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Rochester, N. Y.

Danvers Yellow Globe Onion Seed, $1.00 Per Pound, delivered, and other Reliable Seeds in proportion.]

_Tested and Tried, Proven Good, are all the Seeds and Plants we offer._

_Vick’s Seeds HAVE “GROWN” for over Forty Years, and will continue to do so._

_We Pay the postage or express charges, except when noted._

VICK’S FLORAL GUIDE, 1894, 112 pages of Flowers and Vegetables, will be sent for ten cents, which can be deducted from first order.

HANGING BASKETS.

Only certain kinds of plants are suitable for hanging baskets; such as are of low compact growth, to cover the surface, and such as are of drooping or trailing habit, to hang over the sides, are best for the purpose. For the center use some graceful plant of upright growth. In setting the plants in hanging baskets a layer of moss at least one inch in depth should be spread over the bottom and sides, so that the water may be held and prevented from washing through. To have the plants bloom freely they should be hung where they will be exposed to the sun at least two hours every day, and in dry weather they need copious watering. A good plan is to dip the whole basket in water until it is thoroughly soaked. It can be allowed to drip before being again hung up. Watered in this way the soil retains the moisture much better than when the water is only poured on the plants.

Panicum variegatum is one of the most valuable plants I have tried for baskets or vases. It is a species of grass from New Caledonia, of very graceful habit of growth, with beautiful variegated foliage striped, white, carmine and green. The ivy-leaved geraniums are excellent climbing or trailing plants adapted to hanging baskets. They have a fine, thick, glossy foliage, which of itself would warrant their cultivation, but they also have the charming attraction of possessing beautiful flowers as well as foliage. Any one who once succeeds in getting a good variety started in a basket will never allow their window garden to be without a plant of this kind, as they all bloom with the greatest freedom. Chas. Turner is my favorite variety of the ivy-leaved geraniums.

Nasturtiums are lovely in a “rustic” hanging basket, that is, one made of rough and gnarled roots and limbs of trees. All the varieties of oxalis are pretty grown in earthenware baskets, and wire baskets lined with bright green moss are especially suitable for the different varieties of tradescantia, or “wandering jew.” There is a drooping variety of cactus, Cereus flagelliformis, admirably suited for hanging baskets. I have seen this planted in a large ox horn suspended by chains, and it made a most unique ornament.

PRUDENCE PLAIN.

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THE UNEMPLOYED IN ENGLAND.—The sufferings of the unemployed in England, if not greater, are at least more vocal than ever, and remarkably various are the remedies proposed. Besides the project already named, Mr. Keir Hardie suggested to Parliament the establishment of an eight hours day and the prohibition of overtime in Government factories, the reclamation of waste lands and foreshores, the reafforesting of the country, and the provision of suitable accommodation for the aged poor. The _Daily Chronicle_ revives an old scheme for reclaiming the Wash, and so adding a “new country” to England. Mr. Chamberlain’s hope is for extended markets for national trade. A conference of vestries, presided over by Lord Onslow, proposed to Mr. Gladstone the formation of light railways, made and worked as in Ireland, to carry away the refuse of London. The gravity of this problem throughout the United Kingdom can hardly be overestimated, and its conditions are not so transient as those in the United States. There is no such “army of unemployed” in Chicago or New York as in London.—_From the “Progress of the World,” in the February Review of Reviews._

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A clergyman, after years of suffering, from that loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly trying every known remedy, at last found a medicine which completely cured and saved him from death. Any sufferer from this dreadful disease sending his name and address to Prof. Lawrence, 88 Warren Street, New York, will receive the means of cure free and postpaid.

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If so, send for Catalogue of PLANTS & SEEDS, and compare with others before you order. We send a packet of our celebrated “PRIZE” ASTERS Free, with Catalogue, if you mention this paper.

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SEEDS FREE FOR TRIAL

We have the Finest and Cheapest Seeds to be found in the world and we want every reader of this paper to try one of the following collections Free. They would cost you from 75c. to $1.00 purchased elsewhere.

=1st FREE OFFER, Vegetables=, 1 pkt. each.

