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THE 
$4«i3ies’ Sftaral ianEinei 
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 1 Fancy Work, Social Amuse¬ 
ments, Home Pets, Flowers, Window Gardening, 
Cottages, Garden Decorations, and Illustrated Home 
Literature. 
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS, 1874—75. 
Yearly. 
$1 30 per year, including chromo for 18T5, ) > p 
13 00 for club of 10, 14 44 44 j >» © H 
with extra copy of paper and 
chromo to agent, - g £3 
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, u Gems of the Flower Garden.” 
65 six months, July to Dec. 1874. including 
chromo, 44 Gems of the Flower Garden.” 
35 three months, Sept, to Nov. 1874, including 
chromo, u Gems of the Flower Garden.” 
10 trial trip, three months, without chromo. 
05 specimen copies. 
Terms for Back Volumes. 
$1 00 for volume of 1873. Jan. to Dec. 
50 for numbers of 1872, 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 1874, will remit follow¬ 
ing prices, to cover expense of mailing and postage : 
Chromos for 1S73, “ 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, 4C 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 New Book, with 250 Fine Engravings, and 3C0 
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, 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, 551.50, by mail, postpaid. 
EVERY WOMAN HER OWN 
Flower Gardener. 
By “Daisy Eyebright,” (Mrs. S. 0. Johnson.) 
A delightful little treatise on Out Boor Garden¬ 
ing for Ladies—Practical, Timely, Charmingly 
Written. 
CANNOT PAIL TO BE UNIVERSALLY LIKBD. 
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, 
46 Beekman Street, New York. 
The Horticulturist, 
Devoted to Gardening, Flowers, Ornamental Plants, 
Greenhouse and Conservatory Culture, Ornamental 
Trees, Shrubs, &c. 
On trial three months, 30 cents. Specimen copies, 
10 cents. Every lover of gardening should have it. 
Address, HENRY T. WILLIAMS, Publisher, 
P. O. Box 2445. 46 Beekman St., N. Y. 
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 
©Mm©®© 
CALCEOLARIA, 
CLIMAX CIIERAMA, 
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¬ 
fully illustrated with many engravings and a splen¬ 
didly colored lithograph of a Group of Double 
and Single Hyacinths, will be ready for dis¬ 
tribution Sept. 1st. A copy will be mailed to all 
applicants inclosing Ten Cents; regular customers 
supplied gratis. Address 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
SEED, PLANT, AND BULB WAREHOUSE, 
P. O. Box 5712. 
NEW YORK. 
FREE! FREE! 
How to make the Gaily Bloom 
Freely, 
AND ODE PRICE LIST OF CHOICE WINTER 
BLOOMING PLANTS AND BULBS. 
Send 25 cents for Lily of Yalley and 10 Crocus. 
“ 44 44 2 Hyacinths. 
“ 44 “ 2 Bouvardias. 
44 50 44 8 Winter Blooming Boses. 
44 44 u 1 Azalea and 1 Primrose. 
44 “ 44 1 new Aquarium Lily and Tube¬ 
rose. 
44 44 44 6 fine Tuberoses. 
41 44 44 4 Double White Carnations. 
44 $3.50 for the above and 1 doz. choice Tulips. 
Any or all these sent by mail, and guaranteed to 
reach'the person safelv. for prices onoted. 
Make Your Homes Attractive. A Flower-Garden in Every House. 
YUTTKM0BK*8 FikTABM VIMol BARDIN. 
This cut represents the Window Garden 
attached underneath the window, either inside 
or outside the house. Its artistic beauty must he 
apparent to all. Its extreme simplicity of 
arrangement renders it an easy matter for 
any lady to put up or take down. -It is not 
screwed to the watt, and yet is so firmly 
attached that it is capable of sustaining over 100 
pounds weight. Full directions for put¬ 
ting up sent with each order . 
The standard length is three feet, which is 
about the average width of window s, but parties 
can send the measurement of their windows and 
have them made any desired length, not exceed¬ 
ing four feet, without additional cost Those 
made in Ash can he painted to correspond with 
the color of the house. 
The cut represents the use of flower-pots, but 
a Zinc Fan filled with dirt can be used in¬ 
stead, if desired. These are furnished to parties 
ordering at $2.50 each. 
The Window Garden can he taken to pieces 
and packed for shipment. Sent to any part of 
the country, on receipt of price. 
Oiled and polished Walnut, $5.00 to $5.50 each, according to design and finish. In Ash, for outside^ 
$4.75 and $5.00. 
