THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



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Sflie Fine Eiglisl Bools. 



Bentham's British Flora, 2 vols., Svo, Illustrated J16.50 



British Sea Weeds, Mosses, Ferns and Entomology, 



square, 16mo, gilt, S9 plates, 4 vols 12.00 



Cultivated Plants, their Propagation and Improve- 

 ment, Burbiilge 6.25 



EJnglish Flower Garden, Robinson, illustrated 6.00 



Ferns of Great Britain and their Allies. 41 col. plates, 6.25 

 Flowering Plants, Grasses and Ferns of Great Britain, 



Pratt. 6vols., 319 colored plates 32..')0 



Flowers and Gardens. Notes on Plant Beautj' 1.50 



Flowers ; their Origin, Shapes, Perfumes and Colors.. 2.50 



Gilpins' Forest Scenery 3.00 



Greenhouse Favorites, splendid colored Illustrations.. 12.50 



Half-Hours in the Green Lanes 2.00 



Half-Hours \vith some F^nglish Anticmities 2.00 



Handy Book of the Flower (iarden, Thomson 3. 75 



Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Flowers, Sutherland.. 2.75 



Lindley's Vegetable Kinedom 12.00 



Low's Ferns of Great Britain. 8 vols., >i tky 80.00 



Rambles in Search of Wild Flowers 3.75 



Sylvan Spring, colored plates. Heath 5.00 



Vegetable World, Figuier, -170 Illustrations, in calf 6.00 



Walton 4 Cotton's Complete Angler, octavo, 60 plates 4.00 

 Wild Flowers of the Holy Land (quarto), col. plates. 8..50 



Window Gardener. MoUison, illustrated 2.00 



Wooster's Alpine Plants. 2 vols 17.B0 



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



Together with Complete Plans and Specifications. Over 

 100 Engravings of Designs and Plans of Cottages and 

 Country Houses, costing trom F200 to $.5,000. By S. B. Reed, 

 Architect, Author of •' House Plans for Everybody." Cloth. 

 12 mo, mailetK post-paid, for 81.2-5. Address, 

 CH.\S. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila, 



INJURIOUS INSECTS 



OF THE 



FARM and GARDEN. 



By MARY TREAT. 



Fully riustrated. 288 pages. 12mo, cloth. 

 Price, S2.0O by mail, post paid. Address, 



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



The Floral Kingdom 



Its History. A Dictionary of more than 300 Flowers, with 

 the Genera and Family to which they belong and the 

 Language of each. Illustrated by appropriate Gems of 

 Poetry and a particular Treatise on tlie Cultivation and 

 Analysis of Plants. 450 pages, on heavy tinted highly cal- 

 endered paper, and red line border with ornamental cor- 

 ners, splendidly bound beveled boards, full gilt. A beauti- 

 ful present. Price, S6..50 by mail, post-paid. Address, 



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



ROSE GARDEN. 



BY WM. PAUL. 



ARRANGSD IN TWO DIVISIONS. 



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

 of the Rosarium, and a detailed account of the various practices 

 adopted in a successful cultivation of this popular 6ower. 



Division 2. — Containing an arrangement in Natural Groups of 

 the most esteemed varieties of Roses recognized and cultivated iD 

 the various Rose Gardens, English and Foreign, with full descript- 

 ions and remarks on their origin and mode of culture. 



Illustrated with Thirteen magnificent Colored Plates of various 

 Roses drawn to life, and with numerous engravings on wood. 



Royal 8vo. Cloth. 328 pp. cloth, heavy paper and handsome 

 type. Price, S7 00, mailed post-paid on receipt of price. 



Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Philad'a 



WATERMAN'S "IDEAL" FOUNTAIN PEN. 



FLOW of ink regulated automatically by act of writing, ! 

 free as from a freshly dipped pen and much more even. 

 SIMPLEST, cleanest, readiest and most easily man- 

 aged of all the fountain pens. I 

 NO air-valves or other machinery, and consequently 

 nothing to get out of order or to be adiusted. I 

 WHEN the cap is removed it is ready to write, and 

 when the writing is done the cap can he replaced. 

 WRITES according to the t^ize of the holder, from 10 

 to 25 hours continuously, with one filling, and any rte- i 

 sired kind, color or quality of ink can be used. 1 



US ES {jold or steel pens of the ordinary forms, and your 

 favorite pen can be fitted. 

 PENS in the holders are always wet with ink, and as 

 steel pens are continually rusting or corroding, it is 

 better to use a gold pen which never rusts nor corrodes ink. 



PENS can be filled and left for months without being 

 used, and when opened the ink will flow as readily as 

 if just filled. 



WE have holders for gold pens of numbers 3 to8 inclu- 

 sive, and for the common steel pen : also, an assort- 

 ment fitted with gold pens ready for use. 



PRICES OF H01.DERS WITH GOI.D PENS. 



No. 1—" Ladles' " size, is the smallest ; 4^4 inches long, 5-16 1 No. 4 

 inch in diameter ; takes a No. 3 or 4 gold pen. Price, S^^.oO. 



No. 2— "Gentleman's" size, 5 inches long and % inch in 

 diameter ; takes a No. 4 or 5 gold pen : is the most popular 

 and convenient pocket size. Price, according to pen, S3.50 

 orS4.ftO. 



No. 3—'* Medium" size, 4^ inches long and 7-16 inch in di- 

 ameter ; takes a No. 6 or 7 gold pen. Price, So. 00. 



' Long " size, 6^ Inches long and 7-16 inch in diam 

 eter ; takes a No. 6 or 7 gold pen. Price. S5.50. 



No. 5—" Large " size, 43^ inches long and }4 inch in diam- 

 eter ; takes a No. 7 or 8 gold pen. Price, ffo.OO, 



No. 6 — "Mammoth" size, 6>4 inches long and K inch in di- 

 ameter ; takes a No. 7 or 8 gold pen. Price. S7!.5n. 



Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 10 are long tapering " Desk " holders of 

 same sizes and prices as Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5 respectively. 



PRICES OF HOLDERS WITHOUT PENS. 



Nos. 1 and 7. 

 Nos. 2 and S. 



S2: 



I Nos. 3 and 2 75 I 



I Nos. 4 and 10 3 (JO 



N0.5 3 25 



N0.6 3 50 



LENGTH given is with the pen ready for the pocket ; with the cap on top of holder it is from 1 to 2 inches longer. 



PRICES given are for well-finished 14 carat gold pens of the smallest size suited to the holder ; 16 carat gold pens, 

 or pens of the larger sizes, cost from .50 cents to i^l.OO more. The 16 carat pens are of extra finish as well as quality and 

 are well worth the difference in price. GOLD-MOUNTED holders cost from 50 cents to SI. 00 more, according to style. 



Silk and Plush lined morocco-covered cases for Nos. 1 and 2 are furnished for oil cents extra. 



In ordering holders it is better to send a sample steel pen or the gold pen to be fitted. 



In ordering holders with gold pens complete and ready for use, send sample of writing and description of the quality nf 

 pen desired : i. e.. whether the pen shouhl be a long or'short nib, of coarse or fine point and of hard or soft flexiliility. 



A certificate may be had with each pen, which warrants the gold pens and holders for five (5) years, and guarantees 

 both combined as a fountain pen, to give satisfaction on thirty days' trial or the money will be returned. 



Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 



