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



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Peter Hendersons 



Books on Horticulture. 



THE FOLLOWING BOOKS, WRITTEN BY PETER 

 HENDERSON, ARE THE ACKNOWLEDGED 

 AUTHORITIES AND TEXT-BOOKS ON THE 

 SUBJECTS OF WHICH THEY TREAT. 



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Heperson's New Hpdbook of Fljps pd Genei^ji Horticultui^e. 



' I HIS new edition, rewritten and enlarged in 1889, comprises about fifty per cent, more genera than the former one, 

 -*- and embraces the botanical name (accentuated according to the latest authorities), derivation, natural order, etc , 

 together with a short history of the diflerent genera, and concise instructions for their propagation and culture A 

 valuable feature of the book, particularlj' to amateurs, is the great care that has been given to obtain all the leading 

 local or common Enghsh names, together with a comprehensive glossary of Botanical and Technical terms. Plain in- 

 structions are also given for the cultivation of the principal vegetables, fruits and flowers — both for the Amateur. Florist 

 and Market Gardener — with very full instructions on forcing Tomatoes, Grapes, Cucumbers. Mushrooms Strawberries, 

 etc., together with comprehensive practical directions about soils, manures, roads, lawns, draining, implements, green 

 house buildings, heating by steam and hot water propagation by seeds and cuttings, window gardening, shrubs, trees, 

 etc. In short, everything relating to general horticulture is given in alphabetical order to make it a complete book of 

 reference. 526 pages. 800 illustrations. Price §4.00, post-paid. 



GARDENING 



FOR 

 PLEASURE. 



New Edition. Tells how to grow 

 Flowers, Vegetables and small Fruits in 

 the Garden and Greenhouse; also treats 

 fully on Window and House Plants. It 



was specially written for amateurs. The scope of this 



book includes 



Preparation of the ground — Walks— The Lawn— Designs for 

 Gardens— Planting of Lawn and Flower Beds— Fall or Holland 

 Bulbs, etc. — Propagation of Plants by seeds— Propagation of 

 Plants by Cuttings — How Grafting and Budding are done— The 

 Potting of Plants — Winter Powering 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 Heat- 

 ing, etc.— Greenhouses and Pits without Artificial Heating — 

 Flowers that will Grow in the Shade — Insects and other Parasites 

 injurious to Plants — Humbugs in Horticulture— Hardy Grapes — 

 The Cold Grapery — The Hot-house or Forcing Grapery — The 

 Strawberry — The Vegetable Garden — Monthly Calendar of 

 Operations. 



404 pages; fully illustrated. Price, $2 00, post paid. 



INJURIOUS INSECTS AND PLANT DISEASES. 

 WITH REMEDIES, by FROF. BAILEY, chief of 

 Cornell Experiment Station: gives the latest preven- 

 tives and treatments from practical tests and experi- 

 ments, including the latest apparatus for applying fluid 

 and powder insecticides. It gives all in plain and con- 

 cise manner. 36 pages; illustrated. Price, 25 cents, 

 post paid. 



GARDEN 



AND 



FARM TOPICS. 



fully illustrated. 



Contains essays on some special 

 Greenhouse, Vegetable and Bulb, 

 Fniit and Farm Crops. 244 pages ; 

 Price, $1.00, post-paid. 



GARDENING 



FOR 



PROFIT. 



New Edition. A new, revised and 

 gTeatly enlarged edition of this popular 

 work. This book gives in detail our 25 

 years experience in Market Gardent7ig. 

 and a revised list of varieties in vegetable's recommended 

 for market culture. Written particularly for the Market 

 Gardener, but is equally as valuable for the Private Gar- 

 dener. 375 pages; fully illustrated. Price, §2.00, post- 

 paid. 



PRACTICAL 

 FLORICULTURE. 



New Edition. Written particularly 

 for the Commercial Florist, but 

 equally as valuable for the Ama 

 teur. This work teaches how flowers and plants can best 

 be "grown for profit " It is admitted to be the leading 

 authority on the subject. 325 pages ; fully illustrated 

 Price, $1.50, post-paid. 



HOW THE By Messrs. Henderson and Crozier. An 

 FARM PAYS, acknowledged authority for Farmers 

 Gives all of the Latest Methods of grow- 

 ing Grass, Grain, Root Crops, Fruits, etc.; and all about 

 Stock, Farm Machinery, etc., etc. 400 pages; fully illus 

 trated. Price, $2.50, post-paid. 



CULTURE OF WATER LILIES AND AQUATICS. 



How to make a Water Lily Tank and Protect in Winter— When 

 Tender Species may be Started— Keeping Water Lilies over 

 Winter — To Extend the Season of Blooming — Soil for Growin.g 

 Aquatics — Water Lilies in Tubs and Cement Basins — The Possi- 

 bilities of Aquatic Gardening — Hardy Aquatics — Enemies of 

 Aquatics and Remedies — Suitable Animals for the Aquatic Gar- 

 den — How to Grow Water Lilies from the Seed — An Amateur's 

 Success — Species and Varieties of Water Lilies and Aquatics. 



42 pages; illustrated. Price, post-paid, 25 cents. 



HENDERSON'S BULB CULTURE. 



An invaluable treatise, telling how to grow bulbs for winter flowering in the house, greenhouse, conservatory or 

 window, and for spring flowering in the garden. It also treats on summer flowering bulbs: in fact, gives full instructons 

 when and how to plant, and atter-management. It also tells how to "force" Lily of-the- Valley, Tulips, Hyacinths, 

 Lilies, Narcissus and other "florists' bulbs." 



It tells how to grow bulbs in glasses, crocus pots, moss and other novel ways. It gives designs for beds of bulbs 

 and tells what to put in them. It gives a list of common names; tells what bulbs are suitable for natirralization, for 

 bedding, for winter flowering, for summer flowering, etc., etc., and much other valuable information. 24 pages; illus- 

 trated. Price, post-paid. 25 cents. 



SFECI^L OFFEl^: SiSH 



If ordered at one time, we will supply the fall set of alne books, described above, carriage 

 "00. (Separately, they would cost $i3.7S.) This setof books form S. COMPLETE 

 THE GARDEN, CREENHOUSE AND FARM. 



FOI^ $10.00 



