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SAMPLE CARD AND NUMEROUS TESTIMONIALS SENT FREE ON APPLICATION. 
TIIUADIH BOOK 
For Household Reading and Amusement. 
FLOWERS, GARDENING, AND BUBAL LIFE. 
Any of the books named in the succeeding list, on this page, are for sale at this office, and will be sent, 
postpaid by mail, on receipt of price, or given as premium to any who will enlist their interest and effort to 
procure subscriptions and clubs for the Ladies Floral Cabinet. They will afford means lor passing 
away many an evening, and amuse the family circle with innocent and enjoyable diversions. 
Window Gardening.—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 Culture, Geraniums, Hanging Baskets, Insects, Plant Decoration of Apartments. 
The illustrations are unusually beautiful, and many of them perfect Gems of exquisite beauty, Supplies 
good practical information that can be found in no other volume. Price, $1.50, by mail postpaid (Pre¬ 
mium for club of 10 ). 
Every Womm Her Own ELower Gardener—By “ Daisy Eyebrigjht” (Mrs. S. O. Johnson). 
A delightful little Treatise on Out Door Gardening for Ladies —Practical, Timely, Charmingly Written. 
Cannot fail to be universally liked. Valuable Information about Pansies, Roses, Geraniums, Climbing 
Plants, Annuals, Perennials, Fuchsias, Ribbon Beds, &c. Send for it. Printed in Excellent Taste. Price, 
50 Cents, postpaid. Bound in cloth, $ 1.00 (Premium for club of 5 ). 
Practical Floriculture—By Peter Henderson. Devoted to the propagation and culture of Plants 
raised by Florists and successful amateurs ; is a standard authority on Green House Plants ; gives practical 
suggestions for Planting Flower Beds in the Lawn ; Designs for Flower Gardens ; How to Grow Bulbs, 
Verbenas, Lilies, &c. Price, $1.50 (Premium for club of 10 ). 
Break’s New Book of Flowers.—By Joseph Breck. Contains a descriptive list of all varieties of 
Flowers, Vines and Flowering Shrubs in usual cultivation, with hints on selection of Flowering Plants, 
Insects, Lawns, Culture of Perennials, Biennials and Annuals. A handy floral encyclopaedia for the 
amateur. 480 pages. Price, $1.75 (Premium for club of 10 ). 
A Simple Garden for Country Homes.—By Charles Barnard. A haidy litt’e manual, with 
diary ol operations for each month in the year, of out-door work in the Garden or Flower Ground; a 
practical and handy help to every gardener. ” Price, 50 Cents (Premium for club of 5 ). 
My Ten-Hod Farm and How I Became a Florist.— By Charles Barnard. A romantic 
story of how a widow became successful, and attained a competency, through the income of a little 
greenhouse, in a thriving town.. Price 50 Cents (Premium for club of 5 ). 
Popular Architectural Books.—Woodward’s Country Homes. Price $1.50. Woodward’s Cot¬ 
tages and Farm House?. Price $1.50. Woodward’s Suburban and Country Homes. Price $1.50. 
Woodward’s Graperies and Horticultural Buildings. Price $1 50 (Premium for club of 10 ). 
Gardening and Country Life.— Gardening for Profit: Henderson. Price 1.50. Fuller’s Grape 
Cuiturist. Price $1.50. Fuller’s Small Fruit Culturist. Price $1.50 (Premium for club of 10 ). 
BOOKS ON HOUSEKEEPING. 
The Young Housekeeper’s Eriend.— By Mrs. Cornelius. A very popular and reliable Household 
Guide and Cook Book. Price, $1.50 (Premium for club of 10 ). 
Common Sense in the Household.—A Manual of Practical Housewifery. By Marion Harland, 
author of cc Alone,” “ Hidden Path,” £ ‘ Nemesis,” &c. One of the finest volume’s and aid’s to ladies’ 
household management ever issued. Price, $1.7o (Premium for club of 15 ). 
The Yankee Cook Book— A New System of Cookery. Containing hundreds of excellent receipts 
from actual experience in Cooking ; also, full explanations in the art of carving Price, 50 Cents 
(Premium for club of 4 ). 
