THE HORTlCULlbRAL ADVERTISER. 



SITUATIONS WANTED. 



Advertisements under this head mu^t be paid for in advance, with 

 the order, at rate ol |i.oo for each ^6 words per ins'rtion. 



AS Gardener and Florist in a inivate family, having Green- 

 houses. First-class references ; can engage at once ; 

 English ; no family. F. T. G., South Bend, lud. 



BY a young German. First class gardener, and under- 

 stands all branches ; Greenhouse, Fruits, Trees, and 

 Vegetables ; city reference. Address A. Balzer, care of Miss 



A. Slurray, .>5 S'chermerhorn Street, Brooklyn X. Y. 



\A/Ab|Trn A man to take charge of Fruit Nursery 

 TV M II I d U and Vegetable Farm, 40 acres. One com- 

 petent could secure permanent place. Reasonable wages, 

 or interest i n business. A. A. Peaco ck, Sh er man , Tenn. 



Greenhouses. 



Address, 

 GEO. U. WRIGHT, 

 Bioux City, 

 Iowa. f.3 



FOR SALE 



and Seed Potatoes free bv addressing 

 I. MERRILL, West Xewburv, Mass. rahS 



R£]iil.I$ THIS! 



GOOD CHANCE FOR A GARDENER AND LIVE BUSINESS MAN. 



My place in Salina, Kansas, on the U. P. 

 a growing town of 3,.50O inhabitants, 

 large lots, good new house, live rooms, 

 new bricK greenhouse, fifty feet long. Sweet 

 potato cellar, stable well, large cLstern, wind-mill with tank 

 and pipes laid all through the place. No water to carry, and 

 well sheltered. Eighty hot-bed sashes with frames and 

 covers. Everything in best condition. The only bu.siness 

 of the kind between Topeka and Denver. Price, SS.OOO. 

 For information send to JOHN BUCHI, Florist, 



Salina, Kansas^ 



wrnm. 



Four Greenhouses well stocked with a very line lot of Tropi- 

 cal, Foliage, and bedding plants. Established six years. 

 Hot water heating apparatus, fine healthy location. City 

 water. Grounds contain about three acres, and of first class 

 soil. Will sell very reasonable. Reason for selling given on 

 application to 



WM. S. FITHIAN, Florist, 



Bridgeton, New Jersey. 



Some Fine jilisli Bools. 



Twining's Natural Order of Plants. 2 vols J15.00 



Low's Ferns of Great Britain. 8 vols., V$ tky 80 00 



Shirley Hibberd's New, Rare Beautiful Lved Plants. 1 vol... 9.00 



" " Amateur's Flower G.irden 3.00 



" " " Greenhouse 8.00 



" " " Rose Book 3.00 



Wooster's Alpine Plants. 2 vols 17.50 



Wild Flowers, 2 vols, colored plates, 5.00 



" of the Holy Land (quarto) colored plates 8.60 



Fern Paradise, Illustrated, plain edition 3.00 



" " Photographs, 5.00 



" colored plates 1.75 



Garden 1.50 



Field Flowers, " 1.50 



British Fungi, " 2.50 



Microscopic Fungi, " 2.50 



Country Walks, by a Naturalist, Illustrated 1 75 



Half Hours in ihe Green Lanes 2.00 



Half Hours with some English Antiquities.... 2.00 



Marvels of Pond Life, Illustrated 1.75 



SeaWeed Collector (Shirley Hibberd) colored illustrations... .2.00 



Sylvan Spring, colored plates 5 00 



Book About Roses S. Reynolds Hole. Illustrated 3.75 



Greenhouse Fanc-es, splendid colored Illustrations 12 50 



Newton's Landscape Gardening, fob, 24 dble pp, plates 6 00 



British Sea Weeds, Mosses, Ferns and Entomology, square, 



16mo, gilt, 89 plates, 4 vols 12.00 



Newton's Land-cape Gardener 6.00 



Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of prices. Address, 



CHAS. H. MAHOT, 



814 Chestnut Street, Phila. 



TALKS ABOUT FLOWERS. 



BY MRS. M. D. WELLCOME. 



"The author chats of flowers in a very entertaining and 

 instructive manner. Many valuable hints are given to 

 amateurs respecting the sowing of seeds, rooting of cuttings, 

 window gardening, insects on plants, etc., etc." — Concord 

 Monitor. 



Pp 162 ; octavo, cloth, SI. 00 ; paper, gilt, 60 cts., mailed, post- 

 paid, on receipt of price. Address, 



(5hAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila. 



SUBTROPICAL GARDEN; 



Or, Beauty of Forna in the Flower Garden. 



By W. Robinson, F. L. S. 

 Beautifully illustrated. 241 pages, i2mo, cloth. Price, ^3.75 

 Mailed, postage free, on receipt of Price 



Address, CHAS. H MAROT, 



814 Chestnut St., Phila, 



ALPINE FLOWERS for ENGLISH GARDENS 



By W. Robinson, F. L. S. 



An explanation of the principles on which the Exquisite Flora ol 



Alpine countrias may be grown to perfection in all Parts of the 



British Islands, wiih numerous Illustrations, of Rock Gardens, 



Natural and Artificinl. 70 Illustrations, 445 pages, crown 8vo, cloth. 



Price, $4 so. Mailed, postage free on receipt of price. 



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



ART OF GKAFTING AND BUDDING. 



By Charles Baltet. 

 Appropriately and fully illustrated by cuts, showing methods, tools 

 and appliances, 2 jo pages, i2mo, cloth. Price $1.50. A/ ailed, post- 

 age free, on receipt of price. Address, 



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



BACK VOLUMES 



Can still be had in numbers, per year - - - - ^2 10 



Bound in neat cloth cases, including numbers, - - - 2 85 



" 1^ Roan, " " - - - 310 



Cloth cases alone, mailed for ------ - 50 



Delivered postage free. 

 3r ma 1 us your own numbers, and have them bound in cloth cases 

 for 90 cents. Returned to you bound, postage free. 

 Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 

 814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 



FRUIT AND BREAD. 



A Natural and Scientific Diet. 



BY GUSTAV SCHLICKEVSKN. 



Translated from the German by M. L. Holbrook, M. D. Intended 

 to show what is the natural food of man ; to lead him to become a 

 living child of nature; to simplify and beautify his manner of living; 

 to emancipate woman from the drudgery of the kitchen ; to lead to 

 increased use of fruit; to diminish the use of fle^h, and where 

 possible, to do away with its use altogether; to improve the health 

 and add to the enjoyments and value of life. Cloth, 250 pages ; n 

 mo, illustrated. Price, $1. Sent by nr.ail post-paid on receipt of 

 price. Address, 



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



HOW TO RAISE FRUIT 



By THOMAS GREGG. 



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

 tivation and Management oJ Fruit Trees, and of Grapes and small 

 Fruits. 184 pages, i2mo, cloth, fully illustrated. Price, |i. 00. Sent 

 by mail post-paid, on receipt of price. Address, 



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



MUSHROOM CULTURE. 



ITS EXTENaiON AND IMPHOVEMBNT, 



BY WM. ROBINSON. 



With numerous illustrations, 172 pages, cloth. Price, 76 cents. 

 Mailed, post paid, on receipt of price. 



CHAS. H. MABOX, 814 CheKtnnt St., Phila. 



