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By PETER HENDERSON. 375 Pages. Fully Illustrated. Price, post-paid, $2.00. 
IF you wish to grow Vegetables for Sale, read Gardening for Profit. The personal success of Its 
/ author during his long career as a market gardener, and the success of thousands from the time he 
first made his cultural methods known up to the present day, shows the popular estimation of the 
value set upon this great work. All over the land it opened up the market gardening interest, for it 
should be always remembered that this was the first work ever written on market gardening in this 
country. To the South alone its value is almost beyond computation, for the enormous trucking inter¬ 
ests already there, and which are constantly on the increase, owe their birth entirely to, and subsequent 
development mainly to the teachings of Gardening for Profit. While written particularly for the 
Market Gardener and Trucker, yet it is of equal value for large private gardens. The first edition of Gardening for Profit was pub¬ 
lished in 1866; it has been revised twico since, and its sale has been so large that up to this time 43 editions have been printed. The 
present edition is revised and greatly enlarged. Its scope has also been greatly extended since the earlier editions were published. 
The varieties in vegetables recommended for market culture are kinds In general use at this time. 
Tho Forcing of nil Important Vegetables nnd Fruits under Glass—The Men Fitted for tho 
Business_The Amount of Capital required and Working Force per Acre—Fronts of Market 
Garden ink— Location, Situation and laying Out—Soils, Drainage and Preparation—Manures 
—Tho Uses and Management of Cold Frames—Protecting Cloth in lieu of Sashes—Spring 
Raising of Cabbage, Cauliflower and Lettuce—Formation and Management of Hot Beds— 
. CONTE3VTS. 
Forcing Pits or Greenhouses—Wide Greenhouses for Vegetable Crops—Forcing Strawberries 
—Seeds and Seed Raising—How, Whenand Where to Sow Seeds—Transplanting—Vegetables, 
their Varieties and Cultivation—When to Sow and Plant in the Southern States—Packing of 
Vegetables for Shipping—Preservation of Vegetables in Winter—Insects—Culture of Small 
Fruiteft-Monthly Calendar of Operations. 
By PETER HENDERSON. 325 Pages. Fully Illustrated. Price, post-paid, $1.50. 
/ F you wish to become a Commercial Florist, then of all books you should procure Prac¬ 
tical Floriculture. Wo have any number of complimentary letters from people who actually knew nothing of the 
florists' business, but who followed tho instructions in this work and are now “full-fledged florists.” And although writ¬ 
ten especially for tho Commercial Florist, it is equally valuable to tho amateur and all having conservatories, green¬ 
houses, window gardens, etc. Practical Floriculture was first Issued in 1868, has gono through many editions 
and had an onormous sale, and is admitted to be the leading American authority on this subject. This present 
edition is greatly enlarged and revised to keep abreast of the times, as there are now many superior methods of 
propagation and culture of flowers and plants — and many improved varieties of plants — all of which have been fully 
treated in this new edition. 
How to become a Florist—The Profits of Floriculture—Aspect and Soil—The Preparation 
for New and the Renovation of Old Lawns—Laying out the Flower Garden—Designs for 
Ornamental Grounds and Flower Gardens — Planting of Flower Beds — Soils for Potting— 
Temperature and Moisture — -The Potting of Plants—Drainage in Pots — Cold Frames Tor 
Winter Protection — Construction of Hot Beds—Greenhouse Structures — Glass, Glazing and 
Shading—Modes of Heating—Propagation of Plants by Seeds—Propagation of Plants by 
Cuttings—Propagating Roses by Grafting and Budding—Greenhouse Plants most in demand 
COKTTE1VTS. 
in Spring—Cold Frame Plants most sold in Spring—Plants most In demand for Window 
Decoration in Winter—Culture of Winter-flowering Plants for Cut Flowers—Rose Growing 
in Winter—Bulbs for Winter Flowers—Plants used for Decoration of Rooms—Construction 
of Bouquets, etc.—Hanging Baskets—Parlor or Window Gardening—Formation of Rock- 
work and Plants for Rocks—What Flowers will grow in the Shade—Succession Crops in tho 
Greenhouse—Packing Plants—Plants by Mail—Insects and Diseases Affecting Plants—Mildew 
—Diary of Operations for the Year—The Culture of Foreign Grape Vines under Glass. 
By PETER HENDERSON. 404 Pages. Fully Illustrated. Price, post-paid, $2.00. 
W AS written to meet the wants of those desiring information on gardening for private use. Its scope 
therefore embraces directions for the culture and propagation of Flowers, Vegetables and Fruits. 
It has had a large sale, and gone through several editions, the present having been revised and 
greatly enlarged ; it exhaustively treats on the Vegetable Garden, Flower Garden, Fruit Garden, Greenhouse, 
Grapery, Window Garden, Lawn, the Water Garden, etc. 
CONTEWTS. ■ 
Preparation of the Ground—'Walks—'The Lawn—Design for Gardens—Planting of Lawn 
and Flower Beds—Fall or Holland Bulbs, etc.—Propagation of Plants by Seeds—Propagation 
of Plants by Cuttings—How Grafting and Budding are Done—The Potting ofPIants—Win¬ 
ter-flowering Plants—Plants suiteo for Summer Decoration—Window Gardening—Culture 
of Water Lilies and other Aquatic Plants—The Chrysanthemum—Parlor Gardening or the 
Cultivation of Plants in Rooms— Greenhouses attached to Dwellings—Detached Greenhouses 
Modes of Heating, etc.—Greenhouses and Pits without Artificial Heating—Flowers that win 
grow in the Shade—Insects and other Parasites injurious to Plants—Humbugs in Horti¬ 
culture— Ilanly Grapes—The Cold Grapery—The Hot house or Forcing Grapery—The Straw¬ 
berry— The Vegetable Garden— Monthly Calendar of Operations. 
