1865.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Rare and Beautiful 
FlOAVcrs. 
B. K. BLISS, 
SEEDSMAN, ETC., SPRINGFIELD, MASS., 
would respectfully invite the attention of all lovers of Flow- 
era to the lollowins choice assortments of 
French aod Oeriuan Flower Seed«, 
saved by tlie most successful European cultivators, contain- 
in" only the most beautiful varieties in packages, in which 
are enclosed four, six. elglit, ten or more separate papers, 
each containing seeds of a diffeient color or variety ol the 
same plant. 
French and German Asters. Kose and Camellia Howered 
Balsams, German, Ten Week, Intermediate and Bromptou 
Stocks. Larkspur, Alpine Plants, Dianthns. Everlasting Flow- 
ers HolUiiocKS Iponiea, Jacobea, Lupins, Marvel of Peru, 
Nemopliiia. Ornamental Grasses, Ornamental Gourds, Portu- 
lacca. Petunias, Scliizantluis, Pansies, Scabiosa, Tropceoluni, 
Wallflowers. &c., &c. 
Amon" the improved varieties of Florists* Flowers, the 
quality of the foUowiui; cannot be surpassed : Auricula, Cin- 
eraria, Calceolaria, Cockscomb. Carnation and Picotce 
Pinks Fuchsias. Geraniums. Gladiolus. Gloxinia, Mimulus, 
English and New Fancy Pansies, Polyanthus, Petunias, (Jlii- 
nes'c Primi-ose, Stocks. Perfection and Auricula Uowered 
Sv/cet Williams, &c., &c. 
All of the seeds named In the Cataloirue will be mailed 
post-paid to any address in the loyal States, upon receipt of 
the price alfixed. 
Thk Elkventh Editiox of his celebrated Seed Cata- 
logue and Guide to the Flower AND Kitchen Gadden. 
beautifully illustrated, will be mailed to all applicants en- 
closing -'3 cents. Address as above. 
Choice Seed. 
With the return of another season I would invite the at- 
tention of the public to my Annual Catalogue of reliable 
Garden Seed, including over 200 varieties, many of which are 
of my own raising. I would call particular .attention to the 
following list ol new, rare or very desirable vegetables: 
L'annou Ball Cabbage (new, early, the heads arc as round 
and about as hard as a cannon ball) ; Marblehead Mammoth 
brumhead Cabbage (tlie largest in the world)— Stone Mason 
Cabba-'e cthe best of all winter cabbages, put up in half oz. 
packages, and sold bv tha pound if desired)— Learmand's 
Slammoth Cauliflower (the largest of all ;— Mammoth 
French Squash (weiglis from 100 to 260 Ibs.j— Mammoth 
Sweet Corn (the largest sort known, selected Irom ears 
weigliln" from two to three pounds, very sweet, excellent 
fur the table)— Yokohoma Squash (new from Japan)— Amer- 
ican Turban Squash (new, the dryest, sweetest and best of all 
fall squashes, first rate)— Striped Gaudaloupe Egg Plant 
(quite ornamental)— New York extra large purple Egg 
Plant (the lar;;est of all varieties)— Ornamenliil Kale (several 
varieties in one package ; flne lor either the flower or kitcli- 
en "-arden)- Pierce's American Cauliflower {the standard 
late sort in Boston Market)— Early Paris Cauliflower (im- 
ported seed, the best early sort)— Waite's New Alma Cauli- 
flower (a popular new English variety)— Early White Japan 
Melon (new, very sweet, fine)- Ward's Nectar Melon (tlic 
sweetest, spiciest, best of all the green fleshed varieties)— 
Caterpillar Plant (a curious vegetable ; several varieties in 
one package)- Vegetable Snails (another natural curiosity). 
