THE HOR TICbL 7 URAL A D VhR TISER. 



FOREIGN GRAPE VINES FOR GRAPERIES. 



We now offer the finest collection of Foreign Grapes crown 

 in the country. They arc all good, strong, healthy canes, all 

 true to name and all in excellent condition for shipping. 

 Below will 1)0 found list of varieties grown by us, one and 

 two years old. 



(One year old vines, $1.00 each. 

 PRICE : ^ j^^j, ygg^ pij ^jnes, $2.00 each. 

 Bowood Muscat, Frontignan Grizzly, 



Muscat Hamburg, Frontignan Black, 



Canon Hall Muscat, Gros Colman, 



Madresfield Court Muscat, Hamburg Black, 

 Mrs. Prince's Black Muscat, Hamburg Wilmot'8, 

 Muscat of Alexandria, Hamburg Mill Hill, 



Black Prince, Hamburg Victoria, 



Black Alicante, Lady Down's Seedling, 



Black Barbarossa, Prince Albert, 



Black St. Peter's, Royal Ascot, 



Buckland Sweetwater, Santa Cruz, 



Calabrian Raisin, Trentham Black, 



Chasselasde Fontainebleau, 'White Nice, 

 Chasselas White, White Syrean, 



Chasselas Golden, White Sweetwater, 



Duchess of Buccleuch, W^hite Tokay. t.f.12 



Frontignan White, Catalogue sent free on application. 



We would also call special attention to our stock of 

 Camellias, Azaleas, Acacias, Roses and general collection 

 of winter-blooming ornamental foliage and bedding plants. 



DAVID FERGUSSON & SONS, Laurel Hill Nurseries, 

 RIdge and Lehigh Avenues, opp. Laurel Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 



WHEAT CULTURE; 

 How to Double the Yield and Increase the Profits. 



By D. S. CURTISS. 

 72 pages, illustrated. Price 50 cents, mailed, post-paid, on re- 

 ceipt of price. Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 8x4 Chestnut St., Phila. 



PRACTICAL HINTS 



On the selection and use of the 



MICROSCOPE, 



Intended for beginners, by John Phin, 



Editor of the Am. Journal of Microscopy, Enlarged edition, 

 Profusely illustrated; 181 pp., 12mo., cloth. Price, 75 cents. 

 Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address, 



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



KEEPING ONE COW. 



Being the experience of a number of practical writers, m a clear 

 and condensed form, upon the 



Management of a Single Milch Cow. 

 Illustrated, 132 pages, cloth. Price, $1.00, mailed, post-paid, on 

 receipt of price. Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut Street. Phila. 



Say's American Insects 



Three yolumes and Separate Glossary. Octavo, Numerous 

 Colored Plates from Original Drawings, 



Old Bake and out op Print, 



Onk set Only. 



Price tSiiS.OO, by mail, postage paid. 



Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut St., Phila. 



GARDENERS' DICTIONARY. 



By Gbo. W. Johnson, Editor of " Cottage Gardener." 

 Describing the Plants, Fruits and Vegetables desirable for the 

 Garden, and explaining the terms and operations employed m 

 their cultivation. New Edition, with a supplement, mcluding the 

 new plants and varieties. 910 pages, lamo, cloth, fine print. Pnce, 

 JS.OO. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price. 



Address, CHAS. H. MAROT. 



814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 



The Sugar Beet. 



Including a History of the Beet Root Sugar Industry of 

 Europe. Varieties of the Sugar Beet, Examination, 

 Soils, Tillage, Seeds and Sowing, Yield and Cost of 

 Cultivation, Harvesting, Transportation, Con- 

 servation, Feeding Qualities of the Beet 

 and of the Pulp, Etc., Etc , Etc. 



BY LEM'IS S. WARE, C.E., M.E., 



Fellow of L'Eeole des Arts, Agriculture et Manufactures, 

 Paris ; memlier of American Chemical Society. In one 

 volume, octavo ; illustrated by 90 engravings. Price, S4.00 

 by mail, postage free. Address, 



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



BEET ROOT SUGAR 



AND CUr.TIVAT10N OF THE BEET. 



BY E. B. GRANT. 



Including the Sugar supply of the U. S., History of Beet Root 

 Sugar, Supply of Beets, Cultivation, Cost of Beet Root Sugar in 

 Prance, Production in various Countries, Advantages, Method of 

 Raising, Harvesting, Preservation of Beets, Seed, Manures, Ro- 

 tation of Crops, Beet Pulp, Leaves of Beets, Pioftts, etc. 16 mo., 

 cloth, pp., 158. Price, $1.25. t^ent by mail post-paid on receipt of 

 price. Address, CHAS. H. MAROT. 



814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa 



Essay on. Roses. 



BY MKS. M. D. WELLCOME. 



Paper, pp. 24. Illustrated. Price, 15 cents. 



Mrs. Wellcome writes with enthusiasm, and from a 

 thorough knowledge, and a considerable experience. All 

 lovers of roses and all amateur horticulturists will find the 

 little monograph interesting and suggestive."— £os<on 

 Journal. 



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



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



Decorators and Paper-Hangers. 



being a selection of useful rules, data, memoranda, methods 

 and suggestions of house, ship and furniture painting, paper- 

 hanging, gilding, color mixing, and other matters useful and 

 instructive to painters and decorators. 



Prepared with special reference to the wants of Amateurs, 

 by an Old Hand, 60 pages paper, mailed post paid for 25 cents 

 on receipt of price. 



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



ROSES IN POTS; 



observations on their Cultivation including the Autobiography of a 

 Pot-Kose, 



byWM. PAUL. 



92 pages, cloth, illustrated. Price, «1 00 



Sent Prepaid by mail on receipt of price. 

 CH AS. H. MAROT , 8.4 Chestnut Stree t. Phila. 



TheCHEMISTeyofkFllflM 



BY. R. WARHsGTON, f. c. s. 

 A most valuable Work, which should be in the Hands of 

 Farmers, Gardeners and Tillers of the soil generally. It 

 presents the relations of Cliemistry to Agriculture in a most 

 popular manner. 12mo, cloth. Price, post-paid, $1.00. 

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



SWEET POTATO CULTURE. 



GIVING FULL INSTRUCTIONS FROM 



STARTING THE PLANTS TO HARVESTING 



AND STORING THE CROP. 



WITH A CHAPTER ON THE CHINESE YAM. 



BY JAMES FITZ, 



Keswick, Va., author of "Southern Apple and Peach 

 Culturist. " Paper cover. Price, Post-paid. 40 cents. 

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



