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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
31 
R. H ALLEN & GO'S 
Abridged Catalogue of 
m Fir 18? 
te ready for disti'ibation, anrt will he st^nt tn ;iil who apply. 
Address P. O. Box 376, New York City. 
My Animal CatftloEtue ol' Ve^iutuble and Flower Seed for 
1877 will be ready by January, and sent free to siU who ap- 
ply ; easterners of last season need not write for it. 1 offer 
one of the largest collections of vegetable seed ever sent 
out by any seed-liouse In America, a large portion of whicli 
were grown on my six seed farms. Priiileil diroctioiis 
for cuKivation on every parcel. All seed sold 
from my estnblishment warranted to be botli fresh and true 
to name; so far that should it prove otherwise, I will refill 
the order gratis. As the original introtlncer of the Hubbard 
and Marlilehead Squashes, the Marblehcad Cabbages, and a 
score of other new vegetables, I inviic the patronage of all 
■%vlio arc anxious to Have tlieir seed fresU, 
true, anil of tlie very best strain. IVEAV 
"VEGETABLES A SPECIAV<TY. 
JAMES J. H, GUEGOIIY, MuiMeliead, Mass. 
NEW FHUITS, 
Dntch Bulbs ; New and Rare Plants, &c. 
Sotrvenier dn Congress ; Heurre d'Assumption ; Pitmastnii 
Dtiche.4se, and otiier new Pears. 
New Peuches, American and Enronean varieties, a large 
stock of Pear and other Fiuit 'Irises, &c. 
Dutch Bulbs— Hyaclntlis.'l'ullps.Lilius, direct from Holland. 
Duchesj* of Edinbnrgli. Pearle de Jarnin, and other n<!W 
Koaes. New anrl Rare Pbmts for winter flowering, &c. 
Catalogues mailed on application.— PlilCES LOW. 
JOH\ SAUL, M ashiiistou City, D. C. 
DOUBLE TUBEEOSE BULBS. 
Superior Size and Q,uallty, 
Bnz. ino 1.000 
First Qualltv Lane Flowcrini: Biilba, $ .75 $1.00 $30.00 
SccoMil Qualltv FlowcriiiL' liiillis, .SO 3.00 30.00 
A few liimilrecl KXI'KA hnigi; lliilbs, l.UO 5.00 
DwiU'f Pciirl, lat, quiillty FloweilnsBillllfl, 1.50 0.00 
If sent by Mail 3.t cents per dozen Kxtka. 
MII>l.ER & HAYES, 
.'»,77-4 Gcriniintowii Ave, Fllilailclpllia. 
KNOX 
Fruit Farm & Nurseries. 
tJRAPIO VINKS, 
STRAAVBISURY PLANTS, 
RASPBERRY ami BI.ACKUK.llR Y PLANTS, 
HYACINTH itiitl otlKi- BtlLBS, 
PRITIT AND ORNAMRNTAL TRKES. 
8 Grape Vines, 5 varieties. for fl.lO 
75 Strawberry I'laiits, r. varletle.H »1.10 
18 Baspborrv Plants, 4 varieties $1.11) 
By mall post-paid. Catalogues free. 
[0f Will lake Marketable Ci>uiiti-y Proeluce 
In fXt'llaii*;e for Trei-s anil Platltsi. 
.1. F. GRIillBS, Box ll.-F, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
MARKET GARDEMNGf. 
TtB General Management: iioot Crops fa verv full account 
of licst methods) ; Market Crops for Small Fanners; The 
Home Kit clien Oardcu ; Gardcnlii'-r Abhrt-vhillons dhe wli'de 
In u nutshoUi : :uul mncli elsf on khiilietl topics in RootM 
Garden DIntnial for 1877. Practical, pointod 
and thorouifU. ind contiiln-i Imil a^ nnn-lMiciUcr as ::;|..ii) 
boolcs on tlu' snl.J''ct. Sent tor 10 cents, wlilcli will l)e allow- 
ed on the ilrst order for seeds. Uoaily Dec. lat. 
J. n. ROOT. Sccil tirower. Kockford, ril3. 
CAMELLIAS, ASALEAS, EOSES, 
AND WlMTIi:il-BLOO:)II\(; I'L.liMS, 
BY MAIL-POSTAOK PAID. 
