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THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



VALUABLE PREMIUMS 



To Yearly Subscribers to the American Garden for 1883. 



Encouraged by the great success of our premiums sent out in previous years, and desirous to 

 introduce the American Garden into every home, we offer special and most liberal inducements 

 for the coming year. 



All articles offered are of actual merit, and first class in every respect. Several of them are 

 now introduced for the first time. Application for premiums should be made at the time of send- 

 ing the subscriptions. 



All premiums offered by mail will be sent post-paid. Those not offered by mail will be sent 

 by express or freight, the receiver in all cases to pay transportation charges. 

 Every Subscriber for i 



receivn 

 articles 



dubbing Premiums 



SEEDS. 



ONE PACKAGE OF EITHER OF '. 



ING VARIETIES. 



13, old or new, is entitled to One Premium, members of clubs, 

 cepted, and may take his or her choice of either of the following 



IMPLEMENTS FOR THE 

 GARDEN AND FARM. 



American Triumph Oats. 

 Adamant Wheat, 

 (ireon Mountain Wheal. 



for the luiycst i/iYM.v. is,e. 



coin petilUJ for the $210 

 ) offered as premiums 

 a<l\ 1 1 tiselnent.) 



Iimiitivil 



the best and 



* 1,000 CORNS. 

 Rural Dent.-Produce.l at the rat 



and fifty bushels per acre in 1882. 

 Rural Thoroughbred Flint. Kai 



teen inches pi ■educed in 1882. (See » 



Bliss's American Wonder Peas, 

 earliest Rea grown. 



American Racer Pea.— Very productive. Best round 

 Pea grown. 



Mayflower Tomato.— Very early ; flue. 



Wild Garden Seeds.— A mixture of about one hun- 

 dred yariciiesnf flower Seeds, enough to sow a square 

 rod of ground. 



Subscribers who prefer making their own selection 

 of seeds can select from IS. K. Bliss A- Sons' Hund- 

 Book for the Farm and Harden Barclay Street, 

 New-York. Mailed for six .-cuts.) 



Seeds to the amount of '-'5 cents for each subscrip- 

 tion. 



PLAIfTS. 



ONE OF EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING. 



Clematis Cocciuea.— Scarlet Clematis. A root of 

 this magiiilieeni new cluuber. A beautiful colored 

 plate and a description of which appeal s in our Sep- 

 tember number. 



One Bulb of Gladiolus Shakespeare; the best 



One Bulb of Gladiolus Isaac Buchanan; the best 



yellow variety. 

 Three Bulbs of selected American Seedling Gladi- 



One Bulb of llyacinrhus caudicaus. 



POll two sunscuiBEits. 

 A Bulb of Liliiim Harrisii — the Lily- 



BOOK*. 



Any one subscribing lor the American Garuen, and 

 soliciting other subscriptions, may obtain a Library 

 free, under the following conditions: 



For each subscriber, lie mar select, from the special 

 list. contained in ll. K. Bliss & Sons' Catalogue, books 

 to the amount of 20 cents. Special list of books 

 mailed free on application. 



The New American Dictionary.— (See Advt.) One 



thousand din.-.! r; us. A valuable Dictionary and 



Encyclopedia combined. Price, $1.00. Scut free as 

 a premium for four subscriptions at $1.00 each; or 

 mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price. 



PREMIUMS FOR LADIES. 



The Housekeeper's Set.— Twenty Good Kitchen 

 Utensils. Price, $1.1111. Sent by mail, post-paid, tor 

 three subscribers at si. 00 each; or, will be mailed, 

 post-paid, on receipt of price. 



Ladies and Chi 



small size, just i 

 plants. Price. 



Excelsior 



iit^SLOo' 



of price. 

 (Jem Soldering- Casket. 



ill, post-paid, for 

 ■ mailed, post-paid. 



handy to have 

 c. Price, $1.16. 

 rs at $1.00 each ; 



line.— Too well 

 . Price, $60 for 

 for a club of one 



N. B. 

 free 



Randolph's Hand Seed Sower, for sowiugall kinds 

 of small garden seeds with accuracy and dispatch. 

 Easily operated by a lady or child. Price, $1.50. It 

 will be mailed, postpaid, as a premium for 3 sub 

 scribersat $1.00 each ; or will be mailed, postpaid, on 

 receipt of price. 



Comstock's Seed Sow er, and Cultivator Com 

 bined, for general garden purposes. uSee advt.) 

 Can be used either as a Sower or Cultivator. Price, 

 $12.00. It will be sent as a premium for a club of 



24 subscribers at $1.00 each, or sent on receipt of 

 price, receiver to pay transportation charges. 



New York Seed Drill. (See Advt.) Very simple, 

 compact, and easy to handle. Price. .$12.00. Sent as 

 a premium for 28 subscribers at .-'1.00 each ; or on 

 receipt of price, receiver to pay transportation ex 

 penses in either case. 



Planet, J r's., Double Wheel Hoe, and Seed Sower 

 Combined, or separate. (.See advt.) Excellent 

 implements; always givo satisfaction. Prices. 

 Wheel Hoc alone, slooo. Sent as a premium for 



25 subscribers at $1.00 each. Combined machine. 

 $14.00. Sent as a premium for 3d subscribers at 

 $1.00 each ; or on receipt of price. Receiver pays 

 transportation charges in either case. 



Philadelphia Broad-Cast Seed Sower. Hand 

 machine, price sb.OO. Power machine, $30,00, for 

 sowing evenly Grass, Grain. Fertilizers, etc We will 

 send the Hand machine lor a club of 12 subscribers 

 at SI 00 each, or the. power machine for 50 sub- 

 scribers at $1.00 each ; or w e will send on receipt of 

 price. Receiver to pay transportation charges. 



