THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



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For HyacintbB, Tulips, NarclBsas, etc. I^arpie stock on 

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HOW TO PAINT. 



By a Practical Painter ; for the use of Tradesmen, 

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



HOW TO READ 



AND HINTS IN CHOOSING THE BEST BOOKS. 



With a classified list of work of Biography, History, Criticism 

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HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS 



Plants and Flowers in the Garden and the House; giving 

 directions short, sharp and decisive how to overcome every insect 

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 Lives in the homes of anxious, tired housekeepers. Paper, 100 pages. 

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Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 



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HOW PLANTS GROW. 



By Asa Gray. M. D. 



A simple Introduction to Structural Botany^ with a Popular 

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 both wild and cultivated. Illustrated with 500 wood engravio-js, 

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814 Chestnut St.. Philn 



HOW TO RAISE FRUIT 



By THOMAS GREGG. 



A Hand-book of Fruit Culture, being a Guide to the proper Cul- 

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CHAS H. MAROT. 814 Chestnut St .Phtla 



HOW TO HUNT AND TRAP. 



By /. B. Batty, Hunter and Taxidermist. 



Cool aining fulUnstructions for hunting the Buffalo, Elk, Moose. 

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



HOW TO PROPAGATE 



GROW^FRUIT 



BV ClIAS. A. GHKEN. 



fil pa^cs. Octavo. Illustrated with 2 colored plates and 

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HO\N TO MANAGE BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS. 



By Edmund Wriglby. 

 Being a Director's Guide and Secretary's Assistant, with forms 

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HOW THE FARM PAYS. 



The Experiences of hO years of Successful Fanning ana 

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WM. CROZIER and PETER HENDERSON. 



Profusely Illustrated with Wood Cuts, Octavo, 400 pages. 

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



HOW TO LAY OUT A GARDEN. 



By Edward Kemp, 



A general guide in Choosing, Forming and Improving au Es- 

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8U Chestnut bt., Phila. 



THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES, 



BY B. J. KENDALL, M. D. 



With the real essential information relative to each disease. Will 

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 principal medicines used, and a few pages on action and uses of 

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CHAS. H. MAROT. 814 Chestnut Street. Phila. 



PRACTICAL FORESTRY. 



BY ANDREW S. FULLER. 



A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting, and Cultivation 

 with a Description, and the Botanical and Popular Names 

 of all the Indigenous Trees of the United States, both 

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 of the most Valuable Exotic Species. Copiously Illustrated. 

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