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THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



[March, 



-THE- 



Christian Union. 



LYMAN ABBOTT, Editor. 



With a List of Contributing Editors which 



INCLUDES THE MOST PROMINENT NAMES 



in the Country. 



It Comprises the Best Features of 



A DAILY PAPER, 

 A WEEKLY PAPER, 

 A FAMILY PAPER, 

 A CHILD'S PAPER, 

 A RELIGIOUS PAPER, 

 A LITERARY PAPER, 



IT PUBLISHES EVERY WEEK 



A Synopsis of the Last Week's 

 News, interpreted by the Editors. 



Editorials on the Leading Ques- 

 tions of the Day. 



A Selection of Contributed Arti- 

 cles, by the Best Writers in the 

 Country. 



Home Talks on Cookery, Nursing, 

 and the Care of the Home, by such 

 writers as Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher 

 and Marian Harland. 



A Sermon or Lecture-room Talk, 

 by Henry Ward Beecher. 



A Sunday-school Lesson, by Lyman 

 Abbott and Mrs. W. F. Crafts. 



A Good Young Folks Story. 



Aunt Patience's Writing -Desk, in 

 which appear Letters from the Child 

 Readers of the Paper ; besides Book 

 Reviews, Farm and Garden Notes, 

 Answers to Inquiring Friends, Cor- 

 respondence, etc., etc. 



ITS AGRICULTURAL PACE 



Is Carefully Edited. It contains 

 Contributed Articles from the Best 

 Agricultural Writers in the Coun- 

 try ; weekly reports from two Model 

 Farms, one of which is E. P. Roe's 

 famous " Small Fruit Farm ; " and 

 it includes a column "From the 

 Mail," to which correspondence is 

 solicited, and in which all queries 

 on Farm and Garden topics are 

 carefully answered. 



TEEMS, $3 PER ANNUM, CLERGYMEN, $2,50. 



Sample Copies Free. 



THE CHRISTIAN UNION, 



Washington Square, N. Y, 



IMPERIAL E&& POOD. 



It keeps fowls in best condition, and makes poultry 

 the most profitable stork on the farm. 

 YOUNG CHICKENS AND TURKEYS. 



t is estimated that one-half the ehieks and turkeys an- 

 nually batched die before reaching maturity. When the 

 Imperial Egg- Food is fed according to directions sick 

 and drooping chicks will never be seen. It supplies all 

 the needed material for forming 1 , muscle anil feath- 

 ers, and by its gentle tonic eirect strengthens the diges- 

 tive organs and lavs the foundation for vigorous, healthy 

 and therefore profitable fowls. They will also befitted 

 for market a month earlier than l>v common treatment. 



Packs mailed for 50c. and $1. (i pound boxes, $2, 25 

 pound kegs, SK.2.-,, by Express or Freight. 



T77"lioless.le Agents : 



H. Leach & Co.. Boston; Benson. Maule A- Co., Phila- 

 delphia; It. K. diss A- Sons. N. V.; .1. C. Long, dr., N. Y.; 

 Greensfelder Bro.. St. Bonis ; Geo. A. Kelly & Co., Pitts- 

 burgh ; McCarthy ,v Osborn, Denver, Col.; Geo. G. Wick- 

 son, San Francisco. 



CHAS. R. ALLEN & CO., Proprietors, 



Hartford, Conn. 



THE ISBELL MOLE-TRAP. 



IX NEVER FAILS. 



Having been thoroughly convinced of the 

 pressing need of some device for catching and 

 destroying the under-ground mole, which is 

 overrunning cemeteries, parks, lawns and gar- 

 dens, no labor, experiment or expense has been 

 spared in inventing a ml perfecting a trap which 

 we do not hesitate to say will effectually meet 

 the demand. 



purpose. When properly set it never allows 

 the mole to escape, and no skill is required in 

 setting it. 



Nothing but a small wooden pin is visible in 

 the track, which the mole is sure to run against, 

 the slightest touch springing the trap, which 

 | never fails to catch and kill the mole. 



PRICE, $2.00 EACH. 

 Sent to any address, by express, on receipt of price, by 

 B. K. BLISS & SONS, 

 2-3-4 34 Barclay St.. New York. 



MATTHEWS' 



The standard of America 



Admitted by leading Seed 

 men and Market Gardene: 

 everywhere to be the most pe 

 feet 'and reliable Drill in us 

 Send for circular. Manufac- :~ 

 lured only by 



2-3 EVERETT & SMALL 



NEW VARIETIES OATS. 



