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The following varieties, suitable for present planting, will be sent by mail to any address, post paid, 
upon receipt of price affixed: 
extra fine mixed ($10.00 per hundred). 
fine named varieties (20c. to $1 each). $2 to 
Double Italian Tuberoses ($10.00 per hundred, $80.00 per thousand).. 
Vallot a Purpurea. —A splendid bulbous rooted plant, allied to the Amaryllis. Tt blooms 
in August, throwing up its strong stems about one foot high, with five to eight brilliant, 
scarlet, lily-like flowers—fine for bedding or pot culture. ..... 
Dahlias.—A collection of 150 varieties, both of the Lilliputian and large flowering varieties, 
pot roots ($15.00 per hundred):. . 
Tigridia conchiflora ( Tiger Flower.) —Richest orange, variegated with golden-yellow, 
and spotted with black.. 
— pavonia. —Richest scarlet, tinged and spotted with pure yellow. 
each. 
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25 
2 50 
8 
75 
15 
1 50 
$2 to 
$10 
15 
1 50 
75 
7 00 
20 
2 25 
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1 50 
15 
1 50 
JAPAN LILIES. 
LILIUM AURATUM. —“ This golden-rayed Queen of Lilies is the most beautiful 
of the Lily family. It is perfectly hardy, and for the adornment of the flower garden, the con¬ 
servatory, and the sitting-room it is unrivaled.” 
each. dcz. 
Lilium Auratum Flowering Bulbs . 30 3 00 
-large size. 50 4 50 
— Lancifolium album.—Pure white. . 40 400 
- rubrum. —White, spotted with crimson. . 25 2 50 
-roseum—White, spotted with rose . 25 2 50 
— Punctatum.—White, spotted with delicate salmon... .*. 75 7 50 
BULBS PRODUCING ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE. 
Amorphophallus Rivierri. — A new and curious ornamental-foliaged plant for pot 
culture or the flower border...1 00 8 00 
Caladium esculentum.; One of the most beautiful and striking of the ornamental 
foliage plants; either for culture in large pots or tubs, or for planting out upon the lawn ; 
according to size, 25c. to $1.00 each ; small size. . 25 2 50 
BLISS’S GARDENER’S ALMANAC and Abridged Catalogue.— 100 pages, 
illustrated. Mailed to all applicants inclosing two three cent stamps. 
Bliss’s Illustrated Catalogue and Guide to the Flower and Kitchen Garden, 
200 pages, several hundred illustrations, with a beautifully colored lithograph. Mailed to all applicants 
upon receipt of 25 cents. Address 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
23 PARK PLACE AND 20 MURRAY'^STREET, 
TP. O. Sox 5712. JVen> York. 
A <% 
TAKE A HAPPY VOYAGE 
WITH THE 
THE HANDSOMEST OF ALL LADIES’ JOURNALS. 
The coming 6 months’ numbers will be made the most brilliant in its history. Tell it to your friends, that 
For 55 Cents, 
I will send The Floral Cabinet 6 months. 
For 65 Gents, 
I will send The Floral Cabinet 6 months, and in addition that beautiful chromo, “ Gems of the Flower 
Garden.” 
For 75 Cents, 
I will send The Floral Cabinet 6 months with the twochromos, “ Good Night” and “ Good Morning.” 
For 30 Cents, 
1 will send The Floral Cabinet 6 months, with all three of above chromos. 
FOR CLUBS. 
1 . For Club of Five. Premium of “ Every Woman her own Flower Gardener. 
2 . For Club of Ten. Extra copy of Cabinet, 6 months, and chromo, “Gems of the Flower 
Garden,” free. 
3 . For Club of F ilteen. Extra copy of Cabinet, 6 months, three chromos, and premium No. i. 
4 . For Club of Twenty. Ail above premiums together with book, “ Window Gardening.” 
IV- Ti.—A. 6 months subscriptions begin with July number. B. Members of a Club may have 
choice of chromos at proper prices, and need not be all of same prices nor of same place. 
Recommend this announcement to ladies everywhere, and let the subscriptions come fast and free. 
The Cabinet will give unbounded joy to every family, already in thousands of households it is the most 
welcome of all journals : the favorite of the family. Always pure, sensible, refined, useful, and most 
beautilully illustrated. Every lady should take it. Every number is worth a dollar in useful information. 
