P ETER HENDERSON'S gOOjg 1 HORTICULTURE. 



Gardening for Profit. - - 



- - Practical floriculture. 

 Gardening for Pleasure. - 



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THE FOLLOWING EDOKS WRITTEN BY PETER HENDEI 



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- - Hom the Farm Pays. 

 Garden and Farm Topics. - 



- Hem Handbook of Plants. 



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<4Ter|dersoi> , s J\e\V c^Taiidbook of ]plai)ts ai)d (jr-erjeral <4~f°rticaltare. 



fl NEW AND REVISED EDITION, WITH COPIOUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 



THIS new edition rewritten and enlarged in 1889 comprises about fifty per cent, more genera than the form-r :.-■?, 

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

 with a short history of the different genera, and concise instructions for their propagation and culture. A valuable : 

 the book, particularly to amateurs, is the great care that has been given to obtain ali the leading local or common Ei 

 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 ::.- 

 forcing Tomatoes, Grapes, Cucumbers, Mushrooms, Strawberries, etc., together with comprehensive practical directions ab 

 manures, roads, lawns, draining, implements, greenhouse buildings, heating by steam and hot water, propagation by s- 

 cuttings, window gardening, shrubs, trees, etc. In short, everything relating to general horticulture is given in alphabetical order, 

 in a way so complete as to make it, as a book of reference, equally as valuable as encycloptedias of gardening four : 

 Henderson's New Handbook of Plants contains about 800 illustrations. Price, $4.00, post-paid. 



J^- Also given free as a premium on orders from this Catalogue amounting to $30.00, if asked for with the order. 



Gardening for Pleasure. New Edition. ''Tells how to 

 grosv Flowers, Vegetables andsmall Fruits in the Garden and 

 Greenhouse ; also treats fully on Window and House Plants. 



den — Designs for Ornamental Grounds and Flower Garden? — Elai 

 Beds— Soils for Potting— Temperature and Moisture— lhe Potnr.; i 

 age in Pots— Cold Frau.es for Winter Protection — Construction of Hot- Beds— Green- 

 house Structures — Glass, Glazing and Shading — Modes of B 

 Plants by Seeds— PropagaUon of Plant3 by Cuttings— Pr : - aj 

 ing and Budding— Greenhouse Plants most in demand in (Spring— C . . I 

 Plants most sold in Spring— Plants most in demand for Window De-oration in 

 Winter — Culture of Winter Flowerinz Plants for Cut Flowers— Rose Qi 

 Winter— Bulbs for Winter Flowers— Plants used for Decoration of Booms— : -• 

 struction of Bouquets, etc.— Hanging Baskets — Parlor or Window Garden- j— 1 :■ 

 mation of Bock-work and Plants for Bocks — What Flowers will gr. — 



Succession Crops in the Greenhouse— Packing P.acts— Plants by Mail— Insects 

 and Diseases Affecting Plants— Mildew— Diary o: C 

 ture of Grape Vines under Glass. 



Price, $1.50, post-paid. It is also given fret as a premium a 

 from this Catalogue amounting to $10. 0D. 



How tne Farm Pays. By Messrs. Henderson and 



An acknowledged authority for Farmers. Gives ail of the 

 Latest Methods of Growing Grass, Grain, Root Crops, Pi 

 etc. ; and all about Stock, Farm Machinery, etc., etc. Some of 

 the contents : 

 TrainingfortheBusinessofFarming— AgriculturalCouegeEa-.; — 



of Soils— Farm Roads— Draining— Manures and the Mod- - 

 Fertilizers — Green Manuring— Fertilizing by Feeding— PI 

 vating and Rolling Land — TTse of the Feet in Sowing and Planting — Rotai 

 Crops— Crops for Soiling and Fodder— Soiling (.'. 

