We were the first Florists in the United States 
to offer 
Reties' JSlorai fiiaEinet EIGHT WELL-ESTABLISHED 
AND 
PICTORIAL HOME COMPANION, 
A handsomely ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL, pub- 
lished monthly, devoted to the CULTURE OF 
FLOWERS for out-door or in-door decoration; 
and PICTORIAL HOME LITERATURE for all 
members of the Family Circle. 
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS, 1874. 
$1 25 per year, single copies. 
Club Terms. 
5 copies. $6 00, or $1 20 each. 
10 “ 11 50, “ 1 15 “ 
15 “ 16 50, “ 1 10 “ 
20 “ . 22 00 , “ 1 10 “ 
Each subscriber receiving a chromo for 1874, “ Gems 
of the f lower Garden , 1 " 1 size 11 by 14. 
For clubs of 15 and upward, extra copy of paper 
and chromo free to agents. 
Subscriptions at $1 25 begin with October, 1873, 
or January, 1874. 
$1 50 per year includes all three chromos. 
New York City and Canada subscribers will add 
12 cents advance U. S. postage to above terms. 
Terms for Back Numbers. 
$1 00 per year for volume of 1873. 
Subscribers for 1874 not supplied, and desiring 
chromos, will remit following prices, to cover 
expenses and trouble of mailing, mounting, etc.: 
Chromos for 1873, “ Good Night and Good Morn¬ 
ing , 11 25 cents. 
Chromo for 1874, “ Gems of the Flower Garden,” 
25 cents. 
Agents desiring specimens for canvassing will 
also remit same prices. 
Specimen copy of paper sent free on receipt of 
P. O. stamp. 
Premium list free on receipt of P. O. stamp. 
Agents and canvassers wanted everywhere. 
Newsdealers will receive orders and supply regu¬ 
larly. 
Advertising rates, 50 cents per line. 
Address, 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
Proprietor, 
No. 5 Beekman street, N. Y. 
REMOVAL.—May 1, to 46 Beekman Street. 
EVERY WOMAN HER OWN 
Flower Gardener. 
By “Daisy Eyebright,” (Mrs. S. O. Johnson.) 
A delightful little treatise on Out Door Garden¬ 
ing for Ladies—Practical, Timely, Charmingly 
Written. 
CANNOT FAIL TO BE UNIVERSALLY LIKED. 
Valuable Information about Pansies. Roses, Geran¬ 
iums, Climbing Plants, Annuals, Perennials, Fu¬ 
chsias. Ribbon Beds, &c. Send for it. Printed in 
Excellent Taste. Price, 50c., postpaid. Bound 
in cloth, $ 1 . 00 . 
Address all orders for the above Books to 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, Publisher, 
5 Beekman Street, New York. 
FREE TO ALL. 
We will send to all who desire, our mode of treat¬ 
ing Cally Lilies, to m ke them bloom all winter, and 
to produce from 5 to 20 blossoms from each plant, 
FREE; or, for 25 cents, will send any three plants 
of the following varieties, and our catalogue : Fu¬ 
chsias, Geraniums, Heliotropes, Calceolarias, Gladi¬ 
olus, Primroses, Lantanas or Grape Hyacinths, 
which will be sent by mail and guaranteed to 
arrive safely to all. CATLIN & ELVERSON, 
New Brighton, Pa. 
200 Pianos & Organs 
New and Second-hand, of First-class 
Makers, will be sold at Lower Prices for 
cash , or on Installments, or for rent , in City 
or Country, during this Financial 
Crisis and the Holidays, by HORACE 
WATERS & SOU, So. 481 Broadway, 
than ever before offered in Hew York. 
Agents wanted for the sale of Waters’ Cel¬ 
ebrated Pianos, Concerto, and Orchestral 
Organs Illustrated Catalogues Mailed. 
(Treat inducements to the Trade. A large 
discount to Ministers, Churches, Sunday 
Schools, e f c. 
$5 s $20 
por day at home. Terms Free. Address 
Geo. Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. 
SEEDS 
SEEDS 
SEEDS 
Flower Seeds- i win send by 
mail, postpaid, 50 varieties choice 
Flower Seeds for $2 ; 25 varieties, $1; 
10 varieties, 50 cents. 
