1870.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
71 
JLiliiifiH Auratum. 
The Japanese Queen of Lilies. 
Alar^e importation from Japan, just received by the sub- 
scribers, in taic, healthy condition. Flowering Bulbs mailed 
to any address at following prices: 
No. 1, si .00 each; $9,00 per doz. No. 2, 73 cents each, or 
$6 73 per doz. No. 3, 50 cts. each ; §4.50 per doz. Prices by 
the hundred or thousand will be given to dealers upon 
application. B. K. BLISS & SON, 
\oa. 41 Park Row, and 151 .Nassau St., New \ork. 
Marblehead Mammoth 
Cabbage ! 
This is the largest cabbage in the world, sometimes weigh- 
in" over sixty pounds each, and averaging as liigli as thirty 
pounds by the acre ! It is not onlv large, but cannot be sur- 
passed Tor reliability for heading, tenderness, and sweetness. 
As some cultivators have an impression that, tins cabbage 
cannot be fully matured outside of Marblehead, I invite 
their attention to the following extracts from among the 
many commendatory letters which I have received. 
'* Your Marblehead Mammoth Cabbage cannot be excelled. 
There were heads weighing 50 lbs., and heads of Fottler s 
Improved Brunswick {from your seed) weighing 40 lbs.— 
John H. Howlett, Charlestown, 111." n , _ 
"I raised from vour seed Marblehead Mammoth Cabbages 
that weighed 50 "lbs.— A. H. Mace, Clintonville, N. i ., .Noy. 
14th. 1869." 
"Your Marblehead Mammoth Cabbages were very fine, 
they all headed well, and weighed 21 to 40, and 4 1 lbs.— W. 
Llewellyn, lied Tv"ing, Minn., March 12, 1S69." 
"Your Marblehead Mammoth Cabbages arc wonderful; 
they grew to the size of an umbrella.— Thomas Flanigau, 
Palermo, Kansas.'' 
" The Marblehead Mammoth Cabbages were a perfect suc- 
cess. They headed well, and were three limes as large as 
any cabbage I ever raised before.— J, F. Butt, Kosciusco, 
"I have raised vour Marblehead Mammoth Cabbage for 
two years, and it has proved the tenderest and sweetest cab- 
bage" I ever saw.— S.S. Groves, Stones Prairie, 111." 
John Van Wormer, Springs' Mills. Mich., raised some 
weighing 30 lbs. John Humphreys, Titusville, N. Y., 33K 
lbs/ M. D. Clark. Elvria, Ohio, 37 lbs. 11. A. Terry.Crescent 
City. Iowa, 40 ll>s„ measuring 5G inches around the solid 
head. Thos. A. Lambert, Bccancour, C. W., exhibited three 
cabbages weighing respectively 40, 42X, and 44 lbs. John 
"W. Dean, St. Michael's, Md., has grown them weighing 33 
lbs. S. M. Shuck, Preston, Minn.. 33 lbs., when trimmed. E. 
H. Ellis, Etna Green, Ind., over 30 lbs. A. E. Garrison, Des 
Moines, Iowa, 30 lbs. James S. Allen, Union Springs, N. Y., 
33 lbs., when stripped of loose leaves. Wra-, Lcc, Jr., Denver, 
Colorado, has groVn heads weighing 45 to 50 lbs., as a penal- 
ty for which the miners of the mountains call him the " Big 
Cabbage Man." Leonard Choat, Denver, Colorado, raised 
one wliich weighed 45 lbs. when trimmed of waste leaves. 
Collins Eaton. Ogdensbnrgh, N. Y„ 50 lbs. P. Sweeney. 
Loretto, Pa., 43 lbs. Sam'l B. Ornsbee, Boiling Prairie, Wis., 
53 lbs. Chas. W. Oden, Little Sioux, Iowa, produced quite a 
lot weighing from 53 to GO lbs. A. C. Van Tassal, 30 lbs. trim- 
med. A.C. Goodwin, Kennedy, N ; Y., 45 to 50 lbs. W. H. 
