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FARM and G-ARDEN. 
Broom Corn and Brooms. 
A Treatise on Raising Broom-Corn and Making 
Brooms on a Small or Large Scale. Illustrated. 
Paper, .50; Cloth, .T5 
Chemistry of the Farm. 
Treating with the utmost clearness and conciseness, 
and in the most popular manner possible, of the rela¬ 
tions of Chemistry to Agriculture, and providing a 
welcome manual for those, who, while not having 
time to systematically study Chemistry, will gladly 
have such an idea as thi gives them of its relation to 
operations on the farm. By R. Wabinqton, F. C. S. 
Cloth, 12mo. 1.00 
Colorado as an Agricultural State. 
Its Farms, Fields, and Agricultural Lands. Of great 
interest to all who would know the agricultural re¬ 
sources of this State, the growth of which has been 
hitherto unparalleled. By William E. Pabor, Asso¬ 
ciate Editor of the “Colorado Farmer.” Illustrated. 
Cloth. 1.50 
Elements of Agriculture. 
This is one of the works which no Farmer’s son, 
whether his books be few or many, sliould fail to 
own and read. It will make him a better and more 
successful farmer. By Guo. E. Waring, Jr. Cloth. 1.00 
Gardening for Young and Old. 
A work intended to interest Farmers’ Boys in Farm- 
Gardening, which means a better and more profitable 
form of Agriculture. The teachings are given in the 
familiar manner so well known in the author’s 
“ W alks and Talks on the Farm. ’ ’ By Joseph Harris. 
Illustrated. Cloth, 12mo. 1.25 
Harris Insects Injurious to Vegetation. 
Enlarged and Improved. With additions from the 
author’s manuscripts and original notes. By the 
late Thaddbus William Harris, M.D. Illustrated 
by Engravings drawn from Nature, under the super¬ 
vision of Professor Agassiz. Edited by Hon. Charles 
L. Flint. This work is fully illustrated with two 
hundred and seventy-eight fine wood-cuts, and eight 
beautiful steel plates, full-page size, containing ninety- 
five figures. Published in two beautiful editions; one 
plain, with steel engravings, extra cloth; the other in 
extra cloth, beveled boards, red edges, engravings col¬ 
ored with great accuracy. Octavo, 640 pages. Cloth, 
8vo. Plain, 4.00 ; Colored Plates, 6.50 
Harris’ Talks on Manures. 
Revised and Enlarged by the Author. A series of fa¬ 
miliar and practical Talks between the Author and the 
Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the whole 
subject of Manures and Fertilizers. Including a chap¬ 
ter specially written for it by Sir John Bennet Lawes, 
of Eothamsted, England. By Joseph Harris, M. S., 
author of “ Walks and Talks on the Farm,” “ Harris 
on the Pig,” etc. Cloth, 12mo. 1.75 
Henderson’s Gardening for Profit. 
A now well known and standard work on Market and 
Family Gardening. The author’s own successful e.x- 
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valuable information. By Peter Henderson. Fine¬ 
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Henderson’s Gardening for Pleasure. 
This work is prepared to meet the wants of all classes 
in Country, City, and Village, who keep a garden for 
their own enjoyment rather than for the sale of pro¬ 
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door and out-door gardening. It is one of the best 
guides to Window Gardening we know of. By Peter 
Henderson. Illustrated. Cloth, 12mo. 1.50 
Henderson’s Practical Floriculture. 
A Guide to the Successful Propagation and Cultiva¬ 
tion of Florists’ Plants. In this work, which has 
everywhere become so deservedly popular, not only is 
the whole “art and mystery” of propagation ex¬ 
plained, but the reader is taught how to plant and 
grow the plants after they have been propagated. By 
Peter Henderson. Beautifully Illustrated. Cloth, 
12mo. 1.50 
! Hew American Farm Book. 
Originally by R. L. Allen. New, revised, and enlarged 
edition, by L. F. Allen. There is no other work, of 
i equal value to this, upon the subjects of which it treats, 
i The old work stood in the front rank, and the revised 
and enlarged edition more than maintains its advanced 
place. Cloth. 2.50 
i Quinn’s Money in the Garden. 
The author gives, in a plain, practical stylo, instruc¬ 
tions on three distinct, although closely connected, 
branches of gardening—the kitchen garden, market 
garden, and field culture, from successful practical ex¬ 
perience for a term of years. Illustrated. Cloth, 
12mo. 1.50 
Riley’s Potato Pests. 
An Illustrated Account of the Colorado Potato-beetle 
and the other Insect Poes of the Potato in North 
America. With Suggestions for their Repression and 
Methods for their Destruction. By Charles V. Riley, 
M. A.,Ph. D. Illustrated. 12mo. Paper, .50; Cloth, .75 
Roe’s Play and Profit in my Garden. 
The reader is told how, after four years’ experience, 
the author managed to secure a profit of $1000, while at 
the same time carrying on pastoral and literary work. 
By Rev. E. P. Roe. Cloth, 12mo. ■ 1.50 
Silos and Ensilage. 
The Preservation of Fodder Corn, and other Green 
Fodder Crops. Bringing together the most recent in¬ 
formation, from various sources. Edited by Dr. 
I George Thurber. Fully Illustrated. Cloth, 12mo. .50 
I Sweet Potato Culture. 
I The Sweet Potato is no longer a rare thing in any but 
the northern-most localities, being successfully cul¬ 
tivated in many places further north than Virginia. 
