TWO IMPORTANT NEW WORKS 



The Strawberry in North America 



By S. W. FLETCHER 



Rural Science Series Illustrated, doth, l2m.o, 11.75 



This work is not only a practical guide to the strawberry growing, but also a sketch of the 

 evolution of the strawberry in North America, from the wilding of colonial days to its present 

 jiosition as the most cosmoiiolitan of American fruits, second only to the apple in commercial 

 importance. The volume includes chapters on the early history of the strawberry in the Old 

 World and the New, the l)otany and origin of the cultivated strawberry, the rise of strawberry 

 culture and the different ways in which it is practised in different parts of the country, with 

 something of an attempt to elucidate the principles that underiie these practices. 



Principles of Floriculture 



By EDWARD A. WHITE 



Professor of Floriculture in the New York State College of Agriculture 

 at Cornell University 



Rural Text-Book Series Illustrated, doth, 12mo, $1.75 



The flower-growing business has become highly specialized. Science has, therefore, come 

 to be an important factor in flower production, and thei'e has arisen a demand for scientific 

 information regarding all lines of floriculture. The purpose of the author of this book has been 

 to consider the principles which underlie the successful culture of ornamental plants, and to jjre- 

 sent these in such a manner that the book may be useful in the classroom. It is believed that it 

 will also be of service in a practical way to practical men. Among the topics discussed are: 

 the importance of the plant- and flower-growing industry; principles and methods of con- 

 structing and heating glass houses; factors which influence healthy plant growth; business 

 principles in marketing flowers; glasshouse insects and their extermination; diseases of plants 

 and their remedies, and the factors which underlie successful culture of standard florists' crops. 



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