AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
^January, 
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2,000 Varieties Rare ami Beautiful Flower Seeds. 
500 Varieties Choice Vegetable Seeds. 
500 Varieties Seed Potatoes. 
Selected Seeds <>! all the leading and improved varie¬ 
ties of Root ami Forage Crops lor Field Culture, 
consisting oi Carrots, Mangel wurzel, and Sugar 
Beets, Corn. Turnips, Ruta Iiaga, Grass Seeds, 
etc. Fertilizers, Garden Tools, Small Fruits, 
Flowering Plants, ami other Requisites lor the 
Farm uud Garden. 
A complete descriptive and priced list of the above, with 
directions for culture, will be found in llie following cata¬ 
logues now in press, and will be ready for distribution Jan. 1. 
A copy will be mailed to applicants upon receipt of price 
affixed—regular customers supplied gratis. 
Bliss’s Illustrated Seed Catalogue and Ama¬ 
teur’s Guide to the Flower and Kitchen Garden. 
2iB pages, price 35 Cents. 
Bliss’s Illustrated Gardener’s Almanac for 1818, 
and Abridged Catalogue. loti pages, Willi Monthly Cal¬ 
endar of Operations, 10 Cents. 
B1 iss’s Illustrated Potato Catalogue contains a 
list of fit.'O Varieties, and much useful information upon their 
cultivation. 10 Cents* Address 
P.O. now II. K. BLISS & SONS, 
No. 571£* 34: Barclay St*, New York. 
1878 DREER’S GARDEN CALENDAR, 1878 
Contains descriptive and price list of Vegetable, Flower, and 
Grass Seeds, Plants, liulbs, Novelties, and every GARDEN 
REQUISITE. Beautifully illustrated. Mailed free. 
HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 
Imperial Eg’g' Food. 
(See Advertisement, page 37.) 
My Animal Catalogue of Vegetable and 
Flower Seed for 1878 will be ready by January, and 
sent free to all who apply; Customers of last season need 
not write for it. I offer one of the largest collections of 
vegetable seed ever sent out by any seed-house in America, 
a large portion of which were grown on my six seed farms. 
Printed Directions for cultivation on every 
parcel. All seed sold from my establishment warranted 
to be both fresh and true to name; so far that should it 
prove otherwise, I will refill tlie order gratis. As the original 
introducer of the Hubbard and Marblehead Squashes, the 
Marblehead Cabbages, and a score of other new vegetables, 
I invite the patronage of all vrho are anxi¬ 
ous to have their seed fresh, true, and of tile 
very best strain. NEW VEGETABLES A 
SPECIALTY. 
JAMES J. If. GREGOR V, Marblehead. Mass. 
Established in 1328. 
BUIST’S 
Garden Seeds 
were awarded the Centennial 
Prize Mcclal and Diploma of 
Honor for their 
Purity and Superior 
Quality. 
THEY ARE ESPECI¬ 
ALLY DESIRABLE for 
MARKET GARDEN- 
ERS, are exclusively of our 
own Growth from the choicest 
selected Stocks. 
Buist’s GARDEN 
MANUAL, and ALMANAC 
for 187 S, with the Garden¬ 
ers and Planters Price List of 
seeds mailed to all applicants 
free. 
£3*~ Wholesale Price List for 
Merchants who deal in seeds 
mailed on application. 
Address ISO05EMT HUSST, Jr., Seed Grower, JPMIadelpEaia, Pa 
varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Plants, Roses, Etu. 
Invaluable to all. Send for it. Address 
D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Midi. 
FOR SA1K. 
lon.ono extra fine 1 year old Mazzard Cherry Seedlings. All 
in the cellar rendv for.shipment, *5,00 per 1,000. 
STEPHKN HO NT & SONS, New Canaan, Cth 
Illustrated Priced Catalogues of botli Fruit and 
Ornamental Trees end Plants, full of valuable in¬ 
formation, will lie forwarded'on receipt of ten cents. 
A. HAMCE & SO^, &ed Bank, M. J. 
ROOT’!* GARDEN MANUAL 
for 1S74, contains practical instructions on Gardening 
Topics, and price list of Choice Seeds. Sent for 10cts„ 
allow! on llrst order. Address 
J. IS, MOOT, Koefelonl, Illinois, 
To Buyers of Seeds. 
