RANDOM NOTES ON NATURAL HISTORY. 



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Pea, l.hss' AbuiKlHiice.— 90 pods runted on 

 a single plant, very produulnt. 15 to i» inehes 

 high. bL;i_ond Early. Excellent quality. 25 cents per 

 packet; 5 packets, $1.00. 



Pea, Bliss' Ever-bearing.— a perpetual bearer, 

 yielding a full Crop until frost: an excellent late 

 variety, 18 to 24 in. high. Feas 1 1-2 inches in Cir- 

 cumference. Very productive. 25c.perpkt. ; 5pkts.,$i. 



Pea, Bliss' American Wonder. -The best and 



earliest variety prown. Very dwarf, excellent flavor. 



20 cts. per pkt. ;4octs. per p^int ; 75 cts. per qt., post-paid. 

 N. B.— These three varieties will give you 

 Peas the entire season until frost. Require no 

 brushing. American Chami>ioii Water- 

 melon. —The best eating and best shippinfr melon grown. 

 More productive than any other sort; 25 cts. per packet; 



5 packets, li.oo. Cauliflower, Sea I'oain.— The 



best early variety, sure to head. 50 cts. per packet. 



Uhubai'b, Early Paragon.— a new English 



variety. The earliest and most productive. Never runs 

 to seed. Roots only for sale, 75 cts. each, post-paid. 



Pansy, Bliss' Perfection.- The choicest strain 



yet produced. Our Gardeners' Hand-Book, for 1884, 

 contains a beautifully colored plate of this magnificent 

 variety. 50 cts. per packet of 50 seeds. Carnation 

 Shakesperean— The finest ever introduced. Con- 

 tinue in flower the whole season. 50 cts. per packet. Plants, 

 Socts.each. $4.00 for the set of 9 varieties. Wild Gar- 

 den Seeds.— A mixture of 100 varieties of Flower 

 Seeds. A packet will plant a square rod of ground. 25 

 cts. per packet ; s pa kets, $1.00. For other Novelties see 

 Bliss' Illustralod Novelty List, which describes 

 the newest and choicest Flowers, Vegetables. Fruits, Cere- 

 als, Hants, etc. Mailed/r«. jgQ pages. 



300 Illustrations. 

 Beautiful colored plate. It 

 tells WHAT. WHEN, and 

 HOW to plant, and is 

 invaluable to all interested 

 in ij.ir.Ienint; ,.r farming. 

 Mailed for 6 Cents. 



B. K. BLISS &• SO^'S. 84 lian lay Street. N. Y. 



BLISS' 



1845. Illustrated Hand-took 1884. 

 For the Farm and Garden. 150 pages. 



300 illustrations, and a beautiful Coloretl Plate of 

 Flowers, tells What, AVlien and How to plant and is 

 11 of information invaUiab'e to all intertsted i i 



gardening. Mailed for ec. to cover postage 



IlhLstrated Novelty List, 

 describing all the ne« est varieties 



Flowers, Vegetables, Ce- 

 reals, FruHs, Plants, 

 etc., Mnlled 

 Free. 



A VEGETABLE GARDEN FOR $1.00 



f\ 20 pkt.s. Clioico Vegetable Seeds (our selection}. \r\- 



eluding Bliss's Americnn Wonder Pea, for $1. 



BOTH the Flower and Veiretablo Seed Collections, 



and Bliss's Illustrated Gardener's Hand-book 



telling j'oii how to grow them, for ^1.75. 



B. K. BlilSiS & SO^S. 



34 Barclay Street, New -York. 



,^*C4YEAR.— MONTHLY^ 



IS u± RICHLY ILIV strati: I), ELEGANTLY 

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Edited by DR. F. M. HEXAMER. 



To any one who owns a flower-pot, a garden, or a 

 farm, 



IT IS INDISPENSABLE, 



because it gives all the latest and best information 

 about everything pertaining to the culture of Flowers, 

 Fruits, Vegetables, the care and laying out of Lawns, 

 and Pleasure Grounds, Window Gardening, Rural Im- 

 provements, and all kindred subjects. 



IT IS CLEAN AND PURE, 



because no paper is more carefully scrutinized before 

 it meets the eyes of its readers, and because all objec- 

 tionable advertisements, as well as everything that 

 could in the least offend the most retined tastes, are 

 scrupulously excluded from its pages. 



IT IS ALWAYS SEASONABLE, 

 because it forestalls its readers' wants by giving in 

 every issue practical seasonable hints for the work of 

 the month, which alone are worth more than the 

 price of the paper. 



IT IS RELIABLE, 



because its editor and contributors are practical hor- 

 ticulturists who write from actual experience, and can 

 prove the correctness of their teachings. 



PREMIUMS. 



Every yearly subscriber receives several beautiful 

 colored floral pictures, and may take his choice of one of 

 many valuable articles offered in our Premium List, 

 Seeds, Plants, Books, Implements, Etc. Special induce- 

 ments for the formation of clubs. See Premium Li.st. 

 A Sample Copy and complete Premium List will be 

 mailed free to all applicants. 



$1.00 per year, S months^ trial-trip, 30 cents. 



Sample Copy and Fremiutn List FREE. 



Ditto, 'with colored plate, 10 cents. 



ADDRESS 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, 



rHhlisliir.s, 



34 Barclay Street, 

 NEW YORK. 



