PETER HENDERSON & CO.— INTRODUCTORY. 



A T) SWPT^ t.n nnTPPQinnn f\ PT) TQ — We are in ''^'P 4 of hundreds of letters annually, asking 

 -U..U& WC1& bU UUIlU^UllUbllLb. for information on subjects connected with Horticulture 

 These we shall always be pleased to answer, provided that each question is put clearly by itself, leaving a suffi- 

 cient blank space beneath the question for our answer. This plan not only saves us time, but the answer is more 

 intelligible to the party in want of the information ; and unless inquiries are so put, we shall not consider our- 

 selves bound to reply, as we have no time to read long letters. 



HllP PrflrflPTlQ "IT! Td"PQ0T7" P!l t"1T are within forty minutes' time, by Ferry Boat and Horse 

 UU1 ttttlUtillb 111 JblbUy Uliy Cars from our Seed Stores, 35 and 37 Cortlandt Street, 

 New York, where a card with plain directions of " How to reach the Nursery will be given to any one applying. 

 Parties wishing to see Peter Henderson personally will find him at the Greenhouses till 12 M., and at his 

 office in New York from I to 3 P. M. 



ATifmt WPTTPTltlTI 0» ^OQflcj — T,le q uestion is repeatedly asked of us if we guarantee or 

 -O.UUUU WaiiaiiUlll^ OCCU.O, warrant Seeds. We beg to state most emphatically that we do 



not, and our employees have strict orders not to do so in any case. Though well believing that the seeds we offer 

 are unsurpassed in quality, yet our practical experience of many years as Market Gardeners and Florists has well 

 assured us of the fact that crops may fail, no matter how fresh or pure the seeds sown to produce them may be. 

 Failure of germination of seed may be produced from causes that the utmost care from the most experienced 

 cultivators cannot control, and the maturing of crops also repeatedly fail, so as to be a total loss, from causes 

 that no human power can avert. Hence, to guarantee seeds to invariably produce a perfect crop would be little 

 short of quackery. 



"PpPTTlin TT) Q — ^ n a ^ or ders from this catalogue to the amount of §5. 00 and upwards (in one order), we 

 J-lulLUUIUOi will send without charge a copy of Peter Henderson's "Horticultural Essays," value 75 

 cents, or when the order is to the extent of $10.00 and upwards, purchasers' choice of any one of Peter Henderson's 

 three books, "GARDENING FOR PROFIT," "PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE," or "GARDENING FOR PLEASURE," 

 the retail price of which is Si. 50 each, and when the order amounts to $20.00 and upwards, we will send the buyer 

 his choice of any two of the above three books, or, instead, a copy of our latest work, " HENDERSON'S Handisook 

 of Plants," the value of which is $3-00, but it is understood that the book or books desired must be selected 

 at tlie time of ordering ; this last condition is imperaivte, and under no circumstances can we deviate from it. When 

 books are not wanted, their value may be selected in goods at list rates. 



Of the Books above referred to, Horticultural Essays, written last spring, details our latest experi- 

 ence on the following subjects : 



Greenhouse Structures and Modes of Heating Hot-beds. M?nure and their Modes of Appli- 

 cation. Strawberry Culture. Celery Growing- and Storing for Winter. Rose Growing, for 

 Winter and Summer Flowers. Root Crops for Farm Stock. Market Gardens 

 Around New York. Popular Errors and Scientific Dogmas in Horticul- 

 ture. Use of the Feet in Sowing and Planting. Humbugs 

 in Horticulture. Draining. 

 Any of the above mailed for 10 cents each, or the entire set of eleven (under one cover) mailed on receipt 



of 15 *»*• 



Gardening for Profit gives, in comprehensive detail, our twenty-five years' experience in MARKET 

 GARDENING. 



Practical Floriculture (new edition) gives, up to date, our whole experience in the propagation 

 and growing of PLANTS during the past thirty years. 



Gardening for Pleasure is a concise compendium, giving plain details for the culture of FRUITS, 

 flowers and VEGETABLES, and general gardening, for the use of Amateur Cultivators. 



Henderson's Handbook Of Plants is a condensed encyclopedia of 412 pages, giving Botan- 

 ical Classification, Propagation and Culture of nearly every known plant in cultivation, ornamental or useful, up 

 to the present time. 



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registered. Nearly all loss of letters is in those unregistered containing bills. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO., 



35 & 37 CORTLANDT STREET, 



Peter Henderson, 

 James Keid. 

 Alfred Henderson. 



J NEW YORK. 



