Hural Seizure 



Edited by PROFESSOR L. H. BAILEY. 



THE SPRAYING OF PLANTS : A succinct AC 



count of th< 



History, Principles and Practice of the Application o 



Liquids and Powders to Plants for the Purpose o 



Destroying Insects and Fungi. By E. G. LODEMAN, lat 



Instructor in Horticulture in the Cornell University. 39 



pages, 92 illustrations. $1.0' 



The only complete manual of the spraying of plants, and th 



standard work upon the subject. The first part is a complete hi^ 



tory of the rise of spraying, both in this country and abroat 



There are also full illustrated accounts of pumps and nozzle; 



complete recipes of formulas, and the like. The second part, con 



prising 135 pages, is an alphabetical illustrated account of th 



various insects and fungi, with methods of treating them. Tli 



book as a whole is not only a complete monograph upon the sul 



ject, but a most valuable manual of practice. 



" I have looked it carefully over with a great deal of interest, and feel th; 

 it is a very timely book, and one that can be safely recommended to all hort 

 culturists and fruit-growers as the best." PRES. H. H. GOODELL, 



Massachusetts Agricultural ('olteii 

 Amherst, Mass. 



THE PRINCIPLES OF FRUIT-GROWING 



By PROFESSOR L. H. BAILEY. 520 pages, 114 illustrations. $1.2 



This book is designed to treat all those underlying matters 

 fruit-growing which are common to most or all of the vario 

 fruits. The author in preparing a monograph upon the Appl 

 concluded that it would serve the purpose of his readers beti 

 if all the essentials of fruit-growing were placed in a separ:f 

 initial volume. He has, therefore, delayed the preparation of t 

 Apple book for the present. 



" The Principles of Fruit-Growing" is a unique book, and brin 

 the very best science of the day to join hands with the best pr: 

 tice. It includes illustrations of every important operation, a 

 may be taken as a consensus of the opinions and methods of t 

 most successful growers. The contents are as follows : Inti 

 ductory Discussion, comprising an inventory and classitication 

 fruits, the fruty zones, the outlook for fruit-growing; the Locati 

 and Its Climate, with a full discussion of frosts ; the Tilling 

 Fruit Lands ; the Fertilizing of Fruit Lands ; the Planting 

 Orchards; Seconchu-y Care of Orchards; Diseases, Insects a 

 Spraying; Picking aiid Packing and Storing Fruits, Shipping, et< 

 and a bibliography of American writings on the subject. 



