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ONLY THE BEST 
CARSON’S COMPLETE COLLECTION OF 
0H0I0E VEGETABLE SEEDS, $5. 
12 Varieties of 
(Late of Peter Henderson & Co.) 
DECORATE YOUR HOMES. 
The above is a fac-simile of a sheet of Perforated Card Board, 8 1-2 x 21 1-2 
inches, on which is an elegant design for embroidery. This is only one of a 
series of the most artistic and tasteful designs for mottoes which we have ever 
seen. The whole list numbers about sixty, among which are such as “Consider 
the Lilies,” “After Clouds, Sunshine,” and “Should Auld Acquaintance be 
Forgot.” The prices of these vary from 30 cts. to 60 cts., and they can be had 
by mail only by sending to COLMAN SMITH, New Haven, Conn., who will 
send a list on receipt of a stamp. The designs are all patented, as well as the 
method of indicating each stitch, and by light and heavy lines show the shading 
necessary for a good eflect. Purchasers should not be deceived by cheap imitations. 
Aster, 
Phlox, 
Pansy. 
DOUBLE TUBEROSE BULBS. 
choicest seeds mailed to new cus- Superior in Quality and Size. 
tomers for trial for only 10c. and „ ... T ^ 
stamp. Catalogue free. Send for it Firet Quality Large Flower- Doz. 100. 1000. 
Prices moderate, packets large, *ng Bulbs,.$ <o $4 00 $30 00 
quality unexcelled. A trial will Second Quality Flowering 
prove. Address E. WYMAN, Jr Bulbs,. 50 3 00 20 00 
Florist, Rockford, III. a few hundred Extra Large 
Bulbs,. 1 00 5 00 
Dwarf Pearl, first quality 
Flowering Bulbs, - - - 1 50 10 00 
If sent by Mail, 25 cents per dozen Extra. 
MILLER & HATES, 
5774: Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Garden Engine and 
Fire Extinguisher. 
For Washing Windows, 
Carriages, etc. Protects 
Buildings from Fire, nnd 
Trees, Vines, etc., from 
Insects. Throws water 
50 teet. Easily carried. 
No .Dwelling, < ountry 
Home, or Factory should 
be without the Fountain 
Pump. Send for Large Illustrated Circular. J. A. WHIT 
MAN, Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer, Providence, R. I. 
WMt® Wate Mil©!® 
(NYMPEIA ODORATA.) 
I will send roots bearing these beautiful and 
fragrant flowers to any address postpaid, with in¬ 
structions to grow them, for 25c. each, or $2.50 per 
dozen. They can be grown in ponds or tubs. 
Address B. K. LANG WORTHY. 
Rockville, Wash. Co., E. I. 
“P^ASAN-rEMPLOYMlNf 
For young or middle aged ladies or gentlemen in 
every City and Town. No fortune to be 
made selling humbugs, but sure pay and pleasant 
honorable work. If you or some friend really 
want work, send postal card for particulars. Great 
inducements to experienced canvassers. 
Address at once, 
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., 
Burlington, Yermont. 
For {$1.00 I will send free ,by mail, 
Or 
8 distinct kinds of 
8 
Monthly Roses, 
flowering Begonias, 
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13 
44 
Basket Plants, 
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White Leaved Plants, 
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Carnation Plants, 
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Pink Plants. 
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Fancy Caladinm Bulbs, 
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13 
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Chinese Chrysanthemum 
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Plants, 
Dahlia Bulbs, 
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44 
Gladiolus Bulbs, 
8 44 Pearl” Tuberose Bulbs, 
44 8 distinot kinds of Double Geranium Plants, 
“8 44 44 Gold, Silver, and Bronze 
Geranium Plants, 
“ 8 “ “ Scented Geranium Plants, 
44 8 44 “ Ivy Geranium Plants, 
“ 8 44 u Zonale Geranium Plants, 
“ 8 44 44 Lantana Plants, 
44 6 44 *' Lily Bulbs, 
44 6 44 41 Double Petnnia Hants, 
“ 12 44 44 Single 4 k 
44 8 44 “ Phlox Plants, 
44 4 44 44 Passion Flower Plants, 
44 1 6 4 4 44 Choice Ycrbena Plants, 
44 8 44 44 Choice Fern Plants, 
44 12 41 44 Flowering roots Tuberose, 
or the whole collection of 236 Bulbs and Plants 
sent bv express on receipt of $15.00, to which either 
of my books. Gardening for Profit, Practical 
Floriculture, or Gardening for Pleasure (value 
$1.50 each), will be added. 
