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AMEBICAN AGBICTTLT U BIST. 
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our Large Illustrated Catalogue of everything for 
the Farm or Garden. It costs nothing, but 
will save money. IT.??" Do not VAIL to 
examine it before ordering elsewhere. _ __ 
BENSON, MAULE & CO.. mnV Hi 7 BPS . TK 
129 and 131 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. *g§Sr jam HaME; fetogB 
SEEDS! 
ALBERT DICKINSON, 
Dealer in Timothy, Clover, Flax, Hungarian, Millet, Red Top, 
Blue Grass, Orchard Grass, Bird Se eds, etc., e tc. 
Warehouses t H5,117, and U9Kinzie St. E*03? OOR.KT. 
vv arenoubes ^ 1Wi 106> 108 and no Michigan St. Office 115 Kinzie Sf., Chicago.Ills. 
THORBURN % TITUS, 
158 Chambers Street, New York. ^ 
VEGETABLE, FARM FLOWER SEEDS 
__ CATALOGUE8 MAIDED FREE UPON APPLICATION._ 
It is manifest that from GOOD SEEDS 
ONLY can Good Vegetables be obtained. 
The character of LASDKETHS’ SEEDS 
has been substantiated beyond all question. 
They are the STANDARD for Quality. 
Over 1500 acres in Garden Seed Crops 
under our own cultivation. 
Ask your Storekeeper lbr them in original 
sealed 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- 
IS #71 ST’S P1S1ZE MEDAL 
Garden Seeds 
are always warranted, being exclusively of our own 
growth. Best tor tlie Gardener! Best for the 
Merchant! BECAUSE RELIABLE! 
They never fail to produce the finest vegetables, and are 
planted In all parts of the world. The constant improve¬ 
ment and care in their growth , extending over a period of 
more than half a century, have brought Buist’s Seeds to a 
state of perfection and reliability second to none. 
BUIST’S CARDEN MANUAL for 1882 
(192 pages of useful information), mailed for 3c. stamp. 
Wholesale Price Current for Merchants on application, 
ROBERT BU1ST, Jr., Seed Grower, Philadelphia, Fa. 
|(ISSENA NURSERIES 
TREES and SHRUBS, OLD, NEW, RARE, and HARDY. 
Parsons & Sons Co. «- imited. 
FLUSHING-, N. Y. 
Descriptive Catalogue, Free. 
Market! I ardeners & RootGrowers to examine closely our hue Garden Tools; Farmers who value Labor-Saving 
Tools to study out our Combined Horse Hoe. Cultivator an| iCoverer: and every one who has even a small \xgetable 
warden to learn what theFireflyGarden Plow will save them. S. L. ALLEN & CO., 127 and 129 Cathanne St., Phila,,Pa. 
TOWS tontMmo 
PLANTS WITH THE PRECISION OF A HOE 
All the ground a person can walk over in a day. 
THE EASIEST 10 HANDLE and THE FASTEST HAND 
PLANTER IN USE. 
Every Planter fully warranted and satisfaction guaranteed. 
Inducements «n Samples this season. Send for circular. 
WALLACE FISK, South Byron, ^ ^ 
Vanderbilt Brothers, No. 23 Fulton St., Ants for N.’y. City. 
Hamlin Johnson, Providence, R.I., Agent for New England. 
SEEDS. 
My Annual Priced Catalogue is now ready and mailed 
free to all applicants. It contains all the leading and most 
popular sorts of 
VEGETABLE, 
FIELD, 
AND 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
Besides all the desirable novelties of last season, and 
nearly everything else in my line bf business. 
ALFRED BRIDGEMA1T 
870 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 
OUR 
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In order to introduce our seeds amone new customers, and 
that all may test their great superiority, we will send 
free, by mail, on receipt of $1.00 ('about cost of growing and 
papering, and amounting at Catalogue Prices to $2.15), our 
Special Introduction Box of Seeds, containing every¬ 
thing necessary for a family Garden. Large size packets of 
the following choice varieties: New Cuban Queen Water¬ 
melon, New Golden Gem Muskmelon, American Wonder Pea, 
Livingston'8 Perfection Tomato (new). Golden Wax Beans, 
Extra Early Valentine Beans, Baslian's Extra Early Red 
Turnip Beet, Early Summer Cabbage, Premium Large Flat 
Dutch Cabbage, Perfection Drumhead Savoy Cabbage, Im¬ 
proved Long Orange Carrot, Stow ell's Evergreen Sugar 
Corn, Improved Early White Spine Cucumber, Phila. Butter 
Lettuce, Yellow Danvers Onion, Champion Moss Curled 
Parsley, Sugar Parsnip, Cashaw Pumpkin, Extra Early 
Scarlet Turnip Radish, Golden Globe Summer Radish, 
American Savoy Spinach, Hubbard Squash, New Red Top 
Globe Turnip. 
