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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. 
$1 30 per year, including chromo for 1875,1 
13 00 for club of 10, tu u “ | o 
with extra copy of paper and 
chromo to agent, : g ^ 
1 50 per year, including three chromos. J 
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. or July, 1874. including 
chromo, u Gems of the Flower Garden. 11 
05 six months, July or Dec. 1874, including 
chromo, “Gems of the Flower Garden. 11 
35 three months, Sept, to Nov. 1874, including 
chromo, “ Gems of the Flower Garden. 11 
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, o cover expense of mailing and postage : 
Chromos for 1S73, “ Good Night and Good Morn¬ 
ing , 11 both mounted—price 25 cents. 
Chromo for 1874, “ Gems of the Flower Garden ,” 
price 25 cents. 
Terms to Agents and Club Agents. 
50 cents for agents 1 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. WILIjIAMS, 
Office, Proprietor, 
46 Beckman St. P. O. Box 2445, 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. 
OUR ISTIBW 
gfsmptrae (fatirtupe 
green and hothouse 
Rare and Beautiful Flowers 
AND 
CHOICE VEGETABLES 
CAN ALWAYS BE OBTAINED BY SOWING 
TWO NEW TOMATOES. 
THE CONQUEROR. 
Ten days earlier than any other variety 
known. 
Prof. Thurber, the well known editor of the Agriculturist, 
thus describes it: 
“ I had over a dozen varieties, including this, among which 
were several novelties, as well as those accepted as standard 
varieties. All were treated precisely alike, from the time of 
sowing to that of fruiting. I think it a moderate statement 
to say that the Conqueror was ten days i-ariier than any other 
in the garden By eaiiiuess I do not refer to the ripening of 
a single specimen, for the Conqueror ripened one fruit aston¬ 
ishingly early, but T mean that the vines r, this would afford 
a good table supply at least ten days bef< re those of any other 
variety. I would also add, that in col ^r, shape, and quality, 
this variety was highly satisfactory." 
Price, 25 cts. per packet; 5 packets, $1.00. 
THE GOLDEN TROPHY, 
a sport of the well known Trophy—and its counterpart in 
shape, size, and general appearance, of a rich golden yellow 
color, a valuable acquisition. 
25 cts. per packet; 5 packets, $1.00. 
The Twentieth Annual Edition of our celebrated 
Seed Catalogue and Amateur’s Guide 
to the Flower and Kitchen Carden, 
containing upwards of 200 pages, including several hundred 
finely executed engravings of favorite flowers and vegetables, 
and a beautifully colored Chromo, wiiibe 
ready early in January, and mailed to all applicants upon 
receipt of 25 Cen S An edition elegantly bound in 
cloth, $1.00. 
Bliss’ Gardeners’ Almanac ana Abridged 
Catalogue, illustrated, contains up yards of 100 pages, and em¬ 
braces a monthly calendar of iperations and a price-list of ail 
the leading Carden Field and FlowerSeeds, 
with brief directions for their culture. A copy will be 
mailed to all applicants inclosing two three-cent stamps. 
BLISS’S ABRIDGED CATALOGUE withcu 
Almanac sent free. Address 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
34 Barclay Street? 
P. O. Box 5712. ' NEW YORK. 
THE BEST; 
We now enter the field for 
the Fall and coming Win¬ 
ter, and are furnishing 
r\ k \ / I IV I f\ fc he best paying antLmost 
U A V I l\l I — easily worked agency in 
r r\ I 111 Vjthe world. Our agents 
have always been the most 
DI I O I M E7 O O successful, and we have 
III I I IH I" 0»l latel y added new and ex- 
^ ^ ^ ceedmgly taking induce¬ 
ments. requiring only intelligence and application 
for any one , young or old, of either sex, to make a 
really first class paying business for themselves. 
We have the most agents and do the largest business 
in our line. We give right to exclusive territory, 
furnish the best tools to work with, give the largest 
cash pay. Book Agents, and all experienced 
agents, find the business we furnish decidedly the 
most profitable. Everybody can make money. Send 
your name and address at once for circulars, terms, 
etc. Agents, no matter what you are doing, send to 
us for particulars. Address WATERS & TINKER, 
Publishers, Chicago, Ill. 
POSTPAID FOR 1875. 
TVEOXJJNTT AIRV TSTURSERIES, 
5774 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 
0 $ E $. 