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=CABBAGE, Surehead=, sure to head.
=CELERY, Golden Self Blanching=, the best.
=LETTUCE, Denver Market=, fine new sort.
=WATERMELON, Dixie=, luscious, great bearer.
=ONION, Selected Globe Danvers=, standard sort.
=RADISH, Summer Varieties=, 15 choice kinds.
=SQUASH, Fordhook=, best, new sort.
=TOMATO, Picture Rock=, a grand tomato.

=2d FREE OFFER, Rare Flowers.=

=FORGET-ME-NOT, New Giant Flowered=, large.
=CANDYTUFT, Fancy Mixture=, best bouquet sorts.
=CALENDULA, Double White=, very showy.
=CLARKIA, Salmon Queen=, richest col’d double.
=CHRYSANTHEMUM, White Bouquet=, fine flower.
=GAILLARDIA, Perpetual Flowered=, rich, showy.
=POPPY, Riverdale Mixture=, fancy sorts only.
=SCABIOSA, Dwarf, Double Striped=, lovely, grand.
=SNAPDRAGON, Show Mixed=, penciled blossoms.
=ORNAMENTAL GRASSES=, 25 choice sorts.

Either of the above collections, (9 packets Vegetable seeds, or 10 packets flower seeds) =Mailed Free= on following conditions: Send us 10c. for either of above collections, or 20c. for both, and we will mail them to you; also “Book on Summer Gardening,” and include in each lot a check for 10c. This check you can return to us at any time and get 10c. worth of seeds, thus the collection really costs you nothing. (We charge this 10c. to prevent people from sending who have no use for the seeds.) We want you to try our seeds.

☞ Both collections, book, and packet each of the lovely early =Carnation Marguerite= and profuse blooming =Begonia Vernon= and a 25c. check for 25c. Book free to seed buyers.

=J. J. BELL, Flowers, Broome Co., N. Y.=

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SEEDS BOX WORTH $3.50

35 Regular Size Packets, ONLY 50 CENTS.

The great demand for our 50 cent Complete Garden Collections in years past induces us to offer the same again. Many who have tried every collection they have seen advertised, pronounce this the greatest bargain they have ever obtained. OUR SEEDS ARE THE BEST AND CHEAPEST, AND WE OFFER THESE GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO GET EVERYBODY TO TRY THEM. This Great =COMPLETE GARDEN= Box contains One Packet each,

=ASPARAGUS, Barr’s Mammoth=, giants, good qual.
=BUSH BEAN, Rust Proof Wax=, best bean grown.
=POLE BEAN, Golden Champion=, productive, good.
=CABBAGE, All Head=, large, sure header.
=CUCUMBER, New Everbearing=, early, productive.
=CORN, White Cory=, earliest, best, sweetest.
=LETTUCE, Grand Rapids=, best forcing.
=MUSKMELON, Netted Gem=, unsurpassed quality.
=WATERMELON, Dixie=, luscious; has no equal.
=ONION, Early White=, early, sure cropper.
=PEAS, Bell’s Extra Early=, best early.
=PARSNIP, Improved Guernsey=, best for table use.
=RADISH, 15 Choice Summer Sorts. Mixed.=
=SQUASH, Fordhook=, best for general use.
=TOMATO, New Stone=, solid, large, good.
=5 PACKETS Other Choice Vegetables.=

=15 PACKETS Choice Flower Seeds=, including such sorts as Cozy’s Canna, Sweet Nicotiana, Etc.

All the above, (best outfit for a complete vegetable and flower garden ever offered)—20 full packets choice vegetables, and 15 packets rare flowers in a box with our new Book on Summer Gardening by mail postpaid for only 50c. Send for it. Address, =J. J. BELL, Flowers, Broome Co., N. Y.=

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CHOICE ROSES AT 5 Cts.

OUR RAINBOW COLLECTION OF 20 ROSES FOR $1. PREPAID BY MAIL.

