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ARDENING FOR PLEASURE, ety Peter HENDERSon. 
Was written to meet the wants of those desiring information on gardening for private use. 
directions for the culture and propagation of Flowers, Vegetables and Fruits. 
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Its scope therefore embraces 
It has had a large sale, and gone through 
several editions, the present having been revised and greatly enlarged by the author in 1888; it exhaustively treats on the Vegetable 
Garden, Flower Garden, Fruit Garden, Greenhouse, Grapery, Window Garden, Lawn, the Water Garden, etc. 
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Preparation of the Ground—Walks—The Lawn—Design for Gardens—Planting 
of Lawn and Flower Beds—Fall or Holland Bulbs, ete.—Propagation of Plants 
by Seeds—Propagation of Plants by Cuttings—How Grafting and Budding are 
done—The Potting of Plants—Winter Flowering Plants—Plants suited for Sum- 
mer Decoration—Window Gardenirg—Culture of Water Lilies and other Aquatic 
Plants—The Chrysanthemum—Parlor Gardening or the Cultivation of Plants in 
404 Pages. Fully illustrated. Price, postpaid, $2.00. 
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Rooms—Greenhouses attached to Dwellings—Detached Greenhouses, Modes of 
Aleating, etc.—Greenhouses and Pits without Artificial Heating—Flowers that 
will grow in the Shade—Insects and other Parasites injurious to Plants—Hum- 
bugs in Horticulture—Hardy Grapes—The Cold Grapery—The Hot-house or 
Forcing Grapery—The Strawberry—The Vegetable Garden—Monthly Calendar 
of Operations. 
We also offer itas a premium on an order amounting to $12.00. For 
conditions see page 6. 
ARDENING FOR PROFIT. By PETER HENDERSON. mo 
If you wish to grow Vegetables for Sale, read GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 
Gardener and Truck Farmer, yet it is of equal value for large private gardens. 
Written particularly for the Market 
The first edition of GARDENING FOR 
PROFIT was published in 1866; it has been revised twice since, and its sale has been so large that up to this time 48 editions have 
been printed. 
since the earlier editions were published. 
The present edition was revised and greatly enlarged in the summer of 1886. 
Its scope has been greatly extended 
The varieties in vegetables recommended for market culture have also been carefully 
revised; so that what is now advised to plant are kinds in general use at this time. 
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The Forcing of all important Vegetables and Fruits under Glass—The Men 
Fitted for the Business—The Amount of Capital required and Working Force per 
Acre—Profits of Market Gardening—Location, Situation and Laying Out—Soils, 
Drainageand Preparation—Manures—The Uses and Management of Cold Frames 
—Protecting Cloth in liewof Sashes—Spring raising of Cabbage, Cazlflower and 
Lettuce—Formation and Management of Hot-beds—Forcing Pits or Greenhouses 
375 Pages. Fully illustrated. Price, postpaid, $2.00. 
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—Wide Greenhouses for Vegetable Crops—Forcing Strawberries—Seeds and Seed 
Raising—How, When and Where to Sow Seeds—Transplanting—Vegetables; 
their Varieties and Cultivation—When to Sow and Plant in the Southern States 
—Packing of Vegetables for Shipping—Preservation of Vegetables in Winter— 
Insects—Culture of Small Fruits—Monthly Calendar of Operations. 
We also offer it as a premium on an order amounting to $12.00 For 
conditions see page 6. 
RACTICAL FLORICULTURE. 
By PETER HENDERSON. we 
Although written especially for the Commercial Florist, it is equally valuable for the amateur and all having conservatories, 
greenhouses, window gardens, ete. 
PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE was first issued in 1868, and has gone through many 
editions and had an enormous sale, and is admitted to be the leading American authority on this subject. 
This present edition 
of PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE was greatly enlarged by Mr. Henderson in 1887, and revised to keep abreast of the times, as 
there are now many superior methods of propagation and culture of flowers and plants—and many improved varieties of plants— 
all of which have been fully treated in this new edition. 
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How to become a Florist—The Profits of Floriculture—Aspect and Soil—The 
Preparation for New and the Renovation of Old Lawns—Laying out the Flowe1 
Garden—Designs for Ornamental Grounds and Flower Gardens—Planting of 
Flower Beds—Soils for Potting—Temperature and Moisture—The Potting of 
Plants—Drainage in Pots—Cold Frames for Winter Protection—Construction of 
Hot-beds—Greenhouse Structures—Glass, Glazing and Shading—Modes of Heat- 
ing—Propagation of Plants by Seeds—Propagation of Plants by Cuttings— 
Propagating Roses by Grafting and Budding—Greenhouse Plants most in de- 
325 Pages. Fully illustrated. Price, postpaid, $1.50. 
CONTENTS. (——6® 
mand in Spring—Cold Frame Plants mostsoldin spring—Plants inostin demand 
for Window Decoration in Winter—Culture of Winter Flowering Plants for Cut 
Flowers—Rose Growing in Winter—Bulbs for Winter Flowers—Plants Used for 
Decoration of Rooms—Construction of Bouquets, ete —Hanging Baskets—Parlor 
or Window Gardening—Formation of Rock-work and Plants for Rocks—What 
Flowers will grow in the Shade—Succession Crops in the Greenhouse—Packing 
Plants—Plants by Mail—Insects and Diseases Affecting Plants—Mildew—Diary 
of Operations for the Year—The Culture of Grape Vines under Glass. 
We also offer it as a premium on an order amounting to $10.00. For 
conditions see page 6. 
