THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



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J.ESTEY & Co. ^ Bratileboro Vt 



STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS 



Small Fruit Plants. 



SlraMberries. Raspberries, 

 Blackberries, Currants, 

 drapes, Gooseberries. 



ea~ Catalogues mailed free to all applicants. 



Address, F. M. HIXUIUR, 



New-Castle, Westchester Co. New-York. 



Cuban Queen Watermelon, 



(See engraning on page 2.) 



8'2-Pound Cuban Queen.— This new Melon, 

 from the West Indies, is. without exception, THE 

 LARGEST AND FINEST VARIETY IN THE WORLD. It is 

 remarkable for its great prod uctieeness, enormous 

 size, handsome appearance, solidity, thin rind, and 

 crisp, miliary flesh. Shape varies from oblong to 

 oval; it ripens early. We advise every one of our 

 customers to plant this niaiiniflcent new un ion. Please 

 refer to our Novelty Sheet, and read the description 

 of the melon and flic liberal cash premiums ottered. 

 Price 25 cts. pel pkt. of 15 seeds ; 5 pkts. for $1.00; 

 12 pkts. for $2.00. 



B; K. BUSS & SONS, 34 Barclay St., New- York. 



PERFECT GEM SQUASH. 



(See illustration, page 2.) 



Unlike anything before offered, excellent both as a 

 Summer and Winter Squash. It is a very vigorous 

 grower and wonderfully productive. The Squashes 

 are from 4 to 0 inches in diameter, flattened, of a 

 creamy white color, slightly ribbed, and have a thin, 

 smooth skin. The flesh is tine grained, cooks dry, and 

 is of excellent quality and tlavor. 25 cts. per pkt.; 

 5 pkts., $1.00. 



B. K. BLISS &: SONS, 34 Barclay St., New-Ycrk. 



THE DAVIS LAWN RAKE. 



Made in the Hd.-i Thorough Manner, ot" the Hot Material, Best Quality of Spring Steel Teeth. 



a perfect implement for cleaning 

 Lawns from Leaves, grass, and all 

 kinds of Rubbish, and the only 

 one that will do it without 

 injuring the grass 



AND ROOTS. 

 Will level and prepare a garden bed for 

 the seed better and quicker than any other 

 tool. Will clean a race-track perfectly. 

 Just the thing for ladies wishing open-air 

 exercise. A man with one will do the work 

 of six or eight men in a superior manner. 

 The work is light and easy, as the rake is 

 drawn over the ground instead of being 

 carried. Landscape gardeners mill use no 

 other after tri/ini/ this. Grass will grow 

 faster and look much better after being 

 combed a few times with the rake. 



It requires many years of great care to 

 produce a tine Lawn, which may be in- 

 jured, and perhaps rained, in a short time 

 by using common rakes. Price, $1.00. 



For sale by 



Patented December 17, 1878. 



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



NEW GLADIOLUS FOR 1881. 



The following new and beautiful varieties of this are the cream of those raised by the most eminent French 

 growers— who have for years made the gladiolus a special study. They far surpass any hitherto offered. 



Aurore. Bright salmon rose, striped orange, carmine and lilac, blotched cherry rose, streaked violet. 

 Very bright, lovely shade. $4.00 each. 



itreinontior. Bright rose protuselv tinted with carmine, pure white blotch, and bands streaked with 

 violet. Fine effective spike. $4.00 each. 



Caineleon. Fine compact truss of large shity lilac (lowers flamed with orange, white bands down the 

 middle of each petal ; large creamy white blotch streaked with violet. $4.00 each. 



Corinue. Magnificent spike „f large rosy carmine flowers, shading oft to cherry, streaked pure white and 

 penciled carmine at the edges; blotch creamy w hite striped with violet. $5.00 each. 



Dalila. Very tinelv arranged spike ot largo bright rose dowers, streaked and flamed with carmine; very 

 large pure white blotch. $5.00 each. 



Eclair. Compact spike of middle sized flowers, bright scarlet, flamed with fiery red ; blotch pure white, 

 with broad » bite hands in I he middle of each petal. $4.00 each. 



Gulliver. Tall spike of large hright carmine flowers, with conspicuous white bands in the middle of each 

 petal ; pale yellow blotch slightly streaked with violet. $4.00 each. 



Hennioue. Compact spike well furnished, medium-sized flowers of white ground entirely covered with 

 numerous and delicate lilac and carmine stripes; large pure white blotch slightly streaked with violet. 

 $4.00 each. 



Lesseps. Superb flower of clear white ground, profusely striped and bordered with bright carmine ; 

 magnificent spike of large, well-expanded iloueis. presenting a \ en striking contrast of colors. $5.00 each. 



Tnlma. Fine spike of rosy carmine dowers, flamed with bright carmine, striped with scarlet and pale 

 violet; blotch amaranth red speckled with sulphur yellow. $4.00 each. 



Victor Jacqiieuioiil. Splendid compact spike of bright orange flowers, profusely darned with scarlet; 

 violet ground : blotch bright violet si reaked and speckled with pure white. $5.00 each. 



