Practical Outdoor Books. 



How to Raise Fruits.— a Handbook 



of Fruit Culture. Being a Guide to the Proper Cultivation and Management of Fruit 

 Trees, and of Grapes and Small Fruits, with condensed descriptions of many of the best 

 and most popular varieties, with upwards of 100 engravings. By Tuomas Grkgg. $1.00. 



A book which should be owned by every person who owns a rod of available land, and 

 it will serve to secure success where now there is nothing but failure. It covers the 

 ground fully, without technicalities, and is a work on "Fruit Culture for the Million." 



It tells of the cost , ho vv to plant, how to trim, how to transplant, location, soil, selection, 

 diseases, insects, borers, blights, cultivation, how to prune, manuring, layering, budding, 

 grafting, etc., including full description and management of Orchard Fruit, such as Ap- 

 ples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Cherries, Quinces, Apricots, Nectarines, etc. It is a most 

 complete Guide to Small-Fruit Culture, with many illustrations and descriptions of the 

 latest varieties of Grapes, Strawberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries, Cur- 

 rants, etc. 



How to Paint. — A New Work by a Practi- 

 cal Painter. Des'gned for the use of Farmers, Tradesmen, Mechanics, Merchants, and 

 as a Guide to the Professional Painter. Containing a plain common-sense statement of 

 the methods employed by painters to produce satisfactory results in Plain and Fancy 

 Painting of every description, including Gilding, Bronzing, Staining, Graining, Marbling, 

 Varnishing, Polishing, Kalsomining, Paper-Hanging, Striping, Lettering, Copying, and 

 Ornamenting, with directions for mixing and applying all kinds of Paints. Makes 

 " Every Man his Own Painter." Si. 00. 



The Model Potato.— An exposition of 



the proper cultivation of the Potato ; the Causes of its Disease, and the Remedy ; its 

 Renewal, Presei-vation, Productiveness, and Cooking. 50 cents. 



Horses: Their Feed and Their 



FEET.— A manual of horse hygiene, invaluable for the veteran or the novice, pointing 

 out the causes of "Malaria," "Glanders," "Pink Eye," "Distemper," etc., and how to 

 Prevent and Counteract them. By C, E. Page, M.D., with a Treatise and Notes on 

 Shoeing by Sir George Cox and Col. M. C. Weld. 150 pp. 12mo, paper, 50 cents ; extra 

 tloth, 75 cents. 



By mail, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address 



FOWLER & WELLS, Publishers, 



'753 Broadway, New York. 



