Snrtes. 



Edited by PROFESSOR L. H. BAILEY. 



THE NURSERY - BOOK A Complete Guide to the 



Multiplication of Plants. 



Third edition, thoroughly revised and extended. 365 pages, 152 

 illustrations. $1.00 



This manual, which has been one of the most popular of recent 

 horticultural books, was first published in 1891. In this third edi- 

 tion, all the features of the first two editions have been preserved, 

 and the work has been extended to include many new subjects, 

 such as seed-testing, mutual influence of stock and cion, the ques- 

 tion of the devitalizing effects of graftage, the management and 

 fertilizing of nursery lands, the grading of trees, storing of trees, 

 trimming trees in the nursery, the healing of wounds, dwarfing 

 trees, root-grafted vs. budded trees, and a full glossary. Very 

 many new and original illustrations have been added. The book 

 comprises full practical directions for seed-sowing, the making of 

 all kinds of layers, stools, cuttings, propagation by bulbs and 

 tubers, and very complete accounts of all the leading kinds of 

 budding, grafting and inarching. Aside from this, The Nursery 

 List is an alphabetical catalogue of about 1,500 plants, of fruit, 

 kitchen-garden, ornamental and greenhouse species, with direc- 

 tions for their multiplication. The book is the most complete 

 treatise of its kind in the language, and is the standard reference 

 book of nurserymen. 



"This book should be in the home of not only every horticulturist, but of 

 every family, irrespective of occupation, who love flowers or ornamental plants, 

 for it treats of the propagation of these as well as of food-plants." Michigan 

 Frtiit- Grower. 



THE FORCING-BOOK: A Manual of the cmtiva- 



: tion of Vegetables in Glass 



Houses. 266 pages, 88 illustrations. $1.00 



A handbook of instructions upon the forcing of vegetables for 

 market, which is the completest work of the kind yet published in 

 this country. It is based on careful experimentation at the Cor- 

 nell University Station, and a long familiarity with the forcing 

 business. It contains full estimates of the cost of heating forcing- 

 houses and of the labor necessary to run them, with illustrated 

 chapters on the construction of forcing-houses, and their manage- 

 ment. Very complete directions are given for the watering, venti- 

 lating, shading, and piping of houses ; for the control of insects 

 and fungous diseases, the making of forcing-house soils, etc. 

 Then follow detailed instructions as to how to force lettuce, cauli- 

 flower, radish, asparagus, rhubarb, pea, salad plants and mints, 

 root-crops, pepino, cucumber, muskmelon, bean, pepper, egg-plant, 

 and others. The final chapter is a collection of summaries of the 

 leading points in the management of each croup, so arranged that 

 the busy man can turn to any one of them instantly. The book 

 should be had by every person who has a greenhouse. 