PRINGLE'S 



New Hybridized Excelsior-Hulless 

 OATS 



Mr. C. <}. Cringle, the well-known sin ssl'ul hybridi- 

 zer, to whose efforts we are indebted for the celebrated 

 <'lurui}ihnh and l)<1iaitce Wl/ra/s, has been successful in 

 imparting important improvements to another cereal. 



il \ In -iili/oil Excelsior Hulless Oats, 



With a view to impart to the hulless species the size of 

 plant, vigorous habit, and productiveness of one or other 

 of the favorite hulled sorts. Mr. Cringle, amongst other 

 experiments hybridized the w ell-known Excelsior Oats 

 with the Chinese Hulless. and the experiment proved 

 highly successful, the result being the variety now 

 offered. 



For further pari ieulurs s ur Illustrated Bist of nov- 

 elties, mailed free to all applicants. 



Price: By mail, one pound, (SO cents, three pounds, 

 $1.50. By express, at expense of purchaser, $2.50 

 peek, $7 per bushel of 32 lbs. 



per 



RUSSIAN WHITE OATS. 



CHALLENGE. 



Anew English variety, thus described by the raisers : 

 This splendid Whili- Out is rapidly superseding all the 

 older varieties, being unrivalled for productiveness and 

 tine 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 an- great favorites in the stable. By mail, 

 one pound, 50 cents; three pounds, $1.00; per peck, 75 

 cents ; bushel, $2.00. 



MOLD'S ENNOBLED BLACK TARTARIAN. 



Another English variety, and one of the most prolific 

 of all Black Oats. It has attained an extraordinary repu- 

 tation wherever it has been grown. It is well known 

 and appreciated over a widely extended area, and the re- 

 ports of it ar.- highly satisfactory. By mail, one pound, 

 50 cents ; three pounds, $1.00 ; per peck, 75 cents : bushel, 

 $2.00. 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, 



34 Barclay St., New York. 



" A Violet from Mother's Grave," and 49 other 

 popular Songs, words and music entire, all for 

 15c. PATTEN &1 CO., 47 Barclay St., N. Y. 



EARLESS. 



The only machine that ren-ived an award on both 

 Horse-power 1 1 Thresher ami Cleaner, at the Centen- 

 nial Exhibition; was awarded the two last Cold 

 MedalS Sfiven by the New York State Agricultural 

 Society on Horse-power? and Threshers ; and is the 

 Only Thresher selected from the vast number built in 

 the United States, fur illustration and description in 

 "Appleton's Cyclopedia of Applied Mechanics," re- 

 I ceutly published, thus adoptinii it a- the Standard 

 nachine of this country. Catalogue sent 'ree. Address 



WIN WEO II UfMFlt. Col,!-' ill, Prh-Wirt Co ^ V. 



lew Varieties Potatoes. 



VERMONT CHAMPION, 



BROWNELL'S BEST, 



EARLY HOUSEHOLD. 



Varieties of 1881. 



EXTRA EARLY TEACH BLOW, 



ADIRONDACK, WHITE STAR, 

 AMERICAN MAGNUM HON CM, 



QUEEN OF THE \ ALLEY, 



AMERICAN GIANT. 



nd for our 



h useful matter upon their culture. Mailed to all 

 applicants inclosing 10 cents, regular customers free. 



It. K. BLISS & SOXS, 

 2-3-4 34 Barclay St., New York. 



15c 



Randolph's Hand Seed Sower. 



For sowing all kinds of small Gar- 

 den Seeds, with accuracy and dis- 

 patch. It is easily operated by a lady 

 or a child of ordinary intelligence, 

 ■with a little practice. 



Its cost is trilling compared with 

 the advantages resulting from its 

 use. The saving in time and seeds 

 11 undoubtedlv repay the outlay 

 the planting of a single week. Its 

 _ 4 construct imi 



■*V 7 - is so simple, 



that it is not 



mailed to all 

 applicants. 

 Price, »1.25 

 each. Sentl 



)'o s t- 



paid, to any 

 ad dress, for 

 $1.50. A lib- 

 eral discount 

 to agents. 



For sale by 

 BLISS j& SONS. 



BERRY BASKETS AND CRATES, 



BEST AND CHEAPEST. 



Money refunded if don't suit. Neat, strong, durable. 

 All that can be desired. Send for large descriptive cir- 

 culars. 



I*. I). BATTERSON. 

 2-3-4 Buffalo, N. Y. 



BRAZILIAN ORCHIDS. 



Being established in business in the city of Para, I am 

 prepared to till orders for Orchids indigenous to the Ama- 

 zonian Vallev, such as Cattleyas, Oncidiiims, Stanhopeas, 

 Galendras. Lists and prices on application. 



EDWARD S. RAND, Jr., 



2-ly Para, Brazil. 



300 



burns, neatly bound ; •;.-,« spic> Motto Verses, 

 and ;»5 popular Songs, all for 15c, post-paid. 

 PATTEN & WADE, 49 Barclay St., N. Y. 



