IvXJ Iv a Lr BOOKS < *i:^:i: :;.-i.Ki'.ti;i .*r- U<:t>>-> ^^mtm An Illustrated Catalog for Farmers, Stock Raisers, Gardeners, House* keepers, Florists, Fruit Growers, Architects, Artisans, Sportsmen 1911 ORANGE JUDD COMPANY PUBLISHERS— IMPORTERS Ashland Building, 315-321 Fourth Avenue, New York City Booh» Sent Postpaid to All Parts of the World for Catalog Price World's Clearing House of Rural Literature i OUR Book Department published its first rural volume nearly half a century ago. Since then it has made a steady, strong, and substantial growth. Now it is the largest rural book publishing house -■|.4n- tJie ; .wpijd^Trn^t.orJLy in : extent of bu^Lofess .buUjn^ai^^ofsubjecte.. . Its book list embraces every department of farm interest, and since the authors are recognized specialists in their respective lines, the books are acknowledged as standards, both by practical men and eminent agricultural educators in all English speaking countries. 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If for- warded in any other way it is at the sender's risk. ppiprc Any of the books listed in this rniuLO catalog will be sent prepaid to any part of the world, for price men- tioned. If sent by registered mail, an additional charge of 10 cents is made for registering. This absolutely insures safe delivery. npnppc All orders should be accom- unULliO panied with the amount neces- sai-y to pay for them. Books, however, may be sent C. O. D. if an amount suffi- cient to pay express charges both ways accompanies the order. This amount paid in advance by you will be credited upon the C. O. D. bill when presented to you for payment, as we pay all charges for the delivery of books listed in this catalog. flN APPPnVAl ^^ order to enable our vn nrrnuiHL patrons to judge what books they want so that they will get only such as they actually need, we will send on approval to any responsible per- SENDING ORDERS son who will give satisfactory references, any of the books listed in this catalog, with the understanding that those not de- sired may be returned within five days after receipt. Reiurn chanjes to he pre paid by the shipper. Remittance to be made at once for the books retained be- cause found satisfactory. 4x7 inches. 302 pages. Cloth. Net $2.00 How to Make the Garden Pay By T. Greiner. This work embodies a vast amount of practical and useful information. It is an entirely new and original work and treatise on Garden- ing for Pleasure, Health, Profit and Morality ; market gardening, farm kitch- en gardening, hints in marketing, ma- nure and fire hotbeds, implements, cold frames, hotbeds, vegetables and forc- ing houses, drainage, irrigation, insects and other foes, seed and seed sowing, rotation of crops, thinning and trans- planting, monthly memoranda, etc. About one-half of the volume is devot- ed to cultural directions of garden crops. Illustrated. 6x9 inches. 272 pages. Cloth $1.00 Garden Makincf By L. H. B3.tley. In this book the beginner in gardening is shown how easy it is to raise flowers, fruits and vegetables, and to beautify one's home grounds, if one starts right and has a genuine love for plants. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 417 pages. Cloth.. $0.75 Annals of Horticulture By L. H. Bailey. This is the only complete history of horticulture at the Columbian Exposition. Review of the World's Fair horticultural exhibits, with names of all plants and exhibitors, the only correct catalog of World's Columbian plants. 5x7 inches. 179 pages. Cloth $1.00 Gardenfnig for Young and Old By Joseph Harris. The cultivation of garden vegetables and flowers in the farm garden. A work intended to in- terest farmers' boys in farm gardening, which means a better and more profi- table form of agriculture. The teach- ings are given in the familiar manner so well known in the author's " Walks and Talks on the Farm." A share of the work is devoted to the easily grown flowers, which will add to its value in the estimation of the mothers and sis- ters as well as of the boys. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 191 pages. Cloth. Price postpaid, $ 1 .00 A Book of Vegetables and Garden Herbs By Allen French. Besides a de- scription of each plant, its habit, value and use, the book contains detailed cul- tural directions for growing all vege- tables cultivable in the northern Unit- ed States, covering the soil, planting distances, times for sowing, thinning and transplanting, fertilizing, picking, winter protection, renewal, storage, and the management of diseases and pests. Illustrated. 5x7 inches Net $1.75 32 The American Apple Orchard By F. A. WAUGH THIS is just the book we have been looking for. There has been a strong and increasing demand these last ten years for a practical, pointed work on apple culture. Although there are a number of books on general fruit culture extant, they are not sufficiently definite and explicit for the ordinary reader. Our experience in the selling of books shows that a majority of buyers are interested in special crops in the care of which they want specific advice. It was in response to this demand that the Orange Judd Company began the publication of their list of popular "one crop" books. Of all special crops in America, the apple is one of the most popular and profitable, and the call for a book on this subject has been particularly strong. After considerable planning and deliberation, we secured Prof. F. A. Waugh of Massachusetts to prepare this book for us. Professor Waugh is already well known as a writer of popular horticultural books, his "Dwarf Fruit Trees," "Landscape Gardening," "Plums and Plum Culture" and others having been for some years among our "best sellers." His books are always terse, snappy and readable. His preparation for the present work has been unusually broad and thorough, as he is personally and intimately acquainted in nearly every fruit-growing section of the United States and Canada. Furthermore, he is himself a practical fruit grower, operating extensive commercial orchards of his own. His practical experience in fruit growing, combined with long experi- ence as a popular writer and teacher, enables him to present this subject in a manner both authoritative and attractive. In this book chief prominence is given to modern commercial methods as practiced in large and up-to-date orchards, but there is a special chapter also on the family or- chard. Methods are discussed, not for their theoretical value, but from the standpoint of the cash profits they will return. The book is pervaded throughout with the author's en- thusiasm for fruit growing in general and for the great apple industry in par- ticular. It is well known that great ad- vances have been made in recent years in the practice o f fruit growing, and the author's position has given him unusual opportunities forkeeping up with all such improvements. The principal topics discussed are The Geography of Apple Growing, Apple Soils, Exposures, Windbreaks, Winter-Killing, Starting an Orchard, Propagation of Trees, Cultivation, Cover Crops, Pruning, Fertilizers, Insects, Diseases, Spraying Solutions, Spraying Machinery, Spraying Methods, Harvesting and Marketing, The Family Orchard, Renovation of Old Orchards, Selection of Varieties, Catalog of Varieties. , Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 226 pages. Cloth. Net, $1.00 33 Systematic Pomology Treating of the Description, Nomenclature and Classification of Fruits. By F. A. WAUGH Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Gardening, Massachusetts Agricultural College THIS is the first and only work in the English language which treats on the entirely new field of Systematic Pomology. The subject comprises the systematic study of fruits, the practice of fruit growing, and the business of marketing fruits. The recent books, however, have all treated of the second division, namely, of the practice of fruit growing, while the other two divisions have been almost wholly ignored. Prof. Waugh gave the first comprehensive treatise on commercial pomology two years ago in his Fruit Harvesting, Storing, Market- ing. Now he presents a new work, en- titled Systematic Pomology, covering the first of these neglected fields. The book treats exhaustively of the methods of describing fruits, of the perplexed systems of nomenclature, of the practi- cal and scientific classification of va- rieties, of the scoring and judging of fruits, of the laboratory study of fruits, etc. A partial idea of the great value of this work may be gained from the outline of TABLE OF CONTENTS Introdtjction— Pomology in General. Description — Making and Filing Descrip- tions, General Considerations, Describing Pome Fruits, Description of Drupe Fruits, Describ- ing Strawberries, Describing Easpberries and Blackberries, Description of Currants and Gooseberries, Describing Grapes. Nomenclature— T h e Eequirements o f Nomenclature, the Lazy Club Code, American Pomological Society Eules. Classification— Principles of Classiflcar tion. Classification of Fruits in General, the Classification of Apples, the Classification of Pears, the Classification of Peaches, the Classi- fication of Plums, the Classification of Cherries, Miscellaneous Fruits, Warder's Classification of Apples, Application— Eelation to the Practice of Fruit Growing, for the Teacher and the Student, Laboratory Work, Judging Fruits, Glossary. The arrangement and treatment are such as to make the book particularly helpful to students and to all who want to learn more about pomology. It will be of great value as a textbook and laboratory guide, as a manual for com- mitteemen in horticultural societies, and as a guide to nurserymen and fruit growers. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 288 pages. Cloth. Price, postpaid, $1.00 34 Fruit Growing in Arid Regions By WENDELL PADDOCK Professor of Horticulture in the Colorado Agricultural College and Experiment Station and ORVILLE B. WHIPPLE Field Horticulturist in the Colorado AKricultural College and Experiment Station The recent remarkable development of the vast areas of arid land in the Western United States has been both the cause and the result of new ideas in agricultural teaching. Conditions, not only varying widely among themselves but differing utterly from those of older cultivated regions, demanded the widest range of experi- ment, and resulted in the shattering of many cherished theories as well as the firmer establishment of many practices whose efficacy, under more familiar conditions, had seemed of doubtful value. The peculiar fitness of many of these arid lands for fruit-growing was long in becoming apparent, but their orchards have within comparatively recent years become a most important source of supply for both Eastern and foreign markets. The story of these years, as briefly told in the present volume, is one of great interest, and the ensuing mass of valuable agricultural teaching is set forth in detail. Every phase of fruit-growing with its local and other problems is thoroughly discussed, and no important agricultural opinion, even if differing from those held by the authors, is ignored. Soils, climates, fruit-diseases and pests, with their remedies, both preventive and curative, tools and apparatus of every sort are fully treated, and varieties of fruit likely to be successful, as well as those which have already proved their value, are minutely described. The illustrations are unusually abundant. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 395 pages. Cloth. Net $1.50. American Horticultural Manual By J. L. BUDD, assisted by N. E. HANSEN In this volume the author outlines the principles and practices of horticulture, reserving systematic pomology for a second volume. The principal chapters treat on seeds and seed growth; germina- tion; circulation of flowers and fruits; propagation; principles of fruit-growing; transplanting; orchard management, pruning; spraying ; the different classes of fruits treated separately ; lawn and park trees; shrubs and vines; the vegetable and small fruit garden, etc., etc. To the beginner in horticulture who desires thorough and reliable information on its underlying principles the work can not be too highly recommended. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. Cloth. VoL I, 417 pages, $1.50; Vol. II, 491 pages, $1.50 35 Cabbage, Cauliflower and Allied Vegetables By C. L. ALLEN Author of Bulbs and Tuberous Rooted Plants from Seed to Harvest Ti HE author of this book has devoted a lif e- time to the studj"^ of the sub- jects upon which it treats, and liv- ing on Long Is- land, in the very heart of the most favorable cabbage growing section in the United States, and being himself largely and prac- tically interested in this industry, is probably more familiar with its various details than any other man. Considerable space is devoted to the explanation of the requirements, conditions, culti- vation and general management per- taining to the en- tire cabbage group. After this each class is treated separately and in detail. The chapter on seed raising is probably the most authoritative treatise on this subject ever published, and will be intensely interesting and valuable to all those engaged in this industry. Insects and fungi attaclfing this class of vegetables are given due attention, with a view to giving the reader the latest and most effective means for their prevention and destruction. There is a convincing and practical tone about the entire work which at once assures the reader of the safety in following the instruc- tions given in its pages. Illustrated 5x7 inches, 128 pages. Cloth Price, 50 cents Market Gardening and Farm Notes By BURNET LANDRETH ALTHOUGH this work is entitled "Market Gardening," the family gardener will find all the instructions needed for gardening for pleasure as well as for profit, as it gives a vast amount of experiences and observations in the garden and field, of interest to the market and the amateur gardener, the trucker, and the farmer. A novel feature of the book is the calendar of farm and garden opera- tions for each month of the year, indicating those which apply to each of the various sections and climates of North America. The chapter on the half -acre garden will be read with great interest by the amateur, while the chapters on seedsmen's novel- ties and responsibilities, manures and fertilizers, transplanting, succession and rota- tion of crops, celery and onion culture, and the packing, shipping and marketing of vegetables, will be especially useful to the professional market gardener. There are detailed plans and descriptions for hotbeds, cold frames and greenhouses. Garden- ing under glass for winter markets is treated in a thorough and businesslike way. Ihe farmers will find the chapters on roots for stock feeding, on soils and fertilizers, on implements and storehouses, of special use in their daily operations. 5x7 inches, 215 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.00 36 Asparagus Its Culture for Home Use and for Market A practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing and preserving of Asparagus, with notes on its history and botany HEXAMER WHILE most works on vegetable growing treat briefly on asparagus culture, this is the lirst book publislied in America which is exclusively devoted to this subject. All are agreed that there is no more delicious vegetable than properly grown and prei)arcd asparagus. Yet it is but rarely found in our gardens, owing principally to the erroneous idea that its planting and after management are ex- pensive and require special skill and knowledge. To disprove these fallacies, and to impart re- liable and rational information on the imiiroved and simplified modern methods of raising this peerless gem of the home garden, is the prin- cipal object of this work. In successive chapters the author treats ex- haustively on the saving of the seed, raising of the plants, selection and preparation of the soil, planting, cultivation, manuring, cutting, bunch- ing, packing, marketing, canning and drying, insect enemies, fungous diseases and every re- quirement to successful asparagus culture, special emphasis being given to increase the importance of asparagus as a farm and money crop. As no garden is complete without an asparagus bed, so is no gardener's or farmer's library complete without this interesting and instructive book. Handsomely illustrated, 5x7 inches, 1 74 pages. Cloth. Price, 50 cents The New Rhubarb Culture A Complete Guide to Dark Forcing and Field Culture PAKT I.— By J. E. Morse, the well-knovra Michigan trucker and originator of the now famous and extremely profitable new methods of dark forcing and field culture. After a short historical sketch of the plant, the author explains and describes m a clear and con- C'se manner every detail connected with the industry. grown handling the roots ; age of roots for forcing best varieties ; how to succeed ; heating; as to tem- perature; ventilation; light; moisture; fertilizing; thinning out; handling the crop; time of maturing; gathering the crop; tving up; marketing; fertilizers; light or thin soils; barnyard manures; binders; acidity of soil; nitrate of soda; Jadoo fiber; culture; soil; preparation; propagation; unforced roots; forced roots; plants for setting; growing from the seed; tillage; comparison of old and new methods ; future outlook; magnitude of forcing industry; creating demand ; benefits ; how to use rhubarb ; etc., etc. Part II.— By G. B. Fiske. In this are described and illustrated other metliodsj)racticed by the mc America; bition sta.ivo, ..vii*^ ii..-.ji^v,v.„, „..^„ . . „ j.-. adaptation ; northern limits; new seedlings; work of the experiment stations; hints and helps; for early market; insects and blights; culture of medicinal rhubarb; pieplant for home use; seedraising;food value; fertilizing constituents; irrigation, etc., etc. , , ^.. , „. Copiously illustrated from photographs and sketches made exclusively for this work. The only complete, practical, scientific and up-to-date manual on this crop. 5x7 inches, 130 pages. Cloth. Price, 50 cent* 37 Celery Culture By W. R. BEATTIE Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture APEACTICAL guide for begin- ners and a standard reference of great interest to persons already engaged in celery growing. It contains many illustrations giving a clear conception of the practical side of celery culture. This hook is the result of many years' experience in celery growing both for home use and for market. The author has also had the benefit of acquaintance with many of the most successful celery growers, and has had abundant opportunity to study their methods. The work is complete in every detail, froin sowing a few seeds in a window box in the house for early plants, to the handling and marketing of celery in carload lots. Complete cultural directions are included, together with estimates of the cost for equipment and running expenses, and a fair estimate of returns from one acre. There is perhaps no other garden crop that requires or that will justify so liberal a use of fertilizers as celery. Complete information is given regarding the value, kind, and quantity of fertilizers to apply. Full instructions are given for the home mixing of fertilizers for the celery crop. Celery has become a wholesome ad- dition to the fare of the masses. From a few small patches grown by Holland- ers in this country a few years ago, the celery industry now includes the terri- tory from Maine to California, and from Canada to Florida. A supply of celery for home use may be grown in almost any garden, and its commercial culture still offers pleasant and profitable em- ployment for thousands of persons. Celery growing is one of the most desirable occupations for persons who desire to live an outdoor life. There is something so clean and appetizing about celery while it is growing that renders its culture a source of refined emphiyment. There is perhaps no other line of garden- ing that will give so prompt returns or prove so satisfactory as a source of extra income. Fully illustrated, 5x7 inches, 150 pages. Cloth. Price, 50 cents TOMATO^ULTURE By WILL W. TRACY United States Department of Agriculture THIS is a practical treatise on the tomato, which includes its history, characteristics, methods of planting, fertilization, cultivation in field and greenhouse, points about harvesting, pack- ing, storing, and marketing, as well as the most complete account of the insects, enemies and diseases which attack tomatoes, and remedies for their control that has ever been written. The author has made a lifelong study of this important vegetable and has here embodied for the first time a complete story of his experiences. Because of the increasing popularity of the tomato for general and popular use, this book is especially timely and important. It deals with every phase of the subject. It includes chapters devoted to the home garden, hotbed, greenhouse and large areas for commercial purposes. Every detail is treated under the foUow- uig heads: Botany ; history ; general characteristics; essentials for development ; selection of soil for maximum crop; exposure and location; fertilizers; preparation of the soil; hotbeds and cold frames; starting plants; proper distance for planting; cultivation; staking, training and pruning; ripening, gathering, handling and marketing; adaptation of varieties; seed breeding and growing; production for canning; cost of production; insects injurious to tomatoes: tomato diseases. The book is written in the most popular style for the man who wants the latest and most complete infcrmation on the subject. