Horticultural Books. 
WHY WE PUBLISH THEM. 
In the success of the planter is the germ of our success. First, 
the best Seeds, Bulbs, and Plants ; next, the plainly told prac¬ 
tice of accepted experts in gardening. This is why we publish 
books on Horticulture, and from a modest beginning this feature 
of our business has grown to very considerable proportions. The 
past year we distributed many volumes, which shows how fortunate 
we are in publishing books the people want. 
Two Useful Books for the MILLION. 
VEGETABLES for the HOME GARDEN 
This is really a 30=cent book, but it is so obviously needed by every one that 
we offer it to our customers at the merely nominal charge of ten cents. 
It is a brief, clear, and reliable book of 125 pages, illustrated with more than 
75 engravings, including a map of the Life Zones of the United States. 
Part First treats of the Location and Management of the Home Garden, 
Soils, Drainage, Manuring, Composting, Concentrated Manures, Hotbeds and 
Cold Frames, Selection of Seed, Preparation and Planting, Climate, etc. 
Part Second gives accurate and complete Cultural Directions for all Culinary 
Vegetables described in Burpee’s Farm Annual, with Notes on Varieties and 
Time Required from Planting until Vegetables are Ready for Use. 
In the Appendix are revised Planting Tables for Vegetables, Grass and Forage 
Crops, Weights of Agricultural Commodities, Formulas for Insecticides, and 
Tables of Annual Rainfall for all the States of the Union. 
The book has been compiled from our own publications, the trial records of 
Fordhook Farm, and a comprehensive manuscript on general gardening,— 
which has not been published, for which we paid five hundred dollars. 
Fully Illustrated. Price bo Cents, Postpaid. 
FLOWERS FOR EVERY HOME. 
This new book tells how to grow successfully flowers from seed, both indoors 
and out. It has been written by E. D Darlington, who for many years has 
been the general superintendent of our Trial Grounds. Few writers have had 
such opportunities to learn flowers , and what he knows the author tells in language 
that can be easily understood. 
Fully Illustrated. Price bo Cents 
Both Books, postpaid, for b6 cts, (eight 2-cent stamps). 
PUBLISHED BY 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
