1883.] 



THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



55 



1,500 Varieties Rare and Beautiful Flower Seeds. 



500 Varieties Choice Vegetable Seeds. 



500 Varieties Seed Potatoes. 



Flowering Plants tor the Parlor and Garden. 



Small Fruits, all the leading varieties 



Selected Seeds of all the leading and improved 

 varieties of Root and Forage Crops (or Field Cult- 

 ure, consisting of Carrots, Mangel Wurzel, and 

 Sugar Beets, Corn, Turnips, Ruta Baga, Grass 

 Seeds, etc. Fertilizers, Garden Tools, and other 

 Requisites lor the Farm and Garden. 



A complete descriptive and priced list of the above, 

 with directions for culture, will be found in 



Established 1S45. 



150 Pages. Over 300 Illustrations, and a 

 Beautifully Colored Plate of Carnations. Mailed 

 for two three-cent stamps, to cover postage. 



BLISS'S ILLUSTRATED POTATO CATA- 

 LOGUE, 40 pages. A valuable treatise on the Potato, 

 and descriptive list of all the principal varieties grown. 

 Profusely illustrated. Price, 10 cents. 



BLISS'S AMERICAN WONDER PEA 



Extra Karly, Very Dwarf (8 to 10 inches), 

 quires no Bushing, Exquisite Flavor. 



The best variety for forcing, and the best for 

 sowing in tile garden. 



Circular giving full description mailed to applic 



CAUTION.-As there is an inferior Pea it 

 market called the "American Wonder," be sun 

 get the genuine "Bliss's American Wonder." 



One-half pint package, 25 cts. ; Pint, 45 

 Quart, SO cts. ; by mail, post-paid. 



By express, at purchasers' expense: Pint, 3 

 Quart, 60 cts.; Half Peck, $2.25; Peek, $4.00. 

 for larger quantity on application. 



cts.; 



5 Cts. 

 Price 



A NEW EARLY PEA. 



BLISS'S AMERICAN RACER. 



THE AMERICAN RACER PEA. 



This favorite variety has been tested by ns for seve- 

 ral years, and has given excellent satisfaciion. It is not 

 only one of the earliest varieties, but continues in 

 bearing for several weeks, w hich makes it particu- 

 lai ly desirable f,,i .-mail gardens. 



Prices.— One-foul tli pint package, 20 cents; pint, 

 65 cents; quart, $1.25; by mail, post-paid. "When 

 delivered at our store or sent by express, at the ex- 

 pense of the purchaser : One pint, 55 cents ; one quart, 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, 



34 Barclay St. New- York. 



$1,25 worth of the choicest Seeds for only 50 cents ! ! 



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BUSS' POPULAR COLLECTIONS. 



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now offer our Popular Collections. Qj'lil Packets of the 

 choicest v eg . . i iir lit Catalogue 



price, to * 1.8&. for only Flu,- < < ,:(„,„ ,„.,.,» 4: JflW 



American W oixlcr Pens, the l.e-t, e:iri:ra, dwarfed Pea Rn.vvii ; 

 requires no l.u,lnug. Mayflower Tenia: c, v..- earlv, line 

 quality. Ocuulno lEcriinobi ^nloit, |m..m e.l of tlii-t celrl.roteti 



variety. Salamander Lettuce, I Ii< et.l .spools dnotelit titol 



heat be tter tl.an any otlier sort. California Mammoth Kudl.h, 

 rery large, excellent llavor, eoe-1 l,,r winter ..r .sprint;. Arlington 

 Cucumber, brines lie- Inehr-L pri.e ,.f am- variety in tlic New 

 Tori. Market. Cuban Queen Watermelon, lias been growa 

 weighing 75 lbs. Bliss* Improved Long Orange Carrot, 

 selected by us for 15 years and umv tie; l-.-t Carmt grown. 

 Bliss' Improved Premium Fiat Dutch Cabbage, best late 

 rort. Egyptian Beet, none belter. Extra early Munich 

 Turnip, 3 »<rcU eat In r tlia u an v ,e b, r vai i. i -. . ,1 umbo Jump- 

 kin, -p.. ■mien. Pale p. . ,,, , • „ t ... ,,. ][,,. 



N. B.— Mostof the above sorts were tir^t introduced by us. Send 



ntlng at 



3 the. 



CCTIS Packets of choice Flower Seeds, i 



BOTH the Flower aiel VcoUMii Scv.l Cllc-iivii-t mailed for 90 



cents. For $1.00 we will add a package ur Wild Onrdrn 



Seeds, containing 100 different Varieties of flower seeds mixed, 

 sufficient to sew half a square rod of ground. 

 No Substitution. OwiiiK to the very liberal discount nl ready 



Order at once and haye In. an on hand when you want to plant. 