The Cheapest, Handsomest, and Best Ladies’ Paper in America. 
Address HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
> Box 2445, New York City. 
Ill 
For Household Reading and Amusement. 
FLOWERS, GARDENING, AND RURAL LIFE. 
Any of the books named in the succeeding list, on this page, are for sale at this office, and will be sent, 
postpaid by mail, on receipt of price, or given as premium to any who will enlist their interest and effort to 
procure subscriptions and clubs for the Ladies’ Floral Cabinet. They will afford means for passing 
away many an evening, and amuse the family circle with innocent and enjoyable diversions. 
Window Gardening. —A new book, with 250 fine engravings and 300 pages, containing a Descriptive 
List of all Plants, suitable for Window Culture, Directions for their Treatment, and Practical Information 
about Plants and Flowers for the Parlor, Conservatory, Wardian Case, Fernery, or Window Garden. Tells 
all about Bulbs for House Culture, Geraniums, Hanging Baskets, .nsects, Plant Decoration of Apartments. 
The llustrations are unusually beautiful, and many of them perfect Gems of exquisite beauty Supplies 
good practical information that can be found in no other volume. Price, 1 50 , by mail postpaid (Pre¬ 
mium F, P , T). 
Every. Woman Her Own Flower Gardener.— By “Daisy Eyebright” (Mrs. S. O. Johnson). 
A delightful little Treatise on Out Door Gardening for. Ladies—Practical, Timely, Charmingly Written. 
Cannot fail to be universally liked. Valuable Information about Pansies, Roses, Geraniums, Climbing 
Plants, Annuals, Perennials, Fuchsias, Ribbon Beds, &c. Send for it Printed in Excellent Taste. Price, 
50 Cents, postpaid. Bound in cloth, $1.00 (Premium B, L, R). 
Practical Floriculture. —By Peter Henderson. Devoted to the propagation and culture of Plants 
raised by Florists and successful amateurs ; is a standard authority on Green House Plants ; gives practical 
suggestions for Planting Flower Beds in the Lawn: Designs for Flower Gardens; How to Grow Bulbs, 
Verbenas, Lilies, &c. Price, $ 1.50 (Premium F, P. T). 
Breck’s blew Book of .Flowers.— By Joseph Breck. Contains a descriptive list of all varieties of 
Flowers, Vines, and Flowering Shrubs in usual cultivation, with hints on selection of Flowering Plants, 
Insects, Lawns, Culture of Perennials, Biennials, and Annuals A handy floral encyclopaedia lor the 
amateur. 480 pages. Price, $ 1.75 (Premium Q, V). 
A Simple Garden for Country Homes.— Bv Charles Barnard. A handy little manual, with 
diary of operations for each month in the year, of out-door work in the Garden or Flower Ground ; a prac¬ 
tical and handy help to every gardener. Price, 50 Cents (Premium C, L, R). 
My Ten-Rod' Farm and How I Became a Florist —By Charles Barnard. A romantic story of 
how a widow' became successful, and attained to competency, through the income of a little green house, in 
a thriving town. Price, 50 Cents (Premium C, L, R). 
Popular Architectural Books.— Woodward’s Country Homes. Price, $ 1 . 50 . Woodward’s Cot¬ 
tages and Farm Houses. Price, $ 1 . 50 . Woodward’s Suburban and Country Homes. Price, $ 1 . 50 . 
Woodward’s Graperies and Horticultural Buildings. Price, $ 1.50 (Premium M, S, V). 
Gardening and Country Life.— Gardening for Profit, Henderson. Price, $ 1 . 50 , Fuller’s Grape 
Culturist. Price, $ 1 . 50 . Fuller’s Small Fruit Culturist. Price, $ 1.50 (Premium M, S, V). 
BOOKS OH HOUSEKEEPING. 
The Young Housekeeper’s Friend.— By Mrs. Cornelius. A very popular and reliable Household 
Guide and Cook Book. Price, $1 50 (Premium M, P, T). 
Common Sense in the Household.— A Manual of Practical Housewifery. By Marion Harland, 
author of “ Alone,’’ “ Hidden Path,” “ Nemesis,” &c. One of the finest volume’s and aid’s to ladies’ 
household management ever issued. Price, $ 1-75 (Premium G, S, U). 
