1877.] 
AMERICAN AGi-RICULTUR,IST. 
151 
Shakers' Garden Seeds. 
Tme and Genuine. Fresli and Reliable, 
One of the oldest seed firms in the coautry. Seeds sent 
by mail Postage free. Special prices and termsto Grangers. 
" The excellence of the Shakers' Garden Seeds is generally 
admitted."— £W» Am. AgricicUurist. 
Illustrated and descriptive Catalogue of Vegetable and 
Flower Seeds Free- 
Address CHARLES SIZER, 
Hlonnt JLebanoii, Col. Co., \, Y. 
Conlaina over 1,200 varieties Vegetable and 
Flower Seeds. COI.OBED PI,ATES. Elegant 
iTOod-cuts of vegetables and flowers. Hanilsomest 
Guide PnbliAbed ! S^" Send for it. 
D ETROIT SEED CO., Detroit, Mich. 
GRATIS— A Fifty Page CATALOGUE, 
Showing WHAT and HOW to PLANT; describintr all the 
valuable new early and late PEACHES, and new long^keep- 
Ing Winter Apples. Pears. Quinces. Grapes. Small rruits. 
Evergreens, Ornamental Trees, and Shrubbery. A l:trge 
Btock of lUl items usually found in a FIIIST-CLASS NUII- 
SKliT, all of which will be sold for less than half the usual 
retail price. Catalogue mailed gratis to all applicants. 
Apples and Peaches. Trees bv mail. No charge for packing 
or postage. 75 varieties of apples to select irum, including 
my popular list of long keepers. Spc ( 'atitloirne. 
Randolph peters. 
Great Northern and Souclieni Nuiserit-s. 
Wilmington. Delaware. 
Establiislietl 
1831. 
THE ALBANY SEED STORE 
PRICE A- KXICKEIlllOCKEi;, Successors to 
Reliable Seed by Mail. Send arUlress on n postal 
card lor uur iilu^ii:iu-d iMtaluiiiu'. *t6 p:^f;Gs, '-'Sil illustratious. 
80 State St., Albany, N. T. 
"YOr Wllil. MISS IT." 
If yon do not send for Rogers's collections. 10 pkts. of 
choice Kitchen Garden Seeds for 30 cts. 7 pkts. of choice, 
most showy, and desirable varieties of flowers, for 25 cts. 
Either collection sent post-paid on receipt of price. Both 
collections, including extra inducements, for 50 cts. North- 
ern grown seeds. Beet quality. Fresh and true to name. 
Address all orders. ROGERS BROS., 
(P. O. B. 179.) Cape Vincent. N. T. 
CHESTER COUNTY MAMMOTH CORN 
Lareef proiiflc* sound, and early matured. Pro- 
nouncea by Judges the best Field Corn raised. The seed 
we are now supplying our custumt-rs bus been selected for 
many years, and produced 
104 & 110 bushels Shelled Corn per Acre. 
We select nnlr the larpest, best formed, and earliest ears 
for at^ed, all shelled by hand, the small end of evcrv ear be- 
Idk discarded. Farmers! It will pav to plant tills corn. 
Prices, 50c. per lb., post-paid ; |2.5(> !-< bus. ; f4 per bus. ; f 7 
for two bus. 6 sample pkts. Field Seeds for two S-cent 
stamps. Fur further particulars send for our 
1877 Seed Catalogue Free. 
The beRt and most reliable Garden, Field, and 
Flower Seeds at low priccn. Also Choice PLANTS, 
TREES, and BLOODED LITE STOCK. 
BENSON & BURPEE, 
Seed IVareliousc, '223 Church St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
YOU WILL MISS IT 
If you don't jr<'t onr Catnlocrni^ of Choice Flow^er Seeds* 
b'fnre Iniviiiff spod. We sell Flower Seed nt pre- 
cisely one-half the nsnal rates. At:tirnltnr;il li<ii>ks 
and Papers as ineuiiiiins I" chilw. .-iiv lUn-^lratfTi (itTHlocnc 
forlSTTfor st;iuip. Burleicli *fc Bro., ri;uiirield, d'un. 
