The most effective, 
simple, and conve¬ 
nient yet invented. 
Works 30 lbs. in 
less than 5 mi¬ 
nutes, thoroughly 
working out butter¬ 
milk and mixing in 
the salt. Agents 
Wanted. Send for circular. A. H. REID, 
6 N. Eighteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS 
Ve , feE , N , -ii? U lEyauVB , 00Rl PIANO SELF-ACCOMPANIST. 
JTT.QW T>TTTf T T.Qf vnrn 
i^iadies’ SPf oral i^iafunet ian.fl .lIHetorral Home ^omruanion. 
63 
CLIANTHUS DAMPIERI SEED. ! Seeds , Plants , Etc . 
Just received, a fresh importation of seed of 
this beautiful “ Glory Pea,” which could not be 
procured for some years past; price 25 cts. per 
packet. Directions for growing, see “ Dreer’s 
Garden Calendar ” for 18T9, mailed free on receipt 
of order or two 3-cent stamps for postage. 
HENRY A. DliEER, Seedsman and Florist, 
No. 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 
Ayer & Son's Manual contains more informa¬ 
tion of value to advertisers than any other publi¬ 
cation. Sent post-paid on receipt of 25 cents. Ad¬ 
dress N. W. Ayer & Son, Advertising Agents, 
Times Building, Philadelphia. 
ft 
J We will send free by mail, and guarantee their 
1 safe arrival in Good Condition* our choice 
§12 ROSES.12sorts, 
115 Basket or Bedding: Plants.. 15 “ 
10 GERANIUMS. 10 “ 
10 CARNATIONS. 10 “ 
j 10 Tuberoses* * all Pearl , large and double, 
112 Gladioli, all Flowering Bulbs . 
J 2 Camellia Jap onicas and 2 Azaleas, SI 
J CHEAP, and many NEW AND RARE! 
I For your choice of varieties, see our 80-page 
I Catalogue, free to all. We also offer an irn- 
Imense Stock of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 
I Evergreens, Small Fruits, Shrubs, etc. Catalogue 
iwith Colored Plate, 10c. 
] 6 Hardy Flowering Shrubs .. .6 sorts, 
I lO Currant Bushes.3 “ 
125 Raspberry Plants.5 
180 Strawberry Plants.4 “ 
1 8 GrapeVines.8 
| oO Swt.Chestnut or 50 Catalpa Trees,, 
1 26tli Year . 15 Greenhouses : 400 Acres. 
aSTORRS, HARRISON & C0„ Painesville, 0. 
MA9I1HARI4L RALITI restores and 
-L"A develops the bust. Warranted sure and 
safe. Price $1. New England Medical In¬ 
stitute, 24 Tremont Row, Boston, Mass. 
SHARPLESS' STRAWBERRY! 
The largest, best flavored, and most productive. 
Berries grow with ordinary culture 6 to 12J4 
inches round. Eorty-page Catalogue of Green¬ 
house Plants and Small Emits tree ; with col¬ 
ored plate of Sharpless, 10 cts. Address 
J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. 
tfW Beautiful Floral Plants by mail. Mention 
this paper. 
10 Varieties of Fresh Imported 
FLOWER SEEDS, 
in separate packets, postage pre¬ 
paid. Large Illustrated Seed Cata¬ 
logue for 1879 Mailed Free 
to All. 
BENSON, MATJLE & CO., 
223 Church Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
ROCHESTER 
JUST PUBLISHED. 
A Book containing a simple method for Piano or 
Organ (no notes used), whereby a person can at 
once learn all the chords, and accompany them¬ 
selves to any tune in the Book, comprising CO 
popular airs, or any song ever written. Mailed on 
receipt of price. One Dollar. Address MUNROE 
PUBLISHING CO., Office, Piano Warerooms, 47 
East Twelfth St., near Broadway, N. Y. 
AGENTS WANTED. 
All kinds of Flower 
and Vegetable Seeds at 
Jive cents per paper. 
