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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[May, 
2,000 Varieties Hare ami Ben in ifill Flower Seeds. 
500 Varieties Choice Vegetable Seeds. 
500 Varieties Seed Potatoes. 
Selected Seeds of all the leading anil improved varie¬ 
ties of Root and Forage Crops for Field and Sugar 
Beets, Co n, Turnips, >inta Baga Culture, con¬ 
sisting of Carrots, Mangel YVurzel, Grass Seeds, 
etc. Fertilizers, Garden Tools, Small Fruits, 
Flowering Plants, and other .Requisites for the 
Farm and Garden. 
A complete descriptive and priced list of the above, with 
directions for c ulture, will be found in 
Bliss’ Illustrated Seed Catalogue an i Ama¬ 
teur’s Guide lo the Flower and Kitchen Garden. 
216 pages, price 35 Cents. 
Bliss’ Illustrated Gardeners’ Almanac and 
Abridged Catalogue, l-'l'i pages, with Monthly Calen¬ 
dar of Operations, 10 Cents. 
Bliss’ Illustrated Potato Catalogue contains a 
list of 500 varieties, with a description of th se recently in¬ 
troduced, with many other desirable sorts, beautifully illus¬ 
trated. 10 Cents. 
Bliss’ Illustrated Handbook, for the Farm and the 
Garden, and alvidg d Catalogue of Garden, Field, and 
Flower Seeds, Fertilizers, Agricultural Implements, 
etc., etc. One hundred pages, many illustrations, 3 cents. 
Bliss’ Illustrated Catalogue of Plants, for the 
Greenhouse, Conservatory. Lawn, and Flower Garden, free 
See our Advertisement in April American Agriculturist. 
P. O. Box, B. IS. BLISS & SONS, 
No. 3712. 31 Barclay St., New York, 
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My Animal Illustrat¬ 
ed Catalogue for 1S73 
is now ready, and will 
be mailed to any ad¬ 
dress on application. 
s on applicat 
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I pay more attention 
to quality of s ed.t.han 
to extremely low 
prices. 
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Orders are solicited 
early to avoid delay. 
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Special inducements 
to dealers. Agricultur¬ 
al Societies, Farmers’ 
Clubs, and others, re¬ 
quiring large quanti¬ 
ties. 
SWEET 
POTATO 
plants. Early Peabody, Nansemond, Jer¬ 
sey. Southern Queen, Early Red, Bermuda. 
Mail, $1 per 100: $2 per 31)0; Express, $1 per 
400 ; £'2 per 1,000; $8 per 5.000 ; $15 per 10,000. 
Write for circular. W. W. Itat.hbone, 
Sweet Potato Culturist, Marietta, Ohio. 
rhnirp iiaai] Poloiop^ All the New Varieties- 
Yliuice Bi tll I uldlVC&j Prices very low to clear 
out Stock. Send for circular. 
E. B. JENNINGS, Box 76, Southport, Ct. 
A FREE GIFT of choice Potatoes to purchasers of 
Seed. Send for Price-list. Also Agents wanted for the 
best article to feed Potato Bug. Paris green ; (he only 
sure remedy. Price75c. D. R. WOOD, Morrisville, Vt. 
5,000,000 Cabbage plants, $1 per M. Tomatoes anil all 
varieties of hot-honae plants cheap, true to name, sent C.O.D. 
Address, J. R. CLARK & SONS, Waverly, Luzerne Co., Pa. 
A A VT? A "R G Among Small Fruits. Send for Cata- 
TtU X JutLivij logue of best varieties. 
POMONA NURSERY. Cinnaminson, N. J. 
My Annual 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 the order gratis. As the original 
Introducer of the Hubbard and Marblehead Squashes, the 
Marblehead Cabbages, anil a score of other new vegetables, 
1 invite the patronage of all who are anxi¬ 
ous to have their seed fresh, true, and of the 
very best, strain. NEW VEGETABLES A 
SPECIALTY. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY. Marblehend, Mass. 
Specialties for Farmers and Others, 
For Sowing in May and June. 
EAST INDIA . EC Y PIT AN or PEARL MILLET, 
—Illustrated and described in Jan. No. of Agriculturist. 
Price 25 cents per pkt., or 5 pkts. for $1.00; $3.00 per lb., 
4 lbs for $10 by mail, pre-paid. 
CJtCFAS or EARTH ALMOND—Price 60 cents 
per quart, by mail, prepaid; $2.50 per peck. 
PRICKLY COMFREY.—Roots $2 per lb., by mail, 
prepaid. 
