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THE HOB TIG UL TUBAL ADVEBTISEB. 



Index to Advertisements. 



Advertisers are requested to have orders in hand at eaely as 

 POSSIBLB. Copy received after the 23rd of each month cannot he 

 INBUBED insertion in the next issue. 



Aldous James, Iowa City, Iowa 10 



Alkemede, M. C. & Co., Haarlem, Holland, 10 



Allen S. L., Philadelphia 10 



Barrett W. E. &Co., Providence, R. 1 9 



Baversdorfer M. M. &Co., Philadelphia 4 



Bliss B. K. & Sons. New York city cover 



Buist R., Philadelphia 1 



Burnett, Alex., Reading, Pa 2 



Chadborn & Coldwell, Newburgh, N. Y 8 



Christian at Work, New York city 11 



Elder Walter, Philadelphia U 



Ellis Chas. R., New York city 9 



Gilmore, S. J., Lawrence, Kan 2 



Harkett Wm. A., Dubuque, Iowa 10 



Hews A H. & Co., North Cambridge, Massachusetts 8 



Hinrichs C. F. A., New York city 2 



Hitchings & Co., New York city 3 



Jordan, J. M. & Bro., St. Louis, Mo 6 



Kearney Chemical W orks. New York 2 



Landreth, D. a Son, Phila 10 



Lonsdale Edward, Germantown, Pa 2 



Lord's Horticultural Works, Irvington, New York 5 



Lynex Richard, Philadelphia 10 



Marot, Chas.H., Philadelphia 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1-1, Fly-leaf 



Meehan Thomas, Germantown, Philadelphia 4, 9 



Miller & Hayes, Mount Airy, Philadelphia 6, 8 



Milton M., Andover, Mass 14 



Myers Thomas J , Philadelphia 8 



Nimmo Alexander, Brooklyn, New York 5 



Parsons, R. B. & Co., Flushing, N. Y 14 



Parsons S. B. & Sons, Flushing, New York cover 



Pennock Manufacturing Co., Kennett Square, Pa 9 



Raoux C, New York city 2 



Roehrs J., Jersey Citv, N. J 11 



Rolker A. & Sons, New York city Fly-leaf 



ScoUay John A., Brooklyn, New York 9 



Shalacker Bernhard, Gohlis. Leipzig 2 



Sked, Paddock & Co.. Cleveland, Ohio 2 



Stetfens N., New York city 2 



Straiton & Storm, New York city 10 



Wampler John, Caithage. Missouri.....*. 11 



Weathered & Cherevoy, N. Y. City 7 



Weber, Henry, Cumberland, Md 2 



Whitman & Lang, Philadelphia ; 9 



Wilson William C, New York city 10 



Wood Edmund M., Boston, Massachusetts 4, cover 



SITUATIONS WANTED. 



TO GENTLEMEN & FLORLSTS.— As Propagator, Plant 

 Grower, Managrr, or Salesman, a first-class man of great 

 experience, from England, (been out here upwards of 2 years,) 

 rapid grower of hard and soft wooded plants, orchids, Ac. 

 Would not object to a good private place. Well up in carpet 

 bedding, having been foreman at the Crystal Palace and fore- 

 man at Hyde Park. Three years in a large London Nursery, 

 and took a Diploma in this country. First-rate references. An 

 abstainer. Address J. C. G. Bridgeport, Conn. P. O. box 1147. 



WANTED a situation as head Gardener to go south of Phila- 

 delphia; twenty years experience in greenhouse and 

 thoroughly competent in all kinds of floral work ; married ; En- 

 glish by birth, been in this country 7 years. Address, A. W. 

 Ellott,Medford, Mass. 



BY a Gardener, single, Scotch ; has a practical knowledge of 

 the management of a private place, or the laying out and 

 taking care of Public Grounds Only a situation of responsibil- 

 ity is wanted. Distance no object. Address, G. C, care of Chas. 

 H. Marot, 814 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 



WANTED by an Englishman, single, aged 28, a situation in 

 a private or commercial establishment. Well up in all 

 branches of the profession. Active, sober, honest and ooliging, 

 and can give tirst-class references. 



Please address B. C, Office of the Gardner's Monthly. 



WALTER ELDER, 

 Landscape and Jobbing Gardener, 



1231 Rodman Street, PhiladOpMa, 

 Attends to all branches of his business on reasonable terms. 



R. B. PARSONS & CO., 



Bowne Avenue, Flushing, N. Y., 



OFFER THEIR 



RARE TREES & SHRUBS 



as well as the well known sorts, and invite the special attention of 



LARGE BUYERS 



To their Stock ol Rhododendrons, Azalea.s— Chinese and 

 Ghent- Camellias, Clematis, Hydrangeas, MiagnoUas 

 Roses by the 1,000. 



RARE EVERGREENS, 



are well known to be cultivated in large variety by them. 

 For Catalogues address 



Box 99, Flushing, N. Y. 



feb.l2 



SITUATION WANTED. 



As Gardener or Nursery foreman by Mansfield Milton, who for 

 the last five years had charge of one of the largest private horti- 

 cultural establishments in Mass-achusetts. Thoroughly under- 

 stands the culture of fh'chids. Stove and Greenhouse plants, 

 propagation and forcing of Roses and florists plants of all kinds; 

 treatment of Orchards, in-door and out door graperies, the man- 

 agement of lawns, Vegetable crops, and everything relating to 

 all practical branches of horticulture. Very beat of references, 

 junl M. MILTON, Box 189, Andover, Mass, 



A Hygroscope for 50 cents. 



THE CHEMICAlT HYGROSCOPE. 



This indicator of atmospheric moisture is as accurate as the 

 costly ones. Rooms heated tiy turnaces or stoves are aUuost in- 

 variably 80 dry as to be damaging not only to health but to fur- 

 niture. Some people take the consequences others keep water 

 on the heater. The Hygroscope chows at a glance whether the 

 air is too dry or not. 



Sent by mail for 50 cents. Address, 

 febtf CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., PhUadelphla, 



The Nurseryman's Directory. 



A reference book of the Nurserymen, Florists, Seedsmen, Tree 

 Dealers, &c., for the United States. Alphabetically arranged by 

 States and Post Offices. 242 pages, Svo. Price $s. Mailed, post- 

 paid, on receipt of price. 



Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut St , Phila. 



Orchid Culture. 



By Ei>wakd SPR*(iUE Rand, Jr. 

 Including culture, propagation, collection and hybridization 

 of Orchids ; the construction and managementof Orchid-houses; 

 a glossary of Botanical terms and significance of their names; 

 the whole forming a COMPLETTE MANUAL of ORCHID CUL- 

 TURE. Cloth 12 mo, 476 pages. Price $3.50. Mailed, post- 

 paid, on receipt ot Price. 



Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut 3t,, Phila. 



AMERICAN FRUIT CULTURIST. 



BT JOHN J. THOMAS. 



Practical directions for the Cultivation of Fruit Trees in th« 



NURSERY. ORCHARD AND GARDEN. 



Descriptions of tho principal American and Foreign varieties. 

 Plain Edition, 480 engravings, 511 pages, 12 mo. Price, $3.00. 

 Mailed post-paid on receipt or price. 



49**]i^tra Edition, 57S pages, heavy paper, fine cloth, 508 



illustrations and chromo frontispiece; mailed, for $3.75. "t* 



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



