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The Floral Instructor. 
The Floral Instructor. 
to non-reception, etc., should be ad¬ 
dressed to the publishers and not to us. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
SPALDING & McGILL, Ainsworth, Iowa, 
At Thirty Cents Per Tear. 
R. RENNIE McGILL, : Editor. 
To clubs of four or more, twenty-five cents per 
year, with copy free to club-raiser. 
Advertisements of a reliable character will be 
inserted at ten cents per line. 
Special rates given for long or continued adver¬ 
tisements. 
AINSWORTH, : : : JANUARY, 1881. 
CHAT. 
— Sworn Circulation, 1,500. 
—In sending remittances in stamps 
let them be of the one-cent denomina¬ 
tion. 
—The leaves sent by Mrs. R. A. B., of 
Lee county, Iowa, are not those of Col¬ 
eus, but Achyranthus. 
—We are in receipt of a small order 
from Ellsworth, Maine, which will be 
immediately filled when w T e know the 
sendei’s name. 
—An unusually open winter in this 
section. From middle of November up 
to the latter part of December plowing 
has been going on all around us. 
—We enter upon the season for the 
sale of seeds with a large stock of pure, 
fresh and reliable seeds. Market gar¬ 
deners, w r ho wish seeds in large quanti¬ 
ties, can save money by writing to us. 
—We are late this month. Reason : 
proof-sheets and manuscript lost in the 
mail while en route to printer. The 
great bulk of the paper had to be re¬ 
written in consequence. 
—Circumstances beyond our control 
have delayed the publication of our cat¬ 
alogue, but at last it is printed and will 
be mailed as speedily as possible to our 
customers and all applicants, free. 
—When persons subscribe for a paper 
through us, and have received the first 
number thereof, all complaints in regard 
— Every reader of this paper is suffi¬ 
ciently interested in his fireside and 
family to induce him to seek the most 
instructive reading master at the least 
cost. We know this to be the desire of 
thousands, and the desire can be real¬ 
ized by sending us 60 cents and receiv¬ 
ing for one year, post paid, two period¬ 
icals— The Floral Instructor and Atch- 
inson’s Monthly Magazine, progressive, 
pure and popular, devoted to art, lite¬ 
rature, stories, fashions, home, puzzles, 
young folks, editorials, woman’s work.etc. 
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PUBLISHER’S GREETING-. 
Once more has the holiday season 
come and gone. Anither year has 
dawned upon us and finds the Instruct¬ 
or siill flourishing. As our regular 
monthly issue is now 1500 copies, we are 
justified in saying that our readers are 
numbered by thousands. The univers¬ 
al favor with which our publication has 
been received, and the regular increase 
of our subscription-list, are gratifying 
items to us. Yet we would like to im¬ 
prove the work still further, but at our 
exceedingly low subscription price we 
cannot do so wi J hout a loss to ourselves 
until we have at least 5,000 subscribers. 
With a little assistance from each of our 
subscribers in the way of organizing 
clubs, and sending us names of persons 
interested in Gardening and Flowers, 
we think that number can be secured 
before the end of the present volume. 
With many thanks to our friends for 
past favors, and a hope thal they may 
still find it to their advantage to contin¬ 
ue with us we wish all of our many 
readers a happy New Year, and that the 
Instructor will ever be a welcome vis¬ 
itor in their homes. 
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