THE HORTICLLILRAL ADVERTISER. 



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SITUATIONS WANTED. 



Advertisements under this head must be paid for in advance, with 

 the order, at rate of |i.oo for each 36 words per insertion. 



IN a place where first-class roses and other flowers in the 

 trade are demanded, and good work; sober, honest, 

 (.apable and reliable in any department. John White, 

 South Natick, Mass. 



AS Gardener, by thorough competent Englishman ; mar- 

 ried, one child ; understands all branches of his pro- 

 ftission— flowers, fruits, vegetables and general manage- 

 ment of a gentleman's place : 10 years' reference from pres- 

 ent employer. Address, J. \V. S., care A. Lutz, Florist, 

 Thirty-first Street and Powelton Avenue, Philadelphia. 



AS propagator and grower ; 15 years' practical experience 

 m leading English Nurseries— especially in Roses, Cle- 

 matis, Conifers and .scjft-wooded plants. First-class refer- 

 ences. Address, A. U., Astoria, L. I., N. Y. 



BY first-class German gardener; understands Glass, 

 Grapes, Fruit and Vegetables; married, no family; 

 best recommendations. Address, M. L., care L. N. Stein, 

 >lorist, Harrisburg, Pa. 



AS Gardener ; private place ; single handed or otherwise : 

 Englishman ; married, one child ; care of Greenhouses, 

 hot and cold Graperies, Fruit, Flower and Kitchen Garden. 

 First-class references ; 11 years in America. W. F. J., care 

 M. Rose, 15 N. Plum Street, Lancaster, Pa. 



BY married man : several years' experience in Great Brit- 

 ain and America ; eight years in last place. Prefers 

 engaging where gardening is a specialty. For particulars 

 address, A. Cramb, care A. Bridgeman's Seed Store, 37 E. 

 Nineteenth St., N. Y. 



AS Gardener and Florist. Fully understands growing 

 Plants and Cut Flowers. Would take charge of some 

 good florist's or private place. 17 years' experience ; single ; 

 German. Address, Gardener, care E. Buerosse, 723-'25 

 Kinnickinneck Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. 



BY a thoroughly practical gardener; single; 9 years experi- 

 ence in all the different branches. First-class references. 

 Please state wages. Address, Wm. Robertson, Darby, 

 Delaware Co., Pa. 



BY an intelligent, single man of 27, as salesman and book- 

 keeper in store, or as foreman in greenhouses. Speaks 

 English, French and German perfectly. Roses and cut 

 flowers a specialty. Address, Chas. W. Eichling, 23 South 

 Street, San Antonio, Texas. 



AS gardener on a private place ; understands greenhouses, 

 graperies, and all manner of vegetables. Middle age, 

 long experience, sober and reliable. Best of reference. 

 Steady place desired. Henry Rosemmund, Charles Street, 

 Towanda, Pa. 



A first-class grower and propagator to take charge of the 

 ornamental department in an old established nursery. One 

 who thoroughly understands his business and can come 

 well recommended, will be given good wages and perma- 

 nent employment. About 5o00 ft. of glass. Address with 



r6f6r6IlC6S 



M. C. N.', p. 0. Drawer 271, Rochester, N. Y. 



6 EXPERIENCED SOLICITORS for the 



sale of general nursery stock. 



DENVER NURSERIES, 

 s3 Denver, Col. 



lAfAUTCn Nursery Foreman and Greenhouse Propa- 

 wwMIl I tU gator. First-class recommendations; can 

 obtain good wages, with prospect of interest in the busi- 

 ness. Address. P. H. FOSTER. Babylon. L. I.. N. Y. 



Keliable, sober and industri- 

 ous. The right man can have 

 a pennaneat situation if he 

 desires. Not particular 

 about nationality, though a Scotchman preferred as better 

 suited to the climate. Will be pleased to correspond with 

 one who thoroughly understanils grape and fruit gro\ving 

 under glass and out of doors, and with a fair knowledge of 

 floriculture. Fruit growing the specialty, it being intended 

 to grow it for market in addition to that for home use. 



