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25 FINEST VARIETIES MURRAY e. MEFiRiHEvr, 



tap.^ 



NO RUST OR MILDEW. 



r' 100, S2.r)().— j^ 1000, $20. 

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'^ 100. $2.50. ^ 1000, $20.00. 



J. L. DILLON, Florist. BloomsDnrg, Pa. 



161 Main Street, CINCINNATI, O. 



t.fl2 COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY BIADE. 



TRADE OFFER. 



100,000 ROSES! 



READY FOR IMMEDL\TE DELIVERY. AT THE 

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Tea Roses, "i*! l>ost .-irts, «5.oo i)er UK), #40.00 p(ii- 1000. 



Hybrid Perpetuals, 50 i^ood sorts, «6 i>er loo. ••SoO per 1000. 



Moss Roses, 1') l>est sorts, »i2 per 100, «100 per 1000. 



I name lielovv a FEIW SORT.S which I sive, espeeiallv in 

 anas.sortnieiitof l.OtO. iiivseleetion, at .«4 OOperKH). W35.00 

 per 1,0(0, or S160.00 for .5,(X)0: Appoline, Agrippina, Al. 

 Sisley, Arcliduehess Isal)ella, Hougere, Bella, Olias. Rovolli, 

 Coquette de Lvon, ( 'le ile la Barthe, Glorie de Dijon, Homer, 

 Hermosa, La Paetole, Lamarque, La Florifere, .Maria Guil- 

 lot, Marie Van Houtte, Mme. Caroline Knster, Mme. Lam- 

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 minutes' ride from Louisville. Address, 



C. NEUNER, Rose Grower 



'5 

 St. Mathews, Jeflerson County, Ky. 



mm. and \m CALHOIi TIES. 



For some years these have been grown as SPECIALTIES ; 

 we are in a position to send out, this season, unusually large 

 and flue bulbs. By starting the Glo.\inias early they may 

 be brought into bloom May 1st. 



Gloxinia Crassifolia Grandiflora, 



Mixed in the finest colors, S2.00 per doz., £16.00 per 100. 



Caladium Fancy leaved, 



25 of the finest sorts, S2.00 per doz., Sl2.00per 100. 



They may be sent by mail securely packed from frost. 



HENRY A. DREER, 



71 4 Che stnut St., Philadelphia. 



THE ROSE 



A treatise on the Cultivation, History, Family Character- 

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BY H. B. ELLW ANGER. 



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

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The New^ Botany. 



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Orchid Grower's Manual 



BY BBNJ. F. WILLIAMS, F. R. H. S. 



Containing descriptions of 930 Species and Varieties ol 

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MICROSCOPE, 



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