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SEEDS OF FLORISTS' FLOWERS, 



For the Conservatory and the Flower-Garden, for Sowing in August and September. 



Particular attention is invited to the following- list of Seeds of Florists' Flowers, which have been carefully 

 selected from the stocks of several of the most successful cultivators and exhibitors in Europe, and can be con. 

 fidently recommended. 



Auricula.— The finest prize sorts, per pkt $ .25 



Balsam, double white camellia-flowered, for put culture during winter, much used by Florists for 



bouquets, bridal and funeral decorations, per pkt .25 



Calceolarias, extra select, from flowers which took the first prize at the late. London and Continental 



Exhibition, per pkt :.. .50 



C'alceoJaria rugosa, from the finest shrubby varieties, per pkt 50 



Cineraria, extra choice, fr om all the new varieties, per pkt .50 



Cineraria, new double flowering. A most desirable acquisition. Packets containing 20 seeds 1-00 



Cyclamen Persicum gigantenm. a new and greatly improved type, per pkt 1.00 



Cvclamen Persiciim (Wiggins prize .strain). Flowers of line form and of brilliant colors, very free 



' bloohi'eis, per pkt 50 



Daisy, double white— Constant and perfectly double, per pkt .25 



Gloxinia, finest hybrid, selected from prize, flowers of both the drooping and erect flowering varieties, 



per pkt .50 



Hollyhocks (very double), saved from an unrivaled collection, if sown now- will flower freely next 



year, per pkt .25 



Lobelia Paxtoniana, splendid for hanging-baskets, extra quality, per pkt - .10 



Pansy, English, extra select, saved from the finest prize flowers, per pkt .50 



Pansy, finest mixed Merman varieties, from one of the finest Continental collections, per pkt .25 



Pansy, new Merman.— The lines! varieties ever ottered. See colored plate in our Hand-Book. Per 



Polyanthus, finest mixed varieties, from the collection of an English amateur, per pkt 25 



Primula sinensis fimbria ta (Chinese Primrose fringed), various colors mixed, extra, per pkt .50 



Primula sinensis fimbriata (new fern-leaved varieties), very beautiful, per pkt .50 



Primula sinensis, new double varieties, rose and white, each, per pkt 1-00 



Stock, scarlet and while intermediate London, extra, each, per pkt .20 



Stock, East Lothian, superior for pot-culture, scarlet, white and purple, each, pkt 25 



Stock, new German ten weeks, extra tine, many colors mixed, pkt .20 



Stock, new while wallflower leaved, a superb variety for pot culture, pure white, with large 



double flowers, pkt .25 



Sweet William auricula-flowered, a \ ariot\ .if great merit, far mii passim: an\ thing before ottered, 



I'M • 25 



Wallflower, extra hue double Herman, pkt .25 



Uf For a more extended list see our Seed Catalogue. 



Hardy Annuals. Biennials, and Perennials lor Autumn sowing. 



Collections of twenty varieties, $1.00. ■ 



If sown during the months of August and September, and protected during Winter by a covering of ever- 

 green boughs, will bloom next year. 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, 



P. 0. Box 4129. 34 Barclay Street, New- York City. 



THE DAVIS LAWN RAKE. 



Made in the Most Thorough Manner, of the Best Material, Best Quality of Spring Steel Teeth. 



A PERFECT IMPLEMENT FOR CLEANING 

 LAWNS FROM LEAVES, CRASS, AND ALL 

 KINllS OF B.UBH1SH, ANH THE ONLY 

 ONE THAT WILL DO IT WITHOUT 

 INJURING THE GRASS 

 ANli ROOTS. 

 Will level anil prepare a garden bed for 

 the seed better and quicker than any other 

 tool. Will clean a race-track perfectly. 

 .Inst the thing for ladies wishing open-air 

 exercise.. A man with one will do the work 

 ^Z/lt/llllb 01 slx or eight men in a superior manner. 



■■■•< The work is light and easy, as the rake is 



(Usf^fiS^ ~--=^~ - drawn over the ground instead of being 



_„ ""Vk of" Vf/i ?t"$mi'ti!'il ' '< 'rass ' wiu"grow 



" - ^^^W?^ - ^ faster and look much better after being 



" —^^JO^w -i—^V^U combed a lew times w ith the rake. 



It requires many years of great care to 

 produce a fine Lawn, which may be in- 

 jured, and perhaps ruined, in a short time 

 by using common rakes. Price, §1.00. 



Patented December 17, 187S. For sale by 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, 34 Barclay Street, N Y. 