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 150 pages. Cloth. Price, 50 cents 38 m i l^^ d ^W^ ■:' 'Xl' ^^WB^ 1 \' ^:^w^m MRmBkJwL ^^o 'k ^^■■\M' PI ^^P ' T Mi 1 'mm ^Jl m ^ra 1 [1 l| 1 II 1 ||^BB ' J Peas and Pea Culture By GLENN C. SEVEY, B.S. Editor New England Homestead THIS interesting little book is intended for the student and practical farmer alike. Enough of the scientific has been provided to meet the demands of the former, and for the farmer great care has been exercised to keep details true to field con- ditions. The author brings both experience and observation to bear on the subject- matter. Botany, history and distribution constitute one chapter. Another deals with soils, fertilizers and inocculation. Cultural principles constitute Chapter III, with composition and feeding value as Chapter IV. Chapter V deals with insect and fungous pests ; VI goes thoroughly into the canned pea industry ; VII, peas as forage and soiling crops ; VIII, breeding and seed improvement ; IX, garden peas and varieties, with the concluding chapter, X, on sweet peas and their culture. The various experiments and deductions of different experiment stations and seed authorities are carefully reviewed and brought together in a workable way. Without this book a student would be re- quired to spend hours going through various files and references to secure all the data on any one phase of the subject of peas and pea culture. An honest effort has been made to provide comprehensive, authoritative and specific information on the whole sub- ject of peas. Facts are tersely stated, and readers will find the book an ever-ready and convenient authority on the many details connected with the crop. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 120 pages. Cloth. Net 50 cents Melon Culture By JAMES TROOP Professor of Horticulture and Entomologry, Purdue University THIS is a practical treatise on the melon, which is intended to be of service to the amateur as well as to the large commercial grower. It includes the history of both the musk- melon and watermelon, the botanical characters, climatic, soil and other con- ditions affecting their growth, a discus- sion of the kinds of soil suitable for each, the proper method of selecting and test- ing the seed and its influence on the crop, the effect of planting seeds from immature fruits and a discussion of early vs. late ripening fruits for seed as affect- ing the time of ripening of the crop. It is the opinion of many that seeds taken from the first fruits to ripen will pro- duce an earlier crop than will those taken from fruits from the same plant ripening toward the close of the season. It also treats of the kinds, quantity and methods of application of various fer- tilizers, a very important element in the production of soo6 melons. Methods of starting the plants, both in the hot-bed and in the open ground, are discussed. The various cultural methods which are practiced by our large commercial growers are taken up in detail. The important ques- tions concerning harvesting and marketing melons so as to secure the finest quality possible are carefully explained, as well as the various styles of packages and methods of packing in order to secure the best prices. A chapter is given to insects and diseases affecting melons, in which the latest scientific methods of combatting them are discussed in detail. A chapter is also given to forcing melons under glass, and a long list of varieties, comprising most of those under cultivation, is given, with a brief description of each. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 100 pages. Cloth. Net 50 cents 39 Gardening for Profit The A B C of Potato Culture By Peter Henderson, A guide to the By W. B. Terry. How to grow them successful culture of the market and in the largest quantities and in the finest family garden. This volume cannot but qualities with the least expenditure of be regarded by all, as one of the best ^^^^ ^^^ labor; carefully considering works on Market and Family Gardening ^jj the latest improvements in this rnre^dUiofot^'Ga'rVeniJg fo/pro^fU^' branch of agriculture up to the present has been greatly extended, embracing date. Its principal chapters treat on as it does, not only the forcing of ail soils, manures, planting, selection and important fruits and vegetables under care of seed, cultivating and hoeing, glass, but also detailing the methods of digging, storing, varieties, rotation, cost culture of all small fruits which properly Qf production and profits, etc. Paper, come under the head of " Gardening for $0.45 Profit." Although this book is written mainly for the market gardener, the ama- Talks on Manures teur interested i^n vegetables or fruits ^ jf, Harris. There is scarcely rm"ane\frlqu r?men s.' inusSteJ^'x'l an oVnion^elative to fertilizing soils inches. 37^6pages. Cloth. .Price $1.50 -'^f ".LfTlTa^S !S'^^ Money in the Garden ^f^^ii^^^^^ .^"l- comprehensive work. ' While the teachings are founded upon By P. T. Quinn. A vegetable manual the most elaborate scientific researches prepared with a view to economy and ^hey are so far divested of technical profit. The author gives, in a plain, language to commend themselves to practical style, instructions on three farmers as eminently practical. It is distinct, although closely connected ^^^ ^f^en that the results of scientific branches of gardening— the kitchen gar- investigations are presented in a man- den, the market garden, and field cul- ^^^ g^ thoroughly popular. The chapter ture, from successful practical experi- jai, written for this book by Sir ence. 11 ustrated. 5x7 mches. 268 ^^^^ ^^^^^^ Lawes gives additional pages. Cloth ^'•"" value to this work. Illustrated. 5x7 The Principles of Vegetable ^^^^hes. 366 pages. Cloth $1.50 Gardening The iMg^ Onion Culture By L. H. Bailey. This book discusses gy ^ Qreiner. A complete guide in fully the underlying questions regarding growing onions with the greatest profit, soils, fertilizing, tilling, storing, market- explaining the whys and wherefores, ing, controlling insects and diseases, and Qg^j. ^nd minute directions are given other vital present-day problems It ^ j^ ^^ j^nts are grown; the cold treats the general subject of truck gar- ^ seed bed; planting; fire hotbed; aening and market gardening; also the ^ ^^^ ^ ^ by steam; cheap green- home garden. Particular attention is i:",^^ fr.r mari;*.* aarrlPtiPrQ- prp^n given to hotbeds and cold frames; also house Jo^ ^J^^^ket garde^^^^^^^ to seeds and seed growing. Illustrated, house heated by hot water, quan my 5x7 inches. 458 pa^es. Cloth, ^.f^eed required; time of sowing; va^ Net $1 50 rieties; what sou to select; how to ma- nure and prepare it; onions on muck Success in Market Gardening soil; clean soil essential; how the plants are set in the ground; tillage as By W, W, RsL-wson. A vegetable rnoisture preserver and weed killer; growers' manual. Part I treats on loca- tools of tillage; when and how to har- tion, drainage, irrigation and fertilizers, ygg^ the crop; danger in delay; signs selection, vitality and sowing of seeds, ^f maturity; curing the crop; curing cultivation of crops, construction and ^^ j j^^ ^f crop; wintering on- operation of hotbeds and greenhouses, j Advantages and profits of the new Par'lYrildtoTerospSlcr'o^ps L^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^imation of cost and returns. Z'llS^Cto:^sJ^^^^ '^ ^l^-- !^^T.tl'«,!^^hTnewwithX pumping outfits, electric light, insects Pf^ *^l^f ^T^^-^ iuljf'^rpvt^n and fungi and their preventives, etc., » ^ methods of onion culture an exten- etc. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 240 pages! sive appendix is devoted to the latter. Cloth Net$l 10 "ustrated. 5x7 inches. 140 pages Cloth 3>u.ou 40 I Vegetable Gardening By R. L. WATTS Professor of Horticulture, PennsvlVania State College THIS complete, concise and authentic book covers every phase of vegetable gardening and is specially well organized as a text-book and equally valuable as a hand-book for practical growers. It is the only volume on vegetable gar- dening the scheme of which is in accordance wdth the recom- mendations of the association of American agricultural col- leges. The logical and syste- matic arrangement of the mat- ter enehances the value of the book for students as well as for busy commercial growers who need a well-organized treatise for frequent reference. The bulletins of the experi- ment stations of the United States Department of Agricul- ture and various books and periodicals relating to garden crops were frequently consulted during the prepara- tion of the manuscript, while at the same time the experience of successful growers is woven into every chapter. The book brings up to date the most reliable infor- mation on vegetable gardening and the full disciission of principles makes it valuable to all classes of growers whether they are producing for the liome table or for market. To procure first-hand knowledge regarding varieties and methods, many market gardens and truck farms were visited in different parts of the United States. This made it possible to obtain photographs which have been used freely to illustrate the various chapters. An idea of the scope and completeness of the book may be gained by noting the following subjects, each of which has been treated in a separate chapter: A Gen- eral View, Selection of Location, Soils, Tillage, and Tillage Tools, Stable Manures, Green Manures and Cover Crops, Commercial Fertilizers, Irrigation, Insect Enemies and Fungous Diseases, Seeds and Seed Growing, Construction of Hotbeds, Construction of Cold Frames, Construction of Greenhouses, Seed Sowing, Trans- planting, Growing Early Vegetable Plants Under Glass, Marketing, Co-operative Associations, The Storage of Vegetables, and the Classification of Vegetables. One-half the book is devoted to a discussion of the culture of the vegetables grown in the United States and Canada. The list includes the Artichoke, Bean, Beet, Brocoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celery, Chard, Chicory, Chive, Collard, Corn-salad, Cress, Cucumber, Dandelion. Dill, Eggplant, Endive, Garlic, Horse-radish, Kale, Kohl-rabi, Leek, Lettuce, Mint, Muskmelon, Mustard, Okra, Onion, Parsley, Parsnip, Pea, Pepper, Pumpkin, Eadish, Rhubarb, Ruta Baga, Sage, Salsify, Savory, Spinach, Squash, Sweet Corn, Sweet Potato, Thyme, Tomato, Turnip", and Watermelon. There are also chapters on Crop Rotation, Succession and Companion Cropping, and Home Vegetable Garden and Siiggestions on Laboratory Work. Profusely Illustrated, 5)^x8 inches. 550 pages. Cloth. Net, $1 75 Celery for Profit By T. Greiner. An expose of modern methods in growing celery. Methods by which the cost of production of first quality celery is very materially re- duced are exhaustively described and fully explained. Paper $0.20 Tomato Culture By /. W. Day, D. Cummins and A. I. Root. In three parts. Part I — Tomato Culture in the South. Part II — Tomato Culture, Especially for Canning Fac- tories. Part III — Plant Growing for Market and High Pressure. Garden- ing in General. 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It is the most practical work on the subject ever written, and the only book on growing mushrooms ever published in America. The whole subject is treated in detail, minutely and plainly, as only a prac- tical man actively engaged in mushroom-growing can handle it. The author describes how he himself grows mushrooms, also how they are grown for profit by the leading market gardeners, and for home use by the most successful private growers. The book is amply and pointedly illustrated, with engravings drawn from nature expressly for this work. The following condensed table of contents gives an idea of the scope and completeness of the work: Those Who Should Grow Mushrooms:— Mar- ket gardeners— Florists— Private gardeners —Village people and suburban residents- Farmers- Women on the farm. Growing Mushrooms in Cellars:- Under- ground cellars— Dwelling house cellars- Barn cellars— How various market garden- ers grow them in cellars. Growing Mushrooms in Mushroom Houses:— The different kinds of musliroom houses. Growing Mushrooms in Sheds. Growing Mushrooms in Greenhouses. Growing Mushrooms in the Open Field. Manure for the Mushroom Beds:— Different kinds of manure— Other materials besides manure. Preparation of the Manure, etc. Making up the Beds. Mushroom Spawn:— What it is, and how to make it, use it, or keep it. Proper Temperature and How to Maintain It. Caring for the Beds Before and After They Begin Bearing. Gathering and Marketing the Mushrooms. Stimulants to Use and When and How to Apply Them. Insect Pests and Diseases, and How to Miti- gate Them. How Mushrooms Are Grown in the London Market Gardens. How Mushrooms Are Gro^vn in the Paris Caves How to Cook Mushrooms:— Make ketchup of them, pot them, dry them and make powder of them. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 169 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.00 43 Foundations of American Grape Culture By T. V. MUNSON, D.Sc. Practical Gtafie Breeder, Vineyardist, Botanist and Nurseryman THE author of this work has a world-wide repu- tation among vineyard- ists, horticulturists and plant-breeders for his great services in viti- culture and other fruit culture. The title of the book indicates the scope of its treatment. The subject matter is han- dled under the various chapter divisions of: Botany of Grapes; Breeding of Grapes for every Soil, Climate and Purpose; Selection of Varieties for Vineyard Planting for Different Regions North and South; Descriptions and life-size half tone illustrations of the leading varieties for each region; Select- ing, Preparing and Planting the Vineyard Site; Trellising, Prun- ing and Training; Fer- tilizing, Cultivating, and Protecting the Vineyard from Dis- eases and Insects; Harvesting and Mar- keting; Propagation by Cuttings, Layerings, and Grafting. In every part of the work the best, only, of up-to-date methods are given. It is original, clear and practical, and besides being the most accurately scientific, clear and practical work upon American grapes suited to all sections of the country, its numerous, some 90 full-page, fine grade, life-size half-tone plates, the fine paper and substantial beautiful binding will make it an ornament in any library. It will be a fine money maker to every practical vineyardist who reads it, and a delight and helpmate to every home that grows a few vines about the house, on the trees, on walls or arbors, or garden trellis. It will make one of the best text books for study in Agricultural Colleges and High Schools where horticulture may be taught. Highly illustrated, 7 1-2x10 inches, 250 pages. Buckram binding, gold let- tering on cover. Net $2.00 1 ^ 1 \ ^''^ -^, '""■"■■« ,:' w ^'W* ^^BH [ 4i American Grape Growing and Wine Making By GEORGE HUSMANN THIS latest edition is practically almost an entirely new work. The com- plete management of the grape in the garden as well as in the most exten- sive vineyards, from the planting of the vine to the harvesting of the fruit, is given in detail, according to what are now considered the best methods. As the vast extent of our country and its varying conditions of soil and climate make it impossible to give directions suitable for all sections, the author has called to his aid the most prominent authorities and most experienced vine- yardists in all the various grape districts of the United States. The second part of the work is entirely devoted to these locality reports, which are of inestimable value to the grape growers living within the respective areas. The chapters on wine making form a complete manual in themselves, de- scribing all the various details of this rapidly increasing industry. As the author is one of the most experienced wine makers in America and a recognized authority on the subject, this part alone makes the volume indispensable to all engaged in this industry. . In order to make the work national in its scope, a considerable part is devoted to grape growing and wine making in California, a subject of which the author has made a specialty for a lifetime. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 310 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.50 Chorltons Grape Growers Guide By WILLIAM CHORLTON A HANDBOOK of the cultivation of the exotic grape, intended especially for the American climate; a practical treatise on the management of the grapevine under glass. After general introductory remarks the author gives detailed descriptions of graperies and conveniences, artificial heat and apparatus, preparation of borders, planting and management for the first year, and permanent treatment for the cold grapery, forcing houses and retarding houses, pot culture, pruning and training, propagation and the raising of new kinds, injurious insects and fungi, lists of exotic and native varieties, etc. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 211 pages. Cloth. Price, 75 Cento My Vineyard at Lake View THIS book is especially valuable as giving an account of the processes actually followed in celebrated grape regions in Western New York and on the shores and islands of Lake Erie. It tells just what the beginner in grape culture wishes to know, with the charm that always attends the rela- tion of {Personal experience. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 143 pages. Cloth. Price, 50 Cento Grape Culturist A Treatise on the Cultivation of the Native Grape By ANDREW S. FULLER Author of "Small Fruit Culturist." "Propagation of Plants." "Practical Forestry, ' Etc. THIS book on grape culture has had a very large sale for many years, and has by common consent been given the palm for practi- cal value and usefulness. The new edition has been found necessary because of the rapid strides which have been made in viticul- ture in the past few years. The present edition, ma- terially enlarged, is de- cidedly up-to-date. All the discoveries, per- taining to materials and methods of applying them for the purpose of resist- ing the various fungous diseases which have been so disastrous to grape cul- ture, receive attention in this new edition. The list of standard grapes is carefully revised and a large list of the more recent, but as yet unes- tablished varieties, is given for consideration. It is a complete vade mecum for anyone con- templating grape grow- ing, and no vineyardist, no matter how long his experience, can afford to be without it. Chapters on growing from seed, on the various methods of wood propaga- tion, layering, grafting, character of soils which are best for vineyards, trellising, pruning, cul- ture, etc, are complete and interesting. CONTENTS Chapter I— Botanical Characteristics of the Grape. Chapter II— Growing from Seed. Chapter III— Propagation by Single Buds. Chapter IV— Cuttnigs of Unripe Wood. Chapter V— Propagation House. Chapter VI— Cuttings in Open Air. Chapter VII— Layering the Vine. Chapter VIII— Grafting the Grape. Chapter IX— Hybridizing and Crossing. Chapter X— Transplanting. Chapter XI— Soil and Situation. Chapter XII— Stem Appendages. Chapter XIII— Planting the Vine. Chapter XIV— Grape Trellises. Chapter XV— Time to Prune Vines. Chapter XVI— Garden Culture. _ . . Chapter XVII— Various Systems of Trammg and Pruning. Chapter XVIII— Miscellaneous. Chapter XIX— Insect Enemies of the Grape. Chapter XX— Fungous Diseases. Chapter XXI— Description of Varieties. Chapter XXII— New or Little Known Van- Chapter XXIII— Old, Obsolete and Inferior Varieties. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 282 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.50 Citrus Fruits and Their Culture By H. HAROLD HUME Professor of Horticulture and Botany in the University of Florida. Horticulturist and Botanist of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station DUEING the past quarter of a century no work treating on the fruits of the genus citrus has been produced. The lit- erature has not kept pace with the growth, the development, and the new phases of the industry. Yet during this period great changes have taken place in the principles of citrus fruit culture in America. A few decades since the annual crops were but insignificant, while now the citrus industry has attain- ed a place among the large horti- cultural industries of the country. To apply the long-felt want of an up-to-date work, giving reliable and authoritative information on the subjects, the author has pre- pared the present work in which he has the co-operation and assist- ance of the foremost specialists in the country. Every part of the subject is treated with the author's usual thoroughness, special chap- ters being devoted to Botany, History, Varieties, Culture, in all their details; Diseases and In- sects; Literature, etc., etc. The work is richly illustrated with 124 engravings, and embellished by 36 handsome plates. 5x7 inches, 587 pages. Cloth. Net, $2.50 The Cider Makers' Hand Book A Complete Guide for Meddng and Keeping Pure Cider By F. M. TROWBRIDGE PURE cider is one of the most healthful and pleasant beverages that man can use. It is the pure juice of the apple fermented just as wine is, but containing much less alcohol and no tartaric acid at all, the place of the latter being natu- rally supplied by the malic acid of the apple. Excellent as pure cider is, it is difficult to procure it either from wholesale or retail dealers. The stuff sold for pure cider is often some villainous concoction which ought to be prohibited by law ; and most of the other cider sold is made either from bad apples or by incompetent persons, and therefore is either bad from the beginning or else is spoiled through the carelessness or ignorance of the maker. In a great country like ours, where apples are produced in such overwhelming abundance, good cider ought to be plentiful and cheap, and yet at the same time be remunerative to the makers. The Cider Makers* Hand Book is a complete guide for making and keeping pure cider, by a practical man of great experience in the business. It should be in the hands of all apple growers and dealers who handle large quantities of fruit. Our mechanical intelli- gence has brought the necessary appliances for cider-making to great perfection ; yet we learn that three-fourths or more of all the cider made is spoiled either in the proc- ess of making or immediately after becoming cider, a fact which is attributed to a general lack of information of the plain, practical and simple requirements to be observed in the making and keeping of cider, rather than to any other cause. To correct some of the erroneous theories now accepted by those engaged in Cider Mak- ing, and to be to others a Hand Book of Practical Instruction is the object of this most valuable work. No treatise on this art has been published in many years, and it will be welcomed by thousands as a Standard Authority of practical informa- tion, based on exact scientific facts. