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



By PETER HENDERSON. 376 Pages. Fully Illustrated. Price, post-paid, $1.50. 



IF you wish to grow Vegetables for Sale, read Gardening for Profit. The personal 

 success of its author during his long career as a market gardener, and the success of thousands 

 from the time he first made his cultural methods known up to the present day, show the 

 popular estimation of the vahie set upon this great work. While written particularly for the 

 Market Gardener and Trucker, yet it is of equal value for large private gardens. 



CONTENTS. 



The Forcing of all important Vege 

 tables and Fruits under Glass— The Men 

 Fitted for the Business — The Amount o 

 Capital required and Working Force per Acre — Profits of Market Gardening — Location 

 Situation and Laying Out — Soils. Drainage and Preparation — Manures — The Uses and Man 

 agement of Cold Frames — Protecting Cloth in lieu of Sashes — Spring Raising of Cabbage 



Cauliflower and Lettuce— Formation and Management of Hot Beds— Forcing Pits or Green 

 houses— Wide Greenhouses for Vegetable Crops— Forcing Strawberries— Seeds and Seed 

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

 and Cultivation— When to Sow and Plant in the Southern States— Packing of Vegetables for 

 Shipping— Preservation of Vegetables in Winter— Insects— Culture of Small Fruits— Monthly 

 Calendar of Operations. 



BEST METHODS OF GROWING VEGETABLES. 



PRICE. 25 CENTS. 



A PAMPHLET giving in a concise form the latest methods of growing gar- 

 den vegetables, including special treatment for growing exibition vege- 

 tables, a useful table, giving temperatures in which oeeds best germinate, 

 the time required to " come up " and days to mature; the use of the feet in seed 

 sowing; how to prevent scab in potatoes; combating insects and plant diseases; 

 apparatus for applying insecticides, fungicides; the proportions of fertilizing con- 

 stituents in various vegetable crops; the fertilizers best supplying the needful; 

 stimulating plants into quick growth and early maturity ; the making and man- 

 agement of cold frames and hot beds, etc. 



VEGETABLE GARDENING AND TRUCK FARMING. 



Gardening tor Profit. By Peter Henderson. {See special description.). $1.50 



Farmer's Cyclopedia of Agriculture. By Messrs. Wilcox and Smith. Experiment 

 Station Editors in U S. Dept. of Agriculture. A thoroughly up-to-date, practical, 

 concise and complete presentation of the whole subject of agriculture. Farm, 

 orchard and garden crops, animals, feeding, dairying, poultry, irrigation, drainage, 

 fertilizing, spraying, etc. 6,000 topics, 700 pages, 500 illustrations. Cloth bound, 

 $3.50; half morocco ' ._ *.o0 



Principles of Vegetable Gardening. By Prof. L. H Bailey. Soils; Its treatment; 



vegetables ; management from seeds to marketing and storing 1.88 



Gardening for the South. By P. H. Mell. Practically a new work on growing 

 vegetables and fruits in the South, according to the methods of tbe most successful 

 southern gardeners. 683 pages, 280 illustrations 2.50 



Truck Farming at the South. By Dr. A. Oemler. A guide to raising vegetables for 



northern markets, culture, packing, etc., by an experienced and successful grower. 1.00 



Vegetable Growing In the South for Northern Markets. I'y Prof. Rolfs, of 



Florida Agricultural College. Practical and valuable information 1.26 



Success In Market Gardening. By W. W. Rawson. Vegetables out-of-doors and 



under glass. Specially adapted to New England climate 1.00 



The Forcing Book. By Prof. Bailey. The cultivation of winter vegetables in 

 glass houses. The best and most complete book on this subject for those who grow 

 for home consumption or for market 1 .00 



California Vegetables In Garden and Field. By E. J. Wickson. A manual of 



practice for sub-tropical climates, with and without irrigation . 2.25 



Garden Making. By Prof. Bailey. (See under "Ornamental Plants and Flowers.") 1.00 



Vegetable Gardening. By S. B. Green, Professor of Horticulture, Univeisity of 

 Wisconsin. A new work. Full of practical information about growing vegetables 

 for both home use and for marketing l f " 



CULTURES OF SPECIAL VEGETABLES. 



