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THE LADIES’ FLORAL CABINET. 
In Writing 
To Advertisers 
Always Mention 
Floral Cabinet. 
THE 
MONARCH 
OF THE 
MONTHLIES 
-IS- 
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. 
ITS SUBSCRIPTION PRICE IS 
$ 2 i 50 year. 
It is generally admitted that for the 
HOME AND FIRESIDE! 
The leading magazine is 
FRANK LESLIE’S 
OPULAR 
MONTHLY, 
which is a whole library in itself. Besides 
being full of entertaining literature, power¬ 
ful and interesting stories, it contains in 
every number over 
lOO PICTURES 
of subjects and scenes selected with care, besides one 
beautiful 
PICTURE IN COLOR. 
It is the cheapest, most comprehensive and at¬ 
tractive of the Monthly Magazines. 
SUBSCRIBE NOW, 
and make your wife, mother, or sweetheart a 
Christinas present that will please her better than 
anything else of equal cost. 
Address, and send Post office Order or Check to 
Mrs. FRANK LESLIE, 53, 55, 57 Park Place, N.Y. 
NEWSPAPER WAIFS. 
-A Mormon editor of Salt Lake City had the fol¬ 
lowing in a recent issue of his paper : “ The unknown 
woman who was killed at this place about three 
months ago by the cars proves to be one of the wives 
of the editor of this paper.” A new count appears to 
have revealed the fact —Carl Pretzel's Weekly. 
-“Yes,” said the captious man, “I enjoyed 
the congregational singing at your church immense¬ 
ly. There was none of that slavish uniformity 
which is so monotonous, you know, hut, on the con¬ 
trary, a most charming diversity of time and tune. 
I was much impressed by it.” This was high praise, 
but nobody seemed to appreciate it. 
-A Maine farmer had a wife who declared 
she would never be weighed. One day, when she 
was in the wagon, he drove his team on to the hay 
scales in Auburn, and had the whole thing weighed 
without his wife knowing what was going on Then 
he afterward came back and had the team weighed 
without his wife, and found it just 225 pounds light¬ 
er. So he had his way, and she had her weigh.— 
Lowell Courier. 
-Philosophy is a good tiling for a man to have 
in the family. An old farmer had a fine field of pota¬ 
toes, and one night a thief went through the patch 
for about half there was in it, and in the morning his 
wife met him as he came out to breakfast. “ Hus¬ 
band,” she said, “somebody stole half your fine pota¬ 
toes last night.” “Is that so,” he replied, quietly. 
“Just go out and see for yourself.” “ Oh, no, my 
dear; there’s no use, I guess. If they’re gone they're 
gone, but it was right clever in him to dig them him¬ 
self, and not wait until I had done it, ain't it ?”— Mer¬ 
chant Traveler. 
No. 
1 . 
Wild Garden Seeds—H alf-ounce packet 
of 100 varieties choice flower seeds ; 
cost $5.00 in single packets. 
No. 3. 
Pansy, Perfection—S plendid, large, vig¬ 
orous. 
No. 
5. 
Balsam, White Perfection—L arge, pure 
white, Camellia formed, good for pot 
culture. 
No. 8. 
Pea, Bliss’s Ever Bearing— 1 packet; new, 
very prolific, excellent quality. 
No. 13. 
Potato, Dakota Red— 1 tuber ; a promis¬ 
ing new sort. 
No. 13A. 
Marlboro Raspberry— 1 strong plant of 
this famous new sort; from the origi- 
nator ; cost, $1.00 each. 
[For 10 subscriptions we will give 25 plants ; for 30 
subscriptions, 100 plants.] 
MAGAZINES 
AND NEWSPAPERS. 
Send for our Catalogue of prices for 1885, just issued. 
EVERYTHING AT CLUB RATES. 
We make Foreign Periodicals A Specialty. 
HARPER’S MAGAZINE, per year, $ 3.25 
ATLANTIC MONTHLY, “ 3.30 
THE GARDEN (London), Colored 
Plates. - - . per year, 5.00 
GARDENING (London), “ 1.75 
REVTJE DES DEUX MONDES, “ 12.00 
LONDON TIMES (Weekly) “ 2.75 
PUNCH AND ALMANACK, “ 3.40 
GRAPHIC or LONDON NEWS, “ 8.00 
SATURDAY REVIEW, “ 7.20 
SPECTATOR, - - “ 7.20 
Send list of any Periodicals wanted and Club 
Prices will be at once given. 
CATALOGUE FREE TO ANY ADDRESS. 
A. H. ROFFE & CO., 
11 Bromfield St., Boston. 
No. 16. Clematis Crispa— Beautiful, new, flowers 
1 to 1J4 inches across, lavender blue 
and white, delicious perfume. 
No. 19. Clematis Cocoinea (Scarlet Clematis)— 
Grows 8 to 10 feet in one season, coral- 
red flowers. 
No. 30. Choice of 50 cents’ worth of seeds from the 
catalogue of any reliable seedsman. 
SPECIAL. Niagara Grape— We will give 1 strong 
plant, with seal of N. G. Co., for 4 
subscriptions at $1.00 each. (Lowest 
retail price, $2.00 each.) 
Address E. XX. X.XBB7, Publisher, 
NEW YORK or GREENFIELD, MASS, 
SPECIAL OFFER FOR FEBRUARY and MARCH. 
The American Garden and Ladies' Floral Cabinet in club for $1.50, including premiums of both magazines. 
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THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 
A Popular Monthly Magazine of Horticulture. 
BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED AND ELEGANTLY PRINTED. 
It is a real treasure. * * It stands in the front rank and merits success.— Marshall P. Wilder. 
Its teachings are sound and practical.— American Agriculturist. 
Eminently practical, trustworthy and enjoyable.— New York Tribune. 
A PRESENT TO EVERY SUBSCRIBER. 
We will send free, post-paid, to every subscriber at $1 his choice of valuable seeds and plants, among 
them being the following : 
No. 15. Calla JEthiopica (Lily of the Nile)—A 
strong root of this stately plant. 
