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THE 
tallies’ Starai IduLuiet 
AND 
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, Homo Pets, Flowers, Window Gardening, 
Cottages, Garden Decorations, and Illustrated Home 
Literature. 
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS, 1875-76. 
$1 80 per year, including Steel Plate Engraving, 
k * The Rustic Wreath.” 
1 50 per year, including also chromo u Gems of the 
Flower Garden,” or Autumn Leaves.” 
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. 
For further terms, see page 184, this number,also 
Cabinet for November. 
Address, 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
Office, Pu blisher, 
4G Beckman St. P. 0. 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. 0. Box 2415. 46 Beekman St., N. Y. 
- The attention of the Lady readers of 
the Floral Cabinet is respectfully in¬ 
vited to the 
“FAMILY FAVORITE,” 
for the following reasons: 
1 st. Because it is adapted to all the wants of family 
sewing. 
2d. Because it can be readily comprehended by 
any one wishing to sew. 
8(1. Because it run?, o easily. 
4th. Because it is always ready and never takes on 
" fits.*’ 
5th. Because it will do any kind of sewing with 
less changes and fewer extra attachments 
than any other machine. 
6th. Because it is self-adjusting. 
7th. Because it is made of the very best materials, 
and in the most thorough manner, and will 
never wear out. 
Mlecv 
The TWENTIETH EDITION of our Celebrated j 
Seed Catalogue and Amateur’s Guide 
to the Flower and Kitchen Carden, 
containing upwards of 200 page?, including several hundred j 
finely executed engravings of favorite flowers ami vegetables, 
and a beautifully colored Chrom-, witlia 
Supplement for 1876, is now in press, and will be mailed to all j 
applicants upon receipt of 35 CentS s -An edition elc- 
gantly bound m cloth, $1.00. 
Bliss’ Carden* r’s Almanac fo 1, 1876 and 
Abridged Catalogue of Carden and 
Flower Seeds, contains Up -vai-ds of 100 pages, and em¬ 
braces a monthly calendar of operations and a price-list of all 
the leading Carden, Field and Flower Seeds, 
with brief directions for their culture. A copy will be 1 
mailed to all applicants inclosing two thrcc-cent stamps. i 
Address 
B. K. BLISS & SO S, 
,34 Barr!a:; Street? 
P. O. Box 5712. ‘ NEW YORK. 
A CHICAGO PAPER. 
THE INTER-OCEAN. 
A BURST-CLASS NEWSPAPER. 
THE LEADING REPUBLICAN PAPER 
IN' THE NORTHWEST. 
It Aims at the Highest Excellence in all 
Departments. 
It is a REPRESENTATIVE PAPER of the COM¬ 
MERCIAL INTERESTS of the vast territory of 
which Chicago is the centre—makes SPECIAL 
CLAIM as a 
LITERARY AND FAMILY PAPER, 
And is a Favorite in the Household. 
$10.00 per year. 
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JUST PUBLISHED! 
Qj- HMS , ©I 1 
ENGLISH SONG 
75 Songs, each a true Gem and unde¬ 
niably Popular. 
Among the attractive titles are : 
Nazareth. 
Ring on Sweet Angelas. 
Esmeralda. 
Little Maid of Arcadee. 
Weary. 
By the Blue Sea. 
Rose Marie. 
THE GEMS OF ENGLISH SONG is a 
book of 232 pages, all of full sheet music size. 
Daily, postage paid 
Semi-Weekly, postage paid 
Weekly, postage paid - 
SEND STAMP FOB SAMPLE COP 1 
**,,Special rates given to clubs and club agents. 
Address THE INTER-OCEAN, 
119 Lake St., Chicago, Ill, 
1876 . 
Postage Free. 
NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE 
TO 
It is a two-thread machine, making an elastic 
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It lias a straight short Needle. 
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Its upper Tension requires no manipulating to 
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it up on its hinges, and soiling goods is impossible. 
Its stand is solid and firm. 
Its table is long and roomy. 
Every part works positively, and it is not subject 
' to the yielding or uncertain operation of springs. 
No machine costs so little for new parts and 
repairs. 
