THE BE5T BOOKS. 



ANNALS OF HORTICULTURE FOR 1891.— "Bright, new, clean and fresh"may be said 

 of this series, by L.H. Bailey. Each year's experience makes the succeeding volume 

 a better one. The list of introductions for each year is unique. It puts on record every 

 novelty of fruit, flower, vegetable and tree of the year. All the tools of the year are de- 

 scribed and illustrated, whether for use in orchard, garden or greenhouse. Every advance 

 in American horticulture is chronicled. The volumes are a storehouse of information to 

 every one who grows flowers, fruits, vegetables or trees. It describes the new insects and 

 fungous depredations. The obituaries of the year are included. The volume for 1891 con- 

 tains a census of native cultivated plants, being a carefully annotated and dated list of all 

 the plants in cultivation of American origin, including hundreds of entries. This is one ot 

 the boldest pieces of work yet attempted in American horticulture. The volume for 1891 

 also contains a history and statistical record of the Farmers' institute movement in the 

 United States and Canada. The work of the Experiment Stations is exhaustively discus- 

 sed and indexed. 

 Price, cloth, $1 ; paper, 60 cents. Annals for 1889 and 1890 at the same price. 



I N SECTS AND INSECTICIDES. — A practical Manual concerning Noxious Insects and 

 the Methods of Preventing their Injuries. By Clarence M. Weed, Professor of Ento- 

 mology and Zoology, New Hampshire State College. 



I think that you have gotten together a very useful and valuable little book.— Dr. C. V. 

 Riley, U. S. Entomologist. 



It. is excellent. I must congratulate you on the skill you have displayed in putting in the 

 most important insects, and the complete manner in which you have done the work. — 

 James Fletcher, Dominion Entomologist. 



I am well pleased with it. There is certainly a demand for just such a work.— Dr. F. M. 

 Hexamer, Editor American Agriculturist. 



Price, cloth, $1.25. 



THE CAULIFLOWER. — By A. A. Crozier. Origin and History of this increasingly im- 

 ' portant and always delicious vegetable. 



The Cauliflower Industry.— In Europe. In the United States. Importation of Cauli- 

 flowers. 



Management of the Crop. — Soil. Fertilizers. Planting. Cultivating. Harvesting. 

 Keeping. Marketing. 



The Early Crop. — Caution against planting it largely. Special directions. Buttoning. 



Cauliflower Regions of the United States.— Upper Atlantic Coast. Lake Region. Prairie 

 Region. Cauliflowers in the South. The Pacific Coast. 



Insect and Fungous Enemies.— Flee-Beetle. Cut- Worms. Cabbage-Maggot. Cabbage- 

 Worm. Stem-Rot. Damping-Off. Black-Leg. 



Cauliflower-Seed.— Importance of careful selection. Where the Seed is grown. Influ- 

 ence of Climate. American-grown Seed. 



Varieties.— Descriptive Catalogue. Order of Earliness. Variety tests. Best Varieties. 



Broccoli.— Difference between Broccoli and Cauliflower. Cultivation, use and varieties 

 of Broccoli. 



Cooking Cauliflower. —Digestibility. Nutitive Value. Chemical Composition. Receipts. 



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