1883.] 



PLANET JR. GARDEN IMPLEMENTS, 



These everywhere approved Implements, singly 

 and combined, are admirable contrivances for all 

 garden operations and some field ones, for seed 

 sowing, hand or wheel hoeing, cultivating, etc., 

 etc. We will supply (No. 9) the Planet Jr., Com- 

 bined Double-Wheel Hoc, Cultivator, and Plow, for 

 $10.00; or present it for 20 subscriptions to Amur. 

 Garden at $1.00 each ; or (No. 10) the Planet Jr. 

 Seed Drill for $12.00, or present it for 24 subscrip- 

 tions ; or (No. 11) the Planet Jr. Seed Drill and 

 Cultivator Combined (price $15.00) for 29 subscrip- 

 tions at $1.00 each. 



$5$* Full descriptions scut when desired. 



THE BEST BROADCAST SEED-SOWER, 



An expert, on being complimented for his skill 

 in casting seed evenly over the ground, replied 

 that "it came from steady nerves, a quick eye, 

 and over forty years of prctet ice, a hundred acres 

 a year, and that many hundreds of acres were 

 poorly sown at first." Very few can ever sow 

 from the hand well; but any man or boy who 

 can turn a crank steadily and walk moderately 

 straight can, with the Philadelphia Seed-Sower, 

 scatter the seed far more uniformly than the 

 most experienced expert living can throw it from 

 his hand. Such an implement saves seed, in- 

 creases the crop by covering every part of the 

 ground, without over-crowding anywhere. It 

 saves much time, as it sows four to six acres an 

 hour. Multitudes of practical farmers testify to 

 this from their own experience with it. (Their 

 names and opinions will be sent to any one de- 

 siring them.) Gauge Plates with each implement 

 adapt it to various Field grains. It will bo sup- 

 plied for $6, and sent well packed anywhere. It 

 will be PRESENTED to any one sending eleven 

 subscribers to The Amer. Garden at $1.00 each. 



NICE GARDEN TOOLS FOR LADIES AND 

 CHILDREN. 



Handy ones, and cheap as well as good,— not 

 cast-iron toys, but of the best cast-steel, with 

 good extra polished hard-wood handles. These 

 are all for actual use among the flowers and vege- 

 tables, raking weeds, stirring the soil, etc. The 

 four Implements shown in the engraving, each 



nearly a foot in length, are put up in a Box, and 

 can be sent anywhere, even to the remotest Terri- 

 tory, post-paid, for $1.50 (price, $1.25, if at the 

 office). A set PRESENTED, with carriage pre- 

 paid, for three subscribers to The Amer. Garden 

 at $1.00 each. Two sets for live subscribers. 



A FINE LIBRARY FOR FARMERS- EASILY 

 0BTAINEE FREE: 



A few good books pay a hundred per cent, on 

 their cost in direct information and for continual 

 reference. The following is a good selection for 

 a small Library to start with : 



Allen's New American Farm Eook $2.50 



Henderson's Gardening for Profit 1.50 



Fuller's Small Fruit Culture (New Edition) 1.50 



Henderson's Practical Floriculture 1.50 



Keeping One Cow (or many) 1.00 



$8.00 



The above Five Good Books, well and neatly 

 bound, we will supply and send anywhere, post- 

 paid, for $8.00, or we will Present the whole, post- 

 paid for 17 subscriptions to Amer. Garden at 

 $1.00 each (easily collected in any place). 



N. R. We will supply any one of the above 

 books, post-paid, for the price named ; or, Pre- 

 sent any one or more of them, post-paid, at the 

 rate of $1.00 worth of books for 4 subscriptions. 



dgp= Any other good Agricultural or Horticult- 

 ural Books desired may be substituted or added 

 to the above list, at the same proportional rates. 



BEAUTY, USEFULNESS, AND ECONOMY 

 COMBINED. FOR LADIES. 



A SPLENDID VOLUME, highly ornamental on 

 any table, in any home, and exceedingly interest- 

 ing, yet costing but little as compared with other 

 similar books, is Mrs. Turner's FLOEAL KING- 

 DOM. This is a most Beautiful Book, in green, 

 black, and full gilt binding, in size 11x9 inches, 

 containing 114 pages, on very heavy tinted paper, 

 the pages printed with fine red-hue borders, and in 

 large, clear type. Beginning each page is an exqui- 

 site 3-inch Initial Letter. Each of 326 pages is de- 

 voted to a Flower, giving its Generic and Specific 

 name, its Order, a description of it, its Language, 

 etc., with several choice Poetic quotations concern- 

 ing it. A hundred pages of this work are devoted 

 to "Practical Floriculture," with full direc- 

 tions for cultivating flowers, etc. Two pages con- 

 tain a fac-simile original Poem, by Wm. Ccllen 

 Bryant, and his Introductory Letter about the 

 book,— both interesting Souvenirs. We are happy 

 to be able to supply this Elegant Work for $4.00, 

 sending it post-paid. Or we will Present a copy, 

 post-paid, in return for 8 subscriptions to The 

 Amer. Garden at $1.00 each. 



