CRUIT CULTURE, and the Laying Out and Management of a Country 

 Home. By W. C. STRONG, Ex- President of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, and Vice-President of the American Pomological So- 

 ciety. Illustrated. New revised edition, with many additions, making it 

 the latest and freshest book on the subiect. 

 CONTENTS : 



Rural Homes Choice of Locality Treatment A Good Lawn The 

 Approach. Fruits Location of the Fruit Garden Success in Fruit-Cul- 

 ture Profit in Fruit-Culture. How to Procure Trees Quality How to 

 Plant Time to Plant Preparing the Land Fertilizers Cutting Back 

 Distances for Planting. Care of the Fruit-Garden Irrigation Applica- 

 tion of Fertilizers Thinning the Fruit Labels. The Apple Insects In- 

 jurious to the Apple. The Pear Dwarf Pears Situation and Soil Prun- 

 ing Ripening the Fruit Insects Injurious to the Pear Diseases. The 

 Peach Injurious Insects and Diseases of the Peach Nectarines. The 

 Plum Insects and Diseases of the Plum Apricots. The Cherry In- 

 sects Injurious to the Cherry. The Quince Insects Injurious to the 

 Quince. The Grape Grape-Houses Varieties-Insects Injurious to the 

 Grape Mildew. The Currant Insects Attacking the Currant The Goose- 

 berry. The Raspberry The Blackberry The Strawberry. TheMulbeiry 

 The Fig Rhubarb Asparagus. Propagating Fruit-Trees From the 

 Seed By Division By Cuttings By*Layers By Budding By Grafting 

 Insecticides Fungicides Recipes. Price, in one volume, i6mo., cloth, $i. 



pHRYSANTHEMUM CULTURE FOR AMERICA.- Ky JA.MKS MOK- 



TON. An excellent and thorough book ; especially adapted to the 

 culture of Chrysanthemums in America. The contents include Propaga- 

 tion by Grafting. Inarching and Seed. American History. Propagation by 

 Cuttings. Exhibition Plants. Classification. Exhibition Blooms. Soil for 

 Potting. Watering and Liquid Manure. Selection of Plants. Top-Dres- 

 sing. Hints on Exhibitions. List of Synonyms. Staking and Tying 

 General Culture. Insects and Diseases. Standard Chrysanthemums. 

 Sports and Variations. Disbudding and Thinning. Oriental and Euro- 

 pean History, Calendar of Monthly Operations. Chrysanthemum Shows 

 and Organizations. National Chrysanthemum Society. Early and Late- 

 Flowering Varieties. Chrysanthemums as House-Plants Varieties for 

 Various Purposes. Price, cloth, $i ; paper, 60 cents. 



IMPROVING THE FARM, or Methods of Culture that shall afford a 

 profit, and at the same time increase the fertility of the soil. By Lu- 

 cius D. DAVIS, of Conanicut Park Farm. The contentstreat exhaustively 

 on renewing run-down farms, and comprise the following chapters: Book- 

 Farming. The Run-Dovvn Farm. Will It Pay to Improve the Farm? 

 How Farms Become Exhausted. Thorough Tillage. Rotation of Crops- 

 Green Manuring. More About Clover. Barn-Yard Manure How Made, 

 Its Cost and Value. How Prepared and Applied. The Use of Wood-Ashes. 

 Commercial Fertilizers. Special Fertilizers. Complete Manures. Ex- 

 periments with Fertilizers. Stock on the Farm. Providing Food for Stock, 

 Specialties in Farming. Price, cloth, |i. 



