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RUSTIC PAGODA. 
RUSTIC ARM CHAIR. 
fllJCELLflNEOUS REQUISITES. 
ARTISTIC and MASSIVE RUSTIC WORK, of 
all descriptions. Summer-houses, arbors, bridses, 
bathing aud well houses, gateways, lawn pagodas, 
settees, chairs and tables, rustic stands, vases, tubs, 
etc. Send for Kustic Catalogue for prices aud further 
information. 
RAFFIA. The best thing for tying; evei-y fibre of it 
can be used. HO cents per lb. 
SMALL and SOFT SFONQ-FS, for washing plants, 
Svi to ?S per dozen. 
HORTICULTURAL BOOKS AND VALUABLE 
PUBLICATIONS. We add a brief list of books 
which will be found most valuable for the horticultur- 
ist's library. 
The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening'. — A prac- 
tical Encyclopedia of Horticulture, for Gardeners and 
Botanists. By G. Nicholson and able assistants. 
Completed in eight volumes, including supplement. 
A unique and exhaustive work, in which the practical 
information and botanical classification have been 
brought down to present date. The number and beauty 
of its illustrations are without a parallel in any book 
of gardening, being over '2,000 in number. S vols. 
Cloth, m. 
Choice Stove and Greenhouse Plants. — By Benj. S. 
Williams, P. R. H. S. With description of upward of 
1,100 species and varieties. Instructions for their cul- 
tivation and mode of management. Illustrated with 
colored frontispiece and numerous splendid illustra- 
trations. 086 pages, 3 vols., 13mo, cloth. Price, $,5. 
The Rose.— A ti-eatise on the cultivation, histor.v, fam- 
il,V characteristics, etc., of the vai-ious groups of roses, 
with accurate descriptions of the varieties now gener- 
ally grown. By H. B. EUwanger. 393 pages, li mo, 
cloth. Price, .*1.25. 
Parsons on the Rose.— New and revised edition. A 
treatise on the propagation, culture and history of the 
rose. Illustrated. By Samuel B. Parsons. Cloth, 
13mo. Price, *1. 
Practical Camellia Culture. — A treatise on the propa- 
gation and culture of the Camellia Japonica. By Robert 
J. Halliday . Illustrated with five colored plates and fifty 
wood engravings. 13mo, 141 pages, cloth. Price, ?3. 
Practical Azalea Culture. — A treatise on the propaga- 
gation and culture of Azalea Indica. B.y Robert J. 
Halliday. Illustrated, 110 pages, I'imo, cloth. Price$3. 
Subtropical Garden ; or Beauty of Form in the Flower 
Garden. B.y W. Robinson, P. L. S. Beautifully illus- 
trated. 241 pages, 13mo, cloth. Price, $3.75. 
Bulbs. By Edward Sprague Rand, Jr. A treatise on 
hardy and tender bulbs and tubers. 369 pages, 13mo, 
cloth. Price ^'^..^O. 
The Propagfation of Plants. — By Andrew S. Puller. 
Illustrated with numerous engravings. An eminently 
practical and useful work. Describing the processes 
of hybridizing and crossing species and varieties, and 
also the man.y different modes by which cultivated 
plants ma,v be propagated and multiplied. Including 
siicculent and hard wooded-plants, trees and shrubs. 
Cloth, I'Jmo. Price, §1.50. 
Handbook of Plants. — B.y Peter Henderson. A con- 
cise and practical horticultural handbook. 410 pages. 
Price, 
Ornamental Gardening' for Americans. — A treatise 
on beautifying homes, rural districts and cemeteries. 
A practical work at a moderate price, with numerous 
illustrations, and instructions so plain that the.v may 
be readily followed. By Elias A. Long. Illustrated. 
Cloth, 13mo. Price, $3. 
Book of Evergreens.— By .losiah Hoopes. A practical 
treatise on the conifer;e or cone-bearing plants. Hand- 
somel.y illustrated. 435 pages, 13mo, cloth. Price, $3. 
Any of the above books sent postpaid on receipt 
of price ; we can also supply any other horticultural 
books desired. 
Books on orchid culture can be supplied : cor- 
respond in reference to them when wanted. We also 
receive subscriptions for an,y American or foreign 
Horticultural publications at publisher's rates. 
