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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



ATTENTION 



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NUTR SE Fl Y IVI ENT, 



FI-OFIISXS, ETC. 



OUR BEAUTIFUL SEASON AND FLORAL CHROMO CARDS, JUST OUT. 



MENSING & STECHER, Lithographers, 

 SEEDSMEN'S WORK A SPECIALTY. ||8 W. St. Paul Street, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



FOREIGN GRAPE VINEQ 



J FOR GRAPERIES ^ 



PRICE: 



One year old vines, $1.00 each. 

 Two year old vines, $2.00 each. 



Frontignan Grizzly, 

 Frontignan Black, 

 Gros Colman, 

 Hamburg Black, 

 Hamburg Wilmot's, 

 Hamburg Mill Hill, 

 Hamburg Victoria, 

 Lady Down's Seedling, 

 Prince Albert, 

 Royal Ascot, 

 Santa Cruz. 

 Trentham Black, 

 White Nice, 

 White Syrean, 

 ^^'hite Sweetwater, 

 ■White Tokay. 



Bowood Muscat, 

 Muscat Hamburg, 

 Canon Hall Muscat, 

 Madresfietd Court Muscat, 

 Mrs. Prince's Black Muscat, 

 Muscat of Alexandria, 

 Black Prince, 

 Black Alicante, 

 Black Barbarossa, 

 Black St. Peter's, 

 Buckland Sweetwater, 

 Calabrian Raisin, 

 Chasselas de Fontainebleau, 

 Chasselas White, 

 Chasselas Golden, 

 Duchess of Buccleuch, 

 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, Lanrel Hill Nurseries, 



t. f.l2 Ridge and Lehigh Aven ues, P hiladelphia, Pa. 



HOUGH'S ELEMENTS^OF FORESTRY 



Designed to afford Information concerning the Planting 

 and Care of Forest Trees for Ornament or Profit ; and giving 

 Suggestions upon the Creation and Care of Woodlands, with 

 the view of securing the Greatest Benefit for the Longest 

 Time. Particularly adapted to the Wants and Conditions 

 of the United States. 



By FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, PH.D., 

 Chief of Forestry Division, Department of Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C. 

 ' Large 12mo, pp. 381. Numerous Illustrations, $2.00. Will 

 be sent by inail, prepaid, on receipt of price. Address, 



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



Subtropical Garden; 



Or, Beauty of Fomi in the Flower Garden. 



By W. Robinson, F. L. S. 



Beautifully illustrated. 241 pages, izmo, cloth. Price, ^3.75 

 Mailed, postage free, on receipt of Price 

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



PRACTICAL 



CAMELLIA CULTURE. 



A treatise on the Propagation and Culture of the Camellia Ja- 



fonica, by Robert J. Halliday. Illustrated with Five Colored 

 'tatesand 50 Wood Engravings, 12mo, pp. 141, cloth. Price, 8.^.00. 

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



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



HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS 



Plants and Flowbrs in the Garden and the House ; giving 

 Avtcci\oxi% short , sharp and decisive \\a-*i to overcome every insect 

 enemy that infects flowers and plants, out-doors and in-doors, 

 which troubles window Gardens ; which eats up the vegetables of 

 the garden; which devours the fruit trees, shrubs and vines, and 

 lives in the homes of anxious, tired housekeepers. Paper, 100 pages. 

 Price, 30 cents, postage free. 



Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut Street.Philadelphia. 



Spsdal Ofsr to Florists and Imoryi&es 



I have to offer a fine stock of large, healthy Verbenas, in 

 .3-ineh pots, at $4 per 100, 8*5 per iSuO. Double and Single 

 (Tcianiums, best named sorts, 23^-inch pots, at S^l per lOO; 

 strong 4-inch pots, $8 ])er 100. Coleus and Achyranthes, best 

 leading varieties, 2J^-inch pots, $4 per 100 ; strong 4-inch 

 pots, 18 per 100. Also a general collection of other Green- 

 house and Bedding Plants, at cheap rates. My wholesale 

 and descriptive catalogue mailed to all applicants. 

 tmh4 WM. C. WILSON, 



Greenhouses, Astoria, L. L Store, 45 W. 14th St., N. Y. City. 



BARRY'S 



Fruit Garden. 



NEW EDITION, 



KEVISED AND BROUGHT DOWN TO DATE BY 



P. BARRY. 



Illustrated, pp. .516, fine cloth. Price, S2.50, mailed, post- 

 age free. Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 



The Flowering Plants, 



GRASSES, SEDGES and FERNS 



OF 

 G^FtSAT BFtlTAIN 



And their allies, the Club Mosses, Pepperworts and 

 Horsetails. 



By. ANNIE PRATT, 

 6 vols, octavo, cloth, gilt. 319 full colored plates. Illustra- 

 ting 154.3 species figured with index in each vol. with botani- 

 cal and common name refeiring to plate, figure and paper. 

 Price 832..50 sent post-paid. Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Fhila. 



lift of Graftiog aod Budding 



By CHARLES BALTET, 

 Appropriately and fully illustrated bv 186 cuts, showing 

 methods, tools and appliances. Pp. 230, 12 mo. cloth, flexi- 

 ble. Price $1.25 mailed, postage free. Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street Phila. 



THE SCHOOL GARDEN 



BY DR. SCHWAB, DIRECTOR OF THE VIENNA GYMNASIUM, ETC. 

 FROM THE GERMAN BY MRS. HORACE MANN. 



Advocating education by labor as well as by study, not as a task 

 but as a delight. Adapting the kindergarten principle' to older 

 children. In France and Sweden it is no longer an experiment. 

 School gardens in city and town are destined to be a great educa- 

 tional force in America. This book, full of spirit and enthusiasm, will 

 materially hasten the day. Price by mail, 50 cts. each. By express, 

 S copies for 1^2.00, 12 copies for I4 00. Sent on receipt of price. 



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



