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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
| Ai'KIL, 
FRESH AND GENUINE GARDEN AND 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
FERRE, BATCHELDER & Co., 
231 Main Street, Springfield, Mass. 
Importers, Growers, ami Dealers ill Garden, 
Field ami Flower Seeds, Agricultural 
nnd Horticultural Implements, 
Fertilizers, etc., etc. 
©nr Illustrated Catalogue 
& Vegetable & Flower Garden Manual, 
which contains nearly 100 pages, with numerous Illustra- 
tions, is now ready, and will be mailed to all applicants 
upon receipt of 10 cents, which Is not one-half the cost. 
PLANTS. 
Our Illustrated Catalogue of Plants, Fruit, 
and Ornamental Trees, &c., is now ready, and 
will be mailed to all enclosing 5 cents. Address 
FERRE, BATCHELDER «St CO., 
331 Main-st., Springfield, Mass. 
Collections of fiarden Seeds for a 
Large or Small (iarden. 
In order to introduce our vegetable seeds as extensively 
as possible, and make it an object for every person who cul- 
tivates a vegetable garden to test their merits, wc shall con- 
tinue our very liberal inducements to purchasers. The fol- 
lowing collections are put up In the most liberal manner, 
and contain choice seeds of the finest and most useful sorts. 
Collection No. 1 contains 20 varieties $1.00 
No. 2 " 45 " 2.00 
The above are prepared for sending by mail, and will be 
E^f nt post-paid, on receipt of price. The following large col- 
lectionscun be. Bent by express— which ice will deliver free 
of express charges. 
No. 3, $3. No. 4, $8. No. 5, $15. No. fi, $20. No. 7, $25. 
For a list of the varieties, etc., in the above, see our Seed 
Catalogue, price 10 cents. Address 
FERRE, BATCHELDER & CO., 
231 Maln-st., Springfield, Mass. 
Flower Seeds in Collections. 
These collections arc all our own selection, and we take 
especial pains that they shall be highly valuable, aud every 
way worthy of perfect confidence. Persons desiring to make 
selections from the general list will be entitled to a discount 
proportionate to the quantity ordered. 
No. 1.— Contains Twenty varieties of choice Annuals $1.00 
No. 2.— Twenty varieties of choice Biennials aud Peren- 
nials 1.00 
No. 3.— Ten extra fine varieties of rare Annuals and Per- 
ennials 1.00 
No. 4.— Five choice varieties from prize flowehk, of 
Truffaut's French Asters, German, Carnation, and 
Picotee Pinks, English Pansies, "Verbenas, and 
Hollyhocks 1.00 
Any Person remitting $3 will receive the above collections 
free of postage. 
No. 5.— Fifty varieties (including collection No. 4) An- 
nuals, Biennials, and Perennials .$2.50 
No. G.— One hundred varieties Annuals, Biennials, and 
Perennials, including many of the best In culti- 
vation 5.00 
No. 7.— Contains fifteen choice varieties of Green-house 
seeds 3.00 
Wc guarantee all Seeds to reach our Cus- 
tomers. 
Address FERRE, BATCHELDER & CO., 
231 Maiu-Strcct, Springfield, Mass. 
iW The New Everblooming 
and Fragrant Japan Honeysuckle 
proves to be the finest Hardy Or- 
namental Plant ever introduced. 
50 cents each, $5 per doz , by mail, 
prepaid, or express. My new Cat- 
alogue of Seeds, Plants, and Fruits, 
will be sent to any address, gratis. 
B. M. WATSON, Old Colony Nur- 
series and Seed Establishment, 
Plymouth, Mass. 
JOHN S. COLLINS, of Moorestown, New Jersey, 
lias Berry plants left, of best quality, at lowest rates, 
See some prices on pare 112 last Mo., or send your address 
right along, and get a Price List. Free. 
FARMERS' CLUB SWEET CORN. 
Solon Robinson writes : ** Your Sweet Corn 
is the best." Levi ISartlett thinks it "Worthy 
of a wide dissemination." Thomas Meehan 
calls it "A first-class variety. w M. C. Weld 
says: " It is the sweetest corn I have ever 
eaten." Donald G. Mitchell says it. Is " Very 
excellent." — (has. L. Flint thinks it a. "De- 
cided improvement." Peter B. Mend says it 
is "The best sweet corn I have ever eaten." 
Cheney Brothers "Esteem it the very best 
variety we have ever grown." 
Description .-—Comes to table in seventy to seventy-five 
days. Ears of the best tabic size, with eight regular rows. 
Kernels large, and pearly white. Stalks and leaves of me- 
dium size and heavily marked with purple. A very notice- 
able and distinct variety. 
This corn is the choice of more than forty varieties, after 
fifteen years' search for the best. Enquire of dealers, or 
order directly of me. Sold in my own envelopes only. One 
package, sufficient for fifty hills, 50 cents. Five packages, 
$2.00. By mail, prepaid. 
