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THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



[August, 



TURNIP SEED. 



AH grown from Carefully selected Knots. 



POTTED STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 



The following varieties 



lis. m] ijirhi White Hatch, 



aga.Zont/ White French, 

 Sieeet Herman. Larr/r Yet 

 low Gtobe, 10 cts. per 

 ounce, 25 rts. 4 ounces, 

 75 cts. per pound. Prices 

 fur larger quantities to 

 ilealers, either in hulk or 

 packets for retailing will 



deducted when ord 



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



EXTRA CHOICE GERANIUM SEEDS, 



off. 



mot lie 



ect i 



artificially 



fertilized with the greatest care. We helieve tlie 

 (louljle will produce, from 75 to 00 per cent, of double- 

 flowering vnriei ies, while the single v, ill retain all the 

 excellence of the parent plants. 

 DOUBLE Geranium.— Per pkt. (of 20 seeds), 50 cents. 

 SINGLE GERANIUM.— Per pkt. (of 25 seedsi, 50 cents. 



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



Best Goods at Bottom Prices. 



Hammond Cottage Colors 



FARM 1 PAINT 



August.) 



THE MANCHESTER, 



A new variety and one of the best 

 in cultivation. Price, 81.25 per 

 dozen ; $3.50 for fifty ; $0.00 per 

 hundred. Strong and well-rooted 

 plants from the hods will ho ready 



JERSEY QUEEN. 



A magnificent variety in every 

 respect Large, heautifnl, ami 

 delicious. Potted Plants, $1.50 

 icr dozen ; SS.OO per hundred, 

 ayer Plants, $1.00 per dozen; 

 $4.00 per hundred. 

 Bidwell. 



Black Defiance. 

 Charles Downing. 

 Crescent. 

 Cumberland Triilnipli. 



Duchess. 

 Duncan. 

 Glendnle. 



Golden Defiance. 

 Great American. 

 Hervey Davis. 

 Jucnnda. 

 Kentucky. 



Miner's Prolific. 

 Monarch of the West. 

 Mount Vernon. 

 Pioneer. 



President Lincoln. 

 Sh'arpless. 



Seth Boyilen. 



Trioinphe de Gaud. 

 Price: $1.00 per twenty-five; 

 $1.50 per fifty ; $2.50 per hundred. 



Plants of the above varieties from 

 the beds, ready last'of August, at 

 50 cents per dozen; 75 cents for 

 fifty; $1.00 per hundred. 



Special prices will he quoted 

 when large quantities are wanted. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS BY MAIL. 



Correspondence Solicited. 



Kefer to the Editor of this paper, P/H. HEXAMKIt, and 

 P.. K. BLISS, Esq. 

 B. HAMMOND & CO. 



Mount Kisoo, N. Y. 



For descriptions of the aimer varieties, see our Hand-book pou 



The American Fopulir Siciionarj. %% Onto 



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perfect Dictionary and Library of Reference. 

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THE FARM LIBRARY. 



No. 1. Flowers in Winter.— How to have beauti- 

 ful dowers in the house; from one pot of geranium to 

 the conservatory. By Eiien E. Hex ford. 



No. 3. The Flower Garden.— How to have (low i t s 

 in summer. Annuals, Bedding-plants, spring and 

 summer Flowering Bulbs. By Eli EN E. BEXFORD. 



No. 3. The Flower Garden.— Herbaceous Plants, 

 Shrubs, Vines, and Native ornamental Plants. By 

 Eden E. Bexford. 



No. 4. The Vegetable Garden.— A guide to any 

 one who would grow w ith profit the best of foods for 

 the table. By Dr. BYRON D. HALSTED. 



No. 5. Luscious Fruits.— How to grow Straw- 

 berries, Blackberries, anil all small fruit s for the table. 

 By O. B. GALUSHA. 



No. 6. The A1 Poultry Book.— "Fowls and 

 Eggs." How In make poultry pay. By a successful 

 Poultrvman. 



Price, 10 cts. a copy, for each number, by mail, post- 

 paid. The six numbers, 50 cts. Address," 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, New- York. 



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



Vegetable Seeds for sowing in July, Aug. & Sept. 



Early York..... 



" Large York 



" Winuigstadt 



- " Flat Dutch 



Schweinfurt 



I'otller's Improved Brunswick... 

 -- Premium Flat. Dutch 



- American Drumhead 



( uulillower. Earliest Paris 



Half Karlv Paris 



Karlv Dwarf Erfurt 



Extra Dwarf Early Erfurt 



Early Snowball 



- Early Nonpareil 



I.eiioi in. mil, .short stemmed 



- Algiers 



Corn Salad, Lamb's Lettuce, or Fettieus 



r.udite. Green Curled 



Kale, Improved Silu rian 



- Dwarf Cut led, Oerman Greens, or " Spi 



Green Curled Scotch 



Lettuce, Curled Simpson 



Curled Silesia ... 



- Butter 



Boston Market (Trite) 



- Hardy Green Winter 



Drumhead 



.Mushroom Spawn, English, in bricks, 1 lb., loots. ; 8 



. French, in 2 lb. boxes, per box. si. 00. 



by mail. Hi cents per lb. extra. 

 Onion, Italian Varieties -Giant Itocea 



■ I .iant Hell I Lilian Tl Ipnll 



Giant W hite Italian Tripoli 



- Italian Varieties— New Neapolitan, Mar/.ajola 



" The Queen 



Kndish, Scarlet Turnip 



olive-shaped Scarlet . 



■ Long Scarlet short Top 



— Black Spanish 



— California Mammoth White 



■ Chinese Hose-colored 



Spinach, Hound 



Prickly 



Large itonnd-leaved Virotlay 



— New Savoy-leaved- an extra tine variety, much esti 

 Turnip, Early Flat Dutch 



— White Top Strap-leaved 



-- Red Top Strap-leaved 



— Yellow Aberdeen Purple Top 



- Robertson's Gulden Ball 



— Largo Yellow Globe, 



- White. Gl Purple Top 



— Large White Norfolk 



— Early White Egg 



— Yellow Malta 



— Yellow Stone 



— Seven Top 



— Long White or Cowhorn 



— Early Yellow Finland 



•cr A, lb. 

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4 00 

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HI 00 

 10 00 

 •20 00 



P2 00 



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 80 



:s 25 

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60 

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H. K. BLISS & SON'S, 34 Bare lay Street, New- York. 



