1882.] 



THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



®ptl§ili| J)epartment 



VALUABLE PREMIUMS 



To every Yearly Subscriber to 



The American Garden, .. • -' 



ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, 



Single Copies, 10 Cents. 



Devoted exclusively to the (Jardenin^ interests of 

 America. Contains sixteen lars<- paci'S of closelv- 

 priuted matter, relating to tlie cultivation of FLOW- 

 15 Its, Fun is, and VEuKT.Utl.BS, to the l,AW.\, CiUKES- 

 not:sKS, anil all other branches of Hoirncui.TUltE in 

 their varied departments. 



Edited by Dr. F. M. HEXASIER. 



This Popular Magazine, formerly published as a 

 Quarterly, is now published as a Monthly, and will 

 appear about the first of every month. 



As a special inducement we olfe 



Wild Garden Seeds, a packet containing a mixture 

 of upward of one hundred varieties Flower Seeds, suf- 

 ficient for a square rod of ground. 



Improred German Ten-Weeks Stock. These beau- 

 tiful flowers at e far too little known in our gardens, 

 and we hope by ottering them among our premiums to 

 introduce these Moral gems to many of our readers. 



May-Flower Tomato. A new variety, now offered 

 for the first time. The great excellence of this seed- 

 ling has been indorsed by the Massachusetts Horticul- 

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 new Tomato. 



Bliss's American Racer Fea. A quarter-pint packet. 

 We have grown t his new l'ea for several years on our 

 experimental grounds, ami consider it one of the ear- 

 liest, most productive, and best Peas known. Our 

 stock of seed is as yet too limited to enable us to offer 

 it for sale, yet we are so strongly convinced of its 

 superior value that we otter it as a premium — the only 

 way in which it can be obtained— to our subscribers, 

 trusting that it. will prove as valuable an addition to 

 the list of new vegetables as the American Wonder 

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Any subscriber who sends, with his own. an addi- 

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 ages, and the entire set of four kinds \\ hen two addi- 

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Address, 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, Publishers, 



34 Barclay street. New-York. 



1,500 Varieties Hare and Beautiful Flower Seeds. 



500 Varieties Choice Vegetable Seeds. 



500 Var ieties Seed Potatoes. 



Flowering Plants for the Parlor and Garden. 



Small Fruits, all the leading varieties. 



Selected Seeds of all the leading and improved 

 varieties of Koot and Forage Crops for Field Cult- 

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 Sugar Beets, Corn, Turnips, Riita Baga, Grass 

 Seeds, etc. Fertilizers, Garden Tools, and other 

 Requisites for the Farm and Garden. 

 A complete descriptive and priced list of the above, 

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FSTAHT.TSHED 1845. 



150 pages. Over 300 Illustrations, and a 

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 for two three-cent stamps, to cover poslnge. 



BLISS'S ILLUSTRATED POTATO CATA- 

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 and descriptive list of all the principal varieties grown. 

 Profusely illustrated. Price, 10 cents. 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, 

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



WE WILL SEND 



To any post-office address in the 



United States or Canada, 



One Excelsior Weeder, 

 One Polished Steel Gardeo Trowel 



FOR 36 CENTS. 



Either of the above, single, for 20 

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MT. KISCO PAINT WORKS. 



HAMMOND'S 



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It is an impalpable powder, en 

 properl ies wil li poison destructivi 

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 ill effects of Paris Green, or dan 

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 are not, liable to be harmed by it. '. 

 with success in destroying Caterp 

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Put up in barrels of 200 lbs. in bulk, s 

 Packages of 5 lbs., 30 cts. ; 1(1 lbs,, 50 cts 

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 given upon application. 



Manufactured by B. Hammond & CO., Mt. Kisco, N.Y 



B. K. BLISS <fc SONS, C 

 Wholesale Agents, 

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Making' Garden. 



10 CIS 



For full instructions read tl 

 on tender Plants, Bulbs, etc. ; 

 ceous Plants, Shrubs, Vines, Na 

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 each. Address, 



2, The Flower Garden, 

 The Flower Garden, Part 2, on I 

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MONEY IS EARNED, AND CASH IS SAVED 

 by knowing- how to care for them in health 

 and disease. The oldest, finest, and best Poul- 

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Poultry JQixllotim., 



Devoted to the Breeding of fine Poultry, Pig- 

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 Asa SPECIAL. OFFER, to show you what it is, 

 it will be sent to you from NOW TILL JAN- 

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 Address POULTRY BULLETIN, 



63 Courtland Street, New York City 



NEW.fr ORNAMENTAL TREES; 

 FR>8c x SHRUBS, ROSES. 1882. 



Besides th largest and ost complete general 

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 in the U.S., we offer many Choice Novelties. 

 New Abridged Catalogue mailed free to all who 

 apply. Address ELLWANCER & BARRY, 



Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N.Y. 



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