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MUSIC BOOKS 
Magnificent Bound Volume of Songs of 
the’most popular and musical character. 
Magnificent bound Volume of the most 
recent and popular songs. 
Splendid bound Volume of the most 
Brilliant Piano Music, by Strauss and 
others. 
2,000 Varieties Bare and Beautiful Blower 
Seeds. 
500 Varieties Choice Vegetable Seeds. 
500 Varieties Seed Potatoes. 
Selected Seeds of all the leading and im¬ 
proved varieties of Hoot and Forage Crops for 
Field Culture, consisting of Corrots, Man¬ 
gel wurzel, and Sugar Beets, t. orn, Tur¬ 
nips, Kuta Ba-ga, Grass Seeds, etc Ferti¬ 
lizers, Garden Tools, SmallFiuits,Flow¬ 
ering P ants, and other Requisites for the 
Farm and Garden. 
A complete descriptive and ] ric-d list of the 
above, with directions for culture, will be found in 
the following catalogues now in press, and will he 
ready for distribution January 1. 
A copy will he mailed to applicants upon receipt 
of price affixed — regular customers supplied gratis. 
Bliss’s Illustrated Seed Catalogue and 
Amateur’s Guide to the fjower and .Kitch¬ 
en Garden, 216 pages, price 35 cents. 
Bliss’s Illustrated Gardener’s Almanac 
for 1S78, and Abridged Catalogue. 136 pages, 
with Monthly Calendar of operations, 10 cents. 
Bliss’s Illustrated Potato Catalogue con¬ 
tains a list of 500 Varieties, and much useful infor¬ 
mation upon their cultivation. 10 cts. Address 
P. O. Box, B. K. BLISS & SOWS, 
Ho. 5712. 34 Barclay St., Wew York. 
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Splendid hound Volume of the finest “g - 
piano pieces of Medium Difficulty. g'£. 
Send for 5 Christmas Selections, J4 per 100. 
WINTER S1NCING BOOKS. 
THE SALUTATION, - - - ($1.25 or $12 doz.) 
ZION,.“ 11 “ 
Two first -class Church Music Books. 
ENCOItE, (75 cts., or $7.50 doz.) 
JOHNSON’S CI-IOEUS CHOIR INSTRUCTION 
BOOK, - - - - ($1.25 or $12 doz.) 
PERKINS’ SINGING SCHOOL, (75c. or$6.75doz.) 
Three of the best possible Singing class Books. 
Any hook mailed post-free for retail price. 
OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. 
C. H. Ditson & Co. J. E. Ditson & Co., 
843 Broadway, N. Y. 922 Chestnut St. Phila, 
THE DIHGEE & C6NAR9 CO’S 
Our 
Combined 
CATALOGUE 
BEAUTIFUL EVEK-BLOOMIIG 
EVERYTHING 
FOR THE 
Strong Pot Plants, suitable for immediate 
flowering, sent safely by mail, postpaid. 5 
splendlUl varieties, your choice, all labeled, for 
$1 ; 13 for $3; 19 for $3; 36 for $4; 35 for $5. 
For 10 cents each additional, one Magnificent 
Premium Rose to every dollar’s worth or¬ 
dered. Send for our HTEW GUIDE TO ROSE 
CULTURE, and choose from oyer 300 finest 
sorts. We make Roses a Great Specialty, and 
are the largest Rose-growers in America. Refer to 
100,000 customers In the United States and Canada. 
THE D1NGEE & CONARD CO., Rose Growers, 
West Grove, Chester Co., Pa. 
Numbering 175 pag, s, with Colored Plate, 
SE^T FREE 
To our customers of past years, and to 
all purchasers of our books, either 
GARDENING FOR PROFIT, 
PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE, 
Or GARDENING FOR PLEASURE, 
(Price $1.50 each, prepaid, by mail.) 
To others, on receipt of 25c. 
Plain Planter Seed Catalogues, without 
Plate, free to all. 
PETER HENDERS0N&C0. 
