THE HORTlCULlbRAL ADVERTISER, 



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SITUATIONS WANTED. 



Advertisements under this he «d mu^t *^e paid for in advance, with 

 the order, at rate ol fi.oo for each 36 word's per ins' rtion 



AS ( iardener or Florist. 20 years experience in the business. 

 TliorouEhly understands management of gentleman's 

 place. Marneif, no children, middle aged and liest refrences 

 given. Address, stating particulars. Gustave lOingenspor, 

 •24 N. Bellvue I'lace, Chicago, Ills. 



Y a reliable and competent gardener on a private place. 

 Is single, protestant, and can give best references. G. 

 ^iilirer, Andover, Mass. 



B 



As foreman, propagator and general manager in a private 

 or commercial place. Understands all the various 

 branches of the business. 26 years practice in some of the 

 principal places in U. S. and Europe. West preferred. Ad- 

 dress, Gardener, Heller House, Cumminsville, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 



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rnU 5 ATP Vi\& years lease greenhouses, dwelling and 

 * Uh mAUU business, full stock, growing cash trade ; extra 

 chance tor practical florist in cut fl'iwpr work ; ensy tenns. 



Address, ^ J. KIDD, Logansport, Ind^ 



At Lynchburg, Virginia, a business .38 years' 

 standing. 30 acres land within mde of 

 centre of town, 28.000 inhabitants. Good 

 market for vegetables. Greenhouse plants, 

 <;ut flowers and trees. Quite healthy. 3 large Greenhouses. 

 Plant stock for sale with the lease. A large section of 

 country to operate in with R. R. in all directions. Will 

 lease for long or short term, as my health is declining. No 

 troublein regard to business for an enfernrisinsrman. .5000 ft. 

 glass. For particulars address. John H alllday, Lynchburg, Va. 



FOR SALE CHEAP. 



Greenhouse and grounds with good stock. Well located 

 for cut flowers and a wholesale plant trade. Within a few 

 hours of St. Louis, Chicago and Cincinnati. Write to 

 ROBERT B. PORTER, States Att'y., 

 oo Bloomington, Ills. 



& Clothier, Philadelphia, and receive 

 their Fa&hion Quarterly for 6 mos. 1,000 illustrations and 

 4 pages new music each issue. 



WALTER ELDER, 

 Landscape and Jobbing Gardener, 



1231 Rodman Street, Philadelphia, 

 Attends to all branches of his business on reasonable terms. 



MANUAL of the APIARY, 



By A. J. COOK, 



Prof, of Entomology in the Michigan State Agricultural College. 

 286 pp. large 12 mo.; 112 Illustrations. 



It co.nprises a full delineation of the anatomy and physiology 

 of the honey-bee, illustrated with costly wood engravings — the 

 Products of the Honey-Bee; the Kaces of Bees; full desciiption 

 of honey-producing plants, trees, shrubs, etc.. splendidly illu- 

 tratfd — and last, though not least, detailed instructions for the 

 various manipulations necessary in the apiary. 



This work is a masterly production, and one that no bee- 

 keeper, however limited his means, can afl'ord (o do without. It 

 is fully up wiih the limes on every conceivable subject that in- 

 terests the apianst. It is not only instructive, but inteNsely in- 

 teresting and thoroughly practical. Within 20 day after this 

 work was issued from the press, 600 copies were disposed of— <a 

 sale unprecedeuted in Bee Literature. Price, $1.25. Mailed 

 post-paid, on receipt of price. 



Address. CH.\S. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street Phila. 



Pr&ttblldilsniijdloiDscoriilioii, 



Together with General Information for Sportsmen. 



By JOSEPH H. BATTY, 



Taxidermist for the H-'yden Expedition and other Government 

 Surveys, and many of the leading Col eges and Museums of the 

 United States. Author of " H ^w to Hunt and Trap," etc. 125 

 Illustrations, izmo, cloth. Price, Ji 50 Mailed, post-paid, on 

 receipt of price. Address, 



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



FOR S.A.X.E:! 



A FIR.ST-CLA8S 



GREENHOUSE BUSINESS 



For further particulars address. 



J. C. VAUCHAN, 



42 La Salle St.. Chicago. His. 



Soie Fine Enslisli Boob. 



Twining's Natural Order of Plants. 2 vols ll.S.OO 



L^w's Ferns of Great Britain. 8 vols., >4 tWy 80 00 



Shirley Hihberd's New, Ra'e R-autifnl L ved Plants 1 vcl...9.00 



•' " Amateur's Flower G.irden 3.00 



" " " Greenh'Hise 8.00 



•• " Rose Book 3.00 



Wooster's Alpine Plants. 2 vols 17 .SO 



Wild Flowers, 2 vols, colored plates, 5.00 



" of the Holy Land (qnarto) colored plates 8.60 



Fern Paradise, I Just rated, pl:iin edition 800 



" " Photographs, 6.00 



" colored plates 1 76 



Garden 1.60 



Field Flowers, " 1.50 



British Fungi, " 2.60 



Microscopic Fungi, " 2.60 



Country Walks, by a Naturalist, Illustrated 1 76 



Half Hours in 1 he Green Lanes 2.00 



H.df Hours with some Enp'ish Antiquities 2.00 



Marvels of Pond Life, I' l'- '. 1.76 



Sylvan Spring, colored 6 00 



Book About Roses a. ^. ^ Hole Illiigtrated 8.76 



Greenhouse Fane es, s • o.ored Illustrations 12 50 



Newton's Lardscape . ro. . r ^, ful., 24 dble pp, plates 6 00 



British S^a Weeds, Mosses, Ferns and Entomjlogy, square, 



16ino, gill, 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. MAKOT, 



814 Chestnut Street, Phila. 



BACK VOLUMES 



OF THE 



Bound in neat cloth cases, including numbers, 



$2\0 

 - 285 

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 50 



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Delivered postage /ree. 

 Dr mail us your own numbers, and have them bound in cloth case* 

 for 90 cents. Retu rned to you bound, postage free. 

 Address, 



CHAS. H. MAPOT, 

 814 Che st nut Street, Philadelphia . 



AMATEUR'S GREENHOUSE" 



AND CONSERVATORY, 



By Shirley Uibberd. 



A handy guide to the construction and management of plant 

 houses and the selection, cultivation and iinprovenient of orna- 

 mental greenhousf" and conservatory plants. Illu^t^Hted with 

 colored plates and wood engtaviug.s. 272 pages, cloth, Vlmo. 

 Price 83.00. Sent by mail postpaid on receipt of price. 



Address 1 HAS. H MAROT, 814 Chestnut St. Phila, 



INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. 



By Cbas. Darwin. 



With copious descriptive contents and index. Illustrated. 

 4G2 pages, i2mo, cloth. Price 87.00. 

 Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price. 



Addreea CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut St., Phila. 



