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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
THEEi 
We offer for Spring of 1S79, the largest and most complete 
stock In the U. S. of 
Fruit Trees, Grape-Vines, Strawberries, em¬ 
bracing all the new and valuable varieties. 
Ornamental Trees ifc Shrubs, deciduous and ever¬ 
green. 
Roses a specialty- -all the finest sorts. 
Green ifc Hot House Plants, including best novel- 
ties. Descriptive and Illustrated priced Catalogue sent 
p re-paid to customers, free, to others, on receipt of 
stamps as follows: 
No. 1,Fruits, with colored plate (new edition), 15 cts.; 
plain, 1 0 cts. No. 2, Ornamental Trees eten, with plate, 
25 cts.; plain, 15 cts. No. 3, Greenhouse, Free. bo. 4. 
Wholesale, Free, and No. 5, Catalogue of Koses with col¬ 
ored plate, 10 cts.; plain, Free, Address 
ELLWANGER& BARRY, Rochester, R. Y. 
MULBERRY TREES (Best Kinds). 
Best Breeds of Silk-worm Eggs; Keeled Silk; Pierced 
Cocoons ; Waste, and a Treatise on Silk Culture. Address, 
with stamp, L. S. CROZf.ER, Williamsburg, Franklin Co., 
Kans., for circulars, etc. 
P .ooo Fruit, 
,000 Evergreen.. 
,000 Greenhouse, 
Bedding Plants, An 
' Jour Catalogue. Free. 224 Tear 400 Acre.. IS Greenhouses. 
STORES, HARRISON is CO.,PimnTUAE, 2- 
rpREES— Fruit and Ornamental, Flowering Shrubs, 
_L Vines, Evergreens, Small Fruits, &o. New price list 
free. EDWIN ALLEN, 
New Brunswick Nurseries, N. J. 
TREES 
DESCRIPTIVE, ILLUSTRATED and PRICED 
CATALOGUE now READY. 
Will be M AII.EP FREE to all APPLICANTS. 
NATIVE EVERGREENS. 
Balsam Fir, Arbor Vitae, White Pine, Spruce, and Hemlock, 
also Larch,5 to 12 inches, at $3 per 1,000 ; $:0 lor 0,000. Pack¬ 
ing free. JAMES A. BOOT, Skaneateles, N. Y. 
Trees, Plants, 
SEEDS, 
Catalogue and Price-List 
for 1879, sent upon applica¬ 
tion. See our premium list. 
“ The Pride of Hudson 
Raspberry.” “ It still sus¬ 
tains its high character, and 
still surpasses any raspberry I 
have yet seen." Cltas. Down¬ 
ing, 1878. 
FERRIS, M1EARD & CO.. 
887 Main St.,Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 
CUMBERLAND NURSERIES. 
Ornamental trees for Streets, Cemeteries, Parks, and 
Lawns, in large quantity. Fruit trees, Small fruits, and full 
assortment of nursery stock, of first quality, and lowest 
prices. Send for a catalogue. 
GREENHOUSE 
and Lawn Flowers, Gloxinias, Camellias, Primroses, Dah¬ 
lias, Cactus, Ferns, Azaleas, Dallas, Foliage plant, etc. 8 
Everblooming French Koses, by mail, for $1.00. 12 Tube¬ 
roses, sound blooming bulbs, by mail, for 75 cts. Special 
Catalogue for plants, by mail, free to all 
HENRY S. RUPP, 
Shiremanstowu, Cuinb. Co., Pa. 
J. W. ADAMS, Springfield, Mass. 
5000 Plum Trees, 2 years. Very tine. 
2000 Sharpless. Catalogue free. Colored Plate 10 cts. 
500 Worden Vines. Send for Illustrated Circular. 
500 Hydrangea Panic. Grandi. Send for Picture. 
10 to 20 Acres of Fruit Trees, Shade, Evergreens* Koses. 
"half a mTllion of peach trees, 
200,0,00 suitable to send by mail or express long distances. 
Also 800,000 No. 1 Apple Trees, 150,000 suitable to send by 
mail. Prices to suit the times. 60-page Catalogue gratis, 
■showing liow and what to plant EA"".” 
~ ” — " them 
Great Northern & Southeri 
RANDOLPH PETERS, 
Nurseries, Wilmington, Del. 
Apple and Cherry Trees. 
EVERGREENS. Also, a general assortment of 
Nursery Stock at very reasonable prices. Address 
GEORGE ACHELIS, West Chester, Chester County, Pa. 
THE 
8, Do 
_ n EARLIEST PEACHES: 
If ikler, Saunders, Downing and Musser. A few thousand 
good second-class trees cheap. Also a few hundred first- 
class trees, together with a tine stock of Irish Juniper at 
panic prices H. M. ENGLE & SOM, Marietta, Pa. 
