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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[jIabclt, 
d~|UR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FOR 1870, 
2fHJ W A WD ItAMJE PLAWTS, 
Is now ready, and will "bo mailed to all applicants enclosing 
stamp. Webes leave to inform our friends and the public 
that we have IMPORTED the last season, "while in Europe, 
a fine stock of 
ORNAMENTAL FOLiAGED 
And BEDDING-OUT PLANTS. In addition, it contains a 
fine plan of a park, drawn by us. Copies containing: the 
-a:;\q will he mailed to all who apply, enclosing 10 cents. 
Customers gratis. Address 
OLM BROTHERS, 
(Successors to B. K. Bliss,) 
SPRSXGFIEI^P, MASS. 
CHOICE VERBENA SEED, saved from our 
large collection of over ICO finest varieties, per packet, 
25 cts. "For Seed or Catalogue, Address 
J. T. SMITH & SONS, Brentwood, Sf. II. 
FLOWER SEEDS. FLOWER SEEDS. 
The subscriber having greatly enlarged his collection of 
Flower Si^eds, embracing only such kinds as are suitable 
for out-door or garden cultivation, including many new and 
rare vanities, still continues to send S3 kinds by mail, post- 
age paid, for §1. A Descriptive Catalogue will be sent to Ml 
who appU' for it. Also," Conover's Colossal Asparagus 
Moots, warranted true, will be sent br mail, postage paid, at 
S'J 25 per ^00. Also, all kinds of Vegetable seeds at reduced 
prices. G. R. GARRETSON, Flushing, Long Island, N. Y. 
Thorfeurn's New Catalogue for 1870. 
Our ANNUAL DESCRIPTIVE PRICED CATALOGUE 
of Vegetable and Agricultural Seeds for 1S70, is ready for 
mailing lo applicants. 
J. M. THORBUKN & CO., 15 John St., New York. 
[N R. & A. MURDOCH, 
^TTRSEnYiiEK', Floeists and Seedsmen, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Our Catalogues will be mailed on application. 
No. 1.— Trees and Shrubs. 
No. 2.— Uoses, Bedding Plants, &c. 
No. 3.— Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Potatoes, &c. 
tBB^SBSm 
Our new Illustrated Catalogue of Flower and Vegetable 
Seeds, for 1^70, is nowreadv; containing descriptions of 
every desirable variety of Flower and Vegetable seeds ; 
with plain directions for their Culture and Treatment : also, 
a list of line Gladiolus and other summer flowerinc Bulbs. 
CJ^Sent lice to all. Address J. T. SMITH & SON'S. 
Brentwood, N. H. 
New and Rare Vegetables. 
1 make the seeds of new and rare vegetables a specialty, 
bosides growing all ct the standard 6orts. Catalogues free. 
JAMES J. H. GIIEGOKT, Marblchead, Mass. 
EVERYBODY WANTS 
The New Prolific Dwarf Wax Bean. Fine, Golden Pod- 
ded. Early, lender and stringlcss. The best of all Dwarf 
Beans. Warranted pure and genuine. Price, 25 cents per 
package, by mail, post-paid. Address 
GEO. KEASEY, Mount Wolf P. O., York Co., Penn. 
GARDEN SEED. 
See our advertisements in January and February Numbers. 
Beans at 20 cts. per quart— Early Mohawk, and 8 other 
varieties. At SO cts. — Concord, Horticultural, Black Wax, 
CBusii.) At 49 cts.— Indian Chief, Scarlet Runner. At 50 cts.— 
Yellow Runners. Large Lima. At GO cts.— Giant Wax. Peas 
at 20 cts.— Dan O'ttourke, Blue Imperial. At 25 cts.— Cham- 
?ion of England. At 40 cts.— Carter's First Crop, Tom 
humb— l r > cents additional bv Mail, post-paid. By the 
Bushel, at lower rates than usuallv otfeivd. Catalogues free. 
Address WARDWELL & CO., 
West Dresden, Yates Co., N. Y. 
ORSE-RADI8H SETS.— Best quality, $3 per 
■ 1,003. Large lots less. O. L. WOODFORD, 
West Avon, Conn. 
Fresla and Reliable Seeds. 
C. G. CKANS £ CO.'S Annual priced Catalogue of Yeset- 
alile Garden Seeds, etc., Xor 1S70, is nowreadv, and mailed 
free to all applicants. 
C. G. CRAKE & CO., 449 Broad St., 
Xelvarlt, N. J. 
White ilustralian Spring Wheat. 
This new variety of Wheat lately introduced from Austra- 
lia, has proved very productive and of most excellent quali- 
ity. It yielded this past season fllty-onc and a half bushels 
to the acre. This is eighteen and a half bushels more to the 
acre than the best of several other kinds yielded, which 
were sown, as a test, on the same field, and treated in all re- 
spects in the same way. 
