30 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. [January, 
Extra Early, Requires No Bushing. 
Exquisite Flavor. 
Tlie bast variety for forcing, and the best for 
early sowing in the garden, 
VW On account of its exceedingly Dwarf habit, it can be 
grown in Hot Beds like Cucumber, and Lettuce. 
Circulars giving a full description mailed to all applicants. 
CAUTION.— As there Is another Pea in the market 
called “ American Wonder,” be sure and call for ” Bliss’ 
American Wonder,” and notice facsimile of the signature 
of our firm upon each packet. 
Prices.— One-fourth pint package, 20 cents; pint 65 cents; 
quart, $1.25; by mail, post-paid. When delivered at our 
store, or sent by express at the expense of the purchaser: 
One pint, 55 cents ; one quart $1.00. 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 34 Barclay St., N. V. 
300 BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Our new edition will he ready early in January, and mailed 
to all applicants, enclosing 10 c. 
Address B. K. BLISS & SONS, P. O. Box 4,129, N. Y. 
FOR 1881. Beautifully illustrated; ready January 15th; 
mailed free. It contains descriptive price lists of 
VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS, and 
EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN. 
Livingston’s Perfection Tomato Teosinte, and other tested 
first-class NOVELTIES will be offered. 
HENRY A. DREER, 
71* Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
STRAW 
RASP 
BLACK 
GOOSE 
GRAPES & CURRANTS. 
A superior Bf A MTC of all the 
stock of I 1 3 good 
old and choice new kinds. 
The largest collection of Strawberries in 
the U. S. Head-quarters for the Cuth- 
bert Raspberry. 5 Hew White 
Grapes. Illustrated catalogue, giving 
cultural notes, honest descriptions ana 
fair prices , FREE* 
J. T. LOVETT, Little Silver, Monmouth Co. N. J. 
Success with Small Fruits. 
Winter Is the time to secure it. E. P. ROE’S New 
Book “Success with Small Fruits” has been unan¬ 
imously and heartily endorsed by the best horticultural 
authorities in the country. I furnish it with very liberal 
offers of plants at Its regular retail price. It makes the 
most beautiful illustrated gift book of the season. Those 
succeed who learn how. Catalogue free. Address 
E. P. ROE, Cornwall-on-Hudson, IV. Y. 
Cabbage Seed 
C. Em lufr ■ a Specialty. 
Wholesale Price Lists—for dealers only—mailed free. 
Francis Brill, Seed Grower, Mattituck.Long Island, N. Y. 
SEEDS! 
BURPEE’S 
are warranted first- 
class in every respect, 
and in order to introduce 
them to thousands of new 
customers, we have prepared a SPECIAL TRIAL BOX OF 
SEEDS FOR 1881. This box contains Winningstadt Cabbage,New 
Alpha Tomato (this alone sold for 25c. last Spring), Dewing's Improved 
Turnip Beet, Norfolk Savoy Spinach (surpasses all others), Prolific 
Nutmeg Melon (very fine). Extra Early Scarlet Turnip Badish, New 
Maltese Parsnip (beautiful), and Butman Squash. All the above, ill a 
neat box, with full instructions for growing, mailed to any address for 
ONLY 25c* We have 407 varieties of the choicest Flower Seeds, 
including novelties, all at 5c. per packet. 24 packets for $1, 
postpaid, purchaser's selection. Or we will send 10 packets (our 
choice) for 25c. 5 of our 25c. collections (Flowers or Vegetables) 
mailed for $1. QTr *Postage sta?nj>s accepted as cash. Please order 
now, and ask for BURPEE’S FARM ANNUAL FOR 1881* 
Enlarged and beautifully illustrated. Tells about all the best Garden, 
Field,and Flower Seeds (including important novelties of special merit). 
Bulbs, Plants, Fruits, Thoroughbred Live-Stock, Fancy Poultry, Dogs] 
etc., and is sent free to all* Send your own and your neighbor's 
address, plainly written, to W. ATLEE BURPEE «fc CO. 
Seed Warehouse, 219 and 221 Church St.,Philndelphin, Pn. 
SEEDS, 
BULBS, PLANTS. 
BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRA¬ 
TED CATALOGUE FREE. 
My list of new, rare and beau¬ 
tiful flowers is the best in the 
» country. New Gladiolu*, 
, Tuberoses, Amaryllis, Roses, 
Carnations, choice Flower and 
Vegetable Seeds, Seeds of 
House plants, &c. The grea¬ 
test collection of Lilies, 100 
Tare kinds. All seeds except 
Greenhouse, are sold in Five 
Cent Papers; the best system 
ever adopted. Everything 
warranted true to name. See ; 
Catalogue; prices aro low. : - 
The following sent by mail postpaid. 10 Gladiolus, 10 sorts named, 
S0c. 9 Lilies, 9 sorts named, $1. 12 double Tuberoses, 75c. All fine 
sorts and flowering Bulbs. Remit currency or postage stamps. My 
geeds have an established reputation and go to all parts ofthe world. 
- --- CHILDS,-- - 
J. LEWIS 
QUEENS, N.V. 
W i AAA QUARTS OF BERRIES, crown 
J /I I II || | and marketed in season of 1880. I plant 
• JL 5 V/ VIVI and sell from the same Genuine Stock. 
I offer over 
150 SORTS OF PLANTS, VINES, TREES, &C., AT 
LOWEST CASH RATES. 
New Descriptive Catalogue for spring of 1881. Now ready, 
free. Send for one. Address, 
J. S. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. J. 
Vegetable, Farm and Flower Seeds, 
FERTILIZERS & GARDEN REQUISITES, 
| At Retail and Wholesale, sent to any part of tbO 
United States. 
Catalogues mailed FREE to any address. 
WNI. H. CARSON, 
125 Chambers Street, New York. I 
Shakers’ Garden Seeds. 
TRUE and GENUINE. FRESH and RELIABLE. 
One of the oldest Seed firms in the country. Seeds sent 
by mail, postage free. Special prices and terms to Grangers. 
“ The excellence of the Shakers’ Garden Seeds is generally 
admitted.—Ad*. American Agriculturist. 
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Vegetable and 
Flower Seeds Free. 
Address. WM. ANDERSON, 
Successor to CHARLES SIZER, 
Mount Lebanon, Col. Co., N. Y. 
STRAWBERRIES 
AND OTHER SMALL FRUIT PLANTS. 
VINES, SHRUBS, & ROSES, 
Prepaid bv Mail. Catalogue free. Send for it now. 
STRAWBERRY CULTURE FOR A PENNY STAMP. 
GEO. S. WALES, Rochester, IV. Y. 
For 1881 Is an Elegant Book of 100 Pages,.One 
Colored Flower Plate, and 600 Illustrations, 
with Descriptions of the best Flowers and Vegetables, and 
Directions for growing. Sent free, by mail, for 10 cents. 
In English or German. ,, 
VICK’S SEEDS are the best In the world. The 
Floral Guide will tell how to get and grow them. 
The Flower and Vegetable Garden, .175 Pages, Six 
Colored Plates, and many hundred Engravings. For 50 
cents in paper covers: $1.00 in elegant cloth. In German or 
English. . „„ „ 
Vick’s Illustrated Monthly Magazine—32 I ages, 
a Colored Plate in every number and many hne Engravings. 
Price, $1.25 a year; Five Copies for $5.00. Specimen Num¬ 
bers sent for 10 cents; 3 trial copies for 25 cents. 
Address, JAMES VICE, Rochester, N. Y, 
Will be mailed free to all who 
apply by letter. 
Olir Experimental Gardens Ill I 
wliicli we tes t otir Vegetable 
and Flower S e eds a re most I 
complete; a h cl ou r lire e ii- 
te ons es for Plants (covering; 3 
acres I n glass), are the larg est I 
ill America. 
JOI 1 NT SATTIj’S 
CATALOGUE OF 
NEW, RARE, and BEAUTIFUL PLANTS 
Will be ready February 1st, with a Colored Plate. 