Agents Wanted. A liberal discount to the trade. 
®U§§ & @©ni©trai!l ^f©ctts s 
JVo. Si TYlTtCL.dY STSHYJT, JVJSW YORK. 
JtUISTBATED CATALOGUE 
OF 
Rural anil Honsehoia Books, Social Games anft Evening Amusements. 
Seventy-two pages full of descriptions of over 500 Books, Games and Amusements for Ladies and 
Young Folks. Beautifully illustrated. Invaluable to every family. Th** only one of its kind in 
America. Price 10 cents, by mail, postpaid. HENEY T. “WIIjLIAMS. 46 Beekman St. 
mottzstt ahr rz : nukseries, 
5774 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Over 500 New and Choice Varieties. We are prepared to receive orders for BOSES from our 
Large Stock of well grown plants, composed of New and Choice Varieties. Our Boses arc grown on 
their own Boots, in 4, 5, and 6 inch pots, and, therefore, ready for planting at any time. Prices per dozen 
and hundred on application. We have also, grown in pots, a select lot of Tea Roses foi* "Win¬ 
ter Flowering, suitable for Greenhouses, Conservatories, and Windows, comprising all varieties 
best adapted to that purpose, ready for delivery or shipment at any time. We can supply from our own 
stock NEW BOSES of all the most approved varieties known in Europe, well grown and on their own 
roots. Our Descriptive Catalogue of Boses, will be ready for distribution about October 1st. Plain 
copies sent on receipt of Postage Stamp. Copies with Colored Plates, 10 cents. 
MILLER & HANES, 5774 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 
10 a11 applicants, my Nursery and Bulb Cata- 
J J l\> Pi Ft logues. F. K. PHCENIX, Bloomington, Ill. 
197 W. Fourth St., Cincinnati, O. 
BULBS! 
BULBS! 
BULBS! 
rn HARDY FLOWER- 
£>U ING BULBS (our 
No. 4 collection), mailed to 
applicants enclosing $3.00. 
Illustrated Catalogue of 
Bulbs free. 
W M. H» SPOONER, Boston, Mass 
White Water Lilies. 
I will supply those in want of the root of this 
beautiful and fragrant flower by mail, neatly packed 
in moss, for 25 cents each; or $2.50 per dozen. Ad¬ 
dress. J. E. S. CBANDALL, Bockville, Washing¬ 
ton Co., B. I. 
Are You Going to Paint? 
MORE THAN 
TO1HI 
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 PAINT CO., 
32 Burling Slip, X. Y., or 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
POSTPAID FOR 1875- 
THE NURSERY. 
A Magazine for Youngest Readers. 
SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 
Subscription price for a Year _, ft /. .7 O 
jPoslage, - - - - - .JO 
Sent postpaid for 
- $1.60 
Payable in advance. A sample number 
will be sent for 10 cents. Address, 
JOHN 1.. SHOREY, 
36 Bromfield Street, Boston. I $5 g $20 
Oil i IVETW 
OF 
GREEN AND HOTHOUSE 
Ftew©^ ^©©1 
AND 
SMASH, fSTOSS, 
Including all the novelties for 1875, will be ready in 
October, and will be sent to any address on receipt 
of 2.5 Cents, which amount will be refunded in 
Flower Seed from our list with first order for plants 
amounting to $1,00 or more. 
Betail and wholesale Price Lists both ready for 
free distribution. 
hdasssv & Huias®mo, 
CHESTERT0WU, Kent Co„ Md. 
PLAKTS FOE WINTER FLOWERING, 
BY MAIL, PBEPAID. 
3distinct sorts Begonias for 25 cents; 3 distinct 
j sorts Stevias for 25 cents; 3 distinct sorts Fuchsias 
for 25 cents: 4 distinct sorts Chrysanthemums for 
25 cents; 4 distinct sorts Basket Plants for 25 cents ; 
4 assorted Winter Blooming Plants for 25 cents; I 
each Abutilon, Eupatorium and Pilea for 25 cents , 
leach Violet, Pink and Mahernia for 25 cents; 1 
each English, German and Variegated Ivies for 25 
cents; 1 each Heterocentrum. Libonia and Ageratum 
for 25 cents. Any five of the above collection for 
$1.00. Send ten cents for Catalogue of Plants and 
Seeds for 1875. A pacxet each of fine mixed Balsam 
and Pansy seeds gratis with Catalogue. Address, 
h* HliiSEB & If!©, 
per day at home. Terms Free. Add res 
Geo. Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. 
