

-BY — 



PETER HEND ERSON. 



For those who have not yet seen our works on Gardening, we give below a brief statement of their 

 scope and contents : 



"GARDENING FOR PROFIT." 



To such as are intending to begin the business of Market Gardening, we offer for their instruction 

 our work " Gardening for Profit,'' published first in 18(i(5, and new edition in 1873. "Gardening for 

 Profit " has had a larger sale probably than any work ever published on the subject of Horticulture. 

 Upwards of fifty thousand copies have been sold, and we have hundreds of grateful testimonials frcm 

 those who have been benefited by its teachings. The subjects of its contents are: 



The Men fitted for the Business; Amount of Capital Required 

 and Working Force per Acre; Profits of Market Gardening; 

 The Market Gardens nearlxindon; Location. Situation, and 

 Laving (Hit; Soils, Drainage, and Preparation; Manures; 

 Implements: Tie I Bes and Management of Cold Frames; 

 The Formation and Management of Hotbeds; Forcing Pits 



and Greenhouses; Seeds and Seed Raising: How, When, 

 and Where to Sow Seeds; Transplanting: Packing of Vege- 

 tables for Shipping . Preservation of Vegetables in Win- 

 ter ; Insects : vegetables— their Variety and Cultivation, 

 Monthly Calendar of Operations. 



Our second work, written in 1868, second edition in 1873, and the third edition December, 1878 

 is entitled : 



" PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE." 



and it, like its contemporary, was written to teach how flowers and plants can be best " grown for 

 profit." The success of this has been even more marked than the first, when we consider that it oidy 

 refers to a business exclusively a luxury. Upwards of twenty-live thousand copies of this work have, 

 been sold, and it has been the means of establishing thousands of persons in an agreeable, and in a 

 majority of cases, profitable business. Its contents embrace : 



Aspect and Soil: Laying out the Lawn and Flower Garden; j of Bouquets, Baskets, etc.: Wire Design?; for Cut Flowers ; 

 ■r Ornamental Grounds ; Planting of Flower lie< I s ; 

 Soils tor Potting: Temperature and Moisture: The Potting 

 of Plants; Cold Frames— Winter Protection: Construction 

 of Hotbeds; Greenhouse Structures; Greenhouses attached 

 to Dwellings; Modesof Heating: Base BurningWater Heater; 

 Propagation of Plants by Seeds: What Varieties come True 

 from Seed; Propagation of Plants by Cuttings: How Plants 



and Flowers are Grown; Propagation of Lilies; culture of 

 the Rose; Culture of the verbena: Culture of theTubei 

 Orchid Culture; Holland Bulbs; Cape Bulbs, Varieties and 



Culture; Culture of Winter-Flowering Plants; Construction 



Hanging Baskets; Parlorand Window Gardening; Wardian 

 Cases, Ferneries, etc : Formation of Rockwork; Insects; 

 Are Plants Injurious to Health:' Nature's Law of Colors; 

 Packing Plants; Plants by Mail: The Profits of Floriculture; 

 How to Become a Florist; Short Descriptions of Soft- 

 Wooded or Bedding Plants of the Leading Kinds ; What 

 Flowers will Grow in the Shade; Greenhouse and Stove or 

 Hothouse Plants, Annuals, Hardy Herbaceous, Perennial 

 and Biennal Plants ; Ornamental Shrubs and Climbers ; 

 < ulture of Grape Vines under Glass ; Diary of Operations 

 for Each Day in the Year. 



Our first two books fell into the hands of many who had no desire to make gardening a business, 

 but who yet wished for information on the subject for their private use. To such it was found that a 

 book detailing operations on a smaller scale, yet embracing, as far as possible, all the information on 

 the subject, was much wanted. To supply this want we, in ISTo, wrote : 



"GARDENING FOR PLEASURE," 



and it is flattering to state that the demand for it, for the time it has been issued, has been greater 

 than either of its predecessors. Its scope of subjects is naturally greater than either '• Gardening for 

 l'rofit," or " Practical Floriculture,'' as it embraces directions for the propagation and culture of fruit, 

 flowers, and vegetables. Its contents include : 



Soil and Location : Drainage ; Preparation of the Ground ; 

 Walks; Manures; How to Use Concentrated Fertilizers ; 

 Special Fertilizers for Particular Plants; The Lawn; Design 

 for Garden; Planting of Lawns and Flower Beds; Fall or 

 Holland tiulbs: Propagating of Plants by Seeds; Propaga- 

 tion of Plants by Cutting; Propagating by Layering; About 

 Grafting and Budding; How Grafting and Budding are 

 Done; Treatment of Tropical Bulbs. Seeds etc ; The Potting 

 of Plants: Winter-Flowering Plants; Unhealthy Plants— the 

 Remedy: Plants Suited for Summer Decoration ; Hanging 

 Baskets : Window Gardening ; Parlor Gardening, or the 

 Cultivation of Plants in Rooms; Wardian < ases: Ferneries; 

 Jardinieres; Winter-Forcing the Lily of the Valley; Green- 



houses attached to Dwellings: A Detached Greenhouse or 

 drapery: Heating by Hot Vvater; Greenhouse Pits without 

 Artificial Heat; Combined Cellar and Greenhouses; Hot- 

 beds; Shrubs; (limbers and Trees ; Hardy Herbaceous 

 Perennials; Annual Flowering Plants; Flowers which will 

 (irow in the Shade; Insects; Mildew; Frozen Plants; 

 Mulching; Are Plants in Rooms Injurious to Health; Shad- 

 ing; The Laws of Color in Flowers: Priming; Hardy 

 Crapes; Cold Grapery: The Hothouse or Forcing Grapery ; 

 The Strawberry; The Cottage Cartelling— A Digression; 

 The Vegetable" Garden; Garden implements; Monthly 

 Calendar of Operations. 



All these works were written by Peter Henderson, the senior member of our firm, and are simply 

 a relation of his extensive experiences of over a quarter of a century in all departments of Horticul 

 ture. They are written in the plainest language, so that the instructions can be at once understood, 

 no matter how ignorant the reader may be on the subject. The price of "Gardening for Profit," 

 "Practical Floriculture. - ' and 'Gardening for Pleasure," is $1.50 each (prepaid by mail | ; but to all 

 ordering seeds plants, or other articles to the value of $10 00 (in one order), from this Catalogue any 

 one of them will be added gratis. For conditions of this offer, please see page 2. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO., 



Seedsmen, Market Gardeners, and Florists, 



35 & 37 CORTLANDT ST., NEW YORK. 



