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CHARTOFTHEAGE 



OF THE 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



BY A. LIAUTARD, M. D., V. S. 



{American Vetemary College.) 



In this "Chart," which is fully illustrated and printed on 

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FERNS OF KENTUCKY, 



By John Williamson. 



With 60 full page etchings, and 6 wood cuts drawn by the 

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ALPINE FLOWERS FOR ENGLISH GARDENS 



By W. Robinson, F. L. S. 

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GARDENING BY MYSELF. 



By Anna Warner. 

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WINDOW GARDENING. 



By Henry T. Williams. 



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GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF INSECTS. 



By A. S. Packard, Jr., M.D. 



Also a Treatise on thosp Injurious and Beneficial to 



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A NEW BOOK ENTITLED, 



CIVILIZATION: 



Is its Cause Natural or Supernatural? 



AN INQUIRY BY A WAYFARER IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH. 



In the above work the principles of Evolution and Christianity 

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Fruit Growers' Hand-Book, 



By F. R. Elliott author of "Western Fruit Growers 

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SUBTROPICAL GARDEN ;, 



Or, Beauty of Form in the Flotver Garden. 



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A WONDERFULLY INTERESTING BOOK, 



ENTITLED 



THE SCHOOL GARDEN 



BY DR. SCHWAB, DIRECTOR OF THE VIENNA GYMNASIUM, ETC. 

 FROM THE GERMAN BY MRS. HORACE MANN. 



Advocating education by labor as well as by study, not as a 

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