Perfect satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. 
Salesrooms can be found in most towns. 
WEED SEWING MACHINE CO., 
Hartford, Conn. 
HOT-AIR TOYS. 
Jolly Fun! 25c. to $1, spent in 
these toys make more fun than ten 
times the amount any other way. Will 
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Sent by mail on receipt of price. Send 
25 or 50 cts. Will give you your money’s 
worth. W. C. GOODWIN, Sole Manu¬ 
facturer, New Haven, Conn. 
£c3=*Senrl stamp for Illustrated Catalogue, Mu¬ 
sicians, Grinders. Dancers, etc.; also, of Re- 
■ peating Cannon and other games. Get the 
Chronometer savings Bank, it keeps a record of every cent. 
F OR CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY DECORA¬ 
TION—Pressed Ferns, Brilliant Autumn Leaves 
pressed and waxed. Fifty Leaves and ten Ferns in 
packages, by mail, for 50c.; half size, 25c. FRANK 
M. NEWTON, Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y. 
THE BEST HOLIDAY PRESENT. 
Our new work “ Tire Language and Poetry op 
Flowers.’’ 120 pages, 50 illustrations, will be mailed 
to any address in the United States or Canada for 
only 25c. It is a gem. DONELLY & CO., 
Seedsmen & Florists, Rochester, N. Y. 
a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and 
tei-mB free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. 
Among the Authors are : 
Lady Scott, Casifana, Lindsay,Gounod, Hatton, 
Howe, Tori. iff. Barney, Claimbel, Abt. 
The GEMS OF ENGLISH SONG will ho sent, 
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is, in Boards, $2.50, in Cloth, $3.00, Gilt, $4.00. 
DO NOT FORGET OUR OTHER RECENT BOOKS. 
So no Monarch, To cents, for Singing Schools. 
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High School Choir, $1.00. for High Schools, etc. 
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MAGNIFICENT UUES 
FOR 
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Auratum, Rubrum, Longiflorum, Candidum, and the 
GORGEOUS DOUBLE TIGER. 
W, S, ALLEN, Queens, N. Y. 
Catalogues sent free to all. 
Harper's Magazine, Weekly, and Ba¬ 
zar are a wonderful repository of litera¬ 
ture, science, and art.—V. Y. Observer. 
-:o:- 
Terms for 1876. 
Harper’s Magazine, One Year.$4.( 0 
Harper’s Weekly, One Year. 4.00 
Harper’s Bazar, One Year. 4.00 
One copy of either will he sent for one year, POS- 
TA GK PREPAID by the Publishers, to any 
Subscriber in the United States or Canada, on 
receipt of Four Dollars. 
Harper’s Magazine, Harper s Weekly, and Har¬ 
per’s Bazar, for one year, $10; or any two for 
$7; postage prepaid by the Publishers' 
An Etytra Copy of either the Magazine. Weekly, 
or B \ z a r will be sent gratis for every Club of Five 
Subscribers at $4 each, in one remittance; or , 
Sir. Copies for $ 20, 'without extra copy: postage 
prepaid by the Publishers. 
is 
or NewspaperS 
and. Magazines. 
American or Foreign. 
i Send for our CATALOGUE FOE 1876. just issued, 
and mailed free to any address. 
^“Everything at CLUB BATES. 
Everything FBEE OP POSTAGE. 
I 
We make the import of Foreign Magazines a 
specialty. All English. German, and' French 
Architectural, Engineering. Professional Art. 
and Literary Periodicals, at greatly reduced rates. 
See Club Prices in Catalogue. Address, 
A. H. ROFFE & CO., 
FEW ENGLAND SUBSCRIPTION AGENCY, 
11 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass. 
