Practical Outdoor Books
How to Raise Fruits.—A Handbook of Fruit Culture. Being a Guide to the Proper Cultivation and Management of Fruit Trees, and of Grapes and Small Fruits, with condensed descriptions of many of the best and most popular varieties, with upwards of 100 engravings. By Thomas Gregg. $1.00
A book which should be owned by every person who owns a rod of available land, and it will serve to secure success where now there is nothing but failure. It covers the ground fully, without technicalities, and is a work on “Fruit Culture for the Million.”
It tells of the cost, how to plant, how to trim, how to transplant, location, soil, selection diseases, insects, borers, blights, cultivation, how to prune, manuring, layering, budding grafting, etc., including full description and management of Orchard Fruit, such as Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Cherries, Quinces, Apricots, Nectarines, etc. It is a most Complete Guide to Small-Fruit Culture, with many illustrations and descriptions of the latest varieties of Grapes, Strawberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries, Currants, etc.
How to Paint.—A New Work by a Practical Painter. Denoted for the use of Farmers, Tradesmen, Mechanics, Merchants, and as a Guide to the Professional Painter. Containing a plain common-sense statement of the methods employed by painters to produce satisfactory results in Plain and Fancy Painting of every description, including Gilding, Bronzing, Staining, Graining, Marbling, Varnishing, Polishing, Kalsomining, Paper-Hanging, Striping, Lettering, Copying, and Ornamenting, with directions for mixing and applying all kinds of Paints. Makes “Every Man his Own Painter.” $1.00.
The Model Potato.—An exposition of the proper cultivation of the Potato; the Causes of its Disease, and the Remedy; its Renewal, Preservation, Productiveness, and Cooking. 50 cents.
Horses: Their Feed and Their Feet.—A manual of horse hygiene, invaluable for the veteran or the novice, pointing out the causes of “Malaria,” “Glanders,” “Pink Eye,” “Distemper,” etc., and how to Prevent and Counteract them. By C. E. Page, M.D., with a Treatise and Notes on Shoeing by Sir George Cox and Col. M. C. Weld. 150 pp. 12mo, paper, 50 cents; extra cloth, 75 cents.
By mail, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address
FOWLER & WELLS CO., Publishers,
753 Broadway, New York
A NEW WORK.
FRESH, SEASONABLE, ADVANCED.