 KIIkih' Illustrated Hand-Book lor (lie Farm and Garden, 



( .'Still i litis I rat inns a nd e. .lured plate ok b- autilul IP. to r si. price, 6 cents, 

 telling yen how to grow all the above, sent free to every one 

 purchasing one or more collections, v\ ho ask d..i it at the time or 

 or. b rine. Ip-in I . I.v .M..nev (ltd r. lir;,lt, I spr.-. s Onl.r.or Keei-tcred 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, Seed A- Horticultural Warehouse, 

 ' 84 Barclay Street, New York. 



210.00 IN PREMIUMS. 



Offered for the Largest Yields and Heads of 

 PRINGLE'S NEW CEREALS. 



PRINGLE'S AMERICAN TRIUMPH OATS. 



The average height, as the grain stands 

 le straw is so strong ami firm that it holt 



te tall, luxuriant heads tilled with plump, heavy grains. The quality 

 ml productiv eness of the grain ace unexcelled, yielding trout ;>0 to 100 

 ushels per acre, according to the condition anil state of fertility of the 



The crop from which our seed was obtained has, while standing on 

 the field, been examined by many experienced Oat-growers, all of 

 whom declared that they never saw' anything to equal the "American 

 Triumph Oats" in health and vigor of straw, or in yield and weight 

 of grain. Owing to (lie small slock, we can offer the oats only in 25c. 

 packets of 1 ounce ; 5 packets, $1.00. 



PRINGLE'S ADAMANT WHEAT. 



In this beardless variety we have one of the. hardiest and most flinty 

 varieties in cultivation, very productive, hardy, and vigorous. For 

 cultivation in the North-west, Colorado, and the Pacific Coast, where 

 ltd wheat is the favorite sort, we ale confident that this will be panic- 

 larly desirable. Price, 25 cents per packet of 1 ounce; 5 packets, si. 00. 



PRINGLE'S GREEN MOUNTAIN WHEAT. 



This is another beardless variety of great promise. 1 1 has been grown 

 ir the past two. years by one of the most experienced wheat cultivators 

 i Northern Vermont, in close proximity to the Green Mountains, who 

 lonounces it the best be has ever grown. Price, 25 cents per packet 

 E 1 ounce ; 5 packets $1.00. 



BOTH VARIETIES ARE SPRING WHEATS.— In order to 

 ive these varieties a thorough trial, wo offer S210 in premium* to 

 it gv ■■ 

 ma 1 



Wheat and Oats. Circulars, with full particulars, mailed tree on appli- 

 ation. 



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



STERLING NOVELTIES OF RARE MERIT. 



New Flower Seeds, New Vegetable Seeds, New Cereals, New Potatoes, New Seeds for the 

 Farm, New Strawberries, New Raspberries, New Ciirrnnts, New Blackberries, New (Jrapes, 

 New and Rare Plants for the Garden and Conservatory, <&c, &c. 



Our NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF NOVELTIES, containing a descriptive list of every- 

 thing that has proved really desirable, introduced within the past two years, is now ready, and will bo 

 mailed free to all applicants. 



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



$1,000 IN PREMIUMS 



Were awarded last year, by The Rural New- Yorker, for the largest yield of corn of these two varieties, and 

 it. is with pleasure we announce t hat, we have been fortunate enough to secure, I he entire original stock, which 

 we now offer first for sale. 



RURAL THOROUGHBRED FLINT CORN. 



A remarkably distinct and wonderful variety, producing the longest ears of any known kind. Ears of 

 fifteen inches in length are not uncommon, and some have even reached the enormous length of nerentee/i 

 iiichi'x, specimens of which may lie. shown. It is eight rowed, of a peculiar butt' color, cob very small, and 

 kernels large and very broad. The stalks arc slender, eight to nine feet in height, and closely set with large, 

 remarkably broad h aves. Each seed produces upward of twelve strong suckers,— many of which mature 

 perfect ears, forming a regular bush. Its large yield, length of ear, and excellent quality make it a most 

 desirable held variety throughout I he Northern ami M iddle states, while its great, suckcring habit, breadth of 

 blade, and sum 1 In ess of stalk will render it, as a. fodder plant op for ensilage purposes. I he most v a I liable variety 

 of Indian Corn at present known. Price 25 cts. per packet ; 00 cts. per pint ; $1.00 per quart, post-paid, by mail. 



THE RURAL HEAVY DENT CORN. 



All those who grew it last, year are unanimous in their praises, and declare it " The best Dent Corn grown." 

 i h' kernels ape white, large, broad, and heavy, and inclined to shrink less than those of otlier kinds of Dent 

 Corn. The yield is enormous, one hundred bushels of shelled Corn being an average yield under good cultiva- 

 tion, while one hundred and fifty bushels per acre, and over, have been produced in favorable seasons. We 

 ape confident that no variety more desirable for the Southern and South-western states has ever been intro- 

 duced. Price 25 cents per packet ; 00 cents- per pint ; $1.00 per quart, post-paid, by mail. 



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



