CRUIT CULTURE, and the Laying Out and Management of a Country 

 Home.— By W. C. Strong, Ex-Presidenl of the Massachusetts Horii- 

 cultural Society, and Vice-President of the American Pomological So- 

 ciety. Illustrated. New revised edition, with many additions, making it 

 the latest and freshest book on the subiect. 



CONTENTS : 



Rural Homes— Choice of Locality — Treatment— A Good Lawn — The 

 Approach. Fruits— Location of the Fruit Garden — Success in Fruit-Cul- 

 ture—Profit in Fruit-Culture. How to Procure Trees — Quality — How to 

 Plant— Time to Plant — Preparing the Land — F'ertilizers— Cutting Back — 

 Distances for Planting. Care of the Fruit-Garden— Irrigation — Applica- 

 tion of Fertilizers— Thinning the Fruit— Labels. The Apple— Insects In- 

 jurious to the Apple. The Pear—Dwarf Pears — Situation and Soil — Prun- 

 ing— Ripening the Fruit — Insects Injurious to the Pear— Diseases. The 

 Peach— Injurious Insects and Diseases of the Peach— Nectarines. The 

 Plum— Insects and Diseases of the Plum— Apricots. The Cherry— In- 

 sects Injurious to the Cherry. The Quince— Insects Injurious to the 

 • Quince. The Grape— Grape-Houses— Varieties— Insects Injurious to the 

 Grape — Mildew. The Currant— Insects Attacking the Currant — The Goose- 

 berry. The Raspberry — The Blackberry, The Strawberry. The Mulbeiry 

 — The Fig— Rhubarb— Asparagus. Propagating Fruit- Trees— From the 

 Seed—By Division — By Cuttings— By Layers — By Budding — By Grafting- 

 Insecticides— Fungicides — Recipes. Price, in one volume, i6mo., cloth, $[. 



pHRYSANTHEMUM CULTURE FOR AMERICA.-By James Mor- 

 TON. An excellent and thorough book; especially adapted to the 

 culture of Chrysanthemums in America. The contents include Propaga- 

 tion by Grafting, Inarching and Seed. American History. Propagation by 

 Cuttings. Exhibition Plants. Classification. Exhibition Blooms. Soil for 

 Potting. Watering and Liquid Manure. Selection of Plants. Top-Dres- 

 sing. Hints on Exhibitions. List of Synonyms. Staking and Tying 

 General Culture, Insects and Diseases. Standard Chrysanthemums. 

 Sports and Variations. Disbudding and Thinning. Oriental and Euro- 

 pean History, Calendar of Monthly Operations. Chrysanthemum Shows 

 and Organizations. National Chrysanthemum Society. Early and Late- 

 Flowering Varieties. Chrysanthemums as House-Plants— Varieties for 

 Various Purposes. Price, cloth, $i ; paper, 60 cents. 



IMPROVING THE FARM, or Methods of Culture that shall afford a 

 profit, and at the same time increase the fertility of the soil. — By Lu- 

 cius D. Davis, of Conanicut Park Farm. The contentstreat exhaustively 

 on renewing run-down farms, and comprise the following chapters: Book- 

 Farming. The Run-Down Farm. Will It Pay to Improve the Farm? 

 How Farms Become Exhausted. Thorough Tillage. Rotation of Crops- 

 Green Manuring. More About Clover. Barn:Yard Manure— How Made, 

 Its Cost and Value. How Prepared and Applied. The Use of Wood-Ashes. 

 Commercial Fertilizers. Special Fertilizers. Complete Manures. Ex- 

 periments with Fertilizers. Stock on the Farm. Providing Food for Stock. 

 Specialties in Farming, Price, cloth, |i. 



