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To Yearly Subscribers to tbe American Garden for 1883. 



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

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

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SEEDS. IlflPEEJIENTS FOR THE 



ONE PACKAGE OP EITHER OF THE FOLLOW. 

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American Triumph Oats. ) With the privilege of 

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tii-eon Mountain Wheat. ) offer, d as premiums 

 for the largest yields. (See advertisement.) 



$1,000 CORNS. 



Rural Dent.— Produced at the rate of one hundred 

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Rural Thoroughbred Flint.— Ears measuring eigh- 

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Bliss's American Wonder Peas, the best and 

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American Racer Pea.— Very productive. Bestround 

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Mayflower Tomato.— Very early ; fine. 



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

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Clematis Coccinea.— Scarlet Clematis. A root of 

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One Bulb ot Gladiolus Shakespeare; the best 

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One Bulb of Gladiolus Isaac Buchanan ; the best 

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One Bulb of either I. ilium speeiositm rubrum, L. sp. 

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FOR TWO SUBSCRIBERS. 



A Bulb of I. ilium Harrisii — the Lily - the most 

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The Housekeeper's Set.-Twenty Good Kitchen 

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Ladies and Children's Floral Sets of four pieces; 

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Excelsior Hand -Wceder.— Price, 30 cents. Closely 

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Elastic Plant Sprinkler, for watering houso-plants. 

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Ever-Ready Fountain- Pen.— A gold pen with hard 

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Gem Soldering- Casket.— Always handy to have 

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 Wilcox & Gibbs' Sewing Machine.— Too well 

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Corastock's Seed Sower, and Cultivator Com- 

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 Can be used either as a Sower or < 'ulti vator. Price, 

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24 subscribers at 81.00 each; or sent on receipt of 

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

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Planet, Jr's., Double Wheel Hoe, and Seed Sower 

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25 subscribers at $1.00 each. Combined machine, 

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Philadelphia Broad-Cast Seed Sower. Hand 

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

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Isbell Mole Trap will exterminate your moles. 

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Perfection Lawn Sprinkler, for watering lawns. 

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Eawn Mowers. Excelsior, roller or side-wheel, 14- 

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

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Syracuse Chilled Plow.— Very light draft, durable. 



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Adamant Plow.— Hard metal, adjustable beams, light 

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Cycle Ensilage Cutter. (See advertisement.) Price, 

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Randolph's Fertilizer Distributer, for depositing 

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Edited by Dr. P. M. HEXAMEK, 



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