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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
151 
Rare and Beautiful Flowers 
and Choice Vegetables 
CAN ALWAYS BE OBTAINED BY fiOWLXO 
Collections of Flower Seeds by Mail. 
The following; collections contain the most showy varie- 
ties in our large assortment, with full directions for culture. 
Each packet contains a mixture of the different colore and 
varieties of its species, so that a greater display can be made 
at a much less price than when ordered iu separate packets. 
Those unacquainted with flowers, as well as the experienced 
cultivator, may order without fear of disappointment. 
Coll. A— contains twenty choice varieties of Annuals. .$1.00 
Coll. B — contains twenty choice varieties of Biennials 
and Perennials 1.00 
Coll. C— contains ten extra varieties of Annuals and 
Perennials, embracing many of the new and 
choicest in cultivation ... 1.00 
Coll. D — contains five very choice varieties, selected 
from Prise Flowers, of English Pansies, Ger- 
man, Carnation, and Picotee Pinks. Verbenas, 
Trutfaut's French Asters, Double Hollyhocks.. 1.00 
Any one remitting ?3.00 will receive the four assortments, 
postage free. 
Collections of Kitchen-Garden Seeds. 
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF VEGETABLE SEEDS FOP. OSK 
YSAE'S SUPPLY, FOE A LAEGE OS SMALL GAEDEX. 
The following Collections are made up in the most liberal 
manner, care being taken to give a sufficient quantity of all 
the finest varieties'and most useful sorts of vegetables re- 
quired in the Kitchen-Garden : 
Assortment No. 5 contains 60 varieties, $3.50 
" No. 6 contains 40 varieties, 2.00 
" No. 7 contains 20 varieties, 1.00 
The above are prepared expressly for sending by mail, and 
will be sent post-paid upon receipt of prices annexed. 
Larger Collections, which can be safely sent by express 
(freight paid by purchaser), to any part of the country, as 
follows : 
No.l. $20; No. 2. $13; No. S, $10; No. 4, $5. 
For a list of the contents of each Collection, see the 
Eighteenth. Annual Edition of their celebrated 
Seed Catalogue and Amateur's Guide 
to the Flower and Kitchen Garden, 
just published, which will be mailed to all applicants upon 
receiptof 25 cts. ; an edition beautifully bound in cloth, 73 cts. 
Regular customers supplied gratis. 
This is without exception the largest and best Cata- 
logue ever published in this or any other country. It con- 
tains 14G pages closely printed matter, besides several hun- 
dred finely executed engravings of favorite flowers and 
vegetables, and a beautifully colored CHromo 
of a group of twenty of the most popular 
flowers in cultivation. Also a descriptive list of 
2,500 species and varieties of flower and vegetable seeds, in- 
cluding all the novelties of the past season, with full direc- 
tions for culture. 
We icill send a packet of choice flower Seeds gratis to 
persons sending us orders for catalogues and inclosing 25 
cents ( price of catalogue), if they icill state that they saw 
this advertisement in the American Agriculturist. 
Address B. K. BLISS & SONS. 
P. O. Box 5,713, New Yorlc City. 
The Earliest and Handsomest Beet. 
Early Dark Red Egyptian Turnip Beet. 
A trial of this variety for the past three years authorizes us 
in recommending it as a week or ten days earlier than any 
other variety— which makes it iuvaluable to the Market- 
Gardener as "well as to all lovers of Early Vegetables. 30c. 
per ounce ; $1.00 per 4 ounces ; $8 per pound. 
B. K. BLISS &. SONS, 
S3 Park Place, and <JO Murray St., New York: 
Choice English Peas. 
The following varieties 
have been fully tested 
both in Europe aud this 
country for the past two 
years, and can be confi- 
dently recommended as 
superior to anv other 
varieties in cultivation. 
Mailed, post-paid, at 
prices affixed. 
Laxton's Alpha Pea. 
The Earliest Weix- 
kled Pea tn Cultiva- 
tion.— A blue, wrinkled 
pea, of exquisite flavor, 
remarkable for its earli- 
ncss and prolific bearing. 
This pea was raised by 
Mr. taxton; it is very 
early as first crop, beat- 
ing in this respect 
McLean's Advancer ami 
Little Gem : it bears pods 
well filled and of good 
size down to the boitom 
of the haulm. The UoyaJ 
Horticultural Society 
awarded a first-class cer- 
tificate to this variety. 
One-half pint packets, 
35 cents; $1.40 per qpaWC 
Laxton's Prolific 
Early I^ont* Pod.— 
This valuable variety-has 
created a great sensation 
among market-gardeners 
and seed growers. Pods 
in a green state were ex- 
hibited in London aver- 
aging eleven to twelve 
peaa in a pod, and were 
pronounced an exceed- 
ingly fine variety. For a 
second early pen, there is 
none of a similar class in 
cultivation equal to It, 
and we feci very confi- 
dent that it will soon 
come into general culti- 
vation. % pint p'ts, 15c, 
per quart, 56c. 
Lnxton'i Supreme* 
—The earliest blue pea iu 
cultivation, with enor- 
mous well-filled pods. 
