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AMERICAN AG-niCULTimiST. 
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RELIABLE 
Fresh and Genuine . 
RELIABLE 
Fresh and Genuine. 
Our large Illustrated 
Descriptive Catalogue 
for 1879 mailed post- 
free to any address. 
It will pay you to send 
for it. 
BENSON, MAULE 
& CO., 
223 Church St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
For 1879. BUY FRESH SEEDS. 
Be the first in the market and you will coin money. 
Address J. B. ROOT, Rockford, Ill. 
Trees, Plants, 
SEEDS, 
Catalogue and Price-List 
for 1879, sent upon applica¬ 
tion. 
“ The Pride of Hudson 
Raspberry.” “It still sus¬ 
tains its high character, and 
still surpasses any raspberry I 
have yet seen.' Chas. Down¬ 
ing, 1878. 
FERRIS. MINARD & CO.. 
387 Main St.,Poughkeepsie. N.T. 
HEIKES NURSERIES 
Are prepared to offer special induce¬ 
ments for the fall of 1878. on Apples, 
Crab Apples, Tetofsky, Haas, Pewau- 
kee Peaches, Cherries, Currants, and 
Gooseberries, Raspberries, Blackber¬ 
ries. and a general Nursery Stock. 
We respectfully solicit correspond- 
The Heikes Nurseries Co., 
Dayton, O. 
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 
mall. Prices to suit the times. ns' 
showing how and what to plant RANDOLPH PE 1 Kite, 
Great Northern & Southern Nurseries, Wilmington, Del. 
P .ooo Fruit, 
,000 Evergreen!. 
i,000 Greenhouse, 
__Bedding Plants, Ac. 
iHUFA§, or Earth Almond, per at., Ac.: pt.,40c.; oz., 
15c.- pkt.,10c. Krnhey’s Amber Sugar Cane, per at., 
-- ’ t., 10c. 8 pkts. Choice Flower Seed for 
C. 
60c. pt. . 30 c. ■ pkt., 1UU. O 11AL8. VllVAVk ~- 
25c.: all prepaid. Also over 500 other varieties of Flower, 
Vegetable, and Farm Seeds. III. Floral Guide and 
Catalogue sent free. COLE & BRO., Seedsmen, Fella, la. 
-———————mm—— 
E xtra Peach and other fruit trees: Crescent Seedling 
Strawberry Plants Pure $3 per M. Millions of small 
Fruits and Trees. Price List free. Address J. Perkins, 
Moorestown, N. J. 
W»riinrri pi llUTfi Orchids, Lilies, Ferns, &c. 
ilil 11 » Li r Lilli 1 O! price list sent on application 
to EDWARD G1LLETT, Soutliwick, Mass., Collector of 
Native Plants, &c. 
“FRUITitbiGODS.” 
(Diospyros Kaki) the Japan Persimmon. 
We offer choice varieties of tins most remarkable n 
fruit, Imported direct from Japan, rmn-cind Annl 
llackberry. Complete assortment oi msi, ouuue, »uu 
Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. Roses, Flower and Plant 
Xovelties Send for new Catalogue. BA IRD & TUT- 
PILE, Agents, Bloomington Nursery, 111, 
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 he 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 lavorltes for 
generations, are justlv called “ old-fashioned plants,” but 
of lute many choice novelties have been introduced, and 
additions are being rapidly made to the s lect 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 thus becoming identified 
with the place. In devoting ourselves exclusively to hardy 
perennial plants, we have by far the largest collection of 
any establishment in the countrv. 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 offering them for general cultivation. 
OUR NEW CATALOGUE, 
now in preparation, will soon be readv for distribntion, and 
will contain, besides the old well known kinds all the lurer 
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 
efi'ects; plants especially useful in the border, and for cut 
flowers; species adapted to the rock garden ancl the wild 
garden, edging plants, etc. Besidesgivingbrief 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 
»nd full address to 
WOOLSON & CO., 
P.O.Box 180. — Passaic, N. J. 
TO FLORISTS, 
MARKET GARDENERS 
OR OTHER BUYERS IN OUANTITY. 
