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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[January, 
The Nineteenth Annual EnrrroN of our celebrated 
Seed Catalogue and AinatnuN Collide to tlic 
Flower and KitcUcn Garden, containing upwards 
of 200 pMees, including several hundred finely executed en- 
gravings of favorite flowers and vegetables, and a beau- 
tifully colored cluomo, wiiha supplement for 
IS7-lr, is now in press, and will be mailed (o all applicants 
upon receipt of 25 cents. An edition elegantly bound in 
ClOtll $1.00. 
BLISS'S GARDENER'S ALMANAC""! 
Abridged Catalogue, illustrated, contains upwards of 
100 pages, find embraces a monthly calendar of operations 
and a price-list of all the leading Garden, Field, and 
Flower Seed^, with brief directions for their culture. 
A copy will be mailed to all applicants inclosing a three- 
cent stamp. Address 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
Bios. 33 Park Place and 30 Murray St., 
P. O. Box 5713. New York. 
Jly business is to supply, what every good farmer Is anxious 
to Kcfe the very bexl of vegetable seed. I prow a hundred 
and lilty kinds on my four seed farms, right und'T my own 
eye. makine new vegetables a specialty, Leslies importing 
their choicest varieties from European growers. A fine 
selection of flower seed, home-grown and imported, will 
also he found in my Illustrated Catalogue. It will be ready 
by January, and Bent free to all applicants. My customer's 
of last year will receive it without writing for it. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marbleliead, Mass. 
"choice seeds7~ 
Sent free to our customers, and to all others on receipt of ! 
two2-cent stamps for the postage. 
HOVEY «!fc CO., 
53 North Market St., Boston, Mass. 
C. PLATZ & SON, Erfurt, Prussia, 
Seedgrowers, Nnrserymun, and Purveyors to the Emperor 
of Germany, wish to inform the pnbiicihut tie iv new Cata- 
logue Of Seeds to now rendy, and, on application, will be 
sent, free ot charge and post-paid, to any part 01 the United 
States, etc. 
J. M, THORBUEN & CO,, 
15 JOHN ST, NEW YORK, 
Will mail upon application their 
New Catalogue or Vegetable aud 
Agricultural Seeds for 1874. 
New Garden A' Flower Seeds. 
tf.'^mo 1fi4J Catalogue sent, without 
K Ul B o ! '*• writing for It, to all customers 
ot la~t year. lTree. Sent to all otn rs on receipt ol postage 
stamp. Address tlEVIli E. VCKEIt, 
Seed Grower, Woouuridge, N. J. 
Hawley's Seed Catalogue. 
NEW ( ROP GENUINE H ETHERSFIELD 
ON. ON SEED. 
R. r>. H^WLEY'S 
Annual Illustrated Catalogue of Fresh and Genuine Weth- 
erstield (Conn.) Garden and Farm Seeds for 6pring of 1S74 
will he ready early in January to send free to all applicants. 
tW Choice Stock. Moderate rates. Prompt delivery. 
Address R. D. HAWL.EY, 
Seed and Agricultural Warehouse, Hartford, Conn. 
^MATEUR^r 
To He Flower ant Kitchen Garden. 
28tn Edition now ready, enlarged and improved, and 
containing a magnificent New Colored Group of 
Flowers, besides hundreds of engravings, descriptive 
price-list of 3,000 varieties of choice Flower and Vegetable 
Seeds, Hare Gladiolus, Lilies, Tuberoses, etc., with lull 
directions for their culture. The most perfect work of the 
kind before the public. £^~ Sent Free upon receipt ot two 
stamps. Address 
WASHBURN & CO., Boston, Mass. 
One Dollar's worth of Plants and Seeds 
GIVEN AWAY 
To every Subscriber to the Flnri^Vs Friend and Famil'f 
Visitor, A monthly Journal of 16 page-. Ediied bv Mrs. 
S. O. John.-on (Daisy Fyebright), and published by Chas. A. 
Reeser. 
Yearly Subscriptions $1.25, with the privilege of selecting 
One Dollar's worth of Plants or Seeds, at Catalogue rates, 
as a Premium. Floriculture, Horticulture, Home Adorn- 
ments, Pursuits, and Pleasures, will all be discussed in its 
pages. January number now readv, free to applicants. 
My illustrated Catalogue of Plants and Seeds for 1874 (100 
pages), with a packet of choice Pansy Seed, sent on receipt 
of ten cents. Address 
CHAS. A. 
REESER, 
Pleasant villc. 
CHOICE SEEDS. 
Market Gardener's Stools 
FOR EARLY PLANTING. 
>C. Per pkt., 15c. 
.Per oz., 
Fottler's Brunswick Cabbage. 
True Jersey Wakefield do 75c. 
Boston Market Dwarf Celerv " 50c. " 10c. 
" " Hotbed Lettuce... " 50c. " 10c. 
White Spined Hotbed Cucumber.. " 50c. " 10c. 
Our new Seed Catalogue for 1874 will be 
ready February let. Free to all applicants. 
Address SCHLEGEL, EVERETT & CO.. 
16 South Market St., Boston, Mass. 
TO THE 
SEED TRADE. 
1IIADE LIST, FOE PEALEKS ONLY, 
mailed to applicants. 
J. PI. THOREURtV & CO., 
15 John Street, New Yorlc. 
100,000 Fruit Trees. 
Apple, 2 In :, vr., $16 to $r>0 ¥> M. Pear, St., 2 yr., $70 ^ M. 
