1883.] 



THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



53 



PREMIUM LIST. 



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

 to introduce Tiie American Garden into every home, we offer special and most liberal induce- 

 ments 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 sending 

 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 1883, old or new, is entitled to One Premium, members of clubs 

 receiving clubbing Premiums excepted, and may take his or her choice of either of the following 

 articles : 



Jf®F|i^ii| Jjepartment 



SEEDS. 



ONE PACKAGE OF EITHER OF THE FOLLOW- 

 ING VARIETIES: 



»1,000 CORNS. 

 Rural Deut.- Produced at the rate of one hundred 



and lifty bushels per aire in ISS'J. 



Bliss's ^American Wonder Peas, the hest and 



American Racer Pea.— Very productive. Best round 

 Pea grown. 



Mayflower Tomato.— Very early ; fine. 



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

 dred varieties of Flower Seeds, enough to sow a square 

 rod of ground. 



Subscribers who prefer making their own selection 

 of seeds can select from I'.. K. Miss * Sons' Hand- 

 Book for the Farm and Garden (34 Barclay street, 

 New-York. Mailed for six cents). 



Seeds to the amount of 25 cents for each subscrip- 

 tion. 



PEAIVTS. 



ONE OF EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING : 



Clematis Coccinea.— Scarlet Clematis. A root of 

 this magnificent new climber, a beautiful colored 

 plate and a description of which appears in our Sep- 

 tember number. 



One Bulb of Gladiolus Shakespeare; the best 

 white variety. 



One Bulb of Gladiolus Isaac Buchanan ; the best 

 yellow variety. 



Three Bulbs of selected American Seedling Gladi- 

 olus; all different colors. 



One Bulb of either Liliuni speciosum rubrum, B. sp. 

 roseum, L. tenuifolium, or L. atrosanguineum gran- 

 ditiorum. 



One Bulb of Hyacintbus candicaus. 



FOR TWO SUBSCKIBKUS. 



A Bulb of Lilium Harrisii - the Lily — the most 

 exquisite novelty in this class. 



BOOKS. 



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 soliciting other subscript mux, may obtain a Library 

 free, under the following conditions : 



For each subscriber, he may select, from the special 

 list contained in II. K. Miss A: Sons' Catalogue, books 

 to the amount of 20 cents. Special list of hooks 

 mailed free on application. 



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

 thousand illustrations. A valuable I >iet ionary and 

 Encyclopedia combined. Price, $1.00. Sent 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, $1.00. 8r— ' 



three subscribers at $1.01 



post-paid, ou receipt of pri 

 Ladies and Children's Floral Sets of four pii 



on receipt of price. 

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

 resembling the human hand (which is the best 

 weed,']- made). Sent, post-paid, for two subscriber* 

 at $1.00 each; or mailed, post-paid, on receipt of 

 price. 



Elastic Plant Sprinkler, for watering house-plants. 

 Price, §1.25. Mailed, post-paid, for four subscribers 

 at $1.00 each; or on receipt of price. 



four hours u il l tilling. Always ready for imme- 

 diate use. The best fountain-pen we have ever seen. 

 Price, $4.00. Mailed, post-paid, as a premium for 

 twelve subscribers at $1.00 each ; or on receipt 

 of price. 



Gem Soldering- Casket. -Always handy to have 

 about the house to mend leaks, etc. Price, $1.10. 

 Mailed, post-paid, for four subscribers at $1.00 each ; 

 or on receipt of $1.16. 



Wilcox tfc Gibbs' Sewing Machine.— Too well 

 known to require any description. Price, $60 for 

 No. 2 Machine. Sent as a premium for a club of one 

 hundred subscribers at $1 .00 each. 



IIUPEEmEIVTS FOR THE 

 GARDEN AIVD FARIfl. 



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

 will he mailed, post-paid, as a premium for 3 sub- 

 scribers at $1.00 each ; or will be mailed, post-paid, on 

 receipt of price. 



Comstock's Seed Sower and Cultivator Com- 

 bined, for general garden purposes. (See advt.) 

 Can be used either as a Sower or ( 'ultivator. Price, 

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

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

 Combined, or separate. (See advt.) Excellent 

 implements ; always give satisfaction. Prices: 

 Wheel line alone, $10.00. Sent as a premium for 

 25 subscribers at $1.00 each. ( 'ombined machine, 

 $14.00. Sent as a premium for 30 subscribers at 

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

 transportation charges in either case. 



at $1.00 each, or the power machine for 50 sub- 

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

 price. Receiver to pay transportation charges. 



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

 Simini Sci'»ic<- Barometer will tell you. Price, 

 $1.00. Mailed, post-]. aid. for :t subscribers at $1.00 

 each ; or mailed on receipt of price. 



Isbell Mole Trap will exterminate your moles. 

 Price, by mail, $2.50. Mailed, post paid, for 8 sub- 

 scribers at $1:00 each ; or on receipt of price. 



Perfection Lawn Sprinkler, for watering lawns. 

 Price, $1.40; mailed, ]iosl paid, for 5 subscribers at 

 $1.00 each ; or ou receipt of juice. 



La'wu Mowers. Excelsior, roller or side- wheel, 14- 

 inch cut, 1 be most useful size ; an excellent machine. 

 Price, $17.00, offered as a premium for a club of 30 

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

 In either case receiver pays transportation charges. 



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

 Size for ladies' and children's use. Price. $1 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. 



Svracitse Chilled Plow. -Very light draft, durable, 

 not easily bent nor broken, adjustable handles, etc. 

 Prices from $7.50 to $18. oo. according to pattern. 

 Sent as premiums for clubs of tiftecn to forty sub 

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



Adamant Plow.- Hard metal, adjustable beams, light 

 draft, slip shares. Prices fioin$5 to$ir>, 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, lot, to 14 inches wide. Price, two-horse 

 size, $80; three.hor.se, $85. Sent as a premium for 

 one hundred and sixty subscribers at $1.00 each, or 

 on receipt of price. 



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 of fertilizers used in hill crops, without its 

 coining 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 JIanure Spreader, Pulverizer, and Cart 

 Combined. (See advertisement.) spreads evenly 

 all kimlsol manure broadcast or in drill, in one-tenth 

 the time required by band. A most valuable labor- 

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 This elegant and richly illustrated journal, 



Edited by Dr. F. M. HEXAMER, 



contains sixteen large pages of closely printed matter 

 relating to the Vegetable, Fruit, and Flower Garden, 

 the Lawn, Greenhouse, and Window-Garden, Rural 

 Life, Sanitary Im prnremeittx, and all branches of Hor- 

 ticulture in its various departments. 



"Volume IV. commences with the January number, 

 1883, and it is desirable that subscriptions should 

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 American Garden have been carefully indexed; con- 

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