TWO IMPORTANT NEW WORKS 



The Strawberry in North America 



By S. W. FLETCHER 



Illustrated, cloth, i2mo 



This work is not only a practical guide to strawberry growing 

 but also a sketch of the evolution of the strawberry in North Amer- 

 ica, from the wilding of colonial days to its present position as the 

 most cosmopolitan of American fruits, second only to the apple in 

 commercial importance. The volume includes chapters on the 

 early history of the strawberry in the old world and the new, the 

 botany and origin of the cultivated strawberry, the rise of straw- 

 berry culture and the different ways in which it is practiced in dif- 

 ferent parts of the country, with something of an attempt to eluci- 

 date the principles that underUe these practices. 



Principles of Floriculture 



By EDWARD A. WHITE 



Professor of Floriculture in the New York State College of Agriculture 

 at Cornell University 



The flower-growing business has become highly specialized. 

 Science has, therefore, come to be an important factor in flower 

 production, and there has arisen a demand for scientific informa- 

 tion regarding aU lines of floriculture. The purpose of the author 

 of this book has been to consider the principles which underlie the 

 successftil culture of ornamental plants, and to present these in 

 such a manner that the book may be useful in the class-room. It 

 is believed that it wiU also be of service in a practical way to prac- 

 tical men. Among the topics discussed are : the importance of the 

 plant and flower growing industry; principles and methods of con- 

 structing and heating glasshouses; factors which influence healthy 

 plant growth; business principles in marketing flowers; glasshouse 

 insects and their extermination; diseases of plants and their reme- 

 dies, and the factors which underlie successful culture of standard 

 florists' crops. 



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