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MEWHAND B00K oF P-ANTj 



8) PETER HENDERSON. 526 Pages. Profusely Illustrated. Price, postpaid, $3.00. 



THE standard American dictionary of plants, flowering, ornamental, economic, etc.. including vegetables 

 and fruits; in fact, a complete work on cultivated plant life. Everything is arranged alphabetically, 

 from Aaron's Beard to Zygopliyllum; very complete descriptions are given, with full cultural instruction for 

 everything of importance. A full list of popular names and all botanical terms are given, also a glossjiry 

 of the technical terms used in describing plants. A monthly calendar of operations for the greenhouse and window garden, flower, fruit and kit- 

 chen garden, renders it valuable as a book of reference; in short, there is sufficient matter given on all gardening subjects to allowthis book to be 

 termed The American Gardener's .Dictionary. 



ing, Parlor Gardening. Plant Protection. Plant* for Shady Places, Plants for Sea- 

 side, Poisonous or Unhealthy Plants, Potting, Propagation by Cuttings. Layers. 

 Seeds, etc.. Pruning. Rock Garden. Rotation of Crops. Screens. Seeds, Shading. 

 Soil, Sub-soiling. Sub-tropical Garden. Temperature. Transplanting. Trenching, 

 Vases, Ventilating, Walks, Wardian Cases, Waterfalls. Watering. Water Lillys 

 and Water Plants. Weeds, Wintering Plants, Useful Tables and Memoranda on 

 Temperature. Rain, Soil, Manures, Numbers of Plants and Trees to an Acre, 

 Quantity of Seeds required per Acre ; for a certain number of Plants ; to a given 

 length of drill, etc. 



CONTENTS.— About o.noo genera of plants, with their descriptions, histories, 

 usefulness, hardiness, requirements, etc.. and cultural instructions are given — 

 Popular or Common Names— Correct Pronunciation— Cultivation of Principal 

 Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers — Winter Forcing of Roses, Bulbs and other plants 

 used for Cut Flowers — Winter Forcing of Vegetables and Fruit — Calendar of 

 Garden Operations. Annuals, Bedding and Borders. Bouquets. Budding. Cold 

 Frames and Pits, Conservatory, Designs, Draining. Fertilizers. Fountains, Frozen 

 Plants. Glazing. Grafting, Grasses. Greenbouse. Hanging Baskets. Heating. 

 Hedges, Herbaceous Plants. Herbarium, Hybridization. Insectsand Insecticides, 

 Lawn, Manures, Mulching, Moles. Orchard, Orchid Culture, Ornamental Plant- 



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



WAS written to meet the wants of those desiring information on gardening lor private use. It- i 

 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 preseDt having been revised and greatly en- 

 larged ; it exhaustively treats on the Vegetable Garden, Flower Garden. Fruit Garden, Greenhouse, Grapery. 

 Window Garden, Lawn, the Water Garden, etc. 



CONTEXTS.— Preparation of the Ground- 

 Walks — Tne Lawn — Design for Gardens — Plant- 

 ing of Lawn and Flower Beds — Fall or Holland 

 Bulbs, etc. — Propagation of Plants by Seeds — 

 Propagation of Plants by Cuttings — H.iw Graft- 



ing and Budding are Done— The Potting of Plants— Winter-flowering Plant 

 Plants suited for Summer Decoration—Window Gardening— Culture of V ater 



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 — Insectsand other Parasites injur- 

 ious to Plants — Humbugs in Horticulture — Hardy Grapes — The Cold Grapery— 

 The Hot House or Forcing Grapery — The Strawberry — The V. gt I ubli ! ..irden — 

 Monthly Calendar of Operation-. 



PRACTICAL FlORKULTURE 



By PETER HENDERSON. 325 Pages. Fully Illustrated. Price, post-paid, $1.50. 



IP 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 florist's business, but who followed the instructions in this work and are now "ful 1 - 

 fledged florists." And although written especially for the Commercial Florist, it is equally valuable to the amateur 

 and all havfng conservatories, greenhouses, window gardens, etc. Admitted to be the leading American authority on 

 this subject. 



CONTENTS.— How to Become a Florist— The Profits of Floriculture— Aspect 

 and Soil— The Preparation for New and the Renovation of Old Uwns — 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 — Con- 

 struction of Hot Beds — Greenhouse Structures— Glass. Glazing and Shading — 

 Modes of Heating — Propagation of Plants by Seeds — Propagation of Plants by 

 Cuttings — Propagating Roses by Grafting and Budding— Greenhouse Plants 

 most indemand in Spring— Cold Frame Plants most sold in Spring— Plants most 



in demand for Window Decoration in Winter — Cul- 

 ture of Winter-flowering Plants for Cut Flow ere— 

 Rose Growing in Winter — Bulbs for W inter Flowers 

 — Plants used for Decoration of Rooms — Construc- 

 tion of Bouquets, etc.— Hanging Baskets — Parlor or Window Gardening— Form- 

 ation of Rockwork and Plants for Rocks — What Flowers will grow in r),. 

 Shade— Succession Crops in the Greenhouse — Packing P Ian te— Plants by Mail — 

 —Insects and Diseases Affecting Plants — Mildew— Diary of Operations for the 

 Yt-ar — The Culture of Foreign Grape Vines under Glass. 



a^RpENlNQ^pROFlT 



By PETER HENDERSON. 375 Pases. Fully Illustrated. Price, postpsid, $1.50. 

 IP you wish to grow Vegetables for Sale, read Gardening job Profit. Thr- personal nm cs- 

 I 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 value set upon this (treat work. While written particularly for the Market Hardener and Trurker. 

 vet it Is of equal value for large private gardens. 



CONTENTS.— The Forcing of 

 all Important Vegetables and 

 Fruits under Glass— The Men fit- 

 ted forthe Business — Theamount 

 of Capital required and Working force per Acre, — Proflta of Market Gardening 

 —Location, Situation and faying (nit — Soils, Drainage and Preparation— Man- 

 ures— The Use* and Management of Cold Frames— Protecting Cloth in lieu of 



Rashes — Spring liaising of Cabbage, Cauliflower and lettuce— Formation and 

 Management "f Hot Bedl — Forcing Pits or Greenhouses— Wide Greenhouses for 

 Vegetable Crops— Forcing Btrmwberrlei — seeds and See,] Raising— How, win n 

 and Where to Sow Rc-edi — Transplanting— Vegetables, their Varieties and Culti- 

 vation— When to Sow and Plant In the Southern State"— Packing of V.-gotabli s 

 for Shipi ing— Preservation of Vegetable- in Winter— ln-eei«— culture of Small 

 Fruits — Monthly Calendar of Operations, 



