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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[January, 
2,000 Varieties Rare and Beautiful Flower Seeds. 
500 Varieties Choice Vegetable Seeds. 
500 Varieties Seed Potatoes. 
Selected Seeds of all the leading and improved varie¬ 
ties of Boot and Forage Crops for Field Culture, 
consisting of Carrots, Mangel wurzel, and Sugar 
Beets, Corn^ Turnips, Ruta-Baga, 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 culture, will be found in the following cata¬ 
logues now in press, and will be ready for distribution in 
January. 
A copy will be mailed to applicants upon receipt of price 
affixed—regular customers supplied gratis. 
Bliss’ Illustrated Seed Catalogue and Ama¬ 
teur’s Guide 'o the Flower and Kitchen Garden, 
216 pages, price 35 Cents. 
Bliss’s Illustrated Hand-book, for the Farm and 
Garden, and Catalogue of Garden, Field, and 
Flower Seeds, Fertilizers, Implements, etc. New 
edition now in press, upwards oi 100 pages, beautifully illus¬ 
trated, will he ready for distribution January 1st. Mailed 
to all applicants enclosing 10 cts. Regular customers sup¬ 
plied free of charge 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
Seed and Horticultural Warehouse, 34 Barclay Street, 
New York, P. O. Box 4129. 
DREER’S 
CARDEN CALENDAR 
3Por 1879 
will he readv by Jannarv 10th for distribution. It contains 
complete lists of Fresh and Reliable Vegetable, 
Flower and Grass Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, and the 
latest Novelties. It lias been enlarged and thoroughly 
revised, giving tne culture of the different sorts and re- 
presenting a large and complete stock. Beautifully illus¬ 
trated. Mailed free on receipt of two 3-c. postage stamps 
to pay postage. Regular customers free, who need not 
write for it. Wholesale List for Florists and 
Market Gartleners mailed free. 
HENRY A. DREER, 
SEEDSMAN AND FLORIST, 
No. 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
PLANTS. 
OUR FARM ANNUAL FOR (879 
with two samples of Choice Farm Seeds, mailed free of 
charge to any address. All our seeds are new crop and re¬ 
liable ; prices moderate. Address W. ATI.EE BURPEE & 
CO., Seed Warehouse, 221 Church St., Philadelphia, Fa. 
Shakers’ Garden Seeds. 
True anrl 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.”— Ed's American Agriculturist. 
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Vegetable aud 
Flower Seeds Free. 
Address CHARLES SIZER, 
Mount, Lebanon, Col. Co,, N. Y. 
SEEKS, BIJJLBS, 
Superior quality, by mail post-paid, 4 Lilies, 4 beautiful 
sorts, including Double Tiger, 50 cts. 9 Gladiolus, 9 splendid 
sorts with name, 55 cts. 12 Double Tuberoses, fine flowering 
bulbs, 80 cts. Beautiful Illustrated Catalogue free to all. 
Send for one at once. All kinds of Flower and Vegetable 
Seeds at Five Cents per paper. New and rare Bulbs and 
Plants at extremely low prices. 
_ JOHN LEWIS CHILDS. Queens, N. Y. 
MARKET GARDENERS! 
Buy Fresh Seeds of the Grower. 
BE THE FIRST IN MARKET! 
And You Will COIN MONEY. 
Garden Manual and Price List for 1879 sent free. Address 
,T. B, ROOT, Rockford, III. 
Seeds. Plants. Trees. 
We will mail to any address, ou receipt of r,c. stamp, our 
combined Catalogue of Flower and Vegetable Seeds, 
Greenhouse and Bedding Plants, Fruit, Shade 
Trees, and Evergreens, Shrubs, Small Fruits, 
&c., &c. Address CROMWELL & CONGDON, 
51 Light St., Baltimore, Md. 
m trkes AND PUNTS £ 
Apple Trees, 15c. each; Standard Pear, 30c. 
each; Dwarf Pear, 140c. each. Strawberries, Rasp¬ 
berries, B ackberries, and Grape Vines, by the doz., 100, 
1,000, or 10,000. Extra large stock of Crescent, Miner’s Pro- 
lific, Great American and other choice Strawberries. Send 
for circular and see low quotations. 