Each of the above at 25 cents per package. Forty Days' 
Corn (extra early, about 10 days earlier than Darling a 
Early)— Mexican Sweet Corn (the sweetest of all varieties of 
tahlecorn)— Golden Sweet Corn (an early, prolific, sweet 
table corn, of a bright golden color, fine)- Hubbard Squash 
Seed((r»e.- I introduced this)— Cow or Tree Cabbage (for 
stock)— Yard Long Bean— Extra Early York Tomato (very 
earlv, very proliflc, of good size and excellent quality)— 
Cook^s Favorite Tomato (a very early apple tomato, prolific, 
of excellent quaiitv)— Yellow Lupins (the plant so highly re- 
commended for subsoiling in a recent Patent Oflice Ueport 
—also liigbly ornamental)— Tom Thumb Pea (very early, 
erows 10 inches high, very productive)— Drew's New Dwarl 
Pea (new. very dwarf, very prolific, peas egg shaped, each 
plant forms a bush, but one pea bein^ required to about one 
loot of row)— Brown's New Dwarl Early Marrowfat l*ca (a 
new variety which may be relied upon, as both the earliest 
and most dwarf Marrowfat grown; very prolific)— Improved 
Lon"' Green Cucumber-Six finest varieties of Cabbage Lettuce 
in one package. True Boston Curled Lettuce (the most elegant 
of all, quality good)— Ornamental Gourds (many varieties in 
one package— Spotted Sieva Bean, Concord Bean (a new pole 
bean, remarkably early, quality first-rate)— Extra Flat Beet 
(new very early, about as flat as a turnip, quality excellent) 
-Chick Peas (two sort mixed; extensively used in Europe as 
a substitute for cofl'ee)— Chinese Sugar Cane (imported seed) 
New Jersey Ilj'brid Cucumber (one of the largest and best 
varieties cultivated)— Lester's Perfected Tomato (very large 
and tluck raeated)— Sutton's Student Parsnip (new. recently 
ori"'inated in England, desirable)- Chinese Uose Winter 
lliidisli (decidedly the best of all the winter sort, an acquisi- 
tion)— Hood's Dwarf Imperial Purple Celery (new, superior) 
—Indian Chief Bean (a pole bean ; can be used as a string 
bean much better than any other variety ; very productive.) 
— Eftcli of the above at 15 cents per package. Catalogues 
sent gratis to all. Those who received it last season will re- 
ceive It this without writing for it. 
JAMES J. H. GUEGOKY, 
Marblehead, Massachusetts. 
WANTED.— A competent person to take chcvr<re 
of an established nurserv. Must have a thorough 
knowledge of the business in all its branches, including man- 
agement of green and propagating houses. Also, wanted, a 
responsible traveling agent: one who has had some experi- 
ence preferred. Address "NUKSERY," Wilmington, Del. 
THORBURN'S CELEBRATED 
GARDEN J?iEEDS. 
Our Descriptive Catalogue 
of every Standard and Improved 
Variety 
OF 
VEGETABLE AND AGRICULTURAL 
S E E I> S 
FOR 
1865, 
WITH DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR CULTIVATION. 
Has just been PublisUed, 
AND WILL BE MAILED FIIEE 
oji application to 
J. M. THORBURJV & CO., 
15 John-street, 
New-York. 
Trade CatalogTie for Dealers only, 
is also ready. 
Our stock of plants tills season is the largest and best we 
liftve ever offered, and Includes the : 
AGRICULTURIST. For which we paid Mr. Judd the 
highest price ever paid for a Strawberry. 
GOLDEX SEEDED. The best early. 
RUSSELL-. Very good and enormously productive. 
FILLMORE. 
BUFFALO. '• " 
FRENCH'S SEEDLLVG. Very popular at Philnd'.a. 
BRITISH Q,UEEN. Large, and of flne flavor. 
TROLLOPE'S VICTORIA. Lale, and very good. 
TRIOJIPHE DE GAIVD. Invalu.ahle with us. 
"IVILSON'S ALB.iNY. The best for canning. 
And all the old and new varieties of any merit. 
Send for circular giving all desired Information. 
J. KNOX. 
Box 155, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
GRAPES. 
We have a very large and snperlor stoclc of vinos, grown in 
the open air from the best hearing wood, mostly taken from 
onr own vineyard, including : 
CONCORD. The very best for table and market. 
I>EL..\AVARE. The best for wine. 
DIANA. The best keeper, good for wine and the table. 