Send for Catnlocne No. n with Pnpploinent— eontalns two 
hnnilreil ami sixl v-lnnr ecill.'etlons of live, llllei'ii, iiiul twenty 
plants earb. >nur elinlee lor one dollar. .\d<lriHR 
ItOBT. .T. II M.T.in \1'. BiiUliiiorf, M«l. 
LAIUJKST STOflC IV AIIRBICA OV 
European Larch and Evergreen Trees. 
nntbRee.||la!:and1'r:insplanl''d. Allirown linni seeds on onr 
own croiintls, and better and ebeaper Iban Iniporled stock. 
European larch and Evergreen Tree Seeds, 
lie the onnei'. pound or 100 pounds. Scnti for ('atalo^rue. 
ROBERT DUUGLiAS & SONS, WaulccgaM, III. 
SEEDS 
Comtlnea CATALOGUE 
EVERYTHII^G 
FOR THE 
GARDEN 
Numbering 173 pages, with Colored Plate, 
S SENT FREE 
E To our cuet.omers of past years, ancl to 
£ all purcUasera of our books, either 
D Gardening for Profit, Practical floriculture, 
or Gardening for Pleasure, 
(Price $1.50 each, prepaid, by mail.) 
To otliers, on receipt of S.)C. 
I Plain Plant or Seed Catalogues, \vitliont I 
plate, free to all. 
I Seedsmzn, Marlctt Gardeners and Florists, \ 
35 Coptlandt St., New York. 
PLANTS I 
TO THE TRADE, 
AND TO PIjANTERS,— VTe invite you to t?>:aniine our 
stuck of Grape Viues, 'Concords rem rheart); Ains- 
deu's June, Alexander's Early, Steatllv, i^Wzc.) 
and other Peach Trees ; l>oIaware, Thwack. Gan- 
argiia. ^Ntio,s Hiiclilancl Hardy, and trn>- Braiidy- 
TFine Hasiiberries ; Black Naples, La Versailles, 
and other Currants ; (Jsaere Orauue and Conover's 
Colossal Asparauiis, uueand two years; Wild Goose 
Plum : Smilux, Double Tuberose, and Gladiolus. 
All Hiie and low in price. Write for pricts. Address 
A. fiANCE & SON, Nurserymen & Florists, Red Bank, X. J. 
The above cnta show the form and pome of the uses of tlifi 
Sugar Trougli Cronrd. 
I liavc [irown thoni for over 30 years, and used them 
for SUGAR TROUGHS, BUCKETS, BASKETS, 
and vivriuns liousehold purposey. They yrow by the acre, to 
hold an average of fi gallons each, and I exhibiie , one at the 
office of the Jfirnc«/(7;r/se that held Eleven gallons. 
I have grown a larp:e stock of clioicc seeds tliis year, and 
to get my price list Into as many hands as possible, t make 
the following offer: l'"or 25 cis. I will send a plcg. "f (ho 
GOURD, and one of BT^OTCHED and STRIPED 
PETUNIA, PANSY, and DOUBLE ZINNIA. 
Clioiee VERBENA SEED, i."- eis. per pk-. 
Address WALDO F. BROWN, 
Box *2, Oxford, Bntlcr Co., Ohio. 
and kindred topics ireated in a manner of int.ere>t to every 
lover ot flowers, in Root^s Garden niannal lor ]ST7. 
Sent ior 10 cents, wlii.h anionnt will be a. lowed on first 
order fur seeds. lieadv Dee. 1st. 
.y. IS. UOOT, Seed Grower, Ki^ckford. Ills. 
SiVIALL FRUIT PLANTS. 
All Best Viirielies ; vtrv lowe.'it rates, rieasc see some 
prices paK'' :V.(n, Ocl. Xo,. or belter, send for new price list to 
.KHIX S. <oL1|j1\S, Mool^«•s^^^^vn, \. .T. 
PARMLEE*S 
CREtSCENT 
SEEDLING 
has more sterlinp (jnalif lea ttian any other berrv yet olTrred 
to tiie public, prudueinj; over fourteen thousand quarts per 
acre, iQ Held culture, If dlreciluus ari- followed. Seud for 
circular. H. II. SflllTH, West Haven, Con n. 