Over 500 New and Choice Varieties. We are prepared o receive orders for ROSES from our 
Large Stock ol well grown plants, composed of New and Choice Varieties. Our Roses are grown on 
their own Loots, in 4, 5, and (i 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. Boses for 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 Nh V\ LOSES ot all the most approved varieties known in iiu rope, well grown and on their own 
roots. Our Descripthe Catalogue of Boses, will he ready for distribution about October 1st. Plain 
copies sent on receipt of Postage St amp. Copies with Colored Plates, 10 cents. 
MILLER & HAVES, 5774 Germantown Ave,, Philadelphia, Pa. 
THE SINGER SEWING MACHINES 
Statistics of Sewiny Machine Sales for 1878. 
The Singer Manuf'g Co. Sold 232,444 Machines. 
Wheeler*WilsonMf’g Co. “ 119,190 *• 
DomestieS. M. Co. - - - “ 40,114 '* 
Grover & Baker S. M. Co. “ 86,179 “ 
Weed S. M. Co. - - - - “ 21,769 “ 
Wilson S. M. Co. - - “ 21,247 “ 
Howe Machine Co. - - - “ No returns. 
Gold Medal S. M. Co. - - “ 16,431 .“ 
Wilcox & Gibbs S. M. Co. “ 15,881 “ 
American B. II., &e. - - “ 14,182 “ 
B. P. Howe S. M. Co. - - “ 18,919 “ 
Kemington Umpire S. M. Co. “ 9,183 “ 
Florenrc S. M. Co. - - - “ 8,960 “ 
Davis S. M. Co. - - - - “ 8,861 “ 
Victor S. M. Co. - - - - “ 7.446 “ 
Blees S. M. Co. - - - - “ 3.458 “ 
Secor S. M. Co. - - - - “ 3,430 “ 
Aetna,J.E.Braunsdorf & Co. “ 3,0S1 
Bartram & Fanton, - - - “ ] .000 “ 
Centennial S. M. Co. - - “ 514 “ 
Keystone S. M. Co. - - - “ 217 “ 
The table of Sewing Machine Sales for 1873 shows 
that our sales last year amounted to 232,444 ( wo 
hundred and thirty-two thousand, four hundred 
and forty-four) Machines, being a large increase 
over the ales of the previous year (1872). 
The Table also shows that our sales Exceed 
those of any other Co.mpanv, for the period 
named, by the number of 113,254 Machines, or 
nearly double those of any other Companv. 
It maybe further stated that the sales of] 873. as 
compared with those of 1872, show a relatively larger 
increase, beyond the sales of other makers, than of 
any other year. 
For instance, in 1872 we'sold 45,000 more Ma¬ 
chines than any other Company, w hereas, in 1873, 
the sales were 113,254 Machines in Excess 
of our Highest Competitor. 
These figures are. all the more remarkable, for the 
reason that the sales of the principal Companies in 
1S73 are Less than their Sales in 1872, 
wl ereas, as has been shown Our Sales have 
Largely Increased. 
The account of sales is from the returns made to 
the owners ol the Sewing Machine Patents. 
It will hardly be denied, that the superiority ol 
the Singer Machines is fully demonstrated—at 
all events that their popularity in the household is 
unquestionable. 
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING 00,, 
34 Union Square, New York. 
20 FINE VERBENAS I $1. 
Any of the following-named Plants sent by mail, 
postage paid, at 10 cts, each, any three for 25*cts., or 
any 15 for $1. No order less than 25 cts, received: 
Fuchsias, Begonias, Carnations, Hardy Phlox, Smi- 
lax. Geraniums (Double, Zonale, Fragrant and Ivy), 
Calceolarias, Basket PJants, Ageratums, .Abutilon, 
Acbyranthus, Coleus, Cannas, Chrysanthemums, 
Cuphea, Eupatoriums, Stevias, Feverfew, Helio¬ 
tropes, Libonia, Hetrocentrum, Mahernia. Pilea, 
Double Petunias, Solanums, Veronicas. One packet 
each Aster, Balsam, Uilox, Petunia and Verbena, 
for 25 cts. My Illustrated Catalogue of New 8eeds 
and Plants for 1S75 and any two Packets of the 
above Seeds sent on receipt of ten cents. Address 
CHAS. A. REESER, & CO., Erie, Pa. 
HOW TO GET IT!! 
See Descriptive Catalogue of Greenhouse Flowers, 
Small Evergreens, Roses, Hardy Flowering Shrubs, 
Tansies, Vegetable Plants, and Small Fruits; also 
containing a vast amount of practical information, 
will be ready the middle of January and sent free 
to any address. All lovers of flowers should order 
it at once. HENRY S. RUPP, 
Cumberland Nurseries, Siiiremanstown. 
