OUST IB YEAR’S 
SUPPLY OF 
Vegetable Seeds 
For Small Gardens. 
To those who are not conversant with the differ¬ 
ent varieties of 'Vegetable Seeds, or may not have 
the time or inclination to make their own selec¬ 
tions, we offer the fo lowing collections, which con¬ 
tain only the most approved and desirable kinds in 
each class. They are made up in the most liberal 
manner, care having been taken to give a large 
quantity of the best and most useful'varieties in 
each section. 
Collection No. 1, price $5.50. 
“ “ 2, “ $11.00. 
Collections of Annual Flower Seeds, 
Carefully selected so as to give a beautiful succes¬ 
sion of Iflowers throughout the ensuing spring and 
summer months. Explicit directions for sowing 
and treatment sent with each package. 
25 distinct varieties for $1.00. 
50 “ “ u 2.50. 
100 “ u “ 5.00. 
Any of the above collections sent free, by mail, 
on receipt of price. 
Purchasers of any of the above collections toill 
receive, •without extra charge, our Seed and Plant 
Catalogues for ls74, together with three colored' 
plates. 
FETER HENDERSON & CO., 
Seedsmen, 35 Coetlaxdt St., N. Y. 
THE REASON WHY WE SELL 
TWO MILLIONS 
Of Roses, Greenhouse, and Bedding 
Plants annually, is in consequence of our rates 
being less than half that at which they are usually 
sold. See Combined List of Plants and Seeds, for 
Clubs , Dealers, or buyers in quantity , sent free 
on application. 
Seedsmen and Feoeists, 
85 COETLANDT STREET, NEW YOBK. 
The Nineteenth Annual Edition of our celebrated 
Seed Catalogue and Amateur’s Guide 
to the Flower and Kitchen Carden, 
containing upwards of 200 pages, including several hundred 
finely executed engravings of favorite flowers and vegetables, 
and a beautifully colored Chrom^, with 
a Supplement tor 1874, is now in press, and will be mailed 
to all applicants upon receipt of 25 cents. An edition 
elegantly hound in cloth, SI 00. 
Bliss’ Gardeners’ Almanac & n d Abridged 
Catalogue contains upwards of 100 pages, and embraces a 
monthly calendar of operations and a price-list of all the 
leading Carden, Field and Flower Seeds, 
with brief directions for their culture. A copy will be 
mailed to all applicants inclosing a threo-cent stamp. 
Address 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
Nos. 23 Park Plate and 20 Murray St., 
P.O.Box 5712. NEW YOBK 
25 Packages of Flower or Vegetable Seeds Free by 
Mail, for One Dollar. Our beautiful Illustrated 
Catalogue of Plants and Seeds for 1874, free to all. 
Plants by Mail a specialty. 
Address, GREEN, BEACH & CO., 
Seedsmen and Florists , 
[Box 1775] Oil City, Pa 
My business is to supply, what every good farmer 
is anxious to get, the very bust of vegetable seed'. I 
grow a hundred and fifty kinds on my four seed 
farms, right under my own eye, making new veget¬ 
ables a specialty, besides importing their choicest 
varieties from European growers. A fine selection 
of flower seed, home-grown and imported, will also 
be found in my Illustrated Catalogue. It will be 
ready by January, and sent free to all applicants. 
My customers of last year will receive it without 
writing for it. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
Palms, Ferns, Exotics, 
NEW, BAKE, AND CHOICE 
BEDDI 1ST Q- 
OTHER PLANTS. 
SEE CATALOGUE OP 
Fifth Avenue Floral Establishment, 
C. JUT. IEL OjD GS Old, Proprietor > 
545 FIFTH AVE., 
Cor. 45th Street, New York City. 
Mailed Free on application. 
AMUSEMENT FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. 
Marblehead Mammoth! 
You will find in my Seed Catalogue letters from a 
score of people, who by following the directions sent 
with every package of seed have raised this Cabbage 
to weigh from .90 to 60 lbs. a sin pie heart! 
I was the original introducer of this giant Cabbage, 
and my seed is all grown from heads that are extra 
large and very solid. Sent postpaid by me, 25 cents 
tyu* package; $100 per ounce; $10 00 per lb. My 
S -ed Catalogue sent free to all applicants. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY. Marblehead, Mass. 
