PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— BOOKS. 



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PBTB^ ^BfiDBHSQH'S 



OQKS OH HO^TICULiTU^E, 



THE FOLLOWING BOOKS, WRITTEN BY PETER HENDERSON, ARE THE 



ACKNO"WLEDGED AUTHORITIES AND TEXT-BOOKS ON 



THE SUBJECTS OF 'WHICH THEY TREAT. 



HEHDEHSOIi'S %m ^Rpm^ OF PliSflTS Rp GEIlEf{RIi f{ol?TICUliTUI?E. 



\ I /HIS new edition, revrritten and enlarged in 1889, comprises about fifty per cent, more genera than the former one, 

 ®l® and embraces the botanical name (accentuated according to the latest authorities), derivation, natural order, etc., 

 together with a short history of the difTerent genera, and concise instructions for their propagation and culture. A 

 valuable feature of the b>ook, particularly to amateurs, is the great care that has been given to obtain all the leading local or 

 common English names, together with a comprehensive glossary of Botanical and Technical terms. Plain instructions are 

 also given for the cultivation of the principal vegetables, fruits and flowers — both for the Amateur, Florist and Market Gardener 

 — with very full instructions on forcing Tomatoes, Grapes, Cucumbers, Mushrooms, Strawberries, etc., together with com- 

 prehensive practical directions about soils, manures, roads, lawns, draining, implements, greenhouse buildings, heating by 

 steam and hot water, propagation by seeds and cuttings, window gardening, shrubs, trees, etc. In short, everything relating 

 to general horticulture is given in alphabetical order to make it a complete book of reference. 526 pages ; 800 illustrations. 

 Price, $4.00, post-paid. 



GARDENING New Edition. Tells how to grow Flowers, 



FOR Vegetables and small Fruits in the Garden 



Di P A QI IDP ^ Greenhouse ; also treats fully on Win- 



FLbAbUKti. ^Q^ ^^(j House Plants. It was specially 



written for amateurs. The scope of this book includes 



Preparation of the ground — Walirs — The Lawn — Designs for Gardens 

 — Planting of Lawn anJ 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 Dtrcorati on — Window Gar- 

 dening — Culture of Water Lilies and other Aquatic Plants — The Chrys- 

 anthemum — Parlor Gardening, or the Cultivation of Plants in Rooms — 

 Clreenhouses attached to Dwellings —Detached Greenhouses, Modes of 

 Heating, etc. — Greenhouses and Pits without Artificial Heating — Flowers 

 that 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 Calendar of Operations. 



404 pages ; fully illustrated. Price, $2.00, post-paid. 



GARDENING New Edition. A new, revised and greatly 

 FOR enlarged edition of this popular work. This 



DDf»PIT book gives in detail our 25 years' experi- 



^ ence in Market Gardening, and a revised 



list of varieties in vegetables recommended for market cul- 

 ture. Written particularly for the Market Gardener, but is 

 equally as valuable for the Private Gardener. 375 pages ; 

 fully illustrated. Price, ,$2.00, post-paid. 



GARDEN 



AND 



FARM TOPICS. 



Contains essays on some special Green- 

 house, Vegetable and Bulb, Fruit and 

 Farm Crops. 244 pages ; fully illus- 

 trated. Price, $1.00, post-paid. 



PRACTICAL 

 FLORICULTURE. 



New Edition. Written particularly 

 for the Commercial Florist, but equal- 

 ly as valuable for the Amateur. This 

 work teaches how flowers and plants can best be " grown 

 for profit." It is admitted to be the leading authority on the 

 subject. 325 pages ; fully illustrated. Price, jf 1. 50, post-paid. 



HOW THE By Messrs. Henderson and Crozier. An 

 FARM PAV^ acknowledged authority for Farmers. 

 Gives all of the Latest Methods of grow- 

 ing Grass, Grain, Root Crops, Fruits, etc.; and all about 

 Stock, Farm Machinery, etc., etc. 400 pages ; fully illus- 

 trated. Price, $2.50, post-paid. 



INJURIOUS INSECTS AND PLANT DISEASES, 

 WITH REMEDIES, by PROF. BAILEY, chief of 

 Cornell Experiment Station, gives the latest preventives 

 and treatments from practical tests and experiments, includ- 

 ing the latest apparatus for applying fluid and powder 

 insecticides. It gives all in plain and concise manner. 

 36 pages ; illustrated. Price, 25 cents, post-paid. 



CULTURE OF WATER LILIES AND AQUATICS. 



How to make a Water Lily Tank and Protect in Winter — When Tender 

 Species may be Started— Keeping Water Lilies over Winter — To Extend 

 the Season of Blooming— Soil for Growing Aquatics — Water Lilies in 

 Tubs and Cement Basins — The Possibilities ot Aquatic Gardening — 

 Hardy Aquatics — Enemies of Aquatics and Remedies— Suitable Animals 

 for the Aquatic Garden — How to Grow Water Lilies from the Seed — An 

 Amateur's Success — Species and Varieties of Water Lilies and Aquatics. 



42 pages ; illustrated. Price, post-paid, 25 cents. 



An invaluable treatise, telling how to grow bulbs for winter flowering in the house, greenhouse, conservatory or window, 

 and for spring flowering in the garden. It also treats on summer-flowering bulbs; in fact, gives full instructions when and 

 how to plant, and after-management. It also tells how to "force" Lily-of-the- Valley, Tulips, Hyacinths, Lilies, Narcissus 

 and other " florists" bulbs." 



It tells how to grow bulbs in glasses, crocus pots, moss and other novel ways. It gives designs for beds of bulbs and tells 

 what to put in them. It gives a list of common names ; tells what bulbs are suitable for naturalization, for bedding for 

 winter flowering, for summer ilowering, etc., etc., and much other valuable information. 24 pages ; illustrated. Price, 

 post-paid, 25 cents. 



SPECIAL OFFER :s 



ordered at one time, we will supply the ful! set of nine books, described above, 

 carriage prepaid, for $10.00. (Separately, they would cost $!3.7S.) This set of books 

 form A COMPLElii LIBRARY OF THE GARDEN, GREENHOUSE AND FARM. 



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