Our half-dime papers 
of choice seeds are the 
best in the world, and 
are planted by thou¬ 
sands in all parts of 
America. Send for 
beautiful Illustrated 
Catalogue, free. 
Bulbs and Plants at, extremely low prices. The 
following sent by mail, post-paid (remit currency 
or postage-stamps) : 
Four beautiful Lilies, different sorts, named, 
50 cents. Nine Gladiolus, nine splendid sorts, 
named. 55 cents. Twelve choice mixed Gladiolus, 
50 cents. Twelve Double Tuberoses, 80 cents. 
All fine large bulbs. 
JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, 
Queens, N. Y. 
FLOWER 
SEEDS. 
r TE WATER LILY, -Strong roots of tills fra¬ 
grant Lily, with printed directions for plant¬ 
ing in tubs and ponds, 25 cents each, $2 per doz., 
by mail. 
MANN BROS., Randolph, Mass., P. O Box 162. 
, Chromo, Gold-border, etc., 10c., no two alike, 
" or 20 Cupid cards, 10c. 
J. B. IIUSTED, Nassau, N. Y. 
Perfumed Chromo and Snowflake cards in 
elegant case, name in Gold, 10c. 
DAVIDS & CO., Northford, Ct. 
ft LLT It Any worker can make $12 a day at 
vfuJUlf* home. Costly outfit free. Address 
TRUE &~CO., Augusta, Me. 
OK FANCY CARDS, Snowflake, Oriental, etc.. 
r» O in 25 styles, with name. 10c. 
J. B. IIUSTED, Nassau, N. Y. 
New-Style CARDS; Gold Border, Chromo, 
Motto , etc., name Gold. 10c. 1 
STAR CARD CO., Clintonville, Conn. 
K A Gold, Silver, Lacc, Diamond, Lily, Rose- 
had, etc., Cards. Your name neatly printed 
on them all, only 10c. 
STAR PRINTING CO., Northford, Conn. 
CHROMO AND PERFUMED CARDS, no 
three alike, name in Gold and Jet. 10c. 
CLINTON BROS., Clintonville, Ct. 
For S 
you buy $1 10 worth of Seeds or Plants. 
“ 3 45 “ Seeds or Plants. 
“ 6 00 “ Seeds or Plants. 
“ 12 50 “ Seeds or Plants. 
“ 26 00 “ Seeds or Plants. 
My New Catalogue for 1879 is the best 
and most comprehensive work issued. It con¬ 
tains numerous ENGRAVINGS, illustrating 
thousands of the best FLOWERS and A'EGE- 
TABLES, and also descriptions of all the BEAU¬ 
TIFUL PLANTS. Mailed for a 3-cent stamp. 
To customers free. Seeds or Plants by Express 
or Mail. (Safety guaranteed.) 
Wm. E. Bowditch, 645 Warren St., Boston, Mass. 
ROSES 
6 for $1, 14 for $2, post¬ 
paid. Bedding and (Preen- 
house Plants by mail. Catdr 
loguefree. 
J. T. PHILLIPS & SON. 
a week in your own town. Terms and $5 
'PUU outfit free. 
H. HALLETT & CO , Portland, Me. 
$5 tO $20 per day at home. Samples 
25 
KC COMMERCIAL 1 
NURSERIES 
Hardy Trees, Shrubs, Vines, and Plants, per 
dozen, 100, and 1.000. Fine Rose Specialty. New 
Spring PRICE-LIST now ready, and sent, free to 
all applicants. ORNAMENTAL CATALOGUE 
(illustrated), 10 cents. Fruit Catalogue, 6 cents. 
Both free to customers. Fine, thrifty stock and 
low prices. Address 
W. S. LITTLE. Rochester, N. Y. 
W. C. WILSON’S 
CATALOGUE 
of Choice Bedding and Greenhouse Plants, Flow¬ 
er and Vegetable Seeds, will be mailed to all who 
apply by addressing W, C. WILSON, 45 West 
Fourteenth Street, New York City. 
