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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



DUTCH ^ BULBOUS « ROOTS. 



The subscriber having; been appointed sole agent for the 

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HARRY T. P£ARC£, 



5158 Lancaster Ave., Phila. 



G^COLORADO^s 



AS AN AGRICULTURAL STATE. 



Its Farms, Fields and Garden Lands. 



BY WM. E. PABOH. 



Illustrated, 213 pages, 12ino, cloth, beveled boards. Price 

 ■SI. 50, mailed, post-paid. Address, 



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



Simplifies the art of Reckoning, and is worth its weight in 

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No. 5, " Russia, " " " L.tO 



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MOLE++TRAP 



For destroying ground moles in lawns, parks, 

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?Sf !!,1^.. E9,¥f„!i!I^JJ?LP''\?y.. WORKING MAN'S WAY TO WEALTH. 



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With full descriptions of all the finest varieties in cultivation. 

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ARITHMETIC MADE EASY. 



ROPP'S EASY CALCULATOR 



A few more copies only left ; after which this work wiU be 

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KEEPING ONE COW. 



Being the exoerience of a number of practical writers, in a clear 

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Management of a Single Milch Cow. 

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CHAS. H. MAROT, 

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For the Gardener's Monthly. Numbers filed with the greatest 

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By Edmund Wrigley. 



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PRACTICAL AZALEA CULTURE. 



A TREATISE on the PROPAGATION and CULTURE 



OF THE 



AZALEA INDICA, 



BY ROBERT J. HaLLIDAY. 

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MANUAL of the APIARY, 



By A. J. COOK, 



Prof, of Entomology in the Michigan State Agricultural College. 



286 pp. large 12 mo.; 112 Illustrations. 



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PEAR CULTURE FOR PROFIT. 



BY P. T. QUINN. 



A practical Horticulturist, and author of " Money in the 

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Containing practical method of raising Pears intelligently 

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