S, C. Djs Coy. Moorestown, Burlington Co., N. J, 
- MY CATALOGUE for 1879 
of Garden and Farm Seeds, 
contains many things that 
are new, rare and desirable, besides choice 
stocks of all standard kinds. - Pearl Millet, 
(i introduced by me last year, and for which 
I am Head-quarters.) $1.00 per lb., 25c. 
perpkt.j by mail prepaid. Catalogue mailed 
on receipt of postage stamp. 
WM. H. CARSON, Seedsman, 
125 Chambers St., New York. 
A beautiful work of 100 pages, One Coloretl Flower 
Plate, and 300 Illustrations, with Descriptions of 
the best Flowers and Vegetables, and how to grow them. 
All for a Five Cent Stamp. In English or German. 
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 Pages* 
a Colored Plate in every number and many fine Engravings. 
Price $1.25 a year; Five Copies for $5.00. 
Vick’s Seeds are the best in the world. Send Five 
Cent Stamp for a Floral Guide, containing List and 
Prices, and plenty of information. Address 
JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. 
Bowditch’s te r 
For $1 
you buy 
81.10 
worth of Seeds or Plants* 
“ |$3 
« 
83.45 
“ “ Seeds or Plants. 
“ 85 
<( 
86.00 
“ “ Seeds or Plants. 
“ 810 
H 
- 
812.50 
“ “ Seeds or Plants. 
“ 820 
« 
$26.00 
“ “ Seeds or Plants. 
My New Catalogue contains 200 Engravings, 
illustrating thousands of the best Flowers and Vegeta¬ 
bles, and also descriptions of all the Beautiful Plants. 
Write for it. Seeds 5c. and 10c. Plants 10c., 12c., and 15c. 
We forward either by Express or Mail. 
WM. E. BOWDITCH, 645 Warren St., 
(Grove Hall), Boston, Mass. 
HOVEY Sc CO.’S, (Boston), 
CATALOGUE 
Of Select Garden and Flower Seeds, 
Including Novelties and New Varieties, sent free.1 
ISeeds sent by mail to all parts of the United States and! 
ICanada, and guaranteed to reach purchasers. Estab-f 
ulishedforty years. HOVEY & CO., 
16 South Market St„ Boston, Mass. 
jf HLFERRY&CS^ 
Will be 
mailed FREE to" 
all applicants. Itcon. x 
tains colored plate, 500 engravings,’ 
about 150 pages, and full descriptions,^ 
prices and directions for planting over 1200 
varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Plants. Roses tp»a 
I nvaluable to all. fiend for it. Address * 
D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Mich, 
4 SPARAGUS-NEW VARIETY-SMA ELY’S 
XTL DEFIANCE. The merits I claim for the Defiance: 
it is early, a larger grass, softer, more tender, free from 
wood, the flavor sweet and very delicate: far superior to 
all other sorts, and will produce double that of the Colossal, 
and can cut it longer; also will continue to grow longer 
than other sorts. Address 
A. SMALLY, Bound Brook, N. J. 
<OF E VEJ^Y (A 
CATALOGUES SENT FREE, 
R E. SCTTLTEOEP, Port Hope, Ont., dealer itrnll kinds 
• of Peas. Extra Early, Philadelphia Extra Early, Early 
Kent, Lexton Alpha, Tom Thumb, Yorkshire Hero, Mc¬ 
Lean’s Little Gem,Carter’s First Crop,Champion of England, 
Blue Imperial, Black-Eyed Marrowfat, and Irish Marrowfat. 
fiPMT’P A T ASSORTMEWoTPeach _ and'Apple 
VTXjIt XiXuxllj Trees, and n-mall Fruits. Also, several 
Farms for sale cheap. R. S. JOHNSTON, Stockley, Del. 