This pea has been exhi- 
bited all over the coun- 
try, and has taken innu- 
merable prizes, aud was 
included among the 
twenty-four sorts of ve- 
fetabfes which won the 
ifty-Guinea Cup, which 
was presented by the edi- 
tors of the Gardener's 
Chronicle at the Royal 
Horticultural Show at 
Manchester. Per % pint 
packet, 25c. ; per qt., 90c. 
Also many other new 
varieties introduced the 
past season, for which 
STPREME PEA.— (Laxton's.) see our Catalogue. 
Nos 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
i'3 Park place & 30 Murray St., New York. 
LATE ROSE POTATO. 
This valuable Potato, which is now for the first time offered 
for sale, differs from all other varieties so far introduced, in- 
asmuch as it is not claimed to be a new seedling, but a sub- 
variety or sport of the well-known Early Rose, which it 
strongly resembles in quality, color, and form— but is three 
weeks later, hardier, and more productive, having yielded 
the past season 2.~>0 to SU0 bushels to the acre. 
$12.00 per bbl.. fS.OO per bush., $3.00 per h bush., $2.00 per 
peck, 4: lbs., b>; mail, $1.00. 
Our Illustrated Potato Catalogue will be mailed to all ap- 
plicants. Address B. K. BLIPS & SONS, 
23 Park Place, and 20 Murray St., New York. 
Moore's Early Concord Sweet Corn. 
Another year's trial has proved this to be the best Sweet 
Corn in cultivation. 
Selected ears, 25c. each : packet, 2.">c. ; quart, bv mail, 90c. 
Address B. K. BLISS & SONS, P. O. Box 5;i2,New York. 
LAWN GRASS SEED. 
By the use of our improved mixture, a beautiful Lawn 
may be made in a very short time. For preparing a Lawn, 
and subsequent management, see our Seed Catalogue. 
Packages of one qt., 30c, mailed to anv address, post-paid. 
By express, per pecK, $1.75; per bushel, $6.00. 
B. K. BLISS A SONS, 
Nos. 33 Park Place and 20 Murray St., New York. 
Lane-s Improved 
IMPERIAL 
SUGAR BEET. 
This superb variety is tho 
result of a careful selection 
for several years past of the 
French Imperial Sugar Beet, 
by Air. Henry Lane, an expe- 
rienced farmer of Cornwall, 
Vt. After a satisfactory- trial, 
we can recommend it with 
the greatest confidence, aa 
being hardier, more produc- 
tive, and coutaining a greater 
percentage of sugar than the 
ordinary variety, and much 
better adapted for cultiva- 
tion in this countrv, either lor 
stock or the manufacture of 
sugar. "We hear the most 
favorable reports from those 
who have tested it in vai ions 
sections of the countrv, all of 
whom are satisfied oi Its 
superiority. It is the best 
beet raised for feeding cow* 
or young Btock. From thirty 
to forty tons raised to the 
i acre, at a cost of from five to 
eight cents per bushel, the 
cheapness with which they 
can be raised, tlie large 
amount of healthy, nutritious 
food raised to the acre, and 
its great value as food for 
cattle, sheep, and swine, 
make this the most profit- 
able root to raise. 
Four pounds is the amount 
usually required for one acre. 
See remarks respecting this 
variety in the February No. 
of the Am. Agriculturist. 
TVe have purchased the en- 
tire stock ot Mr. Lane. 
Price, 15 cents per ounce ; 
40 cents four ounces ; $1.25 per 
pound. 
B. Iv. BLISS & SONS, 
No. 23 Park Place, and 2tt 
Murray St., New York, 
Bliss's Improved Long Orange Carrot. 
This superior variety is the result of a careful selection, 
for successive years, of the bestrforined, largest, and deep- 
est-colored roots of the Imported Long Orange Carrot, by 
which it has attained a perlection hitherto unknown in this 
useful vegetable, being larger, better flavored, and of a 
deeper orange color, ana more sure to produce a crop. But- 
ter-makers will find this variety very useful in giving to 
their butter a rich, deep yellow color. We unhesitatingly 
pronounce it the best variety in the market, and one which 
will not fail to give satisfaction to the purchaser. One oz., 
15c; four ounces, 50c; one lb., $1.50, by mail, post-paid. 
B. Iv. BLISS & SONS, 
Nos. 23 Park place & 20 Murray st., New York. 
Genuine Wethersfield Onion Seed. 
We have just received a fine stock of the above from one 
of the most reliable growers in Wethersfield, which we offer 
at prices greatly reduced from last year. 
oz. y. lb. lb. 
Extra Early Red, verv early and productive. 25c. $0.75 $2.50 
Wethersfield Large Bed, for main crop 15c. .50 1.50 
Large Iced Oral or Globe 80c. 1.00 S.00 
Yelloio Danvers ( True) 25c. .75 2.50 
White Portugal, very mild 30c. 1.00 3.00 
WJdte Globe, an excellent market sort 40c. 1.25 4.00 
Early Cracker, a flat yellow variety 40c. 1.23 4.00 
The above will be sent, post-paid, to anv address upon re- 
ceipt of price. Address B. K. BLISS & SON'S. 