I will send a four-pound package of this wheat by mall, 
and warrant it to reach its $>urchaxer,for SI. Such a pack- 
age, sowed thin, will yield, on good land, with good culture, 
fix to eight bnshels. O. DICKINSON, 
Salem. Oregon. 
13URCHASER8 WANTED for 1,000,000 Small 
-& Fruit Plants and 1,000 barrels of Earlv Rose Potatoes. 
Send for piices. JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. J. 
BEAUTIFUL FLOWER SEEDS. 
Send for our AWNUA1. DESCRIPTIVE CATA- 
LOGUE OP PLOW^K SEEDS for 1S70. 
J. M. TIIOIiBURN &. CO 
15 Jolin St., New York. 
CeftN.— Hyb'rfd Yellow Dent aad Gourd Scud 
Corn. Chester White Hogs, Swedish. Surprise and Ex- 
celsior o;ils, Early Hose potatoes, nnd Clovers Seeds. 
Address GE O. A. DEI TZ, Ch ambershnrg, Pa. 
"Read carefully Advfc ef Wclf Cheek XckIkey, page 115. 
Oregon Crarden Seeds. 
These Seeds are much larger, and plumper than any seeds 
of the same varieties grown in the Atlantic States. They 
arc raised nearly as far North as Montreal, Canada, and by 
reason of the long cool summers and slow growth, obtain a 
perfection and beauty of size seldom reached elsewhere. 
Marblehead Mammoth Cabfcagc, Flat Dutch, Drumhead, 
"Winningstadt, and all the leading varieties of garden Eeeds, 
for sale by O. DICKINSON, of the Salem Seed Gardens, 
Salem, Oregon. Prices, that of Seedsmen, generally. 
CATALOGUES FREE. 
TUBEROSES, 
Gladiolus, Japan Lilies, L ilium Auralum, and 
all other flowering bulbs, in quantities to the Trade. 
Address C. L. ALLEN, 
Cor. Columbia and Doughty Sts., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
[Retail descriptive Catalogues free on application 3 
CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS, all the Standard 
kinds, mainly my own growing. Warranted fresh and 
good. 23 packets by mail postage paid, for $1- Send lor List 
to make your own selection from. Address Henry E. 
AcgER,Grower of Seeds & Vegetable plants, Wo odbridgc.N. J. 
Bnist's Catalogue of New Plants for 1870. 
The richest Catalogue of the season. Mailed to all appli- 
cants. B. BCIST, ^ursen-man, 
67th & Darby Road. Philadelphia, Pa. 
How to Grow Cabbages. 
I hare written a work entitled ** Cabbages ; how to Grow 
them," which treats on the soil, the manure, the planting, 
cultivation, marketing, varieties (with several engravings), 
keeping over winter, hot-bed raising, stump foot, etc.. etc., 
many minute practical details being given under each head, 
so invaluable to the beginner. I have written two other 
works— one entitled. " Onions ; How to Raise them" The 
other, "Squashes ; Row to Grow them;" each characterized 
by great thoroughness of detail. Either work will be sent 
post-paid on receipt of 30 cts. Mv Illustrated Garden and 
Flower Seed Catalogue sent gratis to all. 
JAME& J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
SEED POTATOES. 
I warrant the following choice varieties to be true to name. 
Potatoes to be of good size, and uarranted to reach each 
purchaser. >."o charge for barrels or boxes. 
Per Per ] Per I Per | Ten 
i4 lbs.'peck. bu. bbl. ; bbls. 
Bresee*s No. 4, or Kinsr of the; 
Earlies..per lb. 50c 
Brcsee's No. 6 
Bresee's Xo, 5 
Bresee's No. 2, or Prolific. ... 
Early Kose 
Excelsior 
lVillard 
Early Mohawk 
Early Snowball. 
1.50 I 6.CO : 20.00 Uo.CO 350.00 
1.50 I 4.00 ;14.00 30.00 
* ' 1.50 ! 5. no 
1.25 ! 4.00 
1.00 I 2.00 
1.00 
1.00 
l.OO 
1.50 
1.50 
1..'.0 
l.OO 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
1.00 
0.00 SO. 00 
4.50 , 40.00 
.00 1 16.00 |140.0I 
7.00 16 00 'UO.OO 
7.00 115. CO 
S.50 I 7.00 I 
My Illustrated Garden and Flower Seed Catalogue sent 
gratis to all. JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead. Mass. 
Bresee's Peerless, or No. 6. 
The Best Potato. 
The best of all Bresee's Becdlings. A very vigorous grow- 
er, surpassing the Harison la productiveness, nnd oirery 
xuperior table aualitp. Destined to supersede all other va- 
rieties for gene'ral cultivation Our stock is icarranted gen- 
nine. 
1 lb., by mail, 75 cts. ; 1 peck, by Express, $7 ; 1 bushel. £23. 
