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



77 





By CHARLES HENDERSON. 160 pages, 9 1 -xl2 in. 340 Illustrations. 

 Price, post-paid, S2.50. 



AUNIQl'E new book of ornamental gardening, Illustrated, which 

 suggests many i.iins fur beautifying home grounds, lawns, Hower 

 gardens, etc.. whether pretentious or modest. There Ik but little text 

 matter— simply enough: description with names of plants.trees, vines, 



etc . to enable a similar effect, plan or design to be produced. The Illustrations arc photographic re- 

 productions taken from nature in the most beautiful gardens, lawns and parks iu America and Europe. 

 There are ::to of these views, many of them ." x 7 inches, Boma larger, few smaller; they are 

 grouped and printed In a most artistic manner on heavy coated paper and handsomely bound. Those 

 who are fond of Improving and embellishing their gardens, lawns and grounds, or who are planning 

 n.-w ones, will and "Henderson's Picturesqtte Gardens" of inestimable value. The range of the 

 book Is indicated by the contents: 



Gateways and Entrances— Lawns and their Embellish- 

 ment. Including: Formal, Italian. Qrec'an, Parterre, 

 Landscape ami I i ■ 1 1 1 1 . r" Etfects-Flower .beds, 1 leslgi 

 Scroll and Carpet Bedding— Specimens, Groupings and 

 Combinations of Plants. Trees and Shrubs— Terraces, 

 St- ps, Balustrades, Statuary, Vases, Fountains, Sun-dials, 

 and other <;unl.n, -que Adornments— Water Effects, 

 Br thji s, Cascades, etc— City Gardens and Lawns— Topi- 

 ■u v i [aniens mid Effects Including the Maze-Sunken and 

 Terrace Gardens— Walled and Ola-Fashioned Gardi as— 

 Japanese Gardens — Sub-tropical Gardens and Effects, in- 



cluding Cactus Garden and Ornamental Hardy Qi 

 — Roses and Rosariums — Hardy Herbaceous Plants and 

 Borders — Hardy Shrubs and Shrubberies — Aquatics and 

 Water Gardens— Bog or Marsh Gardens — Rockeries and 

 Rock Gardens — Hardy Perns andFerneries-WIld Gardens 



and Naturaliz ng — Vines and their DlCtUreSQUe USO, in- 

 cluding Pergolas, Summer Houses, Arches, Pillars, i ■ - 

 toons, etc.— Piazza and Balcony Decoration, Including 

 Specimen Tub plants. Veranda Boxes, etc. — Conservatory 

 and Court Interiors, etc. 



*/iOWTHE FARM PAYS 



By PETER HENDERSON and WM. CROZIER. 

 X acknowledged authority for Farmer* 



Price, post-paid, $2.00. 

 if Growing Grass, Grain, 



400 Pages. Profusely Illustrated. 



AN acknowledged authority for Farmers. Gives all the latest methods 

 Roof Crops, FruitH. etc": and all about Stock, Farm Machinery, etc., etc. It in written 

 plain and easy-to-be-understood language. Everything pertaining to scientific or abstruse eub- 

 Jects has been Ignored, the information given being the most direct to m;ikr the work of the farm 

 /mi . This is perhaps the first book of the kind ever written by two men while actually engraged in 

 the work which, to both, has been such a continued success — hence, their advice is practical and 

 doubly valuable. 



CONTENTS.— Training for the Business of Farming— Agricultural College 

 Education— Selection of Soils — Farm Roads — Draining— Manures and the Modes 



< l \pplication — Speeiiil Fertilizers — Green Manuring — Fertilizing by F ling — 



Plowing, Harrowing. Cultivating and Rolling Land— Use of Feet in Sowing and 

 Planting — notation of Crops— I 'rops lnr Soiling an. 1 Fodder — Abortion In COWS — 

 GrOBSand Its Management — Vorletil SOf Grasses — Mixed G asses for Pasture and 

 Hay — Cutting and Curing of Hav — Clover Hav — Ensilage — Ensilage Compared 

 with Ro ts— Livestock of the Farm— Cows for the Dairy— Feed and Care for Milk 

 and Butter— Young Cattle and their Care — Management of the Dairy— Farm 



Horses — Slieep-Swine-Farm 

 Building — Fences — Rearing 

 and Keeping Poultry— Pests of 



the Farm and their Remedies — Farm Machinery — Plows — Harrows — Cultivators 

 — Mowers and Reapers — Haying Machinery — Fodder Cutters— Carts — Farm 

 Culture of Vegetables and Fruits — Cabbage — Celery — Sweet Corn— Cucum- 

 bers for Pickles — Melons as a Market Crop— Onions. — Culture of Small 

 Fruits. 



