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A Vegetable Wonder! 
Copyright, 1888, by l eter Henderson & Co. 
HENDERSON’S NEW 
Bush Lima Bean. 
Can and Should be Grown in every 
Garden on the Continent. 
Of all the Novelties in Garden Products 
ever sent out, there is noth ingeo entirely distinct 
and valuable as this New Vegetable. The 
old Lima Bean can only be grown on poles, 
while theJV/i'IF li US If 1,1 V A grows and is 
cultivated exactly like the common bush or snap 
bean (growing only 18 inches high), and from 
the time of its bearing in July, produces in 
abundance delicious Lima Beans throughout the 
entire season until frost. It has, besides, an 
additional value, in that it is tiro weeks 
earlier than any other Lima Bean, being fit 
for the table in from forty to fifty days from 
time of planting. 
Price (by mail) 25 cents per packet, 
5 packets for $1.00, 12 jnickets for 
$2.00 (12 packets sufficient for an 
ordinary - sized family for the season). 
Directions for yrowiny on each packet. 
Remittances can be. sent either by Post 
Office Order, Postal Note or Stamps. 
$100.00 in Cash Prizes for single plants 
bearing greatest number of pods. For 
conditions see Manual offered below. 
Every purchaser of Henderson’s Hush 
lima Bean will he sent, without charge, our 
Manual of Everything for the Garden, a 
book of 140 pages, size. 9x11, containing 3 col- 
ored plates (the price of which is 25 cents), on 
the distinct understanding, however, that 
those ordering will say in what paper they saw 
this advertisement 
p«y you 
I M I To Plant 
BARRS’ 
Mammoth Asparagus. 
It sells for double the price of Conover’s. 
Send for circulars and testimonials. Also 
a full line of General Nursery Stock at 
reasonable prices. Address 
Rakestraw A Pyle, 
Willowdale, Chester Co., Pa. 
MONMOUTH 
SPARAGUS BUNCHEII 
Its advantages are: Bu Holi- 
er and Knife attach- 
ment, made entirely of iron 
with finely tempered steel 
knife; moveable head 
and shield, instantly ao- 
justed to make long or short 
bunch: sel f-adj listing 
g. and rock iiie jaws, pre- 
e vents the breaking of the as- 
paragus; Knife attach- 
ment, for cutting off the butts quickly and cleanly. 
This machine will do one-third more work 
than any other buncher. Price, with knife. $6.50; 
without knife, $3.50. Descriptive circular and testi- 
monials sent on application. Address 
CHAS. H. nORFORD, Middletown, N. J. 
'AND VALUABLE NOVELTIES never 
handsomely Illustrated in natural colors; altogether 
the grandest and most complete Catalogue published In 
America. No Market or Private Gardener < an afford to be 
without it. On receipt of IO CENTS In cash or stamps, we 
will send It free by mall, together with a pkt. of the WON- 
DERFUL NEW AND DISTINCT 
TOMATO — BRANDYWINE; 
largest, smoothest and hand- 
somest of all; the price of which alone Is 20c. (XT’OUR 
are the STANDARD with MARKET CARDENERS. Mention this paper when you write. Addres* 
STOKES, 217 and 219 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
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A GRAND NEW ONION from GREECE. = 
Unlike all others in form, extremely handsome , — 
with thin, brown-yellow skin. Very early , of u?i- — 
usually mild, pleasant flavor, most remarkable = 
from the fact that it is the first and only one of — 
the large, mild Adriatic Onions that is really a = 
goodkeeper. Solid and fine grained, it remains as = 
mild and sweet flavored in mid-winter as when = 
freshly gathered. A great acquisition, furnishing = 
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Per packet 15 cents; or 2 packets for 25 cents. = 
BURPEE’S WHITE GEM WATERMELON 1 
A unique new variety from China; really a gem,"— 
both in distinct beauty and delicious quality. = 
Ripens early , 7 wonderfully prolific , and is the = 
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white color , while the flesh is rich, bright pink, = 
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Burpee’ s Barm Annual for i88q. — 
Per packet, 15 cents; or 2 packets for 25 cents. = 
H MID-SUMMER LETTUCE ■ growth, this is S 
he best 0 / all Lettuces for use throughout the Summer, s 
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golden yellow heart within, as tender and brittle as can be. ■■ 
Peculiarly fine in flavor. Per packet, 15 cents; per oz., 40 cents, s 
3 RARE NOVELTIES for i 889: 
= briefly described above, are now first introduced, and can only be had direct from us. Seed of any = 
^ will be mailed upon receiptof price 1 n order to introduce BURPEE’S SEEDS to thousands of new cus- = 
— tomers, we make the follow- — fT /> we will mail one packet each of the = 
— ing LIBERAL OFFER. Of ©tUP VCllIS above Novelties, AND ALSO one = 
s packet each of The New Volunteer Tomato, — very bright colored, smooth and early, — New Peerless = 
— Cabbage, early , large and solid, — New Model Carrot, — the best in quality andappearance, — Globe Dan- = 
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5 - New Density Okra, — New p erfection Musk Melon, — Peerless Cucumber,— Burpee’s Improved = 
™ Blood Beet, New Earliest Carmine Radish, — Sugar Pumpkin and Burpee’s Surehead Cabbage, ~ 
™ — the famous “ all head and always sure to head Cabbage,** 3 
The above FIFTEEN PACKETS of THE CHOICEST and NEW VEGETABLES 3 
at standard retail prices are worth $1.35, but we will send the entire ^ - -- i- — — 
__ collection, neatly boxed, by mail, postpaid, to any address, for only ^3^3 wvMlS ^ 
— j n postage stamps, or FIVE BOXES for $2.00. We have the Largest Mail Seed Trade in America, 3 
= buil f u P° n , the h 'gh quality of BURPEE’S WARRANTED SEEDS, and this Remarkable Offer is 3 
a. made to induce thousands more to TEST OUR SEEDS. Entire Satisfaction Guaranteed to all pur- 3 
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= colored plares, and hundreds of illustrations from nature. It tells all about the BEST SEEDS, Bulbs, 3 
— ^ a . n * s * j? n< ^ Thoroughbred Stock. It is full of useful information to every progressive farmer andgardener. 3 
. Entirely free from exaggerated descriptions, it offers THE BEST SEEDS at fair prices. U rite to-day. 3 
! W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Seedsmen 1 
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ages EARLIEST Vegetable Novelties, postpaid, #1.00. 
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SEEDS 
Mv Annual PRICED CATALOGUE Is now ready and 
mailed free to all applicants. It ccrntains all the leading 
and most popular sons of 
Vegetable, Farm & Flower Seeds 
Resides alltl e desirable novel! i<*s of last season, and nearly 
everything else in my line of business. 
ALFRED BRIDCEMAN, 
37 East 19tli Street, New York City. 
EED AND PLANT,To%%WlUS.ll: 
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ble, 10 pkt. flower seed,6 nice house plants for #*1 .00. 
r.ach lot separate, 40c. Add 4 names of seed and plant 
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induce you to try us and get our c atalogue with you. Mce 
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