valuable as a book of reference. 
=, NEW HAND Books: PLANTS: 
By PETER HENDERSON. 526 Pages. 
HE original HANDBOOK OF PLANTS was issued in 1881; in this new edition, rewritten and enlarged, 
issued 1890, all the new genera of importance are added. 
very full list of popular names, and all the generic names are accentuated. 
arrangement is adopted in the descriptions instead of the Linnean or artificial system; and a carefully 
compiled glossary of the technical terms used in describing plants. 
the greenhouse and window garden, flower, fruit and kitchen garden, will undoubtedly render this edition 
Very full instructions are given for the culture and forcing of all Fruits, 
Flowers and Vegetables of importance; in short, there is sufficient matter given on all gardening subjects 
to allow this book to be termed The American Gardener's Dictionary. 
to the wants of American horticulturists than any of the.more costly foreign works on gardening; for, 
Profusely Illustrated. Price, post-paid, $4.00. 
All botanical terms afe given, and also a 
The natural system of 
A monthly calendar of operations for 
And it will be-better adapted 
hough from a foreigh standpoint these are all they claim to be, yet for our American climate much of the information, and especially the 
rardening instructions, are not only useless, but actually misleading. 
About 5,000 genera of plants, alphabetically arranged, with their descriptions, 
ndividual histories, usefulness, hardiness, requirements, etc., and, where their 
mportance justifies it, cultural instructions are given—Local, Popular or Com- 
non Names — Correct Pronunciation — Cultivation of principal Vegetables, 
‘ruits and Flowers—Winter Forcing of Roses, Bulbs and other Plants used for 
tut Flowers—Winter Forcing of Vegetables and Fruits—Monthly Calendar of 
jarden Operations. 
Annuals, Bedding and Borders, Bouquets, Budding, Cold Frames and Pits, 
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N acknowledged authority for Farmers. 
ten in a plain and easy-to-be-understood language. 
of the farm pay, which the so-called scientific farmer rarely does. 
FARM 
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Gives all of the Latest Methods of Growing Grass, 
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Everything pertaining to scientifie or 
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sects and Insecticides, Lawn, Manures, Mulching, Moles, Orchard, Orchid Cul 
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Useful Tables and Memoranda on Temperature, Rain, Soil, Manures, Numbers 
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number of Plants; toa given length of Drill, ete. 
It is writ- 
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By PETER HENDERSON. 244 Pages. 
Price, post-paid, $1.00. 
CONTENTS. 
Popular Bulbs—Window Gardening—Plants in Rooms 
—Propagation of Plants by Cuttings, Layers, Divisions 
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Cauliflower for Market—Growing and Preserving Celery—Strawberry Culture 
-Root Crops for Farm Stock—Culture of Alfalfa and Lucerne—Manures and 
their Application—Market Gardening around New York—The Use of the Feet in 
Seed Sowing and Planting—Draining. 
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Fungicide Ingredients and their Average Cost—Spraying Calendar, ete. 
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Species and Varieties of Water Lilies and Aquatics. 
CONDENSED VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEED CULTURE. 
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