The Garden-Craft Ser 



The Horticulturist's Rule-Book 



A Compendium of Useful Information for Fruit- 



growers. Truck -gardeners. Florists, and Others 



By L. H. BAILEY 



ssor of Horticulture in the Cornell Univ 

 FOURTH EDITION -312 PAGES — 75 CTS. 



AVAST mass of information is presented iu this handy little reference 

 book, arranged so carefully and indexed so completely that instant 

 reference may be made to any one of the two thousand entries. The 

 things you want to know about horticultural work, the remedy for a plant 

 disease, the way to conquer a troublesome insect enemy — all are concisely 

 set forth. It is a collection of verified and digested facts, in compact 

 form, easy "of reference and comprehensive in range. Now hi its fourth 

 edition, the book has become a standard refei'ence work. 



The Horticulturist's Rule - Book 

 presents information upon such matters 

 as recipes for insecticides and fungicides, 

 descriptions (with remedies) of insects 

 and diseases, weeds, lawns, grafting- 

 waxes, seed and planting-tables, tables 

 of yields, rules for greenhouse heating 

 and management, with figures, methods 

 of storing produce, tai'iff and postal 

 rates, rules of societies for naming and 

 exhibiting specimens, score -cards and 

 scales of points, analyses of fertilizing 

 substances, lists of current horticultural 

 books and journals. 



" It is packed from cover to cover with a 

 vast amount of useful information for every 

 one who grows fruit, flowers, or plants of 

 any kind. All kinds of useful tables are 

 given, which are very convenient to any 

 one, whether a horticulturist or not." — Cali- 

 fornia Fruit- Oroirer. 