Seedsmen , Market Gardeners and Florists, 
35 Cortlandt St., New York. 
SILVER NAPKIN RINGS, in novel anil 
beautiful designs, and other novelties in plated 
ware, at very low prices. Goods sent by mail. 
JAMES W 1UFTS, 
33 to 39 Bowker St , Boston, Mass. 
Photographs free. 
Elegant Cards, no two alike, with name, 
10c. p’stp’d. Geo.LReed & Co., Nassau, N.Y. 
V S M E* fP fl R ® ow ma( P‘ in 10 hours from Cider, 
V 0 11 BalJiHSai Wine, or Sorghum, without using 
drugs. Name paper, and address 
E. I. t"AGE, Springfield, Mass. 
With Skirt Supporter and 
Self-Adjusting Pads, 
Unequaled for Beauty, Style, 
and Comfort. 
APPROVED BY ALL PHYSICIANS 
For Sale by Leading Merchants. 
Samples, any size, by mail. In Sat- 
teen, $ 1 .- 50 ; Coutil, $1 75 ; Nursing, 
Corset, $2.go; Misses’ Corset, $ 1 . 00 . 
DP. WARNER’S 
Duplex Supporters. 
No elastics, causing enlarged 
veins; no uncomfortable bands 
dragging around the body, but a 
perfectly secure, convenient, and 
healthful support fir the stockings 
and bandage. Price, by mail, $ 1 . 
Agents Wanted. 
Warner Bra's, 351 Breadwav, N. Y, 
ft To introduce their goods J. S. 
A I 1 I L'l B 1 PATTEN & CO.,162 William 
U IT I J I Street, New York, will send a 
All A I package of Transfer Pictures, 
Instructions, and Illustrated Catalogue of 1.000 
Articles you want, to all sending 6 cents (stamps 
taken), to pay mailing expenses. These pictures 
are highly colored, beautiful, and are easily trans¬ 
ferred to any object so as to imitate the most beau¬ 
tiful painting. 
Repp or Damask cards, with name, 10 centsi 
post paid. J. B. ITU STEP, Nassau, N. Y* 
frfl.FERRY&Co; 
Gleason’s Publications. 
Great reduction in price for 1878 of “Gleason’s 
Pictorial 11 to $2 a year; single copies 5 cents. 
The ‘"Home Circle 11 to $2 a year; single copies 5 
cents. For sale by all newsdealers. All postage 
free. The price of Chromos has just been greatly 
reduced. No one now gives such liberal terms to 
agents as we do. Send for new free circular. Ad¬ 
dress F. Gleason & Co., 738 Washington Street, 
Boston, Mass. 
This game is entirely new, both in its methou of 
play and design. It consists of 
fains colored plate, 500 
about 150 pages, and full descnptionsr^^ ^SHMfe^^a 1 ^ 
prices and directions for planting over 1200 ~ 
varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Plants, Roses, Etc. 
Invaluable to all. bend for it. Address 
D. M, FEBBY & CO., Detroit, Hick, 
32 FINELY ENGRAVED CARDS, 
printed in four different colors, viz., Gold, Blue, 
Black and Red, ana may be played by two, three, or 
four players. 
In many places it has superseded 
and other games of like character, simply because 
found to be more entertaining. 
Packed in Handsime Box, with Illuminated Cover. 
Full directions with each box. 
Price, only 
I FkEE BY IVIA;L■ OUs^ SELECTION. 
I 5 Strong named Roses, Winter Blooming, $1.00 
I 8 Choice Hyacinth Bulbs, double and single, 1.00 
15 Fine named TULIPS, double and single, 1.00 
30 Choice Crocus, named sorts. - - - 1.00 
2 Roses, 3 Carnations, and 3 Hyacinths, 1.00 
2 Bouvardias, 2 Roses, and 3 Geraniums, - 1.00 
3 Hyacinths, 6 Tulips, and 12 Crocus, - 1.00 
I CallaLily, 2 Carnations, and 3 Roses, - 1.00 
3 Roses, I Jessamine, and 2 Bouvardias, 1.00 
Wc warrant plants to arrive in good condition. 