PETER HENDERSON, 
8 eedsman & Florist, 35 Cortlandt St., N. Y 0 
EVERY LOVER OF FLOWERS 
WILL find much of interest in 
Roots Garden Manual, 
for 1877, containing practical suggestions upon flow¬ 
ers which thrive in the shade, upon light sandy 
soils, upon heavy soils; those for fragrance, for 
summer hedge, for vases, etc.; arrangement of 
grounds, ribbon beds, and much else of interest to 
florists and amateurs, besides much upon vegetable 
and market gardening, and price-lis s of seeds, im¬ 
plements, garden, small fruit, and greonhouse plants, 
roses, etc. Altogether, containing as much as $1.50 
books on similai topics. Sent for 10c., which will 
be allowed on first order. J. B. ROOT, 
Seed-Grower, Rockford, Ill. 
TMDE MARK® 
GASH'S 
CAMBRIC 
FRILLING 
-OUR NAME on 40 mixed cards for 10 
cts. and stamp, Clinton Bros. Clintonville, Ct, 
Mixed Cakds, with name, for 10c. and stamp, 
Ag’ts Outfit 10a Dowd & Co., Bristol, Conn. 
(JCC O $77 a Week to Agents. $10 outfit FREE. 
VOO H u I I P. O. VICKERY, Augusta, Maine. 
TPOOC Plants, Spring Lists free. F. K. 
I I CCS; PHOENIX, Bloomington Nursery, Ill. 
FINELY PRINTED VISITING CARDS, 9 
tints, with your name on them all for only 
10 cts. STAR CARD CO., Northford, Ct. 
SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS. 
SUPERIOR QUALITY. By Mail, Postpaid. 
Ten Gladiolus, ten sorts, with name, fine, 50 cts. 
Ten Double Tnberoses, fine flowering bulbs, 75 cts. 
Four Beautiful Dahlias, different sorts, - - 50 cts. 
Catalogues free. Send for one at once. All kinds 
of Flower Seeds at 5 cts. per paper. Bulbs and 
Plants at extremely low prices- 
JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Queens, N. Y 
My annual Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower 
Seed for 1877 will be ready by January, and sent 
free to all who apply. Customers of last season 
need not write for it. I offer one of the largest col¬ 
lections of vegetable seed ever sent out by any seed 
house in America, a large portion of which were 
grown on my six seed farms. Printed directions for 
cultivation on every package. All seed sold from my 
establishment warranted to be both fresh and true 
to name; so far, that should it prove otherwise I 
will refill the order gratis. As the original intro¬ 
ducer of the Hubbard and Marblehead Squashes, 
the Marblehead Cabbages, and a score of other new 
vegetables, I invite the patronage of all who are 
anxious to have their seed fresh , true, and of the very 
best strain. New Vegetables a specialty, 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
By mail, postpaid (on own roots), 25 cents apiece, 
$2.00 per dozen. Large plants (budded or on own 
roots) by express at purchasers expense. 50 cents 
apiece, $4.00 per dozen. The most select col¬ 
lection in America. Send for Catalogue. 
ELLWANGER & BARRY, Rochester, N.Y. 
$200.00 IN PREMIUMS 
For the largest amount of fruit grown in 1873 from 
plants set the coming season of the famous COL. 
CHENEY STRAWBERRY, the hardiest, most 
productive, largest, handsomest and most delicious 
Berry grown. LADIES can easily compete for 
these premiums as a part of them require the care 
of but from 1 to 12 plants. Hants sent by mail or 
express to any part of U S. Price, 25c. per doz.; 
$1.00 per 100, postpaid; $5.00 per 1.000; $33.00 per 
10,000. (Original stock from A. M. Purdy.) Rock¬ 
land Fruit Farm Annual, with engraving and 
full particulars fi*ce. 
J. E. REMSBHRG, Atchison, Kansas. 
A $2.00 Ghromo GIVEN AWAY. 
The greatest inducement ever offered to 
lovers of flowers. 
Purchasers remitting $1.00 for Flower Seeds in 
packets receive, postpaid, choice of the following 
beautiful Chromos; Group of Pinks and Moss Buds, 
Apple Blossoms or Mayflowers (sold at $1.00 each). 