JAS. B. OLCOTT, Buckland, Conn. 
Sidell's Solid jtlaBnmoth, 
THE LARGEST, FIRMEST, AND BEST 
IV E ^V TOMATO. 
Price 25c. per packet. J. C. SIDELL, 
Englewood, N. J. 
Novelties in Vegetable Seeds 
BY MAIL. 
Conover's Colossal Asparagus, per pkt 50 cts. 
Mammoth White Wax Pole Beans, per qt. $1, per pkt. 25c. 
Algiers Black Wax " " " $i, " 25c 
Giant Red " " " " $1, " 25c. 
Blue Podded Runners " " $1, " 25c. 
Yellow Podded Runners of New Jersey, *' 25c. 
Trimble's Sweet Corn, (fine raised) " 50c. " 10c. 
Striped-leaved Corn Salad per oz. 50c. 
Black Pekin Egg Plant per pkt. 10c. 
Green Thibet " " " 10c. 
Large Perpignan Lettuce per oz.40c. 
Carter's First Crop Peas, very earliest in 
cultivation per qt. 10c. 
McLean's Little Gem Peas, the finest Dwarf, " 85c. 
Laxton's Prolific Long Pod Pkas per qt. $1.50 
Mammoth CniLi Squash, very large per pkt. 25c. 
For other rare and choice Vegetable Seeds 6ee our Vege- 
table Seed Catalogue, which we n\w\\free to applicants. 
J. N. TIIORBlR\ & CO., 
Growers and Importers of Seeds, 
15 .Tohn-st., IVew York. 
f^eeebs, Seeds, Seeds, 
FRESH, PURE, and RELIABLE. Send for Seed Catalogue. 
GRIPPING & CO., 
5S & 60 Cortlandt St., New York. 
CURTIS & COBB'S 
ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL CATALOGUE 
OF SEEDS, BULBS, TREES, &c. 
We are now fully prepared with our Spring stock of very 
choice Seeds and Bulbs of every description. 
Our New Catalogue contains.besides a list of those very fine 
French and German Flower Seeds, in the original packages, 
New varieties of Vegetable Seeds, a large lot of New French 
Hybrid Gladiolus, many of which were the admiration of 
the public, as exhibited by us at the Massachusetts Horticul- 
tural Society last autumn, &c„ &c. To amateurs and others 
ordering in quantity, special inducements will be offered. 
All the Novelties and Specialties of the season will be 
found in our New Catalogue and Flower and Kitchen Gar- 
den Directory of 150 pages, (one of the best publications of 
its kind in this country.') beautifully illustrated, with price 
of each article, and explicit directions for cultivation, which 
will be mailed on receipt of 10 cents— one quarter its cost. 
CURTIS & COBB, 3Js Washlngton-st., BoBton. 
Fear Seed. 
Warranted fresh and of superior ijuality, $2.50 per pound. 
Apple Seed. 
Fresh, clean, and of prime quality. $s per bushel. 
I!. K. BLISS & SON, 11 Park How, and 151 Nassan-st., 
I\ O. Box 5,712, New York. 
COA'OVER'S (OLOSSAL ASPARAGUS. 
An entirely new variety of Asparagus. Imported and fnllv 
tested the past six years. Sending up from 15 to 40 sprout's 
from each root, trom '» to \% Inches In diameter, at two 
years from the seed; about four times the size of the best 
known varieties nnw In use. The sprout Is solid, tender, and 
of a deep green color, with closecrown. Seed sent bv mail, 
one-half oz.. fifty cents; one oz., $1.00, and $10.00 per pound. 
Also, Seed Potatoes of all the well-known varieties for Bale. 
S. B. CONOVER, 
360 «fc 361 West Washington Market, 
Foot Fulton-Rt., New York. 
JAPAN ASTTXBE.— See Agriculturist for March, 
•™ page 97. Plants by mail, 30 cts. each, or four for $1. 
Bleeding Heart or Dielytra, same price. 
H. B. LUM, Sandusky, Ohio. 
IMPROVED BKUXSWICK 
CABBAGE SEED. 
r The best and carlir st Drumhead.— Sent by mail 
in 25 or 50 cent packages, or at $1.«0 per ounce, on receipt of 
price. Ours is the Original Stock, and we warrant it the 
purest in the country. Also Boston Market Tomato 
Seed, early, smooth and solid. 10 cents per package. Send 
for our Catalogue. Correspondence in English or German. 
A. SGHLEGKL & CO., 
Seed Warehouse, 10 South Mnrket-st.. 
Boston, Mass. 
ty Write your address plain. _^EJ 
Gregory's Seed Catalogue. 