U 
^SEED WAREHOUSE^ 
, T4I STATE STREET. , 
IGARDEN SEEDS. 
RL. Scnlthorp, Port Hone, Onf „ Cnnnda, Denier and 
• lirower ol clie foUowlnc kinds of I'ms: Mcl.eiins 
•' Little Ooin " : ■■ Le\-on Alpha" : " Earlv Kent" ; "York- 
shire Hern"; " !!lne Tinperial"; "Cliannnon of Fnpland, 
EVERT LOTER ol Good FrHit«,«lionld invest one 
cent In a postal eard. and send to ,T(IHN S. COLLINS 
Wd get nis Catalogue ot Fruits, or see page 114 (March No.). 
SEEDS 
Combined CATALOGUE lOT 
OP 
EVERYTHING 
FOB THE 
GARDEN 
Numbering 175 pages, with Colored Plate, 
SENT FREE 
To our customers of pastyears, and to 
ail purciiasers of our boolis, either 
Gardening for Profit, Practical Floriculture, 
or Gardening for Pleasure, 
(Price $1.50 each, prepaid, by mail.) 
To others, on receipt of 25c. 
Plain Plant or Seed CatJiloffues, T-vithotit 
plate, free lo aU. 
Seedsmen, Market Gardeners and Florists, 
35 Cortlandt St., New York 
"plants I 
THE FIiOWER~GARDEN 
find kindred topics treated in a manner of infere.-t to every 
lover ot flowers, in Root's Garden Manaal lor 1S7;. 
Sent for 10 cents, wliich unioiuit will bt; iUlowed on first 
order lur sefds. Readv Dec. 1st. 
J. B. ROOT, Seed Grower, Rockford, Ills. 
'^ Will be j 
ailed to 
. appli- 
cants on re- 
eipt ol'as cts. 
liisiBone of the 
larpcPt CATALOCrns 
, publiflied; contnins 
about 250 pages, over 
, 6001inoenpravlnpB.2clc- 
pant colored plate?, and 
.rives fall descriptions, prices 
' antl (lircctlonB for plantii'c: 
over 12110 varieti'^s of Vecetable 
and Flower Seeds, BeddinpPlants, 
Rosea, &c., and is invcliinble to 
rmer. Gardener & Florist. Address, 
D. M. FERRY 5: CO., Detroit, Uirh. 
Our Abridged Priced Catalogne FREE to all Applicaflts, 
$ ONE DOLLAR. $ 
Spooner's Gardening Guide for I 87 7, 
And Spoouer's speeiil eonei-tio'i, 30 varicries flioire 
Flower Seeds, or 25 varieties S' lected Vecetable 
SeedSi mailed to anv arldress on reeeipt of .$1 f^d; The two 
collections to one atldres'5 for $1 75; iHnstratcd Guide free 
to applicants. Address, WM, H. Spooner, Boston, Mass. 
TIioroHfflibred Improved 
Yellow Danvers Onion Seed. 
Sent bv mail, 10 rts. per pacTcasre. $'?.fiO per 
lb. Five lbs. or over, at $).."0. ifsont bv ex- 
press. HKXRY LAXR. " 
Cornwall. Tt. 
Seed Potatoes 
A SPECIALTY. 
Standard Tarieties— Early Rose. Snowfl.alce, &c., &c.,— all 
selected stock, in fine order, at lowest each prices. 
Send orders to T. C. DAVENPORT. 
107 & 12-3 Dock St.. Philiidelplila. 
POTATOES 
SEEPS, 
PLANTS, 
BUT.BS, 
Ac. 
All 
Warrnnted 
flrMr-rln«H 
and KOiininc. 
iiowdiikp Potatoes, extra nice fleeil. $6.0T 
nerhhi. Onion Reed, from flnt'st selrrted 
-lock- Red Olohp, per lb. $1.2.5; Yellow 
Danvers. fl.^.n lb.; v:]\\tr Globe. $2,''.il lb. 
It post paid. 10 extra c-lioire viir. Flower 
Peerla, $1 00. :::Orlioirc var. Veirernble R(>eds. 