Cumb. Co., Pa. 
FLOWER 
SEEDS. 
VEGETABLE 
SEEDS. 
Spooner’s Prize Flower 
Seeds, 
SPOONER'S BOSTON 
MARKET 
VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
Descriptive Priced Catalogue 
with over 150 illustrations, mailed 
free to applicant. 
W. H. SPOONER, 
Boston, Mass. 
SEND FOR IT! 
BRIGGS <fc BRO’S 
ILLUSTRATED 
Flmrad W#ii 
For JANUARY, will be out about December 15 th, 
containing a full list of the 2,500 varieties of 
VEGETABLE^ 
Grown and imported by this celebrated firm, illus¬ 
trated with Four Hundred Engravings, and con¬ 
taining a vast fund of horticultural information 
alike useful to the amateur or the professional- 
mailed prepaid to any address on rec eipt of 75 cts 
not one-third its value: also entitling the seLder 
to the three subsequent Numbers. 
Over 1000 PREMIUMS taken on the product 
of Briggs & Brother’s Seed in one season. 
Descriptive Price Lists. Circulars, &c.,sent 
tree by man on application. 
BRIGGS & BROTHER, 
Rochester, H. Y., or Chicago, Ill. 
THE NURSERY. Racine Hardware Manufacturing: Co,, 
A Magazine for Yonngest Readers. 
SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED, 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY, 
Subscription price for a Year, ft 1.i>0 
1 "Postage, - - - - . .10 
Including all the novelties for 1875, will he ready in 
October, and will be sent to any address on receipt 
°f Cents, which amount will be refunded in 
Flower Seed from our list with first order for plants 
amounting to $1,00 or more. 
. Retail a nd wholesale Price Lists both ready for 
free distribution. 
w. w. hassiy & 
_ 0HESTERT0WN, Kent, On,, Md . 
Agents: Wanted, for The Housekeeper, 
a Journal of Domestic Economy, $1.50 a year. Ad¬ 
dress Howard Lockwood, 2S Beekman St., N. Y. 
(I C o per day at home. Terms Free. Address 
J H 4 )/U (!e °. Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. 
Sent postpaid for 
fit. 60 
Payable in advance. A sample number 
will be sent for 10 cents. Address, 
JOHN L. SHOREY, 
36 Broinfield Street, Boston. 
FLOWERS 
Bright Flowers” 
FOR, WINTER 
evenings. Our new Flower Game is just the thing 
for old folks and young folks. Laughter and in¬ 
struction hand in hand. Send 50 cts. and get game 
free. FLOWER GAME CO„ 
Lock-Box 140, Rochester, N. Y. 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
Florists’ Goods, 
Ferneries, 
Aquaria, 
Flower Stands, 
Flower Brackets, 
Propagating Cases, 
Bulb Gardens, 
Jardinieres, &c. 
These goods are new. elegant in design and 
finish, of low 1 price, and for sale by Florists, Hard¬ 
ware, Crockery, and House Furnishing Dealers 
gen, rally. If not kept for sale by any of the 
dealers in your place, send stamp for illustrated 
catalogue containing a variety of useful information 
and beautiful illustrations of over sixty different 
floral articles. 
G. WEBSTER PECK, Agent, 
110 Chambers Street, New York, 
CROSMAN BEO S 
Catalogue and Guide 
TO THE 
Flower and Vegetable Garden 
For 1S75, Elegantly Illustrated throughout 
and containing aM agnificent Colored Plate, 
now ready and sent post-paid to any address on re¬ 
ceipt of Ten Cents, which is not one-half the actual 
cost. Address CROSMAN BRO’S, 
(Established 1S40.) Rochester, JV. Y. 
I,■ I > I, 1 I ' to all applicants, mv Nursery and Bulb Cath¬ 
ie IV Pi rj logues. F. K. PHCKNIX, Bloomington, Ill. 
FOR ALL SEW¬ 
ING MACHINES 
can be obtained at 
about one-half the 
Usual rates, by 
ordering direct.— 
Singer’s 40 cts. per doz.; Wheeler & Wilson, 60'cts. 
Howe s, 50 cts.; Grover & Baker. 50 cts., and others 
in proportion. Inclose the amount, and Needles 
will be returned by first mail All kinds of Sewing 
Machine attachments and findings at equally low 
rates. Special rates to agents. Address 
EAGLE NEEDLE GO., Watertown, N. Y. 
