GASDEMIMG FOR PROFIT: 



A GUIDE TO THE SUCCESSFUL CULTIVATION OF THE 



MARKET AND FAMILY GAEDEM". 



By Petep. Henderson". 



This "work lias liaci a constant and remarkable sale ever since it "was issued, and 

 the later enlarged and revised edition is as well received as "was the first. It was 

 the first work on Market Gardening ever published in this country. Its author is 

 Avell known as a market gardener of many years' suc:cssful experience. In this 

 Avorkhe has recorded this experience, and given without reservation, the methods 

 necessary to the profitable culture of the 



It is a work for which there was an urgent demand before its issue, and one 

 which commends itself, not only to those who grow vegetables for sale, but to the 

 cultivator of the 



to whom it presents methods quite different from the o:d ones generally practiced. 

 It is an oniGiNAL and purelt ameiiican work, and not made up as books on gar- 

 dening too often are, by quotations from foreign authors. 



Every thing is made perfectly plain, and "tlie subject treated in all its details, 

 ( '">ui the selection of the soil to preparing the products for market. 



CO^^TENTS. 



Men littocl for tho Business of Gardening. 



The Amount of Capital Required, and 



Working Force per Acre. 



Profits of Marlj;et Gardening. 



Location, Situation, and Laying Out. 



Soils, Drainage, and Preparation. 



Manures, Iraplements. 



Uses and Management of Cold Frames. 



Formation and Management of Hot-beds. 



Forcing Pits or Greenhouses. 



Seeds and Seed Raising. 



IIo"W, When, and Where to Sow Seeds. 



Transplanting Insects. 



Packing of Vegetables for Shipping. 



Preservation of Vegetables in Winter, 



Vegetables, their Varieties and Cultivation. 



In the last chapter, the most valuable kinds arc described, and i"ie cultura 

 proper to each is given in detail. 



Sent post-paid, price $1.50. 



OEAHGE JUBB COWBAEY, 245 Brcadwa:r, Hew-Yor^ 



