GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 



PETER HENDERSON. 



To such as are intending to begin the business of Market 

 Gardening, we offer for their instruction our work, " Gardening for 

 Profit," published first in 1866, and a new edition in 1873. "Gar- 

 dening for Profit " has had a larger sale, probably, than any work 

 ever published on the subject of Horticulture. Upward of 100,000 

 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 Required and Working 

 Force per Acre. Profits of Market Gardening. The Market Gardens near 

 London. Location, Situation and Laying Out. Soils, Drainage and Pre- 

 paration. Manures. Implements. The Uses and Management of Cold 

 Frames. The Formation and Management of Hot-beds. Forcing Pits and 

 Green-houses. Seeds and Seed Raising. How, When and Where to Sow 

 Seeds. Transplanting. Packing of Vegetables for Shipping. Preservation 

 of Vegetables in Winter. Insects. Vegetables; their Variety and Cultiva- 

 tion. Monthly Calendar of Operations. 



Sent post-paid, on receipt of $1.5O. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO., 



35 & 37 Cortlandt St., New York. 