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 120 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.00 The Practical Fruit« Grower By S. T. Maynard. The various fruits, how we got them, where they grow, what and when and how to plant, how to graft and bud and propagate, diseases and remedies, when to gather fruit, how to store, how to pack and ship and sell — just what the beginner needs and the successful fruit man practices — are explained in this well- arranged book. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 128 pages. Cloth $0.50 Popular Fruit Growing By S. B. Green. A practical guide to the growing of fruit for home use and market. Written with special ref- erence to colder climates. It covers the entire subject of growth, cultiva- tion and marketing of small fruits, in addition to the cultivation, pruning and grafting of the larger fruits. Illus- trated, 5x7 inches. 300 pages. Cloth. $1.00 Bush Fnuts By Fred W. Card. A horticultural monograph of raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, currants, gooseberries and other shrublike fruits. The entire sub- ject is exhaustively treated from the commercial grower's standpoint, as well as for application in the home garden. The principles which underlie the culti- vation and management of all the vari- ous bush fruits are discussed, and each kind is treated in detail as to its special equirements of soil, location, fertilizers, propagation, planting, tillage, pruning, harvesting and marketing, evaporating, etc. In the list of varieties the author has endeavored to name all known kinds, together with brief descriptions and notes as to their origin. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 537 pages. Cloth. Net $1.50 Quince Culture By W. W. Meech. An illustrated handbook for the propagation and cul- tivation of the quince, with descriptions of varieties, insect enemies, diseases and their remedies. New and enlarged edition. 180 pages. 5x7 inches. Cloth $1.00 Field Notes on Apple Culture By Prof. L. H. Bailey, Jr. A most useful and thoroughly practical book for orchardists. 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Illustrated, 6x9 inches. 477 pages. Cloth Net $3.00 Dwarf Fruit Trees By F. A. WAUGH Professor of Horticulturt and Landscape Gardening, Massachusetts Agricultural College NOTHING more striking has occurred in the development of agricultural affairs during the last decade than the rise of the amateur spirit. There are now thou- sands of people to whom farming or gardening is a pastime or recreation. Many others, while still cultivating the soil for financial returns, confess that the money tnus earned is the smallest reward for their labor. Everywhere there are village gardens, suburban home lots and private estates. The very type and model of all the operations on all these places is to be found in the garden of dwarf fruit trees. The suburban lot which would be crowded with two or three common Baldwin apple trees can easily accommodate forty or fifty dwarf trees bearing apples, pears, plums, peaches, nectarines, and the whole lot of hardy fruits. These dwarf trees have a very great advantage further in the fact that they come into bearing very early. One has to wait ten years for fruit from a common apple tree, while a dwarf tree of the same variety will bear in three years. The fruit is also of the highest quality. Even in strictly commercial operations the dwarf trees have their place. They make the best of "fillers" for temporary planting between permanent standard trees in a new orchard, and there are some commercial orchards of dwarf trees, particular- ly of pears, long and favorably known in America as profit yielding enterprises. All these advantages are enthusiastically set forth in Professor Waugh's new book. What is more important the book also tells, in detail, how these advantages are to be secured. In pleasing and readable style the propagation of the trees is de- scribed, their planting, pruning, care and general management. The work as a who|e is eminently practical and timely. It is fully and handsomely illustrated and substantially bound in cloth. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 112 pages. Cloth. Price, 50 cents Successful Fruit Culture A Practical Guide to the Cultivation and Propagation of Fruits. By SAMUEL T. MAYNARD, B.Sc. THIS book is written from the standpoint of the practical fruit grower who is striving to make his business profitable by growing the best fruit possible and at the least cost. It is up-to-date in every particular, and covers the entire practice of fruit culture. It gives in plain, practical language, descriptions of such varieties as are most in demand in our markets, and the method practiced by the most successful cultivators of many sections of the country. It deals with prin- ciples first and with the practice afterwards, as the foundation principles of plant growth and nourishment must always remain the same, while practice will vary ac- cording to the fruit grower's immediate conditions and environments. Separate chapters are devoted to the apple, pear, peach, apricot and nectarine, plum, cherry, quince, mulberry, grape, blackberry, raspberry, cranberry, blueberry, huckleberry, subtropical fruits, propagation of fruit trees and plants, fruit growing under glass, insect pests, and fungous diseases. The chapter on the apple is particularly compre- hensive and complete, forming a monograph in itself. It treats very fully on the soil best suited to its growth, trees for an orchard, digging the holes, preparing the trees for planting, establishing the. head, time for planting, turf culture, green manuring or cover crops, mulching, pruning, thinning fruit, age of bearing, regrafting old trees, varieties, gathering apples, assorting apples, packages and packing, marketing apples, storing apples, cold storage houses, etc., etc. With like thoroughness the other kinds of fruits are discussed. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 274 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.00 49 Peach Culture By JAMES ALEXANDER FULTON REVISED EDITION THE various works published on fruit culture treat of the peach as they do of other fruits, in a general way. but until the appearance of Judge Fulton's book there was nothing that gave the operations of peach culture as a business. Living in the center of one of the greatest peach growing districts in the world, he was enabled to give every detail, and to furnish a complete guide to those who would embark in the peach culture. During the years that have passed since its first appearance, while there have been few improvements in the general oper- ations of the nursery and orchard, there have been many new varieties introduced. During this time there has been a marked improvement in the early varieties of the peach, and the in- troduction of these, and the discarding of others, have made it necessary to rewrite this portion of tlie work. In its present revised form the volume is the only practical guide to peach culture as followed on the Delaware Peninsula, and essential to those who would undertake the cul- tivation of this fruit in any other part of the United States. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 204 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.00 Cranberry Culture Natural History, Cultivation, Management, Etc. By J. J. WHITE MILLIONS of dollars are spent annually by the American people for cranberries. Properly managed, there is not a more profitable industry than the cultivation of this fruit. "Cran- berry Culture" is a practical treatise on the subject and should be in the hands of every- one who expects to embark in cranberry growing. It tells all about cultivation, choice of location, preparation of the j;round, planting the vines, management of meadows, flooding, enemies and difficulties, picking, keeping, profit and loss, and every other detail connected with the business. The work also gives full account of the different varieties in cultivation and it is regarded as the most complete and satisfactory of the many special treatises on fruit culture. The directions are admirably full and clear, and the author has anticipated every difQculty the novice is likely to encounter. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 131 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.00 The American Fruit Culturist By JOHN J. THOMAS Revised and Enlarged by W. H. S. WOOD IN ITS present form this standard pomological work is practically a new book, containing practical directions for the propagation and culture of all the fruits adapted to the United States. Numerous chapters have been added upon subjects which have become of practical value and of vital importance to all would-be fruit growers. The chapter on insects and diseases has been greatly extended, the section treating of the varieties of the different kinds of fruits has been very thoroughly revised so as to include all the approved newer sorts ; and new chapters have been added on nuts, wild fruits and sub-tropical fruits. All illustrations of fruits are from average-sized specimens, and are life size unless otherwise definitely stated. A systematic classification has been adopted for the principal fruits. By placing them under separate and characteristic heads, the cultivator is enabled to distinguish and remember each sort with more readiness than where all are thrown indiscriminately together. The distinguishing character- istics of this work are : I. The arrangement of the chapters. II. The systematic classifica- tion of most of the large fruits, and more especially of the apples and pears. III. The con- densed descriptions of fruits, which have been mostly taken from the ripened specimens. IV. The copious illustrations of the various operations. No other work of its character has enjoyed the popularity of this one, which has now been brought up to the most recent standard. Illustrated by nearly 800 engravings, 5x8 inches, 823 pages. Cloth. Price, net, $2.50 50 Barry^s Fruit Garden By P. BARRY THIS standard work upon Fruit Culture is written from the prac- tical experience of the widely known author who for half a century has been universally recognized as one of the most successful nursery- men, and best informed and most re- nowned pomologists of America. It explains all the minutis of fruit cul- ture, and demonstrates how the industry of our times is peculiarly distinguished by the application of science — the union of theory with practice in every depart- ment. The author is fully sensible of the importance that the work of the fruit grower should be done intelli- gently and understandingly, and that without a full knowledge of the min- utiffl and practical details of culture success cannot be expected. Therefore, before entering upon the main subject, he describes in as few and as plain words as possible the structure, char- acter, connection and respective offices of the various parts of fruit trees and the names by which each is known in practice. In the lists and descriptions of varieties the main object aimed at is to bring to the notice of cultivators the best varieties, those which ample expe- rience has proved to be really valuable, as nothing is more embarrassing to the inexperienced cultivator than long lists. The arrangement of varieties under the heads of Summer, Autumn and Winter will materially assist the reader in selecting varieties ripening at particular seasons, while the terms early or late summer, etc., in place of the month, is because of its better application to the various states and sections of states. The entire plan of the work is so admirable and the manner in which all the details are treated so clear and concise as to make it invaluable to anyone who would become fully informed upon the subjects of which it treats. For the sake of convenient reference the different branches of the subject have been separated into four parts: PAET I. General Principles— Names, Descriptions and Offices of the Different Parts of Fruit Trees; Soils; Manures; The Different Modes of Propagating; Pruning— Its Principles and Practice. PAET II. The Nursery— Soil, Situation, etc. PAET III. The Laying Out, Arrangement and Gen- eriil Management of Permanent Plantations of Fruit Trees, Selection of Trees and Varie- ties, and Pruning and Conducting Trees Under Various Forms. PAET IV. Select Varieties of Fniits, Gathering and Preserving Fruits, Diseases, Insects, Imple- ments in Common Use. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 516 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.50 HARVESTING T^ F> ¥ T ¥ T' MARKETING FRUIT STORING I iV V^ M, A By F. A. Waugh A Practical Guide to the Picking, Storing, Shipping and Marketing of Fruit WHILE there are many books on the growing of fruit, this is the first one on the equally important work of handling and selling it. The principal subjects covered are the fruit market, fruit picking, sorting and PACKING, the fruit storage, evaporating, canning, statistics of the fruit TRADE, FRUIT PACKAGE LAWS, COMMISSION DEALERS and DEALING, etC, etC. The important subjects of the fruit package and cold storage are especially well and comprehensively treated. The subject has been treated strictly from the standpoint of the fruit producer. The commission business, for instance, is thoroughly and fairly dis- cussed, and the commission men can hardly help but be pleased with the advice given, yet it is all plainly directed to the benefit of the fruit grower. Evaporat- ing and canning are handled in the same way — not by telling how to run a canning factory or a commercial evaporator — but by explaining those points which are of interest to the man who grows the fruit. The whole subject is tersely, plainly put and adequately illustrated. It is a book which everyone can read and enjoy, and which no fruit grower, large or small, can do without. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 250 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.00 BY THE SAME AUTHOR Plums and Plum Culture A COMPLETE manual for fruit groM^ers, nurserymen, farmers and gardeners, on all known varieties of plums and their success- ful management. This new book marks an epoch in the horticultural literature of America. Plum culture is one of the most complicated of specialties; and Prof. Waugh is one of the best known of the specialists. So far from being a mere compilation of others' views, this work represents in an unusual degree the original dis- coveries of the author. Nevertheless the discoveries and practical experi- ence of others have not been disre- garded. The book is a complete monograph of the plums cultivated in and indigenous to North America. It will be found indispensable to the scientist seeking the most recent and authoritative information concerning this group, to the nurseryman who wishes to handle his varieties accurately and intelligently, and to the cultivator who would like to grow plums successfully. Illustrated, 5x8 inches, 391 pages. Cloth. $1.50 62 The Nut Culturist A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting and Culti- vation of Nut-Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States With the Scientific and Common Names of the Fruits Known in Commerce as Edible or Otherwise Useful Nuts By ANDREW S. FULLER AUTHOR OF "Grape Culturist," "Small Fruit Culturist," "Practical Forestry," "Propagation of Plants," etc., etc. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WHEN it is considered that the United States sends abroad annually several millions of dollars to pay for various kinds of nuts imported from foreign countries the greater part of which could profitably be grown at home, it seems strange that so little atten- tion has been paid by American farmers to the planting and raising of edible nuts. There has been a prevailing idea among our people that nut trees could not be grown easily, their cultivation and management requiring some unusual skill, and that failure stared those in the face who attemt)ted to plant and raise nuts. In Europe as much care and attention is given to the growing of nuts as to any kind of fruit trees, and the profits derived from them are, in some sections of continental Europe, greater than from any other class of trees. While it is not rare to see extensive nut orchards on plains and mountain sides, the principal and favored locations for them are along the public highways. Miles and miles of English walnuts and chestnuts line the roadsides, and the returns from them often go far to meet the expenses of local government. Most of our native nut-bearing trees, as well as the English walnut, are remarkably hand- some in appearance, which is another reason why they should replace many wortliless kinds that are so frequently seen along our highways. The author of this book has for many years made a careful study of the entire subject, and has given in this volume the results of his experiences and investigations. In successive chapters he treats upon the almond, beechnut castanopsis, chestnut, filbert, hickory, pecan and walnut, giving a condensed account of their history, description of all the species and varieties, together with their propagation by seed or otherwise ; modes of grafting and budding, transplanting, pruning, gathering and marketing; insect and fungous enemies, and the best means of prevent- ing their ravages ; and all the important details in regard to the methods and practices for the successful and profitable raising of nuts. The closing chapter is devoted to the description of the fruits which are known in commerce as nuts, and to foreign kinds of nuts which are not grown successfully in the United States. Over 100 original illustrations embellish the volume. This work its author has always considered as the most valuable one he has ever written, believing that it will develop a new and important industry for the benefit of American farmers and the prosperity of our country. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 298 Pages. Cloth. Price, $1.50 63 The Small Fruit Culturist By ANDREW S. FULLER T ■ HIS is the first work exclusively de- voted to Small Fruits, and it con- tinues to be the recognized author- ity. It is equally adapted to the needs and requirements of the private cultivator and the market grower. This book covers the whole ground of Propagating Small Fruits, their Culture, Varieties, Packing for Market, etc. While very full on the other fruits, the Currants and Raspberries have been more carefully elaborated than ever before. The chapter on gathering and packing the fruit is a valuable one, and in it are figured all the baskets and boxes in common use. The book is very finely and thoroughly illusi- trated. "In the history of horticultural liter- ature," writes Dr. F. M. Hexamer in the Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, "Fuller's Small Fruit Culturist will no doubt occupy a foremost rank. It was more instrumental in the development and building up of the great industry to which it is devoted than any other book written before or after, and in any land; and it was the first American horti- cultural book translated into a foreign language." CONTENTS Chapter I.— Barberry Chapter II.— Strawberry- Chapter III.— llaspberry Chapter IV .—Blackberry Chapter V.— Dwarf Cherry Chapter VI.— Currant Chapter VII.— Gooseberry Chapter VIII.— Cornelian Cherry Chapter IX.— Cranberry Chaper X.— Huckleberry Chapter XI.— Shepherdia Chapter XII.— Preparation for Gathering Fruit Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 287 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.00 Strawberry Culturist By ANDREW S. FULLER Containing the history, sexuality, field and garden culture of strawberries, forcing or pot culture, how to grow from seed, hybridizing, and all information necessary to enable everybody to raise their own strawberries; together with a description of new varieties and a list of the best of the old sorts. