2 STANDARD BOOKS. 



Mushrooms. How to Grow Them. 



For home use fresh Mushrooms are a delicious, highly nutritious and 

 wholesome delicacy; and for market they are less bulky than eggs, 

 and, when properly handled, no crop is more remunerative. Anyone 

 who has an ordinary house cellar, woodshed, or barn can grow ^iush- 

 rooms. This is the most practical work on the subject ever written, 

 and the only book on growing Mushrooms ever published in America. 

 The whole subject is treated in detail, minutely and plainly, as only a 

 practical man, actively engaged in Mushroom growing, can handle' it. 

 The author describes how he himself grows Mushrooms, and how they 

 ' are grown for profit by the leading market gardeners, and for home 

 use by the most successful private growers. The book is amply and 

 pointedly illustrated, with engravings drawn from nature expressly 

 for this work. By Wm. Falconer. Is nicely printed and bound in 

 cloth. Price, post-paid 1.50 



Allen's New American Farm Book. 



The very best work on the subject ; comprising all that can be con- 

 densed into an available volume. Oiiginally by Richard L. Allen. 

 Revised and greatly enlarged by Lewis F. Alle'n. Cloth, r2mo... 2,50 



Henderson's Gardening for Profit. 



By Peter Henderson. New edition. Entirely rewritten and greatly 

 enlarged. The standard work on Market and Family Gardening. 

 The successful experience of the author for more tl> an 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 



Fuller's Practical Forestry. 



A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting, and Cultivation, with a de- 

 scription and the botanical and proper'names of all the indigenous 

 trees of the United States, both Evergreen and Deciduous, with Notes 

 on a large number of the most valuable Exotic Species. By Andrew 

 S. Fuller, author of "Grape Culturist," "Small Fruit Culturist," etc. 



1.50 



The Dairyman's Manual 



By Henry Stewart, author of "The Shepherd's Manual," "Irriga- 

 tion," etc. A useful and practical work by a writer who is well 

 known as thoroughly familiar with the subject of which be writes. 

 Cloth, 12mo - 2.00 



Truck Farming at the South. 



A work giving the experience of a successful grower of vegetables or 

 " grain truck ' for Northern markets. Essential to any one who con- 

 templates entering this promising field of Agriculture. * By A. Oemler. 

 of Georgia, Illustrated. Cloth, 12mo 1.50 



Harris on the Pig. 



New edition. Revised and enlarged by the author. The points of the 

 various English and American breeds are thoroughly discussed, and 

 the great advantage of using thoroughbred males clearly shown. The 

 work is equally valuable to the farmer who keeps but few pigs, and to 

 the breeder on an extensive scale. By Joseph Han-is. Illustrated. 

 Cloth, 12mo 1.50 



Jones's Peanut Plant Its Cultivation and TJses. 



A practical Book, instructing the beginner how to raise good crops 

 of Peanuts. By B. W. Jones, Surry Co., Va. Paper Cover, 50 



