1872.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
275 
GARDENING 
FOR THE SOUTH; 
OR, HOW TO GROW 
* 
VEGETABLES AIYD FRUITS. 
BY THE LATE 
WILLIAM N. WHITE, 
OF ATHENS, GA. 
WITH AUDITIONS BT Mr.. J. VAN BUKEN AND 
UK. JAS. (JAM AK. 
KEVI8EU AND NEWLY STSHEUTYITl). 
IIlUSTKATS'l), 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS 
It supplies a place long vacant in Southern literature, and 
should he in the hands of every man or woman who culti¬ 
vates a foot of ground. While it treats very freely of the 
vegetable garden, it devotes much space also to fruits, etc. 
—Tribune (Mobile, Ala.) 
It is illustrated by a portrait of the author, and numerous 
engravings of subjects treated. It is a work of 130 pages, 
and is a complete manual of kitchen gardening and fruit 
culture— Telegraph (Macon, Ga.) 
Mr. White was prime authority in his specialty, and tins 
volume is a complete manual for gardening for Southern 
latitudes. Besides the usual fruits and vegetables of North¬ 
ern gardens, there are full instructions as to the culture of 
the almond, fig, orange, lemon, shaddock, olive, yam, 
ground-nut, Madeira nut, and pistachio. In view of the ris¬ 
ing importance of “truck farming” in the South to supply 
Northern markets with early vegetables and fruit, this book 
is quite important to the gardeners of either section.— 
fegister (Wheeling, W. Ya.) 
Coming from the pen of an experienced cultivator of 
Southern vegetables and fruits, the reader, whether of old 
or recent residence, is put in possession of tacts relating to 
the soil, climate, and varieties of plants adapted to the 
South that would otherwise require much time and expense 
to acquire. The vineyard and orchard receive sufficient 
attention to furnish all the necessary information for the 
beginner. We regard the book as especially adapted for the 
private garden, and if a copy could be placed in the hands 
of every farmer, we might expect, on oar visits to the coun¬ 
try, to be regaled upon something else than “bacon and 
greens ."—Daily State Journal. 
The first edition of this work appeared in 1856, but the 
second, now just issued, is much enlarged, containing 441 
pages. It embraces a much larger range of topics than, the 
title indicates, and is one of the most valuable compilations 
of facts that we have anywhere seen in a single volume, re¬ 
lating to different kinds of soil, and their adaptation to dif¬ 
ferent kinds of fruit and vegetables .—Journal of Agricul¬ 
ture (St. Louis, Mo.) 
The book itself we can commend to our fanners and gar¬ 
deners. Its author was formerly connected with the 
“ Southern Agriculturist,” a most excellent farmers' paper, 
and was thoroughly acquainted with the. wants of the 
Southern people in respect to their farming and gardening 
operations.— Gazette and fanner. 
A complete gardening .book for the localities which it 
specifies. It is full and .comprehensive, and written in a 
clear, perspicuous style. A volume of 111 pages, well 
printed and bound .—Republican (St. Louis, Mo.) 
It is very comprehensive, embracing all the improved 
kinds of fruits and vegetables, and the modern modes and 
Implements of tillage. Its arrangement is systematic, and 
entirely convenient for prompt reference. It is illustrated 
by a large number of drawings relating to garden and fruit 
cultivation, such as trailing, grafting, draining, transplant¬ 
ing, together with pictures of novel fruits and vegetables.— 
Dispatch (Richmond, Ya.) 
Price, post-paid, §3.00. 
ORANGE JUDD AND COMPANY, 
[ 215 Broadway, Nkw York. 
Gardening for Profit 
In the Market and Family Garden. 
By Peter Henderson. 
ILLUSTRATED. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
All the vegetables that thrive in the open air in our 
latitude are described, together with the best methods 
for growing them. The author also imparts practical 
instructions on the subjects of drainage, and the forma¬ 
tion and management of hot-beds. Numerous well-ex¬ 
ecuted wood-cuts tend to make clearer the instructions oi 
the author.— Philadelphia Inquirer. 
The author of this treatise is one of the best known 
and most successful of those gardeners who supply New 
York with green vegetables ; and as he writes from long 
and dear-bought experience, the positive, dogmatic tone 
he often assumes is by no means unbecoming. The book 
itself is intended to he a guide for beginners embarking 
in the author’s business, and gives full and explicit direc¬ 
tions about all the operations connected with market¬ 
gardening, lists of varieties of the most profitable vege¬ 
tables, and much sound advice on kindred topics. Though 
designed for a special class, it can not fail to he valuable 
to the amateur and private gardener, and unlucky experi¬ 
ence haii taught us that the information contained in a 
single chapter would have been worth to us the price of 
the book.— Daily Mercury (New Bedford). 
