1873.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
71 
lie Flower ani Ellen Garden. 
2TJi& Edition now ready, enlarged nnd improved, and contain- 
»- a magnificent New Colored Croup of Flowers, 
Hson hundreds of engravings, descriptive price list of 3,000 
*mri**ie3 of Choice Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Karo 
Gladiolus, Lillies, Tuberosee. &c, with full directions for 
tb«r eultiire. The most perfect work of the kind before the 
jioMic- aar* Bent fre e up on receipt of two stampa, Address, 
WASHBURN & CO., Boston, Mass. 
Reliable Seeds. 
©nr Descriptive Catalogue of Vegetable, Flower, 
sod Field Seeds, containing a li.n of valuable varieties 
nDfl Ev-vffties, is now ready for mailing gratis to nil who 
-wili apply. Address 
K. XI. ALLEN & CO., F. O. Box 376, 
39 and 191 Water St, New York City. 
Illustrated Catalogue 
and Floral Guide, 
IS ENGLISH, GERMAN, AND FRENCH, 
dialled free to all applicants. 
New end Rare Plants 
FOR SPRINC OF 1873. 
■lota Saul's Catalogue of New and Beautiful Plants will 
i>errao"y in February, containing a beautiful colored plate 
of the " Queen of Primroses" (Primula Japonka). Mailed 
Irce to all my customers ; to others, price 10 cents. A plain 
copy to all applicants free. 
•»»«> SAIL, Washiiigton, ». C. 
J^OR, 1873, 
With Descriptive Priced Catalogue 
of Seeds, 
How ready, and will be mailed free to all applicants, 
lists on application. Address 
PLANT SEED COMPANY, 
. St. Louis Mo. 
Seetls at Wholesale, 
Otjr. AX.NUAL 
TRADE-LIST OF SEEDS, 
la ill the various departments, is now ready for mailing to 
Dealers only. J. HI. THORBVRN & CO., 
15 .Tolm St. , New York. 
SEEDS I T° EVERT LOVER OF FLOWEItS I 
;rt iV # ■— fci -I- am now prepared to send a package of 
ffjl VtN ' Choice Flower Seeds and a copy of Park's 
a \ a / A w I Illustf.atki>Fi.oi*.alGa7.ktte. Address, 
AWAY . I with stamp, (i.W. Part, Fannettsburg.Pa. 
A Bouquet of Carnation Pinks, 
assample of varieties-mailed to all who send 25 cts. and ad- 
dress iHAS. T. STARR, Avondalc, Chest er Co., Pa. 
HERSTINE S, A .?S?SKSS! 
of small-fruit plants. SILAS WALTON. Moor estowu. N.J. 
PATENT KEEKY ami GKAPE. 
* BASKETS.— Five lor one cent. Easily made, neat, 
strong, durable, lull description, price, terms, etc., sent for 
iTOStnmps. S. D. PAYJiE, Kasota. Le Sueur Co., Minn. 
pEACH Trees, first and second class, of approved 
* varieties; Foster, Troths, Crawford's. Rose, Mixon, 
«c. races very low. Address 1>. s. Mas, Biidgeville, Del. 
FLOWERS and PLANTS 
For the Mouse and Garden. 
ALL DESIRABLE VARIETIES, 
NEW AND OLD, 
Grown at our Houses in the best manner, 
SENT EVERYWHERE BY MAIL. 
Among other novelties, all should have the new bedding 
plant, a WHITE SALVIA. 
For catalogues, address H. E. CHITTY, 
Supt. Bellerne Nursery Co., Paterson, X. J. 
fifh M^ T E FLOWEIUIXJ PLANTS 
~* Prepaid, by Mail or Express, for S3. 
FLOWER AND GARDEN SEEDS, 
"WARRANTED FRESH AND RELIABLE. 
fine Roses for $1.00.^ 
My Illustrated Cata-|3 
J 16 fine Fuchsias for $1.00. 
, [For $1.00 you may select 
Seeds in packets, or 
Plants, at Catalogue 
prices, amounting to 
$1.20; for $2.00, amount- 
ing to $2.50; for $5.00, 
ti j amounting to $6.50. 