[ Our Monthly Wholesale Lists of SEEDS Sc PLANTS, free on | 
application. 
Peter Henderson & Co., 
35 Cortlandt St., New York. 
NEW PLANTS FOR 1879. 
CATALOGUE NOW READY. 
Most of these NOVELTIES in Plants and Seeds were 
SELECTED PERSONALLY by us, while abroad, and are 
now offered for the FIRST TIME in this country. 
C. H. HOVEY & CO., 
_ 22 Tremont St,, Boston, Mass. 
SHAKER’S ” 
Genuine Flower and Garden Seeds. 
AddressD. C.BRAINARD, Agt., Mt.Lebanon, Col. C 0 ..N.Y. 
Send three-cent Postage Stamp for Splendid Illustrated 
Catalogue and Amateur Guide to the Flower and Vegetable 
Garden for 1879, containing about two hundred Illustra¬ 
tions. and two beautiful colored Plates. 
HOVEY & CO.’S, (Boston), 
Of Select Garden and Flower Seeds, 
Including Novelties and New Varieties, sent freel 
■Seeds sent by mail to all parts of the UnitedStates ands 
iCanada, and guaranteed to reach purchasers, Estab-f 
1 lishedforty years. HOVEY & CO., 
16 South Market St., Boston, Mass. 
JOHN SAUL’S 
Catalogue of New, Rare, and 
Beautiful Plants. 
will be ready in February, with a colored plate.—Many new 
atul beautiful Plants are offered, among Dracaenas, Crotons, 
and other fine foliage plants, witli a l icit collection of Green¬ 
house and Hot-house Plants: Bedding Plants; new and 
choice Roses; Dahlias, etc. Well grown and at low prices. 
Free to all my customers, to others 10c.—a plain copy free. 
JOHN SMIL, Washington, D. C. 
2 , 000,000 
Plants and Trees, 100 selected varie¬ 
ties; Strawberry, Raspberry, Black- 
Ijt/uu berry. Currant, Grape, Peacli Trees, 
Asparagus Roots, &c. I usually dig plants and ship South 
this mouth. All in want of genuine, healthy, vigorous stock, 
in large or small quantities, may find it to their advantage 
to send for and get a Catalogue, sent free. 
JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestown, New Jersey. 
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS 
SMALL FRUIT PLANTS, 
SEEDS, and SEED POTATOES. 
Catalogue free. Address F. M. HEXAMER, 
New-Castle, Westchester Co., IN. Y. 
An elegant illustrated quarterly devoted to gardening in 
all its brandies, containing a complete list of Seeds, Plants, 
Bulbs, &c., at reduced prices, also much information. 10c. 
per year, sample copy and packet of New Japan Cockscomb 
Seed for 3c. 
A. C. NELLIS, Canajoharie, N. Y. 
PU>RAL,GU8Di 
A beautiful work of 1OO pages, One Colored 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— 3‘J 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. 
Wilt be 
mailed FREE to” 
all applicants. It con. N - 
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. Hoses Fnv 
invaluable to alL Bend for it. tddrsss C!; 
_ D. M. JERRY & CO., Detroit, Midi. 
fi.'F’NTFP A T ASSORTMENT of Peach and Apple 
VTXilY El Xtxiij Trees, and thnall Fruits. Also, several 
Farms for sale cheap. R. S. JOHNSTON, Stockley, Del. 
Pearl Millet. 
For Sale by the Introducer. 
In Large or Small Quantities. 
Clean rubbed seed free from the husk, weighing 1 50 pounds 
to the bushel. One pound of cleaned seed contains more 
than two quarts in the husk. Price $1.00 per lb., by mail 
prepaid. Two pounds of this seed will plant an acre. Price 
to the Trade on application. 
My List of Specialties and general Catalogue of 
Garden and Farm Seeds now ready. 
