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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[December, 
ILLUSTRATED HAND-BOOK 
FOB THE FARM AND HARDEN. 
300 illustrations; 150 pages; indispensable to 
all interested in gardening; mailed for 4 
cents to cover postage. 
THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 
An illustrated quarterly devoted to the 
Garden. Choice Seed ‘Premiums Given 
to Each Subscriber. Volume II com¬ 
menced April 1881. Only 25 cents a year. 
Sample free. 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
34 Barclay St., NEW YORK. 
SEE □ S 
New and Rare Winter Flower¬ 
ing Plants.—New Fruits, 
Dutch Bulbs, &c. 
New Pears, new Peaches, new Cherries, new Grapes, new 
Strawberries, &c., with a large stock of all kinds of Eruit 
trees, shrubs, &e. 
DUTCH BULBS.— Large importations, direct from 
the leading growers in Holland. First quality Bulbs. Beau¬ 
tiful Hot-house plants, Dracaenas, Crotons, Orchids, Winter 
Flowering Plants, Roses, &c., well grown. Cheap. 
Catalogues mailed to applicants. 
JOHN SAUL, Washington, D. C. 
AT 
ALL LEADING VEGETABLE SEEDS 
OF THE VERY BEST QUALITY, 
And at reasonable prices. Price-List for Dealers free. 
FRANCIS BRILL, 
Seed Grower an«l Dealer, 
RXVER.HEAD, Long- Island, N. Y. 
i FOREST TREES, 
I TREE SEEDLINGS, SEEDS and EVER- 
If GREENS at lowest rates, 
ffi Postals cheerfully answered. Prices free. 
W. W. JOHNSON, 
i Snowflake, Antrim Co., Mich. 
Wf ANTED— Honest, Capable Men, to sell Trees, Shrubs, 
It Grape Vines, Roses,&e. No previous experience neces¬ 
sary. Salary & expenses paid. J. F. Le Clare, Kocliester.N.Y. 
P EACH TREES A SPECI ALTY.-Other Fruit 
Trees and Plants atiow Rates. 
R. S. JOHNSTON, Stockley, Del. 
RUMSON NURSERIES. 
SPECIALTIES 
Peach and Apple Trees, American Elm, 
European Mt. Ash. Carolina Poplars, 
Maiden-hair, and Maples. Send for prices. 
B. B. HANCE, Agent, Red Bank, N. J. 
HOP CULTURE, 
1 have imported from England a Special Manure for Hops, 
such as is used largely in the County of Kent. 
Analysis and prices »ent on application to me at 159 Front 
St., New York. GEO. E. WHITE. 
PEARCE’S IMPROVED 
Cahoon Broadcast Seed Sower, 
wmmwmiwm T, ‘ e increasing 
of these machines 
proves their superiority'. 
I^TItey ilo the work of 5 
legmen, and do BETTER 
Work than can be done 
hy any other means 
whatever. Sow all kinds 
of cleaned seeds. Price 
Sold in all large 
markets. 
GOODELli COMPANY 
SOLE MANUFACTURERS. 
Antrim, N. If., 
Hardy Perennial Plants 
Are increasing in popularity because they are 
Hardy, their roots living through the winter—and 
Perennial, appearing year after year in the same place. 
Thev include the most beautiful kinds that bloom all 
through the season, from earliest spring to latest fall. 
Autumn is in many cases the best season for settiugout 
these plants. 
Sent for free descriptive Catalogue of the largest collec¬ 
tion in the Country—including Hardy Climbers, Flowering 
Shrubs.Lilies,Phloxes, Ferns, etc. Also choice native plants, 
WOOLSON it CO.. Box ISO, Passaic, N. J. 
E. P. ROE 
PROPOSES TO ISSUE 
ON THE FIRST OF JAN¬ 
UARY, ONE OF THE 
MOST ATTRACTIVE 
SMALL FRUIT CATA¬ 
LOGUES EVER PUBLISHED. Applications for it will he 
filed and catalogues sent promptly. Address E. P. ROE, 
Cornwall-on-Hndson, N. Y. 
“my CAT A L OCUeT'f'or'TsS 2' o'f” 
Small Fruits, Roses, lines, and Shrubs, 
Will be Issued Early and sent Gratis to any address. 
Get It Before Buying. 
GEORGE S. WALES, Rochester, N. Y. 
LEGAL TENDER STRAWBERRY. 
Productive as the Crescent; firm as the Wilson ; large, 
handsome, delicious. Will be offered by subscription. New 
White Strawberry, the Fairy, Orient, and Satin 
Gloss a grand success the past season. Manchester, Mt. 
Vernon, etc. Early Prolific and Reliance Raspberries, 
still ahead. 20 acres now in bearing. Kiefer and Lecont 
Pear wood in quantitv. All the best Small Fruit Plants. 
Prentiss and other choice Grape-vines, Trees, etc., at low 
prices. Send for List. ■ J. C. GIBSON, Woodbury, N. J. 
GRAPE VINES. 
All Leading Varieties in large supply. Warranted 
true to name. Prices low. Also, the celebrated 
NEW WHITE GRAPE, 
PRENTISS 
Send stamp for Price and Descriptive List. Also 
Trees, Small Fruits, etc. i 
T. S. HUBBARD, Fredonia, N. Y. 
0 
strawberry Plants, 
POTTED AND LAYER, 
For summer and fall plant¬ 
ing. Also other Plants, 
Vines, Trees, etc. 
Catalogues free. 
J. S, COLLIN?, 
Moorestown, N. J. 
