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PICTORIAL HOME COMPANION, 
THE HANDSOMEST ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF HOUSE¬ 
HOLD ART, FLOWERS AND HOME LITERATURE 
IN AMERICA. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 
Devoted to Housekeeping, Household Elegancies, 
Fashions, Music, Ladies’ Fancy Work, Social Amuse¬ 
ments, Home Pets, Flowers, Window Gardening, 
Cottages, Garden Decorations, and Illustrated Home 
Literature. 
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS, 1874—75. 
Yearly. 
30 per year, including chromo for 1875,3 
I d 
of paper and 
13 00 for club of 10, 
with extra copy 
chromo to agent, i 
1 50 per year, including three chromos. J ^ O 
N. B.—The above terms include 15 cents charges 
for mounting and mailing chromo, also 12 cents 
postage prepaid by publisher on all copies to sub¬ 
scribers after Jan 1,1875. 
Terms. 1874. 
$1 25 per year, from Jan. to July, 1874. including 
chromo, 4- Gems of the Flower Garden.” 
65 six months, July to Dec. 1874. including 
chromo, “Gems of the Flower Garden.” 
35 three months, Sept, to Nov. 1874, including 
chromo, 44 Gems of the Flower Garden.” 
10 trial trip, three months, without chromo. 
• 05 specimen copies. 
Terms for Back Volumes. 
$1 00 for volume of 1S73. Jan. to Dec. 
50 for numbers of 1S72, July to Dec. 
No numbers for sale previous to July, 1872. 
Terms for Chromos. 
Subscribers for 1874.or 1S75, not supplied, and de¬ 
siring chromos of 1873 and 1S74, will remit follow¬ 
ing prices, !0 cover expense of mailing and postage ; 
Chromos for 1873, 44 Good Night and Good Morn¬ 
ing ',” both mounted—price 25 cents. 
Chromo for 1874, 44 Gems of the Flower Garden 
price 25 cents. 
Terms to Agents and Club Agents. 
50 cents for agents’ outfit of paper and 3 chromos 
for canvassing. 
25 cents for outfit of paper and new chromo, “ My 
Window Garden 
Premium list free on receipt of P. O. stamp. 
Newsdealers receive orders and supply regularly. 
New York City subscribers will remit 10 cents 
additional for city delivery. 
Trade supplied by American News Co. 
Advertising rates, 50 cents per Agate line 
Address, 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
Office, Proprietor, 
46 Beckman St. P. O. Box 2445, New York. 
Window Gardening. 
By HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
EDITOR OF THE LADIES’ FLORAL CABINET, NEW YORK. 
A Mew Book, with. 250 Fine Engravings, and 300 
Pages, containing a Descriptive List of all Piants 
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, 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 Popular subject, long 
needed, and comes at a time when it will be highly 
appreciated by every one. Supplies good practical 
information that can be found in no other volume. 
Price, $1.5.0, by mail, postpaid. 
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¬ 
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Excellent Taste. Price, 50c., postpaid. Bound 
in cloth, $1.00. 
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HENRY T. WILLIAMS, Publisher, 
46 Beekman Street. New York 
FOE, SINGING CLASSES! 
THE 
SUNG MONARCH ! ! 
By H. R. Palmer, assisted by L. O. Emerson. 
A book admirably fitted for the use of Singing 
School Teachers, having, in addition to a compact 
theoretic course, mire than ISO pages tilled with 
Glees, Quartettes, Air , Tunes, etc., etc., pleasant 
to sing anywhere and constituting a most agreeable 
course of study. A good book also for college 
Choirs, for Seminaries, and Social Sings. 
Price, 75 cts., or $7.50 per dozen. 
For Choirs and Conventions. 
THE LEADER!! 
{ s the'Leader of all Church Music Books for 1874 
and 1S75, being the first in the field and of a char¬ 
acter that cannot be excelled. 
By II. E. Pal.mek, of Chicago, assisted by 
L. O. Emerson, of Boston, 
containing also compositions from the hands of 
large numbers of American Music writers. 
Eon Conventions Choirs, and Singing Classes. 
The Leader has 86 pages of Singing School 
Music, the same as that in the Song Monarch, and 
large numbers of new Tunes and Anthems, all by 
the best composers. 
trice $1.38, or $12 per dozen. 
Specimen copies of the above book mailed, postpaid, 
for retail price. 
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CHAS. H. DITSON & CO., 
711 Broadway, New York. 
Apple Geranium Seed. 
Our new crop of this delightfully fragrant variety, 
which can only be grown from seed, is now ready 
to send out. Price, per packet of 25 seeds, 25 cents, 
or 5 packets for one dollar. Also Choice 
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CALCEOLARIA, 
CMMAX UIIERAMA* 
and other Florist’s Flower Seeds. Circular with 
prices mailed to all applicants. 
HENRY A. DREER, 
Seedsman and Florist, 
714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 
DUTCH BULBOUS ROOTS 
AND 
SMALL FRUITS. 
Our Autumn Catalogue of the above, beauti¬ 
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„ Sk Barclay 
P. O. Box 5712. 
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How to make the Cally Bloom 
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. 44 44 44 2 Hyacinths. 
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u 50 “ 8 Winter Blooming Roses. 
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44 44 44 6 fine Tuberoses. 
44 4 Double White Carnations. 
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PICTORIAL HOME COMPANION. 
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Devoted to Housekeeping, Household Elegancies, 
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Every number is a perfect gem. Full of exquisite 
illustrations of flowers, gardens, floral elegancies, and 
delightful home pictures of society or household conveniences for the ladies. 
Full of good sense, and invaluable to every lady for its refinement, elegance and rare value. 
35 Cents pay for trial trip 3 months, including chromo “Gems of the Flower Garden.” 
55 Cents pay for trial trip 6 months, without chromo. 
65 Cents pay for trial trip 6 months, including chromo “Gems of the Flower Garden.” 
75 Cents pay for trial trip 6 months, including a chromos, “Good Night” and “Good 
Morning.” 
90 Cents pay for trial trip 6 months, including all three chromos. 
PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. 
1. For Club of Five, 6 months. Premium of “ Every Woman her own Flower Gardener. 
2. For Club of Ten, 6 months. Extra copy of Cabinet, 6 months, and chromo, “ Gems of the 
Flower Garden,” free. 
3. For Club of Fifteen, 6 months. Extra copy of Cabinet, 6 months, three chromos, and premium 
No. 1 . 
4. For Club of Twenty, 6 months. All above premiums together with book, “ Window Gardening!” 
NT. T5. —A. 6 months subscriptions begin with July number. i?.. Members of a Club need not be 
all of same prices nor of same place. C. 3 months subscription must begin with September or October, as 
we see fit 
Address HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
P. O. Box 2445. 
46 Beekman Street, New York. 
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Price 60 cents per year, including beautiful chromo, 
ct Try your Wings, Sit die.” Price 3 cents for 
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Plants by Mail a specialty. 
Address, GBEEN, BEACH & CO., 
Seedsmen and Florists. 
[Box 1775] 
Oil City, Pa. 
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