Circulars, fully describing the above, and many other 
good things, free by mail, to all applicants. 
WM. H. CARSON. Seedsman, 
125 Chambers Street, N. Y. 
iRE PLANTED BY A MILLION PEOPLE IN AMERICA. SEE 
Vick’s Catalogue.— 300 Illustrations, only 2 cents. 
Vick’s Illustrated Monthly Magazine.— 32 pages, 
fine Illustrations, and Colored Plate in each number. 
Price $1.25 a year; Five copies for $5.00 
Vick’s Flower and Vegetable Garden, 50 cents in 
paper covers ; with elegant cloth covers, $l.0J. 
All my publications are printed iu English and German. 
Address, JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. 
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and: SEEDSMAN . brstj'lebcro: v,t 
L ane’s Improved Imperial Sugar Beet, Sutton’s Champion 
Purple Top Swede Turnip, Scarlet Intermediate Carrot, 
Yellow Globe Mangel Wurzel, Yellow Danvers Onion, 
Green Prolific Cucumber for pickles, and over 1,000 varieties 
of other seeds. I make a specialty of above, and can war¬ 
rant them all Fresh and True to name. Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue mailed on receipt of stamp. 
C. E. ALLEN, Seedsman and Florist, Brattleboro, Yt. 
JOHM SAUL’S 
Catalogue of New, Rare, and 
Beautiful Plants, 
will be ready in February, with a colored plate.—Many new 
and beautiful Plants are offered for the first time, with a 
rich collection of Greenhouse and Hot-house plants; Bed- 
din" Plants; new and choice Roses; Dahlias. Well grown 
and at low prices. Free to all my customers, to others 10 cts. 
—a plain copy free. 
JOHN SAUL, Washington, I). C. 
Will be _ 
mailed FREE to 
all applicants. Itcon- > 
tains colored plate, 500 engravings, N 
about 150 pages, and full descriptions,' 
prices and directions for planting over 1200 
Varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Plants, Roses, Etu. 
Invaluable to all. Send for it. Address 
D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Mich, 
CHOICE PLANTS! 
AND 
FLOWER SEEDS! 
The best offer ever made. For 
eatnlogue address, with stamp, 
H. E. CHITTY, Florist. 
Paterson, New Jersey. 
BY MAIL FREE. 
« 
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5 CHOICE TEA ROSES, 
4 ASSORTED VERBENAS, 
2 HELIOTROPES, 
2 GERANIUMS, 
a FUCHSIAS, 
ioLr— 
a COLEUS. 
CROMWELL 
Office Patnpsco Nurseries 
& CONCDON, 
Baltimore, Md. 
EVERYTHING FOR THE LAWN. 
Specialties : Magnolias, Japanese Maples, Rhodo¬ 
dendrons, Hardy and Chinese Aza¬ 
leas » Roses, and Camellias, 
An immense collection of Fruit 
and Ornamental Trees and 
Shrubs. All the very latest 
novelties. Price-list free ; De¬ 
scriptive Catalogue 10 cts. 
PARSONS & SONS CO. 
(Limited.) 
KISSENA NURSERIES. 
Flushing, N. Y. 
EVERGREENS 
Tlie Largest and most complete Stock in the 
U. S. Jit prices to suit tlie times. 
We call particular attention to the following; 
JUNIPER Keevesii- fine plants, 4-5 feet. Virginiana. 
glauca, 4-5 and 6-7 ft. Beautiful 6ilvery 
foliage. 
MBOCEJDRUS Decurrens— one of the finest Ever¬ 
greens from California. 2-3 and 3-4 ft. 
SPRUCE Mobin da— In foliage, has the character of the 
Deodar Cedar. Habit graceful and ele¬ 
gant. Propagated from a particularly 
hardy specimen growing on our grounds. 
2-3 and 3-5 ft. 
SPRUCE Norway — Immense stock — all sizes — well 
shaped. 
SILVER FIR European— 2-3 ft. Nordmann’s, one of 
the finest. 2-3 ft. 
PINES Monspeliensis—A s vigorous as the Austrian, 
and more picturesque, 4-5 ft. 
Jeffreys—A noble Fine from California, with 
deep bluish-green leaves, 4-5 ft. 
Cembra—S wiss Stone Fine, silvery foliage, elegant 
conical habit, 2-3 and 3-4 ft. 
