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THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



[April, 







bbhb SPLENDID onen 



FLOWERS 



and TEUKl'AKIiKS can i... raised fiom ourSKKDS. 

 Trv them. None better. Try our new •■ Boss" Water 

 Melon. S3 ets. per pkt.. 5 pkts. si. We offer SCiO.OO 

 in I'jish Cor i he three largest Melons grown from 

 our Seed We offer $100.00 i ■■ « :i«,li lor i lie lour larg- 

 est Club orde. x for on r .<*•<•</« sill.l I'l'lalx. We send safely 

 by mail, pre-paid, labeled, 12 lio«w for si. 12 Gera- 

 niums for j»l. 12 l arnali for SI, 12 Fuchsias 



forigl. and 12 assorted Plants from above, SI. Liberal 

 premiums hi prisons ordering. Handsomely illustrat- 

 ed Floral ' a I alo - ne of PI a ,,|s - on! Seeds. Mi pastes, free. 



INXISFAI.I.EN UKEEMIOFSES, Springfield, Ohio. 



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■NEW.fr ORNAMENTAL TREES I 

 | FR^8c^SHRUBS, ROSES. 1882i | 



VALUABLE P RE Ml U MS 



To every Yearly Subscriber to 



The American Garden, 



A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL. 



Hesides th largest and ost complete general 

 Stock of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Hoses, etc., 

 in the IT. S., we offer many Cliolce Novelties. 

 New Abridged Catalogue mailed free to all who 

 apply. Address ELLWANCER & BARRY, 



Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N.Y. 



2-3-4 



THE DINGEE & CONARD CO S 



BEAUTIFUL EVER-BI.OOMING 



ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, Wjf Q£t Sb™" *Gfc 



Single Copies, 10 Gents, | \ 





Devoted exclusively to the Gardening interests of 

 America. Contains sixteen large pages of (doselv printed 

 mailer, relating lo (he eullivatiou of Flowers. "Fruits, 

 and Vegetables, to the Lawn, Greenhouses, and 

 all other branches of Horticulture in their varied 

 departments. 



Edited by Dr. F. M. HEXAMER. 



about the first of every month. 



As a special inducement we offer to every subscriber, 

 as a premium, the choice of one packet of any one of the 

 following seeds, with directions for culture : 



Wild Garden Seeds, a packet containing a mixture of 

 upward of one hundred varieties f lower Seeds, sufficient 

 for a square rod of ground. 



Improved German Ten - Weeks Slock. These beautiful 

 flowers are far too little known in our gardens, and we 

 hope by offering them among our premiums to introduce 

 these floral gems to many of our readers. 



'omato. A new variety now offered for the 

 i great excellence of this seed ling has be 

 » sed by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 



awarding it the first prize lor the best new Tomato. 



Bliss's Ameriran RarerPca. A quarter-pint packet. We 

 have grown tins new Pea for several years on our experi- 

 mental grounds, and consider it one of the earliest, most 

 productive, and best Peas known. Cur stock of seed is 

 as yet too limited to enable us to offer it for sale, vet we 

 are so strongly convinced of its superior value that we 

 offer it as a premium— the only way in which it can be 

 obtained— to our subscribers. I rusting that it will prove 

 as valuable an a, Idil ion lo the list of new vegetables as 

 the American Wonder Pea, offered by us last season. 



Any subscriber who sends, with his own, an additional 

 subscription not necessarily from the same post-office— 

 mav select for himself two premium packages, and the 

 entire set of four kinds when two additional subscrip- 

 tions are sent. 

 Address, B. K. BLISS & SONS, Publishers, 



2-3 34 Barclay Street, New Fori. 



1,500 Varieties Hare and Beautiful Flower Seeds. 



500 Varieties Choice Vegetable Seeds. 



500 Varieties Seed Potatoes. 



Flowering Plants for the Parlor and Garden. 



Small Fruits, all the leading varieties. 