•g I The entire 7 collections, 
gs, numbering 50 Plants, 
• sent, prepaid, by mail, 
J for £5.00. 
c 'g ast. Geraniums for $1. 
logue, containing about -^ 
100 pages, of new Plants 
Flower and Vegetable 
Seeds, mailed free. 
I pack iu boxes and 
label all Plants except 
Verbenas. 
CHArvLES A. REESER, 
Plensantville, 
Venango Co., Pa. 
ast. Bulbs for $1.00. 
All who Love Flowers 
Send a stamp for Drcer's Garden Calendar for 
1873 (163 pages), witli illustrations, practical directions, 
price-list, etc. The finest .Selection of Seeds, J 'hints, Bulbs, 
and every requisite tor the Flower Garden, Greenhouse, etc. 
New Plants mid Seeds a Specially, 
HENRY A. DREER, 
714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO.'S 
DESCRIPTIVE ANNUAL GATAL0&TJE 
OF 
Vegetable, Agricultural, and Tree Seeds 
For 1873, is now ready for mailing to applicants. 
J. HI. TIIORBI'RX & CO., 
15 Joh.ii St., New York. 
ALL BEST SORTS. 
Small-Fruit Plants— Pure. Lowest rates. Prices sent 
free. JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestown, K. J. 
Choice Plants and Trees. 
f fcl/H BROTHERS, Growers of Ornsi- 
^^ mental Trees, Plants, and Flowers. Send 
for Catalogue. Newark Nursery, Newark, N. J. 
in small quantities at 
wholesale rates. New 
Annual Catalogue, now 
ready, sent free. 
Address W. B. WOODRUFF, Florist, Westfield, N. J. 
PLANTS 
£i RAOHS, 35 Zflaiden Lnne, aud 
^* P. O. Box 2,036, New York City, offers for sale 
his importation of Fresli French Pear Seed, crop 
of 1873, and French Nursery Stories. Price-list sent 
on application. 
Feach. and Fear Trees 3 
Grown on ground never before used for Nursery Stock, 
Also usual varieties of Small-Fruit Plants and Seed Pota- 
toes. Prices low. List now ready— send for one. 
THOS. C. ANDREWS, Moorestown, N.J. 
125,000 Fruit Trees, 
Apple, 1 vr„ 1 to2Xft., $16 ¥1.000; Svr.. ■.".. to 4 ft., $23 V 
M. : 3 and 4 vr.. $'J V 100, $70 V M. 1 vr. St. Pear, 1 to 2 It.. $u 
",- too, JJOW "M. ; Transcendent Crab, l to i yi .. $; to $10 «) 
100. Apple Root-grafts, |5 f' 1,000— and overstock. Price-list 
free. HARVEV CURTIS, Owego Nursery, Tioga Co., K.Y. 
McKelvie's Grafts are the finest 
nd most reliable we have ever seen."— 
Tonpentnce Vindicator, Harrisbnrg, Pa. 
Address W. G. MoKELYIE, Geneva, N. Y. 
The Celebrated Bone Fertilizers, 
GROUND BONE, 
BONE MEAL, 
BONE FLOUR. 
Fresli Bone SupcrphospHate of Lime, or 
Dissolved Done. Send for Circulars. 
LISTER BROS., Newark, N. J. 
GRAFTS. ^ 
Peruvian Guano. 
N 
I:» lots from Agents 1 Store: 
KV%Jm I For8aleby 
DAKSELL & CO., S3 Pearl st.,X.Y. 
j£* 
WHAT— WHEI 
—WHEN--] 
To Plant Farm, Garden, and Flower Seeds ; what they will 
cost, and other desirable information in our 
HAND-BOOK for 1873. 
Containing a Beautifully C'oloreil C'liromo. 
Sent to all applicants, post-paid, on receipt of 10 cents, by 
JAlrfES FLEMING, Seedsman, 
G7 Nassau St., New York. 
PURE CANE SEED. 
Varieties— Regular Sorgo, Liberia**, 
Neeazana, and Oomseeana. 
Prices— By mall, postage paid. r.oc. l»Tb.; 
by express, 25 It.?, or less. SO cts. V n». : over 
25 fts., 20 cts. %) lb., package included. Two 
or three pounds required per acre. Money 
with order. 