Spooner’s Prize Flower Seeds: 
12 varieties splendid Aster 
Seeds, mailed to applicants 
upon receipt of $1.00. New 
Illustrated Seed Catalogue, 
tree. Address Wm. H. Spoon¬ 
er, 4 Beacon St., Boston. 
Just flat Eyery CMld Wants. 
THE NEW PATENT 
Pocket Sosp-Bubble Toy. 
300 BUBBLES BLOWN WITHOUT REFILLING. 
Perfectly Simple. 
CANNOT GET OUT OF 
ORDER. 
May be carried in the pocket. 
Any hind of Soap used. 
ALWAYS READY FOR USE. 
No More Wet Clothing*. 
FO DISH OF SUDS 
OVERTURNED. 
A never failing source of 
amusement for children of 
~ all ages, in-doors or out. 
Sent by Mail, postpaid, for 50 Cents. 
FULL DIRECTIONS FOR USING WITH EACH PACKAGE. 
AGENTS WANTED. 
A good smart boy or girl can sell dozens in every 
place, and make lots of pocket money. Special 
prices on application. Address. 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
P. 0. Box 2445. 5 Beekman St., IT. Y. 
WR«> CE1VJ AST $ 
Catalogue of New and Rare Bedding Plants, 
BOSES, EBUIT TUBES, SHBUBS, ANJD VINES, 
Is now ready, and will be mailed to all applicants. Address, 
BKIUGEMAjV’ 8, 878 Broadway, New lork. 
GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS. 
What Shall We Do To-Night; or, Social Amusements lor Evening Parties. —This 
elegant book affords an almost inexhaustible iund of amusement for evening parties, social gatherings, and 
all festive occasions, ior young gentlemen and ladies ; including complete directions and text for performing 
Charades, 'Tableaux, Parlor Pantomines, &c. It contains over 100 engravings, and 366 pages. Price, 
$2.00 (Premium G, S, or U). 
The American Home Book of In-Door Games and Recreations— Containing Amuse- 
ments mr Girls, Boys and Little Children, Musical Games, Forfeits, Games of Memory, Natural Magic, 
Solitaire Games, Holiday Games, House and Home Amusements, &c. 3 S 0 pages. Illustrated. Price, 
$1 50 (Premium F, P, or T). 
Social Charades and BarlorOperas. —A book really needed, containing the favorite operettas of 
“College Ned/’ “ Diamonds and Toads,” and a List of Charades, Allegories, and Musical Pieces, never 
belore published. Price, 75 Cents, postpaid (Premium E, N, or R). 
Home Arts tor Young and Old. —This little work is a Compendium of all the best known methods 
of making time pass profitably as well as pleasantly at home, and includes Flower Work, Wax Work, 
Needle Work, and general home ornamentation. Price, 75 Cents, postpaid (Premium E, N, or R). 
Home Games ior Young and Old. —This work is an epitome of all the kt own amusements’for 
homes, from “ Puss in the Corner” to “Acting Charades,” and will be found an excellent assistant 011 all 
occasions of festivities. Price, 75 Cents, by mail, postpaid (Premium E, N, or R). 
The Sociable*, or. One Thousand and One Home Amusements. —ContainingPActing 
Proverbs, Dramatic Charades, Acting Charades, or Drawing Room Pantomines, Musical Burlesques, 
Tableaux Vivants, Parlor Games, Games of Action, Forfeits, Science in Sport and Parlor Magic, and a 
choice collection of curious Mental and Mechanical Puzzles. &. c. Illustrated with numerous engravings 
and diagrams. The -whole being a fund of never ending entertainment. Nearly 400 pages. “The Socia¬ 
ble ” is a repository of games, and other entertainments, calculated for the use of family parties, the fireside 
circle, or those social gatherings among friends and neighbors, which pass away the winter evenings with so 
much animation and delight. It is impossible for any company to exhaust all the sources of irreproachable 
mirth and mutual enjoyment produced in this volume. Price, $1 50 (Premium M or T). 
Bo°k of Riddles and Five Hundred Home Amusements.— Containing all kinds of Curious 
Riddles, Amusing Puzzles, Queer Sleights, and Entertaining Recreations in Science, for Family and Social 
Pastime Illustrated with 60 engravings. Price, 50 Cents (Premium D, L, or R). 
