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THE HORTICULTURAL A OVER 'USER. 



Rear of 428 Walnut Street, Philada. 



Manufacturer of Plain and F'ancy Wire-work, for Florlstai 



Wreaths, Crosses, Stars, Crowns, Hearts, Anchors, Hints, Lainbi, 

 Gips^' Baskets, Hanging Baskets, Kluwer Stands, &c. 



»END FOR PRICE LIST. augft 



A line stock of the above, ditrerout sizos, 

 mostly Double White, well set with buds, theap. 



R. SCOTT, 

 july8 755 S. 19th St.. Philada. 



Ol^-^ ^ ■LT'NESS BELIEVED. No medicine. 

 -*-^ -^^- *- Book free. G. J. WOOD. Madison, Ind 





'of EVe^Y DES.CR_lPT10r{. 



CataLogaes ten cents. 



PRACilCAL 'landscape 



GARDENING 



bv h. R. Ki.LUjTi. 

 Designed for City and Suburban Residences, and Country School- 

 Houses; containing designs fo lots and grounds, from a lot 30 

 by 100, to a forty acre plot. Each plan is drawn to scale, 

 with schedule to each, showing where each tree, shrub, &c., 

 should be planted; condensed instructions for forming and caring 

 for lawns; building of roads; turfing, protection, pruning and care 

 of trees ; making cuttings, evergreens, hedges, screens, &c. Con- 

 densed descriptions of all the leadirg trees and shrubs ; soil and po- 

 sition in which they should be grown. Illustrations of ground plans 

 elevations, trees, shrubs, winter gardening, &c. 96 pp., 8 vo. cloth. 

 Price 81.50. Sent by mail on receipt of price Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 



A Hygroscope for 50 cents. 



THE CHEMICAL HYGROSCOPE. 



This indicator of atmospheric moisture is as accurate as the 

 costly ones. Rooms heated by furnaces or stoves are almost in- 

 Tariably sodry a.s to be damaging not only to health but to fur- 

 niture. Some people take the consequences others keep water 

 on the heater. The Hvtrroscope bhows at a glance whether the 

 air is too dry or not. 



Sent by mail for 50 cents. Address, 

 febtf CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 



Fruit Or ivers* I/nnfl-Book. 



By F. K.Elliott, author o' "Western Kruit Growers' Guide,'' 

 (one of the best posted men on the subject in the United States). 

 Contains the practice on all subjects connected wilh fruitgrow- 

 ing. The book is made for those who grow fruit for their own 

 use. Also an Appendix, coutainine matter relating to the s« 

 lection and culture of Ornamental Trees, Roses, Plants, &c. 



Illustrated wilh 4-5 wood-cuts, 130 pages, IGmo cloth, $1; pa- 

 pw, 60 ct8. Sent by mail po.st-paid on receipt of price. 



Address C. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila. 



The Gardener's Monthly. 



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BACK JNUMBERS 



WAN! EU, I.N 



GOOD CONDITION. 



April, 1K(><> 



Jiiiitiiiry, 18~U. 



Alurch, " 

 July, 



<)rtob«T, 1870. 



l)«'C«'IllblT, " 



January, 1873. 

 January, 1874. 



Aiiu'UHt. 1874. 

 l)«-c«'inber, " 

 January, 187S. 

 DeiM'niber, " 

 Jauuary, 1816« 

 Receivable in exchange on Subscription account, or cxchangeabla 



for other nvnibcrs not in above list. Send numbers prepaid by 



mail and advise the publisher Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut, .St., Phlla. 



THE ABBOTT 



Pocket Microscope 



Is an .nptrument of great 

 practic.'il usefiiliiefs to 

 TeaclicrN, FarinerM, 

 ITIer<-liaiitH, Me- 

 clisiiiicN, l»li>«l- 

 oiaiiM, BoiaiiistH, 

 ITIIiierM, and nianv 



others. It is thebet-t 



lii-ii HUH 111 ever inyentcd for examiiiinLT FIOVW" 



ers, Seeds, Plants, Minerals, 

 Engravings, Bank Notes, Fabrics, 



Etc. By means of a cas^e, accompanying each In- 

 ftniment, one ciin examine all kinds of |n" 

 sects or Worms alive. The 



EYE OF A FLY, 



or other insect of like fize, can be readily eeen. 

 It is simple in cnni-trnction and ea?y to operate. 

 One of these iiiterei>iin<j Insiruments ought to 

 be in every family. We have made arrantjeraent* 

 to furnish the Pocket Ittlcrosfope at the 

 manufacturer's price, ^L.'jfl. It will be went, post- 

 paid, to any reader of this Pai>er desiring it, on 

 receipt of price, or m .y be had al this office. 



Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut St., Phila. 



ARITHMETIC MADE EASY. 



ROPP'S EASY CALCULATOR 



Is a new publication that must prove of incalculable benefit to 

 Farmers, Mechanics and Business men. It \i so ra^iti and original 

 as to startle the most scholarly , and yet so j/w/Z^and/rar/zVa/ that 

 the most illiterate in figures can instantaneously become his own 

 accountant. It enables thousands to accoiiiplish ia a minute what 

 they they could not learn to calculate in many months. 



The first part containing an entirely new system of Tables which 

 shows at aglance the exact values of all kinds ol Grain, Stock, Hay, 

 Coal, Lumber Merchandise, etc., Uomotie /•oundu^ to a car load, znd 

 for any price which the market is likely to reach; the Intereit on 

 any sum for any time at 6, 7, 8, and 10 p r cent. ; coriect measure- 

 ment of all kinds of Lumber, Saw Logs, Cisterns, Tanks, Granaiies, 

 Bins, Wagon Beds, Com Cribs; a Time, Wages, and many other 

 valuable tables. 



'I'he Second part is a /raf/?Vrt/ Arithmetic, and embodies a simple 

 mathematical principle which enables rt/y one familiar with the fun- 

 damental rules to become a lightning calculator ; and by which 

 over /leo /A/Vi/.v of the figures and labor required by the ordinary 

 methods, andyV<if//<?«i with their intricacies, are entirely avoided. 



The work is nicely printed on fine tinted paper, is well and ele- 

 gantly bound in pocket-book shape and is accompanied by a Silicate 

 Slade, Memorandum and Pocket for papers It is by far the most com- 

 plete, comprehensive and convenient pocket manual ever published. 



PRICES : liouud in Russia Leather, Gilded, 82.00 ; 

 Morocco, !)fll..50; Fine English Cloth, iSil.OO. 



Sent post paid on receipt of price. Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut .St., PhiU. 



