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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Play and Profit 
IN MYJJARBEN. 
By E. P. ROE, 
Author of “Barriers Burned Away," etc. 
NOTICES BY’ THE PRESS. 
The author takes ns to his garden on the rocky hill-sides in 
the vicinity of West Point and shows ns how out of it, after 
four years’experience, he evoked a profit, of $ 1 , 000 , and this 
while carrying on pastoral and literary labors, . ... It 
is very rare that so much literary taste and skill are mated 
to so much agricultural experience and practical good sense. 
—Harper's Magazine. 
This hook is as poetical as it is practical. Still he is no 
dreamer. He goes into every essential detail with as much 
minuteness and precision as if he were writing a manual for 
the practical farmer. Indeed few works professedly de¬ 
voted to agriculture give more sound and valuable informa¬ 
tion on the secret of winning golden harvests from the soil 
than tins brief idy.lljc.sketck.— H. Y. Tribune. 
A very charming book, not only by reason of its pleasant 
style, but for. its quiet refined humor and fund of really use¬ 
ful information on the -subject of gaidening.—/Alston Gazette. 
It deserves to stand side by side with “ My Summer in a 
Garden .”—Christian Register. 
A fresh, lively work.—IT. T. Observer. 
One reads.without, weariness and learns much of practical 
value . — Chicago Evening Journal. 
Full of in formation. Explains just what the reader wishes 
to know. We most heartily commend it . — Providence Even¬ 
ing lb-ess. 
A chatty, sensible, profitable book .—Cleveland Herald. 
The book gives much valuable information, and gives it 
in the pleasantest manner imaginable .—Detroit Daily Union. 
CONTENTS. 
Chap. 
1 . — .Will you Walk into my 
Garden ? 
2. —My Garden Accounted 
•for. 
3. —My Garden—Its Loca¬ 
tion. 
i— My Garden—How it 
Grew. 
5. --M v Garden—What Fruits 
were Cultivated. 
6 . —The Same—Continued. 
7. —Markets. 
S.—Expenses. 
9 .—Ground for a Garden. 
Price, Postpaid 
Chap. 
10 . — When to Commence a 
x Garden. 
11. — 'Ve will go to Work. 
VI .—'The Campaign in $op- 
lem her. 
13.—Preparing for Winter 
Quarters. 
.14.—Gardening Over a Win¬ 
ter Fire. 
15. —April. 
16. —Graft ing or Horticultural 
Con version. 
IT.—Corn and Beans (Succo¬ 
tash). 
Si 50 
Money 
IN THE GARDEN. 
A VEGETABLE MANUAL, 
PREPARED WITH A VIEW TO 
ECONOMY AND PROFIT, 
BY P. T. QUINN, 
PRACTICAL HORTICULTURIST. 
In this-work the author aims to give, in a plain, practical 
style, instructions on three distinct although closely con¬ 
nected branches of gardening—the kitchen-garden, market- 
garden, and held culture ; the only and sufficient credentials 
for the fitness of his undertaking being a successful practical 
experience for a term of years. 
CONTENTS. 
Chapter VIII. Melons. 
IX. Onions. 
“ X. Parsley. 
“ XI. Radishes. 
“ XII. Salsify. 
“ XIII. Tomatoes. 
“ XIV. Fortins 
Houses. 
List of Seeds. 
Chapter I. Money in 
tile Garden. 
“ IT. Hot-beds. 
“ lit: Artichoke. 
“ IV. Beans. 
“ V. Cabbages. 
“ VI. Egg-Plants. 
“ VII. Lettuce. 
Chapter XV. 
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that any except special stu¬ 
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ture condensed in so small 
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Most farming operations 
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applied through imple¬ 
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the fundamental principles! 
are clearly taught, and their 
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This is the best American 
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the leading crops, build¬ 
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For the farmer who 
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Farm. Implements 
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By John J. Thomas. 
