STANDARD BOOKS. 



Ginseng:, Its Cultivation, Harvesting, Marketing: and 

 Market Value. 



By Maurice G. Rains, with a short account of its history 

 and botanj'. it discusses in a practical way how to 

 begin with either seed or roots, soil, climate and location, 

 preparation, planting- and maintenance of the beds, arti- 

 ficial propagation, manures, enemies, selection for mar- 

 ket and for improvement, preparation for sale, and the 

 profits that may be expected. This booklet is concisely 

 written, well and profusely illustrated, and should be 

 in the hands of all who expect to grow this drug to 

 supply the export trade, and to add a new and profitable 

 industry to their farms and gardens, without interfering 

 with the regular work. 12mo $ .35 



Land Draining. 



A handbook for farmers on the principles and practice 

 of draining, 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 neces- 

 sarily follow. This manual for practical farmers will 

 also be found convenient for references in regard to many 

 questions that may arise in crop growing, aside from 

 the special subjects of drainage of which it treats. Cloth, 

 12mo. $1.00 



Henderson's Practical Floriculture. 



By Peter Henderson. A guide to the successful propaga- 

 tion and cultivation of florists' plants. The work is not 

 one for florists and gardeners only, but the amateur's 

 wants are constantly kept in mind, and we have a very 

 complete treatise on the cultivation of flowers under 

 glass, or in the open air, suited to those who grow flowers 

 for pleasure as well as those who make them a matter 

 of trade. Beautifully illustrated. New and enlarged 

 edition. Cloth, 12mo $1.50 



Tobacco Leaf. 



By J. B. Killebrew and Herbert Myrick. Its Culture 

 and Cure, Marketing and Manufacture, A practical 

 handbook on the most approved methods in growing, 

 harvesting, curing, packing, and selling tobacco, with an 

 account of the operations in every department of tobacco 

 manufacture. The contents of this book are based on 

 actual experiments in field, curing barn, packing house, 

 factory and laboratory. It is the only work of the kind 

 in existence, and is destined to be the standard practical 

 and scientific authority on the whole subject of tobacco 

 for many years. Upwards of 500 pages and 150 original 

 engravings $2.00 