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 60 pages. Flexible cloth. Price, 25 cents 64 Irrigation Farming A HANDBOOK FOR THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF WATER IN THE PRODUCTION OF CROPS New Edition, Revised, Enlarged and Rewritten By LUCIUS M. WILCOX SINCE the publication of the first edition of "Irrigation Farming," so many important improvements in irrigation have been made, and new and better methods introduced, that in order to keep abreast with the times a new edition of this standard work has become a necessity. Realizing this need the author has prepared the present volume, which has been largely re- written, entirely reset, and consider- ably enlarged so as to present in sys- tematic sequence and concise form everything pertaining to the most modern irrigation methods and means, thus making it the most complete manual on the subject ever published. As the author has de- voted the greater portion of his life to practical irrigation work, and is the recognized authority on the whole subject of irrigation, from a practical standpoint, every state- ment made in this book is based on the best experience, practice and sci- ence, and may be unhesitatingly re- lied upon as absolutely true. One strong position taken by the author all through the work is the importance of consistent and scien- tific cultivation in connection with all irrigation operations, as the one is just as essential as the other, and the two are indispensable in attain- ing the most perfect results. While the first edition was primarily writ- ten for and adapted to our western farmers and farms, this new edition also devotes appropriate attention to irrigation in humid regions. The principal chapters treat very fully of the advantages of irrigation; rela- tions of soils to irrigation; treatment of alkali; water supply; canal construction; reservoirs and ponds; pipes for irrigation purposes; flumes and their structure; duty and measure- ment of water; methods of applying water; irrigation of field crops, the garden, the orchard, the vineyard and small fruits; all about alfalfa; windmills and pumps; devices, appliances and contrivances; subirrigation and subsoiling; seepage and drainage; electricity in irrigation; winter irrigation; irrigation in humid regions; common law of irrigation; glossary of irrigation terms, etc., etc. The volume is profusely, handsomely and practically illustrated, and in paper, presswork and binding all that could be desired. 5x7 inches, 494 pages. Cloth. Price, $2.00 Land Draining A Handbook for Farmers on the Principles and Practice of Farm Draining By MANLY MILES, M.D., F.R.M.S. Author of "Silos, Ensilage and Silage," etc. UNDER the present conditions of American farm practice, one of the most prominent defects in the prevailing system of management appears to be a lack of attention to thorough drainage as a means of diminishing the cost of production, and insuring uniformly remunerative returns in crop growing, by increasing the fertility of the soil and avoiding the losses from un- favorable seasons. The manifest neglect of this important branch of rural economy by the majority of farmers is undoubtedly owing, to a great extent, at least, to the frequent failures observed in draining, from the practice of imperfect methods, and vague or incorrect notions in regard to the real advan- tages to be derived from draining. This is not surprising, as attention has been turned in other directions, and the most valuable contributions to the principles of drainage, of late years, have been confined, in the main, to periodicals and reports not generally access- ible to farmers, and there has been no book on this special subject in which could be found a description of the best method of making tile drains, or an adequate discussion of the latest developments of science in their relations to the principles of drainage. Many of the maxims in draining, of but a few years ago, have become obsolete, and more consistent methods have been adopted in the best modern practice, while the progress of science has extended our knowledge of correct principles, and made clear many details in regard to the most favorable condi- tions for growing crops, which are of great practical importance. In this handbook for farmers, the aim has been to present the leading facts of practical significance, in connection with a popular discussion of the applications of science, and the results of experiments relating to draining have been summarized in tables in convenient form for reference, which furnish ready answers to many of the economic questions that will be suggested to the intelligent farmer. An outline of the history of draining is given to illustrate the progress of discovery and invention in developing correct principles of practice; and the directions for laying tiles, which are the results of an extended experience in draining under widely different conditions, are confidently recommended as a decided Improvement on former methods. CONTENTS Chapter I.— General Principles. Chapter VI. — Progress of Discovery and In- Chapter II.— Water in Soils and Conserva- vention. tion of Energy. Chapter VII. — Location and Plans of Drains. Chapter III.— Rainfall, Drainage and Evap- Chapter VIII.— Quality and Size of Tiles. oration. Chapter IX.— How to Make Tile Drains. Chapter IV. Energy in Evaporation. Chapter X. — Drains in Quicksand and Peat. Chapter V. Advantages of Draining Reten- Chapter XI.— Outlets and Obstructions. tive Soils. Profusely illustrated, 5x7 inches, 200 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.00 56 Irrigation for the Farm, Garden and Orchard By Henry Stewart. The various methods of irrigation are discussed in this work, and it is intended to meet the wants of gardeners, fruit growers, and those farmers who have only a meadow to water, as well as those who would irrigate their whole farm. It is plainly written, and copiously illus- trated; is thoroughly practical, and sufficiently suggestive to meet almost any possible case in which water may be used for the benefit of the crops. It treats very freely of the formation and management of irrigated meadows and pastures, and of the management of crops usually grown under irrigation. It is, in short, a practical manual of irrigation, which will be useful in a wide diversity of instances. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 276 pages. Cloth. Price $1.00 Irrigation and Drainage By F. H. King. Although we have already a number of books on irriga- tion, as well as on draining, the close relationship of these important factors in soil culture has never been so clear- ly and convincingly set forth as the author has done in this volume. He presents in a broad, yet specific way the fundamental principles which un- derlie the methods of culture by irriga- tion and drainage and their importance in securing the most favorable physical conditions of the soil in order to pro- duce profitable results. Illustrated. 5x7 Inches. 500 pages. Cloth. Price Net $1.50 Drfuiung for Profit and Draining for Health By George E. Waring. This book is a very complete and practical treatise, the directions in which are plain and easily followed. The subject of thor- ough farm drainage is discussed in all its bearings, and also the more exten- sive land drainage by which the sani- tary condition of any district may be greatly improved. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 252 pages. Cloth. Price $1.00 Farm Drainage By Henry F. French. The Principles, Processes and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows and Open Ditches, and especially with Tiles; including Tables of Rainfall. Over 100 illustrations. 5x7 inches. 384 pages. Cloth. Price $1.00 TUe Drainage By W. I. Chamberlain. There is as much science in digging as in doing almost anything else;_ and by following the plan recommended in the book, one man will often do as much as two men without this knowledge. The book em- braces everything connected with the subject, and was written by the au- thor while he was engaged in the work of digging the ditches and laying the tiles. Paper cover $0.35 Practical Farm Drainage By C. G. Elliott. Why, When and How to Tile Drain. Contents: Soils and the Relation of Drainage to Them; Ac- tions of Drains upon the Soil; Level- ing and Locating Drains. Depth and Sizes of Drains. Practical Details of the Work; Ditching Machines; Cost and Profit; Road Drainage. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 100 pages. Cloth. Net SI. 00 Engineering for Land Drainage By C. G. Elliott. A manual for lay- ing out and constructing drains for the improvement of agricultural lands. Contents: Introduction; The Drainage Engineer; The Agriculturist and Soil Drainage; Soils; Land-Drainage Prac- tice; Leveling and Topography; Laying Out Drains in the Field; Fixing the Grade of Drains; Maps and Records; Grading the Ditches for Tile; Flow of Water Through Pipes; Size of Lateral Drains; Open Drains; Drainage of Barn Yards, Cattle Lanes, etc.; Road Drainage; Drainage Districts; Esti- mates of Cost; Benefits and Profits of Land Drainage. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 232 pages. Cloth Net $1.50 Irrigation Institutions By Elwood Mead. This book is based upon twenty years' expedience in the development of irrigated agricul- ture in the West under conditions, of- ficial and otherwise, which gave un- precedented opportunities for informa- tion and judgment. All phases of the subject have been dealt with, and par- ticular attention paid to the novel and complicated legal questions involved in "water rights" and the social and eco- nomic aspects resulting from this method of agriculture. Half leather. 5x7 inches Net S1.25 Gardening For Pleasure A Guide to the Amateur in the Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Garden With Full Directions for the Greenhouse, Conservatory and Window Garden By PETER HENDERSON THIS book was written to meet the wants of those desiring infor- mation on gardening for private use. Its scope therefore em- braces 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 en- larged ; it exhaustively treats on the Vegetable Garden, Flower Gar- den, Fruit Garden, Greenhouse, Grapery, Window Garden, Lawn, the Water Garden, etc. CONTENTS Preparation of the Ground— Walks— The Lawn— Designs 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 of Plants— Winter Flowering PI ants— Plants Suited 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 Heat- ing etc.— Greenhouses and Pits Without Artificial Heating— Flowers That Will Grow in the Shade— Insects and Other Parasites Injurious to Plants— Humbugs in Horticulture— Hardy Grapes— The Cold Grapery— The Hot House or Forcing Grapery— The Strawberry— The Vege- table Garden— Monthly Calendar of Operations. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 404 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.50 By M. G. KAINS «t THE dominant ideas of this book are to encourage the average farmer and householder to emancipate himself and his family at least a little from the routine still too common in farm living, to make some of the barren spots fruitful, to eliminate some of the drudgeries, and by example rather than by pre- cept to spread the good news that men and women whose farms include orchards and gardens are more than landlords and landladies of dirty acres; they are the real lords and ladies of the land. The prime object of the book, therefore, is not to reach and teach the specialist how to make his specialty profitable, though even he may glean many useful hints throughout the volume ; nor is it to expound meth- ods of mere money making ; it is to aid all who feel the need of a better mode of living and seek to attain such through the mediums of fruits, vegetables and orna- mentals. Such being the object, the editor has drawn freely upon the actual experiences of actual farmers and farmers' wives, so the readers may feel that the cases pre- sented are largely similar to their own. Thus they can gain much inspiration and encouragement. After a brief introduction, in which the editor points out why and how farmers should enjoy the goodly fruits of the earth, there is a simple, concise but adequate discussion of soils and their care, fertilizers and fertilizing, v^ater and its control, and the function of cultivation. Then follows a discussion of fruit planta- tions and their care, the various orchard fruits of temperate North America and the small fruits of this region. The vegetable garden is treated generally and then the various vegetables are taken up individually. After a general chapter on spraying the volume closes with a chapter on ornamentals for the home grounds, gardens, the house and the greenhouse. Illustrated, 5x7 inches. 300 pages. Cloth. Net, $1.50 68 Practical Floriculture A Guide to the Successful Propagation and Cultivation of Florists' Plants for the Amateur and Professional Florist. By PETER HENDERSON U" P TO the appearance of this work all American books on floriculture had been written strictly for the amateur, "Practical Floriculture" being the first one which treated the subject with a view to its commercial relations. Its influence upon the development and expansion of this important in- dustry has been marvelous. Mr. "^"Henderson was never a follower, but always a leader in the fore rank; and in this book he has given de- tailed accounts of the requisites to success, and has clearly explained the improved methods which have brought him wealth and world wide renown. The scope of the work may be judged from the following table of CONTENTS How to Become a Florist-The Prices of Nurs- ery and Greenliouse Produce Abroad and at Home —The Profits of Floriculture— Aspect and Soil— The Preparation for New and the Kenovation of Old Lawns— Laying out the Flower Garden- Designs for Ornamental Grounds and Flower Gardens— Planting for Flower Beds— Soils for Potting— Temperature and Moisture— The Potting of Plants — Drainage in Pots — Expert Garden Workmen — Cold Frames — Winter Protection— The Construction of Hotbeds— Greenhouse Struc- ture-Wide Greenhouses for Bedding Plants and Rose Growing— Glass, Glazing and Shading— Modes of Heating — Heating by Steam — Base-Burning Water-Heater— Propagation of Plants liy Seeds— What Varieties Come True from Seeds?— Propaga- tion of Plants by Cuttings— "Saucer System" of Propagation— Propagating Soft-Wooded Plants in Summer— Propagation of Roses by Cuttings— Prop- agating Roses by Grafting and Budding- Green- house Plants Most in Demand in Market in Spring —Cultivation of the Verbena— Cold Frame Plants Most Sold in Market in Spring— Plants Most Jn Demand for Window Decoration in Winter Culture of Winter-Flowering Plants for Cut Flow- ers—Rose Growing in Winter— Bulbs for Winter Flowers — Violets, Chrysanthemums, Carnations and Mignonette — Bouvardias, Stevias, Eupator- iums. Heliotropes, Poinsettia and Other Winter- Flowering Plants — Orchid — Chinese Primrose, Geranium, Camellia and Eucharis— Plants Used for Decoration of Rooms— General Collection of Plants Grown under Glass — Construction of Bouquets, Baskets, etc.— Hanging Baskets— Par- lor or Window Gardening — Formation of Rock- Work and Plants for Rocks- Are Plants Injuri- ous to Health?— The Injury to Plants by Forcing —Nature's Law of Colors— What Flowers Will Grow in the Shade?— Succession Crops in the Greenhouse — Packing Plants — Plants by Mail — Insects and Diseases Affecting Plants— Mildew- Diary of Operations for the Year- The Culture of Grapevines Under Glass. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 325 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.50 59 Home Floriculture A Practical Guide to the Treatment of Flowering and Other Ornamental Plants in the House and Garden By EBEN E. REXFORD THIS book, intended for am- ateur floriculturists, is writ- ten by one who is in no sense a"prof essional." It has been written because there is a constant and increasing demand for a work that treats on flowers from the standpoint of the ama- teur. An extensive correspon- dence with flower-loving persons, all over the country, has con- vinced the author that scientific text books are not what is wanted What is wanted is plain, prac- tical easily understood informa- tion which will enable those who love flowers, but know very little about them, to grow them suc- cessfully. Those who read this book will find it easy to under- stand and those who follow out its instructions will be able to grow all the plants treated of in it and grow them well. It has been written from the author's personal experience among flowers, and not from theory; and to judge his methods by their results they have been very sat- isfactory. This book is not sent out as a sort of short cut to complete flori- cultural knowledge ; but is in- tended to assist the amateur in the acquirement of such knowl- edge which can only come from intelligent personal study and observation, which will lead to a better acquaintance and a closer friendship with flowers. The introductory chapters treat on the principles and practice of plant growth and management, comprising: Soil for Plants in Pots, Potting, Watering Plants, Insects and How to Fight Them, Care of House Plants During the Summer, Ferti- lizers, Diseases of Plants, Winter Precautions, Dormant Plants, Miscellaneous Hints, etc. Several following chapters give very full lists of descriptions of plants adapted to window culture, together with their proper management. Prominent among these are: Geranium, Hibiscus, Primulas, Agapanthus, Pyrethrum, Oxalis, Petunia, Cyclamen, Calla, Bouvardia, Genista, Abutilon, Cineraria^Calceolaria, Hydrangea, Marguerite, Camellia, Azalea, Begonia, Bose, Carnation, Fuchsia, Chrysanthemum, Palms, Ferns and Other Decorative Plants, Vines for House Culture, Basket Plants, Bulbs for Winter Flowering. Appliances for the amateur's use and small green- houses are thoroughly discussed. Outdoor Garden Making and Seed Growing are treated upon in admirable man- ner, and the subsequent chapters give all the information the amateur floriculturist may require. These comprise lists of the Best Annuals and Bedding Plants, Plants for Tropical Effect, Tea Boses, Dahlia, Tuberose, Gladiolus, Hardy Border Plants, Bulbs, Hardy Boses, Vines, Lilies, Shrubs and Bockeries. The closing chapter, entitled "After Thoughts," forms a unique and pleasing combination of floricultural odds and ends which appeared not to fit into the regular chapters, and without which the book would have been deprived of one of its most instructive and attractive features. Elegantly illustrated, 5x7 inches, 300 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.00 60 New Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture By PETER HENDERSON A New and Revised Edition with Copious Illustrations THIS new edition comprises about fifty per cent more genera than the former one, and embraces the botanical name (accentuated according to the latest authorities), derivation, natural order, etc., together with a short history of the different genera, and concise instructions for their propagation and culture. A valuable feature of the book, particularly to amateurs, is the great care that has been given to obtain all the leading local or common Eng- lish names, together with a comprehensive glossary of botanical and technical terms. Plain instructions are also given for the cultivation of the principal vegetables, fruits and flowers — both for the amateur, florist and market gardener ■ — particularly full instructions on forcing roses, bulbs and other plants used for cut flowers in winter, also tomatoes, grapes, cucumbers, mushrooms, straw- berries, etc., together with comprehensive practical directions about soils, ma- nures, roads, lawns, draining, implements, greenhouse buildings, heating by steam and hot water, propagating by seeds and cuttings, window gardening, shrubs, trees, etc. In short, everything relating to General Horticulture is given in alphabetical order, in a way so complete as to make it, as a book of reference, equally as valuable as encyclopedias of gardening four times its size. Henderson's New Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture contains about 800 illustrations. Illustrated, 7x10 inches, 562 pages. Cloth. Price, $3.00 PARSONS ON THE ROSE A Treatise on the Propagation, Culture and History of the Rose By SAMUEL B. PARSONS JV^w and Revised Edition THE rose is the only flower that can be said to have a history. It is popular now, and was so centuries ago. In his work upon the rose, Mr. Parsons has gathered up the curious legends concerning the flower, and gives us an idea of the esteem in which it was held in former times. A simple garden classification has been adopted, and the leading varieties under each class enumerated and briefly described. The chapters on multiplication, cultivation and training are very full, and the work is altogether the most complete of any before the public. CONTENTS Chapter I — Botanical Classification, II — Garden Classification. Ill— General Culture of the Kose. IV— Soil, Situation and Planting. V— Pruning, Training and Beddiuc. YI— Potting and Forcing. VII— Propagation. VIII— Multiplication by Seed and Hybridizing. IX— Dis- eases and Insects Attacking the Kose. X— Early History o"f the Rose, and Fables Respecting Its Origin. XI — Luxurious Use of the Rose. Xll— The Rose in Ceremonies and Festivals, and in the Adornment of Burial Places. XIII— The Rose in the Middle Ages. XIV— Perfumes of the Kose. XV— Medical Properties of the Rose. XVI— General Remarks. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 211 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.00 Bulbs and Tuberous Rooted Plants Hyacinths, Lilies, Tulips, Narcissus, Cyclamen, Callas, Glad- iolus, Amaryllis, Freesia, Tropaeolum, Tigridias, etc., etc. Their History, Description, Methods of Propagation, and Complete Directions for Their Successful Culture in the Garden, Dwelling euid Greenhouse By C. L. ALLEN NO OTHER class of plants oc- cupies so important a place in the field of floriculture as do the various kinds of flowering bulbs, and is at the same time so little understood. The amount of money annually expended for bulbs is more than is paid for any otherclass of floweringplants. As generally treated, bulbs are an expensive luxury, while, when properly managed they afford the greatest amount of pleasure at the least cost. The author of this book has for many years made bulb growing a specialty, and is a recognized authority on their cultivation and management. He has taken the initiative in this country to make bulb growing a special industry, and therefore writes from his own long and extensive experience. The Illustrations which embellish this work have been drawn from nature, and have been engraved expressly for this book. The cultural directions are plainly stated, practical, and to the point. Mr. Allen renounces the idea that it is difficult to successfully raise flowering bulbs, and shows that their necessary requirements are simple and few. What not to grow forms an important feature in this book, which is of especial value to many beginners who usually undertake to grow many kinds which even the professional florist could not accomplish in a satisfactory manner, under existing con- ditions. The method of using a special soil for each kind of plants — as is frequently recommended — has discouraged many flower lovers from growing bulbs. This erroneous idea is so plainly exposed that many persons who read this book will again become encouraged to undertake what they had hitherto thought impossible to accomplish. Handsomely illustrated, 5x7 inches, 312 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.50 62 The Book of the Rose By A. Foster-Melliar. In this new, thoroughly revised and enlarged edi- tion, the author, who is recognized as one of the most successful rose grow- ers of England, gives here full details of practical rose culture for amateurs, from the beginning to the end, compris- ing history and classification, situation and soil, planting,* manures, pruning, stocks, propagation, pests, roses under glass, exhibiting, manner and customs. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 352 pages. Cloth. Price Net $1.75 The Rose — Its Cultivation, Varieties.Etc By H. B. EUwanger. In addition to the directions for cultivation — for plant- ing, pruning, propagation, the treat- ment of disease and insect remedies — the work is rendered particularly valu- able for its classification, and the full alphabetical and descriptive list of nine hundred and fifty-six varieties. 4x6 1/^ inches. 308 pages. Cloth $1.25 The Chrysanthemum By A. Herrington. The author, than whom there is no more experienced ex- pert in this line anywhere, has here taken the public in his confidence and has endeavored to assist and direct the efforts of those who would grow and excel in the production of perfect chrysanthemum flowers. His aim has been to show that not in secret arts and practices, but in a plain course of pro- cedure, as explained in the pages of this work, are attained the results de- sired. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 160 pages. Cloth $0.50 The American Carnation By Charles Willis Ward. In this superb volume the author covers the entire subject of carnation culture, its history, greenhouse and garden culture, soils, manures and fertilizers, propa- gation and shipping young stock, lifting and planting, treatment after benching and until the plants are in bloom, in- sects and preventives, diseases and in- juries, forcing houses, heating, carna- tions for summer blooming and pot culture, raising carnations from seed, calendar of operations, etc., etc. Richly illustrated. 7^x10 inches. 296 pages. Cloth and gold $3.50 The Window Flower Garden By Julius J. Heinrich. The author is a practical florist, and this enterpris- ing volume embodies his personal ex- perience in window gardening during a long period. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 123 pages. Cloth $0.50 Yo«r Plants By James Sheehan. Plain and prac- tical directions for the treatment of tender and hardy plants in the house and in the garden. The work meets the wants of the amateur who grows a few plants in the window or has a small flower garden. 5x7 inches. Paper. $0.40 Commercial Violet Culture By B. T. Galloway. A comprehen- sive and complete treatise on the com- mercial culture, growing and marketing of violets for profit. Yet it contains no small amount of information of as much interest to the amateur as to the com- mercial violet grower. Illustrated. 4^x7 inches. 224 pages. Cloth. 81. 50 The Amateur Orchid Cultivator's Guide By H. A. Burberry. In plain, con- cise words the author gives easily un- derstood instructions on all the impor- tant points belonging to everyday work in the culture and management of or- chids. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. Cloth. Net $2.50 The Beautiful Flower Garden By F. Schuyler Mathews, with Notes on Practical Floriculture, by A. H. Fewkes. This artistic volume tells how to lay out and plan a small garden or lawn so that the picturesqueness of the wider landscape gardening will result as far as is possible. Four plans are given, two for laying out a country gar- den or yard, and two for a narrow city lot. There are descriptions of flowers easily procured and grown from seed, bulbs and cuttings, with bright sketches showing their forms of growth. Paper. $0.40 Our Native Orchids By William Hamilton Gibson and Helena Leeming Jelliffe. A series of drawings from nature of all the species found in the northeastern United States, with descriptive text. This book illus- trates practically all the sixty species of our native orchids, and introduces the flower-lover to the mysteries of these plants. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 158 pages. Cloth Net $1.35 63 Landscape Cardeiung as Applied to Home Decoration By Samuel T. Maynard. In addition to landscape gardening proper, this work treats also on many other subjects connected with rural homes, such as architecture, heating, ventilating, plumb- ing of houses, injurious insects, the planting and care of the home fruit garden, etc. Realizing the necessity of becoming thoroughly familiar with the materials to be used in beautifying one's grounds, the author devotes over one-third of his work to the descrip- tion of the most beautiful trees, shrubs and plants, their proper use, the soil best suited to their growth and the care required for their best development. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 338 pages. Cloth $1.50 Field Book of American Wild Flowers By F. Schuyler Mathews. A popu- lar flora of wild flowers and a conven- ient field companion for students and lovers of nature. It gives short and reliable descriptions of the character, habits, and concise definitions of the colors, and references to the insects which assist in the fertilization of the more commonly met wild flowers in the New England and Middle States. The most striking feature of the work is that fully one-half of it is pictures and colored plates, giving accurate illustra- tions of the plants described. Hence, with the plain English and the plainer drawings anyone will be able to identify a plant without difficulty. Its handy size, which fits an ordinary coat pocket, will make the volume especially wel- come to the field botanist. Illustrated. 4x7 inches. 552 pages. Cloth. Net $1.75 How to Plan the Home Grounds By S. Parsons. The purpose of this book is to teach land owners and home builders how to beautify their grounds. The importance of the proper selection of home grounds and the proper site of the house are particularly emphasized, as well as the reasons governing these points. The laying out and construction of roads and paths, lawns and flower gardens are fully treated upon, while the lists of the best trees, shrubs, hardy herbaceous plants, etc., serve as a valu- able guide to the amateur landscape gardener. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 249 pages. Cloth Net $1.00 Botany, An Elementary Text-Book for Schools By L. H. Bailey. There are four general subjects in this book: The na- ture of the plant itself; the relation of the plant to its surroundings; histolog- ical studies; and determination of the kinds of plants. It is not the aim of the author to make everyone a botanist, but everyone can love plants and na- ture; education should train persons to live, rather than to be scientists. Each of the subjects is practically distinct, so that the teacher may begin where he will. The admirable advice is given to the teacher, when beginning to teach about plants, to think more of the pupil than of botany. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 355 pages. Cloth Net $1.10 Landscape Gardening By Samuel Parsons. This book con- tains clear and precise information for the improvement of every kind of rural premises, with notes and suggestions on lawns and lawn planting; laying out and arrangement of country places, large and small parks, cemetery plots, and railway station lawns; deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, the hardy border, bedding plants, rock- work, etc., etc. Illustrated. 6x9 inches. Cloth $2.00 Residential Sites and Environments By Joseph Forsyth Johnson, F. R. H. S. A handsome volume with 54 practical plans and diagrams, with lucid descriptive text and all necessary in- formation for the development of the surroundings of a residence, showing principles and adaptations of planting suitable to all requirements. Illustrated. 9x12 inches. 118 pages. Cloth.. $2.50 Plant Breeding By Dr. Hugo De Vries. 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Cloth Net 32.00 Hedofes, Windbreaks, Shelters and Live Fences By E. P. Pcywell. A treatise on the planting, growth and management of hedge plants for country and suburban homes. It gives accurate directions con- cerning hedges ; how to plant and how to treat them; and especially concerning windbreaks and shelters. Illustrated. 1 40 pages. 5x7 inches. Cloth . . $0.50 The Flower G2>rden By Ida D. Bennett. A concise and complete summary of every possible sort of information that might be de- sired by anyone interested in gardens, including a helpful table which gives the common and English names of flowers. This is of great assistance in the selection of flowers from catalogs. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 282 pages. Cloth Net $1.10 How to Make Money Growing Violets By George Saltford. The main ob- ject of this booklet is to show to the many men and women in towns, vil- lages or on farms who are struggling hard to make both ends meet, how they can make money by growing violets. In successive chapters he describes the best soil for violets and how to prepare it, planting, watering, cultivation, va- rieties, temperature, heating, fertilizers, insects and diseases, houses, cold frames, picking, bunching, marketing, shipping boxes, profit, etc., etc. Illus- trated. 5x7 inches. Paper $0.25 How to Make a Flower Garden This volume is a contribution by many experts on every branch of the subject with an introduction by L. H. Bailey. The various kinds of gardens are extensively treated as well as the most suitable flowers for certain soils and climates. Two particularly valu- able features are a list of flowers for special purposes and an alphabetically arranged list of flowers telling when and how to plant each one. Illustrated. 7x10 inches. 370 pages. Cloth. Net $1.60 House Plants and How to Grow Them By P. T. Barnes. A really practical handbook for the amateur, but written by a practical horticulturist who is thoroughly well acquainted with the plants and knows just what he is talk- ing about. It contains chapters on raising plants indoors from seeds and cuttings, general care and management of plants in the window garden, and how to get really good results under ordinary conditions. This point of view is to interest the reader in the plants that can surely be grown well rather than to lead him to experiment wildly with a number of things that can only be successful once in a while. Illus- trated. 5x7 inches. 240 pages. Cloth. Net $1.10 Plant> Culture By George W. Oliver. A working handbook of everyday practice for all who grow flowering and ornamental plants in the garden and greenhouse. The methods described are such as have been successfully practiced by the au- thor during a many years' experience. 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Net $1.10 Lawns and How to Grow Them By Leonard Barron. The only vol- ume that has ever been written treat- ing the making and maintenance of the ornamental lawn from a purely practi- cal standpoint. Its purpose is to enable anyone to establish a respectable greensward in any sort of soil where grass can be made to grow. The whole formute for seed mixture for special soils and sites is given. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 174 pages. Cloth. Net $1.10 Daffodils, Narcissus and How to Grow Them By A. M. Kirby. Complete direc- tions for the growing of these most popular of spring bulbs written from the standpoint of American conditions. Of special value to the amateur. Illus- trated. 5x7 inches. 235 pages. Cloth. Net $1.10 Water Lilies and How to Grow Them By H. S. Conard and Henri Hus. The essential facts of water-lily cul- ture are told in simple terms, together with principles of pond construction and management. Relative values of the different varieties in the various groups are given so that the amateur can make the choice of the kinds that will suit his conditions without having to indulge in time-consuming and costly experiments. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 228 pages. Cloth. .Net $1.10 Cactus Culture for Amateurs By W. Watson. Containing full and practical instructions for the success- ful cultivation of the cactus. This book is thoroughly complete in every detail and is embellished with many helpful and original illustrations. 5x7 inches. 250 pages. Cloth $2.00 Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden By F. Schuyler Mathews. Illustrated with 200 drawings by the author, and containing an elaborate Index showing at a glance the botanical and popular names, family, color, locality, environ- ment, and time of bloom, of several hundred flowers. 5x7 inches. 300 pages. Cloth Net $1.50 66 GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT A Manual for Florists and Flower Lovers on the Forcing of Flowers, Vegetables and Fruits in Greenhouses, and the Propagation and Care of House Plants By L R. TAFT, Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Gardening, Michigan Agricultural College, and Author of "Greenhouse Construction" THE author has had unusual facilities for studying this entire subject prac- tically as well as scientifically, and has here given the results, not only of his own experience, but also those of many of the most skillful experts in their respective specialties. It treats of all the plants commonly cultivated by florists and amateurs, and explains in a thorough manner the methods that have been found most successful in grow- ing them. Particu- lar attention is paid to the growing of cut flowers, entire chapters being de- voted to each of the leading crops, such as roses, car- nations, chrysanthe- mums, violets, bulbs, smilax, ferns, orchids, etc. The growing of fruits under glass is attracting the atten- tion of commercial florists as well as amateurs, and the reader will find sep- arate chapters de- voted to the forcing of grapes, strawber- ries, peaches and other fruits. The forcing of vegetables also receives the attention it deserves, and the raising of lettuce, radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes, mushrooms, etc., is explained at length. The care of house plants is also treated quite fully, with detailed directions for propagating, preparing the soil, potting, watering and every part of their proper management. A chapter is also given on bedding plants, as well as on ornamental grasses, flowering and foliage plants. Other chapters are devoted to the propagation of plants from seeds, cuttings, layers and by grafting and bud- ding. Of special value to many will be the directions for treating plants when attacked by insects and fungi. The preparation of the soil, the use of various manures, composts and fertilizers, watering, ventilating, heating, and in fact every detail of the subject to which the work is devoted, receives careful and minute attention. CONTENTS The Forcing of Roses The Carnation The Chrysanthemnm The Violet Bulbs and Their Cnltnre Tuberons Begonias Orchid Culture Azaleas Calceolarias, Cinerarias and Primulas Ferns, Similax and Asparagus Palms, Pandanns and Arnucaria Dracenas and CordyUnes Lettuce Forcing Cucumbers, Tomatoes and Melons Mushroom Culture Asparagus and Khuharb Radishes, Carrots, Beets and Beans Grape Growing Under Glass Strawberry Growing Under Glass Fruit Trees Under Glass Management of House Plants The Growing of Bedding Plants Propagation of Plants by Seeds and Cuttings Propagation by Layering, Grafting and Budding Insects of the Greenhouse Diseases of (Jreenhonse Plants Insecticides and Their Prepnralion Fungicides, Their Preparation and Use Soil, Manures and Watering Fuel— Coal, Oil and Gas 128 original and practical illustrations, 5x7 inches, 400 peiges. Cloth. Price $1.50 Greenhouse Construction A Complete Manual on the Building, Heating, Ventilating and Arrangement of Greenhouses, and the Con- struction of Hotbeds, Frames and Plant Pits By L. R. TAFT Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Gardening, Michigan Agricultural College THE immense quantities of vegetables and flowers now grown under glass for the winter markets of the large cities have given a great impulse to the building of forcing houses and beds, and many changes and improvements have been made in their original construction for the purpose of securing more sunlight, better heating and closer adaptation to plant needs. These are fully de- scribed and illustrated in this timely volume. The author has made at the Mich- igan Experiment Station a careful comparative test of the various methods of build- ing, glazing, ven- tilating and heat- ing greenhouses, which he was able to do with sci- entific accuracy, by reason of his many years' ex- perience in greenhouse management, and a large experience in greenhouse construction, together with his careful study of the methods employed bythe leading flower and vegetable growing establishments in the larger American cities. Personal interviews and correspondence with leading florists, gardeners and builders of greenhouses have strengthened the reliability of every state- ment made in this valuable handbook. Greenhouses and conservatories, hot- beds and cold frames, forcing houses and pits, all receive full and detailed treatment. The lucid descriptions of each topic and the 118 diagrams and illustrations make every detail clear to both the amateur and professional gar- dener or florist, and enable the beginner to proceed without fear of loss from errors of construction or arrangement. Many of the illustrations are half-tone engravings from photographs of actual greenhouses and forcing establishments. This treatise is the only work published in America on greenhouse construction by practical American methods, and for the actual needs of American hor- ticulture. CONTENTS Chapter I— History of Greenhouses Chapter II— DiflEerent Forms of Greenhouses- Even Span, Lean-to, Side-Hill Chapter III— Three-Quarter Span Houses Chapter IV— Location and Arrangement Chapter V— Greenhouse Walls Chapter VI— Construction of the Koof Chapter VII— Combined Wood and Iron Con- struction Chapter VIII— Iron Houses Chapter IX— The Pitch of the Roof Chap'ter X— Glass and Glazing Chapter XI— Glazing— Methods and Materials Chapter XII— Ventilators Chapter XIII— Greenhouse Benches Chapter XIV— Painting and Shading Chapter XV— Greenhouse Heating Chapter XVI— Pipes and Piping Chapter XVII— Size and Amount of Piping Chapter XVIII— Hot Water Heaters Chapter XIX— Steam Heating Chapter XX— Comparative Merits of Steam and Hot Water Chapter XXI— Heating Small Conservatories Chapter XXII— Commercial Establiihments Chapter XXIII— Rose Houses Chapter XXIV— Lettuce Houses Chapter XXV— Propagating Houses Chapter XXVl— Hotbeds Chapter XXVII— Conservatories Chapter XXVIII— The Arrangement of Green- houses Chapter XXlX— Glass Structures for Amateviri Profusely illustrated, 5x7 inches, 218 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.50 Beautifying Country Homes A Handbook of Landscape Gardening By J. WEIDENMANN A Splendid Quarto Volume. Beautifully Illustrated with Numerous Fine Wood Engravings, with 17 FuU-page and 7 Double-page Colored Lithographs of Places Already Improved. FOR years the popular taste for landscape gardening and architecture has wonderfully ad- vanced. In this work every builder on, or owner of, an eligible site, large or small, can find many valuable suggestions, as well as a great variety of exquisite plans to choose from. The work is prepared with careful judgment, and those who desire to make the most of it in the way of convenience and to increase their knowledge of landscape gardening are in need of this practical work. It furnishes minute instructions for the laying out of grounds and the planting of trees, their selection, t!ie grouping of flowers, water ornamentation, rock work, and general improvement. The chapter on "Improving New Places Economically" would be worth more than the cost of the book ten times to many persons. The whole is illustrated, not only by little sketches, but by a series of full-page lithographs of places which have been actually treated in accord- ance with these principles, with list of trees and shrubs and other useful suggestions. CONTENTS General Suggestions ; Lawns; Seeding Down Lawns and Pastures; Top-Dresslng Lawns; Drainage ; Roads and Drives; Walks ; Laying out Curved Lines for Walks or Roads ; Practical Hints on Grading; Fences, Walls and Hedges; Trees and Shrubs; Grouping; Transplanting Trees and Shrubs; Flower Garden; Water Ornamentation; Rock Work; Tools Used in Laying Out Grounds; Improving New Places Economically; Arbitrary Calculation of Cost; Care and Keeping of Ornamental Grounds; Front Yards of City Lots; fiints on Burial Lots; and Plans of Improving Places. Illustrated, 11x14 inches. Cloth. Price, $10.00 Ornamental Gardening For Americans A Treatise on Beautifying Homes, Rural Districts and Cemeteries. By ELIAS A. LONG, Landscape Architect THIS work was prepared with a view to supplying a plain and practical work on Ornamen- tal Gardening at a moderate price. The first of the several parts into which the work is di- vided is devoted to materials of ornamental gardening. These, of course, largely consist of trees, shrubs and other plants, including the grasses, which are to give a finish to the work, by forming a carpet of verdure to set off all the rest. The descriptions of trees, etc., mainly have reference to their value in ornamental gardening, and are properly brief. Water, rocks and other natural materials receive proper treatment. In giving plans for the laying out or the improvement of places, the author avoids the too common mistake of providing oiily for large places. He recognizes the fact that the smallest front yard is capable of being treated taste- fully or otherwise, and such limited areas receive their full share of attention. Many farms only need to have their natural features turned to good account to become highly ornamental, without interfering with their usefulness as farms. What is said on this subject is worthy of general attention. The chapters on open squares in towns and villages, the planting of schoolhouse yards or grounds, as well as those belonging to various public buildings, etc.. furnish suggestions which nave a wide application, and are commended to all interested in village improvement. The teachings of no part of the work are more needed than those relating to cemeteries. While in the beauty of our burial places we are, on the whole, far in advance of other countries, there is still, even m the older portions of the Union, abundant room for improvement. The teachings on the subject of garden cemeteries are eminently sensible and practical. Not the least useful portion of the book is that which suggests the work to be done in each month in order to have a large or small place in proper keeping. The work is abundantly illustrated, and the instructions are so plain that they may be readily followed. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 390 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.50 69 Landscape Gardening A Treatise on the General Principles Governing Outdoor Art ; 'with Sundry Suggestions for Their Application in the Commoner Problems of Gardening. By F. A. WAUGH PROFESSIONAL and amateur gardeners alike fail in their landscape gardening oftenest simply because they do not understand the fundamental principles involved. It is com- paratively easy to give practical directions for doing certain work, hut it is very difficult to make such directions tit a new set of conditions. Principles, however, apply everywhere alike. The treatment of these fundamental principles forms the keynote to this work. No such complete and careful analysis of principles was ever before presented in this connection. This analysis enables the reader to see the relation of eacli fact and principle discussed to all the rest, to appreciate its relative importance, and easily to remember the whole. Every para- fraph is short, terse and to the point, giving perfect clearness to the discussions at all points, n spite of the natural difficulty of presenting abstract principles the whole matter is made entirely plain even to the inexperienced reader. The illustrations are mechanically and artis- tically very excellent. The principles here so carefully analyzed are of such broad application that the book will be useful to a large class of readers; not only to professional landscape gar- deners, owners of home grounds, suburban residents, park and cemetery superintendents, teachers, but also to architects, landscape painters, photographers, and art lovers and students in general. CONTENTS Part I. Chapter XI.— The Ornamentation of Farm- Chapter I.— The Art and the Artist. yards. Pakt II. Chapter XII.— The Amelioration of School The Artistic Qualities of Landscape Com- Chapt'eTxin.-S o m e t h i n g About Public position. f arks. Chapter II.— Unity. ^ Chapter III.— The Natural Style. PaRT IV. Chapter IV.— The Architectural Style. Chapter XIV.— A Select List of Trees. Chapter V.— Color. Chapter XV.— The Best Shrubs. Chapter VI.— Character. Propriety. Chapter XVI.— Hardy Perennials. Chapter VII.— Finish. Chapter XVII.— The Indispensable Annuals. Part III. Chapter XVIII.— Bulbous Jflants. Chjinl^pi* ^CT"X! OliTniioi*'^ ChKJx'-mttrndls'r^^^^^^^^^ AppeMix-SomeBooksonLandscapeGarden- Chapter X.— Tlie City or Suburban Lot, ^' Profusely illustrated, 5x7 inches, 150 pages. Cloth. Price, 50 cents Henderson's Picturesque Gardens and Omameny Gardedng By CHARLES HENDERSON THIS superb book occupies a unique position in American landscape gardening litera- ture, m that it teaches by obvious demonstration instead of by descriptions and precepts. The author's leading aim has been to apply the system of nature studv to the garden and landscape art as well as to the field and forest. To most people who desire to beautify their grounds and make them as attractive as conditions permit, mere directions are meaningless, but when they see such accurate and lifelike pictures of what has been done by others similarly situated, as are presented in this work, they will have no difficulty in deciding which to adopt or imitate. The volume contains a grand array of magnificent half-tone engravings, Illustrating the prettiest and most famous gardens and parks of the world, vividly portraying lawn, garden and landscape effects, plant and tree groupings, decorative bedding, herbaceous gardens and bor- ders, formal gardens, lawn gardens, Italian, Japanese and English gardens, rock gardens, wild gardens, bog gardens, subtropical gardens, sunken and terrace gardens, rosariums, hardy ferneries, arches, columns, festoons, etc., picturesquely draped with vines, as well as numerous other garden embellishments. Each illustration is pleasingly described and instructively explained, so that the reader will learn, at a glance, the names and special characteristics of the trees, shrubs and plants which have been employed in producing the effects of the scenes before him. The book is beautifully and artistically gotten up in every detail. Illustrated, 9 3-4x12 inches, 60 pages. Cloth. Price, $2.00 70 The Landscape Beautiful A Study of the Utility of the Natural Landscape, Its Relation to Human Life and Happiness, With the application of these Principles in Landscape Gardening, and in Art in General By FRANK A. WAUGH Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Gardenings Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass. HERE is a book out of the ordinary. There have been many booifs put out during recent years on nature study, gardening and rural pleasures, but nothing at all like this one. Most of the books leave the reader just where they find him. They are not constructive. They may give information, — or sometimes misinformation,— but there are no ideas essentially fresh. The pres- ent work sets forth a whole new system of nature study and nature appreciation. The principal argument is for the beauty and the utility of the natural land- scape. The author insists, with many persuasive pleas, that the love of the beautiful is a large part of all men's lives, and that the enjoyment of beauty is one of the great experiences in every life. He goes on to show that the landscape is the chief store of beauty available for the majority of common people. The art galleries are almost unknown to the world at large, but real landscape pictures are everywhere. The reader will surely be surprised when he has the facts pointed out to him. Here he will see for the first time how truly useful the landscape is in his own personal every-day business. But Professor Waugh, who is an experienced teacher, and who prepared some of these essays originally for the use of his classes, is by no means con- tent at the mere statement of these facts. He goes on to give in detail some very practical methods by which the landscape can be taught by teachers, studied by pupils and enjoyed by all. These methods have been thoroughly tested in col- leges, and in the common schools, and have proved a decided success wherever introduced. Landscape gardening necessarily comes in for liberal treatment. The works of the landscape gardener should show the landscape at its best. This book shows just what has been accomplished in this field, especially in America. It offers, in fact, the first critical study of American landscape architecture ever attempted. The literary style of the book is far above the usual level, reminding one sometimes of J. C. Van Dyke, but oftener of Thoreau. It is a strictly popular work, and good for everybody. It will prove especially valuable to all teachers, whether in school or college, to nature lovers, to artists and art students in every line, and to landscape architects. The scope of the work may be better judged from the following list of the chapter headings: 1. On the Relation of Landscape to Life 10. On American Landscape Gardeners 2. On the ministry of Trees 11. On American Masterpieces of Landscape Archi- 3. On Some Other Elements of Landscape tecture 4. On Looking at the Sky 12. On the Improvement of the Open Country 5. On the Weather 13. On the Ownership of Scenery 6. On the Art Which Mends Nature 14. On the Decorative Use of Landscape 7. Concerning the American Landscape 15. As to the Landscape in Literature 8. On American Landscape Gardening 16. On the Beauty of Landscape Psychologically Con- 9. As to the Field of Criticism sidered 17. Suggesting Some Practical Applications The illustrations are also a very attractive feature, numbering 49 full-page en- gravings from landscapes by the leading photographic artists of America. The text is printed from large, clear type, with wide margins, on an extra quality wove d«ckle-edge paper, and is beautifully bound in cloth and boards, gilt tops, with handsome gold side and back stamping, and will meet the most exacting taste as an example of artistic book design. Size 63^x8H> Cloth and Boards, Gilt top, 336 pages. Net, $2.00 Practical Forestry A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting, and Cultivation, with a Description and the Botanical and Popular Names of all the Indigenous Trees of the United States, both Evergreen and Deciduous, with Notes on a Large Number of the Most Valuable Exotic Species. By ANDREW S. FULLER Author of "Propagation of Plants," "Grape Culturist," "Small Fruit Culturist," Etc. IN HIS Preface, the author says: "Many a time during my life have I felt the need of some one volume of moderate size, containing the names and descriptions, however brief tne latter might be, of all the trees indigenous to the United States. Having waited in vain for the ap- pearance of such a book, I have attempted to write one myself, with the hope that it will be of service, not only to those who may desire to raise forest trees for pleasure and profit, but to others, who, like the author, may occasionally visit different parts of the country, and need some such guide that will help them to call to mind the names, as well as to assist in identify- ing the different species of trees to be found in our forests. I have written it for those who are not supposed to have given the subject of forestry any special attention, and for this reason purposely avoided using any greater number of scientific and unfamiliar terms than was ac- tually necessary in describing the various species and varieties. Furthermore, at the suggestion of the publisliers, I have been as brief as possible, in order to make a book that can be sold at a price within the means of all, and one that will not deter even the summer tourist who is about to spend a few days or weeks in the country from dropping a copy into his gripsack before leaving home." CONTENTS Chapter I.— Influence of Forest and Cli- mate: Forests and Streams. Trees and Shelter. Forests and Insects. Chapter II.— The Characteristics of Trees : The Movement of Sap in Trees. The Buds in Trees. Chapter III.— Raising Trees from Seed: Preparing a Seed Bed. Chapter IY .—Transplanting Seedlings. Chapter V.— Budding and Grafting: Bud- ding. Grafting Deciduous Trees. Chapter VI.— Grafting Conifers. Chapter VII.— Coniferae from Cuttings: Layers. Chapter VIII.— Deciduous Trees from Cut- tings : Propagation by Layering. Chapter IX.— Seedlings of Coniferae : Sow ing the Seeds. Evergreens from the For- ests. Season for Transplanting. Chapter X.— Pruning Forest Trees: Time to Prune. Pruning Evergreens. Imple- ments Used in Pruning. Chapter XI.— The Best Time to Cut Timber. Chapter XII. — Importance of a Supply of Wood. Chapter XIII.— Preservation of Forests; Management of Forests. Chapter XIV.— Establishing New Forests. Chapter XV.— Forest Trees. Chapter XVI.— Evergreen Trees. Chapter XVII.— Coniferae or Cone-Bearing Trees. Chapter XVIII.— Additional List of Conif- erae. Trees not Generally Known. Ad- ditions and Corrections. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 349 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.50 Forest Planting By H. NICHOLAS JARCHOW ATEEATISE on the care of timber lands and the restoration of denuded woodlands on plains and mountains. This publication is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of forest planting, which in this country is just beginning to receive the attention which its impor- tance demands. The reckless destruction of our magnificent woods makes it not only necessary that the remaining natural forests may be preserved, but that the cleared woodlands may be replanted and the original forest covering restored. The author believes that it is a much better and cheaper policy to preserve our natural forests than to utterly destroy them, and af- terward to create such artificial forests as European countries find it necessary to maintain. The author has fully described those European methods which have proved to be most useful m maintaining the superb forests of the old world. This experience has been adapted to the different climates and trees of America, full instructions being given for forest planting on our various kinds of soil and subsoil, whether on mountain or valley. There is no other publi- cation which covers this field, and the work is destined to become the standard authority on the maintenance of forests. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 250 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.50 Insects and Insecticides ' A Practical Manual Concerning Noxious Insects and the Methods of Preventing Their Injuries. By CLARENCE M. WEED, D.Sc. THE most generally useful handbook on noxious insects avail- able to American farmers. It covers the whole field of insect pests very thoroughly and is specially valuable for its complete and up-to-date methods of fighting insects. The work is thus intensely practical. It illustrates and describes all the important insect pests and goes into great detail in describing remedies for them and methods of preventing their injuries. Great progress has been made in the use of insecticides during the past few years, all the results of which are embodied in this volume. Unlike previous works on entomology, which frequently have been noted for the fullness with v/hich they describe insects and their poverty of remedies or preventives for the same, Prof. Weed's work excels in practical directions for applying insecticides that have proven to be of real efficiency. We are sure that any farmer or gardener who buys this book will consider the money a splendid investment, for the application of any one of the remedies recommended for important pests will save.many times the cost of the work. It answers all the questions about insects and insecticides that will come up at any time during the year, and the book is therefore indispensable. CONTENTS Part I— Insects Affecting the Larger Fruits. Part IV— Insects Affecting Vegetables. Part II— Insects Affecting Small Fruits. Part V— Insects Affecting Cereal and Forage Part III— Insects Affecting Shade Trees, Crops. Ornamental Plants and Flowers. Part YI— Insect Pests of Domestic Animals and the Household. Profusely illustrated, 5x7 inches, 336 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.50.- 7S Insects Injurious to Vegetables By F. H. CHITTENDEN, ScD. , United States Detartment of Agriculture A COMPLETE, practical work, giving descriptions of the more important insects attacking vegetables of all kinds, with simple and inexpensive remedies to check and destroy them, together with timely suggestions to prevent their recurrence. A ready reference book for truckers, market gardeners, farmers, as well as others who grow vegetables in a small way for home use, a valuable guide for college and exper- iment station workers, schools, teachers and oth- ers interested in entomology or na- ture study. The book em- bodies the life work of Dr. Chit- tenden, the world' s best authority on insects injurious to vegetables. It is just the book every farmer should have. The information contained in this volume is worth many times its price, and cannot be duplicated elsewhere. If you want to know how to protect your crops from the ravages of these pests send for this book. It will also be just as useful to teachers and students. No library will be complete without it. For class- room reference it is an indispensable guide, and every schoolroom library should have it on its shelves. For grange libraries it will also prove equally useful. No book on the subject has ever been so well arranged. The insects are discussed and illustrated under the various crops they attack. It is easy, therefore, for anybody to identify the creature being dealt with, find the remedy and apply it. Profusely illustrated, 5 1-2x8 inches, 262 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.50 74 Economic Entomology added much to our knowledge of both By John B. Smith, professor of en- plants and insects. This book is one tomology in Rutgers college. The chief of the most valuable popular works on object of the author in writing this Insects Injurious to Garden Vegetables; book has been to give the agriculturist Root Crops and Indian Corn; Grains and student of the economic entomol- and the Grass Crop, including Clover; ogy that basic knowledge that enables Fruit Trees; Small Fruits; Insects of him to recognize the nature of the in- Flower Gardens and Greenhouse; The sects he finds causing injury, or makes Rocky Mountain Locust; Beneficial In- it possible to decide what sort of reme- sects. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 296 dies should be applied. Enough of the pages. Cloth $1.50 structure is described to show how i,^sects Injurious to Staple Crops they are built up, and all the different ^ rrn-i-^oj a., details are referred to, so that the ,. ^^^^^ ^^^Sht Sanderson. The au- reader may recognize the group to 5°f h^^^^^^" impressed by the fact which a specimen belongs. Part I is ^^at for the control of the most of the devoted to the structure and classifica- Z . '"^ect pests of our staple crops, tion of insects. Part II to the general ^^e farmer must depend largely upon classification of the insect world. Part general methods of farm practice. It III to insecticides, preventives and ma- »«, therefore, essential that he have a chinery. Illustrated. 5x8 inches. 481 ^('^^fc[ knowledge of the pests to be pages. Cloth Net $2.50 p^™^^*^'': Toward this end each insect is treated comprehensively as to life Insects Injurious to Fruits history, habits, and remedies, yet with- By Prof, WittiamS^undets. A work of out being too exhaustive or technical. great value to all fruit growers, written The principal chapters are devoted to by a man of science as well as a practical the general farm practices against in- agriculturist, and is the result of careful jurious insects; beneficial insects; in- and minute observation and experience, sects injurious to grains, grasses, It treats of the large variety of insects wheat, Indian corn, clover, cotton, to- which infest our orchards, their modes bacco, potato, sugar beet, the hop of operations, and contains careful direc- plant, weevil in grain; insecticides, etc., tions as to the best means of destroying etc. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 295 them. 440 illustrations. 5x7 inches, naees Cloth SI 50 436 pages. Cloth $2.00 ' Tw *i. J a M.M. et- mjunous Insects and the Use Moths and Butterflies ^^ Insecticides By M. C. Dickerson. This will undoubt- r> r- r Tir o -r,. ediy prove the most popular book of its ^y ^^'^^'^ ^- Sempers. The author kind which has appeared for a reasonable makes no attempt to describe scientific- price. The author's intimate knowledge ally the numerous pests of the farm of her subject, her thoroughly popular and garden, but confines descriptions and entertaining style of writing, and her t° those distinguishing characteristics skill with the camera and pencil are some J" form, color, habits, methods of in- of the qualities that will commend the crease and transformation, which may book to all observers of out-of-door life, be of service to the farmer in identify- The illustrations, which number nearly ing his enemies and in compassing their 300, have been prepared by the author destruction. Illustrated. 5x6 inches. especially for this book. Large 8vo. 216 pages. Paper $0.40 Cloth. 344 pages Net $2.00 The Spraying of Plants Injiirious Insects of the Farm and By E. G. Lodeman. A succinct ac- Carden. count of the history, principles and By Mrs. Mary Treat. It is not the practice of the application of liquids object of this volume to teach the sci- and powders to plants for destroying ence of entomology. It is written to insects and fungi. Illustrated. 5x7 group together the injurious insects, inches. 400 pages. Cloth.. Net $1.25 with fine illustrations of the species, so c • /^ that the cultivator may see at a glance Spraying Crops his enemies, and learn the known By C. M. Weed. A treatise explain- methods of repelling or destroying ing the principles and practice of the them. However, the leading points re- application of liquids and powders to garding their general structure and plants for destroying insects and fungi, changes are fully explained. The au- Illustrated. 140 pages. 