Tie Gmlmiot & Paterson Nurseries, 
Illustrated Flower Seed Lists and Supplement of New and 
Choice Plants for 1879 are now readv. Address, 
J. GREIVES, Sec., Box 8S7. Paterson, N. J. 
Six-Rowed Barley for Seed, 
Sample sent free by mail, post-paid, to any reader of the 
American Agriculturist who will send me his address. Also 
catalogue of Farm and Garden Seeds, free to all. Address 
JOSEPH HARRIS, Sloreton Farm, 
Rochester, N. Y, 
1800 ACRES IN SEED. 
ESTABLISHED OYER HALF A CENTURY. 
Centennial Grand Prime Medal awarded for Purity, and 
Diploma of Honor for Superior Quality. 
This popular brand of Garden Seeds is exclusively of 
our own growth, from the choicest selected vegetables; 
they are the only Seeds in the market that are War¬ 
ranted Pure, Fresh, and True to Name. 
Merchants, Planters , Gardeners, and all Rural Resi¬ 
dents desiring Seeds of undoubted purity and quality, 
should plant them. Enclose letter stamp for Buist’s 
Garden Manual and Almanac for 1879. 188 pages of 
useful information on gardening, with prices of Buist's 
Seeds by the ounce, pound and bushel. A Northern and 
Southern edition is published. Address, 
ROBERT BUIST, JR., Seed Grower, Philadelphia. 
“iT WILL PAY 
to grow a liberal famil; 
For first-class Trees, ~ 
send to 
Catalogues free. 
of the best kinds of Fruit, 
and Vines to produce the same, 
E. & J. C. WILLIAMS, 
Montclair, N. J. 
ANE’S Jmproved^Sugar Beet is_ the best _to raise for 
I stock. Seed, J i lb., 
Field Corn , 
for price list 
lb., 75c. Also Compton’et 
; and a general list of Seed, and Potatoes; send 
t. DAVID R. WOOD, Morrisville, Vt. 
Moreton Farm Seeds, 
Catalogue for 1879, now ready. I shall be glad to send it 
free by mail to any reader of the American Agriculturist. 
JOHN SATJL’S 
Catalogue of New, Rare, and 
Beautiful Plants. 
will be ready in February, with a colored plate.—Many new 
and beautifurPliuits are offered, among Dracaenas, Crotons, 
and oilier fine foliage plants, with a rich 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 SAUL, Washington, I). C. 
\ ITIVF PI I HITSi Orchids, Lilies, Ferns, &c, 
il l I II Ei r Gilil 1 price list sent on application 
to EDWARD GILLETT, Southwick, Mass., Collector of 
Native Plants, &c. 
F ruit and ornamental treks.- small 
Fruits, Shrubs, Bulbs, &c. Our new Descriptive Priced 
Catalogue now ready and mailed free on application. It 
contains valuable information for tree planters. 
WM. H. MOON, Morrisville, Pa. 
S UFFOLK CO. SEEDS, PLANTS, TREES, for 1879. Cold 
Frame Plants a specialty. True and Reliable. Low Price 
List free to all. Wit. W. Sterling, Cutchogue, L. 1„ N. Y. 
G LADIOLUS— First-Class Bulbs, from $15 per 1.01)0 up¬ 
ward. Tuberoses—fine double-flowering bulbs, $12 per 
1,000. A retail catalogue of the above on application. 
WM. H. MOON, Morrisville, Pa. 
——mi.NI 
4 SPARAGUS-NEW VARIETY—SM ALLY'S 
DEFIANCE. The merits I claim tor the Defiance: 
it is early, a larger grass, softer, more tender, free from 
wood, the flavor sweet and very delicate; far superior to 
all oilier sorts, and will produce double that of the Colossal, 
and can cut it longer; also will continue to grow longer 
than other sorts. Address 
A. SMALLY, Bound Brook, N. J. 
QUEEN OF THE MARKET 
the largest, 
handsomest, 
_ best hardy' 
Red Raspberry, three inches around, very productive, car¬ 
ries well, and sells best in market. Sharpless and 
Crescent Seedlings the best Strawberries. Snyder, 
Wallace and Taylor the hardiest and most prolific 
Blackberries; and other small Fruits. Kaki, the most de¬ 
licious Japan fruit, as large and hardv as Apples. KieH'cr’s 
Hybrid Seedling Pear, blight-proof, good quality, bears 
early and abundantly. Send for Catalogues. 
WM. PARRY, Cimiaminson, N. J. 
Farmers &1 Gardeners 
Can save enormous profits- S 
make and use my Improved ^2 
my confidence in theBiiperi- 
covery I will forward the js 
that any one can use it), to 
wait for my pay till Sep- o 
cent stamp and it will lie o 
L. B. SILVER, i?; 
I wi’l sell a farm right to 
Fertilizer for$l0. To show 
ority of this valuable dis- 
formula (which is so plain 
all who apply at once, and 
tember next. Enclose 3 
sent under seal. Address, 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
2 , 000,999 
PLANTS, GENUINE PACKED 
iiuuuiakjei free. Cash prices per 1,000, SLraw- 
ijvvvjvvv berry: Chas. Downing, Wilson A1 
bany, $1.80; Crescent Seedling, $2.70: Great American, $3.00; 
Cumberland Triumph, Triumph de Gand, $3.15; Jucunda, 
Black Defiance, Springdale, $5.40; Champion, Cant. Jack, 
$2.70; Ducbesse, Prouty Seedling, $1.50; Cinderella, Conti¬ 
nental, Pioneer, Miner s Great Prolific, $18 ; Slmrpless, $7 ; 
Brandywine Raspberries, $8.10; Wilson Early Blck'y, $9.10 
For prices, etc., of 100 other good sorts, see catalogue. Sent 
free. JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestowu, New Jersey. 