The publishers of Farm and Fireside, Springfield, Ohio, give 
1 year's subscription to fcbeir valuable and interesting paper, and 
send one dollar’s worth of any kind Qf 
SEEDS FREE 
by mail, post-paid, to any address, on receipt of one dollar. You 
can select exact seeds wanted, from catalogue of D.M.Ferry & Co., 
if you have not got it, be sure to send to us for their handsome 
150 page catalogue, it is mailed free to all. And be convinced we 
furnish our subscribers with seeds at lower prices than they can 
buy elsewhere, and also give Farm and Fireside 1 year without 
additional cost. Farm and Fireside is a great favorite every¬ 
where, suitable alike to the home circle in city, town, or country. 
The old. the young, and all are delighted with it. 
LIBERAL SEED OFFERS.— We give Farm and Fire¬ 
side i year, and 50 cents worth of Seeds, for 75 cents ; $2.00 worth 
of Seeds, and F. & F. 1 year, for $1.50 ; $3.00 worth of Seeds, and 
F. & F. 1 year, for $2. A club of 6 to one address, at price of 5. 
SEEI>; PREMIUMS. —To any one sending 4 subscribers, 
we give 50 cents worth of Seeds; for 7 subscribers we give $1 
wortli of Seeds ; for 10 subscribers, $1.50 worth ; for 12 subscrib¬ 
ers, $2 worth ; and for 15 subscribers, $3 worth of Seeds. 
Liberal premiums and cash commission given to AGENTSV 
SAMPLE COPIES, Premium List, and Catalogue of Seeds free 
to all. All Seeds are sent by mail, post-paid, direct from Seed 
House, at lowest catalogue prices, but address all orders to 
FARM AND FIRESIDE, Springfield, Ohio. 
til $5 free. Address 
STINSON & CO., Portland, Me. 
ALL CHROMO CARDS, CUPIDS, MOT¬ 
TOES, FLOWERS, with name. 10 cents. 
NASSAU CARD CO., Nassau, N. Y. 
djWW a Month and expenses guaranteed to 
I • Agents. Outfit free. 
SHAW & CO., Augusta, Me. 
CA Perfumed Chromo, etc.. Cards (name in 
u" gold) and One Comic Valentine, 10 cents. 
GLOBE CARD CO , Northford, Conn. 
8 fill Scra P Pictures. 10 cts. ; 100 Transfer Pic- 
1 U U tares, 10 cts. : 12 Floral Embossed Cards, 
10 cts ; 10 Perforated Mottoes, 10 cts. ; 4 Chro¬ 
mo Mottoes, 10 cts. ; 4 Fine 6x8 Chromos, 10c. ; 
1 Floral Surprise, 10 cts. All for 50 cts. ; post¬ 
paid I Stamps taken. 
J. W. FRIZZELL, Baltimore, Md. 
Ua,, /J a,. If you love rare flowers, choicest 
IVUllUL'I j onhh address ELLIS BROS., 
Keene, N. H. It will astonish and please. Free. 
K A Chromo. Gold Border, etc., no two alike, 
GV 10c.; or 20 Lace Cards. 10c. 
DIME CARD CO., Nassau, N. Y. 
KA CARDS, Chromo, Snowflake, etc., 10c.; or 
20 Lace. 10c. — name, etc. 
J. B. HUSTED, Nassau, N. Y. 
I niA/CD PrcnC Kaffprice: choicest 
LUVi LR OTfl) j and best. 5-ct. pkts. 
for %y cts., lQ-ct. pkts. for 5 cts , etc. 
VERBENAS—50 tine named sorts, 50 cts. 
ier dozen. Catalogues free. D. McGraw, 
iverside Gardens, Binghamton, N. Y. 
1 
ri SWEET VIOLET PLANTS by mail for 30 
* cents. Very double, exquisitely fragrant, 
and perfectly hardy. L. D. SNOOK, Barrington, 
Yates Co., N. Y. 
tgr EMBOSSED PICTURES. ^ 
Latest Styles, Lowest Prices, Quickest Answers. 
