THE HORTlCbLlhRAL ADVERTISER. 



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AS gardener on private place ; understands greenhouses, 

 graperies, ve^etalile crowing. Middle age, long expe- 

 rience, sober, reliable. Best references. Steady place de- 

 sired. Henry Roseuimund, Charles Street, Towanda, Pa. 

 BY an experienced gardener who is thorousrhly conversant 

 with gardening in all its branches, llnexceptionable 

 rei.'erences. Address, I. \V., 5 Linden St., Rochester, N. Y. 



BY English gardener. Marrietl : age 40. 2 years in United 

 States. Over 20 years' experience. Private place with 

 glass. Good recommendations. Address, Gardener, Shady 

 Beach Estate, North East, Md. 



AS head gardener, by experienced Scotch gardener. Has 

 been in several leading Horticultural establishments of 

 Great Britain. Also in America some time. BMrst-cla.ss 

 certificates and references for character and abilitv. David 

 Kydd, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 



BY a gardener, of eighteen months' experience in a green- 

 house. Ready and willing to work and desires a simi- 

 lar situation. Good reference from last employer. Jacob 

 B. Sheppard, Box 1001, Jacksonville, Ills. 



6 EXPERIENCED SULICITOKS for the 



sale of general nursery stock. 



DENVER "NURSERIES, 

 So Denver, Col. 



fAlTEB 



To rent a little Commercial 



Florist's place. Address, 



B C. D., Port Kennedy, P. 0., Pa. 



FOR SALE.— The oldest, largest and one of the best 

 paving Nurseries west of the Mississippi. Annual 

 sales, Sl^'.OOU. Must be sold to wind up an estate. Closest 

 investigation solicited. Pike Co. Nurseries, Louisiana, Mo. 

 PflR RPNT Greenhouse and Market Garden situated 

 run nCIl I in town of about SJOU inhabitants. To an 

 energetic man. good opportunity ottered. Little money re- 

 quired. For particulars address, C. M. Fulkerson, Ashland, 0. 



TALKS ABOUT FLOWERS! 



BY MRS. M. D. WELLCOME. 



"The author chats of flowers in a very entertaining and 

 instructive manner. Many valuable hints 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, SI. 00 ; paper, gilt, BO cts. mailed, post- 

 paid, on receipt of price. Address, 



CHAS. H. >L\R0T. 814 Chestnut St., Phila. 



KEEPING ONE COW. 



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

 and condensed form, upon the 



Management of a Single Milch Cow. 

 Illustrated, 132 pages, cloth. Price, SlOO, mailed, post-paid, or 

 receipt of price. Address, 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut Street. Phila. 



Wheat Culture; 



How to Double the Yield and Increase the Profits. 

 By D. S. CURTISS. 



72 pages, illustrated. Price 50 cents, mailed, post-paid, on re- 

 ceipt of price. Address, 



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



By Edward Spragues Rand, Jr. 



A treatise on Hardy and Tender bulbs and Tubers. 369 pages, 12m o, 



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



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



Fine Enslisli Bools. 



Bentham's British Flora, 2 vols., 8vo. Illustrated SI' ..50 



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



British Fungi. Hil)bcrd's. .". 2.50 



British Sea Weeds, Mosses, Ferns and Entomology, 



square, 16mo, gilt. 89 plates, 4 vols 12 00 



Country Walks, by a Naturalist. Illustrated 1.75 



Fern Paradise, Illusti ated, plain edition 3.00 



" " Photographs 5.CO 



" " colored plates 1.75 



" Garden, Hibberd's, colored plates ii,50 



Field Flowers, " \j^ 



Greenhouse Favorites, splendid colored Illustrations.! 12.50 



Half-Hours in the Green Lanes 2.(0 



Half-Hours with some English Antiquities 2^00 



Low's Ferns of Great Britain. 8 vols., J< tkv 8(1 (IQ 



Marvels of Pond Life. Illustrated '...". i"75 



Microscopic Fungi. Hibberd's 2!50 



Newton's Landscape Gardenmg, fol..24 dblepp. plates 5(0 



Sh. Hibberd's New, Rare, Beaut. L" vd Plants. .54 col. pi. 12.50 



" '• Brambles and Bay Leaves 2!--,0 



" " Amateur's Flower Garden .s^oo 



" " " Greenhouse 3.00 



" " " Rose Book 3 qo 



Sylvan Spring, colored plates '. 5' 00 



Taylor's Bee-Keepers' Manual, Illustrated 2 L5 



Thomson's Wayside Weeds ' 9 .50 



Twining's Natural Order of Plants. 2 vols ........... 15 00 



Vegetable World, Figuier, 470 Illustrations, in'calf . . . '. 6 CO 

 Walton i& Cotton's Complete Angler, octavo, 60 plates 4 00 



\\ ild Flowers. 2 vols., colored plates 500 



'■ " of the Holy Land (quarto), col. plates. 8.50 



Wooster s Alpine Plants. 2 vols 17 50 



CHAS. H. MAROT, 



814 Chestnut Street, Phila. 



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 nurservmen 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 pooular 

 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 ;7.50, mailed post free. Address 



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



HOW TO RAISE^'RUIT " 



By THOMAS GREGG. 



A Hand-book of Fruit Culture, being a Guide to the p'oper Cul- 

 tivation and Management ot Fruit Trees, and of Grapes and small 

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



MUSHROOM~aJLTlJRL 



ITS EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT, 



BY WM. ROBINSON. 



With numerous illustrations, 172 pages, cioth. Price 75 cents 

 Mailed, post paid, on receipt of price. ' 



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