Spera, Euphrnta, Pa., raised fifty heads that averaged over 
31 lbs. each. Win. D. Munson, Burlington, Vt., raised some 
weighing 40 lbs. Mary B. Scllman, Galesburg, Iowa, 2S to 43 
lbs," stripped of loose leaves. Hundreds of others have 
written me that thev have "taken all the prizes at the 
County Fairs." "Raised the largest cabbage ever seen in 
the country." "Astonished all their neighbors." "That in 
sweetness, "crispness, and tenderness, they were unequalled," 
etc.. etc. As the original introducer of the Mammoth Cab- 
bage, I am prepared to supply seed grown from extra large 
heads, at following prices, by mail, post-paid : Per package, 
25 cts.; per oz., ®l ; 4 ozs., $3.50 ; per lb., $12. 
Full instructions for cultivation accompanying the seed. 
Catalogues free. JAMES J. II. GREGORY, 
Marblehead, Mass. 
FERRE, BATCHELDER & CO.'S 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 
of" Seeds and 
VEGETABLE AND FLOWER GARDEN 
MANUAL for 1870, will be ready for distribution early 
in January. It will contain about 100 pages, with numerous 
illustrations— a complete list of Vegetable and Flower seeds, 
to which will be added a list of Summer-Flowering' 
Bulbs, Plants and Small Fruits. Sent to all 
applicants enclosing 10 cents. Our customers supplied 
without charge. Address 
FERRE, BATCHELDER & CO., 
231 Main St., Springfield, IVass. 
, i 
To Market Gardeners. 
Your business involves ou immense ontlay over small 
areas, and it is of first importance that the seed you plant 
should he fully reliable. My enterprise is of special inter- 
est to you," as I am engaged in growing, directly under my 
own eve, a great variety of vegetable seeds, many of widen 
Bcedsmnn usually import or gather together from growers 
scattered through the country. Because I grow these seed 
myself I am enabled to warrant them fresh and true to 
flame, and to bind myself to rcilll the same value gratis, 
should they not prove so. All seed warranted to reach each 
purchaser." I also import and procure from first growers, 
choice varieties that cannot be grown in mv locality, giving 
mc thus one of the largest if not the largest variety of veg- 
etable seed sold bv any dealer in the United States. Give 
my seed a trial. Catalogues gratis. 
JAMES J. II. GREGORY", Marblehead, Mass. 
Evergreen Broom-corn, 
I have the genuine. The brush is worth from $5 to $00 per 
acre more than the old sort. I will send enough to plant an 
acre post-paid, for $1.00, one bushel as freight, $,>.0Q. My 
Catalogue describes it, and 150 varieties of seed. Early Rose 
potatoes, Alton Nutmeg Melon, Liberian Cane, Choice Flow- 
ers, (Y,c, &c. Send for it. Address 
"WALDO F. BROWN, Box 75, Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio. 
*£Aft tfbiOA HORSE-RADISH SETS.— The 
** V?.F«*J*F^J fcppt in market, at $3.00 per 1,000. 
EDWARD WHEELER Box 724, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
BLISS' SELECT 
GARDEN 
SEEDS. 
f^m\ 
B. K. BLISS & SON, 
Nos. 41 Parle Row, and 151 Nassau Street, New Yorlt. (P. O. Bos:. No. 5712.) 
Importers, Growers, and Dealers in Garden, Field, and Flower Seeds, Horticultural 
Implements, and Garden Requisites. 
Would inform their friends and the public that the Sixteenth Annual EditioJi of tbeir Illustrated Seed Catalogue 
and Guide to the Flower and Kite lieu Garden is now ready for distribution. 
No pains or expense have been spared in preparing this edition, to make it the most complete work of tltc kind ever 
published in this country. 
It contains 120 pages of closely printed matter, and tico hundred choice engravings of favorite Flowers and Vege- 
tables — a large portion of which a"re entirely new ; also, two beautifully colored lithographs, and a descriptive list of up- 
wards of two thousand species and varieties of Flower and Vegetable Seeds, including all the novelties of the past season, 
with directions for their culture; also, a list of upwards of One Hundred varieties of Choice Gladiolus— with many 
other Summer-Flowering Bulbs— and much useful information upon the subject of gardening generallv. 
A copy will be mailed to all applicants enclosing Ticenty-ftvc cents. Our regular customers supplied without charge. We 
also publish ao edition handsomely bound in cloth at 50 cents per copy. 
CUCUMBER, GEN. GRANT. 
A superior variety, cither 
for forcing or for culture in 
the open ground. It is pertect 
in form, solid and crisp, and 
of a most agreeable flavor. 