Selected Seeds of all the leading and improved va- 

 rieties of Root and Forage Crops for Field Culture, 

 consisting of Carrots, Mangel wurzel, and Sugar 

 Beets, Corn, Turnips, Ruta Baga, Grass Seeds, 

 etc. Fertilizers, Garden Tools, and other Requi- 

 sites for the Farm and Garden. 



A complete descriptive and priced list of the above, 

 with directions for culture, will be found in 



Established 1845. 

 150 pages. Over 300 Illustrations, and a 

 Beautifully Colored Plate of Pansi'es. Mailed 

 for two three-cent stamps, to cover postage. 



BLISS'S ILLUSTRATED POTATO CATA- 

 LOGUE. 50 pages. A valuable treatise on the Potato, 

 and descriptive list of all the principal varieties grown. 

 Profusely illustrated. Price, 10 cents. 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, 

 3-4 34 Barclay Street, New York, N. Y. 



BUSINESS of ROSES. 60 LARCE HOUSES 

 forROSESalone. WeClVE A WAY, in Premi- 

 ums and Extras, more ROSES than most estab- 

 lishments grow. Strong p.. I Plants suitable for imme- 

 diate bloom delivered safe]. , post paid. to any post-office. 

 5 splendid varieties, your choice, all labeled, for SI; 

 l2forS2: 19 for S3; 26 for $4; 35 for $5; 75 for 

 $10; 100 for $13. Our NEW CUIDE,«f»»v*'« 



I,, , ./„ /,•..- . . TO I.! ., - (.•;....<'.; !>'^r.i'e,l-fre* toaH. 



THE DINCEE & CONARD CO. 



Rose Growers, West Grove, Chester Co., fx. 



NEW STRAWBE RRIES 



MANCHESTER, 



BID WELL. 

 SENECA QUEEN, 



PRIMO, 

 JERSEY QUEEN. 



Catalogue with 

 cuts and descrip- 



tions of these ami 



other varieties of choice 



. ANDERSON, 



THE T|/f , /%1Vr r r l CLAIR RASPBERRY, 

 1'lV/ll JL Strong Plants, bv mail. Post- 

 paid. 3 for SI, 1; for $•>, 12 for S:i. For editorial description, 

 see March No. American Garde,,. CI TH I5ERT, 50c. 

 per doz., post-paid. sj. .-,11 per UN). s| 2 per lutiii, bv express. 

 The new Black Cap KOrHEGAN. 82 per doz., post- 

 paid. All other leading sorts at low rates. 



FEE S T R A" 

 $2 per doz. 1 , by mail. 

 BID WELL, PRIMO, CHAS. DOWNING, 

 SHARPLESS, and other No. 1 Plants. 



25 othe 

 GRAPES. 



Good Plants are the cheapest, and you can get such of 



E. & J. C. WILLIAMS, 



Catalogues free. Montclair, N. J. 



MANCHESTER 



Strawberry. 



Catalogue of this Berry Free. 



Souhegan and Cuthbert Raspberries, 



Specialties. 

 13 New Grapes, Hybrid Pears, etc. 



LOVETT'S SMALL FRUITS 



Are the best. The Catalogue, richly illustrated (colored 

 dates), tells how to get and grow them. The MOST 

 and USEFUL Small Fruit Catalogue ever 



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



published. 



SOUHEGAN 



Raspberry. 



2-3 . _ , 



^FLOWERS! 



Over 1500 distinct Varieties. All strong Plants, 

 eael, labeled, delivered safely bv mail. Lnrscsl assort- 

 ment. Low prices. In business 28 years. Guarantee 



mihfnrthm. Stock comprises all desirable varieties. Only 



an' 1 1 a ,»»• Illustrated Hand-Book. 



sent free, contains name and descripl ion of eael, plant, with 

 in .traction < for successful enltu at ion. J 'an' I ,.n relate plants 



rlxe-rbere he far e xeialinr, faratirvew II A M I*. D fl fl If 



All lovers of flowers should l ave our H ANU "DUUIV 



Iwery buyer of eh rap /.Ian fx should have it. Everyone want- 



in* CM' and ehaiee ,,/„„<» should mmhI lor '"ll Ila.al-Bnak 



HOOPES. BRoTII.il! A THOMAS, 

 Cherry Hill Nurseries, West Chester, Pa. 



