Peter Henderson's 



Are Described below for the benefit of those who have not yet seen them. 



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Gardening for Profit 



Is offered for the instruction of those intend- 

 ing to begin the business of Market Garden- 

 ing or Trucking. This book has probably 

 enjoyed a larger sale than any work ever 

 published on the subject of Horticulture, 

 nearly 100,000 copies having been sold. First 

 published in 1866. Second edition in 1873. 

 The subjects of its contents are : 

 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 Uses and 

 Management of Cold Frames. — The Formation and Manage- 

 ment of Hot-beds. — Forcing Pits and Green-houses. — Seeds 

 and Seed Raising. — How, When and Where to Sow Seeds. — 

 Transplanting. — Packing of Vegetables for Shipping. — Preser- 

 vation of Vegetables in Winter. — Insects. — Vegetables ; their 

 Variety and Cultivation. — Monthly Calendar of Operations. 

 Sent post-paid on receipt of $1.50. 



Practical Floriculture 



Was written to teach how flowers and plants 

 can best be "grown for profit." It is a satis- 

 faction for us to know that it has been the 

 means of establishing thousands in a pleas- 

 ant, and, in a majority of cases, profitable 

 business. First edition in 1868 ; second in 

 1873, and third in 1878. 

 Its contents embrace : 



Aspect and Soil. — Laying out the Lawn and 

 Flower Garden. — Designs for Ornamental 

 Grounds. — Planting of Flower Beds. — Soils 

 for Potting. — Temperature and Moisture. — 

 The Potting of Plants.— Cold Frames; Win- 

 ter Protection. — Construction of Hot-beds. — Green-house Struc- 

 tures. — Green-houses attached to Dwellings. — Modes of Heat- 

 ing. — Base Burning Water Heater. — Propagation of Plants by 

 Seeds. — What Varieties come true from Seed. — Propagation of 

 Plants by Cuttings. — How Plants and Flowers are Grown. — 

 Propagation of Lilies. — Culture of the Rose. — Culture of the 

 Verbena. — Culture of the Tuberose. — Orchid Culture. — Holland 

 Bulbs. — Cape Bulbs; Varieties and Culture. — Culture of Win- 

 ter-Flowering Plants. — Construction of Bouquets, Baskets, etc. 

 — Wire Designs for Cut Flowers. — Hanging Baskets. — Parlor 

 and Window Gardening. — Wardian Cases, Ferneries, etc. — 

 Formation of Rockwork. — Insects. — Are Plants Injurious to 

 Health ? — Nature's Law of Colors. — Packing Plants. — Plants by 

 Mail.-^The Profits of Floriculture. — How to become a Florist. — 

 Short Descriptions of Soft Wooded or Bedding Plants of the 

 Leading Kinds. — What Flowers will Grow in the Shade. — 

 Green-house and Stove or Hot-house Plants. — Annuals, Hardy 

 Herbaceous, Perennial and Biennial Plants, Ornamental Shrubs 

 and Climbers. — Culture of Grape Vines under Glass. — Diary 

 of Operations for Each Day in the Year. 

 Sent post-paid on receipt of $1.50. 



Gardening for Pleasure 



Is designed to meet the wants of those de- 

 siring information on Gardening for private 

 use, and who have no de9ire to make it a 

 business. The scope of subjects in this 

 book is naturally greater than either of the 

 preceding, as it embraces directions for the 

 propagation and culture of Flowers, Vege- 

 tables and Fruits. Published in 1875. 



Its contents include : 



Soil and Location. —Drainage. — Prepara- 

 tion of the Ground. — Walks. — Manures. — 

 How to Use Concentrated Fertilizers. — 

 Special Fertilizers for Particular Plants. — 



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The Lawn. — Design for Garden. — Planting of Lawns and 

 Flower Beds. — Fall or Holland Bulbs. — Propagation of Plants 

 by Seeds. — Propagation of Plants by Cuttings. — Propagation 

 by Layering. — About Grafting and Budding. — How Grafting 

 and Budding are Done. — Treatment of Tropical Bulbs, Seeds, 

 etc. — The Potting of Plants. — Winter-Flowering Plants. — Un- 

 healthy Plants; the Remedy. — Plants Suited for Summer Deco- 

 ration. — Hanging Baskets. — Window Gardening. — Parlor Gar- 

 dening; or, the Cultivation of Plants in Rooms. — Wardian Cases. 

 — Ferneries. — Jardinieres. — Winter-Forcing the Lily of the Val- 

 ley. — Green-houses attached to Dwellings. — A Detached Green- 

 house or Grapery.— Heating by Hot Water. — Green-house Pits 

 without Artificial Heat. — Combined Cellar and Green-house. — 

 Hot-beds. — 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 Rooms Injurious to Health ? — Shad- 

 ing. — The Laws of Color in Flowers. — Pruning. — Hardy 

 Grapes. — Cold Grapery. — The Hot-house or Forcing Grapery. 

 — The Strawberry. — Cottage Gardening; a Digression. — The 

 Vegetable Garden. — Garden Implements. — Monthlv Calendar 

 of Operations. 

 Sent post-paid on receipt of $1.50. 



Garden and Farm Topics 



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Embraces a series of essays (named below), 

 giving special information on the subjects 

 named. This book also contains a steel 

 portrait of Peter Henderson. Published in 

 this form in January, 1884. 



Popular Bulbs and their Culture. — Window 

 Gardening and care of Plants in Rooms. — 

 Propagation of Plants. — Rose Growing in 

 Winter. — Green-house Structures and 

 Modes of Heating. — Formation andRenova- 

 tion of Lawns. — Onion Growing. — How to 

 Raise Cabbage and Cauliflower. — On the 

 Growing and Preserving of Celery. — The 

 New Celery, "White Plume." — Strawberry Culture. — Root 

 Crops for Farm Stock. — Culture of Alfalfa or Lucern. — Manures 

 and their Modes of Application. — Market Gardening around 

 New York. — The Use of the Feet in Sowing and Planting. — 

 Popular Errors and Scientific Dogmas in Horticulture. — Hum- 

 bugs in Horticulture. — Draining. 

 Sent post-paid on receipt of $1.50. 



Henderson's Hand-Book of Plants. 



This new work is designed to fill a 

 want that many amateur and profes- 

 sional Horticulturists have often felt 

 — the need of a concise yet compre- 

 hensive Dictionary of Plants. 



Its scope embraces the Botanical 

 Name, Derivation, Linnsean and Nat- 

 ural Orders of Botany of all the Lead- 

 ing Genera of Ornamental and Useful 

 Plants, up to the present time (com- 

 prising every plant of importance 

 relating to the mechanic arts, as 

 well as to the green-house and vege- 

 table garden), with concise instruc- 

 tions for propagation and culture A 

 valuable feature of this book, parti- 

 cularly to amateurs, is the great care 

 that has been given to obtain all known local or common 

 names ; and a comprehensive glossary of Botanical and Tech- 

 nical terms is also given, which will be found of great value 

 even to the experienced Horticulturist. 



Instructions for the culture of many important plants have 

 been given at length. _ 



It is a large octavo volume of 412 pages, printed on fine white 

 paper and Handsomely bound in cloth. 

 Sent post-paid on receipt of #3. 



Any of the above books may also be obtained without cost as Premiums on orders selected from this Manual. 



For conditions please refer to the second page of cover. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO., 



35 & 37 Cortlandt Street, New York. 



