Subscribers will confer a favor, 
if, when answering Advertisements, 
they will mention “ The Floral 
Cabinet.” 
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PICTORIAL HOME COMPANION, 
THE HANDSOMEST ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF HOUSE¬ 
HOLD ART, FLOWERS AND HOME LITERATURE 
IN AMERICA. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 
Devoted to Housekeeping, Household Elegancies, 
Fashions, Music, Ladies' Fancy Work, Social Amuse¬ 
ments, Home Pets, Flowers, Window Gardening, 
Cottages, Garden Decorations, and Illustrated Home 
Literature. 
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS, 1878. 
$1 30 per year, including new Colored Frontis¬ 
piece, “Treasures of Garden and Woodland.” 
1 20 per year, without premiums. 
65 cents, six months, without premiums. 
6 00 for club of five, with extra copy to club agent, 
or six copies to one address $0 00. 10c. addi¬ 
tional to these terms for each Frontispiece. 
These terms include postage, etc., which is paid 
by the publisher. 
Back Volumes. 
$1 30 for volume of 1874, 1S75 or 1876, unbound. 
2 25 “ “ “ bound in cloth,and mailed. 
1 00 “ cover to volume, mailed, postage paid. 
1 50 “ portable binder and music portfolio 
mailed, postage paid 
1 00 “ volume of 1873, unbound. 
50 “ numbers July to Dee., 1872, unbound. 
No numbers for sale previous to July, 1S72. 
No volumes bound previous to 1874. 
Terms for OJiromos, Agents’ Outfits, &c. 
25 cents for agents’ outfit of paper, and chromo. 
Terms to canvassers sent on receipt of P. O. 
stamp. Agents wanted in every town. 
Address. 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
Office, Publisher, 
46 Beckman St^NewYork. P. O. Box 2445. 
\ CATUiOGUE OP BOOKS 
A published and for sale by Henry T. Williams, 
will be sent free by mail on receipt of 3 ct. stamp. 
World's ONLY Manufacturer of 
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Exclusively.—ALL Styles and Sizes 
For Invalids' and Cripples' 
Self propulsion by means of 
hands only, in and out-doors. 
Comfort, durability, and ease 
of movement unequalled. 
Patentee and Maker of the 
“Polling Chairs” pushed about at the Centennial. 
Send stamp for Illustrated Catalogue, and mention 
the Floral Cabinet. HERBERT S. SMITH, 
32 Platt Street, New York. 
New Music Books!! 
Clarke’s Eeed Organ Melodies. 
Beautiful for decorat¬ 
ing. 12 oz. 25c, 4 oz. 
FLORIDA MOSS 
10o. Sent by mail. 
M. It. BEAN, Norwalk, Pntnam Co., Fla. 
THE DINOEE & CONARD CO.’S 
BEAUTIFUL EVER-BLOOMING} 
ROSES 
We deliver STRONG- POT ROSES, suitable for 
immediate flowering:, safely by mail, at 
all post-offices, 5 splendid varieties, your 
choice, all labeled, for SI; 12 for $2 . i<> f or 
S3; 2d for $4; 3* for $5; 75for&10; IOO 
for $ 13. Send for our N E W GUIDE TO RO SE 
CULTURE, and choose from over 300 finest 
sorts. Our Great Specialty is growing: and 
distributing: Roses. 
THE DINGEE &. CONARD CO., Rose-Growers, 
West Grove, Chester Co., Pa. 
RUBBER TYPE! 
By WM. H. CLARKE. Price, Cloth $3; Bds $2.60. 
Mr. darkens celebrated “New Method for Reed 
Organs” is universally recognized as a standard 
book for instruction. A book by the same skillful 
hand, and in which the same fine taste is displayed, 
will be universally welcomed. It has 200 large 
pages, Sheet Music size, and about 120 charming 
pieces. 
Dancing at Home and Abroad. 
By H. CLEVELAND, Jr. Cl. $1 ; Bds 80c. Paper 60c. 
This i3 a good manual for dancing, and also a sort 
of “ Chesterfield” treatise on etiquette and good 
manners, and is worth reading by everybody. 
Hull’s Temperance Glee Book. 
(40 cts ) Provides admirably for all the wants ot 
Clubs and Lodges. Just the book ior GOSPEL 
TEMPERANCE MEETINGS. 
Ditson & Co’s Musical Monthly. 
Nos. 11 and 12 (each No. 25 cts.; $2.00 per year), 
continues the good work of supplying the best mu¬ 
sic at the lowest price. 20 pages of choice music in 
each number, selected from Ditson & Co’s valuable 
copyrights. 
Any book mailed, post-free, for the retail price. 
OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. 
C. H. DITSON & CO., 843 Broadway, N. Y. 
COLGATE & CO.’S 
VIOLET TOILET WATER. 
Walter Baker & Co.’s 
Fine Plants!Low Prices. 
Coleus, Basket Plants, Bedding Plants, 75 cents 
per doz. My selection of varieties warranted to 
give satisfaction. Send stamp for Catalogue of a 
large variety of plants at lowest retail priced. 
Address, 
S. J. Galloway, 
MONTGOMERY, Hamilton Co., Ohio. 
THE 
Cases of 125 mov¬ 
able letters, etc., 
with printing ap- 
par at us, $1.50 by 
mail; sample of Type and circular, 6c. Address 
RUBBER TYPE CO., Mallet Creek, Ohio. 