The roses we send are on their own roots, from 10 to 15 inches high, and will bloom freely this summer either in pots or planted in yard. They are hardy, ever bloomers. We send instructions with each order how to plant and care for them. Please examine the below list of 20 choice fragrant monthly roses, and see if you can duplicate them anywhere for an amount so small as =$1=. They are nearly all new kinds.—We guarantee them to reach you in good condition, =and we also guarantee them to be the best dollar’s worth of roses you have ever purchased=. =THE RAINBOW COLLECTION OF 20 ROSES FOR ONE DOLLAR MUST BE ORDERED COMPLETE.=

The List:—=Bridesmaid=, the best pink rose by far ever introduced. =Princess of Wales=, amber yellow, deepening to orange. =Snowflake=, pure white, always in bloom. =Princess de Radziwell=, lovely coral red. =Pearl of the Gardens=, deep golden yellow. =Beauty of Stapleford=, bright rosy crimson. =Queen of Fragrance=, in clusters of six to ten roses, white edged pink. =Rheingold=, beautiful shades of saffron and tawn. Sunset, golden amber, resembles an “afterglow.” =Dr. Grill=, coppery yellow and fawny rose. =Duchess Marie Immaculata=, an intermingling of bronze, orange, yellow, pink and crimson. =Lady Castlereagh=, soft rosy crimson and yellow. =Papa Gontier=, lovely dark red. =Star of Gold=, the queen of all yellow roses. =Waban=, a great rose in bloom all the time. =Lady Stanley=, great garden rose. =Viscountesse Wautier=, one of the best roses grown. =Cleopatra=, soft shell pink, lovely. =Sappho=, fawn suffused with red. =Letty Coles=, very chaste and beautiful.

THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING.

This applies to Floral matters as well as to matters culinary.

Ballinger, Texas, Nov. 29.

The GOOD & REESE CO., Springfield. O. Gentlemen: The 20 ever
blooming roses you sent me for $1. arrived yesterday in the
most splendid condition, and allow me to say that I was
absolutely surprised at the size of the stalks and the amount,
length and thriftiness of the roots. I have wondered many times
how you could afford to send out such roses for such a small
price. Every home in the land should have their yard full of
ever blooming roses at this price.

Yours,

(Judge) C. H. WILLINGHAM.

Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 20, 1893.

The GOOD & REESE CO., Springfield, O. Gentlemen: I wish to
thank you for the excellent assortment of roses contained in
your Rainbow Collection. On May 3, I planted them, 19 of them
lived. About six of them bloomed in June, since which all have
bloomed either monthly or perpetual, true to their color. On
Sept. 1, I counted 106 buds and blooms on the 19 roses. They
were much admired by my friends and neighbors, and allow me to
thank you for furnishing this source of pleasure so cheaply.

Very respectfully,

E. D. SMITH.

82 Fifth Avenue.

=We will also send our Iron Clad Collection of 12 Hardy Roses, all different colors, $1. Try a set. 20 Chrysanthemums, all prize winners. $1. 16 Geraniums, double and single, flowered and scented, $1. 12 choice Begonias, different kinds, $1. 40 packets choice Flower Seeds, all different kinds, $1.= Our handsome, illustrated, 152-page Catalogue, describing above Roses, Plants and all Seeds, mailed for 10c. stamps. Don’t place your order before seeing our prices. =WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY.= We have =large two year old Roses for immediate effect=. =Liberal Premiums to club raisers, or how to get your seeds and plants free. We are the LARGEST ROSE GROWERS IN THE WORLD. Our sales of Rose Plants alone last season exceeded a million and a half.= When you order Roses, Plants and Seeds, you want the very best. Try us. Address

GOOD & REESE CO., Box 44 Champion City Greenhouses, Springfield, Ohio.

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PEACH YELLOWS.—This disease is making considerable trouble in certain parts of the country. It attacks trees about the time they are coming to the age of most prolific bearing to such an extent that in certain portions of the peach-growing regions healthy old trees are unknown. The symptoms of the disease are: Yellowish-green color of leaves; small leaves tinged with red; the new shoots small, wiry, and clustered, especially when growing upon the trunk or larger branches; fruit ripens prematurely, is highly colored, and insipid or bitter to the taste. The sickly yellowish-green foliage may be due to injury or lack of nourishment, but when coupled with the other characters given the presence of the “yellows” can be considered as certain. The only sure way is to dig out and burn every tree as soon as it is seen to be affected. This plan has been followed in Michigan, where, between 1870 and 1880, the disease was very bad. Now hardly a case of “yellows” can be found in many of the peach regions. Constant attention and prompt action have proved successful, in this case, at least.

