THE NEW POTATO CULTURE.--By ELBERT S. CARMAN. This book gives the result of 15 years' experiment work on The Rural ground. It treats particularly of: How to increase the crop without corresponding cost of production. Manures and fertilizers: kinds and methods of application. The soil, and how to put it in right condition. Depth of planting. How much seed to plant. Methods of culture. The Rural trench system. Varieties, etc., etc. Nothing old or worn-out about this book. It treats of new and profitable methods; in fact, of _The NEW Potato Culture_. It is respectfully submitted that these experiments at The Rural grounds have, directly and indirectly, thrown more light upon the various problems involved in successful potato-culture than any other experiments that have been carried on in America. Price, cloth, 75 cents; paper, 40 cents. HORTICULTURIST'S RULE-BOOK.--By Professor L. H. BAILEY, Editor of _American Gardening_, Horticulturist of the Cornell Experiment Station, and Professor of Horticulture in Cornell University. It contains in handy and concise form, a great number of Rules and Recipes required by gardeners, fruit-growers, truckers, florists, farmers, etc. Synopsis of Contents: Injurious insects, with preventives and remedies. Fungicides for plant diseases. Plant diseases, with preventives and remedies. Injuries from mice, rabbits, birds, etc., with preventives and remedies. Waxes and washes for grafting and for wounds. Cements, paints, etc. _Seed Tables_: Quantities required for sowing given areas. Weight and size of seeds. Longevity of seeds. Time required for seeds to germinate. _Planting Tables_: Dates for sowing seeds in different latitudes. Tender and hardy vegetables. Distances apart for planting. _Maturity and Yields_: Time required for maturity of vegetables; for bearing of fruit plants. Average yields of crops. Keeping and storing fruits and vegetables. _Propagation of Plants_: Ways of grafting and budding. Methods by which fruits are propagated. Stocks used for fruits. _Standard Measures and Sizes_: Standard flower-pots. Standard and legal measures. English measures for sale of fruits and vegetables. Quantities of water held in pipes and tanks. Effect of wind in cooling off glass roofs. Per cent. of light reflected from glass at various angles of inclination. Weights of various varieties of apples per bushel. Amount of various products yielded by given quantities of fruit. Labels. Loudon's rules of horticulture. Rules of nomenclature. Rules for exhibition. Weather signs and protection from frost. _Collecting and Preserving_: How to make an herbarium. Preserving and printing of flowers and other parts of plants. Keeping cut-flowers. How to collect and preserve insects. Chemical composition of fruits and vegetables, and seeds, fertilizers, soils and vegetables. _Names and Histories_: Vegetables which have different names in England and America. Derivation of names of various fruits and vegetables. Names of fruits and