BOOKS ON GABDENING 



By PETER HENDERSON. 



HENDERSON'S HANDBOOK OF PLANTS. 



By PETER HENDERSON. 



This new work is designed to fill a want that many amateur and professional Horticulturists have often felt — 

 the need of a concise yet comprehensive Dictionary of Plants. The work above named, written and compiled 

 with great care, we think will fully meet such a want. 



The scope of the work embraces the Botanical Name, Derivation, Linnaean, and Natural Orders of Botany of 

 all the Leading Genera of Ornamental and Useful Plants, up to the present time (comprising every plant of impor- 

 tance relating to the mechanic arts, as well as to the greenhouse and vegetable garden), with concise instructions 

 for propagation and culture. A valuable feature of the book, particularly to amateurs, is the great care that has 

 been given to obtaining all known local or common names ; and a comprehensive glossary of Botanical and Technical 

 Terms is also given, which will be found of great value even to the experienced Horticulturist. 



As a book of reference, HENDERSON'S HANDBOOK OF PLANTS will take the place, for all 

 practical purposes, of the expensive and voluminous European works of this kind, as it has been written with a 

 view to meet the wants of those engaged in Horticulture in this country. Instructions for the culture of many 

 important plants have been given at length. 



HENDERSON'S HANDBOOK OF PLANTS, is a large octavo volume of 412 pages, printed on fine 

 paper, and handsomely bound in cloth. 



We will forward the book, postpaid by mail, on receipt of $3.00. 



"Gardening for Profit." 



For those who have not seen our other works on Gardening, we give below a brief statement of their scope 

 and contents. 



To such as are intending to begin the business of Market Gardening, we offer for their instruction our work, 



Gardening for Profit," published first in 1SG6, and a new edition in 1873. • Gardening for Profit " has had a 



larger sale probably than any work ever published on the subject of Horticulture. Upwards of fifty thousand 



copies have been sold, and we have hundreds of grateful testimonials from those who have been benefitted by 



its teachings. 



Our second work, written in 1868, second edition in 1873, and the third edition December, 1878, is entitled : 



" Practical Floriculture." 



and it, like its contemporary, was written to teach how flowers and plants can be best 'grown for profit." The 

 success of this has e%-en been more marked than the first, when we consider that it only refers to a business ex- 

 clusively a luxury. Upwards of twenty -five thousand copies of this work have been sold, and it has been the 

 means of establishing thousands of persons in an agreeable, and in a majority of cases, profitable business. 



Our first two books fell into the hands of many who had no desire to make gardening a business, but who 

 yet wished for information on the subject for their private use. To such it was found that a book detailing 

 operations on a smaller scale, yet embracing, as far as possible, all the information on the subject, was much 

 wanted. To supply this want, we, in 1875, wrote 



" Gardening for Pleasure," 



and it is flattering to state that the demand for it, for the time it has been issued, has been greater than either of 

 its predecessors. Its scope of subjects is naturally greater than either 'Gardening for Profit," or '-Practical 

 Floriculture," as it embraces directions for the propagation and culture of fruits, flowers and vegetables. 



All these works were written by Peter Henderson, the senior member of our firm, and are simply a relation 

 of his extensive experience of over a quarter of a century, in all departments of horticulture. They are written 

 in the plainest language, so that the instructions can be at once understood, no matter how ignorant the reader 

 may be of the subject. The price of Gardening for Profit, Practical Floriculture, and Gardening for Pleasure. 

 is $1.50 eacn, prepaid by mail; or we send them as premiums on orders from this Catalogue, for conditions of 

 which offer please refer to first page. 



Peter Henderson & Co. 



35 & 37 CORTLANDT ST., NEW YORK. 