R. H. HARRIS, 
Yarmouth Port, Mass. 
POT-GROWN ROSES 
For $1.00. 
We had imitators the first season, but we are to¬ 
day the only ones making this offer. We not only 
offer Roses thus cheaply, but all other Plants 
usually grown. Our $1.00 selections of Roses and 
Bedding Plants had an immense sale last season, 
and we are daily getting letters from the most re¬ 
mote parts of the country speaking in the highest 
terms of the plants and their condition. 
We offer this year 15 Selections of Assorted 
Plants at $1.00 each. Purchasers can have their 
choice of these, or of the selections which were so 
popular last year. 
Our Wholesale and Retail Price List, Select Lists 
of Plants by Mail, and our 
Cheap List of Roses, 
now ready for distribution. Our bouses are 
crammed with fine plants, and early orders will get 
the best. 
MASSEY & HUDSON, 
Ciiestektown, Kent Co., Md. 
TILE FLOWER BOIES 
For Parlor Windows. 
Plain and Rustic, in great variety of pat¬ 
terns and of different lengths, on hand and made to 
order. Floor Tiles for Conservatories, &e. 
MULLER & COATES, 
279 Pearl St., Mew York. 
Are You Going to Paint? 
MORE THAN 
HAVE BEEN PAINTED WITH THE 
Averill Chemical 
Paint. 
IT IS HANDSOMER, 
More Durable, and Costs Less 
THAN THE BEST OF ANY OTHER. 
Sample Cards, Prices, and further recommenda¬ 
tions from owners of the finest villas and residences 
in the country furnished free by dealers generally, 
and by the 
A VERILL CHEMICAL FAINT CO., 
32 Burling Slip, N. Y., or 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
Seeds! Bulbs! Plants! 
The following collections have been put up with 
great care, and are very desirable for ihose who 
may wish a complete assortment of Seeds, Bulbs, 
or Plants, and who are unacquainted with the 
varieties: 
Collection No. 1 contains 25 choice sorts of Flower 
Seeds for.- $1.00 
Collection No. 2 contains 25 extra sorts of Flower 
Seeds (including novelties) for - - - $2.00 
Collection No. 3 is a complete assortment of Vege¬ 
table Seeds, for a very small garden, for - $1.00 
Collection No. 4 is a complete assortment of Vege¬ 
table Seeds, for a small garden, for - $2.50 
Collection No. 5 is a complete assortment of Vege¬ 
table Seeds, for a large garden, for - - $5'()0 
Collection No. 6 is a complete, assortment of Vege¬ 
table.Seeds, for a very large garden, for - $ 10.00 
Collection No. 7 is 5 choice Lilies, including the 
Auratums. for - - - - - - $ 1.00 
Collection No. 8 is 12 choice Gladiolas, mixed, $1.00 
Collection No. 9 is 12 extra Gladiolas, named, $2.00 
Collection No. 10 is 12 extra Tuberoses, double, 
named, for.- $1.50 
Collection No. 11 is 25 choice Bedding Plants, $3.00 
Collection No. 12 is 50 extra Bedding Plants, $5.00 
My annual descriptive Catalogue of Vegetable 
and Flower Seeds, Bulbs, and Plants, will be mailed 
to all applicants free. 
W. S. ALLENT, Queens, NT. Y. 
T7ERBEHAS. 1 Doz. Fine Varieties packed 
V and sent anywhere for $ 1 . 00 . 
B edding* plants. 1 Doz. assorted for 
Bloom through the summer. $1.50, with Basket. 
R OSES. I Doz. assorted Tea, China, and Hybrids 
for $2.50, packed and shipped. £* 5 end for 
CJatalogixe. B. P. Critchell, Cincinnati, O. 
BEAUTIFUL EVER BLOOMING 
STRONG POT-PLANTS, 
Suitable for immediate Flowering. Sent 
Safely by mail, post-paid. 
5 Splendid Varieties, purchaser’s 
choice, $1; 12 for $2., 
For 10 cents additional, we send 
MAGNIFICENT PREMIUM ROSE. 
