THE H0RTICLL7URAL ADVERTISER. 



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FORESTRY SEEDS - NURSERY SEEDS - FRUIT SEEDS, 

 SEEDS FOR BOTANIC GARDEN, &c. 



It is now thirty years since we acUled the collecting of Native Seeds to our Nursery Business. The knowledge 

 gained in that period' is whoUv at the service of our customers. We have collectors in every part of the United States. 

 and there are few things which wc cannot siijiply, if at all to be had. To insure as near a <ertainty as n)ay be, it is best 

 that we have orders 



IN ADVANCE OF THE SEASON OF RIPENING. 



In such cases we can often take orders at less than catalogue rates. This is especially the case with 



■ - • FR.XJIT SEEPS. • ■ ■ 



We are now taking orders for MAZZ.l\RD and MAHALEB CHERRY and PLUM. Rates and Catalogues on application. 



THOMAS MEEHAN, 



GERMANTOWN NURSERIES, 



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PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



PANSIES 



II SPECIftLT!, 



THE BFST QUALITY IN THE 

 GREATEST VARIETY. 



Albert Benz, 



LITTLE lECR, N, \ 



Seed Price List and Circular 

 on application. aui 



The Floral Kingdom 



Its History. A Dictionary of more than 300 Flowers, with 

 the Genera and Family to which they belong and the 

 Language of each. lUiistrated by appropriate Gems of 

 Poetry and a particular Treatise on the Cultivation and 

 Analysis of Plants. 4.50 pages, on heavy tinted highly cal- 

 endered paper, and red line border with ornamental cor- 

 ners, splendidly bound, beveled boards, full gilt. A beauti- 

 ful present. Price, $6.50 by mail, post-paid. Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, S14 Chnstnut St., Phila. 



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THE BLESSED BEES. 



BY JOHN ALLEN. 



A record of a year's work in Bee-keeping by modern methods 

 its profits certain and large, and Its nleasures invaluable. In- 

 tended to diffuse a more general knowledge of Bee-culture. 

 169 pages, 12 mo. cloth, limp. Price, SI. Mailed postage free, 

 on receipt of price. Address, CHAS. H. M AROT, 



814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 



By Edward Spragues Rand, Jr. 



A treatise on Hardy and Tender bulbs and Tubers. 369 pages, lamo, 



cloth. Price, $2.50. Sent by mail postpaid on receipt of price. 



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



New Edition now in preparation and precise time of issue 

 will shortly be announced. Sold only by subscription. 

 Price, *10.00, by mail, post-paid. Subscriptions will be 

 received and booked in rotation and first stock mailed to 

 advance subscribers as soon as work is printed and bound. 



RATES OF ADVERTISING : 



Full page, «50.00. Half page, $35.00» 



One-third page, S«20.00. 



One-quarter page, $15.00 One-sixth page, SIO.OO. 



Advertisers who take half page or more will receive a 

 copy of the work free. Less th.an half page advertisers who 

 wish the book pay regular subscription price. Advertisers 

 should send copy and orders now as early as possible to 

 secure insertion. Terms cash with the order. Address, 

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



ROSES IN POTS; 



observations on their Cultivation including the Autobiography of 

 Pot-Rose, 



byWM. PAUL. 



92 pages, cloth, illustrated. Price, SI 00 



Sent Prepaid by mail oh receipt of price. 



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



