THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



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RHODODENDRONS, 



AND MANY HUNDREDS OF OTHER BEAUTIFUL TREES AND SHRUBS ARE OFFERED THIS SPRING BY 



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Rare and interesting plants, seldom found in collections, are grown in this establishinent,'as for'instanee : — 



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The SCOTCH BROOM, GENISTA SCOPARIUS ; and other old but seldom grown andoeau- 

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Shipping of Bon Silenes, Safranos, Fancy Roses and 



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Dlnslratei Floral Giiifle 1 1882, 



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THE ROSE 



A treatise on the Cultivation, History, Family Character- 

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 BY H. B. ELLW ANGER. 



A NEW BOOK 

 NOW READY. 



Pp. 293, 16mo, cloth. Mailed, post-paid, on 

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WALTER ELDER, 

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Designed to afford Information concerning the Planting 

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 the view of securing the Greatest Benefit for the Largest 

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



Orchid Grower's Manual 



BT BENJ. F. WILLIAMS, F. R. H. S. 



Containing de'criptions of 930 Species and Varieties ot 

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