Our elegant Spring Catalogue for 1S74, describ¬ 
ing more than 200 finest varieties of roses, and 
containing full directions for culture, with chapters 
on Winter Protection, Injurious Insects, &c., now 
ready, sent FREE. 
THE DINGEE <& CONRAD CO., Rose Growers , 
West Grove, Chester County, Pa. 
AMATEUR 
C3-XJXXDE 
To the Flower anil Kitchen Garden, 
ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. 
Magnificent Colored Plate, Hundreds of 
Engravings, beside Descriptive Price List of 3,000 
varieties of choice P ower and Vegetable Seeds, 
Rare Gladiolus, Lilies, &c., &c. Pull directions for 
culture. Complete in every respect. Sent free on 
receipt of two stamps. Address, 
WASHBURN & CO., Boston, Mass. 
NEW IND RARE PLANTS 
For Spring of 1874. 
John Raul’s Catalogue of Hew and Beau¬ 
tiful Plants will be ready in February, with a 
colored plate. Mailed free to all my customers; to 
others, price 10 cents. A plain copy to all appli¬ 
cants free. JOHN SAUL, 
Washington City, D. C. 
Allen’s Flower Farm. 
100 choice mixed Gladiolus, $3.00. 
100 extra “ “ 4.00. 
100 Lilies in sorts, $10.00. 
Allen’s Collection of 300 Bedding Plants, includ¬ 
ing Roses, Geraniums, Verbenas. Climbing Plants, 
&c., &c. This is the finest collection of all large and 
strong plants ever offered for $10. 
One-half of the above, $6.00- 
Dahlias in 100 sorts, per 100, $8,00. 
Tuberoses, good flowering roots, per 100, $5 00 
All the above sent upon receipt of price, or G.O.D. 
Address, 
C. L. ALLEN, 
Queens, N. Y. 
W. H. Bailey’s Catalogue 
OF 
NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL 
» 
Contains all the novelties of the season. Collec¬ 
tions by Mail at prices so low as to defy competi¬ 
tion. Also, his Catalogue of 
FRUIT TREES, SMALL ERUITS, 
AND EVERGREENS, 
Mailed to all applicants. 
W. H. BAILEY, 
Plattsburgh, N. Y. 
DOUBLE PETUNIA, 
“Mrs. Taylor.” 
This is anew seedling Petunia of last season, raised 
by an Amateur, and pronounced by all who saw it 
the most showy double Petunia ever produced. 
The color is a brilliant mauve and white, beau¬ 
tifully marked and distinct. It is very double, and 
when fully out forms almost a perfect half sphere. 
It is a strong, vigorous grower, and came “true” 
the entire season. 
For bedding out, or for the house or conservatory, 
nothing can be more showy or beautiful. 
Fine, Strong Plants, $] each. 
Plants ready 1st of April. 
E. W. CLARKE, 
311 Main Street, Springfield, Mass. 
BOOKS OF GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS. 
What Shall We Do Tip-Night; or. Social Amusements for Evening Parties.— This 
elegant book affords an almost inexhaustible fund of amusement for evening parties, social gatherings, and 
all festive occasions, tor 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, 
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Social Charades and ParlorOperas.—A book really needed, containing the favorite operettas of 
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before published. Price, 75 Cents, postpaid (Premium E, N, or R). 
Home Arts for 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, 
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occasions of festivities. Price, 75 Cents, by mail, postpaid (Premium E, N, or R). 
The Sociable; or. One Thousand and One Home Amusements.—Containing Acting 
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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 
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Book of Riddles and Five Hundred Home Amusements—Containing all kinds of Curious 
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The Art of Dressing "Well. By Miss S. A. Frost.—This book is designed to offer such suggestions 
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Boo k Rets.—Containing valuable instructions about the Diseases, Breeding,Training, 
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Illustrated with 123 fine woodcuts. Bound in boaids, cloth back. Price, 50 Cents (Premium D, L, R). 
The Book of Fireside Games.—Containing a description of the most Entertaining games suited to 
the Family Circle as a Recreation. Price, 50 Cents (Premium D, L, R). 
T>5? wa £ d ’ s Book of 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 
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The above for sale and sent by mail by 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 46 Beekman Street, 3New York. 