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SELECTED SEEDS 8 pkts. for 25 cents. Sweet Pea, Aster, Pansy, Phlox, Poppy, Petunia, Zinnia, and Marguerite Carnation (or 60 Oxalis Bulbs). G. T. GRAEFF, Box 1576, Philadelphia, Pa.

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$5.00 Worth for $1.00!

“=The Cream of New Chrysanths.=”

Pres. Smith, Maud Dean, Kate Brown, G. W. Childs, Nivens, Mrs. F. L. Ames, Hicks Arnold, Golden Gate.

This set of 8 Gems $1.00; 6 sets $5.00, by mail. Mention this Magazine, and we will give you free 2 Choice Carnations.

=McMULLEN & PASFIELD=, 20 Bedford Avenue, =Brooklyn, N. Y.=

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Straws show which way the wind blows. Watch them—and be convinced. When you see all sorts of washing powders patterned after _Pearline_; when you see it imitated in appearance, in name, in everything except merit; when you find three persons using _Pearline_ where two used it a year ago; when you hear it as a household word with the best housekeepers; when you find its former enemies now its staunchest friends;—then you may know the wind is taking you along toward _Pearline_.

Why not go with it? You are losing money by trying to head the other way; money, and labor, and time and patience.

Go with the rest—use _Pearline_—and you stop losing, and begin to gain. Millions realize that there is everything to gain and nothing to lose—with _Pearline_.

Blowing

Peddlers and some grocers will tell you, “this is as good as” or “the same as Pearline.” IT’S FALSE—but what a puff for Pearline.

JAMES PYLE, New York.

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The Innisfallen Greenhouses

=Have been favorably known for more than twenty years=, and always give satisfaction. In order to increase my business, I make the following

_SPECIAL OFFERS_

=which are marvels of cheapness=.

NEW EVER-BLOOMING DWARF CALLA,

“THE GEM”

This is a novelty of great merit. The only objection to the old variety is that it sometimes grows tall and scraggly, but the “=Little Gem=” is of strong and dwarf habit. The foliage which is of a lustrous dark green is in great abundance. The flowers are produced in the greatest profusion, being literally an ever-bloomer, it will bloom freely all summer in the open ground, in September it can be lifted and potted and will continue blooming all winter. The “Little Gem” Calla will continue to grow and bloom for years without ceasing, and the quantity of flowers which a large plant will produce is astonishing, the flowers are snowy white in color, and of good size, it seldom grows higher than fifteen inches. Price for plants that will bloom this season, =30 cents each=. =For $1.00 I will mail 5 plants to one address.=

=ONLY $1.00= will buy any one of the collections named below, delivered safely by mail, postpaid, to any address. The collections are all fine, strong plants of the best varieties and are marvels of cheapness. Every plant is plainly labeled, and there are no two varieties alike in the same collection.

=FOR $1.00 I will mail FREE 20 Prize-winning Chrysanthemums; 20 fine Single and Double Flowering Geraniums for $1.00; 20 Choice Ever-Blooming Carnations for $1.00; 20 Flowering Begonias for $1.00; 20 Assorted Flowering Plants for $1.00; 20 Fancy Leaved Coleus for $1.00.=

=For $5.00 you can select any six of the above Collections.=

To every one who sends an order from this advertisement and mentions this magazine, we will send =FREE= a valuable plant.

=ORDER NOW= _and ask for our CATALOGUE of BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS for 1894_.

CHARLES A. REESER, INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, O.

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FREE

=A MAGNIFICENT PREMIUM PACKAGE= of =FLOWER SEEDS=. Do =YOU= read this magazine? VICK’S MAGAZINE says its readers comprise the best people in the land. Everybody knows that’s so. We want to make you our own friend, and are willing to make it worth your while to get acquainted. So, if you will send us =10 cents=, for 3 months subscription to =Homes and Hearths=, we will send you as a present, transportation prepaid, our unequalled =Premium Package=, containing 200 choice, fresh, guaranteed varieties of flower seeds from largest growers, including =Sweet Peas= (Boreatton, Grand Blue, Queen of England, Isa Eckford, etc.), also =Pansies= (Rex, Gold Margined, Snow Queen, etc.), =Asters= (Jewel, Perfection, Victoria, etc.), and many others. The whole is a perfect wealth of flowers, fit for a royal garden. Homes and Hearths is an attractive 16-page monthly, with lovely original illustrations, splendid and absorbing original stories: special departments for news about dress, FASHIONS and for HOME DECORATION; best selected matter; FIRESIDE FUN; a perfect Mine of pleasure and value. The cash premiums which you will find in it are the most liberal ever made. Address =HOMES AND HEARTHS PUB. CO., New York=.

