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PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OP GARDEN REQUISITES. 



About Gardeners, Their Wages, &c 



We are constantly having applications for gardeners, from our customers, in sections of the country where none 

 have been previously employed; the applicants usually inquiring of us the rates paid in New York. As a guide to 

 such, and to save us time in replying, we here state that the rates paid in the vicinity of New York now, vary, for 

 single men, from $20 to $40 per month and board, and for married men, from $30 to $60, with house to live in. The 

 average of the former may be given as $30 per month and board; of the latter, at $45 per month, and house. The 

 grading of price paid, of course, is in the ratio of ability, or the amount of charge to be taken. In several cases where 

 unusual charge is required, or where a man displays unusual ability, a large advance on these rates is paid. In no 

 occupation is so much injury done as in the garden, greenhouse, or grapery, by changing men. In Horticulture the 

 work done is nearly all prospective, and what the gardener does, or neglects to do to-day, will not probably show for 

 three or six months after, hence the necessity of keeping the man satisfied in his position, for if not satisfied, and on 

 the alert to move, it is not probable that he will interest himself as much in his work as if he was contented with his 

 place. For this reason we have ever considered it bad policy to displace a good man for a few dollars advance in 

 salary. We ourselves, with all our opportunities of selecting men, have often paid foremen one half more than we 

 could have got equally good men for, just to make them entirely satisfied with their position, as we well know that 

 our interest would suffer if they were not so. 



As the labor of placing gardeners and those wishing to engage them in correspondence with each other is entirely 

 gratuitous on our part, we request employers to state what their requirements are, and about what wages are paid; 

 and gardeners must state age, nativity, whether married or single, and all particulars, or their letters can receive no 



attention from us. 



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FB0RCT0& 



The uses of the Plant Protectors are three-fold : — 1st, against insects ; 2d, against early 

 frosts; 3d against the cold winds, so fatal to tender plants when first set out. Tomatoes, Egg 



Plants, Cucumbers, Melons, and all vegetables of a tender na- 

 ture, can be forwarded, and more safely grown, by the use of 

 these protectors; also all tender flowering plants, and the more 

 delicate of annual flower seeds can be raised by being covered 

 with them. 



They should be used from six to twelve days, according to 

 circumstances, if only for protection against early frosts; they 

 should be put on in the evening, and taken off as soon as safe 

 from frost in the morning; if against cold winds, keep them on 

 during the day, until the young plant has taken root; if against 

 the insect that attacks Cucumbers and Melon", leave them on 

 night and day, for six or eight days, until the plant is strong enough to resist their attacks; if for 

 annual flower seeds, leave on until they begin to germinate. 



Price, $2.00 per dozen. 



ELASTIC 



PLANT SPRINKLER. 



This is a very handy article for sprinkling 

 Bouquets, etc. It is made of Rubber, with a flat 

 bottom, and brass perforated detachable top. 



Price, $1.50 each, by mail. 



