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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



Indian Azaleas, 



TRADE SIZES AND SPECIMENS. 



MolliB and Gbent Azaleas, Rhoclodenrons, Camellias, 

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A.. V-A.N CS-EEFIT, 



tmhtf Cnnlinental Nurseries, Ghent, Belgium. 



FLOWER SEED BAGS IN STOCK, 



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GARDENERS' DICTIONARY. 



Bv Geo. W. Johnson, Editor of " Cottage Gardener.'* 



Describing the Plants, Fruits and Vegetables desirable for the 

 Garden, and explaining the terms and operations employed in 

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Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 



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GARDEN 



AND 



FARM 



TOPICS. 



BY PETER HENDERSON. 



Embraces within its scope the foUowing subjects : Popu- 

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THE SCHOOL GARDEN 



XS »». SCHWAB, DIRECTOR OF THE VIENNA GVMNASIt'M, ETC. 

 PROM THE GERMAN BV MRS. HORACE MANN. 



AdTOcating education by labor as well as by study, not as a task 

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ROSE GARDEN. 



BY WM. PAUL. 



ARRANGBD IN TWO DIVISIONS. 



Division i. — Embracing the History of the Rose, the formatioD 

 «{ tSw Rosarium, and a detailed account of the various practicet 

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ROSES IN POTS; 



observations on their Cultivation including the Autobiography of 



''"'-^°"- by WM. PAUL. 



92 pages, cloth, illustrated. Price, HI 00 



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SWEET POTATO CULTURE. 



GIVING FULL INSTRUCTIONS FROM 



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WITH A CHAPTER ON THE CHINESE YAM. 



BY JAMES FITZ, 



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ICONOGRAPHY 



-OF- 



INDIAN AZALEAS, 



Containing plates and descriptions of some of the best old 

 and new varieties, 



BY AUGUST VAN GEEKT, 



With the assistance of the principal Horticulturists and 

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This splendidly illustrated work should be in the hands of 

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Truck Farmiog at the South 



A Guide to the Raising of Vegetables lor Northern Markets. 



BY DR. A. OEMLER, 



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ROSES AND ROSE CULTURE. 



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 The radonale of Rose cultivation in a nut-shell. Intended to 

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A treatise on Haidy and Tender bulbs and Tubers. 369 pages, moo. 



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