The Yankee Cook Book. —A New System of Cookery. Containing hundreds of excellent receipts 
from actual experience in Cooking; also, full explanations in the art of carving. Price, 50 Cents 
(Premium B, L, R). 
How to Cook Potatoes, Apples, Eggs, and Fish, Four Hundred Different Ways.— 
This w'ork especially recommends itself to those who are often embarassed for want of variety in dishes 
suitable for the breakfast table, or on occasions where the necessity arises for preparing a meal at short 
notice Price, 50 Cents (Premium C, L, R). 
The American Housewife and Kitchen Directory.— Contains 378 recipes for cooking all sorts 
of American dishes in the most economical manner; also contains a great variety of important secrets for 
washing, cleaning, scouring, and extracting grease, paint, stains, andiion-mould from cloth, muslin, and 
lmen. Price, 50 Cents (Premium C, L, R). 
How to Cook and How to Carve —Giving plain and easily understood directions for preparing and 
cooking, with the greatest economy, every kind of dish, with complete instructions for serving the same. 
Price, 50 Cents (Premium C, L, R). 
Mrs. Crowen’s American Ladies’ Cookery Book.— Containing over 1,200 original receipts for 
preparing and cooking Soups and Broths, Fish and Oysters, Clams, Muscles, and Scollops, Lobsteis, 
Crabs, and Terrapins, Meats of all kinds, Poultry and Game, Eggs and Cheese. Vegetables and Salads’ 
Sauces of all kinds, Fancy Desserts, Puddings, and Custards, Pies and Tarts, Bread and Biscuit, Rolls and 
Cakes, Preserves and Jellies, Pickles and Catsups, Potted Meats, &c., &c. Together with valuable and 
important hints on choosing and purchasing all kinds of Provisions, and preparing Ripe Fruits for Table, 
Bills ol Fare for the relief of young housekeepers, Arrangement of the Table for every variety of dinner 
Parties, Etiquette of the Dinner Table, Cookery for Invalids, Carving Made Easy, &c., &c. The whole 
being a complete system of American Cookery. By Mrs. T. J. Crowen. Illustrated with several diagrams. 
Mrs. Crowen gives directions for making all sorts of economical dishes, baking all kinds of cakes and piesj 
manufacturing every variety of confectionery, preserving, pickling, &c., so plainly that the housekeeper of a 
week’s standing can easily act upon her directions. All the receipts in this book have been carefully tried, 
and may be relied upon as the result of actual experience. 474 pages. Price, $2 00 (Premium G, S, V)! 
Tlie American Horne Cook Book. —Containing several hundred excellent recipes. The whole based 
on many years’ experience of an American housewife. Illustrated with engravings. All the recipes in this 
book are written from actual experiment in cooking. Price, 50 Cents (Premium C, L, R). 
BOOKS OF GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS. 
What Shall We Do Tp-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, for young gentlemen and ladies ; including complete directions and text for performing 
Charades, Tableaux, Parlor Pantomir.es, &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 for Girls, Boys and Little Children, Musical Games, Forfeits, Games of Memory, Natural Magic, 
Solitaire Games, Holiday Games, House and Home Amusements, &c. 380 pages. Illustrated. Price’ 
$ 1.50 (Premium F, P, or T). 
Social Charades and ParlorOperas. —A book really needed, containing the favorite operettas of 
“College Ned,” “ Diamonds and Toads,” and a List of Charades, Allegories, and Musical Pieces, never 
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 
Needle Work, and general home ornamentation. Price, 75 Cents, postpaid Premium E, N, or R). 
Home Games for Y oung and Old. —This work is an epitome of all the known amusements for 
homes, from “ Puss in the Corner” to “Acting Charades,” and will be found an excellent assistant on all 
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 
Proverbs, Dramatic Charades, Acting Charades, or Drawing Room Pantomimes, 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 
m rth and mutual enjoyment produced in this volume. Price, $1 50 (Premium M or T). 
Book 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). 
The Art of Dressing "Well. 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 attention to the important objects 
of economy, style, and propriety of costume. Price, 50 Cents (Premium D, L, R). 
The above for sale and sent by mail by 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 46 Beekman Street, New York. 
Office, 46 Beekman St. ; 