EVERY LADY WANTS 
The IV1 uller Vine Fastener 
is the handiest invention of the age. 
Everybody that has a vine needs it. 
For Sale everywhere. Post paid, 
by mail, 2 dozen for 25 cents. 
Cork Arch. D 1(1 ° Descriptive Circular Free. 
. Wire Arch B |1 B. A. ELLIOTT & CO. 
Spring and W 
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These preparations have 
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purity md excellence 
fo r nearly one hun¬ 
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Cocoa contains as much 
flesh-forming matter as beef. 
Broma, an excellent 
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Breakfast Cocoa, — a 
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very best preparation of 
plain Chocolate in the mar¬ 
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unsurpassed in flavor and 
quality. 
Awarded the highest premium at the Paris, Vienna and I hiladelphia Expositions. 
T arrant’s 
EFFERVESCENT SELTZER APERIENT, 
Is a gentle and cooling cathartic or purgative medicine, in the form of 
0 1 lj M 111 a powder, pleasant to take and is recommended and used by the best 
I rg Vf iff physicians in the country as a most reliable and effectual remedy. 
SUMMER MONTHS 
I n our large cities is the critical period of infant life, 
as shown by the hills of mortality, compared with 
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Cures Dyspepsia, 
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Cures Nervous Headache, 
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has been foundparticnlarly beneficial, as attested by 
many flattering testimonials received during the last 
six years from well-known physicians of every 
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Adults suffering from Dyspepsia, Prostration of 
the System and General Debility, will also find in 
stxx>cs:’$ 
FOOD FOR INFANTS AND INVALIDS 
the desideratum for weak stomachs, being easily di¬ 
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taining in itself all that is necessary to nourish 
every pnrt of the human body. 
Sold by Druggists everywhere. None genuine 
unless WOOLUICH & Co', is on every label. 
Fancy Cards mixed in 25 styles, or 10 
fa 3 Chromos. with name, 10 cents. Nassau 
Cakd Co., Nassau, N. Y. 
CO DECALCOMANIEorTRANSFER PICTURES, 
OU 10c.; 60 Scrap or Jar Pictures, 10c.; all 
postpaid J. W. FRIZZELL, 478 IV. Baltimore 
Street, Baltimore, Md. 
DIAKin Another battle on high flRftAN 
I I HI’S U prices. "Warwithmon- U nUHIl 
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WHITE POND LILIES AT HOME. 
Beautiful and fragrant. Can be grown in arti¬ 
ficial ponds, tubs or aquariums. Strong, healthy 
roots, with buds that will bloom this season, sure. 
By mail, post-paid, for 35c. each, or 8 for a half¬ 
barrel tub, $2. Instructions with each package. 
J. E. S. Crandall, Rockville, Washington Co., 
R. I. P. O. Money Orders may be sent to West¬ 
erly, R. I. Rather not take stamps. 
NEW EXCELSIOR LAWN MOWER. 
Recevied Highest Award at the Centennial Exposition. 
IWPO RIANT FEATURES EOT TEE SEASON OE / 878 . 
Reduction in Price! 
Less Weight, Lighter Draft, aiul Furnished 
with either Wheels or Roller. 
It has been adopted and can he seen in practical operation 
on the Public Parks of New York, .Brooklyn, Bos¬ 
ton, New Haven, Cleveland, Chicago, and on al¬ 
most all the prominent City Parks in the UNITED STATES 
and CANADA. 
The Excelsior received the First Premiums at the 
Great Lawn Mower Trials held in New York City, Cleve¬ 
land, O., Waverly, N. J.; also at the Great international 
Lawn Mower Trial held at Carlisle, England, in Septem¬ 
ber last, and at many other trials and Agricultural Fairs held 
in Europe and America. 
6 sizes for Hand Power—4 sizes for Horse Power. 
Our New Horse Lawn Mower is conceded to he the LIGHT¬ 
EST and BEST Horse Lawn Mower ever made. 
N. B. — Horse and Hand Lawn Mowers are alike guaran- 
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CHADB0R2? & COLD WELL MFG CO., Newburgh, X. ¥. 
POTTERY 
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DECORATIONS. 
THE LARGEST VARIETY IN THE COUNTRY. 
Over 700 different style sheets on hand. 8, 10, 
12. 15, 20 or 25 sheets for $1.00. 10 or 12 
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8 c. All sent post-free on receipt of price. Postage 
stamps taken. AGENTS WANTED. 
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f iyril_T>TrrlC< or How to Prepare 
JLJLJL -JClJL JL a Nice Dish at a 
Moderate Expense. By Mrs. S. G. Knight. 
This is the best, most economical, and cheapest 
cook-book which has ever been placed before the 
public. Contains nearly 500 carefully tried recipes 
for all kinds of cooking. 124 pages. Price, neatly 
bound, in paper covers, 30c.; in flexible cloth, 50c. 
Sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price. 
E* C. TODD & CO., Publishers, 
7 Warren St., New York City. 
I8YALID RECLIlIfflS CHUR 
OUST WHEELS. 
Occupant can lie down or sit erect in it. 
MADE BY ^ 
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-nd for Price List. 
Mention this Journal. 
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Phiia, 