Catalogue and sample. 3e.: or with seven fuU 
sheets, 30c. Agents wanted. Stamps taken, 
P. TRIPET, 61 Court St., Boston, Mass. 
West Grove, Chester Co., Pa. 
Strawberry, Raspberry, Black¬ 
berry, Currant. Grape- Vines, 
Asparagus Roots, Peach-trees. 
100 SELECTED VARIETIES. 
Genuine stock. Quality best. Prices lowest. Send 
for free Catalogue to JOHN S. COLLINS, 
Moorestown, New Jersey. 
NEW, RARE, OR CHOICE. 
To Farmers and Gardeners.—I offer the fol¬ 
lowing xiw, KARir, or extra choioe Vegetable 
Seed, postage paid by mo: 
Marblehead Early Sweet Corn.— Decidedly 
the earliest of all varieties of sweet corn. Per 
package, 15 cents. 
Egyptian !-weet Corn.—Decidedly the sweec- 
1 est of all varieties of white sweet corn. Per pack¬ 
age. 10 cents; per pound, 85 cents. 
Marblehead Mammoth Sweet Corn.— The 
largest of all varieties, and the earliest of the extra 
large kinds. Per p’kage, 15 cents; per pint, 83 eta. 
Longfellow’s Yellow Field Corn —Kernels 
! and ears extra large, not suited to the South. Per 
I package, 10 cents; per quart, 55 cents. 
Early A miter Sugar Cane.— Samples of the 
sugar, and full Instructions for cultivation and 
making of sugar, sent with each lot. Per quarter 
pound, 16 cents; per pound, 45 cents. 
Bastian’s Early Blood Turnip Beet.— The 
best of the eariies; a great acquisition. Perouuce, 
12 cents; per pound, $1.25. 
Hancock Early Peas.— The best cropper, and 
purest of all the extra early sorts. Per package, 
10 cents; per quart, 60 cents. 
Tailby’s Cucumber.— Large, very handsome, 
and very prolific. _x prize for any garden. Per 
package, 15 cents; per ounce, 35 cents. 
Marblehead Champion Pole Beans.—15 
cents per package. The earliest of all varieties. 
Kentucky Wonder Beans.— 15 cents per 
package. Compared with scores of varieties, they 
have proved the most prolific. 
Butman Squash.— 20cehtsper ounce; lOcents 
per package. 
Marblehead Squash.— 20 cents per ounce; 10 
cents per package. 
Hubbard Squash.— 20 cents per ounce. 
As the original introducer of these three splen¬ 
did winter varieties, I offer seed grown specially 
lor purity. 
Cocoanut Squash.— 10 cents per package; SO 
cents per ounce. Excellent in quality and an ele¬ 
gant ornament for the parlor. Very prolific. 
Danvers Carrot.— $1.50 perpound. 15<-ents per 
ounce. Forty tons have been raised to the acre. 
Sill’s Melon.— A canteloupe; sweet, spicy, deli¬ 
cious. Per ounce, 20 cents. 
Vick’s Early.— 20 cents per ounce; lOceutsper 
package. The Best of all the early watermelons. 
Excelsior Melon.— 25 cents per ounce; 10 
cents per package. Has been raised In Massachu¬ 
setts to weigh 75 lbs. Quality excellent. 
White Egg Turnip —The new American tur¬ 
nip. Early, large, and of excellent quality. Per 
ounce, 15 cents. 
My seed catalogue, treqtipg of all the above 
varieties in detail, and an Immense collection of 
Vegetable and Flower Seed, vplllbe sent f ree, to all 
who write for it, 
J. J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
Beautiful ETH AtEveryHome 
Delivered " B-UTO EiBbw gafely by Mail. 
Henry S. Rupp, Shiremanstowri, Cumb. Co., Pa. 
I Cumberland Nurseries. Send for Catalogue. 
ESTABLISHED IN 1845. 
136 pages, beautifully illustrated. Indispen¬ 
sable to all interested in gardening. Mailed (o 
all applicants enclosing 6 cents ; regular custom¬ 
ers supplied free. Address 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
P. O. Box 4,129. 34 Barclay St., New York City. 
G“P BSPI & 6 
10 SPRUCE STREET, 
(Printing House Sq., opp. the Tribune Building.) 
