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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



CARNATIONS 



Field'growu ; Good Plants of all the LeadiDgOld 

 Standard and Best New Sorts. 30 Varieties. 



maris: LOUISE and SWANLEY WHITE. 



CHRYSANTHEBIUMSi] 



so New and ISO Older Varieties. 



NEW DOUBLE WHITE DAISY 



Excellent for Winter Blooming:. 



Of all the Beat New and 'Older Bedding Plants* 

 Boses, &c» 



Write for Catalogue and lowest prices. 



Nicholas Studer, 



mm\k p. 0., mmmi d. c. tsr. 



Farm Conveniences. 



A Practical Every-day Handlioolc for tiie Farm. Full 

 of Labor-saving devices and Home-made contrivances, 

 within the reach of all. Contains the best ideas gathered 

 from a score of practical men in all departments of Farm 

 Labor. 212 Illustrations, 240 pages. 12 mo, cloth. By mail, 

 post paid, for 81.50. Address, 



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



Being the experience of many practical writers. Bring- 

 ing together tlie devices that hundreds of housekeepers 

 have found useful in their own homes. The "Conveniences" 

 are selected on account of their practical character, trust- 

 ing that they may lighten Vhe labor and "save steps" to 

 many an over-worked housekeeper. 220 Illustrations, 240 

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Address. CHAS. H. MaROT 814 Chestnut St., PhUa. 



A MANUAL OF VEGETABLE PLANTS, 



BY ISAAC P. TILLINGHA8T. 



Containing the experiences ot the author in starting all those 

 kinds of vegetables which arc most difficult for a novice to produce 

 from seed ; with the best methods known for combating and repell- 

 ing noxious insects and preventing the diseases to which garden 

 vegetables are subject. 102 pages, i6mo, cloth, price, #1.00, 

 mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address, 



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



GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF INSECTS. 



By a. S. Packard, Jr., M.D. 

 Also a Treatise on those iNJORioos and BeneficiaIj to 

 Crops. For the use of Colleges, Farms, Schools and Agri- 

 culturists. Illustrateil with 11 plates, and 650 wood-cuM. 

 702 pages, Svo, cloth. Price, $6,00. Sent by mail post-paid 

 on receipt of price. Address, 



(;HA8. H. MAKOT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila. 



NEW AND RARE EAST INDIAN AND OTHER 



ORCHIDS*®!^ 



The undersisiied offers EAST INDIAN and other ORCHIDS 



in large quantities, well established plants, as well as extra 



large specimens. At prices much lower than they can be 



purchaspfl in Europe. 



ANGRi-ECUMS in variety; splendid plants. 



AKIDKS— VirensEUisii^Lobbii, Roseum. Adoratum,Crassi- 

 foliuni, Crispum, Q,uinquevulnerum, Fieldingi, Ac. 



CALANTHA3—Veitchii,Vestita rubra, Lutea, Nivalis, Ac. 



CATTLEYA — EUlorado, Eldorado splendens, Superba, 

 Mos-siae, LeopoUlii, Mendelii, Trianae, AmetUystina, Leo- 

 poldii, Percivaliana, Imperialis, Maxima, Skinerii, Ac. 



CYPRIPEDICMS — Oandatum, Concolor, Niveum, 

 Pierceii, Lawrenciana, Sedeni, Lowei, Spicerianum, 

 Argus, Ciliohire, RffizUi, Robelina, Ac. 



DENDKOBIUM8— Aggregatum, Albo-Sanguineum, Bar- 

 batulum, Chrysanthum, Cretaceum, Chrysotoxum, Cras- 

 sinoda, Dalhousianum, Devonianum, Eburneum, Fal- 

 conerii, fimbriatura occulatum, formosum ^ganteum, 

 Luteolum, macrophyllum giganteum, Parisnii, Pier- 

 ardii latifolia Suavissimum, Wardianum, Dearii, Thy- 

 rsiflorum, Jamesaanum, Nodatum, Densiflorum, 

 Schrrederi, Ac. 



IijELI AS— Aiiccps, Superbiens, Alba, Dawsonii, Perrinii, Ac. 



LVCASTE SKINNERU— A grand winter-floweringOrchid. 



ODONTOGLOSSUMS— Grande, Bictoniensis. Rossii majus, 

 PlKila-nopsis. Kramerii, Roezlii, Crispum, Pescatorea,Ac. 



PH^LANOPSIS— Amabilis,SchiUeriana, CornuCervi,Ac. 



SACCOLABICM — BUimei majus. Guttatum, Ampula- 



ceum, Violaceum, Curvifolium giganteum, Retusem, Ac. 



Masdevallias ; Tricopilia ; Vadas ; Barkerias ; Chysis ; 



Coryanthes; Phaius ; Stanliopeas; .Sobralia ; Utricularias. 



With many rare Orchids. Catalogue on application. 



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WASHINGTON, D. C. 



AND BULB CULTURE. 



BY D. T. FISH. 



Being descriptions, both Historical and Botanical, of the 

 principal bulbs and bulbous plants, and their chief varie- 

 ties; with full and practical instructions for their success- 

 ful cultivation, both in and out of doors. Illustrated, 46tJ 

 pages, 12mo, cloth. Price, 82.00, by mail, post-paid. 



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



INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. 



By Chas. Darwin. 



With copioua descriptive contents and index. Dlufltrated, 

 462 paties, hmo, cloth. Price $7.00. 

 8ynl by mail post-paid on receipt of price. 



Addresg CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut St., Phila. 



AMERICAN GARDENER'S ASSISTANT. 



By Thomii.s Bridgeman. 



Containing complete practical directions for the cultivation of 

 Vegetables, Flowers, Fruit Trees and Grapevines. lUustratud. 

 529 pages, 12mo, cloth. Price $2.50. Sent by mail post-paid on 

 receipt of price. 



Address CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut St., Phila, 



WINDOW GARDENING. 



By Henry T. Williams. 



Devoted specially to the (^dture of Flowers and Ornamental 

 Plants for In-door use and Parlor Decoration. Splendidly illus- 

 trated. 900 i)ages, med. 8vo, cloth. Price $1.50. Sent by mail 

 poBt-pald ou receipt of price. 



Address CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut St., Phila 



