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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Rare and Beautiful Flowers 
and Choice Vegetables 
CAN ALWAYS BE OBTAINED BY SOWING 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
23 PARK PLACE & 20 MURRAY ST, N. Y. 
jr JMPOF.TEKS, GBOWEB8, AND DEALERS IN 
Garden, Field, and Flower Seeds, 
SMALL FRUITS, 
Horticultural Implements, 
Fertilizers, and Other Requisites for the 
Farm and Garden. 
The Eighteenth Annual Edition of their celebrated Seed 
Catalogue and Amateur's Guide to the Flower 
and Kitchen Garden, will be ready for dlstrlbu 
tion early In January, and mailed to their customers of 1871 
as rapidly as possible, and to all applicants, upon receipt of 
25 cents; an edition beautifully bound in cloth. 75 cents. 
This is without exception the largest and beBt Catalogue 
ever published in this or any other conntry. It will contain 
nearly 200 pages, including several hundred finely exe- 
cuted engravings of favorite flowers and vegetables, and 
a beautifully colored chromo of a group of 
twenty of the most popular flowers in cul- 
tivation. Also a descriptive list of 2,509 species and 
varieties of flower and vegetable seeds, including all the 
novelties of the past season, with full directions for culture. 
Address 
B. K.. BLISS & SONS. . . M 
P. O. Box 5,712, New York City. 
LATE ROSE POTATO. 
This valuable Potato, which is now for the first time offered 
for sale, differs from all other varieties eo far introduced, in- 
asmuch as it is not claimed to be a new seedling, but a sub 
Tariety or sport of the well-known Early Hose, which it 
strongly resembles in quality, color, and form— but is three 
weeks later, hardier, and more productive, having yielded 
the past season 25C to 30C bushels to the acre. 
Circulars Riving a mil description will be mailed to all ap- 
plicants. Address B. K. BUSS & SONS, 
23 Park Place, and 20 Murray Si. , New York. 
What to Plant: 
How to Plant: 
What the Cost: 
For the Garden, 
For the Flower Bed, 
For the Farm. 
Full Information given in the 
M^rVTJAL for 1872. 
Sent to all applicants, post-paid, on receipt of 10 cents, by 
JAMES FLEMING, Seedsman, 
67 Nassau St., New Yorlc. 
tSf Always Fresh and Reliable. Jfi 
X3g- Send for Dreer's Garden Calendar for 1872, containing 
Priced Lists of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Grass Seeds, 
Plants, Bulbs, and every article appertaining to the Garden, 
with practical directions. Illustrated with engravings. 
Mailed on receipt of a stamp. Address 
HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 
The above cnts show the form and some of the uses of the 
Sngar trough Gourd. They grow by the acre to hold two 
bucketfuls each, and I have raised them to hold over eleven 
gallons each. My Catalogue tells how to grow them, and 
illustrates and describes over 200 varieties of choice vegeta- 
ble and flower seeds. Send stamp for Catalogue, or 25 cents 
for it and package of the Gourd seed. 
Address WALDO F. BROWN, P. O. Box 2, Oxford, Bntler 
Co., Ohio. 
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Address 
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