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P1CT0IAL HOME COMPANION, 
THE HANDSOMEST ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF FLOWERS ] 
AND HOUSEHOLD ART IN AMERICA. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 
Devoted to Floral Decorations, Window Gardening, 
Music, Household Elegancies, Housekeeping, Cot¬ 
tages, Ladies 1 Fancy Work, Ac., &c. 
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS, 1874. 
Single Copies. 
$1 25 per year, including cliromo, "] « Q em 0 f 
1 10 per year, without cliromo, 1 the Flower 
05 six months, with cliromo, f Garden 11 
55 six months, without cliromo, J ‘ 
Club Terms. 
5 copies, one year. $6 00, or $1 20 each* 
10 " 44 44 . 11 00. 44 1 10 44 
5 a six months . 3 00, “ 00 u 
10 44 b 44 5 50, ‘ 55 44 
ha li subscriber receiving chromo, “Gems of the 
Flower Garden,” size 11 by 14. 
For club of 10, extra copy of paper and chromo free. 
Six months’ subscription must begin with July. 
$1 50 per year, includes 3 chromos. 
90 for six mos., w 14 
New York City and Canada subscribers will add 
12 cents advance IT. S. postage to above terms. 
Terms for Back Numbers. 
$1 00 per year for volume of 18T3. 
Subscribers for 18T4 not supplied, and desiring 
chromos, will remit following prices, lo cover 
expenses and trouble of mailing, mounting, etc.: 
Chromos for 1873, 44 Good Night and Good Morn¬ 
ing ,” 25 cents. 
Cliromo for 1S74, 44 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, 
P. O. Box Proprietor, 
2445. Ho. 46 Beekman street, N. Y. 
Window Gardening. 
By HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
EDITOR OF THE LADIES’ FLORAL CABINET, NEW YORK. 
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 » ulture. Geraniums, Hanging 
Baskets. Insects, Plant Decoration of Apartments. 
The Illustrations are unusually beautiful, and 
many of them perfect. Gems of exquisite beauty. 
It is a. valuable Book on a I opular subject, long 
needed, and comes at a time when it will be highly 
appreciated bv every one. Supplies good practical 
information that can be found in no other volume. 
Price, i$1.50, by mail, postpaid. 
EVERY WOMAN HER OWN 
Flower Gardener. 
By “Daisy Eyebright,” (Mrs. S. 0. 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 Hauls, Annuals. Perennials, Fu¬ 
chsias. Ribbon Beds, &e. 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, 
46 Beekman Street, New York. 
The Horticulturist, 
Devoted to Gardening, Flowers, Ornamental Plants, 
Orcenhouse and Conservatory Culture, Ornamental 
Trees, Shrubs, &c. 
On trial three months, 30 cents. Specimen conies, 
10 cents. Every lover of gardening should have it. 
Address, HENRY T. WILLIAMS, Publisher, 
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AVILUDE; 
Or, Game of Birds. 
THE GEM OF CARD GAMES. 
Of nil the games in market, none are so happily 
adapted to amuse and instruct children at one and 
the same time as Avilude. In it are thirty-two 
Beautiful pictures, and thirty-two scientific descrip¬ 
tions. It is the hest possible incentive to the study 
of natural history, and the only game ever pub¬ 
lished in the interest of science. Thousands of 
Children have been made happy and had 
stored up for them a whole winter of enjoyment 
and instruction by the present of a game of 
Avilude. 
“Avilude is : n admirable conception, thoroughly 
in sympathy with the most advanced ideas of ju¬ 
venile instruction. * * * These Birds go on a 
good mission anil will find their way to the hearts 
of a host of children."— Prof. A. II. Davis. 
“ An over*] lent addition to our home amusements.” 
—Christian Union. 
“Must have a large sale and deserves it too.”— 
Harper's Weekly. 
