for Profit. 
By Peter Henderson. The standard work on Market and Family 
Gardening. Thesuccessful experience of the author for more than 
thirty years, and his willingness to tell, as he does in this work, the 
secret of his success for the benefit of others, enables him to give — 
most valuable information. The book is profusely illustrated. — 
Cloth, 12mo. 2.00 
Henderson’s Gardening for Pleasure. 
A guide to the amateur in the fruit, vegetable and flower garden, 
with full descriptions for the greenhouse, conservatory and window 
garden. It meets the wants of all classes in country, city and vil- 
lage who keep a garden for their own enjoyment rather than for 
the sale of products. By Peter Henderson. Finely Illustrated. 
Cloth, 12mo. 2.00 
Johnson’s How Crops Grow. 
New Edition. A Treatise on the Chemical Composition, Structure 
and Life of the Plant. Revised Edition. This book is a guide to 
the knowledge of agricultural plants, their composition, their 
structure and modes of development and growth;of the complex 
organizations of plants, and the use of the parts; the germination 
of seeds, and the food of plants obtained both from the air and 
the soil. The book is a valuable one to all real students of agricul- 
ture. With numerous illustrations and tables of analysis. By Prof. 
Samuel W. Johnson of Yale College. Cloth, 12mo, 2.08 