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Poppies

=FREE.= Send us 10 cents for a sample copy of =INGALL’S MAGAZINE= and we will send you a “=YARD OF POPPIES=,” all in their =Beautiful Colors=—=FREE=. Address =J. F. Ingalls, Lynn, Mass. Box H2=

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A FINE ROSE

And packet of beautiful =FLOWER SEEDS=, with catalogue, for =10c.=

=ALFRED F. CONARD=, Box 5, =10 West Grove, Pa.=

Late President DINGEE & CONARD CO.

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_850,000_ GRAPE VINES

=100 Varieties.= Also =Small Fruits, Trees, &c.= Best rooted stock. Genuine, cheap. =2= sample vines mailed for =10c.= Descriptive price-list free. =LEWIS ROESCH=, Fredonia, N. Y.

INDEX.

A Cottage Lot 69
Architects, Curious, 66
Begonias, Perhaps 74
=Book Notice=—
Our Native Grape 72
Calla, A Yellow-Flowered, 72
Cannas, The New French, 68
Don’t Forget the Potatoes 73
Flower Stand, A Pretty, 77
Fruit Trees, Care of, 75
Growing Onion Sets 73
Hanging Baskets 78
=Letter Box=—
Lady Washington and Other Plants 70
Roses in Kansas 70
Ixia—Spider Lily 70
Plants About a Fish Pond 70
Osage Orange Hedge 70
Vase in a Cemetery 71
Carnations in the House 71
Madeira Vine 71
Mildew on Cucumber Vines 71
Moles 71
Pine Apple Air Plant 71
Phyllocactus latifrons 71
Mammoth Freesias 71
Wormy Raspberries—Violets—Storing Cauliflower 71
Mabel Ray’s Lesson 65
March Work 72
Marguerite Carnations 77
Mesembryanthemum 76
Peach Yellows 80
Plant Bed, The, 72
=Poetry=—
March 65
Vick’s Flowers 68
Lines to a Skunk Cabbage 68
Rose Leaves 69
The Difference 68
Unemployed in England, The, 78
=Illustrations=—
Birds Nests 66, 67
Plan of Grounds 69

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Will grow anywhere, with a little sunshine, water, and care. You can learn how to grow them, and every other flower of import, from our

=New Guide to Rose Culture=

for 1894. If you so request, we will send free, this book and a copy of our Floral Magazine, ‘=Success with Flowers=.’

The Dingee & Conard Company, West Grove, Pa.

=When writing to advertisers, mention Vick’s Magazine.=

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A BARGAIN Collection of Flower Seeds

19 Choice Annuals (everybody’s favorites), all new fresh seeds, sure to grow and bloom this season. =Pansy=, 40 colors and markings; =Phlox=, 10 colors; =Verbena=, 18 colors; =Pinks=, 10 colors; =Petunia=, 10 colors; =Asters=, 12 colors; =Balsam=, 8 colors; =Mignonette Sweet= mixed =Sweet Peas=, 12 colors and =Sweet Alyssum=.

=FOR 12 CENTS= and the name and address of two of your friends who grow flowers, I will send, post-paid, the complete collection, one pkt. each of the ten varieties (enough for any ordinary garden.) This is a =BONAFIDE= offer, made to introduce my home grown flower seeds to new customers and which I =guarantee= to please you or the amount paid refunded, and the seeds given as a present.