Those remitting $2.00 are entitled to .choice of 
Italian Landscape, either Summer or Winter, or of 
English Landscape, Summer or Winter. These 
pictures retail at $2.00. Those remitting $3.00 are 
entitled to one picture each from the $1.00 and $2.00 
premiums. The above Chromos are from the well- 
known house of L. Prang & Co. For further 
particulars and prices, see our Illustrated Catalogue 
of 150 pages, which will be sent on receipt of two 
3 cent stamps. The well-known reputation of our 
Seeds for the past twenty years is a sufficient 
guarantee of their quality. Address 
WASHBURN & CO., 
100 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. 
ROSES 
Fine over-blooming and 
other Roses sent by 
mail post-paid every¬ 
where, and their safe arrival guaranteed. 6 for 
SI; 14 for 5$2; 30 for $4. Purchaser’s choice 
of nearly 600 varieties of Roses and other plants, 
carefully labeled. Fine Premium Rose with each 
package when 10 cents are added. Catalogue 
free. Address JOS. T. PHILLIPS & SON, West 
Grove, Chester Co., Pa. 
THE FRET WORK DRILL. 
Indispensable with Fret Saws. 
It will make beautiful ornamental work with 
without a saw; will drill 75 holes per 
minute without danger of splitting, as an awl 
, every one praises it. Sent, hr mail on 
receipt of SI. COLMAN SMITH, 
_ New Haven, Conn. 
MISFIT 
CARPETS. 
ENGLISH BRUSSELS, THREE-PLY, AND IN¬ 
GRAIN, very cheap, at the old place, 
112 Fulton Street, New York. 
Send for a price-list. J. A. BENBALL. 
25 Varieties for $1.00. 
Send Postage Stamp for my illus¬ 
trated Catalogue, and Guide to the 
Vegetable ana Flower Garden. 
WM. H. CARSON 
IO a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit, and 
$ I JL terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. 
This new variety has proved a very strong 
grower, and perfectly hardy. Fruit ripens just 
before the Delaware: is double the size, and fully 
equal in quality for table use. It is as great an ac¬ 
quisition to our list of Grapes as the C< ncord was 
to varieties previously grown. I offer strong 
plants, propagated from the original vine owned by 
me. postpaid, by mail, or o the trade in quantities. 
Send for a Circular. H. E. HOOKER. 
Hooker N urseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
POND 
LILIES 
|_j EADER, If yon want, this coming summer, a 
1 tub of aquatic flowers like the above engraving 
beautiful and fragrant as the rose, easy to grow, 
send $2 to my address and I will forward you free 
of charge, one-half doz. strong blooming roots of 
Nymphia Odorata White Water Lilies, and two 
roots of Pontideria Gordata with instructions for 
growing them in ponds, tubs or aquariums. Single 
roots 35 cents each. Will send roots as soon as 
weather will permit. Please mention this paper. 
J. E. S. CRANDALL, 
Rockville, Washington Co., R. I. 
P. O money orders may be sent to Westerly, R. I. 
BKAUTIFUB EVER-BLOOMING 
THE DINGEE & CONARD CO’S 
BEAUTIFUL 
RO 
Strong Pot Plants, suitable for immediate 
flowering, sent safely by mail, postpaid. 5 
splendid varieties, your choice, all labeled, for 
$1; US for $3; 19 for $3; 36 for $4; 35 for $5. 
For 10 cents each additional, one Magnificent 
PremiHia Rose to every dollar’s worth or¬ 
dered. Send for our NEW GUIDE TO ROSE 
CULTURE, and choose from over 300 finest 
sorts. We make Roses a Great Specialty, and 
ore the largest Rose-growers in America. Refer to 
100,000 customers in the United States and Canada. 
THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., Rose Growers, 
W est Grove, Chester Co., Pa. 
NEW DEPARTURE. mSMSEl 
men wantedT STAPLE GOODS. NO PEDDLING 
i Salary S75 a month. Hotel and traveling expenses paid. 
I S. A. GRANT & CO., manufacturers of EN VBLOPES 
| and PAPER, 2,4, ( 3 , and8 Home St., CINCINNATI, OHIO. 
COLGATE & C0.’S 
VIOLET TOILET WATER. 