It is unquestionably the most thorough and the best 
work of its kind we have yet had from the pen of an 
American author. It is written in a clear, concise style, 
and thus made more comprehensive than works which 
smack more of the office than the farm or garden. 
[Daily Evening Times (Bangor, Me.). 
Mr. Henderson writes from knowledge, and is not one 
of those amateur cultivators whose potatoes cost them 
ten dollars a bushel, and whose eggs ought to be as 
valuable as those of that other member of their family— 
the goose of golden-egg-laying memory—for they are all 
but priceless. No ; lie is a practical mau, and he has the 
art of imparting the knowledge he possesses in a very 
agreeable manner; and he lias brought together an ex¬ 
traordinary amount of useful matter in a small volume, 
which those who would “garden for profit” ought to 
study carefully.— Evening Traveller (Boston). 
There are marvels of transformation and rapid repro¬ 
duction recorded therein, which might well shame the 
dull fancy of the author of Aladdin or of Kaloolah, 
There is no theory about it; a man who has made him¬ 
self ricli by market-gardening plainly tells our young 
men how they can get rich as easily as lie did, and with¬ 
out wandering to California or Montana for it cither. 
[Horace Greeley in the A 7 . Y. Tribune. 
We have devoted more space to this little work than 
we usually do to tomes much more pretentious. We have 
done so because of the rare merits of the book in its 
fund of information, useful to tlie farmer and market- 
gardener, and because of the dearth of that kind of 
knowledge. We earnestly advise that fraternity, for 
whom this work was written, to buy it and study it. If 
any among them have never yet read a hook, let this bo 
their primer, and we will vouch for the excellence and 
endurance of the priming. The work is profusely illus¬ 
trated with wood-cuts .—Louisville Daily Journal. 
Price, post-paid, $1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD & COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 1 
HARRIS ON' THE PIC. 
Breeding, Rearing, Management, 
AXD 
Improvement. 
With Numerous Illustrations. 
By JOSEPH HARRIS, 
OF MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
To say that this work on the pig is by Joseph Harris, 
that genial philosopher-farmer of Rochester, N. Y., who 
writes the “Walks and Talks upon the Farm” in the 
Agriculturist , is to insure for his hook at once a large 
circle of delighted readers. He is just the man to lay 
down the gospel for the raising of pigs or any other do. 
mcstic animal. If all breeders and farmers would follow 
Mr. Harris’s directions, pork would be a very different 
article of food from what it is now, and could he eaten 
without any fears of the trichina. 
[Springfield llepublican. 
The author discusses the pig—for ho takes exception 
to the word hog as applied to the domesticated animal— 
with a view of showing how the most pork and lard can 
be produced from the smallest amount of feed. lie gives 
elaborate descriptions of the different breeds of swine, 
showing the peculiarities of each, and the relative ad¬ 
vantages to the producer.— [Prairie Farmer (Chicago). 
The pig is doubtless one of the most valuable animals 
that a farmer can raise, and it is the laudable purpose of 
Mr. Harris to tell farmers how to treat their pigs so as to 
get tlie most profit from them, and what kind of pigs arc 
best.—[Dally Evening Traveller (Boston). 
It treats of breeding, rearing, managing, and improv¬ 
ing swine ; and what Mr. Harris don’t know on these 
topics, is hardly worth knowing at all. The hook is fully 
illustrated, and is very valuable to all who are interested 
in this branch of stock-raising. 
[Lowell (Mass.) Daily Courier. 
The author is a practical farmer, and lias gathered the 
results of many experiments besides his own. The hook 
is amply illustrated. 
[ Depublican Statesman (Concord, N. H.). 
Almost everything a farmer wants to know about the 
breeding, keeping, and fattening of pigs, is here put 
down in plain, common sense, and is mainly the result 
of the writer’s own management.— [Maine Farmer. 
This is an interesting, valuable, and a much-needed 
treatise on an important department of rural economy. 
It contains about 50 illustrations of pigs, piggeries, 
troughs, etc. We are heartily glad our old friend Harris 
was persuaded to prepare this useful Manual on the Pig— 
breeds, breeding, feeding, etc., comprising what farmers 
need know respecting this department of husbandry. 
> [Boston Cultivator. 
This little hook is profusely illustrated, and contains 
information in abundance, which every farmer ought to 
possess.— [Weekly Mail (St. Louis). 
nere is a hook written by a practical farmer, who lias 
brought to the aid of his own large experience and ob¬ 
servation the most extensive acquaintance with the 
science of breeding, and, as might reasonably he ex¬ 
pected, we have from his pen the best hook on the Pig 
ever written.—[ Western Stock Journal. 
Price, Post-paid, $1.50 
ORANGE JUDD AND COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
