THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



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MR. A. VAX G££RT'S 



CONTINENTAL NURSERIES, 



• Catalogue of New Plants; Palms, Orchids, Camellias, Azaleas 

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 t.dec.6 AUGUST ROLKER 8c SONS, N. Y. City. 



PEAR CULTURE FOR PROFIT. 



BT P. T. QUINN. 



A practical Horticulturist and author of "Money in the 

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Containing practical method of raising Pears intelligently 

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My Wholesale anl DescriptiYC Catalopes 



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ASPARAGUS CULTURE. 



The Best Methods Employed in England and France, 



By James Barnes and Wm. Robinson, F. L. S. 



Illustrated, 23 pages, 12 mo, paper. Price 20 cents. Mailed 



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Docile and Pearl' ^''•"•^' '' 



size, - - 



Blooming Bulbs, 



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 1.50 10.00 

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Architects' and Builders' Pocicet Companion 



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By FRANK W. VOGDES, Architect, 

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HOW TO HUNT AND TRAP. 



By J. B- Batty, Hunter and Taxidermist, 



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WORKING MAN'S WAY TO WEALTH. 



By Edmund Wrigley. 



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„ ^ Addre^, CHAS. H. MAROT, 



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THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES 



By B. J. Kendall, M. D. 



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MANUAL of The APIARY, 



By A. J. COOIi, 



Prof of Entomology in the Michigan State Agricultural College 



286 pp. large 12 mo.; 112 Qlostrationg. 



It comprises a full delineation of the anatomy and physiology 

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