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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 ITorne 
Literature. 
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS, 1875-76. 
$1 30 per year, including Steel* Plate Engraving, 
11 * The Rustic Wreath.” 
1 50 per year, including alsochromo “Gems of the 
Flower Garden,” or “Autumn Leaves.” 
75 cents six months, with choice of one chromo. 
65 cents six months, without chromo. 
To club of ten, an extra copy of paper with one 
engraving or chromo free to agent. 
These terms include all charges—mounting and 
mailing, also postage on paper for one year. 
Back Volumes. 
$1 25 for volume of 1874, unbound. 
2 50 “ “ “ bound in cloth,and mailed. 
1 00 “ cover to vol. 1S74, mailed, postage paid. 
1 50 “ portable binder and music portfolio, 
mailed, postage paid. 
1 00 “ volume of 1S73, unbound. 
50 “ numbers July to Dec, 1S72, unbound. 
No numbers for sale previous to July, 1872. 
No volumes bound previous to 1874. 
Terms for Uhromos, Agents’ Outfits, &c. 
50 cents for agents’ outfit of paper, chromos, etc. 
25 “ “ “ “ “ and 1 chro i.o. 
25 “ u “ “ “ and engraving. 
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stamp, iigents wanted in every town. 
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HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
Office, Publisher, 
46 BecJvman 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 
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P. O. Box ms. „ 46 Beekman St., N. Y. 
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36 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass. 
Excelsior Scroll Saw. 
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“ Try your 71'inpSj Birdied’ Price 5 cents for 
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HENRY T. WILLIAMS, Pub Usher* 
fG "Beckman Slreet, JVew Fork. 
CtJ 
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$12 
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AMATEUR WORKERS 
IN 
FANCY WOODS 
can he supplied with the following 
HARD A®D BABE WOODS, 
Planed for use, J. 3 16, J. f inch and upward- Cash 
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ft 200 Dccalcomanie and list senTfor25 *entl 
George Boles, 4 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass. 
Needles 
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for 50c. per duz : 3 doz. $1.25. 
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O. A. BIN a IIA M, Mfr , Keene. N H. 
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HOW TO FINISH THEM. 
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rDrp t" applicants, my Wholesale and Bulb Cata- 
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The Fruit Re corder and Cottage Gardener 
will be sent frfe 3 months to all ap- 
1 plicants. We do not ask any one to 
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I know what they are to get. It speaks 
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Most liberal terms to club agents of 
any paper in this country IPaar- 
dy’s .Small Fruit Instructor 
. , . -is a work of 64 pp. that t 11s in sim¬ 
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tor home use or market Price, cents, postpaid. 
A. M. Rochester, JX. Y. 
TP E CALCOM.ATST I E. 
. nr TRANSFER PICTURES, with book oi 
“* I'l 1 *? toying full instructions in this new 
. and beantilul art. sent nost-naid for 10 cts 
L !r w 1 '»• Tl-y Hi*.., Ou„.hV",L; Animals; 
Duds, Insects, Flowers, Autumn Leaves, Comic Figures Ac 
They can be easily translerred to any article so as m in. tite the 
?/J“i t n be i lUti,Ul i ,ainl Also, f> beautiful GEM CHROMOS 
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Address J. L. PATTEN & CO., 102 William Street, New York, 
