2 STANDARD BOOKS. 



Mushrooms : How to Grow Theiii. 



Any one who has an ordinary house cellar, ■woodshed or barn, can 

 grow Mushrooms. This is the most practical work on the subject 

 ever written, and the only book on growing Mushrooms published 

 in America. The author describes how he grows Mushrooms, and 

 how they are grown for profit by the leading marketgardeuers, and 

 for home use by the most successful j^rivate growers. Engravings 

 drawn from nature expressly for this work. By Wm. Falconer. 

 Cloth. Price, postpaid. 1,50 



Land Braining:. 



A Handbook for Farmers on the Principles and Practice of Drain- 

 ing, by Manly Miles, giving the results of his extended exiJerience 

 in laying tile drains. The directions for the laying out and the 

 construction of tile drains will enable the farmer to avoid the 

 errors of imperfect construction, and the disappointment that 

 must necessarily follow. This manual for practical farmers will 

 also be found convenient for references in regard to many ques- 

 tions that may arise in crop growing, aside from the special sub- 

 jects of drainage of which it treats. Cloth, 12mo. 1.00 



Allen's New American Farm Book. 



The very best work on the subject; comprising all that can be con- 

 densed into an available vokime. Originally by Richard L. Allen. 

 Revised and greatly enlarged by Lewis F. Allen. Cloth, 12mo. 2.50 



Henderson's Gardening: for Profit. 



By Peter Henderson. The standard work on Market and Family 

 Gardening. The successful experience of the author for naore than 

 thirty years, and his willingness to tell, as he does in this work, the 

 secret of his success for the benefit of others, enables him to give 

 most valuable information. The book is profusely illustrated. 

 Cloth, 12mo. 2.00 



Henderson's Gardening: for Pleasure. 



A guide to the amateur in the fruit, vegetable and flower garden, 

 with full descriptions for the greenhouse, conservatory and window 

 gai-den. It meets the wants of all classes in country, city and vil- 

 lage who keep a garden for their own enjoyment i-ather tlian for 

 the sale of products. By Peter Henderson. Finely Illustrated. 

 Cloth, 12mo. 2.00 



Johnson's How Crops Grow. 



New Edition. A Treatise on the Chemical Composition, Structure 

 and Life of the Plant. Revised Edition. Tliis book is a guide to 

 the knowledge of agricultural plants, their composition, their 

 structure and modes of development and growth ; of the complex 

 organizations of plants, and the use of the parts; the germination 

 of seeds, and the food of plants obtained both from the air and 

 the soil. The book is a valuable one to all real students of agricul- 

 ture. With numerous illustrations and tables of analysis. By Prof. 

 Samuel W. Johnson of Yale College. Cloth, 12mo, 2^ 



