THE i IRM AND GARDEN. 



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f^UiPUMN LCBAYBS. 



New York girls are seen kissing liorses. Horses 

 in New York are not easily scared. 



" Tliat's vour lav, is it? " inquired tlie rooster 

 of tiie hen as slie cackled over her latest produc- 

 tion. 



A Fi-enoliraan is teaching a donkey to talk. 

 What we want in this country, is a man wlio will 

 teach donkeys not to talk. 



"But, ".said the serenaded man, "I must go 

 out and make a speech. Something must be 

 done to stop the playing of that band." 



An advertiser in Vanity Fair offers "A dream 

 for sale at £5." Here is a good chance for some 

 horse fancier to buy a night mare cheap. 



Generally the party wlio sings "I would not 

 live always" th^ loudest, is the one who gets 

 between the featlier beds during a thunderstorm. 



An American lady married to an Italian prince 

 a year ago has already left him. Some American 

 girls are too proud to travel around with a tam- 

 bourine all day. 



We liave an exchange on our list which is very 

 wealthy. It said in last week's issue *' We are 

 paying off the national debt at the rate of 

 |l6o,000,OOU a year, and yet we do not feel it." 



The Fiend. 

 He drops in now to call upon 



Tlie editor or printer, 

 And closes carefully the door 



He left ajar last winter. 



In the ruins of Pompeii, the remains of a man 

 with a satisfied smile on his face and four jacks 

 grasped in his dried-up hand, have been un- 

 earthed. The workmen are now digging away 

 vifirorously for the other fellow, to see what he 

 had. 



" I wish my wife wasn't a politician," said 

 Snifkins sadly. 



" Why '!" asked his friend. " Is she a Demo- 

 crat ! " 



" No, she's a bolter; She won't let me in after 

 10..30 o'clock at night." 



A gang of Italian laborers near Saratoga were 

 recently cut down ten cents a day. Instead of 

 striking, they cut an inch olf tlieir shovel blades 

 at night. Tlae boss asked what it meant, and one 

 of tlie men replied, " Not so much pay, not so 

 much dirt lift; all right, job last the more long. 

 Italian no fool like Irisliman ; lie no strilce." 



" Wake up? " exclaimed Mrs. Mulberry in a 

 loud whisjier, as she punched the slumbering 

 Mulberry in the short ribs with her elbow the 

 other night ; " wake up ; I'm sure I hear burglars 

 in the dining room." " IVm'tdisturb them then," 

 said the drowsy Mulberry, turning over on the 

 other side. "Be just as quiet as you can, and 

 may be they will eat some of that fruit cake you 

 have in the pantry." 



First Gotham St. Contractor — " I liear the 

 cholera is fearfully bad over in France." 



Second Street Contractor — " Yes ; and it may 

 come here if the streets are not cleaned." 



" Just as I was tiiinkiiig." 



"Sometliing must be done." 



" Yes, something must be done, tliats a fact, 

 and quickly d{)iie, too." 



" Can you get word to the other contractors to- 

 day?" 



"Oh, yes, easy. I know where they meet to 

 play checkers." 



" A^ery well ; tell them all to come round to my 

 house at 8 o'clock this evening." 



"But what for?" 



" To help pray for rain." 



An Important Distinction. — " Miriah, I 

 am shocked that you should even think of having 

 those Simpkins girls as bridesmaids at your wed- 

 ding." 



'■ Why, mamma, they are two of the sweetest, 

 nicest, most highly-cultivateil ynnng ladies in the 

 city. They have traveled all over tlie globe, and 

 are received everywhere." 



" But just think, Miriah, of the stigma which 

 attaches to them. Before tlie war, their father, 

 who afterwards got ricli on an army contract, lived 

 on a farm, and actually made and sold butter. 

 Just think of it!" 



" But does not my father make and sell butter, 

 too?" 



" No indeed- AVhy you shock me ! How 

 could you think of such a thing? Your father is 

 a manufacturer, and the product he manufactures 

 is not vulgar butter, but oleomargarine, a highly 

 prized and very important article of commerce. 



Chrysanthemums 



)ver 150 sorts, all selected from PRIZE VARIETIES, very fini 

 ilaiits. verj' cheap in pots for winter nnwering. 



TULIPS, HYACINTHS, CROCUS, 



— .\XD ALL OTHER- 



A full line «t FIN 



GROWN 



POT- 



E, STRONG PI.ANT.S o 



STRAWBERRIES. 



B XJ I. B 5 



—FOR WINTKIt AND SPRING FLOWERING. 



VIOI-ET.S. fARNATIOfi-S, BOIVARDIAS, large- 



cUimiis, specially prepared lor WINTER BLOOMING.. 



ROSES! ROSES!! ROSES!!! 



W.- urf- the hirt'i-st growers, au'i heacUiuarters fur 



THE BERMUDA EASTER LILY 



Strong bulbs mailed for 40 reniH each, §4.00 per dozen. Extra tine- 

 specimen bulbs, 60 cents each. $6>00 per dozen ; these are very tine. 

 For full description of this valuable Lily, see our fall catalogue, free: 

 to; all readers of The Farm and Gabden. Address, 



F. R. PIERSON & CO., 



Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New York,. 



OUR BULB OFFERS. 



Th(tt, we miijhl offer libtrnl premiums to 

 our subscribers, we have imported direct from 

 the growers in Europe und the Bermudas, the 

 finest, lot of Bulbs we hare eper seen. These 

 we have decided to offer to our friends in the 

 followinij libera/ col/ections : — 



Our 60-cent Collection, 

 Sent free bt/ mail, and including One Year's 

 subscription to The Farm and Garden, will 

 contain One fine Dutch Hyacinth, Two Grape 

 Hyacinths, Two Tulips, Fire Crocus (each of 

 a different color), One Scilla fliberica, One 

 Single Xarci.*tsus Poelieus, making in all, 

 when quality is considered, as fine a collection 

 of winter-blooming bulbs os could be usiuilly 

 bought for $1.00. 



For $1.00 

 We will send One fine bulb of Lilium Har- 

 rissii {see cut on page 1), imported by us from, 

 growers in Bermuda, One iMtfch Hyacinth, 

 Five Tulips, Si.e Crocus ifuar colors), 

 Three Spanish Iris, Three Snow- 

 drops; included, with this is a 

 year's subscription to The Farm 

 and Gardeyi. 



Hf. + 



+ + 



We win send Two buibs of LiUnm Jlnrrisaii, One Scilia Siberici, Pour Spanish 

 Iris, Two IxidS, One Snoivdrop, Three Oxalis, Seven Single JVarcMSHs PoeticuSj 

 One Jonquil, One Tulip, Five Crocus {different colors), One Feather Jlyacinlh. 

 With these we will include a year's subscription to The Farm and Garden. 