A FIRST-RATE LAWN MOWER 



PAYS on a very small plot. One that will do its 

 work well and easily, and keep in order and 

 last a dozen years, will cost only a dollar or so 

 a year for interest and wear. Such an one is the 

 Excelsior Lawn Mower, which runs light, cuts 

 neatly, has no noisy ratchet, is quickly adjusted 

 to cut any height, has safety guard to protect 

 trees and shrubbery; has a self-cleaning gear, 

 and cannot clog — an Al machine in every way. 

 We will supply one cutting twelve inches wide 

 for $15 ; or one cutting fourteen inches for $17 ; 

 sixteen-inch cut for $19, eighteen-mch cut for $21. 



We will Present the fourteen-inch cut, the best 

 for general use, for twenty-four subscribers to 

 Amer. Garden at $1 each, or any other size for a 

 proportionate number of subscribers. (To pur- 

 chasers one dollar off the price of any size for 

 each three subscriptions to Amer. Garden.) 



THE GREATEST NUMBER OF LARGE - SIZE, 

 CONVENIENT TOOLS, IN THE SMALLEST 

 SPACE YOU EVER SAW. 



Yes, and for the Smallest Cost ! Just think of 

 a neat Walnut Box, with strong dove-tailed cor- 

 ners and sliding cover, only 3'/< inches wide, 2 

 inches high, and under 7 inches long, and yet 

 containing Three Dozen useful Tools and Imple- 

 ments, of which over a dozen are the full size 

 used by carpenters, such as chisels, gouge, screw- 

 drivers, etc., which have steel blades 4 to 5 

 inches long. All the Tools, as each is wanted, 

 are fastened firmly into a full-size Patent Ad- 

 justable Handle by a turn of a strong metal 

 shank. The Box contains Chisels, Gouge, Screw- 

 drivers, 6-inch Saw and boxwood Rule, Scratch 

 Awl, Pruning Knife (full size), Gimlet ditto, large 

 Tack-lifter, a small steel and ebony Square, and 

 twenty other smaller tools, such as Brad-awls, 

 Hole-makers and enlargcrs generally. Screw- 

 drivers, etc., etc.,— a real "Multum in Parvo," — 

 ALL of which fit the same good hard-wood and 

 metal handle. The whole must be seen and 

 handled to be appreciated. The Tools are good 

 Cast-Steel, not the trashy stuff, of malleable iron, 

 etc., so often sold. THIS SHOULD BE IN 

 EVERY HOUSE. 



The above Family Tool'Box, complete, we will 

 supply for $4.60, and send it, carriage prepaid, to 

 the nearest or remotest point in the United States 

 or Territories. We will PRESENT it for 9 sub- 

 scribers to The Amer. Garden at $1.00 each; or 

 send it, carriage prepaid, lor 10 subscriptions. 



(To a purchaser, $1.00 reduction from the price 

 will be made for each 4 subscriptions sent us.) 



IS 



"TOOL BOX JUNIOR."- A Box of Tools 

 similar to above (6^x2^x2 inches) contains the 

 larger-size Saw, 1 Chisel (ft inch), Gouge, Screw 

 driver, Counter-sink, Tack-lifter, Pruning Blade- 

 Rule, and Gimlet, with the Adjustable Handle, 

 and the 20 little Tools. This we supply for $2.25, 

 carriage prepaid anywhere. Or we will PRE- 

 SENT it, carriage prepaid, for 5 subscriptions to 

 The Amer. Garden at $1.00 each. 



RANDOLPH'S HAND SEED-SOWER, 



' convenient, cheap, effective im- 

 wing all kinds of Garden Seeds 

 evenly, and at any desired depth. 

 Its various slides are quickly 

 changed to adapt it to Beets, 

 Carrots, Onions, Radishes, Spin- 

 ach, etc., down to the very small- 

 est seeds, and it may be used for 

 Corn-planting. Being made of 

 metal, it is 



the United 



States by mail, post-paid, for $1.50. It will be 

 presented at the office for three subscriptions 

 to Amer. Garden at $1.00 each, or forwarded 

 anywhere, postage prepaid, for 2 subscriptions. 



