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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 value 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 Forcin? of all important Vege- 

 tables and Fruits under Glass — The Men 

 Fitted for the Business — The Amount of 

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

 .tuation and Laying Out— Soils, Drainago and Prepiration — Manures — The Uses and Man- 

 °<?ement of Cold Frames— Protecting Cloth in lieu of Saahes— Spring Raising of Cabbage, 



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

 houses — Wide Greenhouses for Vegetable Crop? — Forcing Strawben ie:: — Seeus and Seed 

 Raising— How, When and Where to Sow Seeds — Transplanting— Vegetables. t':eir Varieties 

 and Cultivation— When to Sow and Plant in the Southern States; — Packing of Vegetables foi- 

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

 Calendar of Operations. 



HENDERSON'S GARDEN ORACLE. 



PRICE. 25 CENTS. 



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

 den vegetables, including special treatment for growing exhibition vege 

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

 the time required tc " come up " and days tc 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. 



The Vegetable Garden. By Vilmorin. Ad authorative work od growing* vegetables 



intemperate climates $1.50 



Gardening for 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, animaJs. feeding, dairying, poultry, irrigation, drainage, 

 fertilizing, spraying, etc. 6.00C topics, 700 pages. 500 illustrations. Cloth bound, 

 3.50; half morocco 4.50 



■Southern Gardener's Manual. By Prof. Newman of S. C. College of Agriculture. 

 Full cultural instructions for growing vegetables and small fruits in Southern 

 States 1.10 



Principles of Vegetable Gardening. By Prof. L. H. Bailey. Soil£:its treatment; 



vegetables; management from seedy to marketing and storing 1.25 



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 the 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. LOO 



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



under glass. Specially adapted to New England climate LOO 



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 LOO 



California Vegetables in Garden and Field. By E. J. WiCKSON. A manual of 



practice for sub-tropical climates, with or without irrigation 2.25 



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

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

 foi botb home use and for marKeting LOO 



CULTURES OF SPECIAL VEGETABLES. 



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



raising, cultivating, harvesting, marketing, forcing and canning asparagus $0.50 



Cabbage* llow to Grow, By J. J. H. Gregory. l>etails ol culture, keeping, market- 

 ing, etc 30 



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



structionE from seedtime till harvest 50 



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

 subject by a successful gro wei oo 



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



feed them ?0 



Celery Culture for Profit. By Greiner. New and unproved methods of culture... .^o 



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



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



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



growing of foreign cucumbers undei glass oO 



Mushrooms, How to Grow Them, By Wm. Falconer. The best and most practi- 

 cal American work on growing foi home us© or for market LU0 



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



on this subject 60 



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



and highly valuable methods aro described 60 



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



experience, residing in different sections of the country 25 



Potato Culture, The ABC 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 26 



The Potato. By Sam'l Frazee of Cornell Agricultural College. Cultivation, spray- 

 ing, harvesting, storing, marketing etc 75 



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



to harvesting and storing; the Chinese Yam. etc 50 



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



forcing and field culture £>0 



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, for canning factories 35 



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

 ner how to raise good crops 60 



Tobacco Culture. Full practical details by 14 experienced growers in different sec- 

 tions of the country 25 



GENERAL FRUIT AND NUT CULTURE. 



The Principles of Fruit Growing. By Prof. Bailey. A new work and one of the 



most valuable on the subject, science and practice $1.25 



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

 larged. A handbook of everything pertaining to fruit culture 2.50 



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

 enced author and nurseryman .'.7...X 1.50 



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



and the successful man practices 50 



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

 tical guide to the picking, sorting, packing, storing, shipping and marketing L00 



Bush Fruits. By Prof, card of R. I. Agricultural College A new work. Cultiva- 

 tion, varieties, diseases, insects, evaporation, etc., ete L50 



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



propagation, culture, varieties, marketing, etc LOO 



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 .2.50 



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

 perience of growers; varieties for certain distiicts. etc 2.50 



Florida Fruits and How to raise 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 L25 



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

 bearing trees and shrubs L50 



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



harvesting, marketing, recipes for preparation and serving. 60 



CULTURES OF SPECIAL FRUITS. 



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

 tion from planting to liar vesting $0.75 



Cider Maker's Handbook. By J. M. Trowbridge. Making and keeping in pence 



tion, based an scientific :'acts LOO 



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



picking.keeping, etc.. etc 1.00 



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

 agement of hardy grapes L60 



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

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

 West and California; all about making wine L50 



Grape Growers* Guide (under glass). By Wm. Chorlton. Cultivation suited to 



America in warm and cold graperies, construction, heating 75 



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



peaches for profit or home use LOO 



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

 ment, harvesting, marketing L00 



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



known varieties of plums 1.60 



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



cultivation, diseases, insects and remedies .- 1,00 



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



hybridizing, varieties, etc 25 



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



and by an experienced grower 60 



SOILS, MANURES, DRAINAGE IRRIGATION. 



The Soil. By Prof. King. Its nature, composition, functions, relations to plant life 



and principles of management $.075 



The Fertility of the Land. By Prof. Roberts. Valuable to every tiller of the soil; 



controlling and increasing fertility through management of soil, water rotation L25 



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

 underlying principles of soils and fertilizing; the requirements of important crops, 

 and the best fertilizers to use f or them LOO 



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



green manuring ; details of practice and effects 1.0O 



i^arm 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 handling, 

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

 ditions of tne soil for most profitable crop results 1.50 



Tiie Drainage. By W. J. Chamberlain. The experience of forty years by a practical 



agriculturist who nas laid 15 miles of tiles &> 



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 the 

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

 tion of insects and larva; in orchards, granaries, greenhouses, etc., illustrated $1.00 



t-coTiomlc Entomology. By Prof. Smith, one of the highest authorities. Insects 



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



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



orchard, garden, greenhouse and dwelling 1.50 



Fungi and Fungicides. By Prof. Weed. Fungous diseases of plants and their 



treatment. Paper covers, .50;clotn covers l.QO 



The Spraying of Plants. By Prof. Lodeman. Insects and fungi, liquids and 



powders, appbeation. and apparatus 1.00 



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

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

 their various insect and fungous enemies. Illustrated 50 



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