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Send at once for the three volumes now ready in 



The Country Home Library 



THIS series is designed to deal completely 

 with the problems and pleasures of life 

 in the country. The following three volumes 

 are already published and many others are in 

 preparation, making a library that no country 

 lover can afford to be without. 



/; THE COUNTRY HOME: By E. P. Powell 



THIS volume is a practical handbook both for the dweller in the country 

 and for all to whom the country makes any appeal whatsoever. It deals 

 in general with the advantages of country life, and in particular it tells you how 

 to select or build your house and how to get the most out of it. It tells all 

 about the water supply, lawns and shrubberies, windbreaks and hedges, orchards, 

 garden and berry patch ; how to deal with insects, the care of animals, and a 

 thousand other things that are essential to complete health, comfort, and enjoy- 

 ment. Twenty-two beautiful illustrations from photographs. Cloth, large i 2mo. 



//; ORCHARD and FRUIT GARDEN: By E.P.Powell 



MR. POWELL, who is the prize fruit-grower of New York, has here 

 written a volume that is indispensable to every one who is anxious to 

 get the best results from his fruit and berries either for pure pleasure or for profit. Apples, prunes, 

 peaches, plums, strawberries — all are dealt with respect to the best varieties, the care and cultiva- 

 tion. Pruning, grading, spraying, drainage, irrigation, picking, are only a few of the special 

 topics treated. There is also a valuable chapter on Bees, Birds, Fowls, and Animals, in 

 their relation to the Orchard and Fruit Garden. Twenty-four beautiful illustrations 

 from photographs. Cloth, large 1 2mo. . / Messrs. 



£> / McCIure, Phillips & Co. 



Ill: THE FLOJVER GARDEN: By Ida M. Bennett // -"^: 



q* f Geiitteme?i : 



THIS book in the two years it has been on the market has proved itself the most & /^ PIease s " ld T me 1 on appeal, 

 J i (j f charges prepaid, the three volumes 



complete and practical garden book in existence. From seedtime to . ■yJi ^l^l^^^Tlt 

 autumn, when the bulbs and shrubs must be made ready for the winter, l- y^S^^Z^^ receipts boota. fo 'if 



.1 , . , .1 . - 1 • J • l .1 M 1 .■' / not satisfactory, I have the privilege of re- 



there is not a matter that is not explained with the greatest thorough- . / turning the books at your expense within ten 



ness to the amateur. Forty beautiful illustrations. Cloth, large i 2mo 



jgp= The three volumes of THE COUNTRY HOME LIBRARY will be sent to 

 any address on approval. We want your inspection of these magnificent volumes. 



McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO., 



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