THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
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Catalogues, Etc., Received, 
Bdist, Robert, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. Almanac and 
Garden Manual for 1883. Mr. Bulst docs not try to 
Imitate the many elegant and popular catalogues of 
tlio day with their attractive colored illustrations, 
but gives his many old friends and all new appli¬ 
cants a publication of about 200 pages, containing a 
complete list of vegetable and flower seeds, with con- 
iso hints to those who garden, either for pleasure or 
profit, on the cultivation of vegetables and flowers. 
BowmTcn, W. E., 013 Warren street, Boston, Mass. 
Annual Rural Gazette, a completely illustrated cat¬ 
alogue of vegetable and flower seeds, bulbs, plants 
and small fruits. Sent free to all applicants. 
Storiis & Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio. Com¬ 
plete and finely illustrated catalogue of fruit and 
ornamental trees, shrubs, greenhouse and bedding 
plants, vegetables and flower seeds. 
Cole & Brother, Pella, Iowa. Seed Catalogue and 
Guide to the Vegetable and Flower Garden. 
Park's Floral Magazine. O. W. Park, Fannetts- 
burg, Pa. A monthly catalogue of seeds, bulbs and 
plants, with a few pages of interesting reading mat¬ 
ter. GO cents per year. 
The Floral Instructor. Spalding & McGill, Ains¬ 
worth, Iowa. A seedsman's magazine dovoted to the 
culture ot flowers in general and the advancement of 
their seed business in particular. 
Bliss, B. K. & Sons, 34 Barclay street, New York. 
Illustrated Hand-Book for the Farm and Garden, 
with a complete list of vegetable and flower seed, 
greenhouse and bedding plants, bulbs and small 
fruits—one of the neatest and most comprehensive 
catalogues sent out. The colored plate of Carnations 
is an attractive feature of the catalogue, not only as 
a work of art, but for its truthfulness. 
Manning, Jacob W., Reading, Mass. Descriptive 
: Catalogue of hardy herbaceous plants, ferns, bulbs, 
shrubs, fruit nud ornamental trees. 
Cowan, A. D., & Co., 114 Chambers street, N. Y. 
Annual Illustrated Catalogue of vegetable and 
flower seeds, bulbs, plants, etc., etc. 
Wales, G. S., Rochester, N. Y. Annual Illustrated 
Catalogue and Price-list of small fruits, greenhouse 
and bedding plants, bulbs, etc., etc. Mr. Wales 
makes a specialty of Roses, Carnations and Pansies, ! 
and his list contains all the novelties of value, as well 
as all the standard and well-known varieties of all 
the various classes offered. Special attention is paid 
to grapevines and their culture. 
Gregory, James J. H., Marblehead, Mass., has one 
of the most attractive catalogues of vegetable and 
flower seeds we have seen, not because of its typo¬ 
graphical appearance, but for its list of truly valua¬ 
ble seeds for the farmer or gardener. Mr. Gregory 
makes a specialty of growing the principal seeds 
used by the market gardener, and his long expe¬ 
rience is of great value to that very large class of 
Beed-buyers. 
Burpee’s Farm Annual. W. Atleo, Burpee & Co., 
Philadelphia, Pa. Annual Illustrated Catalogue of 
DO pages, free to all applicants. Although not os 
showy', neither as largo ns many others received, this 
1 catalogue contains a list of everything in the line of 
vegetable, farm and flower seeds, and all that is re- 
Z qulred in the line of small fruits, greenhouse and bed¬ 
ding plants, flowering bulbs, etc., etc.; also a list of 
thoroughbred stocks, pigs, poultry of all denomina- 
- Uona, dogs, and agricultural implements. 
Benson, Maule & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Ulustra 
and Descriptive Catalogue of Garden, Field e 
Flower Seeds, Small Fruit, Trees, Plants, Bulbs e 
= This Arm offers a large list of new varieties of veg€ 
bles at low rates as an Inducement to gardeners 
test the quality of the seeds they send out. As 
additional inducement they offer a premium of $10 
to any and every one that takes the first premium at 
any county fair for the best six of the twelve new 
varieties of vegetable seeds which they furnish at <J5 
cents for the collection. 
Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, Pa. The New 
Guide to Rose Culture, a beautifully illustrated cat¬ 
alogue of all the Roses of merit known to the trade. 
Their specialty is growing Roses for mailing, and 
there is no firm that does it more extensively or bet¬ 
ter. Their plants alwaj’s give satisfaction, if their 
cultural instructions are followed. No lover of Roses 
should fail getting their catalogue. 
Phillips, Joseph T., West Grove, Pa. Spring Cata¬ 
logue of Roses, Greenhouse and Bedding Plants, Veg¬ 
etable and Flower Seeds, Bulbs, etc., etc., for 1883. 
Mr. Phillips is one of the great rose-growers of this 
country. This catalogue is complete with all new 
and choice varieties, as well as the old standard 
sorts. It is a neat and fully illustrated publication. 
Sent free to all applicants. 
JonssoN, Stokes & Co., 1114 Market street, Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa. Annual Illustrated Catalogue for 1883 
of vegetable and flower seeds, bulbs, etc., etc. This 
enterprising firm makes a specialty of good seeds at 
a low price. In order to convince buyers that such 
is the case, they will send $2.55 worth for $1—an 
offer that brought them last year 15,000 new cus¬ 
tomers. Send for their catalogue. 
Massachusetts Historical Society’s schedule of 
prizes for the year of 18S3. This society offers the 
largest number of premiums for the best display 
and for single specimens of plants, flowers and 
fruits of any society in this country, and their ex¬ 
hibits are always fidl and interesting. The reports 
of their regular weekly meetiugs are quite as valua¬ 
ble as any of the horticultural publications in this 
country. 
