Window Gardening. 
HENRY T. WILLIAM, 
EDITOR OF THE LADIES’ FLORAL CABINET, NEW YORK. 
A New Book, with 250 Fine Engravings, and 800 
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 i ulture, Geraniums, Hanging 
Baskets. Insects, Plant Decoration of Apartments. 
The Illustrations are unusually beautiful, and 
man/ of them perfect Gems of exquisite beauty. 
It is a valuable Book on a 1 opular subject, long 
needed, and comes at a time when it will be highly 
appreciated by everyone. Supplies good practical 
information that can be found in no other volume. 
Price, @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 Plants, Annuals, Perennials. Fu¬ 
chsias. Ribbon Beds, &c. Sentf 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. 
Beautiful Flowering 
FX-AWTS. 
Attention is invited to my very large and well 
grown stock of 
Roses, Verbenas, Ivies, Geraniums, Pelar¬ 
goniums, Carnations, &c.; 
VABIE GATED AND FANCY 
FOLIAGE PLANTS; 
Plants for Baskets, for Ferneries, for 
the Window and the Conservatory, 
Plants for Ribbon Beds and 
Borders. 
One Hundred Plants, assorted different, - - $6.00 
Fifty Plants, assorted different,.4.00 
One Hundred Verbenas, as’rtcd colors, named, 4.00 
One Hundred Roses, small, assorted, named, 6.00 
Fifty Roses, small, assorted, named, - - - - 4.00 
One Hundred Plants for Ribbon Bed, four or 
five colors of foliage, assorted, - - - 4.00 
PACKAGES FOR $1.00, BY MAIL, liberally 
assorted. New Conservatories and Greenhouses 
stocked at low rates. No charge for boxing. Send 
for my Catalogues 
W. H. BAILEY, Plattsburgh, IV. Y. 
Collections of Flower Seeds by Mail. 
Coll. A—Contains 20 choice varieties of 
annuals - - - - - - $1.00 
Doll. B—Contains 20 choice varieties of Bi¬ 
ennials and Perennials - 1.00 
Coll. C—Contains 10 extra varieties of An¬ 
nuals and Perennials, embracing 
•many of the new and choicest in 
cultivation . - - - - 1.00 
Coll. D — Contains five very choice varieties,^ 
selected from Prize Flowers , _ of 
English Pansies, German Carnation 
and 1 icotee Pinks, Verbenas, Truf¬ 
faut’s French Asters, Double Holly¬ 
hocks - -1.00 
Any one remitting $3.00 will receive the four 
assortments, postage tree. 
Collections of Kitchen-Garden Seeds. 
A complete assortment of vegetable seeds for one 
year's supplyJor a large or small gavden^ 
The following Collections are made up in the 
most, libera* manner, care being taken to give a 
sufficient quantity of all the finest varieties and 
most useful sorts of Vegetables required in the ■ 
Kitcncn-Garden +, 
Assortment No. 5—Contains 20 varieties $3.50 
No. 6—Contains 40 varieties 2.00 
“ No. T — Contains 60 varieties 1.00 
The above are prepared expressly for sending by 
mail , and will be §pnt post-paid upon receipt of 
prices annexed. 
Larger Collections, which can be safely sent by 
express (freight paid by purchaser), to any part of 
the country, as follows: No. J, $20; No. 2, $15.00; 
No. 3, $10.00 ; No. 4, $5.00. * . 
The Twentieth Annual Edition of our celebrated 
Seed Catalogue and Amateur’s Cuide 
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, will bo 
ready early in January, and mailed to all applicants upon 
receipt of'25 Cents An edition elegantly bound in 
cloth, $1.00. 
Bliss’ Gardener’s Almanac ana Abridged 
Catalogue, illustrated, contains up yards of 100 pages, and em¬ 
braces a monthly calendar of iperations and a price-list of all 
the leading Carden, Field and Flower Seeds, 
with brief directions for their culture. A copy will be 
mailed to all applicants inclosing two three-cent stamps. 
BLISS’S ABRIDGED CATALOGUE without 
Almanac sent free. Address M 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
34 Marclay Street? 
P. O. Box 5712. NEW YORK. 
POSTPAID IFCLR, 1875. 
Six Fine Plants 
FOR 
ONLY 50 DENTS. 
We will send any of the following collections of 
plants, post paid, to any point in the United States, 
on receipt of 50 cents. The different varieties will 
be our own selections. 
