The West American Scientist. 



IMPORTANT NOTICE. 



Botanists, Nurserymen 



SEEDS MEN AKD FLORISTS. 



Cycas revoluta, 0. circinalis (tree ferns), Al ophila, 

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 maccai these, D. Auieum, D. cruminatum, D. macro, 

 stacbys, Vanda spathulata, Vanilla phalarnopsi^, 

 Eria bicolor, Cleistoma maculosum, and over 40 of 

 the best varieties of Lycopopiums, Ferns, Palms, 

 Pandanu?, Euphorbia, Opuntia, an I other varieties 

 of seeds and plants supplied. 



We will pack and deliver free at any 

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A <:ase of 2c Orchids, 20 varieties $100 



500 " 30 " .-. IriO 



" 20') Cycas circinalis, stems 6 inches. . 100 

 500 " " " 4 to 12 



inches hleh 250 



A case of 1 ,0o0 Bulbs, 10 different varieties, 

 such as Crium Oranatum, 0. Asiaticum, Pan- 

 cartium, Glnriosa, Methonica, Alocasias, &c. 175 



one who 



Shall 



reader? Write to us and learn all about it for yourself. We 

 are starting many; we will start you if you don't delay until 

 another gets ahead of you in your part of the country. If you 

 take hold you will be able to pick up gold fast. Qgf**JKea.d — 

 On account of a forced manufacturer's sale 135,000 ten 

 dollar Photograph Albums are to be sold to the 

 people for JftS each. Bound m Hoyal Crimson Silk Velvet 

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 talking necessary. Wherever shown, every one wants to pur- 

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 before known. Great profits await every worker. Agents are 

 making fortunes. Ladies make as much as men. You, reader, 

 can do as well as any one. Full information and terms free, 

 to those who vrrite for same, with particulars and terms for our 

 Family Bibles, Books and Periodicals. After you know all, 

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Address E. C. ALLEN & CO., AUGUSTA, MAINE. 



Cofifea arabica. C. Liberica, Thea Asamica, T. Hy- 

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 cooa, Cocoas mucifera, Vanilla planifolia, Sarcuia 

 maugostana, and over 50 different varieties of Fruit 

 Trees. Price list of seeds and plants can be had on 

 application to C. K. ORCUTT, Sefdsmau, Sau 

 Diego, California, to whom all orders should be 

 addressed. 



Also, Bird Skins and E°gs, Shells Bones, etc., 

 upplied from Ceylon and elsewhere. 



J, P. ABRAHAM, 



Grand Pass, Colombo, Ceylo. 



IfAIAT from Ohio. Here is a 

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 He writes: "Was at work on a farm for 

 JHjSO a month ; I now have an agency 

 r for E. C. Allen & Co's albums and publi- 

 cations and often make $30 a day." 

 (Signed) W. H. GAlUtlSON. 



William Kline, Harrisburg, Pa., 

 writes: "I have never known 

 anything to sell like your album. 

 Yesterdav I took orders enough to 

 pay me over !fi»35." W. J. El- 

 more, Bangor, Me., writes: "I 

 take an order for your album at 

 [almost every house I visit. My 

 profit is often as muchas $>20 

 ifor a single day's work." 

 Others are doing quite as well ; 

 [we have not space to give ex- 

 tracts from their letters. Every 

 takes hold of this grand business piles up grand profits. 



we start YOU in this business, 



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BOOK CHAT! 



Brentano's, Publishers, 5 Union Square, N '. Y. 



Book Chat contains monthly a complete index to 

 the periodical literature of the world. Indispensable 

 to Botanists, Conchologists, Geologists and Scientists 

 generally. $1 a j ear; 10c. for a single copy. 



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The Combination Microscope.— With Insect Holder, 

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