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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
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Practical Floriculture; 
A GUIDE TO THE 
Successful Propagation and Cultivation 
OF 
FLORISTS’ PLANTS. 
BY 
PETER HENDERSON, 
Author of “ Gardening for Profit.” 
BERGEN CITY, N. J. 
Mr. Henderson is known as the largest Commercial 
Florist in the country. In the present work he gives a 
full account of his modes of propagation and cultivation. 
It is adapted to the wants of the amateur, as well as the 
professional grower. 
NOTICES BY _FLORISTS AND OTHERS. 
Certainly the most practical and desirable work that 
has ever been published on this subject. We are selling 
them rapidly. Some no doubt will say that it exposes 
the “secrets” of the Trade too freely, and that it will 
make Gardeners and Propagators so plenty that our oc¬ 
cupation, like Othello’s, will be gone. II. A. Dreer, 
Seedsman and Florist, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Truly “ practical,” and ought to be in the hands of 
every one engaged in the culture of Flowers. 
T. C. Maxwell & Bros., Geneva, N. Y. 
It might be entitled “ Floriculture Made Easy.” Ido 
not see why any one with ordinary common sense should 
not succeed, with this hook in his hands. 
L. C. Lishy, Florist, Nashville, Tenn. 
No work ever before published in this country was 
practically valuable to those in want of direct informa- j 
tion (upon this subject). Wit. Saunders, 
Sup’t Dep’t of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. j 
Just the work for the young Florist or Amateur, as it 
tells him clearly there is no such thing as failure, if its 
simple teachings are followed. 
Galvin & Geraghty, Florists, Newport, R. I. 
What is wonderful, the most of our Professional Flo¬ 
rists here frankly admit their indebtedness to the work 
for information and suggestions. I am only an amateur 
in flowers, hut feel gratefully indebted to its author for 
the pleasure its perusal lias given. 
George W. Sanders, Baltimore, Md. 
Without exception the most practical work on Flori¬ 
culture in the English language. All the prosy fossils of 
—-&c., I consign to the lumber room. I shall order 
a dozen from the publishers to give to my friends. 
James Fleming, Nurseryman and Florist, 
Toronto, Canada. 
Complete in all its departments, a thoroughly common- 
sense book, valuable to all interested in Plants and 
Flowers. Geo. W. Campbell, Nurseryman, Delaware, 0. 
We have been asked hundreds of times by our custom¬ 
ers for a work on flowers ; now we get something credit¬ 
able to recommend. Elliott Bros. & Burgess, Florists, 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Apart from its great working value, the hook is de¬ 
lightful reading. Miss Anna Warner, 
“The Island,” West Point, N. Y. 
Thoroughly practical, yet readable as a novel. 
New York Sun. 
A worthy contribution to every votary of Flora; style 
comprehensive, sharp and decisive, just what was to be 
expected from*its well-known author. 
F. K. Piienix, Bloomington, Ill. 
Full to overflowing with valuable information. 
Francis Richardson, Toronto, Canada. 
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