Address, =Miss C. H. LIPPINCOTT, 319 and 323 Sixth Street, South, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.=

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SEEDS GIVEN AWAY

FOR TRIAL. I have found that the best way to advertise good Seeds is to give away a sample for trial. If you will send me a 2-cent stamp to pay postage, I will mail =free= one package, your selection, of either Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Cucumber, Lettuce, Musk or Water Melon, Onion, Parsnip, Pepper, Pumpkin, Radish, Spinach, Squash, Tomato, Turnip, or of Flower Seeds—Aster, Balsam, Celosia, Carnation, Mignonette, Pansy, Phlox, Poppy, Sweet Peas, Zinnia, or Verbena, and one of my 1894 Catalogues. Under any circumstances do not buy your Seeds until you see it, for I can save you money. Over 200,000 people say my seeds are the cheapest and best. I have earliest vegetables on record. Discount and large prizes to agents. 50 cents worth of Seeds free with $1.00 order. =Write to-day.= =F. B. MILLS=, Box 30, =Rose Hill, N. Y.=

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ELEGANT PALMS

From India and the Isles of the Sea. 5 Glorious Plants, different sorts, post paid, 60c. These will grow and flourish everywhere.

PALM SEED.

It is child’s-play to make them grow. Send 5c. postage for our great catalogue, (130 pages); or catalogue and one large package of 5 different kinds of Palm seed, free for 20c. postage. 100 packages $10. A child can sell 100 packages in two evenings after school and make $5.00.

JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. LA CROSSE, WIS.

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NORTH STAR CURRANT

IS PERFECTLY HARDY; will stand any climate; STRONGEST GROWER—3 to 4 feet in one summer. FRUIT LARGE, sweet, most DELICIOUS FLAVOR. BERRIES DO NOT SHELL OR DROP OFF; MOST PROLIFIC. Picks 25 per cent. more fruit. Full particulars and fine colored plates FREE.

=THE JEWELL NURSERY CO.=, Nursery Ave. 39, =Lake City, Minnesota=.

=When writing to advertisers, mention Vick’s Magazine.=

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FREE Catalogue HOME-GROWN NORTHERN SEEDS

=Guaranteed fresh= and reliable. Large pkts. 2 to 5 cts. _Direct from Grower._ Novelty presents with every order. Catalogue, =Free=—or with 2 packets Seeds, 5 cents; 35 packets, $1.00. Send to-day.

=A. R. AMES, Madison, Wis.=

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Banquet Strawberry.

Equal to wild berry in flavor. =CROSBY PEACH, frost proof. Fruits every year.= COLORED PLATES. Full descriptions. FREE CATALOGUE. All fruits. Write at once. =HALE BROS., South Glastonbury, Conn.=

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=CONARD’S SUNSHINE PANSIES and Red, White and Blue SWEET PEAS are the best.= 1 pkt. each, 2 for 10c. Large pkts. 2 for 20c., with catalogue. =Alfred F. Conard=, Box 5, =West Grove, Pa.=, _Late Prest, Dingee & Conard Co._

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=SEEDS A $3.00 BOX of NEW, RARE and BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS FREE=

=HARD TIMES OFFER=—We know that one trial will convince you that we have the =BEST= as well as the =CHEAPEST= Seeds to be found anywhere in America, so we will mail you =FREE= for trial the following 15 Packets of Choice Seeds and two Grand Bulbs;

=1 BEAUTIFUL SPOTTED GLADIOLUS BULB, sure to bloom. 1 EXCELSIOR TUBEROSE BULB, Lovely and Fragrant, ☞ BELL’S Show Mixtures are Finest and Rarest Sorts in the World.=

=ASTER, Bell’s Show Mixture.=
=PINK, Bell’s Show Mixture.=
=VERBENA, Bell’s Show Mixture.=
=PETUNIA, Bell’s Show Mixture.=
=PHLOX, Bell’s Show Mixture.=
=ALYSSUM, White Wave=, Choice White.
=CALLIOPSIS, Golden Wave=, Extremely Showy.
=PANSY, Bell’s Ever-blooming Greenland=, Brilliant.
=COLUMBINE, Queen Victoria=, Choice New D’ble.
=BUSH MORNING GLORY, Double Violet=, Pretty.
=GODETIA, Double Show=, New Double, Rare.
=WONDERFUL MEXICAN PRIMROSE=, Worth 25c.
=LINUM, Perpetual Flowering=, Blooms all Summ’r
=SWEET PEAS, Beautiful Home Mixed=, Large Flower
=HARDY ANNUALS, 400 Choice Sorts=, Mixed.

