THE HORTICULTURAL ADVER11SER. 



•w-^f T WT \ "NT ^^ HT t? J?-r T3 A 1? T? \/ Proprietors of the well known Mount Hope Nurseries at Roches- 

 H I L W j\. In V_r tL tx Qc JD r\ IV tV Y , ter, N. Y., founded 40 years ago, and now covering 600 acres of 

 I'T^'h^vite the attention of PLANTERS, NUKSERYIVIEN and DEALERS, to the extensive, varied and well grown stoclc, 

 which they now offer for the Spring tra^^e, embracing STANDARD and DWARF FRUIT TREES, the largest and most complete 

 collection in the U. S., including all New and Rare Fruits— Souv'r du Congres and other New Pears — Rivers' and New American 

 Peaches -Grape Vines for Vineyard and Gardes- Foreign Grapes for culture under glais— Currants, Raspberries, Straw- 

 berries, and all the Small Fruits— as well as Figs, Nuts, etc. 



ORNAMENTAL TREES, EVERGREENS, SHRUBS, including New and Rare Deciduous Trees, Upright and 

 Drooping Cut-leaved. Variegated-leaved and^ Purple-leaved— Evergreens, for specimen trees and for hedges— Shrubs, Flowering, 

 Climbing etc —Roses a specialty. Pfeonies, Clematis Jackmanni— Hardy Border Plants— Green-House, Hot-Hou£e 

 and Bed'ding Plants in great variety. g-^, Small parcels forwarded by mail when desired. 



Descriptive and Illustrated priced Catalogues sent prepaid on receipt of stamps, as follows : No. 1. Fruits (new ed., with colored 

 plate) 15 cts ; without, 10 cts No. 2. Ornamental Trees, with col'd plate of Roses, 25 cts. No. 3. Greenhouse, Free. No. 4. 

 Wholesale Free. No! 5, List of New Roses for 1876, Free. Nos. 1 & 3— Neatly bound together, forming an interesting and 

 valuable book for referenee, 50 cts. by mail postpaid. tt-3=Promp' attention given to all orders and inquiries. 



fel)3 Address- ELLW ANGER & BARRY, Rochester, N. Y. 



R. B. PARSONS <£ CO. 



BOWNE AVENUE, 



FLUSHING, NEW YORK, 



OFFER A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF THE BEST 



Our Office and Greenhouses being at the h^cation once occupied by the old house of Parsons & Co. (now dissolved), of which R. B. 

 Parsons was a member, visitors will find it quite accessible from either the Bridge or Main Street Railroad Stations. 

 We cultivate in great quantity and offer to 



LAPGE BUYERS, 



a fine stock of RARE TREES and SHRUBS, embracing 



Rhododendrons of the certainly Hardy Sorts, 



AZALEAS-CHINESE and GHENT 

 ROSES of Best Sorts and Quality. 

 The attention of DEALERS is invited to our stock 



feb3 



CAMELLIAS, MAGNOLIAS, PURPLE BEECH, CLEMATIS; 



4^For Catalogues, address. 



Box 99, FLUSHING, NEW YORK. 



I have founded my business on the belief that the public are 

 anxious to get their seed directly from the grower, and I therefore 

 offer FREE to every man and woman in the United States who 

 cultivates a farm, tills a vegetable garden, or plants a flower gar- 

 den, my large, Illustrated Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower 

 Seeds for 1876; it contains, in addition to the choicest kinds pro- 

 duced in Europe, one hundred and fifty varieties of vegetable seed 

 grown on my four seed farms. Customers of last season need 

 not write for it. As the original introducer of the Hubbard, 

 Marblehead and Butman Squashes, Pbinney's Melon, the Mar- 

 blehead Cabbage, and a score ol other new vegetables, I solicit 

 your patronage. All seeds sold under three warrants. A 100,000 

 catalogues will be issued and sent out the 1st of January. 

 JAMES J. H. GPvEGORY, 

 dec5 Marblehead, Mass. 



Grown especially for the Trade and Planters in Quan- 

 tity. CONCORD, MARTHA, Delaware, Hartford, 

 Prolific, Ives, Salem, Wilder, lona, and many other varie- 

 ties, one and two years old, iu i|a:uii ;i v. 



A. UANCE & SON, 

 novtf Nartferymen and Florists, Red Bank, N. J. 



TO THE TRADE. 



A choice collection of POPULAR PLANTS for the Spring 



Sale of 1876. ft^-Send for price list. L,. B. CASE, 



febS Richmond, Ind* 



SCHMITZ'S 



NEW DAHLIAS, 



FOR 1876. 



Acis, Lilac, shaded. 



Adah Purple, godlen tip. 



Ajax, Pure white, full centre, (Liliput.) 



Amazon, Primrose, full centre. 



Beatrice, Plush, full centre. 



Beppo, Primr. se.tip: ed with scarlet. 



Estella, Opaniy white, perfect form. 



HIAWATHA, Blush white, full centre. 



Jewel, Bright scarlet. 



Mabel, Creamy white, full centre. 



Mira, Yellow and purple. 



Rosina, Bright rose, full centre. 



Signet, Lilac, striped with crimson. 



Siren, Bronze, full centre. 



Soleil, Yellow, tipped with scarl t. 



Trojan, Yellow, tipped with rose, full centre. 



Price S2.00 per ground Root. )S20. 00 per dozen. 

 Discount to the Trade. 



The above list comprises a sehction of the very beat Dahlias 

 from the large collection of seedlings raised annually, by the 

 cel'brated Dahlia Grower, Mr. Gerhard Schmitz. 



Introduced and sent out by 



HENRY A. DREER, Seedsman and Florist, 

 febl 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 



