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By PETER HENDERSON. 375 Pages. Fully Illustrated. Price, post-paid, $1.50. 



/F you wish to grow Vegetables for Sale, read Gardening fob Peofit. 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, shows the popular estimation of 

 the value set upon this great work. All over the land it opened up the market gardening interest, for 

 it should be always remembered that this was the first work ever written on market gardening in this 

 country. To the South alone its value is almost beyond computation, for the enormous trucking 

 interests already there, and which are constantly on the increase owe their birth entirely to, and subse- 

 quent development mainly to the teachings of Gardening fob Profit. "Written particularly for the 

 Market Gardener and Truck Farmer, yet it is of equal value for large private gardens. The first edition 

 of Gardening fob Peofit was published in 1866 ; it has been revised twice since, and its sale has been 

 so largethat up to this time 43 editions have been printed. The present edition was revised and greatly enlarged in the summer of 1886. Its 

 scope has been greatly extended since the earlier editions were published. The varieties in vegetables recommended for market culture have also 

 been carefully revised ; so that what is now advised to plant are kinds in general use at this time. 



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The Forcing of all important Vegetables and Fruits under Glass— The Men 

 Fitted for the Business— The Amount of Capital required and Working Force 

 per Acre — Profits of Market Gardening— Location, Situation and Laying Out — 

 Soils. Drainage and Preparation— Manures— The Uses and Management of Cold 

 Frames— Protecting Cloth in lieu of Sashes— Spring Raising of Cabbage, Cauli- 

 flower and Lettuce — Formation and Management of Hot-Beds — Forcing Pits or 



Greenhouses — "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 Vege- 

 tables in Winter — Insects — Culture of Small Fruits — Monthly Calendar of Opera- 

 tions. 



By PETER HENDERSON. 325 Pages. 



7F you wish to become a Commercial Florist, then of all books you should procure 

 Practical Floriculture. We have any number of complimentary letters from people 



who actually knew nothing of the florists' business, but who followed the instructions in this work and are now 

 "full-fledged florists." And although written especiallyfortheCommercial Florist, it is equally valuable tothe amateur 

 and all having conservatories, greenhouses, window gardens, etc. Practical Floriculture was first issued in 1868, 

 has gone through many editions and had an enormous sale, and is admitted to be the leading American authority on 

 this subject. This present edition of Practical Floriculture was greatlj T enlarged by Mr. Henderson in 1887, and 

 revised to keep abreast of the times, as there are now many superior methods of propagation and culture of flowers 

 and plants — and many improved varieties of plants — all of which have been fully treated in this new edition. 



—— CONTENTS, 



How to become a Florist— The Profits of Floriculture— Aspect and Soil— The 

 Preparation for New and the Renovation of Old Lawns — Laying out the Flower 

 Garden— Designs for Ornamental Grounds and Flower gardens — Planting of 

 Flower Beds — Soils for Potting — Temperature and Moisture — The Potting of 

 Plants — Drainage in Pots— Cold Frames for Winter Protection — Construction of 

 Hot-Beds — Greenhouse Structures— Glass, Glazing and Shading— Modes of Heat- 

 ing—Propagation of Plants by Seeds— Propagation of Plants by Cuttings— Prop- 

 agating Roses by Graf ting and Budding — Greenhouse Plants most in demand in 



Spring— Cold Frame Plants most sold in Spring— Plants most in demand for Win- 

 dow Decoration in Winter — Culture of Winter-flowering Plants for Cut Flowers 

 —Rose Growing in Winter— Bulbs for Winter Flowfrs— Plants used for Decora- 

 tion of Rooms — Construction of Bouquets, etc. — Hanging Baskets — Parlor or 

 Window Gardening — Formation of Rock-work and Plants for Rocks — What 

 Flowers will grow in the Shade — Succession Crops in the Greenhouse — Packing 

 Plants— Plants by Mail— Insects and Diseases Affecting Plants— Mildew— Diary of 

 Operations for the Year— The Culture of Foreign Grape Vines under Glass. 



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By PETER HENDERSON. 404 Pages. Fully Illustrated. Price, post-paid, $1.50. 



WAS written to meet the wants of those desiring information on gardening for private use. Its 

 scope therefore embraces directions for the culture and propagation of Flowers, Vegetables and 

 Fruits. It has had a large sale, and gone through several editions, the present having been 

 revised and greatly enlarged by the author in 1888; it exhaustively treats on the Vegetable Garden, Flower 

 Garden, Fruit Garden, Greenhouse, Grapery, Window Garden, Lawn, the Water Garden, etc. 



CONTENTS. 



Preparation of the Ground — Walks— The Lawn— Design 

 for Gardens— Planting of Lawn and Flower Beds— Kail or Hol- 

 land Bulbs, etc. — Propagation of Plants by Seeds — Propaga- 

 tion of Plants by Cuttings— How Grafting and Budding are Done — 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 Pits without Artificial Heating— Flowers that will grow 

 in the Shade — Insects and other Parasites injurious to Plants — Humbugs in Horti- 

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

 — The Strawberry — The Vegetable Garden — Monthly Calendar of Operations. 



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