For full descriptions of the Stock we offer, and prices, 
refer to Catalogues No. 2 Descriptive, and No. 4 
Wholesale, sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of 
2n cents. Address, 
ELLWANGER & BARRY, Rochester, N. Y. ' 
The Coming Raspberry, 
E. P. Roc’s New Seedling, 
PRIDE of the HUDSON 
IN POTS DURING MAY. J 
See page 112, March No. of American Agriculturist. 
Also nil the other small l’niit plants at very reasonable rates. 
Descripti e catalogue and price-list free to nil. Address 
TTt T_> ■n/NTJ' Cornwn 11-on-tlie-H ndson, 
Pi. I . -LAV Hh, Orange Co., N. Y. 
STRAWBIIRRY PLANTS. 
15 Acres devoted to Strawberries, over 30 varieties. The 
finest and most extensive stock in the New England States. 
13 new kinds added to my list this season. Catalogue and 
Price List sent free. 
CHAS. S. PRATT, Nor 111 Reading, Mass. 
Eureka Strawberry Huller. 
Introduced last season, and found to be the best thing for 
the purpose ever invented. Sent bv mail to any address at 
15 cts. each The trade supplied. Address the Manufacturer 
and Inventor, A. S. BUNKER, 
288 Common St., Lawrence, Mass. 
Strawberry Plants 
ICO Wilson’s Albany 
100 Monarch of West 
100 Boyden’s Thirty 
100 Col. Cheney 
100 Jucunda 
lOOCumberlandTnumph 
GRAPE VINES 
15 Concord 
12 Hartford Prolific 
Either kind 
postpaid 
lor SI,00 
Lapham 
& Anthony 
Clayton, Del 
Descriptive 
Catalogue 
The Dollar 
Nursery free. 
Raspberry Plants 
(50 Brandywine Red 
35 Delaware Red 
75 Mam. Cluster 
Blackberry Plants 
35 Early Wilsons 
35 Dorchester 
35 Kittatinny 
Currant Plants 
20 Red Dutch 
Strawberry Plants 
In Large or Small Quantities. 
CRESCENT SEEDLING, Great American, For¬ 
est Rose, Fres. Lincoln, Miner’s Great Prolific, 
Capt. Jack, Duchesse, Prouty’s Seedling, and 
50 other NEW varieties. Monarch of the West, Col. 
Cheney, Chas. Downing, Setli Boyilen, Black Defiance, Wil¬ 
son’s Albany, strictly pure, etc., etc., very cheap in large 
quantities. Illustrated Priced Catalogue.. full of valuable 
information, will’be forwarded to applicants free. 
A. HANCE it SON, Hell Bank, N. J. 
GRAND TRIUMPH IX HORTICULTURE! 
The crowning result of Eiqhteen years of care and toil—- 
FELTON’S NE VV BERRIES. 
The Cinderella and Continental STRAWBERRIES 
and Early Prolific and Reliance RASPBERRIES are 
now offered to the public; Tested nine tears, and in our 
judgment the Four Best Market Berries. E2T" Cata¬ 
logue and Price List Free. GIBSON & BENNETT, 
Nurserymen and Fruit Growers, WOODBURY, N. J. 
P LANTS YET. NOW BEADY. Some Prices 
page 112, March number. Lower, if so offered brothers. 
Also, potted plants of Henrietta, Pride of tlie Hudson, 
Reliance, Early Prolific, and Brandywine Raspberries. Sure 
to grow. Reduced prices, l»y Mail or Express. 
Send for Catalogue. JOHN S. COLLINS, 
Moorrslown, N. J. 
CHOICE VARIETIES OF 
for house and garden culture, 
1 sent to all parts of tlie country . 
in safety by mail or express. 
'Address 1,. B. CA>E, liirhmonil, Inil. 
CHOICE PLANTS AND FINE FLOWER SEEDS. 
For Quality, None Better; for Price, None Cheaper. 
Catalogues free. The best F’loral Guide ever issued, ‘25c. 
Address J. Greives, Sec. C. & P. Nurseries, Paterson, N. J. 
GENTS wanted in every County 
for the ACME POWDER DUST- 
for Potato Bugs and all Insects. 
PLANTS 
SAMPLE $1.25. CIRCULARS FREE. 
Green & Norris, Boonton, N. J. 
P BICKLY COMFREY.— Most productive forage 
for Cows, Poultry, Pigs, and Pets. Circulars for All. 
Cuttings $4 per 100. GEORGE A. RICE, Worcester, Mass. 
A n Improved Stock and Grain Farm in Eastern Nebraska, 
50 Berea under cultivation. A good location 160 acreB. 
Price *1,600. SAMUEL CHAPIN, South Wilbrah&m, M m, 
