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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



Special Offer to the Trade- 



Per doz. Per 100 



Agapanthus umbellatus $1 25 $10 00 



Alysum Double White 75 6 00 



Akebia quinata 1 50 12 00 



Ardisia Crenulata, 4-lnch pots 3 00 20 00 



Azalea Indica, in var. splendid trained, 



standards 9 00 70 00 



Caladium, Fancy, in 25 best sorts, strong. . . 2 00 12 00 



Carnation Meteor, best new scarlet 1 25 10 00 



Chrysanthemum, 40 choice sorts 75 6 00 



Dahlias, in 25 best sorts, plants 150 10 00 



Draecenas Terminalis, 3-inch pots 2 00 12 00 



" " 4-ineh " 3 00 20 00 



" " 5-inch " 4 50 35 00 



The Draecenas are in unusually fine condi- 

 tion, well furnished and colored. 



Ficus elastica «5 00 to 9 00 



Gloxinia crassifolia; the finest of the 



Gloxinias, extra strong tubers 2 00 15 00 



Hydrangea, Thos. Hogg, strong 2 50 12 00 



Jasminum Grand Duke of Tuscany 3 00 



Latania Borbonica 125 8 00 



Lilium auratum 2 00 15 00 



T .ili um floribunda, or Harrisi ; the best lily 



for forcing $1 each 9 00 



Palms, Coryphea Australis, 3-inch pots 1 50 10 00 



" Carludovica palmata $1 00 each ; 10 00 



" Seaforthia elegans, 1st size 1 25 10 00 



2d " 2 00 15 00 



" » " 3rd " 3 50 25 00 



•' Chamaerops excelsa 100 600 



Pandanus utilis, splendid plants, 4-in. pots. . 3 00 20 00 



Pansies Dreer's Premium 50 3 00 



Pelargoniums, in25choicestsorts,3-in. pots.. 150 10 00 



Petunias Double, set of the 12 finest var. ... 1 25 8 00 



Phlox Perennial, 25 best sorts 100 6 00 



Verbenas, 20 best sorts, healthy 50 350 



Vinca Alba, Rosea and Oeulata each 75 5 00 



Violet Marie Louise and Neapolitan 75 5 00 



" New Double Blue, Marguerite de Savoie 5 00 



Wistaria sinensis, 2-y'r old, potgrown, strong 2 50 20 00 



Wholesale Trade List for 1S82, mailed to Florists ; and 

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HENRY A. DREER, 



714 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia. 



PEAR CULTURE FOR PROFIT. 



BY P. T. QUINN. 



A practical Horticulturist, and author of " Money in the 

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Containing practical method of raising Pears intelligently 

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HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS 



Plants and Flowers m the Garden and the House ; 'giving 

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Say's American Insects 



Three volumes and Separate Glossary. Octavo, Numerous 



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Price S!25.00, by mail, postage paid. 



Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut St., Phila. 



I succeeded in raising some seed of this Rare and Usefal 

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 I offer 100 seeds for SI .00; 1000 seeds for S8.00. 



f3 JOHN C. EISELE, 



1322 and 1324 N. 12th. St., Philad elph ia. 



nt^iX GOOD WHEAT, GRASS AND FRUIT FARMS 

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OF 



PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE 



GARDENING. 



BV F. R. ELLIOTT. 



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KEEPING ONE COW. 



Being the experience of a number < 

 and condensed form, upon the 



practical writers, m a clear 



Management of a Single Milch Cow. 

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CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut Street. Phila. 



ORNAMENTAL TREES. 



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AMATEUR'S ROSE BOOK. 



By Shirley Hibberd. 



Comprising the cultivation of the Rose in the open ground 

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



Orchid Grower's Manual 



BY BKNJ. F. WILLIAMS, F. R. H. S. 



Containing descriptions of 930 Species and Varieties ot 

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 approved modes of treatment and practical instructions on general 

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