How to Cook Potatoes, Apples, Eggs, and Pish, Pour Hundred Different Ways — 
This work especially recommends itself to those who are often embarrassed for want of variety in dishes 
suitable for the breakfast-table, or on occasions where the necessity arises for preparing a meal at short 
notice. Price, 50 Cents (Premium for club of 4 ). 
The American Housewife and Kitchen Directory.—Contains 378 recipes for cooking all sorts 
of American dishes in the most economical manner ; also, contains a great uariety of important secrets for 
washing, cleaning, scouring, and extracting grease, paint, stains, and iron-mould from cloth, muslin, and 
linen. Price 50 Cents (Premium for club of 5 ). 
How to Cook and How to Carve.—Giving plain and easily understood di-iections lor preparing and 
cooking, with the greatest economy, every kind of dish, with complete instructions for serving the same. 
Price, 50 Cents (Premium for club of 4 ). 
Mrs. Crowen’s American Ladies’ Cookery Book.—Containing over 1,200 original receipts for 
preparing and cooking Soups and Broths, Fish and Oysters, Clams, Muscles, and Scollops, Lobsters, 
Crabs, and Terrapins, Meats of all kinds. Poultry and Game, Eggs and Cheese, Vegetables and Salads, 
Sauces of all kinds, Fancy Desserts, Puddings, and Custards, Pies and Tarts, Bread and Biscuit, Rolls and 
Cakes, Preserves and Jellies, Pickles and Catsups, Potted Meats, &c., &c. Together with valuable and 
important hints on choosing and purchasing all kinds of Provisions, and preparing Ripe Fruits for Table, 
Bills of Fare for the relief of young housekeepers, Arrangement of the Table for every variety of dinner 
Parties, Etiquette of the Dinner Table, Cookery for Invalids, Carving Made Easy, &c., &c. The whole 
being a complete system of American Cookery. By Mrs. T. J. Crowen. Illustrated with several diagrams 
Mrs. Crowen gives directions for making all sorts of economical dishes, baking all kinds of cakes and pies, 
manufacturing every variety of confectionery, preserving, pickling, &c., so plainly that the housekeeper of a 
week s standing can easily act upon her directions. All thS receipts in this book have been carefully tried 
and may be relied upon as the result of actual experience. 474 pages. Price, $2.00 (Premium for club 
of 15 ). 
The American Home Cook Book.—Containing several hundred excellent recipes. The whole based 
on many years’ experience of an American housewife. Illustrated with engravings. All the recipes in this 
book are written from actual experiment in cooking. Price, 50 Cents. Premium for. club of 5 ,) 
BOOKS OF GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS. 
What Shall We Do Tp-Night; or. Social Amusements for Evening Parties.—This 
elegant book affords an almost inexhaustible lund of amusement for evening parties, social o-atherings and 
all lestive occasions, tor young gentlemen and ladies ; including complete directions and text for performing 
n ^ • eaux ’ ° ar or Pantomimes, &c. It contains over 100 engravings, and 366 pages Price* 
$2.00 (Premium for club of 15 , or 20 with extra copv of paper free). 
The American Home Book of In-Door Games and Becreations.-ContainW Amuse- 
ments for Girls, Boys and Little Children, Musical Games, Forfeits, Games of Memory, Natural Magic 
t c a -wrr ames ’ Hollda y Games, House and Home Amusements, &c. 380 pages. Illustrated. Price 5 
$1^50 (Premium for club of 10 , at $ 1 . 30 , or 15 , with paper and chromo free). 
.. Social Charades an<d Parlor Operas.—A book reallv needed, containing the favorite operettas of 
“College Ned "Diamonds and Toads,” and a List of Charades, Allegories, and Musical Pieces, never 
beiore published. Price, 75 Cents, postpaid (Premium for club of 6 , at $ 1 . 30 ). 
Home Arts for Young and Old.— This little work is a Compendium of all the best known methods 
ot makmg time pass profitably as well as pleasantly at home, and includes Flower Work Wax Work 
ISeedle Work, and general home ornamentation. Price, 75 Cents, postpaid. (Premium for club of 6 ). ’ 
The above for sale and sent by mail by 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 46 Beekman Street, N. Y. 
