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AMERICAN AGrRlC U LTURIST 
119 
Newly Revised and En¬ 
larged Edition. 
Practical 
Floriculture. 
A Guide to the Successful Propagation and 
Cultivation of Florists’ Plants, 
fly PETER HENDERSON, 
Author of “ Gardening for Profit.” 
Beautifully Illustrated. Price, Post-paid, $1.60. 
In tills work, which ha 3 everywhere become so deservedly 
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grow the plants after they have been propagated. The work 
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wants are constantly kept in mind, and we have a very com¬ 
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in the open air, suited to those who grow flowers for plea¬ 
sure as well as those who make them a matter of trade. 
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it holds a high place in the estimation of lovers of i 
floriculture. The new odition lias been thoroughly revised j 
by the author, and much enlarged by the addition of valu¬ 
able matter. 
The following are a few of the subjects embraced in the 
latest edition: 
Laying out Flower Garden and Lawn; Designs for 
Grounds and for Greenhouses; Soils for Potting; Cold 
Frames; Hot-Beds; Greenhouses Attached to Dwellings; 
Modes of nesting; Propagation of Plants by Seeds and by 
Cuttings; Culture of the Itose and Tuberose ; Growing of 
Winter-flowering Plants; Construction, of Bouquets, Baskets, 
etc.; Parlor and Window-Gardening: Wardian-Cases and 
Ferneries; Insects; What Flowers Grow in the Shade; 
Culture of Grape-Vines under Glass ; The Profits of Flori¬ 
culture ; How to Become a Florist, etc., etc. 
THE ILLUSTRATED 
Book of Poultry, 
With Practical Schedules for Judg¬ 
ing, Constructed from Actual 
Analysis of the Best Mod¬ 
ern Decisions, 
By LEWIS WRIGHT, 
Author of “ The Practical Poultry Keeper ,” 
Brahma Foul," etc. 
The 
ILLUSTRATED WITH 
Fifty Colored Portraits of Prize Birds, 
Painted from Life by J, W. Ludlow, 
CONTENTS. 
Chap. 
1. —Houses and Accommo¬ 
dation. 
2. —The Seleotion of Stock. 
3. —Feeding and General 
Treatment of Fowls. 
4. —Eggs and Incubation. 
3^-Artlficial Hatching. 
0.—The Management of 
Chickens. 
7. —Fattening and Killing. 
8 . —Poultry as National 
Food. 
The Utility of “ Fancy 
Points.” 
1®.—Commencing a Strain. 
11.—Mating Stock for Breed¬ 
ing Prize Birds. 
H.—Hearing, Care, and Exhi¬ 
bition of Prize Poultry. 
IK—Sliows and Judging. 
R-Buying, Selling, and 
Kiportiag. 
Rr-Enemtes In the Yard. 
R—Diseases of Poultry. 
17.—Technical Terms, 
la— Cochins. 
Chap. 
19. —Brahmas. 
20. —Malays. 
21. —Game. 
22 . —Dorkings. 
23. —Spanish. 
24. —Hambnrghs. 
23.—Polish Fowls. 
26. —French Breeds of Poul¬ 
try. 
27. —American Breeds of 
Poultry. 
28. —Unclassed Varieties of 
Poultry. 
29. —Bantams (ExceptGame). 
30. —Game Bantams. 
31. —Wild Breeds of Poultry, 
Origin of the Domestic 
Fowl. 
S3.—The Guinea Fowl. 
33. —The Turkey. 
34. —The Pea Fowl. 
35. —Ducks. 
36. —Geese. 
37. —Swans. 
38. —Possible Additions 
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