 Causes— Grass and its Management— Van I 

 and Hay — Cutting and Curing of Hay — Clover H 

 with Roots— Live Stock of the Farm— Co". - 



and Butter— Young Cattle and their Care— Mina,: c!;;i nt of the Dairy— Farm He 

 — Sheep — Swine — Farm Buildings — Fences— Rcar.i.j and ffim jiilHJ I 

 the Farm and the Remedies— Farm Machinery'— 1— i laments, and ] 

 ture of Vegetables and Fruits— Cabbage— Celery — Sweet Corn— Cucumber 

 Pickles— Melons as a Market Crop— Onions— Cui ture of Principal Sn 

 —Strawberries — Blackberries — Raspberries — Currants — Goose ben 

 Orchard Fruits, etc. 



Price, $2 50, post-paid. It is also given jr. e m r. premium on i 

 from this Catalogue amounting to $90.00, tfaakedfor icith the i 



Garden and Farm Topics. I 



contain. , ■ 



214 : if 

 06, *1.UU, post-paid, i: is mmmmmw . is apremiumc 



from this Catalogue amounting to $5.00. r . the order. 



Henderson's Bulb Culture. Price, post : 



Will be given as premium on all orders from th is Catalogue amount- 

 ing to $2.00 ami over, if asked for icith the order. 



A New Book, " Injurious Insects and Plant Diseases, with Remedies," by PROF. BULFY. eaief of Cornell Eipenmer I 

 ready in February. It will give the latest prevenuves and treatments from practu.> - ments. tnclodin* • riuid and powder 



insecticides. It gives all in plain, concise manner. Price, 25 ceDts. or oirenfrte at premium <-n all onlrrt from UiisCalalogutamot,: |1 cJJbr ami* tt<onaov 



It was specially 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 I*wn 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 Deco- 

 ration—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, 

 otc. — Greenhouses and Pits without Artificial Heating— Flowers that will grow in 

 'he Shade — Insects and other Parasites injurious to Plants — Humbugs in Horticul- 

 -core -Hardy Grapes — The Cold Grapery— The Hot-house or Forcing Grapery— The 

 Strawberry— The Vegetable Garden— Monthly Calendar of Operations. 



Price, $2.00, post-paid. It is also given free as a premium on orders 

 from this Catalogue amounting to $15.00, if asked for icith the order. 



hardening- for Profit. New Edition*. A new, revised and 



greatly enlarged edition of this popular work. This book gives 



in detail our -25 years' experience in Market Gardening, and a 



revised list of varieties in vegetables recommended for market 



culture. "Written particularly for ihe Market Gardener, but is 



equally as valuable for the Private Gardener. Fully illustrated ; 



375 pages. Its contents are : 



The Forcing of all important Vegetables and Fruits under Gla=s— The Men Fit- 



l for the Business— The Amount of Capital Required and Working Force per 



•e— Profits of Market Gardening — Location, Situation and Laying Out — Soils, 



.linage and Preparation— Manures — The Use3 and Management of Cold Frames — 



rotecting Cloth in lieu of Sashes — Spring raising of Cabbage. Cauliflower and Let- 



cce — Formation and Management of Hot-Beds — Forcing Pits or Greenhouses — 



"ide Greenhouses for Vegetable Crops — Forcing Strawberries — Seeds and Seed 



aising— How, When and Where to Sow Seeds— Transplanting— Vegetables, their 



rieties and Cultivation— When to Sow and Plant in the Southern States— Packing 



i Vegetables for Shipping— Preservation of Vegetables m Winter— Insects — Culture 



of Small Fruits — Monthly Calendar of Operations. 



Price, $2.00, post-paid. Ic is also given free as a premium on orders 

 from this Catalogue amounting to $15.00, if asked for with the order. 



Practical Floriculture. New Edition. Written particu- 

 larly for the Commercial Florist, butequally as valuable for the 

 Amateur. Fully illustrated ;" 325 



•-ownowprsan£pU2nt_s^an4^iAH^^ grown for profit.' 

 — ^itted-* - ^ e the leading authority on this subject. Some of 

 cont...ts: 

 . to becomes Florist— The Profits of Floriculture— Aspect and Soil— The 

 .reparation for New and the Renovation of Old Lawns — Laying out the Flower Gar- 