☞ =All the above 15 Packets Seeds and 2 Bulbs Mailed FREE= on the following conditions; (This is to prevent people sending who have no use for them). Send us 25 Cents and we will mail all the above, postpaid, with our “=Book on Summer Gardening=,” and send you in the box a check for the 25 cents; this check you can return to us and get 25cts. worth of Seeds at any time. So you see the box of Seeds costs you nothing. We have 1200 of the choicest varieties and do this to get your patronage. Book mailed free on application to all seed buyers. Address, =J. J. BELL, Flowers, Broome Co., N. Y.=

=GRAND BOX FREE. SEND FOR IT. LOVELY FLOWERS EASILY GROWN.=

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JOSEPH GILLOTT’S STEEL PENS.

THE MOST PERFECT OF PENS.

Gold Medal, Paris Exposition, 1889,

AND THE AWARD AT THE WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, CHICAGO.

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VICKS’ SEEDS ARE GUARANTEED TO CONTAIN THE GERM OF LIFE.

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The Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age.

KENNEDY’S MEDICAL DISCOVERY

DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS.,

Has discovered in one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple.

He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession over two hundred certificates of its value, all within twenty miles of Boston.

A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted when the right quantity is taken.

When the lungs are affected it causes shooting pains, like needles passing through them; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking it.

If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first.

No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of it Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed-time. Read the Label. Send for Book.

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The “Charmer” Pea

Pleases Everybody Because:—Very Productive; Highest Quality; Fine Flavor; Staying Qualities; Great Merit; Deep Green Color, Large Peas, Closely Packed; Nine in a Pod.

This new variety of large podded, handsome Table Pea, introduced by us, jumped at a bound into instantaneous favor all over the United States.

The plants stand from three and a half feet to four feed high, and bear large, long pods, mostly in pairs, which are packed remarkably close with flattened, greenish-white, wrinkled peas, and these, when cooked, are of the finest flavor and color. The weight of the Pea compared to the pod is much greater than usual, producing more shelled peas than any other variety.

In season it follows Little Gem and comes before Champion of England. Both for the market and family garden this Pea will be found of the highest merit.

Everybody is charmed with this variety, and whether for private use or marketing, a liberal quantity should be planted.

=Price, per packet 10 cents; per pint 30 cents; per quart 50 cents.=

Vick’s Pea, King of the Dwarfs.

This new seedling, introduced by us, in season follows closely McLean’s Little Gem, coming into market in the space intervening between the early and the late varieties. The vines are sturdy and remarkably vigorous, growing about two inches taller than the Little Gem, and bearing a profusion of pods and Peas in the pod, with all of the principal dwarf varieties, including the American Wonder, we find that the King of the Dwarfs outyields them all by 20 per cent., all planted at the same time, on the same soil, with equal cultivation.

It is a cross between American Wonder and McLean’s Little Gem, and is the most promising of forty different seedlings. In flavor it is unsurpassed.

=Price, per packet 15 cents; per pint 75 cents; per quart $1.25.=

=JAMES VICK’S SONS, Rochester, N. Y.=

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VICKS’ SEEDS DO NOT DISAPPOINT. THE HARVEST IS GREAT.

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No bicycle ever made at all approaches them in beauty and style joined to excellence of construction, none so strongly appeals to the experienced rider as meeting every requirement of a perfect mount.

The need of repairs for Columbias will be infrequent under our new system of inspection, which now begins with a scientific analysis of the raw material by a metallurgist, and only ends when thorough tests have been made of the complete machine and all its parts.

=1894 Standard Price, $125.00.=

Seven newly designed wheels are shown in our 1894 Catalogue which will interest every cyclist. Our agents furnish it free, or we mail it for two two-cent stamps.

POPE MFG. CO.

BOSTON, NEW YORK, CHICAGO, HARTFORD.

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BRIGGS _PIANOS_. Celebrated for their =Beautiful Tone=, =Action=, =Design=, and =Great Durability=.

=Easy Terms.= Old instruments taken in exchange. =Write for Catalogue and Full Information.=

=BRIGGS PIANO CO. 621 Albany Street, Boston, Mass=