1881.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
11T 
SEEDS 
Our large Illustrated, 
Catalogueot everything 
for Farm and Garden 
mailed free to all. 
S^"Send for it at once. 
It costs nothing; may 
save you a great deal. 
BENSON, SMULE & 
INCREASE the yield; SAVE time and money, 
by using 
The Philadelphia 
Broadcast Seed Sower, 
For Sowing all Grain and 
Grass Seeds, also Fertilizers. 
No. 1, price $30, sows 12 to 15 
acres per hour. No. 2, (see cut,) 
price $6, from 4 to 6 acres, at the 
YgsS? same time sowing better end far 
SSr#' more evenly than by hand or any 
other method. Send for circular and 
MS testimonials. Agents Wanted. 
Benson, Maule & Co., Mfrs. 
223 Church St., Phila, Pa.. 
HOVEY & CO,, BOSTON, 
Send their New Catalogues of 
SELECT SEEDS, 
NEW AND CHOICE PLANTS, 
for 1881 Free to all who apply. 
HOVEY & CO., 16 So. Market St., Boston. 
GRASS, CLOVER, 
& FOREST-TREE 
[American & European] 
CATALOGUES (English or German edition), Free. 
Henry Nungesser, Seed Merchant, 83 Ave.D, New York. 
, OF ALL KINDS, 
and of the 
(FINEST 
QUALITY. 
Send for our Catalogue and see what we have. We have 
some choice seed to give away. 
MENDENHALL, & CO., Indianapolis, Ind. 
Established 1825. 
Garden and Flower, 
Peas and Beans. 
Select Seeds at low prices. Catalogues free. 
J. BOLGIANO & SON, Baltimore, Md. 
SEEDS 
SEMI-CENTENNIAL 
ALBANY SEED STORE 
Established 1831. 
PRICE & KNICKERBOCKER, 
SUCCESSORS TO 
We celebrate our Fiftieth Year by 
publishing a more complete Catalogue 
than ever before. 752 pages, profusely 
illustrated. Sent free by mail. 
PRICE & KNICKERBOCKER, 
80 State St., Albany, N. Y. 
H 
EADQUABTERS 
SEED 
“Chicago Market” Potato, 
ONE OF THE EARLIEST. 
EXCELLENT IN DUALITY. 
EXCEEDINGLY PROLIFIC. 
Leading seedsmen everywhere recommend It. Send for 
List. 
Price, peck, SI.25; bushel, S3.50; bbl., $7.50. 
Seven other newest sorts. 
Low freight rates from Chicago to all points. 
J. C. VAUGHAN, 45 Lasalle St., Chicago. 
Buy your seeds 
lot A. B. Barnes, 
46 & 48 W. Lake 
SL, Chicago. 
OT? L' S tC—Choice selections from the most re¬ 
nt JLliJCj-LJO liable growers and importers. No 
old seeds in store. Every variety tested before 
offered for sale. Special attention given to orders 
by mail. Seeds shipped by mail or express to any 
S art of the United States. Reference: Home National 
ank, Chicago: Furst & Bradley Mf’g Co., Chicago: 
Kirby, Carpenter & Co., Chicago. Send for Cat¬ 
alogue of Seeds and Farm Machinery. 
A. B. BARNES, 46 & 49 IV. Lake St., Chicago, Ill. 
82 -POUND CUBAN QUEEN WATER-MELON. 
This new Melon from the West Indies is certainly the Largest and Finest 
Variety in the world. All who saw our crop the past season remarked they never 
before saw such large, fine Melons, nor any so wonderfully productIve° Their 
flesh is bright red, remarkably Solid, Peculiarly Luscious, Crisp, and Sugary, 
surpassing all others. On a Melon of enormous size there is barely half an inch of 
rind! They are very hardy, strong, and vigorous in growth. Price, 25 Cts. per 
Packet of 15 Seeds; 5 Packets for $1.00, post-paid. We offer $50.00 IN CASII 
FRIZES, to be awarded as follows $25.00 to the grower of the Largest Cuban 
Queen Water-Melon; $15.00 to the grower of the secoi- largest, and $10.00 to the 
grower of the third largest. Do not fail to try and see how large the Cuban 
Queen can be grown. 
CnUOTHER SPECIALTIES FOR 1881.-Burpee’s Netted Gem 
Musk-Melon (see illustration), the most productive 
and most delicious small Early Citron. Price, 25 Cts. 
per packet. Montreal Green Nutmeg, the largest 
Musk-Melon known, weight) lbs.* and of superb 
flavor. Packet, 25 Cts. 