I have founded my business on the belief that the 
public are anxious to get tlieir seed directly from 
the grower* and I therefore offer free to every man 
and woman in the United States who cultivates a 
farm, tills a vegetable garden, or plants a flower 
garden, my large Illustrated Catalogue of Vegetable 
and Flower Seeds for 1876: it contains, in addition 
to the choicest kinds produced in Europe, one hun¬ 
dred and fifty 'varieties of vegetable seed grown 
on my four seed farms. Customers of last season 
need not write for it. As the original introducer of 
the Hubbard. Marblehead and Butman Squashes, 
Phinney’s Melon, the Marblehead Cabbages, and a 
score of other new vegetables, I solicit your patron¬ 
age All seed sold under three warrants. A hun¬ 
dred thousand catalogues will be issued and sent 
out the first of January 
JAMES J. II. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
$77 
A WEEK to Ageutfi. Old and Young, Male 
and Female, in their locality. Terms and 
OUTFIT FREE. Address P'. 0. VICKERY 
<fc CO., Augusta. Maine. 
$12 
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<jJ*J ill 4>ZU free. Stinson*C o., Portland. Me. 
V'OIJR Name elegantly printed on 5ft Best Visit¬ 
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stamp. Gilt Card Cases, 25c. 
T. M. OSBORN, Woonsocket, It. I. 
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IS* fie ft ursery, 
AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE 
FOR YOUNGEST READERS. 
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 
*1.60. 
Payable in advance. A sample number 
will be sent for 10 cents. 
JOHN L. SIIOREY, Publisher, 
36 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass. 
I QrJiAo Materials for Fancy Work ; also 
L-, CaCI I L/ O Scrap-Book Pictures, Transfers, 
Passe, Photos, Mottoes, etc. Agents Wanted. Send 
two stamps for 60 page catalogue and designs. 
J. JAY GOULD, Boston, Mass. 
is the most beautiful work of the kind in the world. 
It contains nearly 150 pages, hundreds of fine illus¬ 
trations, an (1 four Chromo Plates of Flowers, beau¬ 
tifully drawn and colored from nature. Price, 35c. 
in paper covers; 65c., bound in elegant cloth. 
Vick’s Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25c. a year. 
Address, JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. 
AMATEUR WORKERS 
IN 
FANCY WOODS 
can be supplied with the following 
HARD AND BARE WOODS, 
Planed for use, £, 3-16, L f inch and upward; Cash 
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IP 
Will be 
'mailed free 
'to all a p p 1 i - 
'cants. This is 
'one of the largest 
'and most compreh en- 
'sivo Catalogues pub¬ 
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'pages, over 600 fine engrav- 
'ings, 2 elegant colored plates, 
'and gives full descriptions, 
'prices, and directions for plant- 
r ing over 1200 varieties of Vegetable 
'and Flower Seeds, Bedding Plants, 
'Roses. &o., and is invaluable to Farmer, 
'Gardener and Florists. Address, 
D. M. FERRY & CO., k 
Seedsmen and Florists, DETROIT, Mich. 
FINELY PRINTED BRISTOL VlSiTlNCt CARDS 
sent post-paid for 12 $5 cts. Send stamp for 
samples of' Glass Cards, Marble, Snow¬ 
flakes, Scroll,Damask, Etc. Wo have 
over lOO styles. Agents Wanted. 
A. II. F ULLER & CO., B ro ckton, M m . 
The Fru it Recorder and Cottage Gardener 
will be sent free3 months to all ap¬ 
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know what they are to get. It speaks 
for itself Price only $1 per >ear. 
Most liberal terms to club agents of 
any paper in this country Pnr» 
dy’s '&mall Fruit Instructor 
is a work of 64 pp. that t 11s in sim¬ 
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for home use or market Price. '/’> cent s, postpaid. 
A . M. Y, Rochester, JSh Y- 
T> E CAECOMLAN I E, 
or TRANSFER PICTURES, with book o) 
2-1 pp., giving full instructions in this new 
anil beautiful art, sent post-paid for 10 cts, 
loo nss'tu pictures, 50 els. They arc Heads, Landscapes, Animals, 
Birds, Insects, Flowers, Autumn Leaves, Comic Figures, &c. 
They can be easily transferred to any article so as to imitate the 
most beautiiul painting. Also, 5 beautiful GEM CHROMOS 
for 10 cts. ; 50 lor 50 da. Agents wanted. 
Address J„ L. FATTEN «fc CO., 162 William Street, New York. 
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