A(fdres9, gYLVANUS SAWYER, Fitchburg, Mass. 



WANTED 10 PDRCHASE ^^^""^^1^11^}^^^ 



prices and size of plants. Address, 



Mrs. E. F. MACAULAT, Ellsworth, Kansas. 



JOHN H. TATI.OR, Oak's Green- 

 houses, Liong Island, offers to the trade, 

 in lots not less than 100, Fine Pot-g^rown 

 Roses, for forcing, of the following varic- 

 ' ties, in 4 and 6-incli pots : Car. Bf ermets,. 

 Safrano, Bon Silene, Cornelia Cook, etc. 



Some File Eiilisli Boots. 



Bentham'.s British Flora, 2 vols., 8vo. Illustrated 818.50 



Book About Roses. S. Reynolds Hole. Dlustrated . . . 3.75 



British Fungi. Hibberd's 2.50 



British Sea Weeds, Mosses, Ferns and Entomology, 



squaie, 16mo. gilt, 89 plates, 4 vols 12.00 



Country Walks, by a Naturalist, Illustrated 1.75 



Fern Paradise, Illustrated, plain edition 3.00 



" " " Photographs 5.C0 



" " colored plates 1.75 



" Garden, Hibberd's, colored plates 1.50 



Field Flower.s, " 1.50 



Greenhouse Favorites, splendid colored Illustrations. . 12.50 



Half-Hours in the Green Lanes 2.00 



Half -Hours with some English Antiquities 2.00 



Low's Ferns of Great Britain. 8 vols., >^ tky 80.00 



Mar\'els of Pond Life, Illustrated 1.75 



Microscopic Fungi, Hibberd's 2.50 



Newton's Landscape Gardening, fol., 24 dble pp. plates . 5.10 

 Sh.Hibberd'sNew, Rare, Beaut. L'vd Plants. 54col.pl. 12.50 



" '• Brambles and Bay Leaves 2.50 



" " Amateur's Flower Garden 3.0<) 



" " " Greenhouse 3.00 



" Rose Book 3.00 



Sylvan Spring, colored plates 5.00 



Taylor's Bee-Keepers' Manual, Illustrated 2.15 



Thomson's Wayside Weeds 2.50 



Twining's Natural Order of Plants. 2 vols 15.00 



Vegetable World. Figuier, 470 Illustrations, in'calf O.OO' 



Walton & Cotton's Complete Angler, octavo, 60 plates 4.00- 



Wild Flowers. 2 vols^colored plates 5.00 



" " of the Holy Land (quarto), col. plates. 8.60 

 Wooster's Alpine Plants. 2 vols 17.50- 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut Street, Fhlla. 



ICONOGRAPHY 



OF 



INDIAN AZALEAS, 



Containing plates and descriptions of some of the best old 

 and new varieties, 



BY AUGUST VAN GEERT, 



With the assistance of the principal Horticulturists and. 

 Amateurs, and translated by Th. Moore, Jr. 



This splendidly illustrated work should be in the hands of 

 every practical gardener and lover of plants. 



To nurserymen and florists it is a valuable vade mecum to 

 resort to. The plates will prove most useful in the office 

 and will no doubt help and increase the sale of this popular 

 class of plants. 



The amateur will find it an interesting book to consult for 

 the formation of his collection. Besides it is a splendid 

 volume for the library or drawing room. 



Quarto, thirty-six splendid colored plates and 81 pp. text. 

 Price 87.50, mailed post free. Address 



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



TALKS ABOUT FLOWERS. 



BY MRS. M. D. WELLCOME. 



,, "The author chats of flowers in a very entertaining and 

 instructive manner. Many valuable hmts are given to 

 amateurs respecting the sowing of seeds, rooting of cuttings, 

 window gardening, insects on plants, etc., etc." — Concord 

 Monitor. 



Pp 162 ; octavo, cloth, $1.00 ; paper, gilt, 60 cts. mailed, post- 

 paid, on receipt of price. Address, 



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



