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Vegetable Foes and Diseases.-Every Prominent Pest and Disease Described, and Remedies for their Eradication or Prevention given. Flower Garden Foes.-The Numerous Insect, Animal, and Fungoid Pests which are Injurious to Flower Garden Plants are clearly Illustrated and Described in Detail. Greenhouse Foes. Great care has been taken to Describe these Minutely, together with Best Remedies for Prevention and Eradication. Diseases of Hardy Plants.-Special Mention is made of Plants likely to be Attacked, and Effective Remedies are given. Forest Tree Foes and Diseases.-Every Attention has been given to this subject, which includes a Full Description of the Chief Pests. Pests.-Birds-Cats-Rabbits-Mice-Moles-RatsHow to keep them out of the Garden-The Best Traps to set, and how to make them, clearly Illustrated. Miscellaneous A Few Friends.-How to Discriminate between Friends and Foes, fully Described and Illustrated Board of Agriculture Orders.-Complete List of the most important, with Amounts of Various Penalties liable to be Imposed. Crown 8vo. Cloth, 198 pages. Illustrated by Explanatory Diagrams. ALPHABET OF GARDENING. By T. W. SANDERS, F.L.S., F.R. H.S., Editor of "Amateur Gardening," etc. Net 1/6 (By Post, 1,9.) A Primer for Amateur and Professional Gardeners, also Horticultural Students, dealing with Plant Life, Soils, Manures, Propagation of Plants, Pruning, Hybridising, and the Elementary Principles of Practical and Scientific Gardening. Budding. formed. How and Why it is Per Crafting. The Various Modes of the Art Fully Described. Layering.-Root and Stem Propagation Explained. Digging and Trenching.-Methods of Rendering Soils Fertile. Thinning and Disbudding.-For Fruit Crops, Roses, Chrysanthemums, etc. Potting. Suitable Pots, Composts, and General Hints. Forcing. 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SANDERS, CONTENTS: Science and Practice of Manuring Structure and Function of Plant Tissues-Food of Plants-Soils and their Use-General Manures-Manures Containing Nitrogen-Phosphatic Manures-Various Fertilisers-Fertilisers for Plants, Lawns, Vegetables, Fruit, and Farm Crops-Formulæ, etc. EVERY GROWER SHOULD STUDY THIS BOOK. Eighth Edition, 1913. Crown 8vo. Illustrated. CHRYSANTHEMUMS, CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND HOW TO GROW THEM FOR EXHIBITION. TIMING AND STEPPING OF ALL THE PADOS TARIFTIES FED ONTHER, LOUTHERN The aver L AND HOW TO GROW By J. B. WROE. A complete Guide to Growing for Exhibi- CONTENTS: Propagation-Second, Third, and Final Potting -Proportions for Soil-Summer Quarters-Watering-Feeding-Housing the Plants-Damping-Timing the Blooms-Dressing Staging-Selection of Varieties for the North and South-Timing and Stopping (How and When to Proceed with Each Variety for Northern, Southern, and Midland Growers)-Taking the Buds-Specimen PlantsChrysanthemum Enemies and Friends. "This excellent shillingsworth shows what there is to do in order to obtain prize-taking blooms.' --The Queen. Paper Boards1/-Net. By Post 12 Crown 8vo. Illustrated. VIOLAS, PANSIES, AND VIOLETS. PANSIES AND VIOLETS. By D. B CRANE, FRHS ILLUSTRATED Paper Boards1/-Net. By Post 13 By D. B. CRANE, F.R. H.S. A Guide to the Cultivation and Propagation of the Show, Fancy and Tufted Pansy or Viola, for Garden Decoration and Exhibition; the Violetta; Sweet Violets, &c. CONTENTS: Methods of Propagation-How and When to take Cuttings-Cuttings in Frames, Beds, and BoxesRaising from Seed-When and How to Sow-Treatment of Seedlings-Dividing Old Clumps-Where Pansies do Well-Preparation of Soil-Why Plants Fail to Grow-Summer Treatment-Watering and Feeding-Protection in Winter-Cutting Back Plants Culture for Exhibition - DisbuddingMulching-How to Exhibit the Blooms-Packing for Transit-Violets in Frames and Pots-Species Violets-Enemies of the Pansy and VioletViolettas and their Culture-Selections of Pansies, Violas, Violettas, and Violets, with Colour, Description, etc. "We recommend it as a practical treatise containing full and easily-followed directions.”—The Field, Crown 8vo. Illustrated. DAHLIAS AND Paper Boards1/-Net. By Post 12 THEIR CULTIVATION. By J. B. WROE. 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