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THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



[May, 



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VALUABLE PREMIUMS 



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The American Garden, 



ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, 



Specimen Copies, free. 



(January Number, with beautiful colored plate, 10 cents.) 



I ii clubs of six for one year $5.00 



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Additional subscribers in clubs over ten, 75 cts. each. 



This elegant and richly illustrated journal, 

 Bdited by Dr. F. M. HEXAMER, 

 contains sixteen law pa«-s of closely jo inted matter 

 relating to the Vegetable, Fruit, and Flower Harden, 

 the Lawn, Greenhouse, and Window-Harden, Jtvral 

 Life, Sanitary Im/iraeements, and all branches of Hor- 

 ticulture in its various de partments. 



\ illume IV. commences with the January number, 

 188:-!, and it is desirable that subscriptions should 

 begin with the first number of the volume, although 

 they may he entered at any time lor a year from the 

 date of entry. 



BOUND VOLUMES. 

 Volumes I. II. and III. (present series) of THE 

 AMKiiii'AN (IMiDitN have) ii carefully indexed, con- 

 venient for ready reference, and bound together in a 

 handsome heavy paper cover. The amount of useful, 

 practical horticultural information contained in tins 

 combined volume cannot be obtained in any other 

 single book, making it a most valuable addition to 

 any library. Price, $1.50, by mail, post-paid, or 



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A PREMIUM FOR EVERY SUBSCRIBER. 



Encouraged by the success of the premiums sent 

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 and most liberal inducements for the current year. 

 All articles offered are of actual merit and decided 

 acquisitions, and several of them are now introduced 

 for the first time. 



Every subscriber, old or new. is entitled to 

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 of the following articles: 



SEEDS. 



ONE PACKAGE OF EITHER OF THE FOLLOW- 

 ING VARIETIES: 

 American Triumph Oats, ) With the privilege of 

 Adamant Wheal, competing for the 8210 



Green Mountain Wheat, ) offered as premiums 



for the largest yields. 

 Rural Dent Corn. — Produced at the rate of one 

 hundred and fifty bushels per acre. 



ing 



Bliss's American Wonder Pea, the best and 



earliest wrinkled Pea grown. 

 American Racer Pea.- Very productive. Best round 



Pea grown. 



Mayflower Tomato.— Very early ; quality best- 

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

 dred varieties of Flower .Seeds. •■nough to sown square 

 rod of ground. 



Subscribers who prefer making their own selection 

 of seeds can select from 15. K. liliss .v. Sous' Hand- 

 Bookforthe Farm and Garden (mailed for six cents) 

 Seeds to the amount of 25 cents for each subscrip- 



PLANTS. 



ONE OF EITHEH OF THE FOLLOWING : 

 Clematis cocciuca.— Scarlet Clematis. A root of 



this magnificent, new- climber, a beautiful colored 



plate of which appeared in our September number. 

 One Bulb of Gladiolus Shakespeare; the best 



white variety. 

 One Bulb of Gladiolus Isaac Buchanan; the best 



yellow variety. 



One Bulb of either f. ilium speciosum rubrum, L. sp. 

 roseuiu, L. tenuifolinm, L. atrosangulneum grau- 

 diflorum, or Ilyaciulhus candicans. 



BOOKS. 



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list contained in 1!. K. P.liss A Sons' c ataloguo, 1 ks 



to the amount of 20 cents. .Special list of books 

 mailed free on application. 



The New American Dictionary.— One thousand 

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A COMPLETE LIST, 



enumerating and describing all the premiums offered 

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B. K. BLISS <fc SONS, Publishers, 



34 Barclay Street, New -York. 



1,500 Varieties Rare and Beautiful Flower Seeds. 



500 Varieties Choice Vegetable Seeds. 



500 Varieties Seed Potatoes. 



Flowering Plants for the Parlor and Garden. 



Small Fruits, all t'ho leading varieties. 



Selected Seeds of all the leading and improved 

 varieties of Root and Forage Crops for Field Cult- 

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 Sugar Beets, Corn, THrnips, Rnta Baga, Grass 

 Seeds, etc. Fertilizers, Garden Tools, and other 

 Requisites for the Farm and Garden. 



A complete descriptive and priced list of the above, 

 with directions for culture, will be found in 



Established 1845. 



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 variet ies grown. 

 Profusely illustrated. Price, io cents. 



