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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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RELIABLE 
[CAUSE 
ALWAYS FR ESH & GE 
OUR SPECIALTIES FOR 1879. 
B. M, «& Co.’a Bayvtew Melon, a muskmelon of 
delicious flavor, large size, unusually productive. Pkt. 25 
cts — B, M. & Co.’a Suvehead Cabbage, always heads. 
Pkt. 25 cts.—Amber Sweet Corn, Of large size, very 
desirable. Pkt. 25 cts.— The New Tomato, Red Chief. 
Pkt. 25 cts.— Fanners’ Fav. Field Corn. The bent 
dent, very early, 100 bus. per acre on light land. Bus., $3.50; 
Peck, $1.25; lb., post-paid, 50 cts.— Pearl Millet, clean, 
heavy seed, lb., $ 1.00; 3 lbs., $2.50, post-paid.— Champlain 
and Defiance Wheats 5 lb., 75 cts.; 4 lbs.. $2.50. post¬ 
paid.— Chufas 5 qt„ 60 cts., post-paid.— Pride of the 
Field, the new Potato ; lb., $1.00, post-paid. 
The Philadelphia 
Broad-Cast Seed-Sower, 
for Sowing all Varieties 
of Grain a nd Grass Seeds, 
also Fertilizers. 
■ No. 1 Machine averages 12 to 15 
acres per hour. No. 2 Machine 
(see cut), from 4 to 0. At the 
: rame time sowing better aim far 
' more evenly than by any other 
■ method. 
Agents wanted in every county. 
B. M. & Co., Man’f’s Ag’ts. 
Our Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Garden, Field 
and Flower Seeds for 1879 mailed Free to All. Contains 
the latest novelties and unusually full standard lists. If you 
have not already received a copy, send for it at once. 
It costs nothing and may save you a great deal. 
BENSON, MATJLE & CO., 
323 CHURCH ST„ PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
Bowditeh’s & r 
For $1 you buy $1.10 
worth of Seeds or Plants* 
“ $3 “ $3.45 
“ “ Seeds or Plants. 
“ $5 “ $6.00 
“ “ Seeds or Plants. 
“ $10. “ $12.50 
“ “ Seeds or Plants. 
“ $20 “ 1 $26.00 
“ “ Seeds or Plants. 
My New Catalogue for 1879 is the best and most 
comprehensive work issued. It contains numerous En¬ 
gravings, illustrating thousands of the best Flowers 
and Vegetables, and also descriptions of all the Beauti¬ 
ful Plants. Mailed for a 3-cent stamp. To customers 
free. 
Seeds or Plants by Express or Mail. (Safety guaranteed.) 
WM. E. BOWDITCH, 
645 Warren St., Boston, Mass. 
HOVEY & CO.’S, (Boston), 
Of Select Garden and Flower Seeds, 
Including Novelties and New Varieties, sent free.l 
|3eeds sent by mail to all parts of the United States and! 
■Canada, and guaranteed to reach purchasers. Estab-\ 
I lishedforty years. HOVEY & CIO., 
16 South Market St., Boston, Mass. 
The Albany Seed Store, 
Price & Knickerbocker, Successors to 
SPUING CATALOGUE—250 Illustrations. Mailed on re¬ 
ceipt of six cents in stamps, to pay postage, which will be al¬ 
lowed on first order. 80 State St., Albany. N. Y. 
SEEDS, PLANTS, TREES. 
Our combined Catalogue of Flower and Vegeta¬ 
ble Seeds, Greenhouse and Bedding Plants, 
Fruit and Shade Trees and Evergreens, Shrubs, 
Small Fruits, Etc., Etc., mailed to any applicant. 
Address CP.OMWELL & CONGDON, 
51 LIGHT ST., Baltimore, Md. 
r^FERRY&Cofe; 
r£QcRip y\iE^ti *-y pn,ceDL 
miibQ 
mailed FREE t©"* 
all applicants® Iteon^ 
fains colored plate, 500 engravings^ ^ 
about 150 pages, and full descriptions, 
pricea and directions for planting ©ver 1200 
varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds 9 Bosea Eta. 
Jo valuable to all. Send for it. dLddrssa 15 
v J). M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Stick, 
ISJ 
Prickly Comfrey. 
This fodder plant first sent out by us 
two years ago, proves to be exceedingly 
valuable. One grower of it says: “ Tak¬ 
ing everything into consideration, there 
is no plant known that is one-fourth a® 
alnable as a forage plant.”—Price per lb., post-paid, 
$1.00; per 10 lbs., $7.50; per 100, $60. Full dll fictions for 
cultivation sent with each lot. 
R. H. ALLEN & CO., 
189 & 191 Water St., New York. 
WEBB’S 
New Kinver Mangel 
The best Globe Mangel. Webb’s 
Seed per pound, by mall, postpaid, $1.15, 
Choice Seed of English growth, pet 
pound, by mail, post-paid, 65c. Four pound lots of either 
kind, by express, 25c. per pound less. 
