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Horticuitore a floriculture. 



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, fro m Aaron s Beard to Zygophyllum ; 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 glossary 

 of the teshnlcal terms ased in describing plants. A monthly calendar of operations for the greenhouse and window garden, flower, 

 fruit and kitchen gardei , 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 6,000 genera of plants, with their descriptions, histories, usefulness, hardiness, re- 

 quirements, etc.. and cultural instructions are given — Popular or Common Names — Correct 

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

 Roses, jiulbs and other Plants used for Cut Flowers — Winter Forcing of Vegetables and 

 Fruits — Calendar of Garden Operations. 



Annuals, Bedding and Borders, Bouquets, Budding, Cold Frames and Pits, Conservatory, 

 Designs. Draining, fertilizers. Fountains, Frozen Plants, Glazing. Grafting, Grasses, Green- 

 house, Hanging Baskets, Heating, Hedges, Herbaceous Plants, Herbarium, Hybridization, 

 Insects and Insecticides, Lawn, Manures, Mulching, Moles, Orchard, Orchid Culture, Orna- 



mental Planting, Parlor Gardening. Plant Protection, Plants for Shady Places Plants for 

 Seaside, Poisonous or Unhealthy Plants, Potting. Propagation bv Cuttings Layers Seeds 

 etc.. Pruning, Kock Garden, Rotation of Crops, Screens, Seeds, Shading. Soil Sub-soiling, 

 Sub-tropical Garden, Temperature, Transplanting. Trenching. Vases, Ventilating 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. 



Price, post-paid, $1.50. 



WAS written to meet the wants of those desiring information on gardening for private use. Its scope 

 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 present having been revised and 

 greatly enlarged ; it exhaustively treats on the Vegetable Garden, Flower Garden, Fruit Garden, Green- 

 house, Grapery, Window Garden, Lawn, the Water Garden, etc. 



CONTENTS. 



Preparation of the Ground— Walks— The Lawn— Design 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— Win- 

 ter-flowering 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 Heating, etc. — Greenhouses and Pits without Artificial Heating — Flowers that will 

 grow in the Shade — Insects and other Parasites injurious to Plants — Humbugs in Horti- 

 culture — Hardy Grapes — The Cold Grapery — The Hot house or Korcing Grapery — The Straw- 

 berry — The Vegetable Garden — Monthly Calendar of Operations. 



By PETER HENDERSON. 325 pages. 



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



J. tical 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 for the Commercial Florist, it is equally valuable to the amateur and all having 

 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 Lawns — 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 — Construction 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 l irafting and Budding — Greenhouse Plants most in demand 

 in Spring— Cold Frame Plants most sold in Spring— Plants most in demand for Window 



Decoration in Winter — Culture* of Winter-flowering Plants 

 for Cut Flowers — Rose Growing in Winter — Bulbs for Winter 



Flowers — Plants used for Decoration of Rooms— Construction of Bouquets, etc. Hanging 



Baskets — Parlor or Window Gardening — Formation of Rockwork and Plants for Rocks— 



What Flowers will grow in the Shade — Succession Crops in the Greenhouse Packing Plants 



—Plants by Mail— Insects and Diseases Affecting Plants— Mildew— Diary of Operations for 

 the Year — The Culture of Foreign Grape Vines under Glass. 



By PETER HENDERSON. 375 Pages. Fully Illustrated. Price, post-paid, $1.50. 



IF you wish to grow Vegetables for Sale, road G vrdening for Profit. The personal si i'cess 

 of its author during his long career as a market gtrdener, and the success of thousands from the 

 time he first made his cultural methods known up to the present day, show the popular estima- 

 tion of the value set upon this groat work. While wutten particularly for the Market Gardener and 

 Truckor, yet it is of equal value for Inrge private gardens. 



CONTI-ZNTS. 



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The Forcing of all Important. Vegetable* 

 and Fruits under Glass— The Men Fitted for 

 the Business— The Amount of Capital re- 



Sired and Working Force per Acn — Profits of Market Gardening— Local ion, Situation and 

 ylng Out— Soils Drainage and Preparation— Manures— The Uses and Management of Cold 

 rramet-IToteeUnK Cleth In U«u of 8ttab.es— 8prlng Raising of Cabbage, Cauliflower and 



ttuoe— Formation and Management of Hot Beds— Forcing Pits or Greenhouses— Wide 

 Greenhouses for Vegetable Crops— Forcing Strawberries— Seeds and Seed Raising— How. 

 When and Where to s,,w Seeds— Transplanting— Vegetables, their Varieties and Cultivation 

 —When to Sow and Plant In the Southern States— Packing of Vegetables for Shipping- 

 Preservation of Vegetables lit Winter— Insects— Culture of Small Fruits— Monthly Calendar 

 of Operations. 