Burpee’s Climax Tomato, far ahead of Acme, 
and the best of all tomatoes. Price, 25 Cts. per packet. 
Burpee’s Sureheud Cabbage, always heads, 15 
Cts. per packet. American Wonder Peas, genuine, 
15 Cts. per packet; 60 Cts. per pint, post-paid. 
New Morning-Glory—The Eclipse, from Brazil, surpassingly beautiful, 20 Cts. per packet. 
A Liberal Offer only to those who order from this advertisement. For One Dollar we will send by mail, post¬ 
paid, to any address, one packet of ease of the above, amounting in value to $1.50, and will also give two trial packets 
of New Early Cabbages and a sample of the New Golden Grains Wheat. Order Now! 
Burpee’s Farm Annual for 1881, beautifully illustrated, mailed free to all who write for it. 
Address, W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Seed Warehouse, 
Nos. 219 ami 221 Church Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
SEEDS. 
My Annual Priced Catalogue is now ready and mailed 
free to all applicants. It contains all the leading and most 
popular sorts of 
VEGETABLE, FIELD, 
AND 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
Besides all the desirable novelties of last season, and 
nearly everything else in my line of business. 
ALFRED BRIDGEMAH, 
876 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.. 
My Annual Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower 
Seed for 1881 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 par¬ 
cel. All seed sold from my establishment warranted to 
to be botli 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, and a score of other 
new vegetables, I invite the patronage of all who 
are anxious to have their seed fresh, true, and 
of the very best strain. NEW VEGETABLES A 
SPECIALTY. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
SEEBS-t 
I will give you the bestSeeds^ 
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 6000lbs paDer to print 50000 
pretty Catalogues Illustrated wi th $2000 
worth of engravings. 11 beats the world, 
worth many dollars. FREE. Prices below 
all. 'R. H. SHU5IWAY. Rockford, Ill. 
BbIbW^b tfle Best. 
rhey are home-grown; they 
have stood the test of years. 
Try them. Handsomely illus- 
trated Garden Manual, 
mailed free. BE SURE to 
send for this before ordering. 
Market Gardeners write 
for Special Price List. 
J. B. ROOT & CO., 
Seed Growers, Rockford, Hi. 
1\1 Y English Catalogue of GERMAN FLOWER 
1YJ_ SEEDS, and also my German Catalogue of 
Vegetable seeds, Agricultural and Horticultural Seeds, 
Bulbs and Flowers, have been published, and on request 
will be sent to you gratis. 
FRIEDR. SP1TTEL, Seed Grower and Merchant, 
Arnetadt, near Erfurt, GERMANY. 
Send stamp for R. H. ALLEN & 
CO.’S Seed Catalogue. Address, 
P. O. Box 376, N. Y. City. 
GARDEN & FARM SEEDS. 
Send for SEED CATALOGUE, 
VANDERBILT BROS., 23 Fulton St„ N. Y. 
JOHNSON GRASS SEED 
(Sorghum Halapense.) 
Raised on the original “Johnson Grass Farm.” where it 
grew thirty years ago. The same has been descrioed in the 
American Agriculturist as “Guinea Grass.” Is first-class 
for grazing and hay. Heavy foliage, juicy, and relished 
by all kinds of stock ; rapid g, ower; can be cut three and 
four times a year, yielding from one and one-lialf to two 
and one-half tons per acre at each cutting. Send for de¬ 
scriptive circular. II. POST, 
Marion Junction, Dallas Co., Alabama. 
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. 
Iu 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.(50 in elegant cloth. In German or 
English. 
Vick’s Illustrated Monthlv Magazine— 32 Pages, 
a Colored Plate iu 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. Y. 
SEEDS 
8BB%gSgg^ fdnRTHFRN GROWNIBBSHHI 
sent by mail to any part of the United States duty paid, 
CATALOGUE for 1881 infending^u^ers. 
WI. RENNIE, Seedsman,Toronto, Canada. 
o 
Will be mailed free to all applicants, and to customers without 
ordering it. It contains five colored plates, 600 engraviugs, 
about 200 pages, and full descriptions, prices and directions^for 
planting 1500 varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Plants, 
Rose6, etc* Invaluable to all. Send for it. Address, 
D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Mick. 
RANGE GROVES.—Fifty thousand acres of land 
on Lake George, Florida, for sale in lots of ten acres. 
Lane, N. Y., or 1424 New Y^ork Ave., Washington, D. C. 