£5?" F all Floral Guide now ready. Send for it. 
A. K. WILLIAMS, Richmond, lnd D 
Just published for 1878 and containing much of 
interest to all who have garden, mailed free, 
or with packets of the very best Pansies and Ver¬ 
benas for 25 cents. All seeds of the choicest quality, 
fresh and reliable, try them. Address 
E. WYMAN, Jr., Rockford, Ills. 
'O Cents. 
HENRY I WILLIAMS, 
40 Beekman St., IN. Y, 
Crimson, Violet, Yellow, Purple, Green, 
Maroon, Scarlet, Slate, Brown, 
Black, Blue, Red. 
Each Dye colors from one to two j>ounds of 
goods any shade . with certain success. Warrant¬ 
ed to be the best and cheapest colors for family 
and fancy dyeing. 
ANY CHILD CAN USE THEM! 
A book giving full directions for all uses, with a 
beautiful sample card, showing how to make 36 
colors, sent to any address for a 3-cent stamp, or the 
same with a package of any color on receipt of 25 cts. 
11 9? Dear Heart we’re Fad- 
lU I BhUEL ing > Estdbrooke; very 
H ■ w ■ ■ e w mm popular song. Fairest 
Love thy Face I Greet, Gumbert. Barney the lad 
from Kildare, Rutledge Why am I Ever Watch¬ 
ing, Munn. Lula Darling. Dantes. Excelsior Gal¬ 
op ; Pigeon Polka; Wayside Blossom Waltz. These 
8 new 3-page pieces, for PJano or Organ, are in 
Dec. No. of Musical Hours for 25c. Try it 6 
Months; obtain music worth $16.80 for 75c. 
(cash or' stamps.) G. W. Richardson <fc Co., 256 
Wash. St., Boston. Dec. No. and premium free to 
all sending $1.50 for 1878. 
We have ready for mailing 
VOLUMES FOR 1877 
handsomely and strongly bound in extra cloth, with 
Gold Side Stamp, and 
Steel Plate Frontispiece. 
These, will he sent free by mail on receipt of 
B2.25, 
Also a limited number of 
Bound Yols. for 1874, 1775 & 1876, 
at $3.25 per volume. 
BINDING CASES 
sent free, on receipt of 76c. 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
Publisher, 
46 Beekman Strbet, N. Y. City. 
New Haven, Conn, 
ORTH SENDING FOR.—Every lady reader 
of this paper will receive an elegant motto 
design for embroidery by sending two 3 cent 
stamps to Colman Smith, New Haven, Conn. 
MIXED CARDS with name, 10c. and 3c. 
stp. Samples 6 c. Dowd &Co., Bristol, Ct. 
a week in your own town Terms and $5 out¬ 
fit. free. H. ITallett & Co . '*-tland, Maine. 
Finely Printed Visiting Cards, no two alike. 
with your name on them all for only 10 cts, 
Star Printing Co., Northford. Conn. 
Finely Printed Visiting 1 Cards, 9 
tints, with vour name on them all for only 
10 cts. STAR CARD CO., Northford, Ct. 
1 WATPUCC ! S f em Winding! Oneagentmade 
fVnlurlLOi $894 in 57 days. Sample Watch 
free toev’ry agt. Ad.C. M. Linington, Chicago,Ill 
Fa c hi nable Cards, no 2 alike, with name, 10 c. 
postpaid. Geo. I. Reei> & Co., Nassau, N. Y. 
LARGE MIXED CARDS, with name 13 c. or 40 
■n ca e 13 c. Outfit 10 c. Dowd & Co., Bristol, Ct. 
OFZ Ywcy Cards, Sno-wflake, Damask, etc., no 2 
iraJw alike, with name, 10c. Nassau Card Co., 
Nassau, N Y. 
a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and 
terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. 
Send for Price List. 
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