Tear Hoot Grafts, $16 ¥* M. Evergreens, etc.. etc. Good 
.-to.'-. Price-list free. H/VRVEV CURTIS, 
Owego Nursery, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
200,000 Apple Seedlings, 
Two-year-old— fine. Sample sent to applicants. 
STEPHEN HOYT & SONS. New Canaan, Ct. 
Essex Pigs 
R to 16 weeks old. As fine as any in the country. Heady for 
shipping. A few Sows in Pig at fair prices. 
Berkshire Pigs 
All ages. BE^T BLOOD. Warranted Pure. 
A few very line Sowb in Pig at fair prices. 
All warranted thorough-bred. 
FOR SO DATS 
To reduce stock I will sell young pijrs, 8 weelc9 old, or 
more, of either breed, for $10 eaeii : older pigs, Including 
bows in pig, for 15 Cents per pound. Cash to accompany 
order ; balance will be returned, if oyer, or collected CO. 
u., ii short. 
L. A. CHASE, 
246 Broadway, New York. 
Michigan State Agricultural College, 
The nest term opens with examination lor admission 
FEBRUARY 25th, 1874. 
For Catalogue*, or for any particulars, address 
GEO. T. FAIRCH1LD, /Yes. protein. 
at 25c, 50c, and $1 each. 
Cut Flowers 
OF 
CARNATION PINKS, 
White and carmine (in quan- 
tity), for Bouquet-Makers and 
others, at $2 per 100. Sent by 
wail, prepaid, at 30c. per doz. ; 
$2.25 per 100. Sample mailed to 
all who send 10 cts. 
Beautiful Bouquets, by mail, 
Insured from frost. 
iv;., juu, iimyn 1..1111. Ji^nu'ii 1111m until. 
CHAS. T. STARK, Avondale, Chester Co., Pa. 
Verbena, Blotched Petunia, & Balsam 
Choice seed of tln-se beautiful flowers— 25 cts. for the three 
pkgs. " Beautiful Cliromo Premiums for clubs. "J50 varieties 
uf wan anted seeds described. Sugar Trough GoUfd, 25 cts. 
pci- pkg. Liherian Cane-Seed, 10 cts. per lb., 4 lbs. $1. 4 lb&.. 
Mammoth Dent Corn, $1. Post-paid by mail. Jan. No. of 
Quarterly Catalogue free. Address 
WALDO P. IJR.OWN, 
Box 15, Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio. 
IW. JIOBCKflS, SO «rojMlway, 
-*• New York. Established 1*57. Agent for LI). 1. 
DICKINSON, Chatenay, France. Best Pear Seed and Plant 
Stuck imported. Send lor Catalogue. 
I^liOVR ( <H£> produces well, makes fine 
flour like wheat. Put up in large packages for seed, 
and sent by mail for 25 cts. by 
HOKTON & CltANE, Bloomiugburgh, N. Y. 
DEXTER TROTTING CIRCULAR.— 
The only method ever discovered that will make all 
kinds ol horses and colts trot fast, with immediate increase 
of speed. Price onlv $1.00, with 2,000 references. Address 
P. O. VAN HOESEN, Box 6,033, New York City. 
Fleetwood Farm, 
Near Frankfort, Ky., 
THorongli-l»rcd Horses, Trotting Stot-lc. Im- 
ported Aldcrneys, SouUi Down Sheep, etc. 
J. W. HUNT REYNOLDS. 
(State where you saw this advertisement.) 
Ayrshire Heifer, 
One year old; from celebrated prize herd-book animals; 
beautifully shaped and marked. Price (100. Eor pedigree, 
etc., address J. D. S., Box 14"., P. O., Jamaica, L. I. 
JERSEY CATTLE. 
essex ness. 
For s:ile by 
G.W. FARLEE 
CresskllL X. J. 
BRONZE TUKKEl'S- descended from 
stock weighing &! lbs. the (Jail". 
JERSEY CATTLE AND BLACK BASS. 
Address \V. CLIFT, Mystic Bridge, Ct. 
THE POULTRY WORLD, 
Do not subscribe for any work on poultry until you have 
Been this. It is the largest, finest illustrated, and best pe- 
riodical on poultry. Monthly. $1.25 per year. Address 
POULTRY WORLD, 
IIAHTFORD, CT. 
THE American Staniukd of Excellence 
for Exhibition Poultry. Indispensable 'o poultry 
breeders. It governs the awards at exhibitions. Sent, 
post-paid, for 50 rts. 
Wrioiit's New Work on Pori/TRY, containing 50 superb 
platw in colors. Published in 85 nos. Issued semi-monthly. 
Price 50 ets. per no., sent carefully wrapped, post-paid. Tits 
one no. for a sample, and Bee the finest work of the kind ever 
attempted. Address It. H. Stoddard, Hartford, Ct., pub- 
lisher of Tin-: Pormnv Would. 
Light Brahmas, rkScL. 
r,0 choice Standard L. B. Chickens for Bate at $1.60 each ; 
bred from most noted and reliable stock. 
Also a lew fine Houdnn and i». Cochin Cockerels at $3.00 
each. Offered thus low to meet tne times and for want of 
room. A. M. CAREY, Belln's t.i.>\-c, P». 
»I'l£i:.lCKl^l» DAKK SE1J ABULIA 
fowls for sale by H. S. KOUNTREE, Platteville, Wis. 