P. O. Box 5,712, New York. 
SILVER-HULL BUCKWHEAT. 
This extraordinary variety, originated abroad and care- 
fully tested here for two years, is now offered as a very 
great improvement upon tne ordinary black or gray Buck- 
wheat. Sown at the same time as the common Buckwheat, 
it continues in bloom longer, matures a few days sooner, 
and yields nearly or quite double under the same conditions. 
The grain is of a beautiful light gray color, varying slightly 
in shade, and the corners are much less prominent than iu 
the ordinary variety, while tlie husk is thinner, thereby sav- 
ing from 15 to 20 per cent waste in the process of manufac- 
turing into flour, whiclt flour is winter and more nutritious. 
Price per bushel. $5.00; half-bushel, $3.00 ; peck, $2.00; lour 
rounds by mail, $1.00. 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
S3 Part Place, and 20 Murray St., Kew Tort. 
To Farmers and. Gardeners. 
g 
I invite all who have been in the habit of buying their 
.arden seed from boxes left at the stores to give my seed a 
.rial, side bv sid«-, aud mark the difference in their germin- 
ating, and in the purity aud quality of the vegetables raised 
from them. I have made it my mission for several years 
past to drive bad seed from the market, and so save farmers 
and gardeners the immense loss they annually suffer from 
the purchase of it. 
The public have well appreciated my efforts, and I have 
now fifty thousand, customers in the United States and Can- 
adas. I sell no seed I do not warrant, and what is the real 
pitli of the matter I stand by my warranty. To enable me 
to do this I grow myself a large proportion of the seed I 
sell. Catalogues sent/r« to any applicant. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Jfarblekead, Mass. 
OEN. GRANT CUCUMBER— Grows from 25 
to 30 inches long ; enormous bearer : unsurpassed for 
table use or pickles; 20c. per packet. SANFORI) CORN— 
Yields 150 hnsbrl* per acre; I ijt., 50c.; 4 qts., $1.50, post 
free. PEERLESS POTATOES— 4 lbs., 60c, post free. 
G. W. WILSON, Auburn, Ohio. 
IMPROVED "White-spincd Cucumber Seed.— 
The result of a careful selection for several years of 
the most per feet- shaped cucumbers, from Tines that have 
uniformly produced fb«*m. in mv own frames. Price 25 cts., 
post-paid. C. THOMPSON ADAMS, Florist and Horticul- 
turist, West Medway, Maes. 
Reserve Potato. 
NONE better. Satisfaction or no pay. Send for Circulars. 
Peerless at Bottom Prices. Largest stock 
west of N. Y. Half sold. Central and Western buyers save 
freight in purchasing of us. 
L. D. SCOTT oi CO,, Union. Eric Co., Ohio. 
PEERLESS POTATOES. 
Get the GENUINE, delivered at R.E. depot, $3 per bbl., 
$1.">0 per busli., $1 per % bnsu., 75c. per peck, or 4 lbs. by 
mail, post-paid. 75c. 
JULIUS L. BROWNING, Chatham Village, N. Y. 
ET FARM PEERLESS.— Best bc- 
causc unmixed. Mountain-grown, selected size, 4 lbs., 
60c.; peck, GOc. : bush., $1.25; In quantity. $l per bush. All 
varieties furnished. H. S. GOODALE, S. Egremont, Mass. 
EERtESS POTATOES- Delivered 
on cars at J3 per bbl. No charge for bbl. HARVEY 
BROTHERS. Growers and Importers of Select Garden and 
Flower Seeds, Buffalo, JJ. Y. 
PEERLESS POTATOES, $3.50 per 
bbl. Early Rose, *S. 
W. S, CARPENTER & SON, Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
NEW M HIRE WETMES. 
I make the seed of New and Rare Vegetables a specialty, 
besides raising all the common varieties. On the cover of 
my Catalogue will be found extracts from letters received 
from farmers and gardeners residing in over thirty different 
States and Territories -who have used my seed from one to 
ten years. Catalogues sent free to all. My customers of 
last year will receive it without writing for it. 
JAM ES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
Trophy Tomato, 10 ccnU per packet ; 
Howard. 10 cents: Sidell's Solid Mam- 
moth. 25 cents; Russian Sunflower. 10 
cents; Double Sunflower, 10 cents ; Pomegranate. 15 cents ; 
Apple-Pie Melon, 10 cents: Sugar Trouch Gourd, 10 cents; 
Dipper Gourd, 10 cents; Bests' Potato Book, only 15 cents. 
All lor $ I. Send for Catalogue. Address 
O. BUliKAS North Fairfield. Ohio. 
^1 REAT INDUCEMENTS offered by THOS. C. 
\JT ANDREWS. See pages 150 and 153, and page 115 
March No. Now is your time. Send at once. 
SEEDS. 
ii 
OP PEA.lfTS.— A specialty. For Cir- 
* cular and price, address 
E. FRANCE. Cobleakill, N'. V. 
ANSEMOND SWEET - POTATO PLANTS, 
by may, 50c. per 100. Send stamp for Circular to 
J. TV. COOK, Forest Grove, H. J. 