BLISS'S AMERICAN WONDER PEA 



Extra Early, Very Dwarf (S to 10 inches), Re- 

 quires no Bushing;, Exquisite Flavor. 



xiety for forcing, and tho best for early 

 lug full description mailed to applicants. 



The b 

 sowing i 

 Circul 



CAUTION.— As there is an inferior Pea in 

 market called the "American Wonder," be sure 

 get the genuine "Bliss's American Wonder." 



By express, at pure 

 Quart, 60 cts.; Half P 

 for larger quantity on ; 



lasers' expense: Pint, 35 cts. 

 ck. $2.25; Peck, $4.00. Price 

 .•plication. 



Choice Named Gladioluses. 



The following new varieties, which we now offer at 

 greatly reduced prices, arc considered the most beau- 

 tiful and gorgeous Oladioluses over introduced. By 

 combining them in the following collections, we are 

 able to furnish them at extremely low rates. No 

 change or substitution can be made at these prices, 

 nor can collections be broken : 



Special collection not broken at price quoted. 



Collection A. Marie Lemoine, La Landeur, Baron- 

 ess Burdett-Coutts, Africaine. $2.00. 



— B. Shakespeare, Meyerbeer, Engesseri, Isaac 

 Buchanan. $1.00. 



— C. Eugene Scribe, Angele, Froebeli, Mad. Mon- 

 neret, Ceres, Sylpnide. $1.00. 



— D. Ten good named sorts. $1.00. 



— E. Marie Lemoine, Lemoinei, Engesseri, Froe- 

 beli, Byzantiuus, The Bride, Purpureo-auratus. $2.00. 



Collections of Unnamed Gladioluses. 



The following collections are made up from many 

 of the named varieties whose names have been lost or 

 mislaid, and from French and American hybridized 



seedlings : 



Collection I. 12 fine varieties, white ground. $1. 



— J. 12 fine varieties, rosy and red ground. 75c. 



— K. 12 fine varieties, yellow and light ground. $1. 



— L. 12 fine varieties, fine mixed hybrids. 75c. 

 Fine mixed varieties for bedding purposes, 75 cents 



pel- dozen ; $2.50 for fifty ; $4.00 per hundred ; $30.00 

 per thousand. 



New Varieties Potatoes. 



Rosy Morn, 



Rubicund, 



Tyrian Purple. 



Choice Varieties of 1882, etc. 



White Star, Queen of the Valley, 



Vermont Champion, Matchless, 



American Giant, Adirondack, etc. 



For description and price of the above, send for our 

 Illustrated fed a to I 'atnlo-ue, -IK pages, which contains 

 an illustrated list of t be leading varieties in eultiva- 



ti with much usetnl i n torn latmn upon their culture. 



Mailed to all applicants inclosing 10 cents. Regular 

 customers free. 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, 



34 Barclay St. New- York. 



Two New Varieties of Field Corn, 



$1,000 IN PREMIUMS 



Were awarded last vear, by THE Rural NEW- YORKER, for the largest yield of corn of these two varieties, and 

 it is with pleasure we announce that we have been fortunate enough to secure the entire original stock, which 

 we now offer first for sale. 



RURAL THOROUGHBRED FLINT CORN. 



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

 fifteen inches in 'length arc not uncommon, and sonic have even reached the enormous length of seventeen 

 inches, specimens of winch ni.iv lie shown. It is eight-rowed, of a peculiar butt color, col, very small, and 

 kernels lame and very broad. The stalks are slender, eight to nine feet m height, and closely set with large, 

 remarkably brand leaves. Kach seed produces upward of twelve strong suckers-many of which mature 

 perfect ears.-t'orming a regular hush. Its large yield, length of ear. and excellent quality make it a most 



desirable field vai . 

 blade, and smallness of stalk w il 

 of Indian Corn at oresent known 

 $2.50 per peck ; $8.00 per bushel 



states, while its -teat suckeiing habit, breadth of 

 ler plant or for ensilage purposes, tho most valuable variety 

 packet; 60 cts. per pint ; -1.00 per quart . post-paid, by mail. 



THE RURAL HEAVY DENT CORN. 



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

 The kernels are white, large, broad, and heavy, and inclined to shrink less t nan those ot other kinds of Dent 

 Corn The yield is enormous, .me bund re, 1 bushels,,!' shelled Corn being an average yield under good cultiva- 

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

 are, confident that no variety more " 



table for the Southern and South-western states has ever been intro- 



sb.oo per bushel. 



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