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING 
33UREA.TJ. 
New York Agents eor all Newspapers in 
the United States and Canada. 
Advertisements Forwarded Daily (as re¬ 
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Texas, and from Florida to British Columbia. 
Also to all New York City Dailies and Weeklies. 
Eight Thousand Newspapers kept regularly on 
file for inspection by advertisers, including all the 
great dailies from Boston to San Francisco, from 
Montreal to Galveston. 
Publishers of American Newspaper Directory. 
By mail, post-paid, (on own roots) 25 cents apiece, $2.C0 
per dozen, $12.00 per hundred. Large plants (budded or 
on own roots) per express at purchaser’s expense, 50 cents 
apiece, $4.00 per dozen. The most select collection 
in America. Send for (Jatologue, with colored plate, 
10 c; plain, free. ^ 
EILWANGER& BARRY, Rochester, n.y. 
S/EMtRE/ 
(fr^NTW''i vr-v v\ CA i \ 
[SEEDS! 
7\ud 
USTROLKERkSONS 
s NEW YORK, t ) 
Catalogue free: 
GARDEN & HOUSE PLANTS 
For $ 1.00 we will send free by mail either of the below- 1 
named collections, all distinct varieties ; 
8 Abutilons, or 4 Azaleas, or 6 Oleanders, or 12 Stone 
8 Begonias, or 4 Camellias, or 12 Centaureas, [crops* | 
2 Caladiums [fancy], or 8 Carnations [monthly], 
12 Chrysanthemums, or 12 Coleus, or 4 Marantas, 
4Palms, or 6 Hibiscus, orl2 white-leaved plants, 
12 Dahlias, or 8 Dianthus, or 8 Cactus, or 20 Gladiolus 
8 Ferns, or 8 Mosses, or 8 Fuchsias, or 8 Phloxes, 
8 Geraniums Zonale, or 8 Dblc, or 8 Scented, or 10 Silver B 
8 Geraniums Fancy, or 8 Variegated, or 8 Ivy-leaved, | 
4 Gloxinias, or 8 Snap Dragons, or 8 Tuberoses [Pearl],| 
4 Grape Vines, or 4 Honeysuckles, or 4 Hardy Shrubs, 
8 Heliotropes, or 8 Lantanas, or 8 Petunias [double], 
12 Pansies [new German], or 8 Salvias, or 8 Primulas, 
12 Roses [Tea monthly], or 12 Hardy-Hyb.,or 12 Climb'g,| 
12 Basket Plants, or 8 Daisies, or 6 liar. Climbing Plants,| 
12 Scarcer Bedding, or 12 Scarcer Greenhouse Plants, 
18 Verbenas, or 12 Blotched Petunias, or 6 Cannas,^ 
25 varieties of Flower, or 20 varieties of Vegetable Seeds, 
or by EXPRESS, buyer to pay charges: 
Any 3 collections for $2 ; 5 for $3 ; 9 for $5 ; 12 for $G ; I 
14 for $7 ; 18 for $10; or the full collection of 500 varieties B 
of Plants and Seeds—sufficient to stock a greenhouse and I 
garden—for $25, to which our hook d gardening forj 
Pleasure” and Catalogue [value $1.75] will be added. 
PETER HENDERSON & CO. 
55 Cortlandt Street , Feip York, 
WANTED 
IMMEDIATELY! 
25 Young Men and Women to 
prepare for Special Positions as 
Book-keepers, Penmen, Salesmen, &c. Situations Guaranteed. 
Address withstamp, COBB’SCOLLEGE, Paines ville,0, 
ST, 
S If est: ever gvro-vrn 
iDown goes prices cheap- 
ler than dirt. Warranted 
’fresh from grower. Send 
for free Illustrated book 
and Guide to the garden. 
Prettiest ever printed. 
K. H. SHUMWAY, 
ROCKFORD, ILL. 
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