PETER HENDERSON'S WORKS. 



Gardening for Pleasure. — By 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-house or 

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



Gardening for Profit.— By peter Henderson, n^w 



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

 popular work. This book gives in detail our 2 5 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 ; 37$ 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 Raisiiig — 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.— By peter 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, $100, post-paid. 