It is full in really Good and Beautiful Plants. Nepenthes, 
New Dracaenas, New Crotons, New Pelargoniums, New 
Roses, Geraniums. Fuchsias, etc., with a rich collection of 
Fine Foliage and other Greenhouse and Hot-House 
Plants, well grown and at Low Prices. Free to all my 
Customers ; to others, 10 cts.; or a plain copy free. 
Catalogues SEEDS, ROSES, ORCHIDS, FRUITS, etc., free. 
JOHN SAUL, Washington, D. C. 
EARLY 
NEW $60 PRIZE GRAPE. Very hardy, very early, and 
fine quality. Never mildews. The best Early Black Grape 
yet Introduced. Winner of a first-class Certificate 
of Merit ; the $60 Prize for the Best New Seedling: 30 
First Prizes, 2 Silver Medals. 
Also, Moore’s New Cross-Bred Asparagus, the 
largest grown. Send for circular, 
_ JOHN B. MOORE, Concord, Mass. 
TREES AYR PLANTS, 
By' Mail, Post-paid. 
100 Sugar Maples, for. .. 50cts. 
100 Yellow Birch... 50 “ 
100 Hemlock Spruce..... 75 “ 
100 American Arbor Vitae... 75 ” 
100 Wisconsin Weeping Willow Cuttings. $1 00 
100 Strawberry Plants (10 best sorts, 10 of a kind), 2 00 
100 Giant Asparagus........ 1 00 
or all the above mailed free for $5. 
W. W. JOHNSON, Snowflake, Mich. 
iM? 
s< 
m 2 ' 
We will send postpaid,guar* 
_ Jranteeing safe arrival in good 
VP condition, our choice of sorts, 
BO $9 SETS! £SS£ 
Roses, $1: 20 Verbenas, »1; 
15 Basket or Bedding Plants, SI; 
. _0 Geraniums,jgl; 10 Tuberoses,$jls 
G Hardy Flowering Shrubs, $1 ; and 
_^cheap, a“ayN EW AND RAREf 
r For your choice of varieties, see our 72-jpajg( 
Catalogue,with colored plate,free to all. We 
offer an immense stoclc of ® Ej3 fl j 1 FD11 IT© 
Grape-Vines, Fruit and dm I 11U1 1 w 
Ornamental Trees, Evergreens, etc.; 8 Currants, 
§ 1; 25 Raspberries,!g1; 75 Strawberries,SI; 8 
rapes,SI? 8 Apple,SI; 4Pear.Sl; 8 Peach, 
§ 1; 40 Sweet Chestnut, SI; 10O Hardy Oatalpa, 
1; etc. Catalogue (with 11 col’d strawberries) free. 
27tll Year. 18 Greet,houses. 400 Acres. 
STORES. HARRISON & CO,, Painesville, (?■ 
SEEDST BULBS 1 SKSiMV 
- New and liberal club 
terms^plendid flower seeds, fresh, prize strains, fine novel- 
tine ninrlisxluci TAoLlioa of n T?ir»P hill ha hPHt VflX1 P.t.l PA. 
ties. Gladiolus, Dahlias, etc. Fine bulbs, best varieties, 
true to name. New catalogue free; send for It. 
_ E. WYMAN, Jr„ Rockford, 111 b. 
TREES FOR SAEE. 
Peach Trees, a heavy stock of fine quality, Apple 
Trees, largely of Smith's Cider, Doolittle Rnspberry, 
Wilson's Early Blackberry, from Root Cuttings: Osage 
Orange, Shade and Ornamental Trees, and all other 
Nursery Products at lowest rates. , „ , 
DAVID BA IRD, Manalapan, N. J. 
For 1100,000 No. 1 PEACH TREES. Alii Est’d 
I 38 1 I kinds fruit and ornamental Trees, Vines,I 1835 
and Plants. Sharpless, Glendale, Mt. Vernon and 100 other 
choice kinds small Fruits and Osage Orange. Send for my 
low Price List. Address. .1. PERKINS. Moorestown. N. J. 
30 lilft 100best sorts Plants. Currants, Grapes, 
Acres®**'* Trees. Asparagus, etc. See our Catalogue 
DPDIHPS before buying, sent free. 
Dhliiil G H. & J. H. HALE, South Glastonbury, Ct. 