HARTFORD PROLIFIC. The moat profitable, 
V67'i/ early. 
CREVEIilNG. Early, and of excellent quality. 
UNION VIIiLAGE. Enormously large, oeaucifm. and 
of Isabella flavor. 
HERBEiMONT. Wine and table, very good. 
ei.,si\(;burgh. *' " " 
adiro.vdac. 
lONA. 
ISRAELLA. 
And all other desirable kinds. 
ALSO 
Sthawrerry, Raspberry, Blackderbt, Currant, and 
Gooseberry plants, &c., &c. 
Send for Circular, enclosing stamp. 
J. KNOX, 
Box 155, Pittsburgh, Fa. 
GREAT 
AGRICULTURIST STRAWBERRY 
I am now prepared to take orders for tlils remarkable va- 
riety, having a large stock of very flne plants. For further 
particulars see January Agriculturist. Plants delivered in 
rotation as ordered, at the following rates: 2 plants, $1.20; 
6 plants, $3 ; Vi plants, $5 ; 100 plants, 925: 1.000 plants, $200. 
All orders addressed to WM. S. CAKPENTER, 
329 Greenwich-st., New York. 
Early Vegetable Seeds for 
Hot Bed§. 
The following seeds for earlv sowing will be mailed post 
paid to any address in the Union upon receipt of the price 
affixed : 
Per Oz. 4 Oz. 
Cabbage, Earlv York, Large York % 25 « 75 
Cauliflowers, flalf Early Paris, packet. 25 2 00 6 00 
Cucumber, Extra Early Russian 25 75 
" Enelish and German Frame Varieties p'k't. 25 
EfTE Plant, Improved Large rurple 75 2 23 
Lettuce, Early Curled Silesian : Butter Salad 25 75 
Radish, Early Scarlet, Olive shaped 15 45 
Pepper, Large Sweet Mountain, Spanish 50 150 
Tomato, Extra Early: Early Apple 80 X 00 
•' Lester's Perfected; Favorite, p'k't 10 
" New Erect French, grows upright like a 
bush : flue flavored, very ornamental 
p'k't 10 
Address B. K. BLISS, Springfield, Mass. 
JJllustvatcJt '[Annual (Hatalociue 
OF 
FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS, 
AND 
<Kiiide to <he Flower Garden, 
FOU 1SG5; IS l^OW FVBLISEED. 
It Contains Accurate Descriptions of the 
LEADING FLORAL TRE.\SLRES of the WuRLD, 
WITH FULL DIRECTIONS FOR 
Sowing Seed, Transplanting, &Aftcr-cnHnre. 
This beautiful and useful FLORAIj GUIDE consists 
of about 70 pages, beautifully illustrated with over Tliirty 
Kngravings and Two COLORED PLi.\TES, 
It is publislied for the information and benefit of my 
customers, and to those it is sent FREE. To all other.s, 
price 10 cents, including postage, which is less than the 
actual cost. Address 
JtAMCS TICK, 
Rocliestcf, ]\. V. 
Seed Catalogue for 1865, 
My Seed Catalogue, embracing over 200 varieties of fresh 
garden seed, many of which are of my own growing, will be 
mailed free to all applicants. Those who pui-chased seed last 
season will receive it this season without writing for it. As 
the original introducer of tlie Hubbard Squash. Marblehead 
Mammoth Cabbage, &e„ &e.. I invite the patronage of the 
public, JAMES J. H. GREUORT, 
Marblehead, JIass. 
Vines at Tl'^holesale Rates to 
Clubs. 
Propnsilions for the formation of chilis, by which all can 
obtain vines at wliolesale prices, with olher advanta2;cs, will 
be sent lor a stamp. Tlie propositions may accompany tlie 
price list and twenty-four page pamplilet) or any of tlie cata- 
log;nes, without cost of stamp ; and I would invite tlieaticn- 
tion ot everv pnrcliaser to them for their great advantages. 
Tbe excellence and importance of the new icinds, lona and 
Israella, are now so well understood and appreciated that 
there is but one voice in regard to tliem, and that of earnest, 
entliusiastic praise from all quarters where tliey are known. 
