THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



19 



Ml Improvefl 



For heating HOTHOUSES, GREENHOUSES and DWELLINGS. 

 Send for Circular with full particulars. 



. JOHN DICK. JR. 



Successor to John Dick, Florist, .53d and Darby Koad. Phila. 



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 

 task, but as a delight. Adapting the Kindergarten principle to 

 older children. In France and Sweden it is no longer an exper- 

 iment. School gardens in city and town are destined to be a 

 great educational force in America. This book, full of spirit 

 and enthusiasm, will materially hasten the day. Price by mail, 

 50 cts. each, by express, 5 cop'ies for §2.00, 12 copies for $4.00. 

 Sent on receipt of price Address, 



CHAS. H. MA ROT, 



814 Chestnut Street, Phila. 



FRUIT AND BREAD. 



A Natural and Scientific Diet. 



BY GUSTAV SCHLICKEVSEN. 



Translated from the German by M. L. Holbrook, M. D. In- 

 tended to showwhat is the natural food of man; to lead him to 

 laecome a living child of nature: to simplify and beautify his 

 manner of living; to emancipate women from the drudgery of 

 the kitchen ; to lead to increased use of fruit; to diminish the 

 use of flesh, and where possible, to do away with its use alto- 

 gether ; to improve the health and add to the enjoyments and 

 value of life. Cloth, 2-50 pages; 12mo. illustrated. Price, $1. 

 Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price. Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT 814 Chestnut St., Phila. 



" HAND-BOOK 



PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE 



GARDENIXG. 



BY r. R. ELLIOTT. 



Designed for City and Suburban Hesidenccs, and Country 

 School-Houses; containing designs for lots and grounds, from 

 a lot 30 by 100, to a forty-acre plot. Each plan is drawn to scale, 

 with schedule to each, showing where each tree, shrub, Ac., 

 should be planted; condensed instructions for forming and caring 

 for lawns; building of roads; turfing, protection, pruning and 

 care of trees; making cutliiiHS, evergreens, hedges, screens, Ac. 

 Condensed descriptions of all the leading trees and shrubs; soil 

 and position in which they should be grown. Illustrations of 

 ground plans, elevations, trees, shrubs, winter gardening, Ac 

 96 pp., 8 vo. cloth. Price Jl.50. Sent by mail on receipt of price. 

 Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila. 



HOT HOUSE 



edding Plants. 



Comprising all the LATEST IMPORTATIONS. Also all the 

 Novelties of the Season. Dreer's New Coleus. etc. Caraellias 

 and Azaleas a Specialty. Best quality of Jersey Peat for Camel- 

 lias and Azaleas in ea-ses containing 2|:^bbls., at S3.00 per case. 

 Also Best White Packing Moss at 75 cents per bbl. Send for des- 

 criptive catalogue to 



Successor to TOU^iT ^IC^, E^lorist, 



53rd and DARBY ROAD, 



niyl2. Philadelphia, Pa. 



THE ISBELL 



mOLE TRAP 



IS INFALLIBLE 1 1 



IT NEVER FAILS to catch and kill. 

 Lawns, Oardens, Parks and 

 Cemeteries cleared of this aggravating pest 

 in short order, by using this trap. Can be 

 pet in ah instant by any one. Does not get 

 out of order. PEICE, $2.00 EACH. Sent by 

 express on receipt of price, by 



YOUNG iS> ELLIOTT^ 



\V2 CORTLAXDT ST., NEW TOKK. 



Wholesale and retail catalogues of reliable 

 ^^.Oi*' seeds free by mail, on application. 



ON TRIAL 10 WEEKS, 



The SouTHKRN Industries— a Iti (wide) column, 4 page Week- 

 ly, just entered its 6th year— an impartial, independent journal, 

 telling what everybody wants to know about the South ; the dark 

 as well as the bright side— the advantiiges and the drawbacks 

 to immigration. Try it ten weeks. These terms are given in 

 order to introduce it everywhere. Any one sending SI for 7 

 copies will get one copy free. Address, 



mh.4 SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES, Nashville. Tenn. 



PRESERVING, PICKLING AND 



Canning FruitiS. 



By Mrs. M. E. PETERSON. 



Containing a choice collection of recipes for Preserving, 

 Pickling, and Canning Fruits, many of them being original 

 from housewives of experience. 



72 pages, 16mo. Price 50 cents. 

 Sent by mail, post paid, on receipt of price. 



ONLY A FEW COPIES LEFT. 



When these are gone, the WORK WILL BE OUT OF ^PRINT. 

 Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 

 814 Chestnut Street, Phila. 