Our Flower Collection, comprising lO Packets of the 
Choicest Flower Seeds, sent postpaid on receipt of 25 
cents, 5 collections for jr-l.uO. Postage Stamps accepted as 
cash. Our Seeds are warranted fresh, genuine, and 
reliable, and we feel certain of making a permanent cus¬ 
tomer of every purchaser of one of these boxes. 
Our Large illustrated Catalogue sent free to any address. 
JOHNSON & STOKES, Seedsmen, 
1114 Market. St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
I 70B KIEPFF.lt PEARS, MOUNT VER¬ 
NON STRAWBERRIES and other Trees, 
Plants, and Vines at low rates, write to S. C. DE COU, 
Moorestown, Burlington Co., N. J. 
Besides the largest and most complete general 
stock of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Roses, etc., 
in the U. S., we offer many Choice Novelties. 
New Abridged Catalogue mailed free to all who 
apply. Address ELLWANCER & BARRY, 
Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N.Y. 
M- 
of 
THE 
Tie Finest Strawterry now More tie Pule, 
Succeeds from Maine to Florida. Foliage never burns in 
the sun. Also a large stock of the superb novelties, Seneca 
Queen, Manchester, and Jersey Queen, and all the 
other new kinds. The best Red Raspberry—the Cuthbert, 
and the best Blackcap, the Gregg, specialties. Also a 
first-class stock of Grape Vines, and all standard Small 
Fruits. Send stamp for Illustrated Catalogue. Address, 
E. P. ROE, 
Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
M A I C" Brothers, South Glastonbury, UTf 
n M L. E. Conn., are headquarters for and-DAW 
- send free catalogue of BVDMTPC! 
- ( HIjlllVljEiij 
Grapes, and MANCHESTER Strawberry, best 
Trees. on - m . . . m earth. Productive 
as Crescent, perfect forms, A w j ps high flavor, firm as 
Wilson, Bea utiful cohered r\ IN U plate, showing one 
foot of row in full fruiting —■--oi.n. 
of new BLACK CAP Ras, 
ripens week before Doolittle, is je 
and twice as productive. 
ftmil SOUHEGM 
■IQ R E G G 
RASPBERRY PLANTS! 
100,000 first-class, well-rooted Plants, grown from pure 
stock, 815.00 per Thousand. Special rates given for 
quantities of 5,000 or over. Address 
W. A. TALBOTT, Jr., Barnesville, Belmont Co., Ohio. 
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 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS, 
By the 100, 1,000, or 100,000. Large variety, strictly pnre, 
prices easy, send for others' pricelists, then send for mine. 
K. 8. COLE, Harman’s, Md. 
BIOWELL, MANCHESTER, 
and other leading varieties of Strawberry Plants. Now 
Catalogues free. JOSEPH D. FITTS, Providence, R. I. 
Best Market Pear, 
6 AQA Bushels of them and other 
• Fruits and Berries, grown 
and 7 marketed fresh in Season 
1881. New Catalogue co. tains lists 
of best sorts at lowest rates. Sent free. 
J. 8. COLLINS, 
Moorestown, N. J. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
A fine stock of all the leading varieties. Also 25,009 
Brandywine Raspberry Plants, at Low Prices. Fruit and 
Ornamental Trees and General Nursery Products. For 
Price-list address, CHAS. BLACK & 13EO, Village Nur¬ 
series, Higlitstown, N. J. 
The Best Vines & Berry Plants 
ARE THE CHEAPEST. 
The Best Varieties, and one of the Best Places 
to get them is of 
E. & J. C. WILLIAMS, Montclair, N. J. 
THE MONTCLAIR RASPBERRY, 
Manchester Strawberry, Specialties. 
Catalogues free. 20 years X-Periencc. Mention this paper. 
MANUFACTURED AT ,,|||« 
oTHE MICHIGAN BASKET FACTORY Of® 
A. W. WELt-S fit CO.'"‘" l!l " 
ST. JOSEPH, MICH. J 
SEND FOR ILIUSTBATEP PRICE,LIS 
200,000 BERRY PLANTS. 
The old and new varieties, true to name. Improved Berry 
Crates and Baskets, prices low. Descriptive Catalogue free. 
Mention this paper. Address J. W. HALL, 
Somerset Co., Maeion, Md. 
FROSTED PEACH SEED, 
Best Va., N. C.. and Tcnn. Natural Seed in growing con¬ 
dition for this spring planting, at $2 per bush.: 5 bush, for 
|8; 10 bush, for $15. Address, CHAS. BLACK & BRO., 
Village Nurseries, Hightstowu, N. J. 