210 
A Big Battle has been going on for years between the Constitu¬ 
tion of the Sick, on one side, and all the Active Poisons, falsely called 
remedies, on the other The Poisons have had the best of the fight, and 
a long list of the killed may be found in every cemetery. But, at last 
common sense is putting a stop to this pernicious conflict. At last 
The Prisoners 
of the sick room have discovered that in Tarrant’s Effervescent 
Seltzer Aperient they have a tonic, a febrifuge, a laxative, a diuretic, 
a corrective, a regulating and antibilious medicine, equal to all ordinary 
exigencies, and good for every ailment of the stomach, the bowels, the 
nerves, the muscles, and the secretive organs. Sold by all druggists. 
t-ady One 
FOR HER SEWING MACHINE. 
A GOODRICH TUCKER, 
Price $3.00. 
v A JOHNSTON RUFFLER, 
Price $3.00. 
A GooM Heuimer and Binder, 
Price $1.50. 
WILL FIT ANY MACHINE. 
Any of them sent by mail on receipt of 
price, or all three for $5. 
In writing, please state name of your machine. 
NOVELTY tool's FLOfEB STAND 
TERMS AS PREMIUMS. 
No. 1 is given free for club of 10 to Cabinet 
six months, or S for one year. 
No. 2 is given free for club of 15 to Cabinet 
six months, or I 1 for one year. 
No 8 is given free for club of 5 to Cabinet 
six months, or 3 for one year. 
Address, 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
46 Beekman Street, Hew York, 
AMATEUR WORKERS 
FANCY WOODS 
can be supplied with the following 
HARD AND RARE WOODS, 
Planed for use. -J-, 3-16, J. £ inch and upward; Cash 
to accompany orders: Rosewood, Satinwood, Holly, 
Walnut, Mahogany, Ebony, Red and While. Cedar, 
Birdseye Maple, &c. 
GKO. W. READ & <0., 
Nos. 186 to 200 Lewis st., foot of 5th and 6 lli sts:, 
East River, New York. 
Orders by mail will have prompt and - (ireful* 
attention. Inclose.a stamp for ( atalogue ami Price 
List. 
0. A. BINGHAM ,, Mfr., Keene, N. II. 
Cumberland Nurseries, bulbs,'Vinter 
BLO< 'MING FLOWERS for the house, and SMALL 
FKJJITS, by Mail. Lovers of beautiful flowers and 
delicious fruits should send for my descriptive mail 
catalogue; sent free to any address. HENRY S. 
KUPP, Siiiremanstown, Cumb. Co., Pa. 
TREES! TREES!! 
The Darkest, and most Complete Stock 
of Fruit and Ornamental Trees in the U. S. 
Descriptive and Illustrated Priced Cata¬ 
logues sent as follows: No. 1— Fruits, 10c. 
No. 2—Ornamental Trees, new ed. with colored 
plate. 25c No. 3—Greenhouse Plants, 10c. No. 
4 —Wholesale, Free. 
FLLWANGER * BARRY. 
Mount Hope Nurseries. ROCHESTER, X. Y. 
TJEAR-TREES TOR THE MILLION.— 
J®. Largest stock in the West: extra quality; 
packed to go safely any distance. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Prices low by hundred or thousand. 
A full assortment of other trees, shrubs, plants, etc 
Send list of wants for prices. R. G. HANFORD 
Columbus Nursery, Columbus, Ohio. 
NEW ART! giSYy iHTS. 
200 Decalcomanieand list sent for 25 cents. 
George Boles, 4 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass. 
LADIES’ CABINET 
ImMM M@>i© 
A CHARMING NOVELTY; 
Paper Rose-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. Piice, 50 cents per Box, post¬ 
paid by mail. For a club of ten, at 50 cents, an 
Extra Box is given free. Address, 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
Publisher Tjie Ladies’ Floral Cabinet, 
46 Beekman St., N. Y. 
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