Lemoinei. Fine, good sized flowers, closely set on the spike, which is about one foot long; upper petals 

 of a creamy white color, tinted with salmon red, the lower ones spotted with deep purplish crimson, 

 bordered with bright yellow and salmony red. $1-1.00 each. 



Marie Leinoine. Long spike of tine, well-expanded flowers: upper division of a pale creamy color, 

 flushed with salmon lilac, the lower divisions spotted with purplish violet ami bordered deep yellow. " 

 each. 



For a list of the favorite older varieties see our Hand-Book. 



COLLECTIONS OF GLADIOLUS. 



:; no 



COLLECTIONS OF NAMED VARIETIES 



|i. 



Collection A, 12 very fine varieties 



B, 12 extra fine varieties 2.50 



" 0, 25 very fine varieties 4.00 



D, 25 extra fine varieties 8.00 



COLLECTIONS OF UNNAMED VARIETIES 



Collection E, 50 very fine, varieties $10.00 



F, 50 extra fine varieties 20.00 



G, 100 very fine varieties 25.00 



H, 100 extra tine varieties 40.00 



Collection I, 12 fine varieties, white ground 



J, 12 " " rosy and red ground 



K, 12 " " yellow and light ground 

 " L, 12 " " fine mixed hybrids 



' fifty: $4.00 per hundred , 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, 34 Barclay Street, New-York. 



NEW VARIETIES OATS. 



PRINGLE'S 



New HjMflM Excelsior-Hulless 

 OATS. 



Mr. C. G. Pringle, the well-known successful hybrid- 

 izer, to whose efforts we are indebted for the cele- 

 brated Champlain and Defiance Wheats, has been 

 successful in imparling important improvements to 

 another cereal. We have purchased the entire stock 

 ot this promising nov elty, and now oiler for the first 

 time Pringle's Hybridized Excelsior Hulless 

 Oats. 



With a view to impart to the hullcss species the 

 size of plant, vigorous habit, and productiveness of 

 one or other of the favorite hulled sorts, Mr. Pringle, 

 amongst other experiments, hybridized the well- 

 known Kxcelsior oats with the Chinese Hullcss, 



For further particulars see our Illustrated List of 

 novelties, mailed free to all applicants. 



Price: Packets containing one ounce, 25 cents; 

 Ave packets for $1.00. 



RUSSIAN WHITE OATS. 



Very prolific, straw stiff and free from Rust. Highly 

 recommended by every one who has given them a 

 trial. 



Price: 50 cents per three pounds; $1.00 by mail, 

 post-paid; one-half bush., $1.40; bush., $2.25. Im- 

 ported varieties. 



CHALLENGE. 



A new English variety, thus described by the rais- 

 ers: This splendid White Oat is rapidly superseding 

 all the older varieties, being unrivaled for product- 

 iveness and fine quality. It possesses long, upright, 

 stout straws, with neat panicle completely covered 

 with close set grains, the latter plump, heavy, and of 

 excellent quality, hence they are great favorites in 

 the stable. By mail, one lb., 50 cents; three lbs. 

 $1.00; peek, $1.25; bush., $4.00. 



MOLD'S ENNOBLED BLACK TARTARIAN. 



Another Knglish variety, and one of the most pro- 

 lific of all Black- Oats. It has attained an extra- 

 ordinary reputation w herever it has been grown. It 

 is well known and appreciated over a w idely extended 

 area, and the reports of it are highly satisfactory. 

 By mail, one lb., 50 cents; three lbs., $1.00.; pet- 

 peck, $1.25; bush., $4.00. 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, 



34 Barclay Street, N. V. 



A New Early Sweet Potato. 



EARLY GOLDEN. 



This variety originated in Virginia a few years since, 

 by an old cultivator of the Sweet Potato. It is a sport 

 of the old Early Red, but is superior to that variety in 

 earlincss, productiveness, color, and quality. Slips 

 planted May 10th produce tubers large enough for 

 the market July 25th. (in account of its early ma- 

 turity it is better adapted fur cultivation in the North- 

 ern States than any other varieties. In shape they 

 are somewhat shorter than the ordinary varieties, of 

 a golden yellow color, cook very dry, ami are of supe- 

 rior flavor. Another valuable consideration in favor 

 of this variety is, that they will grow on quite ordinary 

 soil with but a slight coat of manure, and yielded a 

 large crop the past season, upon laud that would not 

 grow above fifteen bushels of corn to the acre. In 

 good soil they will produce many specimens weighing 

 three to five pounds each. It is also an excellent 

 keeper. From what we can learn from those, who 

 have tested this variety, we think it will prove the 



by mail, post-paid, 5o'< cuts per dozen : $1.00 for fifty', 

 $1.75 per hundred. By express, at purchaser's ex 

 peli.se, $1 .25 per hundred ; s '1 o.oo per t liousand. Price 

 of tubers, 75 cents per pound ; 3 pounds for $2.00, by 

 mail. By express, 1 pound, :>0 cents: a pounds, $2.00 ; 

 20 pounds, $.].oo ; 50 pounds, $10.00. Directions for 

 propagation and culture mailed to applicants. 



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



BEST GOODS AT BOTTOM PRICES, 

 Hammond Cottage Colors 



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Befer to the Editor of this paper, Dr. HEXAMER, 

 ami B. K. Buss, Esq. 



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