EDWARD BURGESS, Ponghkeepsie, N. T. 
SEXD rOB ClF.OULAE. 
Early Rose Potatoes. 
200 Bbls. Early Rose potatoes (warranted genuine). Seed 
obtained direct from the original grower iu T erinont. Price 
per Bbl„ $5.00. NEWELL S. BROWN, Hebron, Conn. 
Early Mohawk Potatoes. 
The earliest of the carllcs, of lartre size and free from dis- 
ease, and of superior quality both as an early and late winter 
and Bprinc variety. 
$15 per Bbl.; $7 per bushel ; $2 per Peck. 
Conover's Colossal Asparagus Roots. 
The Largest, Best, nnd most ProliGc variety ever intro- 
duced, and pronounced by the leading horticulturists the 
greatest improvement in vegetables of the day. 
$SiO0 per hundred: $25.00 per thousand. 
Send for Circulars of Testimonials and directions for set- 
ting out to S. B. CONOVER, 
260 West Washington Market, New York. 
*>Aft BARRELS of Early Rose Potatoes. Clin- 
*"" ton, Hoyden's No. 31, Oh as. Downing, and other va- 
rieties of Strawberries. Philadelphia. Clarke, nnd Mam- 
moth Cluster Raspberries. For Catalogue address JOHN 
CRANE. Union. Union Co., N. J., or E. M. CRANE, Cam- 
bridge, Henry Co., 111. 
$SOO REWARD $200 
Excelsior and Granite State Potatoes, 
Claimed to be the best In America for the table and gen- 
eral cultivation. I hereby offer $200 for a better variety in 
all points, named in mv circular. 
F. W.'HOLBROOK. AMHERST. N. H., 
The Original Introducer. 
Send for circular containing description testimonials, price 
list, etc., to HENRT C. MERRILL (Agent), 
Manchester, N. H. 
Circular free to all. 
EARLY ROSE Potatoes.— Those wishing to buy, 
by looking at tlie bottom of page 70 Feb. No., will see 
some of the advantages gained dv addressing Thos. C. 
Axdrews, Moorestown, N. J. Send* for Price List. Price, 
lnrge size, §— per bbl., for 50 bbls. or more. 2d size, $1 per 
bbl. less. 
"Vcw and Choice Seed Potatoes.— Don* t fail to 
-i- » send for a Circular with prices bv the lb. Address 
E. B. JEXNXNGS, Florist, Southport, Conn. 
LOOK! LOOK!! LOOK I ! ! 
Ramsdell Isorway Oats, by Mail, post-paid. 
Seed obtained from D. W. Ramsdell, Vt., in spring of 1S63. 
and warrant them the genuine-- free of foul seed One Quart' 
post-paid, 50c; Four Quarts. 81.25; One Peck, $2; One 
Bushel, ?G; One Bushel, by Express, $3JS0 ; Ten or more, 
$3 per Bushel. Also. Surprise, T\"hite Swedish, New Bruns- 
wick, Prince Edward's, and Excelsior. 
3,000 Bushels Early Kose. —Four 
pounds, bymail, post-paid. $1 ; One Peck, $2.50 ; One Bushel, 
by Express, ¥1.50; One Bbl., £3.50; Five or more, $3 per Bbl. 
Also, Early Mohawk, No. 4, or King of the Earlics. Bresee's 
Prolific, Climax, Excelsior, and other varieties, by pound, 
bushel, or Barrel. 
Send for Circular andprice list. Address 
S. B. FANNING, Jamcsport, Long Island, N. Y. 
Early Rose Potatoes at lowest rates, in large or 
small quantities. Chas. Downing Strawberry Plants, 
ARLY ROSE POTATOES.— U per Barrel. Bv 
mail, 4 lbs.. To cents. Nansemond Sweet Potato Planis 
E 
in Hay and June, $3 per 1.030. Bymail, 60 cents per 100. 
Order early. Semi stamp for Circular. Address 
D. CUMMINS, Conncaut, Ohio. 
l|\-ulv Rose Potatoes, sound and nice, delivered in 
MU Xfj-sv York or Hartford at $t.2o per bbl.; small-sized S3 : 
larger quantity less. Also, Cranberry vines, true Cape Cod 
variety. Will sell in lanze lots,if Tvislied. 
Dr. B. H. STEVENS, Essex, Conn. 
fiEED POTATOES of all standard -varieties in 
£jflne order, at reasonable rates. Early llenrv. Early Hose 
Earlv Goodrich, -White Pcachbloivs, ire. TATE jl, DAVEN- 
PORT & CO., 1, 2, &4 Del. Ave. Market, rhiladelpliia. Pa. 
