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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: 



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, 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 haw hundreds of grateful testimonials from those who have been 

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



The Men filled for the Business; Amount of Capital Required 

 and Working Force per Acre; Profits of Market Gardening; 

 The Market Gardens near London; Location, situation, ana 

 Laying Out; Soils, Drainage, and Preparation; Manures: 

 Implements - and Management of Cold Frames; 



The Formation and Management of Hotbeds ; Forcing Pits 



and Greenhouses; Seeds and Seed Raising; TTow, '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 j 

 v Monthly Calendar ul' Operations. 



Our second work, written in 1863, second edition in. iZ 

 titled: 



and the third edition December, 1878, is en- 



" PKACTIOAft 



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 tven more marked than the first, whc.i 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 lias been 

 the means of establishing thousands of persons in an agreeable, i -id in a majority of cases, profitable business. 

 Its contents embrace: 



Aspect and Soil : Laying out the Lawn and Flower Garden; 

 Designs for Ornamental Grounds; Planting of Flower Beds; 

 u: Temperature and Moisture; The Potting 

 of Plants; Cold Frames.— Winter Protection; Construction 

 of Hotbeds; Gi Structures; Greenhouses attached 



toDwellii Lting; Base Burning Water Heater; 



Propigation of Plants by Seeds; What Varieties come True 

 from seed ; Propagation of Plants by Cut tings ; How Plants 

 1 Flowers are Grown; P in of Lilies; Cnlture of 



the Rose : Culture of the Verbena; Culture rose; 



Orchid Culture ; Holland BlllbS; - and 



Culture : Culture of Winter-Flowering Plants; Construction 



of Bouquets, Baskets, etc.; Wire Designs Mr Cut Flowers i 

 II inglng Baskets; J'arlor and Window Gardening ; V\ 



Ferneries, etc.; Formation of Rockwork ; Insects; 

 Hants Injurious to Health? Natures law of ( 

 Packing I Jants; Plants by Mail : TheProflts of Floriculture; 

 How to Heeome a Florist; short Descriptions of Soft -Wooded 

 or Bedding Plants of the Leading Kinds ; What Flowers will 

 crow in the Shade ; Creenhouse and Stove or Hothouse 

 Plants, Annuals. Hardy Herbaceous, Perennial and Biennial 

 Plants; Ornamental simiiis and Climbers; Culture of Grape 

 Vines under Glass; Diary of operations for each Day iu the 

 '»■ ir. 



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

 Vet 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 

 wantc.1. To supply this want we, in 187">, wroto 



" GARDENING ^OR PLEASURE/' 



nnd it is flattering to slate that the demand for it, for the time it has been issued, has been greator than cither 

 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: 



Soil and Location; Drainage; Preparation of the Ground; 

 walks; Manures; How to Use Concentrated Fertilizers; 



Specia i - "[■ Particular Plants : The Lawn; Design 



for Garden; Planting of I. awns and Flower Beds; Fall or 

 Holland Bulbs ; Propagation of Plants by S Is; Propaga- 

 tion or Piams bv Cuttings: Propagating by Layering; About 

 Grafting and Budding; How Grafting and Bndding are 

 Mon-: Treatment of Tropical Bulbs, Seeds, etc.; The Potting 

 ofPlants; Winter I'lowermjr Plants; Pi jalthy Plants— the 

 Remedy ; Plants Suited foi l/";oratlon; Hanging 

 Packets; Window Gardening: Parlcl lardening, or the 

 Cultivation of plants in Rooms- Wardian Cases; Ferneries; 

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



houses attached to Dwellings; A Detached Greenhouse or 

 drapery; Heating by Hot Water; Greenhouse Pits without 

 Artificial Heat; Combined Cellar and Greenhouses; Hotbeds; 

 shrui is; 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 t Shading; The 

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

 drapery: The Hothouse or Forcing Grapery; The Straw- 

 berry; 'cottage Gardening— A Digression; The Vegetable 

 Garden; Garden Implements; Monthly Calendar of Opera- 

 tions. 



All these \vnr];s were written by Peter Henderson, the senior member of our firm, nnd are simply a relation 

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

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

 reader may be of the subject, The priceof " Gardeningfor Profit," "Practical Floriculture," and "Gardening 

 for Pleasure,'' is $1.08 oach (prepaid by mail;) but to all ordering seeds, plants, or other articles to the vnluo 

 of $-20.00 i in one order), from this Catalogue, any one cf them will be added gratis. Tor conditions of this 

 ifftr, please see pag 



PETER HENDERSON & CO., 



Seedsmen, Market CJajrdeners, a»d 



35 CORTLANDT ST., NEW YORK 