No. 1.—1 Rose Monthly, 2 Fuchsias, 1 Zonale 
Geranium 1 Double Geranium, 1 Heliotrope. 
No. ‘2.—6 Fine Plants and Vines for Basket. 
No. 3.— 1 Fuchsia C. Holt, 1 Abutilon, 1 Eupa- 
torium, 1 Stevia, I Solan urn Wheelerii 1 Violet. 
No. 4.—1 Lantana, 1 Begonia, 1 Libonia, 1 Eup. 
Riparium, 1 Carnation, 1 Feverfew Prince Alfred. 
No. 5.—Foliage Plants: 2 Coleus, 2 Achryanthus, 
1 Cineraria Maritima, 1 Canna. 
No. 6.—10 Verbenas, all different colors. 
No. 7.—1 Calceolaria, 1 Penstemon, 1 Carnation, 1 
Pilea 1 Sinilax, 1 Fuchsia. 
No. 8.—1 each: Scented, Zonale, Ivy and Double 
Geraniums, 4 Verbenas. 
No. 9.—1 German Ivy, 1 Honeysuckle, 2 Double 
Petunias, 2 Chrysanthemums. 
No. 10.—1 Vinca Harrisonii, t Coeoloba, 1 Ver¬ 
onica, 1 Ageratum, 1 Cuphea, 2 Alternanthera. 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
No. 11.—12 Packets Choice Flower Seeds. 
No. 12. — 4 Packets Annuals, 4 Packets Everlast¬ 
ings, 4 Packets Climbers. 
No. 13.— 12 Packets Choice Vegetable Seeds. 
Any one sending $2.' 0 can select five of the above 
collections. They will be mailed to different ad¬ 
dresses. 
i nir Illustrated Catalogue of Plants and Seeds, 
with a Packet each of Petunia and Phlox Seed, sent 
on receipt of 10 cents. Address, 
C. A. REESER & CO., 
FJ7*ie; jPa. 
per day at home. Terms Free. Address 
Geo. Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. 
THE NURSERY. 
A Magazine for Yonngest Headers. 
SUPEBBLY ILLUSTRATED. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 
Subscription price for a Year, .50 
“Postage, - - - - - .t O 
Sent postpaid for - $1■60 
Payable in advance. A sample number 
will be sent for 10 cents. Address, 
JOHN L. SHOREY, 
36 Bromfield Street, Boston. 
FLOWERS. 
Can Be Delivered Free At Your Doors, 
Per Mail. 
Send for our new Descriptive Catalogue of 
Green House and Bedding Plants, embracing 
all the finest varieties known to florists. 
THE NEW 
LILAC-COLOMED CUPHEA 
for 75 cents each, or $6 per doz., by mail. 
Ever-Blooming Roses, 
Six for $1; Thirteen for j2; per mail. 
HOOPBS BRO. & THOMAS, 
Chekey Hill Nurseries, 
West Chester, Pa. 
NOVELTIES 
IN 
Itowtr iteeii* 
Hesperochiron Californicus. Although 
specimens of this beautiful Spring blooming plant 
were collected T>y Hartweg in California, and by 
Fremont in one of his expeditions, seed has not 
been obtained before, and it is now, we believe, 
offered for the first time. The plant is a perennial, 
growing in tufts like a Pentstemon, with the leaves 
about two inches long, and the flowers borne on 
stalks like a violet, ol a lovely blue and white color. 
It grows in the mountains or Utah, where it is one 
of the first of the wild plants to open in Spring. It 
grows naturally in open grassy places at as low ele¬ 
vation as 5,000 feet, and will probably be found of 
easy culture. The seeds should be sown in a par¬ 
tially shaded spot, where the soil will not dry, till 
the 'plants are strong. Per packet, 25 cents. 
Pentstemon Palmeri. This is regarded as 
the handsomest of all the Pentstemons. It flowered 
in England last year from cultivated specimens, and 
was one of the sensations of the floral season. It 
was first discovered by the Palmer expedition in 
Arizona but a few years ago, and has been named 
after Dr. Palmer by Professor A sa Gray. Since then 
it has been found to be a native of Nevada and 
Utah. Though a high mountain plant it has been 
found of very easy culture in England. It grows 
from*2 to 3 feet high, and the rosy, purple flowers 
are over an inch long. It flowers through the Sum¬ 
mer. Per packet, 25 cents. 
For other Rare and Choice Seeds send for our 
Catalogue of Flower Seeds, 
Catalogue of Vegetable Seeds, 
Catalogue of Tree Seeds. 
eL M. THDMTOI €©., 
15 John Street, 
NEW YORK. 
