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By PETER HENDERSON. 375 Pages. Fully Illuslrated: Price, post-paid, $1.50. 

 JF you wish to grow Vegetables for Sale, read Gardening for Profit. The personal success of its 

 author during his long career as a market gardener, and the success of thousands from the time he 

 first made his cultural methods known up to the present day, shows the popular estimation of the 

 value set upon this great work. All over the land it opened up the market gardening interest, for it 

 should be always remembered that this was the first -work ever written on market gardening in this 

 country. To the South alone its value is almost beyond computation, for the enormous trucking inter- 

 ests already there, and whiten are constantly on the increase, owe their birth entirely to, and subsequent 

 development mainly to the teachings of Gardening for Profit. While written particularly for the 

 Market Gardener and Trucker, yet it is of equal value for large private gardens. The first edition of Gaudening for Profit was pub- 

 lished in 18fi6; it has been revised twice since, and its sale has been so large that up to this time 43 editions have been printed. The 

 present edition is revised and greatly enlarged. Its scope has also been greatly extended since the earlier editions were published. 

 The varieties in vegetables recommended for market culture are kinds in general use at this time. 



The Forcing of all important Vegetables and Fruits under Glass — The Men Fitted I r the 

 Business— The Imount o£ Capital required and Working Force per Acre — Profits of Market 

 Gardening— Location, Situation and Laying out — Soils, Drainage and Preparation— Manures 



The Uses and Management of Cold Frames — Protecting Cloth in lieu of Sashes — spring 



Raising of Cabbage, Cauliflower and Lettuce— Formation and Management of Hot Beds— 



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CONTENTS. 



Forcing Pits or Greenhouses — wide Greenhouses for Vegetable Crops — Forcing Strawberries 



— Seeds and Seed Raising — How, Whenand Where to SowSeeds — Transplanting — Vegetables, 

 then- Varieties and Cultivation — When to Sow and Plant in the Soothe! u state — Packing of 

 Vegetables for Shipping— I'lvsorvut ion of Vegetables in Winter— Insects — Culture of Small 

 Fruits — Monthly Calendar of Operations. 



By PETER HENDERSON. 325 Pages. Fully Illustrated. Price, postpaid, $1.50. 

 TF you wish to become a Commercial Florist, then of all booksyoushould procure Prac- 



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ticaii Floriculture. We have any number of complimentary letters from people who actually knew nothing of the 

 florists' business, but who followed the instructions in this work and are now "full-fledged florists." And alt hough writ- 

 ten especially for the Commercial Florist, it is equally valuable to the amateur and all having conservatories, green- 

 houses, window gardens, etc. Practical Floriculture was first issued in 1868, has gone through many editions 

 and had an enormous sale, and is admitted to be the leading American authority on this subject. This present 

 edition is greatly enlarged and revised to keep abreast of the times, as there are now many superior methods of 

 propagation aud culture of flowers and plants — and many improved varieties of plants — all of which have been fully 

 treated in this new edition. 



CONTENTS. 



How to become a Florist— The Profits of Floriculture — Aspect and Soil — The Preparation 

 for New and the Renovation of Old Lawns — Laying out the Flower Garden — Designs for 

 Ornamental Grounds and Flower Gardens — Planting of Flower Beds — Soils for Potting — 

 Temperature and Moisture — The Potting of Plants— Drainage in Pots — Cold Frames tor 

 Winter Protection — Construction of Hot Beds — Greenhouse Structures — Glass, Glazing and 

 Shading — Modes of Heating — Propagation of Plants by Seed--. — Propagation of Plants by 

 Cuttings — Propagating Roses by Grafting and Budding — Greenhouse Plants most in demand 



?old Frame Plants most sold in Spring— Plants most in demand for Window 

 Decoration in Winter — Culture of Winter-flowering Plants for Cut Flowers — Rose Grow ing 

 in Winter— Bulbs for Winter Flowers — Plants used for Decoration of Rooms— Construction 

 of Bouquets, etc.— Hanging Baskets — Parlor or Window Gardening — Formation of Rock- 

 work and Plants for Rock. — What 1- lowers will grow in the Shade— Succession Crops in the 

 Greenhousi — Packing Plants — Plants by Mail — Insectsand Diseases Affect ing Plants — Mildew 

 —Diary of operations for the Year— The Culture of Foreign Grape Vines under Glass. 



Price, post paid, $1.50. 



WAS written to meet the wants of those desiring information on gardening for private use. Its scope 

 therefore embraces directions for the culture and propagation of Flowers, Vegetables and Fruits. 

 It has had a large sale, and gone through several editions, the present having been revised and 

 greatly enlarged ; it exhaustively treats on the Vegetable Garden, Flower Garden, Fruit Garden, Greenhouse, 

 Grapery, Window Garden, Lawn, the Water Garden, etc. 



CONTENTS. 



Preparation of the Ground— Walks— The Lawn— Design for Gardens— Planting of Lawn 

 and Flower Beds— Fall or Holland Bulbs, etc.— Propagation of Plants by Seeds— Propagation 

 of Plants by Cuttings — How Grafting and Budding are Done — The Potting ofPlants— Win- 

 ter-flowering Plants— Plants suited for Summer Decoration— Window Gardening— Culture 

 of Water Lilies and other Aquatic Plants— The Chrysanthemum— Parlor Gardening or the 



( ult i vat ion of Plants in Rooms— Greenhouses attached to Dwellings— Detached Greenhouses, 

 Modes of Heating, etc.— Greenhouses and Pits without Artificial Heating— Flowers that will 

 grow in the Shade— Insects and other Parasites injurious to Plants— Humbugs in Hortl- 

 rultun — Hardy Grapes— The Cold Grapery— The Hot house or Forcing Grapery— The Straw- 

 berry — The Vegetable Garden— Monthly Calendar of Operations. 