Many specimens were grown 
the past season averaging 
tbirty 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 & SON, 
P. O. Bos 5713, 
New York. 
C©ii©Ter 9 s 
COLOSSAL 
Seed and Roots. 
The experience of the past 
season fully confirms all that 
was claimed for this variety 
when first offered hist spring, 
and it now stands unrivaled 
in size, productiveness, and 
quality. 
Specimens were exhibited 
the past season by Mr. Cono- 
vcr, which were grown along- 
side the best "Oyster Bay" 
varieties, and received the 
Bame caro 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. Strong, one-year-old 
Hoots mailed, post-paid, ?'3 
per fifty; $3,00 per hundred. 
Seei>s. — W 07.. packet. SO Cl 3, 
Address B. it BBISS& SON. 
41 Park How, & 151 Nassau 
St., New York. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Bresek's King of the Earlies, or No. 4.— Known also 
as the Fifty Dollar Potato (at which price thev were sold 
last spring). The experience of the past season full v con- 
firms all that -was claimed for it by the raiser, and we' have 
no hesitation in pronouncing it the Earliest, as well as one 
of the best varieties in cultivation, is ready for marketing one 
week in advance of the Early Rose. Mr. Bresee-has placed 
his entire stock in our hands, for sale at the following greatly 
reduced prices. 
Two Pounds, by mail, post-paid, for $I.C0; by Express, 
(■purchaser paving freight), One Peck, Sr>.00; One Bushel, 
¥15.00; One Bbl., ?40.00. 
Brksee's Peerless, or No. 6.— This is, without exception, 
the best variety in cultivation, for a general crop. It grows 
to a large size, of a very showy appearance, is enormously 
productive, and fully equal to the Peachblow in quality. 
The stock was sold last spring at SjBCO per bushel. One lb., 
by mail, $1.00; by Express. $10X0 per peck. 
Bresee's Prolific, or No. 2, — 1 n»s., by mail, $1X0; bv 
Express, $1."5 per perk ; $4.00 per bushel ; $9 per Bbl. 
Clisiax. — I lbs., bv mail- $1.00; S1.C0 per peck; $4X0 per 
bushel; $9.00 per Bbl. 
Early Kose.— 4 lbs., by mail, $1.03; $1.00 per peck; $0.50 
per bushel ; $5.00 per Bbl. 
Not less than $1.00 worth of a variety will be mailed. 
Older varieties will be furnished at market prices. Our 
illustrated Potato Catalogue, with full directions for their 
culture, will be mailed to all applicants enclosing a stamp. 
B. K. BLISS & SON, 
41 Park Row, & 151 Nassau St., New York. 
L'HOMME-LEFORT, MASTIC, or 
COLD GRAFTING WAX. 
Used in the Imperial Nurseries and Planta- 
tions of Paris. 
This preparation is known as the best which can bo used 
in the operation of grafting Trees, Shrubs, and Plants of 
any description, budding Poses, &c. It requires no previous 
melting: it is always ready for use; it grows hard in the 
open air as well as in water; and once hardened is not 
liquified under a bigh temperature. 
This article is far superior to anything yet produced for 
the purpose of healing all wounds in Trees, &C, arising from 
accident or disease. It rapidly causes broken or split branch- 
es to unite acain ; it preserves the graft from moisture and 
from the intrusion of insects, &c, and is 
THE BEST STYPTIC TO PREVENT THE EFFUSION OF 
SAP AFTER TIIE PRUNING OF THE GRAPE-VINE. 
It is also an indispensable article in many other circum- 
stances, which can only be Illustrated by its iise. Sold in tin 
boxes of various sizes, bearing the signature of the inventor. 
Price 40c. $1 .25 and $3^30 per tin. The largest contains 6\ lbs. 
Descriptive Circulars furnished to all applicants. 
B. K. BLISS & SON, 41 Park How, New York, 
General Agents for the United States. 
Fresh Pear Seed- 
in flrst-rato condition, Just received by the subscribers, 
40 cts. per ounce, $1.25 per 1 ounces, $ 1.00 per pound, $835,00 
per 1C0 nonuds. 
Addr.-ss B. K. BLISS & SON. 
Nos. 41 Tark How, & 151 Nassau St., Ne\s Sort. 