This little book supplies the want, not before met, of a 
guide to its culture. By Jas. Fitz, Author of “ South¬ 
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Treat’s Injurious Insects of the Farm and 
Garden. 
One of the most important needs of the tiller of the 
soil is a knowledge of insect pests to vegetation. In 
this work, which is made more valuable by its abund¬ 
ant illustrations, Mrs. Treat gives the results of her 
own observations, and also most valuable selections 
from other sources. By Mary Treat. Cloth. 2.00 
Truck Farming at the South. 
A work giving the experience of a successful grower 
of vegetables or “ garden truck ” for Northern markets. 
Essential to aiiy one who contemplates entering this 
promising field of Agriculture. By A. Oemler, of 
Georgia. Illustrated. Cloth, 12mo. 1.50 
White’s Gardening for the South. 
An admirable work on Gardening, which will bo found 
especially valuable to those living in the Southern 
States, as it gives the varieties of vegetables and fruits 
adapted to the South, and the necessary modes of cul¬ 
ture. By the late William N. White, of Athens, Ga., 
with additions by Mr. J. Van Buren and Dr. James 
Camak. Illustrated. Cloth, 12mo. Price, post¬ 
paid, 2.00 
FRUITS and FLOWERS. 
Barry’s Fruit Garden. 
This book, in its earliest editions, has always been 
regarded as standard authority. The author has had 
more than thirty years’practical experience at the head 
of one of the largest nurseries in this country. New 
Edition, thoroughly revised by the author. By P. 
Barry. Cloth. 2.50 
Chorlton’s Grape Grower’s Guide. 
Intended especially for the American climate; being 
a practical Treatise, with Engravings, on the Cultiva¬ 
tion of the Grape-vine in each Department of 
Hot-House, Cold Grapery, etc.; with Plans for the 
Construction and Heating. By Wm. Chorlton. 
Illustrated. Cloth, 12mo. .75 
Elliott’s Hand-Book for Fruit Growers. 
For those who grow fruit for their own use, with an 
Addenda, treating on flowering shrubs, roses, etc. By 
P. R. Elliott. With 60 Illustrations. 
Paper, .60 ; Cloth, 1.00 
Fuller’s Grape Culturist. 
This is one of the very best of works on the Culture 
of the Hardy Grapes, with full directions for all de¬ 
partments of Propagation, Culture, etc., with 105 ex¬ 
cellent Engravings, illustrating Planting, Training, 
Grafting, etc. By Andrew S. Fuller, Practical Hor¬ 
ticulturist. Cloth, 12mo. 1.50 
Fuller’s Small Fruit Culturist. 
Rewritten, enlarged, and brought fully up to the 
present time. This is the first work exclusively de¬ 
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needs and requirements of the private cultivator and 
the market grower. This book covers the whole 
ground of Propagating Small Fruits, their Culture, 
Varieties, Packing for Market, etc. By Andrew S. 
Fuller. 1.50 
Fuller’s Strawberry Culturist. 
A practical little work, meeting with universal favor. 
It gives a full list of varieties. Paper cover, 12mo. .20 
Fulton’s Peach Culture. 
This is the only practical Guide to Peach Culture on 
the Delaware Peninsula, and is the best work upon 
the subject of Peach Growing for those who would be 
successful in that culture in any part of the country. 
It has been thoroughly revised, and a large portion of 
it rewritten by Hon. J. Alexander Fulton, the 
author, bringing it down to date. Cloth, 12mo. 1.50 
Husmann’s American Grape-Growing and 
Wine-Making. 
New, revised, and enlarged edition. By Professor 
George Husmann. With Contributions from well- 
known Grape-Growers, giving a wide range of ex¬ 
perience. The best work on the subject. Cloth, 
12mo. 1.50 
Mohr on the Grape Vine. 
This is a very plain discussion of the structure of the 
Vine, and the principles involved in its pruning, train¬ 
ing, and cultivation generally. By Prof. Frederick 
Mohr. Illustrated. Cloth, 12mo, 1.00 
My Vineyard at Lake view. 
This book tells just what the beginner in grape cul¬ 
ture wishes to know, with the charm that always at¬ 
tends the relation of personal experience. Illustrated. 
Cloth, 12mo. 1.25 
Parsons on the Rose. 
A Treatise on the Propagation, Culture, and History of 
the Rose. By Samuel B. Parsons. New, Revised and 
Enlarged Edition. Brought down to date. Elegantly 
Printed, and Beautifully Illustrated. , Cloth, 12mo. 
Price, post-paid, 1.50 
Quinn’s Pear Culture for Profit. 
Teaching how to raise Pears intelligently, and with 
the beet results, how to find out the character of the 
soil, the best mode of preparing it, the best varieties 
to select under existing conditions, the best mode of 
planting, pruning, fertilizing, grafting, etc. Illustra¬ 
ted. By P. T. Quinn, Practical Horticulturist. Cloth, 
12mo. 1.00 
White’s Cranberry Culture. 
Contents:—Natural History.—History of Cultivation.— 
Choice of Locations.—Preparing the Ground.—Planting 
the Vines.—Management of Meadows.—Flooding.— 
Enemies and Difficulties Overcome.—Picking.—Keep¬ 
ing.—Profit and Loss.—Letters from Practical Grow¬ 
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of the very best and most practical works upon Cran¬ 
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J. White, A Practical Grower. Illusttated, Cloth, 
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