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For those who have not 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 1866, 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 Lave hundreds of grateful testimonials from those who have been 

 benefited by its teachings. The subjects of its contents are: 



The Men fitteil for the Business ; Amount of Capital Required i and Greenhouses; Seed-! and Seed Raising; How, When, 

 and Working Force per Acre; Profits of Market Gardening; and Where to sow seeds. Transplanting; Packing of Vege- 

 The Market Gardens near London; I ation, situation, and tables for shipping: Preservation or Vegetables in Win- 

 Laying Out; Soils, Drainage, and Preparation; Manures; ter; Insects; Vegetables — tiicir Variety and cultivation; 

 Implements; The Uses and Management of Cold Frames; Monthly Calendar of Operations. 

 The Formation and Management of Hotbeds ; Forcing Pits 



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

 titled: 



' 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 only refers to a business 

 exclusively a luxury. Upwards of twenty-five 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 ami s.>il : Laying out the Lawn and Flower Garden; 

 Designs for Ornamental Gronnds; Planting of Flower Beds; 

 Soils for Potnng: Temperature and Moisture; The Potting 

 of Plants: Cold Frames— winter Protection; Construction 

 of Hotbeds; Greenhouse structures: Greenhouses attached 

 to Dwellings; Modes of Heating: Base Burning Water Heater; 

 Propagation of Plants i,\ Seeds; What Varieties come True 

 from seed : Propagation of Plants by Cuttings ; How Plants 

 and Flowers are Grown; Propagation of Miles ; culture of 

 the Rose : culture of the Verbena j culture of the Tuberose; 

 Orchid Culture : Holland Bulbs; cape Balbs, Varieties and 

 Culture ; Culture of Winter-Flowering Plants; Construction 



of Bouquets, Baskets, etc.; Wire Designs for Cut Flowers; 

 Hanging Baskets; Parlor and Window Gardening ; Wardlan 

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

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

 Packing Plants; Plants by Mail ; Thel'rollts of Floriculture; 



How to Become a Florist; short Descriptions of soft-w i< ii 



or Bedding Plants of the Leading Kinds ; What Flowers will 

 Crow m the Shade; Greenhouse and Stove or Hothouse 

 Plants, Annuals, Hardy Herbaceous, Perennial and Biennial 

 Plants; ornamental shrubs and Climbers; Culture Of Grape 

 under Glass; Diary oi" 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 187.">, wrote 



" GARDEN! 



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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 Profit," or "Prac- 

 tical Floriculture." as it embraces directions for the propagation and culture of fruit, flowers, and vegetables. 

 Its contents include: 



houses attached to Dwellings; A Detached Greenhouse or 

 Grapery; Heating by Hot Water; Greenhouse Pits without 

 Artuhial Heat : Combined Cellar and Greenhouses; Hotbeds; 

 Slirulis; Climbers and Trees; Hardy Herbaceous Perennials; 

 Annual Flowering Plants; Flowers which will Grow in 

 the Shade; Insects: Mildew; Frozen Plants; Mulching; 

 Are Plants in Rooms injurious to Health f Shading: The 

 Laws of Color in Flowers; Pruning; Hardy Grapes; Cold 

 Grapery; The Hothouse or Forcing Grapery; The Straw- 

 berry; Cottage Gardening— A Digression; The Vegetable 

 Garden; Garden Implements; Monthly Calendar of Opera- 

 tions. 



Soil and Location ; Drainage ; Preparation of the Ground; 



Walks; Manures; How to I'se Concentrated Fertilizers; 

 Special Fertilizers for Particular Plants ; The Lawn; Design 

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

 Holland Bulbs ; Propagation or Plants bySeeds; Propaga- 

 tion of Plants by Cuttings; Propagating by Layering : About 

 Grafting and Budding: How Grafting and Budding are 

 Done: Treatment Of Tropical LulbS, Seeds, etc ■ The Potting 

 of Plants; Winter-Flowering Plants: I'ni eaith.v Plants— the 

 Remedy Plants Suited for Summer Decoration: Hanging 

 Baskets;' Window Gardening; Parlor Gardening, or the 

 Cultivation of Plants in Rooms; Wardlan Cases; Ferneries; 

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



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

 of his extensive experience of over a quarter of a century in ail departments of Horticulture. They are writ- 

 ten in the plainest language, so that the instructions can be at once understood, no matter how ignorant the 

 reader may be of the subject. The priceof " 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 Cr&Pdeners, 



35 CORTLANDT ST., NEW YORK. 