SENT POSTPAID, on receipt of seventy-five 
cents, by 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS ., 
46 Beekman Street, U. V. 
LADIES’ CABINET 
laltt®! I’m!)©®® 
A CHARMING NOVELTY; 
Paper P.osc-tinted and Perfumed; your own Initial 
on each Sheet and each Envelope; handsomely 
Illuminated Cover on each Box; makes a very 
pretty and fashionable Present among friends; a 
Packet of choice Flower Seeds in each box, a Gift 
from the publisher. 
Price Ml cents per Box. postpaid by mail. Fora 
Club of Ten at 50 cents, an Extra Box is given free. 
Address, 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
Publisher's he Ladies' Floral Cabinet, 
46 Beekman St., N. Y. 
No Time or Expense has been spared to present to the public 
k LAWN 
THAT WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MOST FASTIDIOUS 
PURCHASER. 
The designs are all original, and even the cheapest sets possess artistic merit of high order, 
while the higher-priced are of 
RICH AND ELEGANT PATTERN, 
capable of transforming a plain and unattractive lawn into a scene of beauty. 
regarded simply 
AS* A CAME, STANDS UNRIVALLED. 
It calls for not only the skill of ihe best 44 Croquetist ” but that of the Chess Player as well. He who 
would become a fine player of Chivalrie, must not only be able to make accurate arid direct strokes wrldi 
the mallet, but must as well be a skilful tactician, and so arrange his attack as to carry an opponent past 
his count in Throne or Castles, and yet save his own. In playing for position he must have in mind the 
possibility of an attack, the danger of imprisonment in the Bastile, and yet take a certain risk based on 
the expectation of escaping that disaster and placing his opponent ho>s fie combat 
Those who saw the costly set at Long Branch last, season will not withhold their testimony as 
regards its ELEGANT AND TASTEFUL DESIGN, or its absorbing interest as a Game 
The sets are manufactured in eight different styles, at following prices: $8, $12.50, $25, 
$50, $100, $z50, $500, $1,000. 
Manufactured by the 
WEST & LEE GAME COMPANY, Worcester, Mass. 
Illustrated Catalogue of Games sent free on receipt of P. O. stamp. 
Allen’s Flower Farm. 
100 choice mixed Gladiolus,E$3.00. 
100 extra 44 44 4.00. 
100 Lilies in sorts, $10.00. 
. Allen’s Collection of 100 Bedding Plants, includ¬ 
ing Roses, Geraniums, Verbenas, Climbing Plants, 
&c., &e. This is the finest collection of all large and 
strong plants ever offered for $10. 
One-naif 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 C.O.D. 
Address, 
C. L. ALLEN, 
Queens, N. Y. 
r^M/OEXlCA L 3 fA-V. ~ 
Any Expert Player 
YVho has once enjoyed a game of Croquet with the Pat¬ 
ent Socket Bridge, will never willingly play with the old 
and unreliable style—see difference above. No Croquet 
has our patented improvements unless put up in a chest¬ 
nut case with our trade mark on the top. jBmblta* 
If you wish to enjoy Croquet, govern your 
playing strictly according to Prof. Rover’s 
manual, the standard authority in America. ^ wofplulT) 
New edition - just issued, with the new star meet 
diagram for setting the Bridges. The best trademark 
arrangement of Bridges ever devised. Diagram copy¬ 
righted. 75 pages fully illustrated. Only 10 cents by 
mail, including a complete Illustrated Catalogue of In¬ 
door and Out-door Games; or the Catalogue sent on re¬ 
ceipt of stamp. , • „ . _ » 
Have you seen that popular game of Magic Hoops tor 
Parlor or Lawn. 
MILTON BRADLEY & CO., Springfield, Mass. 
per day at home. Terms Free. Address 
Geo. Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. 
Are You Going to Paint? 
MORE THAN 
2QQ,O0O HQWNHS 
HAVE BEEX PAINTED WITH THE 
Averill Chemical 
Paint. 
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 
IT IS HANDSOMER, 
More Durable, and Costs Less 
THAN THE BEST OF AM 0THEK. 
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 
AVERILL CHEMICAL PAINT CO., 
32 Burling Slip, X. Y., or 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
TTLEFLOWER 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, &c. 
MILLER & COATES, 
279 Pearl St., New York 
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