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Any of the following publications will be sent by mail or express, prepaid, on 
receipt of price, and we will endeaver to find for our patrons any publications per- 
taining to horticulture or kindred subjects, which will be supplied at publisher’s price. 
The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening. A practical Encyclopedia of Horticulture for Gardeners 
and Botanists. By G. Nicholson, and others. Illustrated with numerous full-page plates printed 
in colors, and over 2,000 accurately executed wood-cuts in the text. The most complete work of 
the kind published, giving full particulars regarding all kinds of exotic and hardy plants and 
vegetables cultivated. 4 vols., imp. 8vo, including the supplement of new species and va- 
rieties, cloth, gilt edges, S20. 
Henderson’s New Hand-Book of Plants and General Horticulture. A dictionary of the principal 
cultivated plants, with short descriptions, and an extensive glossary of botanical and horticul- 
tural terms, i vol., imp. 8vo, cloth, ?4. 
Mushrooms : How to Grow Them. A practical treatise on Mushroom Culture for Profit and Pleasure. 
By Wm. Falconer. Cloth, lamo, $1.50. 
Practical Floriculture. A Guide to the Successful Propagation and Cultivation of Florists’ Plants. 
By Peter Henderson. New enlarged edition. With numerous Illustrations. i2mo, cloth, $1. 50. 
How Crops Grow. A Treatise on the Chemical Composition, Structure and Life of the Plant. By 
Prof. Samuel W. Johnson, of Yale College. New edition, entirely rewritten and greatly en- 
larged. With numerous Illustrations. i2mo, cloth, ^2. 
How Crops Feed. By Prof. Samuel W. Johnson. A Treatise on the Atmosphere and the Soil as 
Relating to the Nutrition of Agricultural Plants. With Illustrations. i2mo, cloth, $2. 
Gardening for Pleasure. A Guide to the Amateur in the Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Garden, with 
full Directions for the Greenhouse and Window Garden. By Peter Henderson. With Illus- 
trations. 121110, cloth, $2. 
Gardening for Profit. A Guide to the Successful Culture of the Market and Family Garden. With 
numerous Illustrations. By Peter Henderson. New edition, entirely rewritten and greatly en- 
larged. i2mo, cloth, $2. 
The Tuberous Begonia, its History and Cultivation. With a Select List of Varieties. i2mo, paper, 
50 cents. 
Grasses and Forage Plants. A Practical Treatise on Fodder Plants in the United States and 
British Provinces. By Chas. L. Flint. Revised edition. $2. 
Practical Forestry. A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting and Cultivation, with Descriptions, of 
the Indigenous Trees of the United States. With notes on a large number of valuable exotic 
species. By A. S. Fuller. Illustrated. i2mo, cloth, §1.50. 
The Nursery Book. A Complete Hand-book of Propagation and Pollination. By Prof. L. H. 
Bailey, of the Cornell Experiment Station. The book tells plainly and briefly what every one 
who sows a seed, makes a cutting or sets a graft wants to know. With about 100 Illustrations. 
i2mo, cloth, $1. 
The Horticulturist’s Rule-Book. By L. H. Bailey. Contains a great number of rules and receipts 
used by Florists, Gardeners, Farmers, etc., etc. Revised edition. i2mo, cloth, $1. 
Truck Farming at the South. A Guide for the Raising of Vegetables for the Markets. By Dr. A. 
Oemler. Gives full cultural directions; also, methods of packing. Si. 50. 
Asparagus Culture. An account of the best methods employed in England and France ; alike use- 
ful to the amateur and professional gardener. By Wm. Robinson. 50 cents. 
The New Potato Culture. By Elbert S. Carman. This book gives the results of 15 years’ exper- 
imental work on the Rural grounds, and treats of new and profitable methods. With Illustra- 
tions. Price, cloth, 75 cents ; paper, 40 cents. 
Spraying Crops: Why, When and How to Do It By Prof. Clerance M. Weed. A handy vol- 
ume of about 100 pages. Illustrated. Covers the whole field of the insect and fungous enemies 
of crops for which the spray is used. Price, stiff paper cover, 50 cts, ; flexible cloth, 75 cts. 
First Lessons in Agriculture. (Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged.) By F. A. Gulley, M. S., 
of the Mississippi Agricultural College. This book discusses the more important branches of 
science related to agriculture, supplies a much-needed text-book for common-schools, and is 
useful for the practical farmer. It includes all the latest developments in agricultural science 
as applied to the subject. Price, cloth, $i. Special prices for schools and colleges. 
Fruit Culture, and the Laying Out and Management of a Country Home. By W. C. Strong. A 
new and revised edition, with many additions, making it the latest and freshest book on the 
subject. Illustrated. Price, in one volume, i6mo, cloth, $1. 