WM. H. CARSON, 
125 Chambers St., New York. 
QUEEN (IF THE MARKET 
E.P.Roe 
the largest, 
handsomest, 
_ best hardy 
Red Raspberry, three inches around, very productive, car¬ 
ries well, ami sells best in market. Sharpless and 
Crescent Seedlings the best Strawberries. Snyder, 
Wallace and Taylor the hardiest and most prolific 
Blackberries; and other small Fruits. Kaki, the most de¬ 
licious Japan fruit, as large and hardy as Apples. Kiefler’s 
Hybrid Seedling Pear, blight-proof, good quality, Pears 
early and abundantly. Send for Catalogues. 
WM. PARRY, Cinnaminson, N. J. 
Has the largest and best 
stock In the countrv of 
The Two Great Basp- 
berries, 
Gufhhert, 
By far the best for market, 
perfectly hardy, fruit large, very firm, bright red, exceed¬ 
ingly abundant. Grows well on light soils and under a hot 
sun. It will take the lead. 
Pride of the Hudson. 
The best Raspberry for home use in existence. Took the 
1st Prize at Boston. Also all the other new ancl standard 
rasp berries and small fruit plants. Descriptive Catalogue free 
to all. Address E. P. ROE, CornwaU-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
FREE 33Y IMJk. IL. 
50,000 Roses and other Plants. 
100,000 Strawberry Plants, Including Sharpless and 
Crescent Seedlings. Durand, Beauty, Pres. Lincoln, &e. 
50,000 Grape Vines, as Moore's Early, Brighton, Rebec¬ 
ca, Eumelan, and many others. 
100,000 Small Evergreens, &c. Special mail list free. 
Address I. C. WOOD & BROTHER, 
Mount Honness Nurseries, Fishkill, N. Y. 
STRAWBERRY 
c/s 
will have a large stock of the 
coming new strawberries— Cres- 
E ® PM 
tl HnlUwEi vc/iAiiiAft ucw ouavv uciiiua— 
a He Hu 7391 Bn cent Seedling, Forest Hose, 
Sharpless, Prouty’s Seedling, Gt. American, &c.—Also all 
the leading kinds. Plants true to name. 
Send for Catalogue. Address 
E. P. ROE, Cornwall-on-Hudson„Orange Co., N. Y. 
STR1WBERRIE S, 
Parmelee’s Crescent Seedling. Most valuable discovery 
yet. Send for circular giving full accounts. 
H. H. SMITH, West Haven, Conn. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
Crescent Seedling, $3 per 1,000 I Chas. Downing, $2 per 1,000 
Great American, $4 per 1,000 | Wilson’s Albany, $2 per 1,000 
Packed in the best manner, free. 
N, P. BROOKS, Bricltsfetirg, W. J. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
15 Acres devoted to Strawberries; over 30 varieties. The 
finest and most.extensive stock in the New England States. 
Catalogue and Price List sent free. 
CHAS. S. PRATT, North. Heading, Mass. 
GOOD CUKE FOR HARD TIMES. 
A PLANTATION OF EARLY PRO¬ 
LIFIC and KUUANCE liASPBEBKlES, 
1 All AAA Plants FOR SALE; also 200,000 
Ivlr.Ul/v Cinderella and Continental Strawberry 
Plants. Millions of other Plants, Trees, etc. Everything 
new, novel, and rare. Prices low. s- end for Descriptive 
Circular lo GIBSON & BENNETT, Nurserymen 
and Fruit Growers, Woodbury, N. J. 
Yo'lfoi AVlio "it aisriiKIHHKs"and S'A At' 
:sJ U sj who do not raise Berries and Fruits, Ool/X 
are wanted to send their address on Postal Card and get my 
New Catalogue, sent free. 
JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestown. New Jersey. 
A sparagus-new'Variety-smally's 
DEFIANCE, 'ihe merits 1 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. 
GRAPE VINES. 
Also Trees, Small Fruits, «fcc. Wholesale rates 
very low to Nurserymen, Dealers, and large Planters. 
Sena stamp for Descriptive List. Price List free. 
T. S. HUBBARD, Fredouia, N. Y.. 
Prices lower than ever. 
Largest Assortment ot 
old and new varieties. 
Plants of best Quality; 
at doz. rates free by Mail, 
and SMALL FRUITS. Send for Price List. 
Address BUSH & SON & MEISSNER, 
_ BUSHBERG, Jeflerson Co., Mo. 
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