1869.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[February 
PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE; 
A GUIDE TO THE SUCCESSFUL PROPAGATION AND CULTIVATION OF 
FLORIST’S 
By PETER HENDERSON, 
Mr. Henderson is known as 
tlie country. In the present work 
modes of propagation and culti- 
wants of the amateur, as well as 
The scope of the work may be 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Aspect ami Soil. 
Laying out Lawn and Flower Gar- 
* den. 
Planting of Flower Beds. 
Temperature and moisture. 
Cold Frames—Winter Protection. 
Green-house Structures. 
Propagation by Seeds. 
Propagation of Lilies. 
Culture of tlie Verbena. 
Orcliid Culture. 
Cape Bulbs. 
Construction of Bouquets. 
Window Gardening, 
Insects. 
Packing Plants. 
Profits of Floriculture. 
Green-house Plants. 
Hardy Herbaceous Plants. 
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PLANTS. 
Bergen City, N. J. 
the largest Commercial Florist in 
he gives a full account of his 
vation. It is adapted to the 
the professional grower, 
judged from the following 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Designs for Flower Gardens. 
Soils for Potting. 
The Potting of Plants. 
Construction of Hot-Beds, 
modes of Heating. 
Propagation by Cuttings. 
Culture of the Rose. 
Culture of the Tuberose. 
Holland Bulbs. 
Winter-Flowering Plants. 
Hanging Baskets. 
Stock-Work. 
Nature’s Law of Colors. 
Plants by mail. 
Soft-Wooded Plants. 
Annuals. 
Diary of Operations for each Day 
of the Year. 
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O RANG-.E JUDD Sc COMPANA T , ir» Broadway, New-A T ork. 
THE HUNTER AND TRAPPER. 
This little book will 
be read with interest 
by all who would fiud 
instruction and enter¬ 
tainment in the narra¬ 
tive of an old hunter’s 
experience. 
CONTENTS. 
I. Deer Hunting.— 
II. How to Catch the 
Fox. — III. now to 
Hunt and Catch the 
Beaver.—IV. IIow to 
Catch the Otter.—V. 
How to Catch the 
Mink.—YI. How to 
Hunt and Catch the 
Muskrat.—VII. How 
to Catch the Marten.— 
VHI. How to Catch 
the Fisher.—IX. How 
to Catch the Raccoon. 
—X. How to Hunt and 
Trap the Bear.—XI. 
How to Hunt and Trap 
the Wolf.—XII. How 
to Trap the Pocket 
Gopher.—XIII. Fish¬ 
ing for Trout, Picker¬ 
el, and Bass.—XIV. 
How to Hunt the 
Honey Bee. — XV. 
Hints About Shot- 
Guns and Rifles. — 
XVI. Traps. — XVII. 
Dressing and Tan¬ 
ning Skms and Furs. 
ORANGE 
By LIALSEY THRASHER, An Experienced Hunter. 
ILLUSTRATED. 
Notices by the Press. 
Mr. Thrasher is an 
old hunter, and lie 
gives the results of his 
experience in hunting 
and trapping in a 
plain, unpretending 
way. lie not only 
gives many useful 
hints to the hunter, 
hut intersperses his 
work with notes on 
the habits of our wild 
animals,and anecdotes 
of limiting. The hook 
is illustrated, and will 
be found of interest to 
tlie naturalist, as well 
as the trapper. — 
[Boston Transcript. 
It contains hints 
about trapping all 
sorts of game, from 
a honey-bee to a hear, 
with a chapter on 
fishing, and another 
on dressing and tan¬ 
ning skins and furs. 
Tlie hook is written 
by an experienced 
limiter, and is reada¬ 
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tiser. 
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