UORTICULTURIST'S RULE-BOOK.— By J^H. Bailey. It contains, in handy and 

 " concise form, a great number of Rules and Kecipes required by gardeners, fruit-grow- 

 ers, truckers, florists, farmers, etc. 



Synopsis of Contents: Injurious-insects, with preventives and remedies. Fungicides 

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 nomenclature. Rules for exhibition. Weather signs and protection from frost. Collect- 

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 other parts of plants. Keeping cut-flowers. How to collect and preserve insects. Chemi- 

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 . and Histories: Vegetables which have different names in England and America. Deri- 

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 Price, cloth, $i ; paper, 50 cents. 



/CHRYSANTHEMUM CULTURE FOR AMERICA.— By James Morton. An excel- 

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 America. The contents include Propagation by Grafting, Inarching and Seed — American 

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 and Diseases — Standard Chrysanthemums — Sports and Variations— Disbudding and Thin- 

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THE NEW POTATO CULTURE.— By ElbertS. Carman. This book gives the result 

 of 15 years' experiment work on the Rural grounds. It treats particularly of: How to 

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 Depth of Planting. How much Seed to Plant. Methods of Culture. The Rural Trench 

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Nothing old or worn-out about this book. It treats of new and profitable methods ; in 

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' I N SECTS.— An Insect Supplement to Popular Gardening, containing much of valuable 

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