THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



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HOW TO PAINT. 



By a Practical Painter ; for the use of Tradesmen, 

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 of every description : Formulas for Mixing Paint in Oil or 

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Full Directions for Using White Lead, Lamp-Black, 

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HOW TO READ 



AND HINTS IN CHOOSING THE BEST BOOKS. 



With a classified list of work of Biogr>iphy, History, Criticism 

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HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS 



Plants and Flowers in the Garden and the Housb; giving 

 directions short, sharp and decisive how to overcome every insect 

 enemy that infects flowers and plants, out-doors and in-doors. 

 which troubles window Gardens ; which eats up the vegetables of 

 the garden : which devours the fruit trees, shrubs and vines, and 

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

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HOW PLANTS GROW. 



By Asa Gray, M. D. 



A simple Introduction to Structural Botany with a Popular 

 Flora, or an arraneemeut and description of Common Plants, 

 both wild and cultivated. Illustrated with 500 wood engravings. 

 2;^:5 pages, large 16mo, half-arabesque, paper sides. Price %\ 25 

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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., Phila. 



HOW TO HUNT AND TRAP. 



By J. B. Batty, Hunter and Taxidermist. 



Containing full instructions for hunting the Buffalo, Elk, Moose. 

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 cock. Snipe, etc., etc. Also, the localities where game abounds. 

 In trapping, tells you all about steel traps; how to make homt- 

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 poisoning carnivorous animals, with full directions for preparing 

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CACTACEOUS PLANTS 



HISTORY AND CULTURE. 



By Lewis Castle, formeriy of the Royal Gardens, Kew. 

 12 mo, cloth. 93 pages with numerous illustrations. Price, 

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HOW TO PROPAGATE 



GROW^FRUIT 



BY CHAS. A. r.RKKN. 



64 p.iees. Octavo. Illustrated with 2 colored plates and 

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HOW TO MANAGE BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS. 



By Edmi^nd Wriglbt, 

 Being a Director's Guide and Secretary's Assistant, with form* 

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HOW THE FARM PAYS. 



The Experiences of W years of Successful Farming ana 

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WM. CROZIER and PETER HENDERSON. 



Profusely Illustrated with Wood Cuts, Octavo, 400 pages. 

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HOW TO LAY OUT A GARDEN. 



By Edward. Kexup. 



A general guide in Choosing, FormiDg and Improving an Es- 

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THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES, 



BT 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 

 medicines. Rules for telling age of Horse and fine engr.aving show- 

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PRACTICAL FORESTRY. 



BY ANDREW S. FULLER. 



A Treatise on the Prop.agation, Planting, and Cultivation 

 with a Description, and the Botanical and Popular Njimes 

 of all the Indigenous Trees of the United States, hnth 

 Evergreen and Deciduous, with Notes on a Large Number 

 of the most Valuable E.KOtic Species. Copiously Illustrated. 

 291) pages, tine cloth. Price f 1.5() : mailed, post paid. 



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