PETER H:E3STDEFJ.SO]Sr'S 



arc 



AEE DESOKIBED BELOW FOE THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO HAVE NOT TET SEEN THEM, 



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, Draii age 

 and Preparation. — Manures.— Implements.— The Uses and Man- 

 agement of Cold Frames. — The Formation and Management of 

 lint-beds. — Forcing Pits and Green-houses.— Seeds and Seed 

 raising.— How. When and Where to Sow Seeds. — Transplanting. 

 — Packing of Vegetables for Shipping.— Preservation of Vegeta- 

 ble* in Winter.— Insects.— Vegetables; their Variety and Culti- 

 vation. — Monthly Calendar of Operations. 

 Sent post-paid on receipt of $1.60. 



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 fn 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 Heating. 

 — 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. — Propaga- 

 tion 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 Winter-Flower- 

 ing Plants. — Construction of Bouquets, Baskets, etc. — Wire 

 Designs for Cut Flowers. — Hanging Baskets. — Parlor and Win- 

 dow Gardening. — Wardian Cases, Ferneries, etc. — Formation of 

 Bockwurk.— Insects. — Are Plants Injurious to Health?— Nature's 

 Law of Colors. — Packing Plants. — Plants by Mail.— The Profits 

 of Floriculture. — How to Becomea 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 forprivato 

 use, and who have no desire 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. — 



5K 



"7--.AND ; - 



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 page headed "Peter Henderson's Books can be had Free." 



PETER HENDERSON & CO., 



35 & 37 Cortlandt Street, Keiv York. 



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. — Unhealthy Plants; the 

 Remedy. — Plants Suited for Summer Decoration. — Hanging 

 Baskets. — Window Gardening. — Parlor Gardening; or, the Cul- 

 tivation of Plants in Rooms. — Wardian Cases.— Ferneries. — 

 Jardinieres. — Winter-Forcing the Lily of the Valley.- 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 1 lants. — Flowers which will Grow in the 

 Shade. — Insects. — Mildew. — Frozen Plants. — Mulching.— Are 

 Plants in Rooms Injurious to Health ? — Shading. — 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. — Monthly Calendar of Operations. 

 Sent post-paid on receipt of $1.50. 



GARDEN AND FARM TOPICS 



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. — Win- 

 dow Gardening.and care of Plants in Rooms. 

 — Propagation of Plants. — Rose Growing in 

 Winter. — Green-house Structures and Modes 

 of Heating. — Formation and Renovation 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 j 

 and Scientific Dogmas in Horticulture. — Humbugs in Horti- 

 culture. — 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 Horticultur i sts have often felt 

 — the need of a concise yet compre- 

 hensive Dictionary of Plants. 



Tts scope embraces the Botanical 

 Name, Derivation, Linna?an and Nat- 

 ural Orders of Botany of aU 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 vegetable 

 garden), with concise instructions 

 for propagation and culture. A valu- 

 ssiS^ able feature of this book, particularly 

 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 Technical 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 S3. 