™k© dressing "W"ell. By Miss S. A. Frost.—This book is designed to offer such suggestions 
as will be valuable to those just entering society; to brides, for whose guidance a complete trousseau is 
described; to persons in mourning; indeed, to every individual who pays attemion to the important objects 
of economy, style, and propriety of costume.. Price, 50 Cents (Premium D, L, R). 
j 99^ B-Ousenold Pets. —Containing valuable instructions about the Diseases, Breeding,Training, 
and Management of the Canary, Mocking Bird, Parrot, Fancy Pieeons. Poultrv, and Domestic Pets. 
Frustrated with 123 [fine woodcuts. Bound in boa:ds, cloth back.' Price, 50 Cents (Premium D, L, R). 
ine Book OI J} ireside Games. —Containing a description of the most Entertaining Games suited to 
the Family Circle as a Recreation. Price, 50 Cents (Premium D, L, R). 
D-jj? Wa n ■ S "^Ok Conundrums and Riddles. —Containing over 1,200 of the best Conundrums, 
Riddles, Enigmas, Ingenious Catches, and Amusing Sells ever invented. Bound in boards, cloth back 
Price, 50 Cents (Premium D, L, R). 
How-to Amuse au Evening Party.— A complete collection of Home Recreations, including 
Round Games, Forfeits, Parlor Magic, Puzzles, and Comic Diversions, together -with a great variety of 
Scientific Recreations and Evening Amusements. Profusely illustrated with nearly 200 fine woodcuts. 
Bound m boards, with cloth back. Price, 50 Cents (Premium D, L, R). 
How to Shine in Society ; or, the Science of Conversation. —Containing the principles. 
Jaws, and general usages of polite society, including easily applied hints and directions for commencing and 
sustaining an agreeable conversation, and for choosing topics appropriate to the time, place, and company; 
thus affording immense assistance to the bashful and diffident. i 6 mo. Paper cover. Price, 25 Cents 
(Premium B, L). 
HETOY T. WILLIAMS, 5 Beekman Street, Hew York. 
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' :■ ■■ /.T 7 
rpTT'p WTTVXT ST hymn and 
IrLJti It£i V L Villi TUNE BOOK 
FOR TITE MILLION. Enlarged. This little 
work contains 96 pages of choice Kevival 
Hymns and Tunes for Prayer and Social 
Meetings, Sunday-Schools and Congre¬ 
gations Among the many gems , we would 
name : “ Where is thy Ke'fuge, Poor Sin¬ 
ner?” “I Will Never Cast Him Out,” 
“ O, Be Saved,” “Almost Persuaded,” 
“Jesus Died to Save Me,” “I Love to 
Tell the Story,” “Save, O Jesus, Save,” 
and “Jesus of Nazareth Passeth by.” 
Price , paper , 20 cents, mailed; $15 per hun¬ 
dred; boards. 25 cents , mailed ; $20 per 
hundred. Publishers , 
HORACE WATERS & SON, 481 B'way, N. Y. 
THE 
Btaier and Farttall*, 
For the convenient holding and preservation on 
fie of the numbers of 
LADIES’ FLORAL CABINET, also SHEETS OF MUSIC. 
JPrice, $t,EO. Sent ~by Flail, prepaid. 
^This Binder, size Uxl4£, will hold conveniently several years’ numbers 
of the Ladies’ Flokal i abinet, also any number of Sheets of JIusic, and 
is a Capita] Portfolio for keeping any Pictorial Papers. Is light, easy to hold. 
Bound in nicely ornamental cloth, with patent rods and fasteners. 
THE BINDER AS 
PREMIUM. 
To any one bringing a f lub, for the Ladies’ Florae Cabinet, of ten, at 
$1.25, or fifteen, at" $1.10. a copy of the Binder is given to club agent, free. 
For a Club of fifteen, at $1.25, or twenty-five, at $1.10, is given both Binder, 
free, and also extra copy of Paper and Chromo, free to club agent. 
A DURESS ORDERS TO 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, Publisher, 
P. O. Box 2445. 5 Beekman iSt.. 3Ve\v York. 
N. B.— Club Agents, in getting up Clubs for the Cabinet, who can procure orders for above. Binder 
from any of the Olnb, will receive from us commission. Special Terms made known on application. 
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