THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



Peter Henderson. 



Cut liloiiins "f tlii> r:iiii"U- Cariialioii in <)iumtitii'.s to ttio trade. 



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TOWNSEND, HAMMAR & CO. 



Wholesale Growers and Shippers of Cut Flowers, 



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150 Tremont St., Boston. 



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TjANDSCAPE AhD aOBJII\0 GAKT>ENER, 



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OR, THE SCILNCE AND ART OF BUILDING. 

 By W. E. Bell, Architect. 

 A new and improved system. Specific instructions for Balloon 

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 of price. Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 



AMERICAN FLOWERIiARDEN DIRECTORY. 



By Robert Buist. 

 With practical directions for the Culture of Plants in Flower- 

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SMALL FRUIT CULTURIST. 



BY ANDRE^V S. PULLER. 



Giving Description, Historj', Cultivation, Propagation, Dis- 

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Beautifully Illustrated. 



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GARDENING FOR PLEASURE. 



BY PETKE HENDER.SON. 



A guide to the Amateur in the 



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With full directions for the 

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SELECT FERNS AND LYCOPODS. 



By Benjamin- S. Williams, F.R.H.S. 

 Comprising descriptions of 950 choice species and varieties, Brit- 

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Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 



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Primulas, Calceolaria & Cineraria Seed. 



The Greenbrook A Paterson Nurseries beg to inform the Trade 

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 principal .seed trade of Ent^land, are desirous of introducing their 

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OF Tin: 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



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[American VftKritdry College.) 

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Ho"w^ to liaise r'rij.its- 



BY THOMAS GKEOG. 



A Hand-book of Fruit Culture being a Guide to the proper 

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 and Small Fruits. 184 ))ages. 12mo, cloth, fully illustrated. 

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