JOHN SAUL’S 
Ceii<aJL@gwe ©/ New? Mare? and 
a u l r n 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. PLOWED, GAME CO., 
Lock-Box 140, Rochester, N. Y. 
BEST AND OTERO ,N AMERICA OR 
CHEAPEST OLlUu MONEY REFUNDED. 
Buy direct from the grower cheaper than dirt. 
Can heat the world on prices, quality, reliable, fresh, 
genuine seeds, true to name. A nice Illustrated 
Floral and Garden Guide free. Wholesale list for 
Seedsmen free. R. H. SIIUMWAY, Rockford, Ill. 
§§©F f l 
&4 
For Spring of 1S75 will be ready in February, with 
a colored plate ; Free to all my customers, to others 
price 25 cents; a plain copy to all applicants free. 
Washington City, D. O. 
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 CO., Watertown, N. Y. 
TREES 
PLEASURE, I PROFIT, 
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 
Pears, Apples, Cherries, Peaches, 
PLUMS, QUINCES, 
Small Fruits.— Grapes, Currants, Raspberries, 
Blackberries, Strawberries, Gooseberries. 
Ornamental. — W r eeping and Standard Trees. 
Evergreens. —Common and 3$ ew and Hare. 
Shrubs. —Variegated-leavgg and Flowering. 
Hoses.— Moss, Tea , Climbing, and Perpetual. 
Clematis Jaekmanni, is perpetual, hardy, 
lives easy, grows fast, and flowers the first year. 
12 sorts Perpetual White Clematis, and 
fifty new varieties of many shades of color. 
Strong plants safely sent by mail. 
Good plants sent by mail, postpaid, as follows : 
6 Choice Roses for $1.00 | 13 Choice Roses for $2 00 
6 Variegated-leaved and Flowering Shrubs for $1.00 
13 Variegated-1 aved ai.d Flowering Shrubs for $£.00 
500 Acres ) T. C. MAXWELL & BRO’S, 
of Nursery.) Catalogues free. Geneva, N. Y. 
Choice Mixed Gladiolus, 
$3.00 per hundred. 
sr jExtPmass o.vzr. 
100 BEDDING PLANTS 
FOR $12 00. 
This collection is made up ot Roses, Fuchsias, Be¬ 
gonias, Carnations, Geraniums, Ac. By all 
odds the cheapest and best collec¬ 
tion ever offered. By Express 
ONLY. 
5 LILIES, 
IN CL UDING THE A UR A rn UM 
For $1.00, by Mail. 
CATALOGUES FREE TO ALL. 
W. S. ALLEN, 
SEED, BULB, AND PLANT MERCHANT, 
QUEENS, N. Y. 
m @ B M B 
AND 
BEDDING PLANTS BY MAIL. 
A list of our popular $1 Collections of Flowering 
Plants for 1875 is now ready for free distribution. 
Also our Descriptive Catalogue of Plants, Seeds, 
and Fruits. We mail plants at any time, cold or 
hot, with uniform success. 
W. F. MASSEY & CO., 
(Late Massey & Hudson,) 
Chestertown, Kent Co., Md. 
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. 
White Water Lilies. 
I will send the bulb of this beautiful and fragrant 
flower, until the middle of May, by mail, securely 
packed in moss, for 25 cents each, or $2.50 per doz. 
Instructions for growing them in ponds, tubs, or 
aquariums, sent with each package. N. B.—Four 
; of these bulbs make a. splendid tub of flowers the 
first, year. Address F. E. S. Crandall, Rockville, 
Washington Co., R. I. 
MOUNT AIRY NURSERIES, 
5774 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 
R 0 $ S $ 
# 
A handy and certain preparation for destroying 
Aphis or Green Fly on house plants. Half-pound 
boxes, by mail, 50 cents. 
W. F. MASSEY & CO., Florists, 
Chestertown, Maryland. 
IVTA "■UTTI t0 a h applicants, my Nurserv and Bulb Cata- 
JL 1 It. fj Pi logues. F. K. PHCENIX, Bloomington, Ill. 
Over 500 NTew and Choice Varieties. We are prepared ?o receive orders for ROSES from our 
Large Stock of well grown plants, composed of New and Choice Varieties. Our Roses are grown on 
their own Roots, 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 Hoses 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 NEW ROSES of all the most approved varieties known in Europe, well grown and on their own 
roots. Our Descriptive Catalogue of Roses, will be 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. 