THE IMPROVED 



EUREKA POST-HOLE DIGGER 



THE MIX PERFECT DIGGER l\ THE MARKET. ®^ 



When the Utility of this Digger is known, no Farmer, 

 Nurseryman, Eailroad or Telegraph Company 

 will do without it. 



The GRAND MEDAL and DIPLOMA at the Centennial Exposition, and 

 the only .Medal given a Post-11. de nigger, were awarded us tor •• IUSTIN- 

 UTIISHEK MERIT" and "CHEAT EXCELLENCE." We have exhibited 

 the Digger at several state, and County Fairs, and have ne ver failed to re- 

 ceive the prize wherever exhibited. 



This tool has been thoroughly tested during the past three years, and as 

 yet no place has been found where it. has failed to do its work satisfactorily. 

 The principle on which it works prevents adhesion in sticky soils, hence 'it 

 always works tie. and easy; no cloKsins, no knee work, no backache. 

 It is tar superior to all Plunger*. Ai«er>. ;iml Itori.iu Machines, as it, works 

 equally well in stony, sandy, and cloy soils. Quicksand under water is as 

 certainly handled and removed as though no water existed. Hundreds have 

 used them tor setting curbs in wells where there was quicksand. For selling 

 out trees, and transplanting it is unequaled; also for cleansing out wells, 

 and for tiling. 



The length of the steel blade is nine inches, and the extreme length of the. 

 tool live feet; weight only eight, pounds. 



Descriptive circulars mailed free. Price, §3.00. For sale by 



B. K. BLISS <fc SONS, NEW- YORK. 



NEW GERMAN PANSIES. 





is grown in Ger- 

 many by one who 

 has made this flow- 

 'er a specialty for 





many years. In 

 size and beauty of 

 \ the flowers, bbls 



#• 



1 strain is u n a p - 

 j proachable. Dr. 



rl^ultwrist for 





; ' BEAUTIFUL Pan- 

 sies.— No doubt 

 that many who 

 .' have, seen the col- 

 |t.t ored plate illustrat- 



\"n 1H i'" bed' 



& Sons, have sup- 



ist had exercised 



So far from this being the c 



his imagination, 

 both as to size, and 

 the strange combi- 

 ne, the flowers are, it 



anything, rather below the re: 

 it would be impossible to coi 



1 size, and as to colors, 

 ceive of any artificial 



colors more brilliant, or more 

 than they are, in flowers produ 

 strain of seeds. Some of the b 



strangely contrasted, 

 ■ed by this remarkable 



as it is possible for a flower t 



noma are as near black 

 o be, and of a velvety 



texture of great richness. 



State Refobm ki u . Mekiden. Conn. 



June 7, 1881. 

 The Pansies are in full bloom: the finest I have ever 

 seen. I shall save every seed. 



P. E. Cope. 



Bowmanville, Canada, March 18, 1881. 

 I never saw any Tansies like those 1 had from you. 

 I beat them all at the fair ; they wen- even better than 

 those represented in your colored plate.^ ^ 



s May exhi- 



ultural Society. 

 August and September arc the best .months for sow- 

 ing pansy seed for blooming next spring. 



For general directions for the cultivation of the 

 pansy, see July and October nos., 1880, of the Amur- 



c VN CAKIIEN. 

 Price, 50 cents per packet of 50 seeds. 



B. K. BLISS <& SONS, 



34 Barclay Street, New- York. 



E. P. ROE'S NEW BOOK, 



with Small Fruits/ 



ed by Dodd, Mead & Company, is ai 



1 in SCKIliNKR-S 



, but they have 

 or the published 

 he results of his 



edge of the sub 



me a thoroughly 

 ili which, while 

 of special value 



number, which 

 les, are included, 

 ler the median 



t. BLISS & SONS, 

 34 Barclay Street. New-York. 



The Farmer's Friend 



AND GUIDE. 



Matter, from the ; 

 devoted to the Int 

 Poultry Fanciers, 

 ers, The Fireside, 



ges .olid Heading 

 \ t iters of the day, 

 s. stock Breeders, 

 'nit mists, Garden- 



PRICE 25 CENTS, POST-PAID. 



Sold by B. K. BLISS & SONS, 



34 Barclay Street. New-York. 



SPOT CROWN ffi 

 TRAWBERRT PUNTX 

 ALSO COMMON GROUND LAYERf . 



<L T. LOVETT, 



Little Silver, Monmouth Co. ,N.J.j 



CABBAGE and CELERY! 



PLANTS, 

 Grown and Packed with great care. 



Circular, with low prices, free. 

 J. T. LOVETT. Little Silver, N. J. 