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. UlitMlK-S, Bricksburg, N, J. 
66 TJOCKXAND FAVORITE,” a seedling of the 
AY Concord. Earlier, better, nnd hardier than its par¬ 
ent. Send for circular to Briggs Arnold, Rockland, Mass. 
ONYDERS $8 to $15 per M. Great American, 80 cts. per 
LJ doz., post paid, other kinds lower. Lists free to all. 
__ STEELE BROS., La Por te, Ind. 
fF’NTFP AT ASSORTMENT of Peach and Apple 
vT-LilM XjIu.cI.-Li Trees, and unall Fruits. Also, several 
Farms for sale cheap. R. S. J OHNSTON, Stockley, Del. 
CEEDS.-9 pks. of vegetable or 7 flowers, post-paid, 25 
io cts.. by the lb., at wholesale. Send for Price List. 
W. SUTTON, Wholesale Seedsman, East New York. N. Y. 
fAU 
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otter 
HERRY CURB ANTS ONLY. I WILL CLOSE 
out my stock of strong 1 year o ld p lants cheap. Make 
for stated quantity. H. E. WYLDE, Nanuet, N. Y. 
UlTALOGUES Free. If you want cheap Greenhouse 
' 1 Plants, and save money, try me. Address 
W. It. WOODRUFF, Florist, Westfield, N. J. 
Patent Water-Proof Paper 
Fruit Pactaps, Baskets ail Boies. 
The best and cheapest arlicles 
in which to carry Fruit yet dis¬ 
covered. For full particulars and 
prices send to 
UNION BAG & PAPER CO., 
(Sole Owners,) 
53 & 55 Michigan Av., 
Chicago, Ill. 
J3?~We will sell the right to man¬ 
ufacture under our Patents at 
very reasonable rates. 
EVV AND RARE PLANTS CHEAP. SEND 
stamp for Illustrated Catalogue to 
W. A. HARKETT, Dubuque, Iowa. 
I JOR 2 DIMES ! One pkt. each of Verbenas, Phlox, 
Double Hollyhocks, Balsams, Striped Petunias, and 
Pansies. L. D. SNOOK, Barrington, Yates Co., N. Y. 
LANE’S 
Imperial Sugar-Beet Seed. 
The best root to feed cows or young stock. 40 tons raised 
per acre. % lb., 25 cts.; 1 lb., 75 cts. Postage added, 
_ HENRY LANE, Cornwall, Vt. 
TUSCARORA CORN. 
A white variety, ripens in 90 days, is superior to Southern 
bread corn for family use, or for feeding whole to horse6 or 
horned cattle. Seed for 100 bills, 10c.; per pint, 30c.; quart, 
50c.; free by mail. i\ O. stamps taken in payment. 
Address, V. MITMAN, Kantz, Snyder Co., Pa. 
■“SEEDS! " 
Flower and Vegetable, all of the finest kinds. Unequaled 
in Quality. Packets well filled with fresh seeds. Sure to 
grow and give satisfaction. New Catalogue just published 
lor 1819, mailed free. Send for it. Address 
E. WYMAN, JR., Rockford, III. 
GRAPE VINES. 
1 °f Concord, 1 year. $12 to $18 per 1,000 ; 2 
ij'i/VVjVtrv year, $20 to $25. All other varieties cheap. 
DR. H. S C HRODER, Dlooinington. Ill. 
GRAPE VINES, 
ARTICHOKES 
Red Brazilian and White French Varieties, cheapest hog 
food known. Send for Circular. E. F. BROCK WAY. 
Ainsworth, Iowa. Say you saw this in Am. Agriculturist. 
FREE TO ALL 
Oar Illustrated Priced Cata¬ 
logue of Plants, Seeds, Trees, 
etc., with Colored Plate of New 
Plants, contains useful informa¬ 
tion, description, etc. Twenty- 
five greenhouses. We guarantee 
goods to be of first quality. Send 
three-cent stamp for postage. 
Address 
NANZ & NEUNEJR 
LOUISVILLE, EY. 
TJ. S. SCALE CO., 
Terre Ilante, Ind. Wagon, R. R. Track Scales, and 
others. Warranted the best in use. Sold the cheapest. 
L E. RAVTSON, 34 MAIDEN LANE, N. Y. CITY. 
• Perfect Rutter Color at lowest prices. 
