4 STANDARD BOOKS, 
Henderson’s Practical Floriculture. 
By Peter Henderson. A guide to the successful propagation and 
cultivation of florists’ plants. The work is not one for ilorists and 
gardeners only, but the amateur’s wants are constantly kept in mind, 
and we have a vcry complete treatise on the cultivation of flowers 
under glass, or in the open air, suited to these who grow flowers for 
pleasure as well as those who make them a matter oftrade. The 
work is characterized by the samc radical common sense that marked 
the author’s “ Gardening for Profit,’’ and it holds a high place in the 
estimation of lovers of agriculture. Beautifully illustrated. New an 
enlarged edition. Cloth, 12mo--..---.....- pia ate teh Sou aaa 1.50 
Harris's Talks on Manures, 
By Joseph Harris, M. 8., author of Walks and Talks on the Farm,” 
“Harris on the Pig.’? etc. Revised and enlarged by the author. A 
series of familiar and practical talks between the author and the dea- 
con, the doctor, and other neighbors, on the whole subject of manures 
and fertilizers ; including a chapter specially written for it by Sir John 
Bennet Lawes, of Rothamsted, England. Cloth, 12mo.-.---.---- 1.75 
Waring’s Draining for Profit and Draining for Health. 
This book is a very complete and practical treatise, the directions in 
which are plain, and easily followed. The subject of thorough farm 
drainage is discussed in all its bearings, and also that more extensive 
land drainage by which the sanitary condition of any district may be 
greatly improved, even to the banishment of fever and ague, typhoid 
and malarious fever. By Geo. E. Waring, Jr. Illustrated, Cloth omg. 
The Practical Rabbit-Keeper. 
By Cuniculus. Illustrated. A comprehensive work on keepiag and 
raising Rabbits for pleasure as well as for profit. The book is abun 
dantly illustrated with all the various Courts, Warrens, Hutches, 
Fencing, etc., and also with excellent portraits of the most important 
species of rabbits throughout the world. 12mo-.------.....--.- 1.50 
Profits in Poultry. 
Useful and Ornamental Breeds and their Profitable Management. This 
excellent work contains the combined experience of a number of prac- 
tical men in all departments of poultry raising. It is profusely illus- 
trated and forms an unique and important addition to our poultry lit- 
erature. Cloth, 12mo--...---....--2-2.--2.2-------- eee eee eee 1.00 
Barz Plans and Outbuildings, 
Two Hundred and Fifty-seven Illustrations, A most Valuable Work, 
full of Ideas, Hints, Suggestions, Plans, etc., for the Construction of 
Barns and Outbuildings, by Practical writers. Chapters are devoted, 
among other subjects, to the Economic Erection and Use of Barna. 
Grain Barns, House Barns, Cattle Barns, Sheep Barns, Corn Houses, 
Smoke Houses, Ice Houses, Pig Pens, Granaries, ete. There are like- 
wise chapters upon Bird Houses, Dog Houses, Tool Sheds, Ventila- 
tors, Roofs and Roofing, Doors and Fastenings, Work Shops, Ponltry 
Houses, Manure Skeds, Barn Yards, Root Pits, etc. Recently pub- 
lished, Oloth, 12m0....ccencccnenccccesccccnnen amcor evcceceee 1,50 
