practical manual
concerning noxious insects, and methods of preventing their
injuries. 334 pages, with many illustrations. Cloth, 12mo.
=$1.50=

=Mushrooms. How to Grow Them.=

By Wm. Falconer. This is the most practical work on the
subject ever written, and the only book on growing mushrooms
published in America. The author describes how he grows
mushrooms, and how they are grown for profit by the leading
market gardeners, and for home use by the most successful
private growers. Engravings drawn from nature expressly for
this work. Cloth. =$1.00=

=Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture.=

By Peter Henderson. This new edition comprises about 50 per
cent. more genera than the former one, and embraces the
botanical name, derivation, natural order, etc., together
with a short history of the different genera, concise
instructions for their propagation and culture, and all the
leading local or common English 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. Cloth, large 8vo.
=$3.00=

=Ginseng, Its Cultivation, Harvesting, Marketing and Market Value.=

By Maurice G. Kains, with a short account of its history and
botany. It discusses in a practical way how to begin with
either seed or roots, soil, climate and location,
preparation, planting and maintenance of the beds, artificial
propagation, manures, enemies, selection for market and for
improvement, preparation for sale, and the profits that may
be expected. This booklet is concisely written, well and
profusely illustrated, and should be in the hands of all who
expect to grow this drug to supply the export trade, and to
add a new and profitable industry to their farms and gardens,
without interfering with the regular work. 12mo. =$.35=

=Land Draining.=

A handbook for farmers on the principles and practice of
draining, by Manly Miles, giving the results of his extended
experience in laying tile drains. The directions for the
laying out and the construction of tile drains will enable
the farmer to avoid the errors of imperfect construction, and
the disappointment that must necessarily follow. This manual
for practical farmers will also be