THE AMERICAN GARDEN 



THE NEW YORK SEED DRILL, 



f Matthews' latest 

 and perfect in op 



•ovements, and made 

 >n. Local Agents w; 



sonal sup, 

 $12. Ac 



imp], 



R. H. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191 Water St., New York. 



THE PLANET JR. GOODS. 



In preparing our new goods for 1»2, we have added to our list a number 

 of ingenious and successful GARDEN TOOLS, so proven l>v numerous 

 tests this year. We are also getting ready a much larger and more com- 

 pete descriptive catalogue than any we have heretofore issued. This will 

 >e full of valuable information to every one who tills the soil for profit, and 

 will be mailed free to all who apply now to 



S. L. ALLEN & CO., 127 and 129 Catharine St., Philadelphia. 



CHILDS' BOOK OF LILIES. 



tells how to plant, when to plant ; all about collecting and keeping, forcing. 



:. It gives a complete description of each variety-height, color, time 

 and any peculiarity it mav have as regards culture. Lilies are 

 of very easy culture when their requirements are fully understood, The reason 



of bloom, nativ 



why so many fail is for want of knowledge concerning their treatment. This 



work is calculated to supplv the long fell i d. and is worth ten times its price '' 



all who are interested in this most beautiful class of dowers. 

 Price, Post-paid 15 cts. Two Copies, 25 cts. Postage Stamps Accepted. 

 Address 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, 



QUEENS, N. Y. 



New Early Tomato 



The Earliest Potato Known. 



A very early variety for farm and garden culture, also 

 for forcing under glass: tit lor the table ten or lifted, 

 days before the Early Ih.se. of medium size, clear white, 

 with the slightest tinge of red about the eves ; flesh very 



while, line grained, drv and of excellent flavor; quality 

 of the highest excellence. A firsl-elass certificate was 

 awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society of London, 

 mis, 4. A silver medal was also awarded bv the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society. We can recommend this 

 with the greatest confidence ;l s Hie very best, early 

 variety in cultivation. 

 Per pound, m cents ; three pout,, Is to one address, $1.2."i. 



■gest, best and most prolilie early variet-v in cul- 

 tivation. A Premium awarded bv ll„ M:,«;idiiK, , 

 Horticultural Soeiet v. in the fall of Issl. ,,- ,|, .' .' "„ .,' f 



ling variety. For full particulars 1 VI „■ „ , r n ml 



of The American <;.w:m x. 25 cents per packet - \ 

 packets, $1. B. K. i;i,lss A SONS, ' 

 »■* Barclay Street. NewVork. 



The Earliest and Best Dwarf Wrinkled Pea. 



BLISS'S 



THE BflOST DESIRABLE a^e^rJi ^cJaJn m EVER INTRODUCED. 



Extra Early. 



WONDER _ 

 iquires J*o wus 



tiest for , 



result 

 of Eng- 



by mail, prepaid. By express' or freight, charges paid bv 

 the purchaser, peek, SI. '2.,; bushel ,.:,.,„. ; | K ,rrel, >7.W. ' 



B. K. bliss .V SONS, 



3 ^ 34 Barclay St., New York. 



RELIABLE ONION SEEDS. 



Our stock of Onion Seed has been raised from selected 

 bulbs, and ear, -fully tested, and we can recommend it 

 with the greatest confidence, as equal to any ever offered 



Xlb. 



ill this or any other market. 



Extra Early Red, $0.40 $1.25 $4.75 



Early Red, 40 1.25 4.50 



Wetherslield Large Red. 40 1.25 4.50 

 Danvers Yellow, 40 1 25 4 25 



Yellow Dutch, 35 1.25 4.25 



White Portugal, 40 1.25 4.25 



F;!;' 1 . 01 ?. 1 ? 6 ' 50 1-50 5.50 



White Globe, 50 1.50 5.75 



In lots of 5 lbs. and over. 5(1 cents per lb. mav be de- 

 ducted. Special prices given f,,r larger quantities. 



lostagemus, be added at tin- rate of hi c uts per pound 

 when ordered by mail. 3-4 

 B. K. BLISS & SONS, 34 Barclay St„ New York. 



Exquisite Flavor. 



r forcing under glass, and the 



ly sowing in the garden, 

 of its exceedingly dyvarf habit.it can be 

 grown in Hot-Beds, like cucumbers or lettuce. 



This new and fine-flavored variety is a seedling 

 of a cross between the favorite varieties, Champ 

 land and Little Gem, raised by Mr. Charles Arnold, the well- 

 known Canadian agriculturist. It combines all the good 

 qualities of both of its parents, with the additional ones of 

 superiority in flavor to the Champion and of greater product 

 iveness than the Little Gem, besides being earlier than any 

 other of the wrinkled varieties. Peas planted June 5th were 

 ready for the table in thirty-three daj s from date of planting 

 On good soil, each vine will average twelve pods, and eaeli 

 pod six peas. Twenty-seven to forty-one pods have been 

 counted on some vines, and nine large peas in some of the 

 pods, and every pod is well filled. The vine grows from 

 eight to ten inches high, according to the soil and season. 

 Having full confidence in the superiority of this variety we 

 bought the entire stock of the originator, and first offered 

 them in the spring of 1878, since which they have been tested 

 IPS) i\f^c¥ : 3iikM^^J.t 'W^ A) in varlous P arts the world, and have met with the ttnqual- 



MILIS^'^TiS ^* Vs S'TX. ifle " a Pl 1roval of a11 w "» "ave given tln-ui a hial. For the 



It^l-U , *) AifcJ ,!) > P ast th ree years the demand has been far greater than the 



- 3 ' * 1 1 supply, and we have been unable to fill our orders. 



CAUTION.— As there is another pea in the market called 

 " American Wonder," be sure and call for " Bliss's Ameri- 

 can Wonder," and receive no other. 

 From Rev. Henry Ward Beeelier, July 14, 1881.— Your peas are wonderful, none others so good. I do not 

 mean to plant another year any others, early or late. They beat the Alpha in earliness, and out of sight in flavor 



From Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Pres. American Pomological Society. Ex-Pres. U. 8. Agricultural Society 

 June 30, 1881.— My American Wonder is a wonder, equal in sweetness and richness to the Champion 0 f England 

 which is all that could be desired. 



One of our growers writes, August 25, 1881 : Twenty-seven and one-sixth bushels of American Wonder Peas 

 were grown from one bushel of the seed you sent, upon a trifle over an acre of ground. 



Prices.— One-third pint package, 20 cents ; pint, 55 cents ; quart, $1.00 ; by mail, post-paid. When delivered at 

 our store, or sent by express at the expense of the purchaser: one pint, 40 cents; one quart, 75 cents - half neck 

 $2.75 ; one peck, $5.25. 



3-4 B. K. BLISS & SONS, 34 Barclay Street, New York. 