What will the weather be to-morrow? Pool's 

 Signal Service Barometer will tell you. Price, 

 $1.00. Dialled, postpaid, for 3 subscribers at $1.00 

 each ; or mailed on receipt of price. 



Perfection Lawn Sprinkler, for watering lawns. 

 Price, $1.40, mailed, postpaid, for 5 subscribers at 

 $1.00 each ; or on receipt of price. 



Lawii Mowers. Excelsior, roller or side wheel, 14 

 inch cut. the most uselul size ; an excellent machine. 

 Price. $17.00, offered as a premium for arlubol 3d 

 subscribers at $1.00 each ; or sent on receipt of price. 

 Ill either case receiver pays transportation charges. 



Lawn Mowers. The Daisy. 12-inch cut ; the best 

 size for ladies' ami children's use. Price, si 1.00. Sent 

 as a premium for a club of 30 subscribers at $1.00 

 each, or on receipt of price. In either case the 

 receiver pays transportation charges. 



Syracuse Chilled Plow.— Very light draft, durable, 

 not easily bent nor broken, adjustable handles, etc. 

 Prices from $7.50 to .$18.00, according to pattern. 

 Sent as premiums for clubs of fifteen to forty sub- 

 scribers at $1.00 each, as follows: You can select 

 such as yea wish from their circular, multiply the 

 price by two, and it will give you the number of sub- 

 scribers ; thus a $10 plow would require a club of 

 twenty subscribers, etc. 



Adamant Plow.— Hard metal, adjustable beams, light 

 draft, .slip sliaies. Prices tiom.$5 to $15, according 

 to size and extras required. To ascertain the num- 

 ber of subscribers necessary to secure any pattern, 

 multiply the -price by two; thus a $10 plow sent as 

 premium requires a club of twenty subscribers at 

 $1.00 each, etc. 



Sackett Pulverizing Plow.— Cuts and thoroughly 

 pulverizes, 10'.. to 11 inches wide. Price, two-horse 

 size, $80 ; three. horse, $85. sent as a premium for 

 one hundred and sixty subscribers at $1.00 each, or 



Acme Pulverizing Harrow, Clod-crusher and 

 Leveler. (Sec advei tlselucnl. 1 No. II. Price, $25. 

 Sent as a premium for a club id' sixty subscribers at 

 $1.00 each. 



Cycle Ensilage Cutter. (See advertisement.) Price, 

 $50. Sent as a premium for a club of one hundred 

 subscribers at $1.00 each, or on receipt of price. 



Randolph's Fertilizer Distributer, for depositing 

 all kind oi lernlizei s used in mil crops, without, its 

 coming in contact with the hands. Price, $5.00. 

 Sent as a premium for twelve subscribers at $1.00 

 each, or sent, on receipt of price, in either case the 

 receiver pays transportation charges. 



Kemp's Manure Spreader, Pulverizer, and Cart 

 Combined. (See advertisement.) Spreads evenly 

 all kind of manure broadcast or in drill, m one-tenth 

 the. time required by hand. A most valuable labor- 

 saving implement. Price, $1 10. Sent as a premium 

 for a cluli of two hundred subscribers at. $1.00 each, 

 oron receipt .of price. Kerch erio pavlransportation 

 charges. 



EVERY READER 



of this paper can find something in our 

 Premium List that he needs in his garden 

 or house, and there is surely no easier and 

 cheaper way to secure it than to subscribe 

 for the American Garden, and induce your 

 friends to do likewise. We promise you 

 full value received in every instance. 



ON TRIAL 



THREE MONTHS FOR TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. 



To induce every one in whose hands this 

 may come, to give the American Garden a 

 trial, we will send the paper 



THREE MONTHS FOR TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. 



No Premiums are given to Three Months' 

 Subscribers, but all who send seventy-five 

 cents additional at the expiration of the 

 three months, or sooner, become entitled to 

 the remaining nine numbers and to One 

 Premium, as if they had subscribed for the 

 whole year at once. Try it ! 



BEAUTIFUL COLORED PLATES. 



An elegant and artistically designed plate 

 of a group of new Perpetual Carnations will 

 be presented with the January number to 

 all yearly subscribers to the American Gar- 

 den for 1883. 



Several other plates, now in preparation, 

 will be presented to our subscribers during 

 the coming year. The value of these alone 

 is more than a year's subscription price. 



CLUEBING PREMIUMS, 



Subscribers clubbing together to secure 

 Club Premiums are not entitled to single 

 premiums for each member of the club. 

 But in clubs of five or more, at clubbing 

 rates, without Club Premiums, each member 

 receives a premium, the same as single sub- 

 scribers. 



A FLOWER GARDEN" FOR ONE DOLLAR. 



A Flower Garden for $1.00, and The 

 American Garden for 1883, telling you 

 how to care for it. Our Wild Garden Seed 

 Premium will give you a square rod of 

 flowers for the whole summer, and our 

 paper a square meal of horticultural infor- 

 mation every issue. What can be squarer ? 



" GOOD ENOUGH WITHOUT 

 PREMIUMS," 



said a friend the other day. Yes, we know 

 it ; but our past experience shows that our 

 subscribers appreciate the premiums we offer, 

 and we want our new friends to reap the 

 same benefits. 



WHY NOT YOU? 



Some one will get the $210 prizes for the 

 largest yield of Pringle's Cereals, offered 

 among our premiums. No one can get them 

 without trying. Who will try ? Why not 

 you? 



THIS IS THE LAST 

 number of the American Garden for 1882. 

 Subscribers who have not already renewed 

 for 1883, should do so at once, to insure re- 

 | ceiving the January number promptly. 



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