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Ladies’ Floral Cabinet 
AND 
PICTORIAL HOME COMPANION. 
The Handsomest Illustrated Journal of 
Household Art, Flowers, and Home 
Literature in America. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 
Devoted to Housekeeping. Household Elegan¬ 
cies, Fashions, Music, Ladies’ Fancy Work, So¬ 
cial Amusements, Home Pets, Flowers, Window- 
Gardening, Cottages, Garden Decorations, and 
Illustrated Home Literature. 
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS, 1878. 
$1 8J per year, Monthly Edition, with Premium. 
65 cents, six months, without Premiums. 
50 cents, Quarterly Edition, one year, with 
premium. 
These terms include postage prepaid on Paper, ‘ 
which is paid by the publisher. 
1 00 for cover to volume, mailed, postage paid 
1 50 for portable binder and music portfolio, 
mailed, postage paid. 
Terms for Chromos, Agents' Outfits, etc. 
25 cts. for ageDts’ outfit of paper and chromo. 
Terms to canvassers sent on receipt of P 0. I 
stamp. Agents wanted in every town. Address ! 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS. Publisher, 
P.O. Box 2445. Office, 46 Beekman St., N. Y. 
d* /* /» a week iu your own town. Terms and $5 
TUU outfit free. 
H. HALLETT & CO., Portland, Me. 
djt fn fl&OA per day at home. Samples 
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STINSON & CO., Portland, Me. 
New Book for Fall, 1878. 
OUR DAILY MAIL-BAG. 
A few extracts from its Contents. 
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same position to active Agents that ‘Web¬ 
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1 flfl Scrap Pictures, 10c. ! 100 Transfer , 10c.! 
A"" 20 Floral Motto Cards , 10c.! 10 Perfo¬ 
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FOR 
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There was issued from this office, on De¬ 
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Tidies, on Java Canvas, Holbein Work, 
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No. 1 contains nearly 25 Designs for Worsted- 
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No. 3 contains Designs for Burlap Rugs, Mats, 
Home-made Carpets, etc. Price 30 
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U’hcy are printed in an exceedingly orna¬ 
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Baskets. 
Cl 0 111) wor * ter can make $12 a day at 
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FANCY CARDS, Snowflake, Oriental, etc., 
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Bliss’s Illustrated Hand-book, for 
the. Farm and Garden, and Catalogue 
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beautifully illustrated, will be ready for dis¬ 
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Seed and Horticultural Warehouse, 
34 Barclay Street, New York. 
P. O. Box 4129. 
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The Engraver’s 
MODEL CABINET. 
A Beautiful 
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This Cabinet contains all the ne¬ 
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Anew avenue for employment of 
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Flowers, House-Plants. 
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Beautiful Homes. 
Devoted to ffousefurnishiny. Everythingrelat- 
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over 301 pages, 350 Illustrations. Vol IV., 
Williams’s Household S ries. Price $1 50, 
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