The Peanut Plant: Its Cultivation And UsesJones, B. W.
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The Peanut Plant: Its Cultivation And Uses
Jones, B. W.
Peanuts
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 found convenient for
references in regard to many questions that may arise in crop
growing, aside from the special subjects of drainage of which
it treats. Cloth, 12mo. =$1.00=
=Henderson's Practical Floriculture.=
By Peter Henderson. A guide to the successful propagation and
cultivation of florists' plants. The work is not one for
florists and gardeners only; but the amateur's wants are
constantly kept in mind, and we have a very complete treatise
on the cultivation of flowers under glass, or in the open
air, suited to those who grow flowers for pleasure as well as
those who make them a matter of trade. Beautifully
illustrated. New and enlarged edition. Cloth, 12mo. =$1.50=
=Tobacco Leaf.=
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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