R. H. ALLEN & CO., 
189 & 191 Water St., New York. 
Seed Catalogue free on application 
GUIDE FOR THE GARDEN 
Tells how. in plain English, to grow Fruits, Flowers, 
and Vegetables, with astonishingly low price list of 
1,500 varieties 
TREES, PLANTS, AND SEEDS. 
Sent free to all. CROSBY, GORDON & CO., 
Nurserymen, Seedsmen & Florists, Danbury, Conn. 
' -ABC- 
Mv Annual Illustrat¬ 
ed Catalogue for 1879 
is now ready, and will 
be mailed to any ad¬ 
dress on application. 
-K J- 
I pay more attention 
to quality of seed than 
to extremely low 
prices. 
-P Q- 
Orders are solicited 
early to avoid delay. 
-X Y Z- 
Special inducements 
to dealers,Agricultur¬ 
al Societies, Farmers’ 
Clubs, and others re¬ 
quiring large quanti- 
SEEDS, JltULJBS, IM AM S. 
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 LE r " 
SWIS CHILDS, Queens, N.Y. 
SEEDS 
That Never Fail. 
Cheapest, 
i pure specimens. I 
ion. All 
Best. 
From . 
will not lie undersold. I defy competition. All my life de¬ 
voted to Seed-growing. Buy fresh and pure direct from first 
hands and save money. Mv Hand-book to the garden and 
Catalogue free. Most beautiful and instructive, with hun¬ 
dreds of pretty pictures of flowers and vegetables. Is worth 
many dollars. R. H. SHUMWA Y, Rockford, III. 
" w. b. aroisTEs’ 
BIRDSVILLE “ SEED FARM,” 
via Herndon P. O., Ga., 
Producer and Dealer in Southern Acclimated Field and 
Garden Seed, carefully selected, for sale. Pearl Millet and 
Seeds of other forage crops for sale. Drop a postal card 
for Circular and Price-List. 
My Annual Catalogue of Vegetable and 
Flower Seed for 1879 will be ready by January, and 
sent free to all wlio 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 be 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, anil of the 
very best strain. NEW VEGETABLES A 
<g ]P3E CI A. JLTY« 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
FREE BY MAIL. 
56,000 Hoses and other Plants. 
100,000 Strawberry Plants, Including Sliarpless and 
Crescent. Seedlings. Durand, Beauty, Pres. Lincoln, &c. 
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, Fisbkill, N. V. 
SEEDS. 
ALFEED BRIDGEMAN, 
876 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, 
Grower, Importer, and Dealer in 
VEGETABLE, FIELD, 
AND 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
My annual priced Catalogue is now ready, and mailed fre© 
to all applicants. It contains all the leading and popular 
sorts of Vegetable, Field & Flower Seeds, 
Including the moat desirable novelties of the past season. 
For 1879, BUY FRESH SEEDS. 
Be the first in the market and you will coin money. 
Address J. B. ROOT, Rockford, Ill. 
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For 
1879 
To the Flower and Vegetable Garden. Beautifully 
Illustrated, and will be mailed FREE to any address. 
Address GROSMAN BEO?S, 
(laiftbiished 1840.) ROCHESTER, K $• 
Shakers’ Garden Seeds. 
True and Genuine. Fresh and Reliable. 
One of the oldest seed firms in the country. Seeds s»nt by 
mull 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 and 
Flower Seeds Free. 
Address CHARLES SIZER, 
Mount Lebanon, Col. Co., N. Y. 
HELI ABLE . AS -S- gA . MEN. 
-ESTABLISHED 1854.- 
It will pay you to send and get our twenty-fourth an¬ 
nual Catalogue of Seeds, Plants, and Bnlbs. We do not 
spend fabulous sums on fancy catalogues and style, but give 
our customers the benefit of low prices. 
To those who desire it, will also send our Wholesale 
Price hist, i» which prices are given of seeds in quantity, 
and small dealers and large farmers can buy by this cata¬ 
logue, and save money. Correspondence solicited and 
promptly answered. ROBERT VEITCH & SON, 
Importers and Growers. 
New Haven, Conn. 
TRY 
ORANGE COUNTY SEED 
Popular because Reliable. Send for Illustrated 
Catalogue of Garden, Field, and Flower Seeds. 
Seed Potatoes a Specialty. 
CORNISH A. GRIFFIN, 
(Successors to Hawkins & Cornish, Goshen, N. Y.) 
Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y. 
READING NURSERY. 
Dates from 1854 to 1879. 
By mail free, a Descriptive I'lustrated Catalogue, 
Also Wholesale List. Large and Small Fruits, some new and 
rare. 50 varieties Evergreens, 1 to 6 feet high. 
30.000 Rock and Norway Maples, 2 to 18 feet. 
All transplanted or nursery grown. 
JACOB VV. SlANNING, Reading, Mas#. 
