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HENDERSON'S HANDBOOK OF PLANTS GENERAL HO^TICUIJURE. 



By PETER HENDERSON. 526 Pages. Profusely Illustrated. Price, post-paid, $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 ZygophyJJum ; very complete descriptions are given, with full cultural instructions 

 for everything of importance. A full list of popular names and all botanical terms are given; also a glossary of the technical terms used in describing 

 plants. A monthly calendar of operations for the greenhouse and window garden, flower, fruit and kitchen garden, renders it valuable as a book of reference; in 

 short, there is sufficient matter given on all gardening subjects to allow this book to be termed The American Gardener's Dictionary, 



CONTENTS. 



About 5,000 genera of plants, with their descriptions, histories, usefulness, hardiness, 

 requirements, etc., and cultural instructions are given — Popular or Common Names — Cor- 

 rect Pronunciation — Cultivation of Principal Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers — Winter 

 Forcing of Roses, Bulbs and other Plants used for Cut Flowers — Winter Forcing of Vege- 

 tables and Fruits — Calendar of Garden Operations. 



Annuals, Bedding and Borders, Bouquets, Budding, Cold Frames and Pits, Conserv- 

 atory, Designs, Draining, Fertilizers. Fountains, Frozen Plants, Glazing, Grafting, Grasses, 

 Greenhouse. Hanging Baskets. Heating, Hedges, Herbaceous Plants, Herbarium, Hybrid- 

 ization, Insects and Insecticides, Lawn, Manures, Mulching, Moles, Orchard, Orchid Cul- 



ture, Ornamental Planting, Parlor Gardening, Plant Protection, Plants for Shady Places, 

 Plants for Seaside, Poisonous or Unhealthy Plants, Potting, Propagation by Cuttings, Lay- 

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

 Sub-soiling, Sub-tropical Garden, Temperature, Transplanting, Trenching, Vases, Ventilat- 

 ing, Walks, Wardian Cases, Waterfalls, Watering, Water Lilies 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. 



GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 



By PETER HENDERSON. 375 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 meth- 

 ods 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. It tells the whole 

 story, from selection and treatment of soils to marketing the produce; also 

 covers the forcing of vegetables, strawberries, etc. 



PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. 



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

 TF you wish to become a Commercial Florist, then of all books you should 

 J. procure Practical Floriculture. We have any number of complimentary 

 letters from people who actually knew nothing of the florists' business, but 

 who followed the instructions in this work and are now "full-fledged florists." 

 And although written especially fortheCommercial Florist, it is equally valuable 

 to the amateur and all havingconservatories, greenhouses, window gardens, etc. 

 Admitted to be the leading American authority on this subject. 



GARDENING FOR PLEASURE. 



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



AS written to meet the wants of those desiring information on gardening for private use. Its scope therefore embraces direct ions for the culture and propa- 

 gation of Flowers, Vegetables and Fruits. It has had a large sale, and gone through several editions, the present 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. 



CONTENTS. 



Preparation of the Ground — Walks — The Lawn- Deafen for Gardens— Planting of Lawn 

 and Flower Beds— Fall or Holland Bulbs, etc. — Propagation of Plants by Seeds— -Propaga- 

 tion of Plants by Cuttings— How Grafting and Budding are Done — The Potting of Plants — 

 Winter-flowering Plants — Plants suited for Summer Decoration — Window Gardening — Cul- 

 ture of Water Lilies and other Aquatic Plants — The Chrysanthemum— Parlor Gardening or 



the Cultivation of Plants in Rooms — Greenhouses attached to Dwellings — Detached Green- 

 houses, Modes of Heating, etc.— Greenhouses and Pits without Artificial Heating— Flow ers 

 that will grow in the Shade — Insects and other Parasites injurious to Plants— Humbugs in 

 Horticulture — Hardy Grapes — 'I lie Cold Grapery— The Hot House or Forcing Grapei v— The 

 Strawberry— The Vegetable Garden— Monthly Calendar of Operations. 



BEST METHODS OF GROWING VEGETABLES. 



PRICE, 25 CENTS. 



A PAMPHLET 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 germi- 

 nate, the time required to "come up" and days to 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 Ot fer- 

 tilizing constituents In various vegetable crops ; the fertilizers lies t supplying t lie 

 needful ; stimulating plants Into quick growth and early maturity ; the making 

 and management of cold frames and hot beds, etc. 



HOW THE FARM PAYS. 



By PETER HENDERSON and WM. CR0ZIER. 400 Pages. Profusely Illustrated. 

 Price, post-paid, $2.00. 



AN acknowledged authority for Farmers. Gives all the Latest Methods of 

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

 Farm Machinery, etc., etc. It is written in a plain and easy-to-be-under- 

 stood language. Everything pertaining to scientific or abstruse subjects has 

 been Ignored, the information given being the most direct to make the work of 

 the farm p&jr. This Is perhaps the first book of the kind ever written by two 

 men while actually engaged In the work which, to both, has been such a con- 

 tinued success— hence, their advice is practical and doubly valuable. 



HENDERSON'S PICTURESQUE GARDENS. (Ornamental Gardening Illustrated.) By CHARLES HENDERSON. 



100 Pages, U%xl2 inches; :S40 Photographic Illustrations. Price, 92-60, post paid. This beautiful book Is fully described on the third page of cover. 



BULB CULTURE. 



By PETER HENDERSON. 24 Pages. Price, post paid, 25c. 



Tells how to plant and llower Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, Lilies, and all 

 important bulbs, both indoors and in the garden. 



THE CULTURE OF WATER LILIES AND AQUATICS. 



By PETER HENDERSON. 42 Pages. Illustrated. Price, post paid, 25c. 



The growing of hardy and tender Water Lilies in artificial tanks, tubs, etc.; 

 also in natural ponds and streams. 



GARDEN AND FARH TOPICS. 



By PETER HENDERSON. 244 Puges. Illustrated. Price, post paid, $1.00. 



A compilation of various essays on Bulbs. Window Gardening, Plant Propa- 

 gation, Hose Growing In Winter, Greenhouse Construction and Heating, lteu- 

 ovating Lawns, and various Vegetable and Farm Crops. 



INSECTS AND PLANT DISEASES, 



WITH REMEDIES. 

 By PETER HENDERSON & CO. 76 Pages. Illustrated. Price, post paid, 25c. 



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