5x7 inches, thor, as an original investigator, has Cloth $0.50 76 Fumigation Methods A timely up-to-date book on the practical application of the new methods for destroying insects with hydrocyanic acid gas and carbon bisulphid, the most powerful insecticides ever discovered. An indispensable book for farmers, fruit growers, nurserymen, gardeners, florists, millers, grain dealers, transportation panies, college and experiment station workers, etc. com- By WILLIS G. JOHNSON Formerly professor of entomology and invertebrate zoology at the Maryland agricultural college and state entomologist, author of many special reports on economic topics, and late associate editor American Agriculturist weeklies. N' ■ OTHING of the kind has ever been printed before. It embodies years of careful research, and practical application by the author, as well as the tests and experiences of others from all parts of the world. The fruit, nursery, floral and grain industries are confronted on every side with hordes of insect pests which threaten their very foundation. This important work tells just what to use and how to apply it to save serious losses from insects. The author has presented his subject in a pop- ular style, free from technicalities. Specific and minute directions are given for making and applying hydrocyanic acid gas from every standpoint. The Physi- ological effects upon animal and plant life are fully illustrated and discussed. ,Six chapters are devoted to orchard fu- migation, including the construction and management of all kinds of apparatus devised and successfully used. In three chapters on nursery fumigation, the con- struction, management and methods of preparing young trees for treatment are given. The destruction of insects in gi'eenhouses, mills, elevators, granaries, dwellings, ships, cars and other inclosures can be easily and cheaply accomplished by following the directions given. Other chapters contain the opinions and methods of experts from every part of the world where the gas is used. The regulations of foreign governments regarding the importation of American plants, trees and fruits are described. A most useful part is devoted to the use of carbon bisulphid for the destruction of animal life below the surface of the ground, stored grain or other materials, and in places where hydrocyanic acid gas cannot be used. Fumigation Methods should be in the hands of every horticulturist and nursery- man as well as florists and others engaged in the propagation and distribution of plants in all parts of the world. Transportation companies, millers, grain dealers and brokers will find it the most careful and complete guide ever published. As a refer- ence book on the subject of fumigation, college and experiment station workers as well as others engaged in scientific pursuits will find it useful and practical in every respect. Every detail in connection with apparatus has been fully illustrated and each chapter is practically a monograph on the topic presented. 83 illustrations. 5x7 inches, 313 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.00 Fanner's Cyclopedia of live Stock By EARLY VERNON WILCOX Ph.D., and CLARENCE BEAMAN SMITH, M. S. Assistant Editors in the Office of Exfieriment Stations, United States Department of Agriculture A NEW BOOK ON ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IN AMERICA THIS is the greatest, most com- prehensive and finest illustra- ted work on live stock raising ever published in this or any other country. Invaluable to Stock Breeders, Dairymen, Farmers, Teachers and Students The work is intended as a reference book for stockmen, farmers, stu- dents and teachers. In it the actual farmer finds guidance for improved practice. The intending stockraiser finds help in deciding his line of opera- tions. The teacher finds a basis for his lectures and other class room work in Animal Industry. The stu- dent readily finds what is known and problems for future study. The gen- eral public finds rehable information on the methods of feeding, breeding and care of farm animals, and the treatment of animal diseases, the preparation and curing of meats and other animal products, dairy farming and all the business features of the stock industry. TABLE OF CONTENTS Each Part An Authoritative Treatise Part I. Is devoted to general con- siderations and principles under the following heads: The Classification and Origin of Domestic Animals— The Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals— Animal Breed- ing—Principles of Stock Feeding- Farm Hygiene— Diseases of Live Stock— Importance of Stock Farming in the Preservation of Soil Fertility „ , . . . andtheUtilizationof All Farm Crop 3— Systems of Stock Farmmg— Live Stock Associations— Institutions— Expositions and Fairs— Transportation and Marketing of Live Stock— Slaughter- ing and Curing of Meats— Kef rigeration of Meats and Other Animal Products— Inspection of Meats and Milk as Belated to Animal Industry. . , ,^ Part II. deals specifically with each of the different classes of* Farm Animals, Horses and Mules, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Swine, Sheep and Goats, Poultry, including Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Guineas, Squabs, with a miscellaneous chapter on all minor animals of more or less economic importance, such as Game, Fish, Cat, Dog, Peacocks, Swans, Catalo, W ater Buffalo, Camels, etc. Colored Plates and Illustrations A marked feature of this work is the exclusive character of its many superb illustrations- The book also contains a series of five (lithographed in colors) anatomical and physiological models showing in detail the exact location and appearance of all the muscles, bones arteries, veins, internal organs and external conformation of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Hogs and Poultry. These were especially prepared for this volume at great cost, and appear for the first time. The models are entirely new, and are original, authoritative, and comprehensive. . They add the knowledge which has heretofore been omitted from books of this character, the very information most sought. They will therefore prove of greatest value to everyone- teacher, student, stockman, farmer or general reader. Work Entirely New and Well Indexed The work here offered is fresh in every detail, and so thoroughly indexed under common and scientific names that every topic can be easily found. The book is unique in that_^ it com- bines in one volume, not only complete directions for the breeding, handling, feeding and care of farm animals, but an exclusive exhaustive account of the diseases affecting each, and of the production, preservation and inspection of all animal products, like fresh and cured meats sausages, ham, bacon, milk, cream, butter, eggs, cheese and the like. The book contains ,68 royal octavo pages (9 1-2x7 inches) ; beautifully printed on superior paper type large, clear and easily read, and the bindings are all that the most fastidious would possibly desire. INTRODUCTORY PRICE. Cloth, handsome and durable, gold stamping, $4. 50. Half Morocco, with cloth sides and leather comers, very sumptuous, $5. 50 The Science and Practice of Cheese-Mfiiking A Treatise on the meinufacture of American Cheddar Cheese and some other varieties; intended as a textbook for the use of dairy teachers and students in class- room and workroom; prepared also as a handbook and w^ork of reference for the daily use of practical cheese-maJcers in cheese-factory operations. By LUCIUS L. VAN SLYKE, Ph.D. Chemist of the New York Agricultural Exfieriment Station and CHARLES A. PUBLOW, A.B., M.D., CM. Associate Professor of Dairy Industry in the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University THE publishers have realized for some time the existence of an urgent call for a book on cheese-making which should be more than a mere recipe book. They are, therefore, gratified at being able to announce, in response to this demand, the publication of a work which represents both scientific and practical sides of cheese-making and which, in respect to authorship, has been prepared under unusual- ly favorable auspices. Not only are the operations of cheese-making described in a clear, systematic and practical manner, but special attention is given to making prom- inent the reasons for each step. During the past seventeen years, there has been great activity in the investigation of the cheese problems peculiar to America, but the results of this extensive work have been widely scattered through the reports of experiment stations and govern- ment departments. All this great mass of material has been carefully digested for this book and now for the first time becomes readily available to dairy students and teachers. Dr. Van Slyke is well known as the author of our hook, "Modern Methods of Testing Milk and Milk Products," which from the start has met with a phenomenal success. Three years ago he was selected by the Office of Experiment Stations, U. S. Department of Agriculture, to prepare a syllabus of lectures for a course in cheese-making, which was published as Bulletin No. 166. Dr. Van Slyke's reputation in connection with cheese-making has come mainly from the extensive investigations which have been carried on by him at the New York Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva since 1890. These investigations have covered nearly every phase of interest and have been especially thorough in studying the chemical relations of milk and cheese. Dr. Publow is pre-eminently qualified by training and experience to present the subject of cheese-making in its practical aspects. For six years he was a prominent and successful manufacturer of cheese in Ontario, Canada ; for four years he held the position of Dairy Instructor and Sanitary Inspector for the Ontario Department of Agriculture, and for one year he was expert judge of all the butter and cheese going through Montreal to foreign markets. We believe that this new book will be promptly recognized as the standard authority in the field which it covers. Dairy teachers, students and cheese-makers will appreciate that the work is an unusual contribution to dairy literature, containing a surprisingly large amount of new material, systematically arranged and clearly presented. The following table of contents will serve to give some idea of the arrangement, scope, completeness and general character of this book. I.— The Care of Milk for Cheese-Making. XVII.— Milk Constituents and Yield of Cheese. II.— Preliminary Steps in Making Cheddar Cheese. XVIII.— Methods of Calculating Yield of Cheese. III.— Operations from Cutting Curd to Salting, XIX.— Milk Constitueuts in Belation to Composi- IV.— Operations from Salting Curd to Removal tion of Cheese. from Press. XX The Composition of Cheese in Relation to v.— Moisture and Acidity in Curd and Cheese; Quality. Conditions, Effects and Control. XXT Methods of Paying for Milk for Cheese- VI.— Modifications of Cheddar Process and Mis- Making. cellaneous Subjects. XXII.— The Relations of Micro-Organlsms and En- VIT.— Care, Shipment and Sale of Cheese. zyms to Cheese-Making. VIII.— Commercial Qualities of Cheddar Cheese and XXITT.— The Kipening of Cheese. Methods of Judging. XXIV.— Chemical Changes in Cheese-Eipenlng . IX.— Cheese-Factory Construction. XXV.— Causes of Chemical Changes in Cheese-El- X.— Cheese-Factory Equipment. pening. X [ .—Defects in Flavor. XX VI.— Commercial Relations of Cheese-Ripening. XII.— Defects in Body and Texture. XXVII.— Methods of Making Different Varieties of Xni.— Defects in Color and Finish. Cheese. XfV.- The Constituents of Milk. XXVIII.— Methods of Testing Used in Cheese-Making. XV.— Conditions Affecting Proportions of Constit- XXIX.— Cheese-Factory Organization and Manage- „„, „ uentsinMilk. ment. XVI.— Functions of Milk Constituents in Cheese-Mak- XXX.— The Literature of Cheese-Ripening ing. Illustrated. 5x7 inches, 480 pages. Cloth. Net, $1.75 78 Practical Dairy Bacteriology A complete exposition of important facts concerning the relation of bacteria to various problems related to milk. A book for the classroom, laboratory, factory and farm. Equally useful to the teacher, student, factoryman, and practical dairyman. By DR. H. W. CONN, Wesleyan University THE development of dairy bacteriology has been very rapid in the last ten years. Beginning first as a subject of scientific interest only, the study of the bacteria in milk has proved to be of vital importance, not only to the dairyman, but to all persons who have an interest in public health problems. In the last few years there has developed in our large cities a keen interest in the bacteria of the city milk supply. Today there is no more important sub ject affecting the milk pro- ducer, distribu- tor or consumer than their rela- tions to the bac- teria of milk, and public health ofificials are also recognizing the subject as one of which they must take cognizance. All dairy students to-day must learn the facts which are known, and no dairy course is complete without a full consideration of this subject. This book is designed to meet this growing demand. It consists of two parts. The first is a general discussion of all phases of bac- teria associated with milk products and their relation to public prob- lems. The second is an outline of a series of experiments for stu- dents, so designed that one who has been through them will not only have a practical knowledge of bacteria and bacteriological methods, but will be able to carry out all the work of bacteriological analysis of milk products that may be needed either in a dairy, a creamery, or a sanitary laboratory. The book is thus especially adapted to meet the needs of students in dairying, or any to whom a practical knowledge of bacteriological methods as relating to milk is of value. The book is strictly up-to-date and contains the most recently determined facts in the newest methods. It represents the rounding out of the ripe experience of Dr. Conn. No classroom, laboratory or library will be complete without it. Fully illustrated, 5 1-2x8 inches, 340 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.25 First Lessons in Dairying By HUBERT E. VAN NORMAN Prtfesstr Dairy Husbandry, School of Agriculture, Ptnnsylvania State College THIS Splendid little book has been written from a practical point of view to fill a place in dairy literature long needed. It is designed primarily as a practical guide to successful dairying, an elementary textbook for colleges and for use especially in short course classes. It .embodies underlying prin- ciples involved in the handling of milk, delivery to factory, shipping station and the manufacture of butter on the farm. It is written in a simple, popular way, being free from technical terms and is easily understood by the average farm boy. It is adapted to meet farm conditions, explains reason why, covers the relationship of bacteriology and chemistry, the foundation sciences of modern dairying, besides treating fully ordinary conditions found on the farm and in the dairy. In fact, it answers the questions in detail which confront the prac- tical dairyman daily. It covers those necessary details regarding secretion of milk, methods of cooling, creaming, cream ripening, churning, turning, working and packing the finished product for market. Practical details involved in the marketing of milk and cream are given.- The use of the Babcock test is illus- trated and fully explained. The book is just the thing for the everyday dairy- man and should be in the hands of every farmer in the country. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 100 pages. Cloth. Net 50 Cents .A Practical Guide to Successful Dairy Management By C. L. PECK THE introductory chapter of this book consists of a minute description of the far famed model dairy farm of Rev. J. D. Detrich, near Philadelphia, Pa. Never perhaps has the description of any farm caused a more profound sensation in the agricultural world. This article, which originally appeared in American Agriculturist, is out of print and no longer obtainable; it is reprinted herewith by numerous requests. On this farm of 15 acres which 20 years ago could not maintain one horse and two cows, there were kept 27 dairy cattle, in addition to two horses. All the roughage, litter, bed- ding, etc. necessary for these animals was grown on these 15 acres, more than most farmers could accomplish on 100 acres. A description of this plain, un- pretentious little farm sounds almost like a fairy tale, and yet it is nothing but plain, clear facts of the truth of which anyone can convince himself. The author of this volume is a well known, practical dairyman, who has made dairying a marked success and who, in this volume, gives such practical hints on dairying as will enable the reader to improve his methods, better his conditions and more nearly attain that point in business known as success. The treatment of the entire subject is thoroughly practical in every detail, being principally a description of the methods practiced by the author, and which after a lifetime of experience and study he has found most advantageous. Yet the scientific bearing on the subject has not been neglected, as the author has availed himself of all the most recent discoveries and advancements in science, thus making the work authoritative, practically as well as scientifically. Separate chapters are devoted to the importance of the dairy, physiology and secretion of milk, future of dairying, dairy breeds, selection of a breed, the dairy cow and the dairy sire, dairy standard, care and feed of the dairy cow, care of the calf, milking, when to have cows come fresh, feeds and their value, care of the milk, device for ripening cream, churning, marketing dairy butter, the dairy barn, silo and silage, miscellaneous topics, necessary appliances, general hints, dairy remedies. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 174 pages. Cloth. Price, 75 Cents 60 The Business of Dairying By CLARENCE B. LANE, B.S. Assistant Chief Dairy Division U. S. Department of Agriculture THE author of this practical little book is to be congrat- ulated on the successful manner in which he has treated so important a subject. It has been prepared for the use of dairy students, producers and handlers of milk and all who make dairying a business. Its purpose is to present in a clear and concise manner various bus- iness methods and systems which will help the dairyman to reap greater profits. While much has been written on the subject of dairying, there is a lack of simple, practical, common-sense information. This book meets the needs of the average dairy farmer and if carefully followed will lead to successful dairying. It may also be used as an elementary textbook for colleges and espe- cially in short course classes. The average farmer is not a business man. There is no rea- son why he should not be. The book aims to teach the dairy farmer that his occupation must be conducted on business principles and that in his business, as in any other, an accurate account of receipts and expenditures must be kept in order to determine where profits are made or losses occur. Simple methods for keeping these records and accounts of all kinds needed on the farm have been presented and in as many instances as possible the forms and methods themselves have been used instead of descriptions of them. No book has been written which touches on so many practical phases of dairying. In Part I just enough is said about "The Soil" to show the dairymen liow to keep a record of the income and outgo of the elements of fertility and to maintain productiveness. In Part II are discussed various systems of cropping. A succes- sion of soiling crops is outlined in detail for 50 full-grown animals for one year. Part III tells the dairyman how to select and maintain his herd, keep proper milk records and determine profits and losses. In Part IV the intricate problem of feeding the herd is solved in so simple a manner that the dairyman cannot fail to put it into practical use. Under Part V dairy products are discussed and the best metliods of handling them, from cow to consumer. Particular attention is given to the market milk producer and to problems in sanitation. The importance of winter dairj-ing is also given attention. Part VI. Sales. Business methods in retailing milk, simple forms of accounts, etc., are carefully described, also the comparative profits from the sale of different .dairy products. Advertising and bookkeeping on the farm are also treated. Part VII deals with many subjects which affect the dair>'man's profits. Illustrated, 5x7 inches, 300 pages. Cloth. Net, $1.25 81 A Handbook for Farmers and Dairymen By F. W. Woll. This book teaches you how to balance rations, test cows, reckon percentages of fat, compound fertilizers; in fact, every variety of farm knowledge has had the kernel picked out and placed in a dainty dish before you. Illustrated. 375 pages. Cloth $1.50 Principles and Practice of Butter Making By G. L. McKay and C. Larson. A treatise on the chemical and physical properties of milk and its components; the handling of milk and cream and the manufacture of butter therefrom. Il- lustrated. 6x9 inches. 351 pages. Cloth Net $1.50 A B C in Cheese Making By /. H. Monrad. A short manual for farm cheese makers in cheddar, French cream cheese, Neufchatel and skim-milk cheese. This, the second edi- tion, is written especially for the thou- sands of farmers' wives and daughters who cannot attend a dairy school but who are eagerly wishing to make palatable and nutritious cheese for the home table and for the village market. It is one of the best books published on home cheese making. Illustrated. Paper $0.50 Clean Milk By S. D. Belcher, M. D. In this book the author sets forth practical methods for the exclusion of bacteria from milk, and how to prevent con- tamination of milk from the stable to the consumer. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 146 pages. Cloth $1.00 Milk and Its Products By Henry H. Wing. A treatise upon the principles underlying modern dairy practice, for the use of the dairyman as well as the dairy student. In a con- densed, yet complete, manner the author treats upon the secretion, com- position, testing, ferments and fermen- tation, marketing, separation and ripen- ing of cream, churning, finishing and marketing butter, milk for cheese making, cheese making and varieties of cheese, by-products of the dairy, butter and cheese factories, statisticsandeconomics of the dairy industry. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 280 pages. Cloth.. Net $1.50 A Dairy Laboratory Guide By H. £. Ross. While the book is in- tended primarily for use in the labora- tory it should be of value to the practical dairyman. The time has come when the successful dairyman must study his business from a purely scientific point of view, and in this book the scientific principles, upon which dairy industry is based, are stated clearly and simply, and wherever it is possible these principles are illustrated by practical problems and examples. 90 pages. 5x7 inches. Cloth Net $0.50 Keeping One Cow Edited by M. C. Weld and Manly Miles. This volume is designed to show the utility of every family — where it is at all practical — keeping its own cow. Soil, crops, stables, care of ma- nure, soiling, care of cow and calf, and every conceivable point connected with the subject, are treated of under a score of different circumstances, and bring to the reader a variety of methods from which to select. As the testimony given is that of the actual experience of practical men the value of this work to those who keep or intend to keep one cow is at once apparent; and the prob- lem how to get the best possible re- turns from the least possible portion of the land, through the agency of one cow, is clearly solved. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 136 pages. Cloth.. $1.00 Prindples of Modem Dairy Practice By G. Gotenfelt, translated by F. A. Woll. This valuable book gives all that is worth knowing concerning the most recent discoveries and the methods now in vogue among the successful dairymen of the Scandinavian national- ities. The reputation attained by the dairy products of these countries in Europe renders their work along this line of great value to progressive American dairymen. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 285 pages $2.00 The Dairyman's Manual By Henry Sieivart. A practical treatise on the dairy, including the selection of the farm, the cultivation of crops, the se- lection and breeding of cows, manage- ment of the milk, making butter and cheese, and the treatment of diseases in- cident to dairy cows. Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 475 pages. Cloth $1.50 Modern Methods of Testing Milk and Milk Products A Handbook Prepared for the Use of Dairy Students, Butter- Makers, Cheese-Makers, Producers of Milk, Operators of Con- denseries, Managers of Milk Shipping Stations, Milk Inspectors, Physicians, etc., etc. By LUCIUS L. VAN SLYKE Chemist of the New York Agricultural Exfierim*nt Station T 'HIS book should be in the hands of every dairyman, teacher, and student. It con- tains a comprehensive discussion of the chemistry of cow's milk, em- bodying the most recently developed facts. The numerical data given are fresh and largely at first hand, rep- resenting American conditions, in- stead of being stale, miscellaneous data taken from European sources, so much of which has little applica- tion or value for American dairy- men. Some errors that have been long incorporated in dairy literature on the composition of milk are here corrected. The publishers are aware that the author's long-continued study of the chemistry of milk has made him a recognized authority in this field, and has peculiarly fitted him to treat this subject in a satisfactory manner. The various methods of testing milk and its products are brought up to date; they are presented in the most concise manner that is consistent with completeness, clearness, and accuracy, irrelevant matter is omitted. The aim has been to include all necessary material and omit all that is unnecessary. 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Cloth $0.50 103 The Mysteries of BEE-KEEPING Explained Combininsr the Results of Fifty Years' Experience with the Latest Discoveries and Inventions, and Presenting the Most Approved Methods, Forming A Complete Guide to Successful Bee-Culture By L. C. ROOT WHEN the first work of Mr. Quinby appeared in 1866, it marked a great advance in the literature of the Apiary, and at once became the stand- ard authority. Very soon after its issue, the process of extracting honey was introduced, and almost revolutionized the practice of bee-keeping; this had hardly become an established success when comb foundation de- manded attention, and required other modifications of former methods. These great improvements were tested, simplified, and adopted by Mr. Quinby, and with a view to present these and other new methods he was planning a new volume, when his sudden death occurred, at the age of 65. Thus was arrested a career of nearly half a century, during which he had devoted himself to the improvement and development of bee culture, all the fruits of which, in dis- coveries and inventions, were freely given to his fellow-laborers and the public. Though Mr. Quinby was prevented from preparing his contemplated new work, the results of his later years of labor are not lost. The work fell into the hands of Mr. L. C. Root, his son-in-law, as well as his business associate for many years. That Mr. Root is favorably known as an Apiarian is shown by the fact that he was, for many years, President of the Bee-keepers' Asso- ciation, and he now properly succeeds Mr. Quinby in literature, as well as in business. Indeed it is fortunate that the unfinished task of Mr. Quinby has fallen into the hands of one who was so familiar with his methods and thought; while he presents Mr. Quinby's later views, as none other could have done, he greatly increases the value of the work by adding largely from the results of his own extended experience. It has not been found practicable to indicate which of the new matter is by Mr. Quinby, or which by Mr. Root, as the record is often of their united experience; both being more desirous of establishing useful facts than of claiming the credit of their discovery. CONTENTS PREFACE. MEMORIAL OF M. QUINBY, INTRODUCTION. BEE-KEEPING the Old and the New. Chapter I— The Honey-Bee. Chaptek II.— Italian Bees. Chapter III.— Sources of Honey. Chapter IV.— The Apiary. Chapter V.— Controlling 'Bees. Chapter VI.— Hives and Boxes. Chapter VTI.— Transferring. Chapter VIII.— Queens. Chapter IX. — Natural and Artificial Increase. Chapter X.— Boxing and Surplus Honey. Chapter XI.— The Honey Extractor and Its Use. Chapter XII.— Wax and Comb. Chapter XIII.— Feeding. Chapter XIV.— Robbing Chapter XV.— Diseases and Enemies of Bees. Chapter XVI — Marketing Honey. Chapter XVIT.— Wintering. Chapter XVIII.— Honey. Chapter XIX.— Notes for the Season. Chapter XX.— Conclusion. With 100 Illustrations and a Portrait of M. Quinby 5x7 inches, 271 pages. Cloth. Price $1.00 IM Langstroth on the Honey Bee Revised by Charles Dadant and Son. The original work, by the father of American bee-keeping, N. J. Lang- stroth, was a most valuable one in its time. The revisers have brought it up to the present advanced stage of bee- keeping, and have greatly increased its value as a reliable source of infor- mation on all subjects relating to the honey bee. Illustrated. 5x8 inches. 521 pages. Cloth , $1.25 ABC and X Y Z of Bee Culture By A, I. Root Revised by E. R. Root. An alphabetically arranged cy- clopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey plants, etc. The facts given are gleaned from the experience of thousands of beekeepers all over the land, and were afterward verified by practical work in the au- thors' own apiaries. Among the sub- jects which have been entirely rewrit- ten and those which have not appeared in the earlier editions are: Artificial combs, comb foundation and honey feeding, foul brood, honey dew, intro- ducing and rearing queens, fairs, honey adulteration, house apiary, swarming, wintering, etc. The whole work is beau- tifully illustrated by over 300 engrav- ings. 7x10 inches. 437 pages. Ele- gantly bound in cloth and gold. ..$1.50 The Beekeeper's Guide By A. J. Cook. A manual of the apiary, treating of both the scientific and the practical part of bee-keeping. 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Their Breeding, Training and Management in Health and Disease, Comprising All the Essential Parts of the Two Standard Works on the Dog By STONEHENGE OF ALL animals the dog possesses the most intelligence, and with proper effort can be trained and educated up to a high degree of usefulness which is abundantly illustrated by the noble Newfoundland which pro- tects and rescues life, the sturdy Mastiff which guards well the home from all intruders, the Pointer or Setter which with his unerring scent contributes to the delicacy of the table and in the "season" swells maybe his master's slender income, the lively Terrier which rids the house of vermin, the ever alert Skye whose shrill night bark betokens danger. We have many books on the dog but no other furnishes so much information and instruction as are presented in this practical work. This book describes the diseases of dogs as well as the remedies and treatment for their cure. Making, together with chapters by American writers, the most complete dog book ever published, for a book so eclectic in character must be much more correct and valuable than it could be were it produced by one individual. Contains over one hundred beautiful engravings embracing most noted dogs in both continents. It describes the best game and hunting grounds in America. BOOK I Natural History, Zoological Classification and Varieties of the Dog CHAPTER T. The origin of the Dog. CHAPTER II. Wild and half-reclaimed Dogs hunt- ing m packs. CHAPTER III. Domesticated Dogs hunting chiefly „„ 9^**^*' ®y^ ^^^ killing their game for man's use. CHAPTER IV. Domesticated Dogs, finding game by scent, but not killing it, being chiefly used by the aid of a gun. CHAPTER v. Pastoral Doga and those used for the purpose of draught. CHAPTER VI. Watch Dogs, house Dogs and toy Dogs. CHAPTER VII. Crossed breeds. BOOK II The Breeding, Rearing, Breaking and Manage- ment of the Dog, Indoors and Out CHAPTER T. 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Eggleston 1 .50 lis New Methods in Education. .T. L. Tadd 2.00-Net 3.00 119 Portrait Life of Lincoln. F. T. Miller 2 . 00 115 Promise of Life, The. H. Myrick 50 114 Scientific American Cyclopedia of Receipts Net 5.00 113 Scribner's Lumber and Log Book 25 30 Systematic Bookkeeping for Farmers. F. M. Baird 1.00 Sportsman's Books 115 American Game Bird Shooting. .1. M. Murphy 1 .50 ISO Camp Life in the Woods. W. H. Gibson 1 .00 120 Deadfalls and Snares. A. R. Harding 60 120 Farmers' Tanning Guide. G. E. Stevens 25 115 Florida and the Game Water Birds of the Atlantic Coast. R. B. Roosevelt 1.50 120 Fox Trapping. A. R. Harding 60 120 Fur Farming. A. R. Harding 60 120 Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants 1 .00 107 Hunter and Trapper. H. Trasher 50 120 Life and Writings of Frank Forester. H. W. Herbert 3.00 120 Mink Trapping. A. R. Harding 60 120 Practical Hints on Rifle Practice. C. B. Prescott 25 120 Practical Taxidermy and Home Decoration. J. H. Batty 1.00 120 Sea Mosses. A. R. Harding 2.00 120 Steel Traps. A. R. Harding 60 128 NEW BOOKS JUST ISSUED The Farmers^ Manual of Law By HUGH EVANDER WILLIS Author of "WILLIS ON CONTRACTS," "WILUS ON DAMAGES." etc. Do you need legal advlcei or ever expect to need legal advice? If. so, you cannot altord not to possess a copy of Professor Willis' book, "TiiH Fakmkks' Manual of I.aw." One law suit, or even one consultation with a lawyer, would probably cost enough to buy a number of copies of this book„ and every farmer is liable to have many law suits. The Farmers Manual of Law, not only tells farmers how to settle ther legal wroairs. but it tells them how not to commit any legal wrongs. It tells the farmer what ar«; all his legal rights, natural and acquired, and how they may be acquired and lost. The book is adapted to private study as well as for use in the classroom. All of the funda- mental principles are stated in rules easy to understand. Numerous Illustrations fur- ther explain the application of such principles. A glossary and forms still further add to the utility of the book. Its author, Hugh Evander Willis, A.M., LL.M., Is a member of the law faculty of the University of Minnesota. He is. therefore, both a teacher of law with years of experience, and a practical farmer ; so that, knowing the law and understanding the needs of the farmer, he has produced a book which answers every purpose of the man on the farm. Armed with this book every farmer may be his own lawyer. The following Is the table of contents : Introduction ; Personal Safety Liberty ; Society and Control, Family and Dependents; Reputation; Immunity from Fraud; Ad- vantages Open to the Community Generally; Real Property; Elements of Personal Property; Title by Occupancy, Secession and Confusion, and Intellectual Labor ; Title by Contracts Generally ; Agreement ; Equity of Agreement ; Parties to Contracts ; Con- sideration ; Legality of Subject-Matter ; Formalities ; Particular Kinds of Contracts, Classified; Interpretation; Quasi Contracts; Remedial Obligations, Sales, Gifts, Bail- ments, Wills, Judgments Intestacy, Adverse Possession ; Violations of Personal Prop- erty ; How Personal Property is Lost — Discharge of Contracts. Also various kinds of Forms, Examination and Review Questions, Glossary and Index. This volume is printed on a high grade paper, 470 pages. 614 x9 inches and is hand- somely bound in cloth with gold stamping. Price Net $2.00. Vegetable Gardening By R. L. WATTS This complete, concise and authentic book covers every phase of vegetable gardening and is specially well organized as a text-book and equally valuable as a hand-book for practical growers. The author is the well-known teacher and practical market gardener Ralph L. Watts, Professor of Horticulture In the Pennsylvania State College. This book is the only volume on vegetable gardening the scheme of which is in accordance with the recommendations of the association of American agricultural colleges. The logical and systematic arrangement of the matter enhances the value of the book for students as well as for busy commercial growers who need a well-organized treatise for frequent reference. The bulletins of the experiment stations of the United States Department of Agri- culture and various books and periodicals relating to garden crops were frequently con- sulted during the preparation of the manuscript, while at the same time the experience of successful growers is woven into every chapter. The book brings up to date the most reliable information on vegetable gardening and the full discussion of principles makt-s it valuable to all classes of growers whether they are producing for the home table or for market. To procure first-hand knowledge regarding varieties and methods, many market gardens and truck gardens were visited in different parts of the United Stjites. This made it possible to obtain photographs which have been used freely to illustrate the various chapters. An idea of the scope and completeness of the book may be gained by noting the fol- lowing subjects, each of which has been treated in a separate chapter : A General View, Selection of Location, Soils, Tillage, and Tillage Tools, Stable Manures, Green Manures and Cover Crops, Commercial Fertilizers, Irrigation, Insect Enemies and Fungous Diseases, Seeds and Seed Growing, Construction of Hot-beds. Construction of Cold Frames, Construction of Greenhouses, Seed Sowing. Transplanting, Growing Early Vege- table Plants Under Glass, Marketing, Co-operative Associations, The Storage of Vege- tables, and the Classification of Vegetables. One-half the book is devoted to a discussion of the culture of the vegetables grown In the United States and Canada. The list Includes the Artichoke, Bean, Beet, Brocoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celery, Chard, Chlckory, Chive, Collard, Corn-salad, Cress, Cucumber, Dandelion, Dill, Eggplant, Endive, Garlic, Horse-Radish. Kale, Kohl-rabi, Leek. Lettuce. Mint, Muskmelon, Mustard, Okra, Onion, Parsley, Par- snip, Pea, Pepper, Pumpkin, Radish, Rhubarb, Ruta Baga, Sage, Salsify, Savory, .Spiu- ach, Squash Sweet Corn, Sweet Potato, Thyme, Tomato, Turnip, and Watermelon. There are also chapters on Crop Rotation, Succession and Companion Cropping, and Home Vegetable Garden and Suggestions on Laboratory Work. Profusely Illustrated. 5% x8 inches. 550 pages. Cloth. Net $1.75. NEW BOOK JUST ISSUED Fertilizers and Crops OR The Science and Practice of Crop-Feeding By DR. LUCIUS L. VAN SLYKE, ChemMt of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station This new book is a timely presentation of facts not only giving practical methods for using fertilizers in crop growing, but placing special emphasis on the reasons un- derlying their use and on the conditions of the greatest eflSciency. It has been pre- pared for the use of students in agricultural schools and especially for the larger class of students directly and vitally interested in the growing of crops. During the past ten years, many books have been published relating to soils, crop growing and fertilizers, each treating some special, limited phase; but the publishers have felt for some time that there has been an increasing need of a book different from any of those that have yet appeared. This book is the result of an effort to meet such a demand. At no time in the history of this country has the growing of crops attracted so wide and intense interest as at the present and at no time has there been such eager inquiry for reliable, up-to-date information among progressive farmers. An examination of the book shows that the author has kept in mind the fact that a work treating of the practical use of fertilizers on the farm should be something more than a mere collection of recipes giving the number of pounds of different fertilizing materials to use for this or that crop. The book has been written from the standpoint that, while plant-foods constitute a most important factor in crop growing, there are other vital factors as well which directly affect or control the effectiveness with which a crop utilizes the plant- food furnished it. The first part of the book covers the factors of soil fertility. This consists of twelve chapters and treats of the relations of plant-food to soil fertility. It discusses, (1) essential plant-food constituents, what they are, where they come from, what par- ticular effects they have in the growth of plants; (2) how plants take and use their food; (3) how plant- foods are lost and gained by soils; (3) the relations of micro- organisms to plant-foods; (4) the relation of water to soils and crops; (5) brief out- lines of methods of soil management for the purpose of enabling plants to use their foods most eflBciently. The second part of the book covers the sources and composition of materials used as fertilizers. This consists of eight chapters and gives a full discussion of the various materials used as sources of plant-food. The new fertilizing materials that have only recently come into use are given careful attention. Of special practical value and full- ness are the two chapters treating of the composition, changes, care, value and use of farm manure. The subject of green-crop manures is given detailed attention. Of special interest at this time is the very complete discussion of the use of lime on soils. The third division of the book, factors in the selection of fertilizing materials, con- tains six chapters and furnishes a large amount of practical information, which will enable farmers to select fertilizing materials for use in crop growing on the basis of greatest suitability, feeding elficiency and economy of cost. Such subjects as the avail- ability of different forms of plant-food materials, when to use commercial fertilizers, what to use, effects of fertilizers upon soils, adaptation to crops, comparative cost in different forms, various phases of commercial fertilizers, with their advantages and dis- advantages, home mixing, — are all fully discussed from the standpoint of a farmer seek- ing helpful information. The principles of crop-rotation are treated in connection with the selection of fertilizers to use. The fourth part of the book, practical use of fertilizers in the growing of individual crops, is the one to which the practical farmer will probably turn first. The treatment of the methods of using fertilizers is properly conservative but abreast of the most recent developments. The preceding portions of the book form a complete preparation to enable one to make use of this last part in the most intelligent, rational and efficient way. The treatment of the different crops in relation to the use of fertilizers is more complete than in any other book yet published. For example, we have nowhere seen the subjects of orchard crops, greenhouse crops, nursery crops, etc., discussed with such a degree of fulness and appreciation of practical relations, and the same is true of the other chapters. Taken as a whole, this book contains an Immense amount of detailed information, systematically arranged, clearly presented, very full and up-to-date. It is adapted to meet the needs of students who desire to obtain a good chemical knowledge of the sub- ject, as well as to the use of farmers, who care only for the practical applications. The teachings of the author are conservative and are based on a broad consideration of all factors entering into the problems discussed. Illustrated, 53^x7^ inches. 500 pages. Cloth. Net $2.00