On my three seed Farms in Mnrblehcad, Mass., where I 
have over rifty acres in seed, I have raised this season nine 
varieties of Cabbage seed; six of Beet seed; four of Carrot ; 
ten of Turnip; twenty of Tomatoes ; seven of Corn; five of 
Onions; eleven ol Beans; six of Manuel Wurzel, and seven 
of Squashes, —besides seed of numerous other vegetables.— 
all of which irere grown perfectly isolated. 1 otter the 
opportunity to Market Gardeners and others who desire to 
procure as large a proportion of these seed as possible direct- 
ly from the grower. Catalogues gratis to all. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
Fresh Garden and Flower Seeds 
prepaid, by mail. For 10 cents an 
ounce, best sorts of Asparagus, 
Beet, Carrot, Radish, Parsnip, Spin- 
age and Turnip. For 15 and 25 cts. 
Cucumber, Cabbage, Lettuce, Mel- 
ons, Salsify, Squash and Tomato. 
For 40 cts. Onion and Peppers. 
25 sorts choice Flower or Garden 
Seeds for $1. Prime fresh Onion 
Seeds $4.50 per lb. For all other 
Seeds by the lb., &c., and all new 
Seed, see my new Catalogue, which 
will be sent gratis to any address. 
B. M. WATSON, Old Colony Nur- 
series and Seed Establishment. 
Plymouth, Mass. 
Established 1843. 
New Crop Onion Seed. 
Price Reduced. 
"We have received a supply of the above, grown the past 
year in Connecticut, which we will guarantee to he of first 
quality, which will be mailed to any address, post-paid, 
upon receipt of price affixed. 
Red "Wethersfield, One ounce, 50 cents; 4 ounces, £1.5}; 
1 pound, £5.00. 
Yellow Panvers, one ounce, 50 cents; 4 ounces, $1.50; 1 
pound, $5.00. 
White Portugal, one ounce, 50 cents; 4 ounces, $1.50; 1 
pound, $5.00. 
B. K. BLISS & SON. 
Nos. 41 Park Row, and 151 Nassau-st., Kew York. 
KESH «AKH !•:->' AIM* 1'I.OWER 
SEEDS, prepaid by mail. For lOcts. per on, thebest 
sorts Asparagus, Beet, Carrot, Parsnip. Radish, Spinach and 
Turnip. For 15 and 25 cts. per oz.. the best Cabbage, Celery, 
Chicory, Cucumber, Lettuce, Melon, Salsify, Squash, and 
Tomato. For 40 cts.. Onion and Peppers. The above, also, 
in 5 cent papers. 25 sorts Garden and Flower Seeds. $t. 
Catalogues gratis. Early Rose. Potato, 75 cents per pound; 
t'i for 5 it>3. Seeds on Commission. Agents wanted. 
B.M.WATSON, Plymouth, Mass. 
My Three Warrants! 
1st.— I insure all the seed I send out to be as represented. 
2d.— I insure all seed ordered shall reach my oustoiners. 
Sd.— I Insure all moneys sent to lnv address isuiiis of $."> and 
upward* taken in P.O. Orders, or Cashiers' Checks), will 
reach inc. No fair man can ask more than this, ' 'atalogues 
gratis to all. JAMES J. II. GREGORY, 
Marblehead, Mass. 
New Varieties of IlySirid Gladiolus, 
as well as the older sorts. 
JAPAN L.IL.IES, 
ML.IUM AURATUMS, 
JACOBEAN LILIES, &c. 
See our Flower Seed Catalogue for 1S69. 
Orders from the Trade solicited for Gladiolus in large 
quantities. 
J. M. TIIORBl'R.f & «©., 
15 .B<>lin---I.. Mew lark. 
lie "BOSTON PltiZE~rOJlAT«F' 
is a very decided improvement on the " Boston Market." 
The fruit lBlarge, firm and solid, as early as the earliest, and 
for productiveness it cannot he surpassed. One gardener 
says, " I grew every variety of Tomato las I season, hut none 
excelled the Boston Prize." Another, " It is the most pro- 
ductive Tomato I have ever grown, will always command 
a high price and ready sale." Per paper. i:> cts.; p<-r uz., 15 
cts., pobtage paid. CUKTIS & COBB, 
S48 Washington St., Boston. 
Flower Seeds. FS«wer Seeds. 
BY MAIL, POST-PAID Oil OTHERWISE. 
The subscriber lias for many years pasl spared nopafnsor 
expense in procuring.botli in Europe and ilii-^ country, everv 
variety of Annual Flower Seed that could he obtained, and 
after cultivating over one thousand varieties, has selected 
one hundred kinds with a view of including all the most 
desirable for hardy garden cultivation, a list of widen will be 
sent to any one. And for $l TnTBTY-Tirnwn kinds of any 
on the list will be srnt by mail, postage paid. 
G. R. GARRETSON, Flushing Long Island, N. Y, 