Our Annual Catalogue and priced list of seeds will be 
published in January, and sent free to all our customers, 
without writing for it, and to all others enclosing stamp for 
postage. As the best seeds are always Hie cheapest, we in¬ 
vite the attention of Farmers, Market Gardeners, amt others, 
to our specially fine stock of Home Grown Vegetable Seeds 
of all tlie staple kinds; and also of Florists, and others, to 
our very large collection of tlie best strains of Flower Seeds. 
Novelties, &c. Seeds sent by express and mail to all parts of 
tlie United States and Canada, and guaranteed to reach 
purchasers. HOVEY Si CO., 
16 South Market Street, Boston, Mass. 
TIE DIHQEE & GQNARD GO’S 
BEAUTIFUL EVER-BLOOMING 
ROSES 
We deliver STRONG POT ROSES, suitable for 
immediate flowering, safely by mail, at all post 
ollices. 5 splendid varieties, your choice, all la¬ 
belled. lor SI : 12 lor $2; 19 lor §3; 20 for $4; 35 for 
85; 75 for $10; 100 for $13. Send for our New 
Guide to Rose Culture, and elioose from over 30n finest 
sorts, our Great, Specialty i« growing ami distribut¬ 
ing Roses. THE DIN GEE <fc CONAB D CO., 
Rose Growers, West Grove, Chester Co., Pa. 
. CA1I00R , S 
BROADCAST 
SEED SOWER. 
sSspsU-I Sows all kinds of Grain 
aud Grass Seed. 
Sows 4 to 8 acres per hour. 
Does the work better than can 
the done by any other means 
' whatever. Price only *5. Sold 
in all quarters of tlie Globe. 
Send Stamp lor circular. 
GOODELL COMPANY, Antrim, Iff. H. 
Mew Double White Violet, 
BELLE DE CHATENAY. 
This novelty in violets originated in France. It is of strong 
habit and produces large double white flowers, which are 
quite fragrant and measure, when fullv developed, one incli 
across. It flowers freely in the Autumn. Price $1.00 each 
($9 per doz.), sent free hv mail. 
HENRY A. DREER, Seedsman & Florist, 
No. 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 
fJTTOTfyE PLANTS I The best, offer ever made. For 
1/hUU/Xi f,, x ° ’ catalogue address, with stamp, 
T7T flWT?T? «T?T7T!i<a I H* CHITTY , Florist-, 
xLUW iiii bJuihllb ! Paterson, New Jersey. 
50,000 Boiille Tuberose Bulls. 
Doz. 100 1,000 
First Quality Large Flowering Bulbs. $ .75 $4.00 $25.00 
Second Quality Flowering Bulbs... .50 8.00 15.00 
A few hundred EXTKA Large Bulbs. . . 1.00 5.00 
Dwarf Pearl, 1st quality Flowering Bulbs. 8.00 50.C0 
If sent by Mail, 25 cents per dozen. Extra. 
Special prices to the Trade lor large quantities, if taken 
this fall. 
The season having been the most favorable 
for the growth of bulbs, we offer the largest 
and best ever sent out by us. 
tVJlLLER & HAYES, 
5774 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia. 
SHAKER’S 
Genuine Flower and Carden Seeds. 
Address D. C. BRAINARD, Agt., 
Mount Lebanon, Col. Co., N. Y. 
Illustrated Catalogue and Amateur Guide to the Flower 
and Vegetable Garden for 1878 sent on reception of tlireo 
cents Postage Stamp. Wholesale catalogue lice. 
I! will send my new priced catalogue free to all ap¬ 
plicants. It contains a list of prices of over ONE 
THOUSAND PLANTS, and at such rates as to bring 
them within tlie reach of all. 
Abutilons.10c. 
Ageratums.08c. 
Begonias.15c. 
Garnat ions.10c. 
Cupheas.08c. 
Oalla Lilies.12c. 
Cvclamens.1 5c. 
GUrysantlieniiims.lCc. 
Fuchsias.10c. 
Geraniums.lGc. 
Heliotropes.10c. 
Ivies . 15c. 
Primroses.1 5c. 
Roses.20e. 
Smilax.06c. 
Send for combined Seed and Plant Catalogue. 
PLANTS and SEEDS forwarded by MAIL 
FRE®> and packed so as to ensure safety. 
WW. E. BOWDITCH, 
6f5 Wswn §t„ Postoit, .Mass, 
