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THE NOR TIC VL TURAL AD VER TISER. 



BLOOMINGTON NURSERY. CUT FLOWERS IN QUANTITY 



Established 1852. 



600 ACRES. 



Headdnarters for Nnrserymen's and Florists' Sugles. 



Send for Samples and Prices. 



Particular attention is called to our large stock of 



Apple, Plum, Apricot, Mulberry, Gregg Raspberry, Sharp- 

 less' Seedling Strawberry, Snyder Blackberry, Con- 

 cord, Martha and Roger's Hybrid Grapes, APPLE 

 SEEDLINGS, Osage Plants, Weeping Mountain 

 Ash, Street, Park and Timber Trees, Roses. 



New Catalogue now ready. Address, 



BAIRD & TUTTLB, Agents, 



0.1 BLOOMINGTON, ILL. 



Visitors to the Germantown Nurseries can readily reach them bv 

 the street cars to Upper Church, or the Reading R. R. toGorga's 

 Lane, Chesmut Hill, in less than an hour from the heart of the city. 



Besides the small trees and shrubs common lo most nurseries, 

 attention is given, by frequent transplanting, to always keep on 

 hand numbers of 



LARGE TREES THAT WILL GROW, 



so that those having the means may not have to luait a life titne to 

 enjoy a beautiful garden landscape. It will always pay those in- 

 tending to plant to visit a large nursery like ours while the fuliaee 

 IS on the trees. 



MEEHAN'S NURSERIES, 



Jl-4 Chew, below Gorgas, Germantown, Philad'a. 



Rent paid two-and-a-quarter years bayg one. 



--*-»-■ BEST CABINET OK PARLOR ORGANS 

 IN THE WORLD; winners of highest dis- 

 tinction at EVERY world's FAIR FOR THIR- 

 TEEN YEARS. Prices, $51, 857, 866, 884, 

 . to $500 and upward. Also for easy 

 payments, 85 a month, or 86.38 a quarter and 

 upward. Catalogues free. MASON & HAM- 

 LIN ORGAN CO., 154 Tremont St., Boston- 

 46 East 14th St. (Union Square), Nkw York- 

 149 Wabash Avenue, Chicago. ' 



MASON 



AND 



HAMLIN 

 ORGANS 



At Lowest Wholesale Hates. 



Florists' Requisites of all kinds. 



Nurserymen and Growers' Supplies. 



Employment Agency for Employer and Employe. 

 Catalogues now ready. Send for them. ts.l2 



W. E. MEEHAN & CO., 15 S. Eighth St., Phila. 



GOLD FISH. 



10,000 Beautiful Cold Fish, Small and Medium. 

 Present price 810 por 100. For sale by 



1011 1. ^ A. MlSQDl, 



01 112 Smithfleld St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Orchid Grower's Manual 



BY BENJ. F. WILLIAMS, F. R. H. S. 



Containing descriptions of 930 Species and Varieties of 

 Orchidaceous Plants with notices of times of flowering, 

 approved modes of treatment and practical instructions on general 

 culture. Remarks on heat, moisture, soil, seasons of growth and 

 rest suited to thi" several .species. 



FIFTH EDITION ENLARGED WITH COLORED FRONTISPIECE, 

 and numerous beautiful illustrations. 336 PACES l2mO 

 CLOTH. Price, $3.50. Sent by mail, postage free, on re- 

 ceipt of price. 



4th edition of the above work also on hand, 300 pages 12 mo, 

 cloth, illustrated. Price, 82 50. Sent by mail, postage free, on re- 

 ceipt of price. Address, C. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila. 



PATENT BINDER 



For the Gardener's Monthly. Numbers filed with the greatest 

 convenience. Preserve them filed for reference, and have them 

 when you want them. Neatly Uttered on the side in gilt. Price, 40 

 cents each. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt cf price. Address, 



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



DUTCH BULBOUS ROOTS. 



HYACINTHS TULIPS, CROCUS, 



LILIES, NARCIRSUS, CROWN IMPERIALS, ROOTS, &c., 



Of the Finest Quality selected In Holland for our Retail Sales. 



Winter Blooming and Decorative Plants 



IN GREAT VARIETY AND GOOD CONDITION. 



Descriptive Catalogue <ree on application. "Wholesale List of Sulbs and Plants 



for dealers only mailed free. 



HENRY A. DRBER, 



No. 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 