$' on. Strawberrv Plants, all the leaflinj: 
rar..2Scts. floz.. It1.25 hnnri. 12 cboiee var. 
Olndiolne Rnlbs. $1.00. The ahov nil sent 
nn^t-pald at prl'-f's nanr'd. AVIU warrant 
fb** snfo nrrtr-l rif ovrrv p-ielcaTc, Adrlress 
TR. B. JENNIXGS, Roiithport, Conn. 
500 Varieties of Potatoes, 
thr lnrcrn>Jt rolh-niinn In the -Wn-ld. for whlrh 
THE OUAND CENTENNIAL FKTZE MEHAT. 
nnrl Diploma wnre nwardetl. fine Tnber of eaeh Variety, 
corrertiv labelf-rl. (^arefnllv parked. Evprec'stc''' or Postage 
nro.paid. for JlOfl. Taralncno of Peeda. Pntatoe-j, Small 
Frnits. &r.. fi-cp. Address P. HT. 14KX,\''1KR. 
Nf^v Ca^tlo. 1Vr<!«rlir«!frr Co.. W V. 
niahopRc Seedlinsr 'l"" '■f'' 
^ and nio-:t Proflnctivc variety. 
1.994 pounds trrown fmni one pound. One pound. $1 
3 lbs., $2. bv mall. poRt-pnld. For pnrttr'nlirs sepd for our 
lUustrated'Cataloeiif of nli tho Vr-vr nnd V.c-^t varieties. 
HA'SVKTN'S & rOF.KISH. Goshen. N. T. 
S^VRRT POTATO S^"EI>— T>1.,\NT<5. 
Seed from 3ii nere.s. 4 kinds. S lbs., mftll.?!: 3peckc.':T- 
pres'i. $!.r;0. Low bv bbl. Write for clrcnlar. O.OOO.IXW 
plants in May. This fny onlv bnelnpflo. „ 
"W. "W. RATHBOSE, Marietta, 0. 
SEED 
r POTATOES 
Prickly Comfrey. 
This is a new ana vaiaable fodder plant, said to produce 
from 80 to 100 tons per acre. See Am. AgricuUuTH'it for 
January. 1877. 
Price of sets per doz., 75c.; per 100, $4.00; per 1,000. $30.C0. 
Golden Millet. 
(Ai.SO CALLEU GERMAX.) Si per Bushel. 
R. H. ALLEN & CO., 
NEW YORK. 
F, O. Box 376, ISO ci: 191 AVater St. 
PRICKLY COMFREY. 
The Best Fodder Plant in the World. 
Yields enormously; grow.s anywhere; withstands cold, 
heat and drouth, and units all kinds of stock. 
Sets, $1 per 100, or $30 per thousand. 
Agents wanted out of Xew Yoric Stnte. 
„ „ „ C. E. ASHBCltNER, 
P. O. Box 13. Kichmoud, Ta. 
GRAPE VINES. 
Also Trees, Small !Fmits» &c. Wholesale rates 
very low to ^surssurvmeii, JjealtTs:. uuii larjic i'liuiters. 
bend sUiiup for Descriptive Lisr. Price List free. 
T. S. HUBBARD, Frcuuuia.X. T. 
GRAPES 
YOU WANT A "LADY" 
to make Ton happy ! The finest lar^e, extra early, 
WHITE GJtAPB ktiown. Ripens middle -d" August. 
Hardy, hialthy, productive, and everywhere reliable. 
Nine years tested and approved by the bo>i Horticulturists 
in the' Union. Stronc one rear plants $l.."iO siusle; $15 doz. : 
$100 per 100. O-years plants, $2smRle; $->0do?;. ; $150 per 100, 
pre-paid, by mail or express. Circulars and price-list of 60 
Tarieties of Grapes free. 
GEO. W. CAMPBELL, Delaware, Ohio. 
STEBlLiIiVC}, TOE BEST! 
Get it as a present with your monev's worth of Grape 
Vinos, Currant BnsUca, Easpberrv or Strawberry Plants, 
or Prime Danver's Onion Seed at $1.50 per lb., post-paid, 
AMiolesale and Retail Catalogues Free. 
