THE PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGIST. 



11 



ADYERTISING DEPARTMENT. 



SPECIAL NOTICES. 



Pomona's Home Nurseries. 

 Ve call the attention of our readers to the adver- 

 tisement of J. H. Foster, Jr., Pomona's Home Nurseries, 

 West Newton, Pa., in this number. Mr. F. offers for sale 

 a splendid stock of Strawberry Plants and Grape Vines, 

 and has always on hand a fine assortment of Small Fruit 

 Plants and General Nursery Stock. Examine his adver- 

 tisement, and send for a copy of his "Abridged Manual of 

 Grape Culture," which is handsomely illustrated and 

 ■well worth reading. SENT FKEE to all applicants. 



Strawberry Plants. 



^S^Send for a copy of the Descriptive Catalogue of 

 Strawberry Plants grown and for sale by Edward J. EV' 

 ans & Co., Central Nurseries, York. Penna. 



lOpQ— CHARTER P E R P E TU A L.— 1 QOQ 



PIRE INSURANCE COMPANY 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



ASSETS ON JANUARY 1, 1866, 



$2,506,851 96. 



C&pital $400,000 00 



Accrued surplus 944,543 15 



Premiums 1,162,308 81 



UNSETTLED CLAIMS, INCOME FOR 1866, 



$11,467 53. $310,000. 



LOSSES PAID SINCE 1829, 



OVER $5,000,000. 



Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms. 



DIRECTORS: 

 Charles N. Bancker, I Edward C. Dale, 



Tobias Wagner, George Fales, 



Samuel Grant, Alfred Fitler, 



George W. Richards, Fras. M. Lewis, M. D., 



Isaac Lea, 1 Peter McCall. 



CHARLES N. BANCKER, President. 

 EDWARD C. DALE, Vice President. 

 J. W. McAllister, Secretary pro tern. 



SEE 



CUT AND TESTIMONIALS OF 



WILSON'S EARLY BLACKBERRY. 



Description and price of New and Best Varieties of 

 STRAWBERRIES, RASPBERRIES, Ac. Send and get 

 ^ne gratis before you forget it. 



JOHN COLLINS, Moorestown, N. J. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 

 Price List of '^Pomona's Home" Nursery 



Sent free of Postage ! Sent free of Postage I 



SUNT FBEE OF EXFE^\'iE TO PURCHASERS 



Send for a CATALOGUE, Sent Free ! 



"Manual of Grape Culture" Sent Free. 



1. — Agriculturist, Brooklyn Scarlet, Col. Ellsworth, Fil- 

 more, French, Green Prolific, Georgia Mammoth, Moni- 

 tor and Buffalo, 6 for 40 cts. ; 12 for 60 cts.; 23 for 90 

 cts.; 50 for $1.50; 100 for $2.50 ; 250 for $5.00. 



2. — Boston Pine, Crimson Favorite, Jenny Lind, Lennig's 

 White and Russell, 6 for 25 cts.: 12 for 40 cts.; 25 for 

 60 cts.; 50 for $1.00; 100 for $1.50; 250 for $3.00. 



3. — Burr's New Pine, {very early), Downer's Prolific and 

 Wilson, 6 for 20 cts.; 12 for 30 cts.; 25 for 45 cts.; 50 for 

 70 cts.; 100 for $1.10; 250 for $2.20. 



4.— LaConstante, 6 for 45 cts.; 12 for 70 cts.; 25 for $1.10; 

 50 for $2.00; 100 for $3.00. 



5. — Triomphe de Gand and Victoria, 6 for 25 cts.; 12 for 

 40 cts.; 25 for 55 cts.; 50 for 75 cts.; 100 for $1.30; 250 

 for $2.75. 



6.— " JUCUNDA," "Knox's 700," immense stock of best 

 quality plants, originally from an undoubted source, 3 

 for 40 cts.; 6 for 60 cts.; 12 for $1.00; 25 for $1.75; 50 

 for $3.00; 100 for $5.00. 



No Order for Less than $1.00. 

 Twenty-one varieties, 3 each, $4 — 6 each, $6.50 — 12 each, 



$10—25 each, $15—50 each, $24—100 each, $40. 



Order early and plant early, thus securing half a crop 



next year. Full instructions in Catalogue. Send for it. 



Sent free. 



Adirondac, $1 to $1.25. Allen, 70 cts. Concord, 25, 35 

 and 40 cts. Creveling, 50 and 60 cts. Cuyahoga, 60 cts. 

 Canby's August, 50 cts. Delaware, 50 to 60 cts.; layers, 

 my large vines, will fruit second year, with care. Diana, 

 35 and 45 cts. Elsingburg, 40 to 60 cts. Hartford, 45 to 

 60 cts., layers, Ac. Herbemont, 50 c(s. Iona,$l to $1.25. 

 Israella, $1.25, layers. Maxatawna, 00 cts. Montgomery, 

 $1. N. Muscadine, early, large layers for early fruiting, 

 60 cts. Norton's Virginia, 75 cts. Rebecca, 60 cts. Rod- 

 gers' Hybrids, 4, 15 and 19, 75 cts. Taylor, layers and 2 

 year olds, fine, 30 cts. Union Village, 60 cts. 



Sent free of post.age. Compare the above prices with 

 those of other propagators, and then send your order 

 where you can buy the best vines at the lowest price. 

 One of Each of the above 23 Varieties for $13. 



Raspberries, Blackberries, Currants and Gooseberries, 

 and Rose and other Flowering Shrubs sent by mail at 

 the lowest rates. Manual of Grape Cultuhe Sent Free. 

 Send for a Copy. Address, 



J. H. POSTER, JR., 



Box 660, West Newton, West'd Co., Pa. 



PHILADELPHIA, 



^ THE LARGEST, BEST AND 



Most Productive Hardy Raspberry, 



stood unprotected 16 deg. below and 105 deg. above 2ero, 

 and averaged over $12 per bushel the past summer. 



METCALF'S EARLY and AGRICULTURIST STRAW- 

 BERRIES. WILSON'S EARLY and KITTATINNY 

 BLACKBERRIES. Other VINES, PLANTS and TREES 

 for sale. Send for Catalogues gratis. 



WILLIAM PARRY, 



Cinnaminson, N. J, 



