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RRMOTICMU FL-ORICUL-TURe. 



This work teaches how flowers and plants can best be " grown for profit." The original Practical Ftoricuiture, 

 written nine years ago, has had an enoimous sale, and it was admitted to be the leading authority on this subject. 

 We have reeeived numerous complimentary letters from people who actually knew nothing of the florists' business, 

 and who have followed the instructions of this book and are now " full fledged florists," having a remunerative and 

 pleasant business. This new edition of Practical Floriculture has been written to keep abreast of the times, as 

 theie are now many superior methods of propagation and culture of flowers and plants — and many improved varieties 

 of plants — all of which have been fully treated in this new edition. 



Xlie Follo-wingf Tattle of Contents 



will give a pretty good idea of the scope of the book — viz ; How to become a florist ; The prices of nursery and 

 greenhouse products at home and abroad ; The profits of floriculture ; Aspect and soil ; The preparation for new and 

 the renovatioQ 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 : 

 Expert garden workmen ; Cold frames for winter protection ; The construction of hot beds : Greenhouse structures ; 

 Wide greenhouses for bedding plants and rosegiowirg; Glass glazing and shading; Modes of Heating; Heating 

 by steam . Base-burning water heater ; Propagation of plants by seeds ; Propagation by seeds^what varieties come 

 true from seeds? Propagation of plants by cutting ; Saucer system of propagation ; Propagating soft wooded plants 

 m summer ; Propagation of roses by cuttings ; Propagating roses by grafting and budding ; Greenhouse plants most 

 in demand in spring ; The cultivation of the Verbena Cold frame plants most sold in spring ; Plants most in demand 

 for window decoration in winter ; Culture of winter flowering plants for cut flowers ; Rose growing in winter ; Bulbs 

 for winter flowers ; Violets, chrysanthemums, carnations and mignonette ; Bouvardias. stevias, eupatoriums. helio- 

 tropes, poinsettia, and other wifiter flowering plants ; Orchids ; Chinese primrose, geranium, camellia and eucharis ; 

 PlantSjUsed for decoration of rooms ; General collection of plants grown under glass ; Construction of bouquets, etc. 

 Hanging baskets ; Parlor or windo-.v gardening ; Formation of rockwork and plants for rocks ; Are plants injurious 

 to health? The injury to plants by forcing ; Nature's law of colors ; What flowers will grow in the shade ; Succession 

 crops in the greenhouse ; Packing plants ; Plants by mail ; Insects and diseases affecting plants ; Mildew : Diary of 

 operation for the year; Ihe culture of grape vines under glass. Fully illustrated 325 pages. Sent post-paid on 

 receipt of $1.50. It is also-given free as a premium, on an order from this Catalogue amounting to $20.00 

 Gardenings fk>r Pleasure tells how to grow Flowers, Vegetables and small Fruits, in the garden and 

 greenhouse ; also treats fully on Window and House Plants. It was speciallv written for Amateurs — Contains 404 

 pages, and is fully illustrated. 

 The scope of this book includes : 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 of Plants — Winter-Flowering Plants — Plants 

 suited for Summer Decoration — Window Gardening — Culture of Water Lilies and other Aquatic Plants — The 

 Chrysanthemum — Parlor Gardening, or the Cultivation of Plants in Rooms^-Greenhouses attached to Dwellings 

 — Detached Greenhouses, Modes of Heating, etc — Greenhouses and Pits without Artificial Heating — Floweis 

 which will grow in the Shade — Insects and other Parasites injurious to Plants — Humbugs in Horticulture — Hardy 

 Grapes — The Cold Grapery — The Hot-house or forcing Grapery — The Strawberry — The Vegetable Garden — 

 Monthly Calender of Operations. Price, $2.00 postpaid. It is also given free as a premium, on an order from 

 this Catalogue amountins^ to $25 00. 

 Gardening' for Profit. How to grow Vegetables for Market — Gives all the Latest Methods of Culture 

 —And the best varieties of vegetables — The Management of Cold Frames and Viot Beds — Forcing Houses — Seed 

 Sowing, &c., &c. Written particularly for the Market Gardener, but is equally as valuable for the Private Gar.dener. 

 Fully illustrated, 375 pages. Price, post-paid, $2 00 

 It is also given fee as a premium, on an order from this Catalogue amounting to $25.00. 



Garden and Farm Topics. Tells how to Grow Bulbs, and contains essays on some sjjecial Greenhouse 

 Vegetable. Fiuit and Farm Crops. Fully illustrated ; 244 pages. Price, post-paid, $1.00. 

 It is also :fven free as a premium, on an order from this Catalogue amountim to $10.00. 



HO'W tlie Farm Pays* By Messrs. Henderson & Crozier-^ An acknowledged authority for Farmers — I'.ives 

 all of the Latest Methods of Growing Cirass, Grain, Root Crops, Fruits, &c., and all about Stock, Farm Machiner\-, 

 &c.. &c. Price post-paid, $2.50. • 



It is also ^ iven fr,e as a premium, on an order from this Catalogue amounting to $30.00. ^P" 



HenderSOn^S Bulb Culture. (Publish d September. iSqo.) a valuable treatise, telling how to gro-v 

 bulbs for winter flowering in the house, greenhouse, ccnservatoiy or \vindow, and for spring flowering in the gaicen. 

 It also treats on summer flowering bulbs, in fact gfives full instructions when and how to plant, and after manage- 

 ment. It also tells how to " force " Lily of the Valley, Tulips, Hyacinths. Lilies, Narcissus and other " florists' bulbs." 



Although written especially for amateurs, yet m^^ instruction has bf en embodied that will be useful to the pro- 



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\lalogue amounting to^^.oo and over. 



psional florist. 24 pages. Price, 



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