By PETER HENDERSON. 



For those who have not seen our other works on Gardening, we give below a brief statement of 

 their scope and contents: 



"QAMDEMNQ FQB PROFIT." 



To such as are intending to begin the business of Market Gardening, wo offor for their instruction 

 our work "Gardening for Profit," published first in 1S66, and new edition in 1873. " Gardening for 

 Profit" has had a larger sale, probably, than any work ever published on tao subject of Horticulture. 

 Upwards of fifty thousand copies have been sold, and we have hundreds of grateful testimonials from 

 those who have been benefited by its teachings. The subjects of its contents are: 



The Men fitted for the Business; Amount of Capital Re- 

 quired nd Working Force per Acre; Profits of Market 

 Gardening; The Market Gardens near London; Location, 

 Situation, and Laying Out; Soils, Drainage, and Prepara- 

 tion: Manures; Implements: The Uses and Management 

 of Cold Frames; The Formation and Management of Hot- 



bels; Forcing Pits anl Q-oon-houses; Seeds an:l Reed 

 Raisin';; How, Waeri. and Wnerj to Sow Seeds; Trans- 

 planting: racking ot' Vegetables for Shipping; Preserva- 

 tion of Vegetables in Winter: Insects; Vegetables, their 

 Variety and Cultivation; Monthly Calendar of Operations. 



Our second work, written in 1868, second edition in 1873, and the third edition December, 1878, is 

 entitled 



and it, like its contemporary, was written to teach how flowers and plants can bo best " grown for prof- 

 it." The success of this has been even more marked than the first, when we consider that it only refers 

 to a business that is exclusively a luxury. Upwards of twenty-five thousand copies of this work havo 

 been sold, and it has been the means of establishing thousands of persons in an agreeable and, in a ma- 

 jority of cases, profitable business. Its contents embrace : 



quets. Baskets, et~.: Wire Designs for Cut Flowers: Hang- 

 ing Baskets; Parlor and Window Gardening; Wardian 

 Cases. Ferneries, etc.; Formation of Rock- work; Insects; 

 Ars Plants rajurious to Ijalt.i? Natur-3's i-aw of Colors; 

 Packing Plants; Plants by Mail ; The Profits of Floricul- 

 ture; How to Be-io'me a Florist; Short Descriptions of 

 Soft-Wx>dedor Bedding Plants of the Lea ling Kinds: What 

 Flowers will Grow in the Shade; Green-house and Stove 

 or Hot-house i. lants. Annuals, Hardy Herbaceous, Peren- 

 nial, anl Biennial Alan's: Ornamental Shrubs and Climb- 

 ers; CuUu-a of Graoe Vims under Glass; Diary of Oper- 

 ations for Kacu Day in the Year. 



Aspect and Soil; Laying Out the Lawn and Flower Garden; 

 Designs for Ornamental Grounds; Planting of Flower 

 Beds; Soils for Pot ting; Temperature an:l Moisture; Tho 

 Potting of Plants; Cold Frames Winter Protection: Con- 

 struction of Hot-beds; Green-house Structures; Grean- 

 honses Attached to Dwellings; Modes of Heating; Base 

 Burning Water Heater; Propagation of Plants by Seeds; 

 What Varieties come True from Seed: Propagation of 

 Plants by Cuttings; How Plants and Flowera are Grown; 

 Propagation of Lilies; Culture of the Rose ; Culture 01 

 the Verbena; Culture of the Tuberose; Orchid Culture; 

 Holland Bulbs: Cape Bulbs, Varieties and Culture; Cul- 

 ture of Winter-Flowering Plants; Construction of Bou- 



Our first two books fell into the hands of many who had no desire to make gardening a business, 

 "but who yet wished for information on the subject for their private use. To such it was found that a 

 book detailing operations on a smaller scale, yet embracing, as far as possible, all the information on 

 the subject, was much wanted. To supply this want we, in 1875, wrote 



"QABDEXIN& 



the Valley: Green-houses Attached to Dwellings; A De- 

 tache 1 Grean-houa 3 or Grapery; Heating by Hot Water; 

 Gr33n-hous3 Pits without Artificial Heat; Combined Cel- 

 lar and Green-house: Hot-bals; Shrubs; Climbers and 

 Trees; Hardy Herbujeous Perannials; Annual Flowering 

 Plaats; Timers which will Grow in the Shade; Insects: 

 Mildew; Fro^eo. Plants: Mulching; Are Plants in Rooms 

 Injurious to Health? Shading: .The Laws of Colors in 

 Fiowsrs: Pruning; Harly Grapes; Cold Grapery; The 

 Ho'-houss or Fining Grapery; The Strawberry; Cottage 

 G araenin.; A Digression: The Vegetable Garden; Garden 

 Implements; Monthly Calender of Operations. 



flowers, and vegetables. Its contents include : 



Soil and Location; Drainage: Preparation of the Ground; 

 Walks; Manures; How to Use Concentrated Fertilizers; 

 Special Fertilizers for Particular Plants; The Lawn- De- 

 sign for Garden ; Planting of Lawns and Flower Beds ' Fall 

 or Holland Bulbs; Propagation of Plants by Seeds; Prop- 

 agation of Plants by Cuttings; Propagating by Layering- 

 About Grafting and Budding; How Grafting and Balding 

 are Done; Treatment of Tropical Bulbs, Seeds, etc.; The 

 Potting of Plants; Winter-Flowering Plants; Unhealthy 

 Plants the Remedy; Plants Suited for Summer Decora- 

 tion: Hanging Baskets; Window Gardening; Parlor Gar- 

 dening, or the Cultivation of Plants in Rooms; War.lian 

 Cues; Ferneries, Jardinieres; Winter-Forcing the Lily 01 



All these works were written by Peter Henderson, tlio senior member of our firm, and are simply a 

 relation of his extensive experience of over a quarter of n century, in all departments of Horticulture. 

 They are written in the plainest language, so that the instructions can be at once understood, no mat- 

 ter how ignorant the reader mav bo of the subject. The price of "Gardening for Profit," "Practical 

 Floriculture," and "Gardening for Pleasure," is $1.50 each, (prepaid by mail;) but to all ordering seeds, 

 plants, or other articles to the value of $10.00, (in one order,) from our Catalogues, either one of them 

 will be added gratis. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO., 



Matrket Gariteiieffs, and! Florists* 



35 CORTLANDT ST., NEW YORK. 



