[June, 
AMERICAN AGRICQI/rURIST, 
1878.] 
Peter Henderson’s Books, 
Read what practical people say, who know what books 
they need, and who also know when they get such books. 
The following extracts are taken from letters, of which 
very many have been received, giving testimony to the 
value of the works mentioned. No better books, or 
those more practically useful, have ever been published 
upon the subjects of which they respectively treat. 
GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 
j^ice,post-paid, $1.50. ^ 
EXTRACTS PROM LETTERS. 
“ By following the plain directions given in your 
hooks, ‘ Gardening for Profit,’ and ‘ Practical Floricul¬ 
ture,' I have got into a good paying business, having 
succeeded far beyond my most sanguine expectations, 
both with vegetables and flowers. 
Feb. 2, 1877. Albert Williams, Sharon, Pa.” 
“Your work. ‘Gardening for Profit,’ is to all other 
similar works, what Blackstone is to all other law books. 
Jan. 16, 1878. John T. Crist, Independence, Mo.” 
“ I have both your works, * Gardening for Profit ’, and 
'Practical Floriculture.’ I have been repaid a hundred 
times for the money they cost. 
Sept. 8, 1876. M. E. Lea, Brighton, Maryland.'’ 
■' ‘ Gardening for Profit,’ if valuable to American gar¬ 
deners, must be indispensable to foreigners, as all know 
the mistakes likely to be made, which your instructions 
show so well how to avoid. 
Aug. 29, 1876. John Massey, Batavia, Ill.” 
“ You have raised up a good many enemies among our 
old market gardeners, who say you have exposed all the 
secrets of the trade, in your 'Gardening for Profit.’ hut 
you have made a life-long friend of me, for by reading 
your hook, I have made my business, of market garden¬ 
ing, pay, which I never had done before. 
Oct. 20, 1877. Aaron Willis, Newark, N. J.” 
‘‘In 1870 I purchased your book. ' Gardening for Pro¬ 
fit,’ and turned about five acres of my farm into vegeta¬ 
bles for our market here, and with such success, that the 
profits from those five acres have been more, annually, 
than that of my whole farm of 150 acres. 
Dec. 3, 1876. Henry G. Stewart, Buffalo, N. Y.” 
“ Your suggestions in ' Gardening for Profit,’ induced 
me to try raising vegetables here for northern markets, 
and though prices have been unusually low for the past 
two seasons, yet. I think I can now see my way clear to a 
very profitable trade. 
Jan. 10, 1877. Micahel Shannon, Norfolk, Va.” 
GARDENING FOR PLEASURE. 
Price, post-paid, $1.50. 
EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. 
‘‘Your books on horticulture have been of great value 
to me, the article on Strawberry Culture, in 'Gardening 
for Pleasure,’ alone, has been to me worth ten times its 
cost this season. Geo. I. Streator, 
July 2, 1877. Garrettsville, Ohio.” 
'• Your work, ‘ Gardening for Pleasure,’ contains more 
plain, practical information than anything I ever read- on 
the subject—and I know of what I speak, having been 
gardening for 30 years. A. C. Lanier, 
Jan. 23,1877. Madison, Ind.” 
u Send me your ‘ Gardening for Pleasure.’ I have both 
of your other works, and would not exchange them for 
their weight n gold, if I could not otherwise replace 
them. Louis Siegler, 
March 5. 1877. Harrisburg, Pa.” . 
“ ' Gardening for Pleasure ’ is an excellent supplement 
to your other works, and will prove a good friend to 
amateurs in gardening, who greatly need its plain and 
practical teaching. Marie Howland, 
Dec. 6, 1876. flammonton, N. J.” 
'■ Your ' Gardening for Pleasure’ I have carefully read, 
it must become immensely popular—it is thoroughly prac¬ 
tical, brief, and comprehensive. Like a good cultivator, 
you have covered all the ground with the crop intended, 
showing no weeds or blanks in the field. It. is the most 
complete compendium of gardening I have ever seen. 
Jan. 28,1S77. William T. IIarding, Florist 
Columbus, Ohio.” 
“'Gardening for Pleasure.’by the author who has al¬ 
ready done so much to instruct us of how to make pleas¬ 
ant our country homes, is certain to receive a warm wel¬ 
come ; no subject seems to have been overlooked. 
Jan. 8, 1S77. Henry C. Baker, Wilmington, Del.” 
“ I have read with great interest your very well written 
book, ‘ Gardening for Pleasure.’ It is full of condensed 
information, both fop ihslimathir nac even Hie more ex¬ 
perienced in gardening, and I have no doubt it will give 
pleasure to thousands, as it has done to me. 
Dec. 3, 1876. James Hendricks, Albany, N. Y.” 
“ I am just in receipt of your ‘ Gardening for Pleasure,’ 
and if it prove half as interesting to me as your other 
works, it will he something I cannot well do without. 
Nov. 24, 1875. Philip Henry Brown, Portland, Me.” 
PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. 
Price, post-paid, $1.50. 
EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. 
“Being a novice, I depended altogether on your book, 
‘Practical Floriculture,’ which I have taken solely as 
my text book, and my success has surprised me. 
Jail. 11. 1S78. John C. Bonde, Lexington, Ya.” 
“I have run my greenhouses mainly by the instructions 
in your book' Practical Floriculture,’ and so far with 
great success. William A. Beers, 
April 10, 1877. Fairfield, Conn.” 
“I have to thank your ‘Practical Floriculture,’ which 
has been the means of enabling me to engage in a busi¬ 
ness which I trust before long will become as profitable 
as it, is pleasant. I have 2 large greenhouses now stocked 
with fine plants, entirely propagated and grown accord¬ 
ing to your directions, which, when disposed of at even 
moderate prices, I think will pay. 
Mar. 15, '76. Benjamin C. Loder, Cleveland, O.” 
“ The system of propagating plants, described in your 
‘ Practical Floriculture,’ 1 have followed to the letter, and 
I doubt if even your own success has been any better 
than mine. L. C. John, 
Jan. 6, 187S. St. Paul, Minn.” 
“ With the instructions received from vour works, 
‘ Gardening for Profit,’ and ‘ Practical Floriculture,’ I am 
doing a little both in vegetables and flowers. In both I 
have been successful, tint particularly in flowers. 
June 8, 187T. L. C. Bardwell, Boston, Mass.” 
. “I have nearly all works on gardening, both American 
and foreign, hut I find, whenever I am in a quandary, I 
look into your little work, ‘ Practical Floriculture.’ 
July 25, 1876. J. D. Grahame, Denver, Colorado.” 
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