^^^^JS&t^T/ B > PETER "ENDERSON. 244 Pai.es. 

 p-i^y a?nj|K>«<y Price, post-paid, $1.00. 



I ^» or^ ' - Jl£>t CONTENTS.— Popular Bulbs— Window- Gardening— 



•■ Plants in Rooms — Propagation of Plants by Cuttings, 



I-ayers, Division and Seed — Rose Growing in Winter— Greenhouse Structures 

 and Heating — Formation and Renovation of Lawns— Onion Growing for Market 

 —How to Grow Cauliflower for Market— Growing and Preserving Celerv — Straw- 

 berry Culture — Root Crops for Farm Stock — Culture of Alfalfa and Lucerne — 

 Manures and their Application — Market Gardening around New York — The L'se of 

 the Feet in Seed Sowing and Planting— Draining. 



CONTENTS.— Description of Bulrw, alpha- 

 betically arranged, with Special Cultural Instruc- 

 tions for ench— Designs for Beds of Tulips und Hya- 

 cinths-Naturalizing HulbsinLawns.etc.-i he Window 

 Garden of Bulbs — Hyacinth Glasses, Crocus Pols, etc.— Bulbs In IX 

 Framesand Pits—When Bulbs should be Taken I" p- Preparation and 

 Outside Planting— Spring-flowering Bulbs— Winter-flowering Bulbs 

 flowering Bulbs — Forcing Bulbs. 



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CJJrPlANTDIKAW 



..WITH . 



•-Remedy 



CONTENTS.— Insecticides and Fungicides: How- 

 to Mix and Apply Them — Injurious Insects, with 

 Remedies, and the Plants and Trees they Usually 

 iii eh as Mildew, Rust. Rot, etc., etc.), w it h Remedies, and 

 the Plants Usually Affected— Insecticide and Fungicide Ingredients and then- 

 Average Cost — Spraying Calender, etc. 



Attack— Plant Ills 



42 Pages. Illustrated. Price, post-paid, 25c. 

 How to Make a Wnter Lily Tank and 

 Protect in Winter — When Tender Spades 

 may bo Started— Keeping Water Lilies 

 over Winter— To Extend tho Season of 

 Blooming — Soil for Growing Aquatics— 

 Water Lilies in Tubs and Cement Basins— The !'.>- -iIhIih. - ,,< Aquatic Gardening 

 — Hiir.ly Aquatics— Enemies of Aquatics ami Rem, die — Suitable Animals for the 

 Aquatic Garden— Ho w to Grow Water Lilies from Seed— An Amateur's Success- 

 Species and Varieties of Water Lilies and Aquatics. 



HINDIRSON'S BEST METHOD OK CROWING VEGETABLES, Price, aj Cents. 



A aew pamphlet — by Pktkr IlKVnF.RsoN «fc Co. — gotten up for popular use 

 gives- in a plain, concise form the latest anil best methods for growing garden 

 vegetables, including the special treatment required for growing big prize takers 

 usually exhibited, such as squash, tomat BS, onions, etc : a useful table, giving 

 temperatures In which seeds best germinate, the time required to "come up" and 

 days to mature; the use of the feet in wed sowing; how to prevent scab in po- 



tatoes: latest methods of combating hugs, worms. Insects; rust and plant dis 



eases; be. I Insecticides, fungicides and apparatus f"r applving th. m 111. pi. - 

 portions of fertllltlng constituent sin various vegetable crops; tin- <• nil urn best 

 supplying the needful; how, when and how mm h t" sppbj -iimnlating plants 

 Into quick growth and early maturity; the making and management of cold 



frames and hid rails, etc. Price, 25c. 



Special oner: 



If ordered it on* time. we will juoplr the foil set of eleven Booki offered on p»jres 76 tnd77.»rri»r« prentid. »«" r np tflf f\(\ 



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