Price $1.50. 
The New American 
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By IL L. and L. F. Allen. 
Price $2.50. 
American Weeds and 
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By Dr. YVm. Darlington. 
Price $1.75. 
Country and Suburb¬ 
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By D. T. Atwood. 
Price $1.50. 
The Fruit Garden. 
By P. Barry. Price $2.50. 
Gardening for Profit. 
By Peter Henderson. 
Price $1.50. 
Gardening for the 
South. 
By Wm. N. White. 
Price $2.00. 
The New Book of 
Flowers. 
By Joseph Breck. 
Price $1.75. 
Such a library should have 
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After the farm crops, fruit 
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No work covers the whole 
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Farms near cities often 
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This is the best work on 
market gardening, and will 
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also. 
An excellent garden book, 
and in the libraries for 
Southern farmers might he 
substituted for Hender¬ 
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to have both. 
I do not know of any 
book upon out-door flower 
gardening that on the 
whole is so good as this. 
Its teachings are sound, and 
style pleasing. 
Mysteries of Bee- 
Keeping. 
By M. Quinby. Pi ice $1.50. 
Practical Poultry- 
Keeper. 
By L. W right. Price $2.00. 
The Pig. 
By Joseph Harris. 
Price $1.50. 
Draining for Profit. 
By Geo. E. Waring, Jr. 
Price $1.50. 
Dairy Husbandry. 
By X. A. Willard. 
Price $3.00. 
Tim Bunker Papers. 
Price $1.50. 
Bees, Poultry, and Pigs 
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(hose of Draining and Dai¬ 
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in general works. 
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Books for a Larger Library. 
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American Cattle. L. F. Allen. $2.50. 
ISaiKlaH'x Sheep Husbandry. $1.50. 
Hints to Horse Keepers. H. YV. Herbert. $1.75. 
American Cattle Doetor. G. II. Dadd. $1.50. 
Insects Injurious to Vegetation. 
Dr. Harris. $4.00. 
Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. 
Downing. $5.00. 
Cranberry Culture. ,T. J. White. $1.25. 
Grape Cnlturist. A. S. Fuller. $1.50. (For the 
West, would substitute Htismnn’s Grapes and Wine. 
$1.50.) 
Grasses and Forage Plants. 
C. L. Flint. $2.50. 
Forest Trees. Arthur Bryant. $1.50. 
ILandscapc Gardening. Kemp. $2.50. 
Hops, 40 cts. Flax. 50 cts. Tobacco. 25 cts, 
Onion. 20 cts. Essays. 
Boussingault’s Rural Economy. $1.60. 
Play and Profit in My Garden. Roe. $1.50. 
Window Gardening. Williams. $1.50. 
Books for a Still Larger Library. 
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Animals and Plants under Domestica¬ 
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Hussey’s National Cottage Arcliitectiire. $6. 
Landscape Gardening. Downing. $0.50. 
Tlie Vegetables of America. F. Burr. $5. 
The Boole of Evergreens. J. Hoopes. $3. 
Trout Culture. Dr. Slack. $1.50. 
Farm Gardening & Seed Growing. Brill. $1. 
The Bog. Dinks, Mayiiew & Hutchinson. $3. 
Young Sportsman’s Manual. Forrester. $3. 
Hunter and Trapper. H. Thrasher. $1. 
The Market Assistant. Devoe. $2.50. 
Hedges and Evergreens. Warder. $1.50. 
Pear Culture. P. T. Quinn. $1. 
Money in the Garden. Quinn. $1.50. 
How Plants Grow. Gray. $1.25. 
How Plants Behave. Gray. 75 cts. 
Illustrated Horse Doctor. Mayhew. $3. 
Peach Culture. Fulton. $1.50. 
Barns, Out-Buildings A Fences. Harney. $6. 
Cottages and Farm Houses. Woodward. $1.50. 
Country Homes. Woodward. $1.50. 
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