These can be very cheaply obtained by clubs who buy not 
less than fifty of the vines. Earlj' orders are necessary to 
secure tbe best plants. 
ENGRAVINGS OF THE lONA. 
A limited number of fine lithouraphic colored eniiravin<js 
of the lona. Grape have been prepared at jireat cost, by an 
eminent artist, which exceed in truth and beauty .anvthin^ 
of the kind that has l)een produced witliin our knowledae. in 
any country; greatly surnassing those of the celebrated 
Frencli artists, Grobon and Poiteau, in tbe brilliance and 
delicacy of their coloring, by which the transparencv and 
iridescent play of lifrht is represented. As a work of art, it 
is worthy of a place in any portfolio, or of an eleg;int frame 
for the walls of the library or parlor. 
These engraviuKs are furnished only as premmmswith 
lona vines. For particulars see propositions to clubs. As our 
artist was able to complete but a limited number, we can not 
agree to furnish them throughout tlie entire season. All who 
are desirous of securing them to aid in canvassing will do 
well to send an early remittance, according to one of tlie 
"special propositions." 
Has the eakly ripen-ing of the Ioxa. and Israella 
Grapes been obtained by ant forcing appliances or 
by any othep. means than that of ordinary cultiva- 
tion in garden or vineyard? 
A communication has appeared in the Oliio Farmer, signed 
"Peconic," but acknowle<lged bv Mr, II. P. Hvram, and ;in- 
otlier in tlie American Agrtculturi^t, in which "he s^iaa'-; that 
"to his own personal knowledge the early i-ipcning nf buih 
these kinds is obtained by a forcing process, by wliicli their 
maturity is hastened by three M'eeks," After" having been 
shown that his statements were utterly Ii\lse in everv partic- 
ular, he persisted in relnsine to make any retractio'n, and I 
found myself under the painful necessitv of prosecuting him 
for both communications. I would here state tliat both of 
these kinds liave always been grown in full exposure in the 
open ground and in the ordinary manner, without any forc- 
ing appliances whatever. They have always been open at 
all seasons, and at every stage of growth, and continue to be, 
to the inspection of all that desire to see them. For a full 
account of the whole treatment and manairement of every 
one of these vines on the Island, with two engravings, sen'd 
stamp. 
For Club Propositions send two cent stamp. 
For Price-List and accompanying Twenty-four page 
Pamphlet send two-cent stamp. Ti'iis contains a description 
of the stock of Vines for sale at lona, with some account of 
our four best hardy kinds with a very valuable Chapter en- 
titled, "What Kinds to Plant; or. Grapes for Family and 
Dessert." by Mr. Mead. It states clearly the distinctive ad- 
vantages ot the Israella, and also those of the lona, and its 
superiority over every other native grape, and gives the full 
history ot the manner in which they were produced ; in 
whicli will be found hints for the production of seedlings In 
general, and of grapes in particular. It contains also a full 
account of the management of all of those vines from their 
first bearing to the present time, with full tables of contents 
ofilie Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogues. 
The Descriptive Catalogue is sent for ten cents, and tha 
Illustrated for twentv-five cents. 
These two bound 'together in flexible paper-covers, and 
called "Manual of the Vine." are sent for filtv cents. 
The Descriptive exhibits thepriuciiiles and general consid- 
erations which form tlie basis upon which Gl-ane-cultnre Is 
to be successfully conducted, and is illustrated with many 
very flne and life-like Engr-svings. It also contains full and 
accurate descriptions of all our native kindsthat are worthy 
of notice, with a clear representation of their relative value 
with a chapter on "Wine Making." Also a lecture by Mr. 
ilead. 
The Illustrated (eighth edition) treats Iboroughly of prac- 
tice and of practical results, illustrated with about eighty en- 
gravings. The two together constitute the most thorough, 
practical and comprehensive treatise on the Vine in the lan- 
guage. Tlie conditions of the full measure of success are 
clearly stated, and the precise manner of performing every 
operation is so clearly shown ns to be easily intelligible to 
every reader. C. W. GliANT, 
lona (near Peckskill), Westchester Co., N. Y, 
