THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



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.■■ TO THE TRADE. ^-^ 



CHOICE NOVELTIES FOR THE SPRING. 



These are distinct introductions, easily propagateil and 



rapidlv xelli'v varieties. 



COLEUS PROGRESS.— The most distinct and richly varie- 

 gated eoleiis ever introduced. The color is an admirable 

 mixture .if .r'>lilcTi vellow, rose, carmine and green. 



GYNURA AURANTIACA.— An extremely ornamental plant, 

 eitlier tor pot culture or liedding out. Its stems and 

 leaves are tuickly covered witli soft hairs of a dark violet 

 color : tlo-^^.l•s hfilliiint (irnii"p. 



DOUBLE TROP>E0LIUN HERMINE GROSSHOFF.— This is a 



splendid novelty with iin^Ut (inu tir icil lluwcrs, two in- 

 ches in diameter and jierfectly douhle, lilooming inces- 

 santly. Desirable for pot culture or beddinji out. 

 The plant* of the above are now leady to send out in 



good shape. Prire. 40 cts. each, $3.00 per doz., or one of 



each bv mail. »1 OO. Net. 



Wholesale list to Florists and Market Gardeners will be 



sent out during .January. t 



HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 



- THE THREE BEST — 



NEW COLEUS. 



GEN'L G.VRFIELD A very fine variety, foliage, to 8 



inches long, very velvety, chocolate, carmine and ma- 

 roon, murbleled. 



MRS. GKDUES.— Splendid, foliage 8 to 10 inches long, 

 variegated with carmine, cream, i)ink and green. 



OAKLAND.— Foliage deeply sevrated, colors, puri)le, green 

 and carmine ; different shaped foliage from the others. 



Have tested them outside and they are "just innnensc," 

 while as pot plants, they are not eipialled by any of the old 

 varieties. 



•2-in. pots, 30 ct*;. Per doz., ?3.00. 



:!-in. pots, 40 cts. Per doz., S4 OO. 



S. F. TERWILLIGER, 



.tja2 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. K. 



PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BOOKS. 



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Amateur's Handbook for Workshop and Laboratory, neatly bound 



Book for Beginners with the Micn>scoi)e, Phin, boards, fully Illustrated 



Celestial Obiects for Common Telescopes, Webb, fully Illustrated, cloth 



Cements and Crlue, Phin, stiff covers 



Chemical Historv of the Six Days of Creation, Phin, 12mo, cloth 



Common Objects for the Micro.s'cope, Wood, 400 Illustrations, 12 colored plates 



Diatoms, A. Mead Edwards, 12mo, cloth 



Diatoms, F. T. Kiitzing, 12mo, cloth 



Five Hundred and Seven .Mechanical Movements, Brown, Eleventh Edition l.OO 



How to See with the Microscope, Smith, handsomely Illustrated 3.00 



How to Use the Microscope, Phin, 86 Engravings, tinted paper, 12mo l.OO 



Lectures in a Workshop. Pemberton, 12mo, cloth • 1.00 



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Microscope and Its Revelations, Cari)enter, pp. 8H2, cloth, 26 plates, 500 Engravings S.fiO 



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One Thousand Objects for the Microscope, Cooke, 12 plates, 500 figures, 12mo, boards 60 



Ponds and Ditches. M. C. Cooke, 12mo, cloth 76 



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Shooting on the Wing, by an Old Gamekeeper, 12mo, cloth 75 



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Wood Engraving, Instruction in the Art, Fuller, fully Illustrated 30 



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THE OFtCIXID A.r-BXJlVi:. 



A New IHusfated Monthlv Work on Exotic Orchids. Conducted by Robert Warner and Benjamin S. Williams. Botanical 

 Descriptions by Thomas .Moore, Curator of Chelsea Botanic Gardens. 



The colored figures bv |ohn Nugent Fitch. Size of page royal qiiano, enabling artist to produce ample and intelligible po'traits 

 •f the plants, which will he drawn and culored in the best style. The text will ccmprise English bouniral descriptions of the plants, 

 notes on their cultivation and such general o servations concerning them as may prove of interest or utility to orchid -growers. The sub- 

 jects Selected for illu-tration will comprise the most ornamental ann attractive sp'.rcies and varieiii s. new urd old, of this noble and beau- 

 tiful family. The publi hers hope to present to thfir subsciibers an annual album rf floral pictures which will be at nnce welcomed to 

 the drawing-room and the library. J^o'd by subscription and issued in regular monthly parts, at $1.2o per part, or $15,00 for the 

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CHAS. H. MAROT, Sole Agent for the United States, 814 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 



Friits aM Fruit Trees 



OF AMERICA. 



BY A. J. DOWNING. 



The culture, propagation and management in the Garden and 

 Orchard of Fruit 1 re^g generally, with de»i ri[>tions of all the 

 finest varieties of fruit native and loreign. cultivated in this 

 country, stcond rrvision and correction* ty Charles Down- 

 ing, with large addilioD«, includi' g appendici-s • f 1872 and 

 1876, and containing many new varieticg. N-arly 400 nutiinc 

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



ROSE GARDEN. 



HV WM. PAUL. 



ARRANGED I.S TWO DIVISIONS. 



Division i. — Embracing the History of the Rose, the formation 

 of the Rosarium, at d a detailed account of the various pmctices 

 ad pted in a succ ssftil cultiv,ition of this popular flower. 



Division 2 —Containing an arrangement in Natural Groups of 

 the most esteemed varieties of Rises recognized and cultivated in 

 the various Rose Gardens, English and Foreign, with full descript- 

 ions and remarks on their origin and mode of culture. 



Illustrated with Thirteen magnificent Colored Plates ol various 

 Roses drawn to life, ai d with ii.mier us engravings on woo.i. 



Royal 8vo. Cloth. 328 pp cloth, heavy paper and handsome 

 type Price, 91 00, mailed pnst-Daid on receipt of price. 



Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St.. Philad'a 