Lovell, J. T., Little Silver, N. J. Catalogue of 
Small Fruits, Ornamental and Fruit Trees, Flower¬ 
ing Shrubs, etc., etc., for the Spring of 1883. Those 
in want of small fruits, and do not know the charac¬ 
ter of the many new varieties, should consult Mr. 
Lovell’s catalogue, as the ample description and life¬ 
like illustrations of the many new varieties give a 
correct idea of the appearance the fruit will present. 
Woods. Beach &. Co., New Brighton, Pa. Annual 
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Roses an 
Miscellaneous Greenhouse and Bedding Plants. The 
Rose is the leading feature of this firm’s business,and 
from what we have seen and from what their cata¬ 
logue promises, we think the plant has fallen into 
good hands. Their list is complete and their prices 
moderate. 
Robert and James Farquhar, 19 South Market 
street, Boston, Mass. Anuual Illustrated Catalogue 
of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Bulbs and Plants. 
Joseph Harris, Rochester, N. Y. Annual Hlus- 
trated Catalogue of Field, Garden and Flower Seeds. 
Woolsen <fc Co., Passaic, N. J. Catalogue of hardy 
perennial plants, bulbs, ferns, etc., etc. 
Collins, Jno. S., Moorestown, N. J. Wholesale 
Price-list of small fruit, plants, trees, etc., etc. 
Odds and Ends. 
“ You are the most handsome lady I ever saw,” 
said a gentleman to one of the fair. “I wish I could 
say as much for you,” replied the lady. “ You could, 
madam, if you paid as little regard to the truth as I 
have.” 
Coleridge was a very awkward and ungainly man 
physically, but intellectually he was a match for the 
best. When trudging along a country road he was 
met by a wag, who thought to have some sport. “I 
say, man,” he cried out, “ did you meet a tailor on 
your way?” Coleridge looked up and mildly said, 
“ Yes, and he told mo that a little farther on I should 
see his goose.” 
‘‘No, sir,” said the man, “you needn’t tell me a 
woman ever had her dress pocket picked. I don’t 
believe a thief can discover it. I know I’ve tried for 
two hours to find the pocket of one of my wife’s dresses 
and had to give it up.— Boston Post. 
A Mystery— How do you loike the new school, 
Mickey, me son ? ” 
“Purty well; but, mother, phat makes the boys at 
school think I’m Oirish ? ” 
“It’s meself doesn’t know; but I’ve been suspicted 
av bein’ Oirish meself, whin divil a hint av it they iver 
had from me.”— Texas Siftings. 
A young gentleman who was pledged to take a 
young lady to a party remarked to her on the after- 
noou previous to the event, that he was going home 
to take a sleep, in order to be fresh. “That’s 
right,” she replied; “but do not sleep too long.” 
“Why?” he asked. “Because,” she answered, “I 
do not want you to be too fresh. ”— Philadelphia 
Sunday Item. 
A Minister was traveling along a country road in 
Scotland one day in winter, riding a rather long, lean 
horse, and he himself dressed in rather an odd-looking 
cap and large camlet cloak, when a gentleman came 
along, riding a fine horse, which “scared” at the 
preacher and his horse. “ Well, sir,” said the gentle 
man, “ ye wud scare the vera de’il, sir. “ That’s 
my business, sir,” said the preacher. 
A Portable Electric Lighter. 
(Scientific American , New York, December 16,1882.) 
A Portable Electric Lighter for S5.00 is being exten¬ 
sively sold by the Portable Electric Light Co., of 22 
Water Street, Boston. It is an economical and safe 
apparatus for lighting for home and business 
purposes. 
BUSINESS BREVITIES. 
Dreer, Henry A., 714 Chestnut street, Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa. Garden Calendar for 1S83, designed to fur¬ 
nish brief directions for the cultivation and manage¬ 
ment of the vegetable and flower garden, finely illus¬ 
trated and containing select lists of vegetable, 
flower aud grass seeds, bulbs, plants, small fruits and 
everything pertaining to the garden and conserva 
tory. The reputation of this well-known firm is a 
sufficient guarantee that whatever they offer will be 
as good as the market affords, and at popular prices. 
Bridgman, Alfred, 37 East Nineteenth street, New 
York. Annual Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower 
Seeds, Garden Requisites and Horticultural Books 
for 1863 Avery neat and useful catalogue of fifty 
pages, fully illustrated and printed on fine tinted 
paper. The list of seeds, bulbs and plants, ornamen¬ 
tal shrubbery and small fruits is complete, and the 
cultural instructions are concise and plain. Free to 
all applicants. 
Ladies and sickly girls requiring a non-alcoholic, 
gentle stimulant, will find Brown’s Iron Bitters 
beneficial. 
“How have the mighty fallen?” Well, some slip 
up on a banana skin, some use the money of the bank 
for speculation, and fail to connect, and others fall in 
coal chutes in the dark. 
Nervous debility, the curse of tho American people, 
immediately yields to the action of Brown’s Iron 
Bitters. 
Illusions!— JlcStaggert (on his way home, having 
Jumped over the shadows of the lamp-posts, eta, 
brought up by that of the kirk steeple.) 
(Pauses.) “ Ne’ mind I ’Sh no help for it." 
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his pants.) ‘ 1 Shall have to wade thish fiVncA,' 1 ®' 
In the Diamond Dyes more coloring is given for 
10 cts. than in any 15 or 25 cent dyes, and they giro 
faster and more brilliant colors. 
