PETER HENDERSON'S WORKS. 



GARDENING FOR PLEASURE.- -B y PETER HENDERSON. 



New Edition. Tells how to grow Flowers, Vegetables and small 

 Fruits, in the Garden and Green-house ; also treats fully on 

 Window and House Plants. It was specially written for ama- 

 teurs contains 404 pages, and is fully illustrated. Price, $2.00, 

 post-paid. The scope of this book includes : 



Preparation of the Ground Walks The Lawn Design for Gardens Planting of Lawn and 

 Flower Beds Fall or Holland Bulbs, etc. Propagation of Plants by Seeds Propagation of Plants by 

 Cuttings How Grafting and Budding are done The Potting of Plants Winter Flowering Plants 

 Plants suited for Summer Decoration Window Gardening Culture of Water Lilies and other Aquatic 

 Plants The Chrysanthemum Parlor Gardening, or the Cultivation of Plants in Rooms Green- 

 houses attached to Dwellings Detached Green-houses, Modes of Heating, etc. Green-houses and 

 Pits Without Artificial Heating Flowers that will Grow in the Shade Insects and other Parasites 

 injurious to Plants Humbugs in Horticulture Hardy Grapes The Cold Grapery The Hot- ho use or 

 Forcing Grapery The Strawberry The Vegetable Garden Monthly Calendar of Operations. 



GARDENING FOR PROFIT. By PETER HENDERSON. New 

 Edition. A new, revised and greatly enlarged edition of this 

 popular work. This book gives in detail our 25 years' expe- 

 rience in Market Gardening, and a revised list of varieties in 

 vegetables recommended for market culture. Written particularly 

 for the Market Gardener, but is equally valuable for the Private 

 Gardener. Fully illustrated ; 376 pages. Price, $2.00, post-paid. 

 Its contents are : 



The Forcing of all important Vegetables and Fruit under Glass The Men Fitted for the Business 

 The Amount of Capital required and Working Force per Acre Profits of Market Gardening Loca- 

 tion, Situation and Laying Out Soils, Drainage and Preparation Manures The Uses and Management 

 of Cold Frames Protecting Cloth in lieu of Sashes Spring raising of Cabbage, Cauliflower and 

 Lettuce Formation and Management of Hot-beds Forcing Pits or Green-houses Wide Green-houses 

 for Vegetable Crops Forcing Strawberries Seeds and Seed Raising How, When and Where to Sow 

 Seeds Transplanting Vegetables, their Varieties and Cultivation When to Sow and Plant in the 

 Southern States Packing of Vegetables for Shipping Preservation of Vegetables in Winter Insects 

 Culture of Small Fruits Monthly Calendar of Operations. 



GARDEN AND FARM TOPICS. B Y P ETE R HENDERSON. 



Tells how to Grow Bulbs, and contains essays on some special 

 Green-house, Vegetable, Fruit and Farm Crops. Fully illus- 

 trated ; 244 pages. Price, $ i oo, post-paid. 



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