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TJ AT T BROS., So. Glastonbury, DI7DDT 17 C 

 fl A L El Ct,, arehead-quarlers. BIG D £1 IX t\ I Ll O 

 and send free Catalogue of Hie best Straw berrv on earth. 



Currants, MArVTrUCCTlTD Productive 

 Grapes & Trees. 1V1 A 1\ L tl E O 1 E t\ as Cres- 

 cent, perfect form, good flavor, firm as Wilson, beautiful 

 colored plate, showing A lyjlA one foot of row in full 



fruiting, sent free. All Ll Also, cut of new 

 II;»s|>herry, ripens one week before Doolittle, 



150 



Elegant Needle -work Patterns, for all 

 kinds of Embroidery and Lace-work, with dia- 

 grams showing how to make the stitches, 15c, 

 post-pd. 2 sets 25c. PATTEN & CO., 47 Barclay St., N. Y 

 2-3-4 



SHAfKHa UULOSSAL HASPBERRY 



HEADQUARTERS. 



THE TRADE SUPPLIED. 

 SOUHEGAN, CUTHBERT, LOST RUBIES. 



30,000 surplus of Gregg Raspberry. Send for chromo 

 of Manchester Strawberry and 32-p'age Instructor and 

 Catalogue, 27 engravings; also, sample copy of Green's 

 Fruit Grower (all free). 



Address CHARLES A. GREEN. Editor. 



4 Rochester, N. Y. 



SMALL FRUITS. 



PLANTS for the million, at prices to suit the million. 

 A superbly illustrated hook, "Success with Small 

 Fruits," with a very lib- r- |-V f\ p- 



eral offer. Catalogue sent I I * I J III 

 free. Cornwall - on - P r nl ll 

 Hudson, New York. Ll I I I I \J L> I 



BERRIES!! 



Berries, Plants, Vines, Fruit 

 Trees, &c. Best Sorts. Low- 

 est Rates. Catalogue FREE. 

 Collins, Moorestown, N. J. 



THE BEST VARIETIES-Strawberries, Raspber- 

 ries, Grape Vines, and other Small Fruits. Norway 

 Spruce, Irish Juniper, Am. Arbor Vitas, Horse Chestnut, 

 and a general assortment of Nursery Stock. Price lists 

 tree. H. M. Engle & Son, Marietta Pa. 3-4 



The Best Vines and Berry Plants 



ARE THE CHEAPEST. 



The Best Varieties and one of the Best Places 



to get them is of 



E. & J. G. WILLIAMS, Montclair, N. J. 



If you wish to try all the 



NEW str g a r w akII, ries ' 



Look at SPECIAL OFFERS in my Catalogue. 



Free to n C W A ! P Q ROCHESTER, 

 4 All. »• O. llHULO, NEW YORK. 



SMALL FRUITS 

 CARXATIOXS, 

 ROSES and PAN§IES. 

 Mv catalogue gives full instructions for culture 

 describes the new varieties, offers Plants at reasonable 

 prices, and is p o 11/ A I PC Rochester, 

 free to all. U. O. VVHLCO. New York. 4 



The only machine that received an award on both I 

 Horse-power 11 liresher and Cleaner, at the Centen- 

 nial Exhibition ; was awarded (he two last Co'd 

 MedalS Sriven by the New York State Ae-i i. 1 1 oral 

 Society en tli.r..epon-r; and Threshers ; and is the 

 Only Thresher selected I'min the va<t nuniber built in 

 the United Stales, fur ilhotralien and .1 e-rr i pi I. .11 in 

 "An[,lr(en's Cyclopedia id Applied Mechanics," re- 

 cently published, thus adnptiii L r i, as the Standard 

 inachine ef th is country. Catalne:iie sent Iree. Address 

 I MINARD HARDER, Coblesldll, Schoharie Co. N.Y. I 