Our Seed is from crops grown especially 
for securing PURITY of the Seed. These 
crops, in a series of years, have always 
yielded from 200 to 300 gallons per acre. 
Neither Rust nor Blight kits ever affected 
Cane grown from our Seed. Our Regular 
Sorgo is from Seed recently imported 
from t he mouth or the YANG-TSE-KIANO, 
the best cane-growing section of China. 
Send for Circulars. 
BLYMYER, NORTON & CO., Cincinnati, O. 
ManTrs Victor Cane Mill, Cook's Evaporator, Bells, etc. 
Sweet Chestnut 
TREES. 
The largest stock in the world, fit greatly reduced rates. 
Circulars free. Also a full line of superior Nursery Stock. 
Nineteenth year ; 200 acres ; 11 greenhouses. Address 
STORRS, HARRISON & CO., 
Palnesville, Lake Co., Ohio. 
j<V^4;J,l*II NURSERY & PLA^'T 
FARM.— Specially laid out to meet American de- 
mand. THOS. THORNTON, Heathcrside Nurseries, 
Ragshot, Surrey, England, devotes special attention to 
Trees and Plants (especially Fruit Stocks) suitable tor the 
supply of AMERICAN orders. 
THE HEATHERSIDE NURSERIES oecnpy 300 acres, Of 
which 150 acres are covered with Conifers, Ornamental 
Trees and Shrubs, Fruit and Forest Trees. Rhododendrons, 
Roses, etc. These are grown in peaty loam, on elevated 
table-land, and are hence peculiarly adapted to stand long 
voyages. Priced Catalogues and all Information furnished 
on application. Orders to be accompanied by a remittance 
on London; and T. THORNTON, on bis part, refers pur- 
chasers, as to his trustworthiness, to Messrs. \Y. H. I'nwiR 
& CO., 23 William Street, New York, from whom priced 
catalogues may be obtained. 
Village Nurseries, Hi g htstown,N.j. 
500.000 Wilson Strawberry, at $3 per 1.000. 
20,000 Peach-trees, best orchard varieties, $G0 per 1,000. 
10,000 Kittatinny and Lawton Blackberries, SiO per 1,000. 
Also other Small Frnits and General Nursery Stock at 
low prices. No charge for packing. 
Address CHAS. BLACK, Hightstown, N. J. 
Nurserymen, Dealers, and Agents. 
I have twelve (12) acres nf fine Ist-class Apnle Trees, 1-yr.- 
old heads, that rmist be sold, as the ground lease expires this 
spring. Come and see the stock, or address for information 
ALF. S. SHFiLLER. 
Riverside Nurseries, Lewisburg, Pa. 
FRUIT & ORMENHL TBBHL 
Apple, Evergreens, Lareh, and Mountain Ash. 
Specialties. Large Stock. Low Prices. 
J. S. BOYNTON, Stryker, Williams Co., Ohio. 
v. 
HEIKES TRIUMPHS 
Over the Seasons." He offers from his extensive cellars a 
general assortment of Trees, Plants, Vines, ami Seedlings, 
in large quantities and in line condition. Goods 
will be carefully packed, and can be shipped at any time. 
Address W. F. HEIKES, Dayton, Ohio. 
Pomona Nursery.— The Monarch of the West isthe largest 
and best Strawberry. Herstine and BrandyVine Raspberries, 
Blackberries, Asparagus, Rhubarb, Peach, Apple, and Pear 
Trees. Send for Catalogues. Wm. Parry, Cinnaminson.N. J. 
COLUMBUS NURSERY. -A very targe and com- 
plete assortment of Trees, Small Fruits, Shrubs, Roses, and 
Plants, of the best quality, ami at reasonable prices. Cata- 
logues mailed to applicants. R.G. HAN FORD, Columbus, O. 
"NOVICES" GLEANINGS IN 
BEE CULTURE, 
Only S.jc. a Year. 
Our Motto : Bees and Honey : not Patent Rights. 
t.x-t-.^y No. Frbe. 
A ddrcs: 
Janvaky 
A. I. ROOT «& CO. 
Medina. Ohio. 
NUT- 
SHELL."— Giving full nmlslmnl ■ directions for 
making money rapidly with Bees. Mailed tree for IS cts. 
BANKS *t RUSSELL, Baltimore, Md. 
