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oraivcE .tudd & co., 
21*) Ukoadwat New York. 
MY TWENTY -THIRD 
ANNUAL CATALOGUE 
OF 
New and Rare Plants 
Illustrated with numerous engravings, and con- 
taining two 
BEAUTIFUL COLORED PLATES, 
Is now ready, and will he sent to all applicanis on receipt 
ol" 2.") cents. To our customers of past years it will be Bent 
without charge. 
ALSO 
TRADE LIST 
SURPLUS STOCK 
SUITABLE FOR 
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Numbering fifty dUlinct classes of Plants, omhracing some 
thousands ol varieties, will ho Bent lo all applicants free of 
<-harir«. Uevised editions will be sent to our regular pa- 
trons, :;s issued, monthly. 
67 Nassau St., New York. 
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GARDENING FOR PROFIT " 
AND 
"Practical Floriculture." 
Br 
The former, detailing the system of Market Garden- 
ing, the latter, descriptive of the modes of Commer- 
cial Floriculture as practised in the vicinity of New 
York. Mailed, post-paid (or §1.50 each. 
Our Annual Descriptive Catalogue of 
Vegetable and Flower Seeds, 
containing two new and beautiful colored plates, Is now 
ready. Also 
Catalogue of New and Eare Plants, 
Illustrated with colored plates and engravings. 
Both will be mailed on receipt of twenty-flve cents, or 
sent with either of the above books free of charge. 
HENDERSOX & FliEJIIIVG, 
Seed Merchants and Growers, 
No. 67 Nassau St., New York. 
Gaboon's Broadcast Seed Sower, 
For Sowing All Kinds of Grain and 
Grass Seed. 
The unprecedented success of this Seeder live past year ij 
without a parallel i:i the history of Agricultural Imple- 
ments. Joseph Harris, author of Walks and Talks in Amer- 
ican Agriculturist, says: "I like the Cahoon Seeder very 
much indeed*' "Win. Crdzier, Beacon Stock Farm, North- 
port, L. I., says: "It is the best Seed Sower I ever saw." 
Highly recommended by the American Agriculturist, Coun- 
try Gentleman, Hural XeiC'Yurkcr, and the Agricultural 
Press generally. 
The Hand Machine will bow 5 acres ; and Iho Horse-Power 
machine 12 acres an hour. 
Price o( Hand Sower, ?10. Circular?, with full particu- 
lars and directions, furnished to all applicants. 
R. H. ALLEN & CO., 
ISO &. 191 Water St., 
. Box 376, 
fiEW YORK. 
Select A r cgetal>le Seeds, Choice Flower Seeds, 
Splendid Collection of Beautiful French Hybrid Gladio- 
lus, Lilies, and other Flowering Bulbs, etc. 
TVc would invite attention to onr large and choice assort- 
ment of t lie above, embracing every variety worthy of cul- 
tivation, for a list of which sec our 
illiiiit rah :1 Seed Catalogue, 
mailed free to all applicants. 
Seeds, Bnlbs, etc... sent free by mail. 
Collection of IS varieties of Vegetable Seeds. $1. 
Collection of20 varieties of choice Annual Flower Seeds. $!. 
Collection of 20 choice varieties of Tomatoes in separate 
packages, embracing The Trophy, Gen. Gra}U, etc., $2. 
Conovcr's Colossal Asparagus, per pkt., 50c; per oz., $1. 
Cucumber— General Grant— 21 to 30 inches in length.pcr pkt., 
23c. 4 lbs. Early Rose Potatoes, bv mail, $1. 4 lbs. Bresce's 
King of the Earlies, or No. 4 Potatoes, by mail, Si. 4 lbs. 
Brcsee's Peerless, or No. 6 Potatoes, bv mail, $1. Address 
KICIIAPvDSON & GOULD, P. O. Box 5,134,243 Broadway, 
New York. American Agriculturist Building. 
James P.tciiacdbon, Late with B. K. Bliss & Sons. 
James Gould. 
We are now manutiiciuriiig 
more than one mile per day of" 
our I sn proved Rooting for 
which we were awarded the 
first premium hy the Ameri- 
can Institute, Nov. 5th, flSTO. 
Extract from report of Committee appointed by Am. Inst. 
Farmers' Club to examine the improved Asbestos Roof- 
ing. 
"The material constitutes, for a cheap roofing, one of un- 
usual merit, much superior to any of the class previously 
brought to their notice, anil worthy of trial by those who 
desire a durable, easily applied, comparatively inexpensive 
and safe roofing, the material having in addition to the other 
merits claimed for It, that of being practically lire proof." 
Full descriptive Pamphlets, Price-List, and samples sent 
free. 
II. W. JOHNS, 78 William Street, 
JlEW YORK. 
Also, manufacturer of Asbestos Roof Coating and Cement, 
Sheathing Felt, Boiler Felting, Preservative Paint— acid, 
water, and vermin proof paper, and dealer in Asphaltuni 
and Asbestos, 
LORAL GUIDE & CATALOGUE 
of Flower Seeds, now ready, and sent free to .ill who 
apply. J. H. PUNCHAKD, 
Salem, Mass. 
Please state that you saw this iu Am. Agriculturist. 
CUCUMBER, GEN. GRANT. 
A superior variety, either 
for forcing or for culture in 
the open ground. It is perfect 
in form, solid and crisp, and 
of a most agreeable flavor. 
Many specimens were grown 
the past season averaging 
thirty inches in length. After 
a five years' trial, we unhesi- 
tatingly pronounce it better 
than any other variety for 
forcing. 
Packets, containing 10 seeds, 
23 cents. Five packets for 
$1.00. B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
P.O. Box 5,712, 
Now York. 
Conover's 
COLOSSAL 
ASPARAGUS 
Seed and Roots, 
The experience of the past 
two seasons fully conflrma 
all that was claimed for this 
variety when first offered, 
and it now stands unrivalled 
in size, productiveness, and 
Quality. 
Specimens were exhibited 
the past season by Mr. Cono- 
ver, which were grown along- 
side the best "Oyster Bay" 
varieties, and received the- 
same care and treatment, 
which attained four times the 
size of that popular variety. 
Though but two years from 
the seed, many of the plants 
produced from twenty to 
thirty sprouts, averaging 
from two to four inches In 
circumference, and were, 
ready for cutting one year in 
advance of the ordinary vari- 
eties. 
Seeds \\\ half-ounce packets, 
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pound. 
Boots one year old, $2.00 for fifty, S3.C0 per hundred; by 
mail, post-paid, S2.").0O per thousand, by express, freight paid 
by purchaser. Address 
B. K. BLESS & SONS, 
Nos. 23 Park Place & 20 Murray St., New York. 
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