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Gardening for Profit. 



- Practical Floriculture. 

 Gardening for Pleasure. - 



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on Hofticultoe, 



How the Farm Pays. 

 Garden and Farm Topics. 

 - New Handbook of Plants. 



THE FOLLOWING BOOKS WRITTEN BY PETER HENDERSON ARE THE ACKNOWLEDGED AUTHORITIES AND 

 TEXT BOOKS ON THE SUBJECTS OF WHICH THEY TREAT. 



^Henderson's J^Tew .Handbook of Plants and General ^Horticulture. 



A NEW AND REVISED EDITION, WITH ABOUT 800 ILLUSTRATIONS. 



THIS new edition rewritten and enlarged in 1889 comprises about fifty per cent, more genera than the former 

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

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

 feature of the book, 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 aie also given for 

 the cultivation of the ptincipal 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 comprehensive practical dir- 

 ections about soils, manures, roads, lawns, draining, implements, greenhouse buildings, heating by steam and hot water, propa- 

 gation by seeds and cuttings, window ga:dening shrubs, trees, etc. In short everything relating to general horticulture is given 

 in alphabetical order, to make it a complete book of reference. Price, $4.00, post-paid. 



§^~ Also given f tee as a -ttremiwn on orders from this Catalogue amounting to $30.00, if askid for with th: order. 



Gardening for Pleasure. New Edition. Tells 

 how to grow Flowers, Vegetables and small Fruits in the 

 Garden and Greenhouse; also treats fully on Window and 

 House Plants. It was specially written for amateurs — con- 

 tains 404 pages, and is fully illustrated. The scope of this 

 book includes 



Preparation of the Ground — Walks — The Lawn — Designs forGardens — 

 Planting of Lawn and Flower Beds — Fall or Holland Bulbs, etc. — Propag- 

 ation of 1 lants by Seeds— Propagation of Plants by Cuttings — How Grafting 

 and Budding are Lone — 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 I its without Artificial Heating — Flowers that will grow in the Shade — 

 Insects and other Parasites injurious to Plants— Humbugs in Horticulture 

 — Hardy Crapes — The Coid Grapery— The Hot-house or Forcing Grapery— 

 The Straw berry — 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 co, if asked for 

 with the order. 



Gardening for Profit. New Edition. A new, 

 revised and greatly enlarged edition of this popular work. 

 This bork gives in detail our 25 years' experience in Market 

 Gardening, and a revised list of varieties in vegetables recom- 

 mended for market culture. Written particularly for the 

 Market Gardener, but is equally as valuable for the Private 

 Gardener. Fully illustrated: 375 pages. 

 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 with the order. 



Practical Floriculture. New Edition. Written 

 particularly for the Commercial Florist, but equally as valu- 

 able for the Amateur. Fully illustrated, 325 pages. This 

 work teaches how flowers and plants can best be "grown for 

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

 subject. Price, $1 50, post-paid. It is also given free as a 



premium on orders from this Catalogue amounting to §10.00, 



if asked for with the order. 



Mow the Farm Pays. By Messrs. Henderson and 

 Crozier. An acknowledge authority for Farmers. Gives all 

 of the Latest Methods of growing Grass, Grain, Root Crops, 

 Fruits, etc.; and all about Stock, Farm Machinery, etc. etc 

 Price, $2.50, post-paid. It is also given free as a premium 



on orders from this Catalogue amounting to $20. OO, if asked fo> 



■with the order. 



Garden and Farm Topics. Contains essays on 



some special Greenhouse, Vegetable and Bulb, Fruit and 



Farm Crops. Fully illustrated; 244 pages. 



Price, $1.00, post-paid. It is also given free as a premium 



on orders from this Catalogue amounting to $5.00, if asked J or 



with the order. 



A New Book "Injurious Insects and Plant Diseases, with 

 Remedies," by PROF. BAILE Y, chief of Cornell Exper- 

 iment Station, gives the latest preventitives and ireatments 

 from practical tests and experiments, including the late?t 

 apparatus for applying fluid and powders insecticides. It 

 gives all in plain and concise manner. Price, 25c, or given 



free as premium on all orders from this Catalogue amounting 



to $2.00 and over, if asked for with this order. 



HENDERSON'S BULB CULTURE- 



An invaluable treatise, telling how to grow bulbs for winter flowering in the house, greenhouse, conservatory ot 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 Valey, 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 ot common names; tells what bulbs are suitable for the naturalization, for bedding, for winter flow- 

 ering, for summer flowering, etc., etc , and much other valuable information. 



Although written csoecially for amateurs, yet much instruction has been embodied that will be useful to the professional 

 florist. 24 pages. Price, post-paid, 2^ cents. 



Will be given as premium on all orders Jrom this Catalogue amounting to %z 00 and over if aske I for with the order. 



