THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



Landscape Gardeners, 



SMITH & BUTLER, 

 Newport, Rhode Island. 



Plans and t'sliinfttes given for any part of the country. 

 novl2 



THE AMERICAN 



steamship Company of I'liiliKhiphin. PliilndiOphiii it Liverpool 

 Line. The only 'rriins-Atlinitie line sailing under the Ameri- 

 can Flajj. Sailinj; every Thursday from Philadelphiu, and 

 Wednesday from Liverpool. 



The Red Star Line, 



Carrying the Belgian and riiiti'd Stiiti's Mails. Sailing every 

 t-*vt'lvc days, alternately from Philadelphia and New York. 

 Direct and only 



TO ANTWERP. 



The American and Hed Star Lines being under one manage- 

 ment, Excursion tickets are good to return by either, thus sav- 

 in" the expense and annoyance of re-crossing the Channel. 



For rates of passage and general information apply to 

 apltf PETER WRIGHT & SONS, Fhila, Gvn'l Agts. 



Architects' and Builders' Pocket Companion 



AND PRICE BOOK. 



By FKANIi W. VOGDKS, Architect, 

 Consisting of n short but coraprehensive epitome of Decimals, 

 Duodecimals, Geometry and Mensuration, with tables of U. S. 

 Measures, strengths, etc. of iron, wood, stone and various other 

 materials, quantities of materials in given sizes and dimensions 

 of wood, brick and stone, and a full and complete hill ofpriccn 

 for carpenter irnrk. Also, rules for computing and valuing 

 brick and brick-work, stone-work, painting, plastering. &c. 2S4 

 pages, 16mo., cloth, price $L.^0. Tuck, $'2.00. Sent by mail, post- 

 age free, on receipt of price. Address CHAS. H. MAROT, 

 «14 Che^tnu^ St.. Phil ad'a. 



^^ "A FULL CROP IN TEN MONTHS." « JT 



■ 1^ POT CROWN w^mm 



\TrawberRT 



lOO will produce more trult and finer the first season 

 than 1,000 Plants grown In the ordinary way. 



All the Standard VarletlcB at $2. 50 PER I CO. 



FOREST ROSE = CRESCENT SEEDLING, 



and a number of other new rarieliex i.f great excellence. 

 A Pumphlet on "J'ot Grincii " Strawben-iex fkee. 



A. HANCE & SON, Red Bank , N. J. 



DV ED T IS C RS wauling good Agt'nT^n.Tionld 



DVEIXTIS t in tlK' I'HILA. AGENTS' HEKALD. 



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 a.000 different articles being advertised in the AGENTS' 

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MANY HARDTIMES OFFERS 



of over 10(1 responsible advertisers in the Herald wanting Agents. 

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 EVERY A WAKE should at once place himself indirect 

 WIDE ^\CENT communication with all firms every- 

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 insertion in the onlv Agents' Directory published in the World. 



PORTRAITS, &c., drawn by Machinery, learned in 6 min- 

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 to only 2a CENTS, or with Paints, Crayons, Pencils, 

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 large pear wood Instruments, beautifully polished, with 

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L. LUIVlSMITH,7l7SansomSt.,Phila., Pa. 



200,000 TUBEEOSES 



Guaranteed the linest Bulbs in the market. 



BOUBIjJS, $15 per lOOO. PJEAItL, .$•■.'.-> p«r lOOO. 



Ready for 8hii>ment by the 15th of October. 



aug.tf. 



F. COEBKLS, MtiiipliiK. Tf-nii. 



QTT? A T7rrT5T?T3 T5 TT7CJ •' 'u'l'es, larg.st, i.esi, most 



O i Xtii W JjJlirLrliJllO Hardy and Productive. 

 I'lant this Fall and save a year, (ireat American, .Monarch, Es- 

 sex, Cumberland Triuini)li. SH.\KPI..ESS, very huge, new, 

 llrm, sweet, excellent, hardy and i)roductive. Should be in 

 every collection. Crescent, Pioneer, Cap. Jack, and others. 

 Julys. Send for Catalogu e. WM. PARRY. Clunaminson.N.J. 



NURSERYMAN'S 



DIRECTORY 



of 1877-78. 



A reference book of the Nurserymen, Florists, Seedsmen, Tree 

 Dealers, <fec., for the United States. Alphabetically arra.iged by 

 States and Post Otiices. 310 pages, 8vo. Price $10.00. Mailed 

 post-paid, on receipt of price. 



Address, 



CHAS. H. M.-VROT, 



814 Chestnut St., Phila. 



MjiM Strawberry Plants, 



E(iual to i)ot plants at much lower rales. Set in Aug. and Sent., 

 (and later South). Will produce a full crop the following Spring. 

 Keiidy after Aug 1st. by the doz., 100 or 1000, cheap. Also, a 

 full stock of Peach and other nursery trees. Small Fruit Plants, 

 Vines, &c., of best quality and at low rates. Send for circu- 

 larto V CHAS. BLACK & BRO.. 



July 2 Village Nurseries, Mightstown, N. .1. 



New Tuberous Rooted Begonias. 



Three thousand well rooted ))lauts, raised from seed carefully 

 hybridized from the finest strains in cultivation, of all shades of 

 color, from the purest white to deep carmine, which will 

 blossom almndantly until frost. Fine strong plants sent post 

 jiaid securely packed on recei|)tof price as follows : Per doz., 

 $3.00 ; one-half doz., $a.OO. I am booking orders, to be de- 

 livered in the Pall, <'f all the new and leading European kinds,, 

 including those of Belgian, German, French and English origin. 



July 2 DANIEL BAKKER, Florist, etc., Norfolk, Va. 



Property for sale. One Acre of Land and New Dwelling, built 

 last Fall, two-story, frame, witli good cellar and good well and 

 cistern, in the centre of the town of Towanda, vvith a popula- 

 tion ef 5,000, and on three railroads. Valuable Greenhouse, 

 60 ft. by 20 ft., with good boiler and pipes, all in good running 

 order. A good trade of five years' standing. The whole prop- 

 erty will be sold together, or the Greenhouse and part ot the 

 lot separately, to suit purchasers. For further particulars ad- 

 dress or callupon the proprietor. JAS. J. KAVABTAGH,, 

 Towanda, Bradford C o., Pa., aag 2. 



Tobacco Stems, 



For Funilsatlii^ purposes, for sale in bales of about 400- 

 lbs., free on lioat or cars at $5 per bale, or three bales for $12^ 

 on one order. 



STRAITON & STORM, 



aagl2 



17s <& 180 Pearl Street, 



New York City. 



tZ.€\^\£\ -Agents Wanted to subscribe for the Agents*' 

 ^J^^^^^^ Journal. A handsomely bound 24-page Jour- 

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 copy of it. Send Postal Card for Specimen Copy. Agents" 

 Journal, N. Y. janl2 



