'THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



Anthericum Vitatum Variegatum, 



FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



This is certainly one of I he finest of this ehiss of 



ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS 



That has been offered for years. Leaves fifteen to twenty inches lon'^, crracefully recurved; very 

 bright orreen ; deeply ed^ed and striped with white. It has been compared by many to Pandanus 

 Veitchii, which it resembles in its general appearance. Ea.sily grown in any greenhouse or 

 ■window. A beautiful plant for the center of stands and vases. Said to be quite hardy. 



I^I^ICE, STI^03>TC3- I^nL..A.lSrTS, $1.50 E^A^OHC- 



IVIy Catalogue of New Plants for Spring of 1878 



Kow ready, and will be mailed free to all on application. Terms, cash with the order. 



. K. HARRIS, Kingsessing Nurseries, 



5501 JJarhy Road, I^hiladelphia* 



febia. 



Landscape Gardeners, 



SMITH & BUTLER, 

 Newport, Rhode Island. 



Plans and estimates given for any part of the country. 



DSVI2 



THE AMERICAN 



steamship romp-.ny of Philadelphia. Philadelphia & Liverpool 

 Line 'I'he oulv 'i rans Athmtic line sailinfr under the Aiiierl- 

 •cau Flag. Sail njr ev. rv Tliursday Ironi Philadfl|)liia, and 

 Wednesday from Liverpool. 



The Red Star Line, 



C'lrryinsr the Belgian and Inited S'ates Mails. Sailing every 

 t-welve days, aliernutely from Philadelphia and New York. 

 Direct and only 



TO ANTWERP. 



The Ameriran nnd Red Siar Lines lieinsr under one manage- 

 ment, Exi-nrpiion t-ckets are yood to rftnili by eithtT, thus sav-- 

 inp the • xpense anrl annoyance of re-crosj-inir the C'liannel. 



For rat ;s of pHssni.'e aid g neial infonniit'fyn apply to ; 



apltf JfliT K/t iVRlGHT & soys, t'hi'l, O^n'l AffUt. 



WANT TO LEASE 



One, two or three Oreenhouses. Addreps 



R. C. POPPEV. 24« f'hnrch .-t., Poiighkeepsie, N. T. 



100 000 C l«l)iL'ep':ini.s, ati;2pir l.oiin, Sif, |),r lU.OOO; J50 cents 

 p-r '0', hv tiviil; TS.OOit C'.-lei v I'lants, cut b icU and hardened, 

 at $3 perl.diMl: $2U per 10 I'OO; 75 rents i^er K'O. by mail. All 

 lar^e, healthy nla' t-", of best nnirket sorts. Also, iill kinds <>f 

 Greenhoii.se, Bcddii gand V'.'>.rpiable PI nts, at low prices. Cir- 

 cular containinir full iiiformHtion and clieapest $1 collections 

 of Bedding I'lants ever offend, free. A. C. NELLI8, 



Floiisr and .Seedsman. CanHJohaiif!, Montgomery Co.. N. Y. 



P. S.— VVanffd, the andressts of a few reliable seed growers, 

 and what their .specialties are. 



NEW PLANTS, GE^ANlu¥s7&C. 



New Double (ieraniura*, 'IT. Price $6 per doz.; 60c. each. 

 Baiaclaii, Cusiinir Perier, Charles Vogt. Ur. Cuigut-au, Dr. 

 .Jiic.by, Ernest Lanth, Jean Dcdifns, Lafayette. M. de iVlercere, 

 ^Mad Cirangeoge, M. V\ addinelon, Prest. Leon Simon. 



N.-— Double Geranium. Jenny Reed. Price $9 per doz.;. 

 $1 00 esch 



New I) luble Geraniums, '76. Price $3 per doz ; ?0c. each. 

 Adelade Hhinclies, A^teroid, Autzusve Villiaucn, Eugene Ban- 

 doiu. iidourard Lequin. Louis Boulard, Mad. Thiiiint, Meitior 

 Fla^g, Mdle. .Marie Fillon, Noeniie, The Ghost, Wilfred. Won- 

 derful, George Sand. Guillon Mangelii, Sou/enir de I'astile. -, 



New Double Geranium, Bishop Wood. Prices 50c. each. 



New SinL'le Geraniums, '77. Price $6 per doz ; (iOc. each. 

 Alsiice-Lnrraine, D-ivwin, £d. About. Erkinann-Chatrian, 

 .Mdle. Kdwig Bellot, Octavie. Pahellon. P. L. Coriiier. 



New ^ingle Geraniums, '76. Price $B per doz.; HOc. each. 

 A. Hend.;r8on, Clem^nce Boucard, Dazzier, Jealousy, Key. 

 VV'm. Atkinson, Mrs. Kerrage. 



New Geraniums, Fanny and Ralph. 25c. each, $1.T."5 per 

 doz., tl2..50 per hundred. See description, page 76, Gardener's 

 Monthly. »f -Marcti. 



."^ ew Doubl Ivy Leaf Gpranium. Price 50c. each. La Fi- 

 ancee. Lii -ic- Lemont, Penoncule. 



C)leus. 24 leading varieties. $4. Pansfes. finest strain in the 

 country, $2..50 per 100. Pi tunias. finest double. $6. V.rbenaa, 

 strong healthy plants, eood leadini; varieties, named, $^. He- 

 liotrope, ten tine varieties, $6. Heliotrope, Mud. de B!onay,$1.5f 

 perd'Z. 



No order shipped from this list for less amount than $.5. Six 

 of a kind at d' zen riites; 25 a' hundred rates. For smiiUer 

 Hmouuts and gn ater varieties 'ee our P' ^;(Tip'i'•e Catflloguc, 

 mailed on .ipplication. CHICAGO FLORAL CO., 

 aplH Thirtx-eiuhth St. liiMl «ir:iMl I'.oiiK viird. *i n-iigo iiK 



Roses, Roses, By Mail. 



10 Beautiful Ever-Blooniinc KoS'S, po.«tpaid to any address, 

 for $1,110, purcha.str's selection. All the best variities. The 

 hi'ct indui cnieids oticied to piirchnscr.'. of Gr' enhouse and 

 Beddii'U Plants in the U. 8. lor Spring of lh7s. All plants 

 warrai.ted to reach the purchaser in good condition. Cata- 

 logues Free, and send for one before pHrchasing > Isewhere. 

 Address W. H. HKENNEMAW, 



teb 6 Hurrisburg, Pa. 