WF HIM I rifr D VTU AIMS* PAD TUP 
WE SELL EVERYTHING FOR THE 
GARDEN 
Priced JUastrated Catalogues Free on application. y 
9 PETER HENDERSON&C0. 
35 CORTLANDT ST.. NEW YORK. 
FLOWER AND FRUIT PLANTS 
WEBB’S NEW KINVEB 
MANGEL. 
“ The Best Yellow Globe Mangel in Cultivation.” 
The sole sale in this country has been given to us by the 
Messrs. Webb, the originators and growers of this celebrated 
root, in England, and we are now prepared to quote prices 
to dealers and others. 
OUR SEED CATALOGUE FOR 1879 
will he mailed to any address on receipt ot stamp. 
R. H. ALLEN & CO., 
189 & 191 Water St., New York. 
HALF A MILLION OF PEACH TREES, 
200,000 suitable to send by mail or express long distances. 
Also 300,000 No. 1 Apple Trees, 150,000 suitable to send by 
mail. Prices to suit the times. 60-page Catalogue gratis, 
showing how and what to plant RANDOLPH PETERS, 
Great Northern tfc Southern Nurseries, Wilmington, Del. 
My Annual Catalogue of Vegetable and 
Flower Seed for 1879 will be ready by January, aud 
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 he 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, and a score of other new vegetables, 
I Invite the patronage of all who are anx¬ 
ious to have their seed fresh, true, and of the 
very best strain. NEW VEGETABLES A 
SPECIALTY. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
GOOD CURE FOR HARD TIMES. 
A PLANTATION OF EARLY PRO¬ 
LIFIC and RELIANCE KASPRERRIES. 
inn AAA -Plants FOR SALE ; also 200,000 
-Lv vl.UUU Cinderella and Continental Strawberry 
Plants. Millions of other Plants, Trees, etc. Everything 
new, novel, and rare. Prices low. Send for Descriptive 
Circular t.o GIBSON & BENNETT, Nurserymen 
nnd Fruit Growers, Woodbury, N. J. 
Hardy Perennial and Alpine 
PLANTS. 
These, as their name implies, do not require housing or 
other protection in winter, and, being perennial, they do not 
need to lie annually renewed by seed or otherwise, hut be¬ 
ing once planted, they go on 
IMPROVING FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
No other class of plants are so well suited for general cul¬ 
tivation or will give so much satisfaction with so little 
trouble. They are emphatically 
EVERYBODY’S PLANTS. 
Among them will be found the plants that many persons 
knew in their youth, and which, having been iavorites lor 
generations, are justly called “ old-fashioned plants,” but 
of late many choice novelties have been introduced, and 
additions are being rapidly made to the select list. From 
the permanent character of these plants, they are 
ESPECIALLY SUITED FOR CEMETERIES, 
and other localities where one would find the same plants 
re-appearing year after year, and ttius becoming identified 
witli the place. In devoting ourselves exclusively to hardy 
perennial plants, we have by far the largest collection of 
any establishment in the country. Being in receipt of the 
novelties as tliev are offered in Europe, these as well as rare 
plants from the distant parts of our own country, are thor¬ 
oughly tested before ottering them for general cultivation. 
OUR NEW CATALOGUE, 
now in preparation, will soon be readv for distribution, and 
will contain, besides the old well known kinds, all the later 
introductions that have proved satisfactory under trial. The 
list includes those useful for forming isolated clumps upon 
the lawn, species suited for massing to produce bedding 
effects; plants especially useful in the border, and for cut 
flowers: species adapted to the rock garden and the wild 
ganlen, edging plants, etc. Besides giving brief descriptions 
of the plants, the catalogue contains full directions for their 
culture and propagation. Catalogues free, forwarded in the 
order in which the applications are received. Send name 
and full address to 
WOOLSON & CO., 
P. O. Box 180, Passaic, N. J- 