E Q BARRELS OF EARLY ROSE POTATOES, 
** v at $.1 per bush.. $t per bbl. Also Goodrich and Harri- 
son, at ?3 per bbl. Warranted pure. Address 
A. jr. EJTGLE, Slnppensburf, Pa. 
Og\6l BARRELS of Early Rcsc Potatoes for 
tF'LF sale: all must be sold before the middle of 
March. Price— large size, $4, and second size, $3 per bbl. 
^ CHAS. COLLINS. Moorc-slown, X. J. 
9rtft BARRELS EARLY ROSE POTATOES, $4 
* vv per barrel. 2 lbs. each of the folloivinK 4 varieties. 
Early Rose, Climax, Bresee's Proline, Earlv Mohawk, free 
bvmail, $2; 4 lbs. of either vanetv, free bvmnil. SI. 
Address TV. S. CARPEXTER, R'yc, -vvestcbester Co., N. T. 
ARLY MOHAWK POTATOES, AND COXO- 
TER'S COLOSSAL ASPARAGUS ROOTS. Send for 
Circular to S. B. COXOTER, 260 West -Washington Market, 
New York. 
TENBROOK, PIERCE & CO., 
PEElLtSZSTLT ESTABLISHED 
SWEET POTATO CULTURISTS, 
Offer to the Spring Trade of 1S70, a lar^e and choice stock 
of Yellow Nassemoxd. Bed Naxseiioxd. Red Beesivda, 
nnd liED, or *' Afbicas" Yam " seed Sweet Potatoes, at rea- 
eonabU rates. Seed warranted pure, for particulars address 
TKNBROOK, PIERCE & CO., Soutli Pass, 111., 
or, Rockville, Ind. 
IMPROVED Yellow Nansemond Sweet Pofatocs. 
Succeed 44 dey. North. "Warranted pure, and to reach 
purchasers iu pood order. ?? for ^ Uu., boxed. Heavy dis- 
count on quantities. Order now, nnd receive complete "Di- 
rections for Sprouting." "W. W. RATHBONE. Marietta, O. 
■WTANSEMOXD SWEET POTATOES for SEED. 
-L^( A larse supplvof best qualitv at lowest rates. Also 
plants in proper season. Address M. M. MURRAY & CO., 
Foster's Crossings. Warren Co., O., or Nos. 1S1 & 1S3 West 
Second St., Cincinnati, O. 
RAMSDELL NORWAY OATS.— 
For sale at So per bushel, ?3 per half bushel, $2 per 
peck. "Warranted tree from Canada Thistle or other foul 
seed. 
A. B. CURTISS, 
Freedom Station, Portage Co., O. 
New Yoee, Nov. 3d, JF69. 
A B. Cuetiss. — Dear F.ir: The sample von have submit- 
ted to us is the genuine Ramsdell seed. Rcspectfullv, etc., 
D. TV. RAMSDELL. 
rjENUIXE SURPRISE OATS— beardless, white, 
^" and plump as Diehl wheat ; vieldSO to 1C0 bu. per acre, 
and weigh 11 to 4.i lbs., being SO to 50 percent heavier than 
Norway. The third crop shows no decrease in yield. Price, 
delivered to R. R. or Exnres3, one bu., $3: twobu.. So; larger 
quantitv. $2 per bushel. No charge for bags. Address 
C.L.YANDUSEN, Nurseryman, Macedon, N.Y. 
Ramsdell Norway Oats. 
Seed obtained in thespring.lSK, of D. TV.Eamsdell's Agent. 
H. C. Pease, Yt. W'arrantcd genuine. Single bush., $3; 2K 
bush., $7, 5 hush., $12.50; 30 bush, and over, S3 per bush'. 
Sent by freight or Express, purchaser paving charge?. Bp.es 
free. Address A.NIESE, Port Ewen. ulster Co., N. Y. 
GENUINE SURPRISE OATS. 
We have a large quantitv of these celebrated oats on band. 
which we will furnish as follows: 1 bu. (45 lbs.) ?4; 2 bu. S7; 
pcrbu. bv the bbl. of 3^ bu., S3.'Jf>. Order earlv, or send for 
Circular to J. COMMONS & CO.. 
t Richmond. Ind . 
i\T©R\VATOATS, SURPRISE OATS, TTINTER 
■L™ Novi.v Scotta and Black New Bkunswice: Oats. War- 
ranted true to name, for sale at low rates. Send for Cat s- 
logiv. -. JAMI-:s_.l. II . GREGORY, Marblchead. Mass. 
\jr-ARRANTD GEXUIXE.— Norway Oats, per 
»» bushel, Si>; per ^ bush., ?3. Rose pota'toes, 4 as., $1. 
Eggs from fancy fowls. Scud for Circular. 
K. BLAIZ, Alleghany City. Pa. 
_CpJ*LPETITIO>- is the life of Trade. Send for prices of 
Early Rose and Small Fruit Plant*. 
THOS. C. ANDREWS, Moorestown, N. J. 