Asparagus. By F. M. Hexamer. A practical new treatise on the best methods of 



raising, cultivating, harvesting, marketing, forcing anil canning asparagus $0.60 



Cabbage, How to Grow. By J. J. H. Gregory - , Details of culture, keeping, market- 

 ing, etc 30 



Cabbages, Cauliflower, etc. By C. L. Allen. A new work. Gives complete in- 

 structions from seedtime till harvest 50 



Cabbages and Cauliflowers for Profit, By J. M. Lupton. A new book on this 



subject by a successful grower 60 



Carrots and Mangels. By J. J. H. Gregory. How to raise them, keep them and 



feed them 30 



Celery Culture for Profit. By Greiner. New and improved methods of culture.. . .20 



Celerv, Kalamazoo Culture of. By C. von Bochove. Improved methods of 



culture, " The Secret of Success," and full information 60 



Cucumber Culture for Amateurs. By W. J. May. An English treatise on the 



growing of foreign cucumbers under glass 60 



Mushrooms. How to Grow Them. By We Falconer. The best and most practi 



cal American work on growing for home use or for market 1.00 



Mushroom Culture. By W. Robinson. (Imported.) England's standard authority 



on this subject &0 



Mushroom Culture for Amuteurs. By W. J. May. English methods of growing In 



houses, sheds, cellars, shelves and out-of-doors 60 



Onion Culture, The New. By T. Greiner. For the home garden or market; new 



and highly valuable methods are described 60 



Onions, How to Haise Them Profitably. By 17 practical onion growers of long 



experience, residing in different sections of the country 26 



Potato Culture. The A B C of. By W. B. Terry. How to grow quantity and 



quality, and other new and valuable information 60 



Potatoes for Profit. By Van Orman. The result of 25 years' experience by a leading 



grower 25 



Sweet Potato Culture. By James Frrz. Full instructions from starting the plants 



to harvesting and storing ; the Chines Yam, etc 50 



The New Khubarh Culture. By J. E. Morse. A new and complete guide to dark 



forcing and field culture 50 



Squashes. By J. J. H. Gregory. Soil selection and preparation, culture, gathering, 



winter storing, etc 30 



Tomato Culture. By Day, Cummins and Root. Culture in field, under glass and in 



the South; for home, for market, forearming factories 36 



Peanut Plant. Its Cultivation and Uses. 'By B. W. Jones. Instructs the begin- 

 ner how to raise good en ips 50 



Tobacco Culture. Full practical details by If experienced growers in different sec- 

 tions of the country 25 



-^ Oa^SERAL FRUIT AND NUT CULTURE. Each 



The Principle** of Fruit t.rowli.g. By Prof. Bailey. A new work and one of the 



inost valuable on the subject, science and practice $1.25 



American Fruit Culturlst. By J. J. Thomas. 20th edition; just revised and en- 

 larged. A handbook of everything pertaining 1 to fruit culture 3.00 



The Fruit Garden. By P. Barry. A standard work on fruit culture by an experi- 

 enced author and nurseryman 1.50 



The Practical Fruit Grower. By C. T. Maynard. Just what the beginner needs 



and the successf u 1 man practices 50 



Fruit Harvesting, Storing and Marketing. By Prof. Waugh. A new and prac- 

 tical guide to the picking, sorting, packing, stoi ing, whipping and marketing 1.00 



Rush Fruits. By Prof. Card, of K. I. Agricultural College. A new work. Cultiva- 

 tion, varieties, diseases, insects, evaporation, etc., etc 1.50 



Small Fruit Culturlst. By A. S. Fuller. Rewritten, enlarged and up to date ; 



propagation, culture, varieties, marketing, etc 1.00 



Citrus Fruits. By Prof. Hume, of Fla, Agricultural Exp. Station. A new and up to 



date work on the culture of oranges, pomelos, shaddocks, citrons, lemons, etc 2.75 



California Fruits and How to Grow Them. By E. J. Wickson. Methods and ex- 

 perience of growers ; varieties for certain districts, etc 2.50 



Florida Fruits and How to KaUe Them. By H. Harcourt. Cultivation, man- 

 agement, marketing of all fruits adapted to semi-tropical regions in the U. S. ; 

 evaporating fruits and how to use them 1.00 



The Nut Culturlst. By A. S. Fuller. Propagation, cultivation, marketing of nut- 

 bearing trees and shrubs 1.50 



Nuts for Profit. By J. R. Parry. Germination, budding, grafting, cultivation, 



harvesting, marketing, receipts f or preparation and serving fiO 



CULTURES OF SPECIAL FRUITS. 



