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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[February. 
Extra Early, Requires No Bushing. 
Exquisite Flavor. 
The best variety for forcing, and the best for 
early sowing in tbe garden, 
tW~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 Arm 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. It. BLISS 6c SONS, 34 Barclay St., N. IT. 
Established 1845. 
300 BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS. 
With a richly colored plate of a Group of Pansies, and a de 
scriptive priced list of 2,000 varieties of Flower and Vege 
table seeds—with much useful information upon their cul 
ture, 150 pages—mailed to ail applicants enclosing 10 cents 
Address If. K. BLISS & SONS, P. O. Box 4,129, N, Y 
Livingston’s Perfection 
TOMATO 
Raised by the originator of and is snpc-| 
rior to the Acme and Paragon Tomatoes. 
Blood-red, smooth, solid and productive®] 
Original Packets, 25 cents; five for $1,00. E 
Dreer’s Onrde% Calendar for 1881 mailed] 
free. Valuable to the market gardener, ama¬ 
teur and farmer. 
HENRY A. DREER, Seedsman, 
| 714 CheBtnut St., Philadelphia. | 
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We will send our Catalogue for 
1881 
[[Containing a full and descriptive list of\' 
FLOWER SEEDS, 
VECETABLE SEEDS, 
Cladiolus, Lilies, Roses, 
Plants, etc. 
, beautifully illustrated with colored plates, 
, free to all who send their address. 
Application may be made to 
179,181,and 183 Main Street, 
Rochester,N.Y. 
,^174 E. Randolph St v 
Chicago,Ill. 
HIRAM SIBLEY&C0. 
OUR TRIAL GROUNDS ARE MOST 
^COMPLETE. AND OUR GREENHOUSES/ 
KSCOVERING 3 ACRES lllGU'.SSyfcj 
JSKsARETHE LARGEST 
l&Prafc-^ America. 
35 CORTLANDT ST„ NEW YORK 
R. D. HAWLEY’S 
SEED CATALOGUE and PRICE-LIST for FARMERS and 
MARKET GARDENERS, for Spring 1881, will 
be sent free to all applicants. 
^“CHOICE ONION SEED A SPECIALTY. 
R. D. HAWLEY, Hartford, Conn. 
ore warranted first- 
class in every respect, 
and in order to introduce 
them to thousands of new 
customers, we have prepared a SPECIAL TRIAL BOX OP 
SEEDS FOB 1881. This box contains Winningstadt Cabbage,New 
Alpha Tomato (this alone sold for 25c. last Spring), Vetoing's Improved 
Turnip Beet, Norfolk Savoy Spinach (surpasses all others), Prolific 
Nutmeg Melon (very fine), Extra Early Scarlet Turnip Radish, New 
Maltese Parsnip (beautiful), and Butman Squash. All the above, in 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 25e. collections (Flowers or Vegetables) 
mailed for $1. 0 ZTPostaqe stamps 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 gent free to all. Send vour own and your neighbor’s 
address, plainly written, to W. ATLEE BURPEE &. CO. 
Seed Warehouse,219 and 221 Church St-,PhiladelDhia,Pa. 
NORTH STAR SEED FARMS, 1881. 
Fifth Annual Catalogue now ready, free, on application. 
Former correspondents will be served without application. 
The products of these Seed Farms, the most Northern in 
America, have established beyond controversy the great 
organic law, “that the further North Seeds are 
grown, the earlier their products will mature.” 
Our St. Paul Tomato, Early Minnesota 
Sweet Corn, Red River, and Squaw Corn, 
Pure Scotch Fyfe “Wheat (Seed Stock), Carrots, 
Beets, Onions, Minn. Early Amber Sugar 
Cane, and nearly everything in Vegetable List cannot 
be equalled in America. 
T. M. METCALF, 
Seed Grower and Jobber, St. Paul, Minnesota. 
S E. A. REEVES 
"171 OLD ESTABLISHED 
jg Seed Warehouse, 
D 68 Cortlandt St., 
NEW YORK. 
S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUES sent free 
to all applicants. 
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Shakers’ Garden Seeds. 
TRUE and GENUINE, FRESH and RELIABLE. 
One of the oldest Seed firms in the country. Seeds se,t 
by mail, postage free. Special prices and terms to Grangers. 
“ The excellence of the Shakers’ Garden Seeds is general^ 
admitted.— Eds. American Agriculturist. 
illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Vegetable and 
Flower Seeds Free. 
Address, WM. ANDERSON, 
Successor to CHARLES SIZER, 
Mount Leban on, Col. Co., N. T. 
SEEDS. 
My Annual Priced Catalogue Is now ready and maileC 
free to all applicants. It contains all the leading and mos . 
popular sorts of 
VEGETABLE, FIELD. 
AND 
Vegetable, Farm and Flower Seeds, 
FERTILIZERS & GARDEN REQUISITES, 
| At Retail and Wholesale, sent to any part of the 
United States. 
Catalogues mailed FREE to any address. 
WM. H. CARSON, 
125 Chambers Street, New York. 
P® 1 Cabbage Seed 
dSI EL Ei Ul m a Specialty. 
Wholesale Price Lists—for dealers only—mailed free. 
Francis Brill, Seed Grower, Mattituck.Long Island, N. T. 
Established 1825. 
Garden and Flower, 
Peas and Beans. 
Select Seeds at low prices. Catalogues free. 
J. BOLGIANO & SON, Baltimore, Md. 
SEEDS: 
, OF ALL KINDS, 
(ft? sV ,the 
QUALITY. 
Send for onr Catalogue and see what we have. We have 
some choice seed to give away. 
MENDENHALL <fe CO., Indianapolis, Ind. 
fiws-f 
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. 
English. 
Vick’s Illustrated Monthly Magazine— 32 Pages, 
a Colored Plate in every number and many fine 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 VICK, Rochester, N. V. 
1LLUSTBATED GARDEN 
GUIDE of the best Flowers and 
Vegetahles, with prices of Seeds, and 
how to grow them. FREE TO ALL. 
“ ~ It will pay to send for it. 
COLE & BROTHER, Seedsmen, Pella, Iowa. 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
Besides all the desirable novelties of last season, anc 
nearly everything else in my line ’of business. 
ALFRED BRIDGEMAJST, 
876 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, 
SEEDSS 
I will give you the best Seeds 
for the least money of any firm 
in Americaor refund. Western 
Seeds are best. Mine take the 
lead. Gardeners say they never 
fail. I used 6000 lbs paper to print 50000 
pretty Catalogues Ill ustratea wi th $2 000 
worth of engravings. It beats the world, 
worth many dollars, FREE. Prices below 
_all. R. H SHUMWAY. Rockford. Ill._ 
J. C. VAUGHAN, 
45 La Salle St, CHICAGO; 
Gardeners’ 
Tools, 
_ SEND FOR PRICE-LIST._, 
BUIST’S 
GARDEN SEEDS 
are always warranted* being exclusively of our own 
S rowth. Best for the Gardener ! Best for the 
lerchant! BECAUSE RELIABLE! 
Tliey never fail to produce the finest vegetahles, ana 
are planted m all parts of the world. The constant 
improvement and care in their growth, extending over a 
period of more than half a century, have brought Bixist’s 
Beeds to a state of perfection and reliability second to none. 
BUIST’S CARDEN MANUAL for 1881 
