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

 contents: 



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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 18GG, end 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 from those who have been 

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



The Men fitted for the Business; Amount of Capital Required 

 and Working Force per Acre; Profits of Market Gardening: 



The Market Gardens near London: Location, Situation, and 

 Laying out; Soils, Drainage, and Preparation; Manures; 

 Implements; The CTses and Management of Cold 1 Prames; 

 The Formation and Management of llotbeds; Forcing Pits 



and Greenhouses; Peed", and Seed Raising: How, 'When, 

 and Where to so\v 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 1S73, and the third edition December, 1878, is en- 

 jtled: 



" PRACTICAL FIiOMOTMOT!/' „ 



. it, Hke its contemporary, was 1 written to tench how flowers and plants can bo best"" grown for profit." The 

 cess of this has been even more marked than the first, when we consider "tlmt-it only refers to a business 

 °\usively a luxury. Upwards of twenty-five thousand copie3 of this work havol?ccn sold, and it has been 

 "taeans of establishing thousands of persons in an agreeable, and in a majority of cases, profitable business. 

 Itspntents embrace: 



■^ix and Soil : Laying out the Lawn and Flower Garden, 

 ^•'tus for Ornamental Grounds; Planting of Flower Beds; 

 S0lf - potting; Temperature and Moisture; Tiie Potting 

 of Vits : Cold Frami — winter Protection; Construction 

 of Jjbeds : Greenbouae Structures; Greenhouses attached 

 *J> Sellings; Modes of Beating; Base Burning Water u 

 jProiration of Plants by Seeds; Whal Varieties come True 

 fromVed; Propagation of plants by outinus : How Plants 

 and FWers are Grown: Propagation of Lilies : culture of 

 the Kit ; Culture of the Verbena; Culture of the Tuberose; 

 Orcnidcaiture ; Holland Bulbs ; Cape Bulbs, Varieties and 

 CulturA culture of Winter-Flowering Plants ; Construction 



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

 Hanging Baskets; Parlor and Window Gardening; Wardian 



Ferneries, etc.; Formation of Kockwork ; insects j 

 Are Plants Injurious I > Health? Nature's Law of Colors; 

 Packing Plants; Plants by Mail ; TheProflts of Floriculture; 

 II iw to Become a Florist; short Descriptions of Soft-Wooded 

 or Bedding Plants ol the Leading Kinds ; What Flowers will 

 Crow in the shade; Greenhouse and Stove or Hothouse 

 Flints, Annuals. Hardy Herbaceous, Perennial and Biennial 



: Ornamental Shrubs and Climbers; culture of Grape 

 Vines under Glass; Diuryof operations for Each Day in the 



Out Arst two books fell into tho hands of many who had no desire to make gardening a business, but who 

 yet wish'A for information on the subject for their privato use. To such it was found that a book detailing 

 operations on a smaller scale, yet embracing, as far as possible, all tho information on the subject, was much 

 ■wanted. To supply this want we, inlSTJ, wrote 



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and it is flattering to state that tho demand for it, for tho timo it has been issuer], Inn been greater than either 

 of its prea.-. tss01 . S- Its scope of subjects is naturally greater than either "Gardening for Profit," or "Prac- 



tical Floricur 

 Its contents ii- 1, 



Soil and 1. oral ion ; drainage ; Preparation of tho Ground. 

 Walks; Mar itrated Fertilizers; 



Special Fertilizers fo, particular Plants; The Lawn; I 

 for Garden: Planting .f Lawns and FIowerHeds; Fall or 

 Holland Bulbs ; Propagacon of Plants bySeeds; Pi 

 Hon of Plants b\ cuttings; r, ipagatlngby Layering; About 

 Grafting and Budding; H«V Grafting and Budding arc 

 Done; Treatment of Tropical , M ii, : The Bolting 



of Plants: Winter- Flowering li.-us; cni eaithy Plants— the 

 Remedy; Plants Suited for Snmi ■ r Uecoratlo i; I 

 Baskets; Window Gardening; ParHr Gardening, or the 

 Cultivation of Plants in Booms; Wardian Cases; 1 ■'emeries; 

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



as it embraces directions for tho propagation and culture of fruit, flowers, and vegetables. 



houses attached to Dwelling-; A Detached Greenhouse or 

 Grapery; Heating >y H it Water; Greenhouse Pits without 

 Artificial Heat; combined Cedar and Greenhouses; Hotbeds; 

 Shrubs; Climbers and Trees; Hardy Herbaceous Perennials; 

 Annual Flowering Plants; Flowers which will Grow in 

 the Shade; insects; Mildew; Frozen Plants; Mulching; 

 Are Plants in Booms Injurious to iieaithv Shading; 'I he 

 Laws of Color in Flower.-; 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. 



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

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

 ten in the plainest language, so that the instructions can bo at onco understoo 1, no matter how ignorant the 

 reader may be of the subject. Tho priceo* 1 " Gardening for Profit," " Practicr.] Fkwi culture," and " Gardening 

 for Pleasure," is $1.08 each (prepaid by n 1;) but to all ordqrjng se.eds, plants, >r other articles to the value ot 

 $20.00 (in one order), from this Cataloguj r'-"}' one of them will lie added gratis. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO., 



Seedsmen, Market Gardeners & Florists, 



35 CORTLANDT ST., NEW YORK. 