EOSES FOR THE MILLION. 
1%> Choice Roses by mail for 81 
^ Descriplive lasfn free. 
TYRA .>IONTGOi^lERY, 11 
aiattoon, III. 
POMONA NURSERY. ^^^^^:i^ 
'^nd (vrcat American, liie hi-si 8trawbe^rle^. len arre-. 
i|l liianui/wiiie (^nMiiu-.oi raspberries, yieldei-i In 1S76, 
$4,338. Send for Catalo^'ues. 
WM. PARRY, CltiDamingoD, N.J. 
diaroing Ever-blooming urn & tiouse fiaflis. 
l*iChotce Varieties for !«it, ffforSOc Samples 25<'. 
J.GP.SI7P";.^'rr5bn3'.: .': ? •.cr.3-)nu-r:r.o-:.r.\ 'rir.JSl'.lT.J. 
UEBL' AAU CUKAl'keir UKUUi tli.AlK8 A.VU It.ibKbTS 
> Lb «io. So acki)o»lc.i,:«l by leaJlni; 
Growtra orerywlior* who haro us^l 
Ibom for jean, A.M. IHinlT, EJItor 
" " nilt Iteoonicr, and lareo fruil proitcr, 
i>cliM(er. PJ. T.. WTllf»: " I'urth »■.<■.! 
• ) N. D. BaticxioD'j Crkt«* uiJ Itu- 
•u, »nd miiii (*,T, for oomi*ctiirM. ' 
I duT^ibiliiy, lietitneu. i>"ftt»cM aud fno 
., _ or »ir, 
Uii-irrvvul." Wcl 
r founJ 
t>Mt n 
111 »hftp»>; CraiM *rr lri>! 
M wu^m^B^ -- i..-^-.- .. . inl.hk*!' !>"* l'»'r* n>*'l'I r-aikri 
1 -' WilH^M!SRUSH£i^gJe^ fit ni-ftrlT ftll otl.rrcnuii.C>n b« n<^Mr.1 
rl^XoPfl^Kb^ISSSifl^^^^ <^">" ^T frtfljht Imnir.ila(c1j: dr'ft 
t r tri'h orrlfF. QrratMt utIlfketlOB Knkrnnl'<-<l. .TJ qtCraUt, e.-'mp'rH-,': ' '- 
l>. .-. I-Jlo. wt.lo, i:>>^ln.lilcli,81,;C. ; oil qt CniiM, III In, lone, I.'^'n- •"'' - 
1. 1 III h.gMn; .Ti) iit, Crul". •ompirt*, 5( In. lotiff. lOln. wliIc.inHln l.lcli, |1 
gmut 1IU.AUU, $l&i>«rl,UUU; Ptut BuluU, llupw l.OCiC^la anjqtuuitiUaa. 
1-J 
THE BALDWIN CUTTER 
is tlie hiti^X In nmrket fur 
HAT, STRAW, AND STALKS. 
9 sizes. Hum rjlS u ^^Ju, lur iia.iu or puwc. Our new cir- 
cular Is just issued. Address, witli htanip, 
R. H. ALLEN & CO., 
p. O.Boxre. isa &, 191 Water street. 
NE1V YOltK. 
Also Improved Root Cutters, Corn Shellers, and 
every v^uieiy ol Agricult'l Im pleuiKuto it Machines. 
WINDOW and WINTER 
BI..OOIHINO PLAXTS. 
■ispeeinlty. Send 25e,. for a paper nf Splected GERMAN 
PANST Seed, containing Pure White, Tlc- Iwo .N.w 
Blacks and Eleven other vaneLi.-c, Senu addrc=s for 
-New L'iitalo;:ue in Jan. Oniy lieiail Trade 
PilAY'S GKEK.\Ht>L»E.S, Ceutriil Fulls, R. I. 
Cahoon's Broadcast Seed-Sower 
is tlie only pracilcal Broadcast Grain and 
Grass-Seed So-^ver known. 