TTTT'T'Ti’T'-T? the B,i S ht Proof Pear. Peach, Apple, 
J\J.Xa J; i; ilixt, and other trees. Wilson and Kittatinny 
B. B's. Queen and Reliance Raspberries Price-List Free. 
S. C. De Con, Moorestown, Burlington Co., N. J. 
MATTHEWS' SEED 
BRILL 
The Standard of America. 
Admitted by leading Seedsmen 
and Market Gardeners every¬ 
where to be the most perfect arid 
reliable drill in use. Send for ngggS: 
circular. Manufactured only hy " 
_ EVERETT & SMALL, Boston, Mass. 
My Fence is self-supporting, is not pa¬ 
tented. and can be built without digging 
post holes. My treatise on fencing de¬ 
scribes it, and other new kinds of fenc¬ 
ing, and will save $25.00 on every 100 rods 
built. Send SO cts. (three silver dimes; 
for it, and your choice of the following 
Premiums: No. 1,1 Dozen paper hand¬ 
kerchiefs ; No. 2, Kendall s Horse Book, 
100 p.p.; No. 3, The Sucker's Visit to 
Mammoth Cave. No. 4, A Two-foot Box¬ 
wood Folding Rule. Order by numbers. 
Stamps taken. Address, 
WALDO F. BROWN. 
Oxford, Ohio, Box 75. 
HAND BONE AND SHELl’mILL. 
dgSSmfX Price $5. Power Mill, Price $40. 
(mjjiSMJ Testimonials furnished. 
Frank Wilson, 45 Delaware St., Easton. Pa. 
Bowker’s 
Ph osphate 
FOR WHEAT AND FALL CROPS. 
MANUFACTURED BY 
BOWKER FERTILIZER COMPANY. 
NEW YORK and BOSTON. 
IIHDBOGK 111 PUI1S 
BY PETER HENDERSON. 
| Author oP “ Gardening fer Profit,” “Practical Flori¬ 
culture,” “ Gardening for Pleasure,” etc* 
This work is designed to fill a want that amateur 
and professional Horticulturists have long felt—the 
need of a concise yet comprehensive Dictionary ©f 
Plants. 
The work embraces the Botanical Names, Deri¬ 
vations. Linnasan, and Natural Orders of Botany of 
all the Leading Genera of Ornamental and Useful 
Plants, up to the present time, with concise instruc¬ 
tions for propagation and culture. Great care has 
been given to obtaining all known local c 
1 or common. 
names; and a comprehensive glossary of Botanical 
and General Horticultural terms and practices is 
also given, which will be found of great value, even 
to the experienced Horticulturist. 
It is a large octavo volume of four hundred pages, 
printed on fine paper, and handsomely bound in 
I cloth. Published and sent post-paid by mail, on 
: receipt of $3.00 ^ 
OCR COMBINED CATALOGUE OF 
For 1882, sent free on application. 
PETER HENDERSON&CO.I 
35 Cortlandt Street, New York. 
Grape. Origin,Vermt. 
Early as Hartford. Size 
1 and color of Catawba. 
Good us Iona. Keeps 
until April. Dries into 
Raisons. Champion 
Quince, hardy, produc¬ 
tive, large, good keeper. 
Address F. L. PERRY, 
Canandaigua, N.Y., 
for Illustrated Circular, 
Price of Trees, &c. 
J. C. VAUGHAN. TOOLS 
5 
FOR 
GARDENERS, 
NURSERYMEN, 
FLORISTS, 
FARMERS. 
Send for new List. I make these tools a specialty. 
SEEDSMAN, 
42 LA SALLE ST., 
Chicago, Ill. 
EARLY MINNESOTA SWEET CORN 
The earliest good Sweet Corn in the world, and 
80 recognized by Seedsmen, who place it always at 
head of their lists, thus attesting that great law of 
Nature, that “ the further north seeds are grown, the 
earlier and better their product will be.” These are 
the most northern Seed Farms on this Continent. The 
principle finds further illustration in our Squaw Com, 
Red River Com, North Star Golden Dent Com, StPaul 
Tomato, Minnesota Amber Sugar-Cane, Red and 
Yellow Onions, Beets, Carrots,Wheat, Potatoes, Peas, 
Beans, etc. Sixth Annual Catalogue now ready—free. 
T. 91. METCALF, St. Paul, Minnesota, 
Seed Grower, Jobber, and Imported 
Centcnial and grand Paris worlds iair prizes and 
ALL THE tl.S. STATE ITIH PREMIUMS IN 1377. S. 1878. 
. P. RICE '. 'l fl Vf’fROM 10 TO 12 
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lApbpcss rod cwsuujC 
tP. K.DEDUtICK.k CO. ALBANY N.Yjl 
Bookwalter Engine. 
Compact, Substantial, Economical, 
and Easily managed. Guaranteed 
to work well and give full power 
claimed. Engine and Boiler com¬ 
plete, including Governor, Pump, 
&c., at the low price of 
3 Horse-Power_$240.00 
4K “ .... 280.00 
fi‘4 “ “ .... 353.00 
8X ‘ “ .... 440.00 
C3f*Put on Cars at Springfield,Ohio. 
JAMES LEFFEL&CO., 
Springfield, Ohio, 
or 110 Liberty St., New York City. 
It is manifest that from GOOD SEEDS 
ONLY can Good Vegetables be obtained. 
The character of LANDRETHS 1 SEEDS 
has been substantiated beyond all question. 
They are the STANDARD for Duality. 
Over 1500 acres in Garden Seed Crops 
under our own cultivation. 
Ask your Storekeeper for them in original 
scaled packages, or drop us a postal card for 
prices and Catalogue. 
Wholesale trade prices to dealers on application. 
founded 1784. DAVID LANDRETH & SONS,21 and 23 S.Sixth St.,Philadelphia- 