Apple Culture, Field Notes on. By Prof. Bailey. Practical and valuable instruc- 

 tion from planting to harvesting $ .75 



Cider Makers' Handbook. By J. M. Trowbridge. Making and keeping in perfec- 

 tion, based on scientific facts 1.00 



Cranberry Culture. By J. J. White. Location, preparation, planting, management, 



picking, keeping, etc., etc 1.00 



Grape Culturlst. By A. S. Fuller. One of the best works on cultivation and man- 

 agement of hardy grapes 1 .50 



Grape Training, American. By Prof. Bailey. A new book, illustrating and de- 

 scribing all practical systems in detail 76 



Grape Growing and Wine Making, American. By Prof. G. HuSMANN. Revised. 

 Garden and vineyard management from planting to harvesting, both in the East, 

 West and California ; all about making wine 1.50 



Grape Growers' Guide (under glass). By Wm. Choklton. Cultivation suited to 



America in warm and cold graperies, construction, heating 75 



Olive Culture. By A. T. Marvin. Culture, climate, soil, fertilization, pruning, har- 



vestin.', extraction of oil, etc 2.00 



Peaeh Culture. By Hon. J. A. Fulton. Revised. The best work on growing 



peaches for profit or home use 1.00 



Pear Culture for Profit. By P. T. Quinn. Soils, preparation, planting, manage- 

 ment, harvesting, marketing 1.00 



Plums and Plum Culture. By Prof. Waugh. A new and complete manual on all 



known varieties of plums 1.50 



Quince Culture. By W. W. Meech. Revised and enlarged. Varieties, propagation, 



cultivation, diseases, insects and remedies 1.00 



Strawberry Culturlst. By A. S. Fuller. Field, garden, forcing and pot culture; 



hybridizing, varieties, etc 25 



Strawberry Culture, The A B C of. By T. B. Terry. The latest on this subject 



and by an experienced grower 40 



SOILS, MANURES, DRAINAGE, IRRIGATION, j^ 



The Soil. By Pkof. King. Its nature, composition, functions, relations to plai.t 1 fe 



and principles of management $1.00 



The Fertility of the Land. By Prof. Roberts. Valuable to every tiller of t. e soil j 



controlling and increasing fertility through management of SOIL water, rotation... 1.26 



Fertilizers. By Prof. E. B. Voorhees. A valuable contribution to the subject ; tbe 

 underlying principles of soils and f ertilizing ; the requirements of important crops, 

 and the best fertilizers to use for them 1.00 



Farming with Green Manures. By Dr. C. Harlan. The advantage of soiling and 



green manuring : details of practice and effects 1.00 



Farm Drainage. By H. F. French. The principles, processes and effects of draining 



land with stones, wood, plows, open ditches, and especially with tiles 1 .00 



Irrigation and Drainage. By Prof. F. H. King. The relationship between bundling 

 soil water, soil culture, and effect, methods of securing favorable physical con- 

 ditions of soil for most pri '1 1 table crop results 1 .50 



Tile Drainage. By \V. J. Chamberlain. The experience of forty years by a practical . 

 agriculturist who has laid 1"> miles of tiles SC 



Irrigation Farming. By Lute Wilcox. The application of water in the production 



of crops, appliances, principles and advantages 2 .00 



INSECTS AND PLANT DISEASES. 



Fumigation Methods. By Prof. Willis G. Johnson. An up-to-date work on tbe 

 practical application of hydrocyanic acid gas and carbon bisulphid, for the destruc- 

 tion of insects and larvae in orchards, granaries, greenhouses, etc., illustrated 81.06 



Economic Entomology. By Prop. Smith, one of the highest authorities. Insects 



easily identified; preventives, machinery, fungous diseases, etc 2.50 



Insects and Insecticides. By Prof. Weed. Tells how to combat insects in field. 



orchard, garden, green house and dwelling 1.50 



The Spraying or Plants. By Prof. Lodeman. Insects and fun.i; liquids and 



powders, application and apparatus 1.00 



Spraying Crops. By Clarence M. Weed. A revised and enlarged edition, tellintr 

 when and how garden and field crops, fruit and shade trees should be spiayed for 

 their various insect and fungous enemies. Illustrated 50 



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