It '9 now sold in all ^rain-irrowinir ronntries. The ITnntl- 
Maehine will sow 50 acres of wheat, or 3ii acres of -ira^s-seed 
in 10 houre, and do the work far better tlian ti can he done 
hy anv other means whatever. These machines have been 
nhifofndy sold for the past 10 years for $iiO a piece, hut now 
we have Vednced the price to $5 a piece, and our sales have 
already increased astonisliinirlv. Send stamp for circular. 
GOODELL COMPANY, 
Pole Manufacturers, Antrim, N. H. 
HolbrooK'S"VETO" SEED DRILL & "SEW" 
Hand CuUivntor eow and euUJvate all 
kinds vegetables. Uowurkyfii 
men. Bi'si and ch.apust. 
Price cjl'J.So (joiiil>iiied. 
mwm ti 
steel Teeth. 
CirculusFroo. Mads byE. E. LT7U!<T72£ CO.,Eostos,Uaa. 
Matthews' Gardoii Seed Drill, 
Matthews.' Hand Cultivator, 
Matthews' Drill and Culti- 
vator eoiuhhied, snrpa,--s aii 
otlier-. Send for circular before 
von hnv. Mannfaetnied onlv by 
EVERETT & SMALL, 
Boston, Mass. 
Holbrook's " New Kegulator " Seed Drill 
*" SowB all khuls uf Vcpelnblo 8oids willi rpniiiarily. 
The STA^iOAun machine. Ki:.moijki.fh tor l,s75. 
Coinbhics tho bewt points ever rnnhioed. Sini- 
^ple. durable, «?a.«i€sr hcuulhd, OV]l.'S WHITE 
SKKD CONlurcTOR SUOWS 
LTHKSKKn DRoiTINO. Give 
Isatislaclion. Cireiilars Free 
f Mfldebv E.E.Ll'MMU8SCo. 
" *JU S.Market SU Bafitoti,Ma&» 
Yon want the IWsi. Send for Circulars 
the "Common Sense "Stalk. Hay, 
Straw and Vegetable Cutter. 
The '■ A. n. C." Victor Corn Sheller and Cob Separator. 
The " rri7.e " Churn. Over :'.0,000 in uae. 
The'* A. B. C." Aninuil I'oke.— Highest award ntContennhil. 
The Level Tread Horse Power. do. 
Ice T'toH of e\'<Tv description. 
A. D. COHr, Mauuf.. 197 AVator St., N. Y. 
THE NEW YORK PLOW CO. WORKS, 
Newark, N. .T.— ,-.5 Bcelcman St., N. V., 
Manufacture latest Improved Iniphnients. Send for Uliis- 
tratr-d CirenlaiM. A n.-w Line .-1 Hard .Metal (Adamant) 
^low^^. iidjustahlo Iteanis. 
GALE'S VEGETABLE CUTTEES 
■wJll cut by band one to two hnnhels. and 
by power ten bushc's per minute. Price, 
$10 to $10. Not to paid for until trial Hnd 
found f^allsfartoi-y. ('IreMl-us fr.-e. 
Also the hrMt . Soll-fredinff Mny* 
Straw, and Corn Stnik Cutters. 
"A.idiesV \VAi;UI-.N (.ALfcl.s ESlAI K, 
Clih-opee I- alls. Ma^s . 
BOCARDUS'S PATENT 
Universal Eccentric Mills 
fnr Giindiiiff Roups. Pot SlioIN, Orr«. Olil Crnri- 
bios. Vive riny.<;imno». Oil «'nlii-. Frrd, Corn 'i"l 
roll. Tobncoo, Siuifl". Siisnr. Sulls. Rools. Splrrs, 
(ollrr. roooiiniit. Tomnroi-s, iSnw-diist. FInx 
Sro<l. Asbpslos, Mirn. Horn. I'l'- . n'l'l "hil.vir .aii 
n,,i \.v L'l.'iiiui in "Th.-r MiiN. Also lor Pnint8, Printers' 
Inks, Pnstrt ninckinit. ^'f- 
.loll.N w . llinNlMiN. Snri'o.«-:or to.T,4MF.s r.ooAiinrs. 
Cor. While unci i:lln Sts., Now York. 
ItIRV ERS & JlliLEl it'onimis.lon Itlprohants 
In POTATOES, oltlior for Consnmptlon or Seed. 
S3 JIUKKAT St, Nkw r.iKK. 