S. J. ALLIS, Erie. Pa. 
Grape Vines. 
^rotr?} (><;neci'7?h/ for the trade and planters in q}tit7ititJj. 
COXCORD Onroe stn.k chtinn.mviTtXiTt-, Delaware, 
IVES, Hartford Prolific, Clinton, SAL.EM, 
Wilder, Affawnni, Tavlor, etc., eie. Alsu it laryc 
assortment ut NEW varieties;. Qualitv best. Prices low ! 
A descJ^iptive catalogue mailed a!l tippficajitx. 
A. HANCE & SOX. 
X'irf!er)/7}ifit & Finrisi.'i. Red Bank, N. J. 
Plants of Best Quality. 
Largest Assortment 
of old arid new Vrti' iiis. 
Grmr/.v reduced Prices. 
Corresi^oiuhMice solicited. 
Price list free. Address 
BUSH & SON & MEISSKER, 
BUSHBERG, Jefferson Co., Mo. 
CONCORD and IVES GRAPE TIXES. 
No. 1, 1 yr., $1"! per 1,000 ; 3 vt. or cxtrn. $32 perl ,000. 
fi. A. r.lEIIL, Alton, 111. 
GEAPE VINES. 
1f\rtf\ AAA <^^ Concord, 1 vear. $15 to I^^O per 1.000 ; 2 
jUvU^UUvF \ ear, $ii to $J0'. All other varieties cheap. 
DR. H. SCILRODER, Bloomins;toii, 111. 
Be ready for the Potato Bugs, by 
petihiK this ariicle for applvinB 
Paris ^'rt■l.■n which the -4"). Jgri- 
rullurist.Aug. Ko.. t-avs Is " one of 
ilio best thev have seen, and one 
vvhich teems" to meet all the re- 
quirements of pafelv to the opera- 
tor, case of applicallbn, low cost of 
apparatus, and economv of mate- 
rial." Price $1.00. Aaciilfirauted 
in evrri/ town. Price-list of .'^eeds 
DAVID i:."N\"OOD, Morrlsvllle, Vt. 
The New Potato Violet Flora. 
Tl.la ia .1 Rport from Itie Compton'« Surpiisc; »lzo modlnra 
to larsc t'n.wing s.iiootli : eyea lew iind Bmnll, oven '^■"1' "i" 
inrr-icf slnnc oval, eomewliat fliiltcncd; skill mldlsll- 
r ,rnU.,-n"' '^whlt-rinoulv. Very pr-dnrllvo, Tl,r tnl...ra 
crow roTi p:i<-llv In tl.o Hill, rlprnl"R In tl>i.c monlhs Bt 
mTi . pmn RO p^d, one p. nnj »l.O..; tl.r.-c pound,, ,3.0(5. 
Address 
Ti cnnirllnUc. Alplm, r.irly Pnmpon, t.nrly Ohio, Kuliy, 
o^lrTrrta &lv\Vrm.inf, 31bs,,pmNpald,oreU.orvar.. 
■" -I T'nct mid forJlfin E. B, .1 t-N.M-Nu>, 1 l,ini (E 
" £l Tn nm?.'r!nS rool": I J"--! f rowrr. Sou.liport, Conn . 
T:^ A T5 UTO In the hest pnrt of Mnrylnnd. at panic 
F AKIKLb priros. Good i.oclet>jl.rl,ools oharchei, 
pVi r o'lKt. ;iddrr»s Maxtha & C.insnx. ronlri-vilh-. Md. 
FOR SAI.E.-KiBht hnndred nnd "fyf'T,?.?.'!*; 
(;ioni-i"t"i Connlv \»v ,I.TM-v,nn rond from Wllllams- 
,own o nin'p Ben, no:;f Knllro.d l-tw,^rn I'hlladolpl.la and 
Vinrland. Addr.-«.) THOMAS A. BUPn, >o. -1. West 
Waglilnirton Sqnai-e. riiiladelphla. 
email Frnit Plttnt. a Soprlaltr. Good .tock. low 
ft prices. See page lU (March No.) JOH^ 8. COLLl.Vb. 
