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AMEBIC AN AGB1C U LT U BIST. 
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PPHILA. IROAD-OAST SEEDERS 
SOW ALL SEEDS 
AND FERTILIZERS. 
The No. & hand machine, price, jgajfi glgw| 
sows from 4 to 6 acres per 
hour; No. Ij price, <§30, from 
10 to 12, at the same time sowing 
far more evenly than by any other 
method; also saves the Seed. Send for Circular. Audits 
Wanted. BENSON, 31AULE & CO.. Philadelph- 
For the FAEM and &ABDE1T. 
A great variety of SEEDS and IMPLE¬ 
MENTS. Send for Catalogue. Address 
R. H. ALLEN & CO.. 
P. O.Uox 376, N. V. City. 
PRICE LIST FREE. 
HENBY NUNGESSER, 
•Seed Merchant, 83 Avenue D., New York. 
HIRAM SIBLEY & GO, 
Will mail FREE tlieir Cata¬ 
logue for 1882, containing a 
full descriptive Price-List of 
Flower, Field and Garden 
SEEDS 
Bulbs, Ornamental Grasses, 
and Immortelles, Gladiolus, 
Lilies, Roses, Plants, Garden 
Implements. Beautifully illus¬ 
trated. Over 100 pages. Address 
ROCHESTER, N.Y. & CHICAGO, ILL 
179-183 East Main St. 200-206 Randolph St 
John Saul’s Catalogue of New, 
Rare and Beautiful Plants 
for 1882 . 
■Will be ready in February, with a colored plate. It is full 
in really good and beautiful Plants, New Dracsenas, New 
Crotons, New Roses, New Pelargoniums, &c., with a rich 
collection of Fine Foliage and other Plants, well grown and 
at low prices; Free to all my customers, to others 10 cts., or 
a Plain copy free. 
Catalogues of Roses, Seeds, Fruit trees. Orchids, &c., free. 
JOHN SAUL, Washington, D. C. 
MWAEa 
MR 1882 ' 
W ill be mailed free to all applicants, and to customers without 
ordering it. It contains five colored plates, 600 engravings, 
about 200 pages, and full descriptions, prices and directions for 
planting 1500 varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Plants, 
Fruit Trees, etc. Invaluable to all. Send for it. Address, 
D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Mich. 
I GARDENERS, 
FLORISTS.^ 
FARMERS^ 
_ IWSERYMEN 
J.G.VAUGHAIM 42 la salle st. CHICAGO. 
lIJSSKMgs 
THE CUBAN QUEEN WATER-MELON I 
Is certainly The Largest and Finest Variety in the world. Flesh, 
I bright red, remarkably solid, luscious, crisp and sugary —far surpassing all J 
I others, and on a Melon of enormous size there is barely half fan inch rind ! J 
The first prize Melon the past dry season weighed*81 Pouids. We offer | 
$60.00 IN CASH PRIZES FOR 1888 for the three largest Melons 
$ grown from our Seed. Do not fail to try and see how large the Cuban Queen j 
can be grown. Pure Seed, 60 Cents per Ounce: Quarter Pound, $1.60. I 
(TOOTHER SPECIALTIES FOR 18 88.-Burpee’s Netted 
Gem Musk-Melon, the earliest, most productive, sweet as honey and a [ 
gem indeed 1 Burpee'S Surehead Cabbage, the very best, all head and I 
always sure to head. Lemon Pod Wax Beans, marvellous for great S 
beauty, fine quality and immense productiveness. Livingston’* Per- g 
Infection Tomato, bright red and smooth as an apple. Giant Koeca J 
"Onion, grown from our Seed to weigh 114 lbs. each. Burpee’s Long I 
Orange Carrot, finest. Peerless Cucumber, best for table or S 
pickling. Giant Stuttgart Radish, early, large and fine. Red a 
Top Globe Turnip, very handsome. Philadelphia Butter Lettuce t 
and Bassano Beet. Illustration and full directions for culture printed i 
on each packet. 
a REMARKABLE OFFER f choicest and I?ew Vegeta- 1 
bles are worth $2.16, but we will send the entire collection, by-mail, £ 
post-paid, to any address, for Only 60 Cents, or 5 collections for 52.00. Our Seeds are all Warranted First-Class, unrivalled in \ 
I quality, and this remarkable offer is madeto induce thousands of new customers to give them a fair trial. 
Pfl QfiTSmQ 8 THE GEM COLLECTION of Asters. Balsams, Pansy, Petunia, Phlox, Verbena, Zinnia, &c .—in all! 
ITLU wsllaDl OELELfiJCj ! 3 0 packets- most beautiful varieties, with full directions for culture, for only 80 Cents. (t7*Both fi 
Collections, of Flower and Vegetable Seeds—in all 22 packets —will be mailed for ?5 Cents. §ZF Postage Stamps accepted same as Cash . I 
H-HS? nm I We will mail all the above and also one large packet each of the delicious New Amber Cream Sweet I 
8 U H USvJL UULLMol Corn. American Wonder Peas, Early Cabbage and 8Quash--making almost a complete I 
I Vegetable and Flower Garden, for only One Dollar, which, at usual prices, would cost $8.80. Order Now ! and ask for Burpee’s I 
Farm Annual for 1888, beautifully illustrated; tells all about the best Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, &c., and is sent free to all! 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Seedsmen, 219 # 221 Church Street, Philadelphia, Pa, 
t\TANTEl>.—5,000 to 10,000 Apple, Pear, Cherry and 
VT Plum Seedlings. Address A. BOYER, 
Galena,Lander Co.,Nevada. 
Seeds. Seeds, Seeds, 
In order to bring our reliable and GENUINE SEEDS more prominently before the masses, we offer prepaid by. 
mail, for a short time only, on the receipt of ONE DOLLAR, the following two-dollab assortment of SEEDS:— 
New Rainham Cabbage. 
Drumhead Savoy Cabbage. 
Tailby’s Hybrid Cucumber. 
American Gathering Lettuce 
Improved Christina Melon. 
Yellow Danvers Onion. 
Fern-leaved Parsley. 
Scarlet Turnip Radish. 
Viroflay Spinach. 
Acme Tomato. 
New Globe-shaped Red-Top Turnip. 
Perfect Gem Squash. 
White-Seeded Guinea Corn. 
Russian or Oscar Wilde Sunflower. 
Douglas' Spruce. 
Weymouth Pine. 
Eucalyptus Globulus. 
Glasgow Prize Cockscomb. 
New Dwarf Bachelor s Buttons. 
Mixed Large-Flowering Phlox Drum- 
mondii. 
TIIE ASSORTMENT WILL NOT BE BROKEN OR SOLD SEPARATELY EXCEPT AT REGULAR CATALOGUE 
RATES. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO., 15 John St, New York. 
THE UNITED STATES MAIL 
jmNGSQrpn OTA DC T0 every 
SUP H1 WmZ MAN’S DOOR 
is manifest that from GOOD SEEDS 
(.ONLY can Good Vegetables be obtained 
The character of LANDKETH’S SEEDS 
__ »has been substantiated beyond all question. 
They are the STANDARD for Quality. Over 
^ 1500 acres in Garden Seed Crops under our own 
Founded 178?T'^ cultivation. Ask your Storekeeper for them in original sealed 
packages, or drop us a postal card for prices and Catalogue. Address 
---5ETH --- --■ 
DAVID LANDRI 
& SONS. 21 and 23S. Sixth Street. Philadelphia. 
BUIST’S PKIKE MEDAL 
Garden Seeds 
ate 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, Pa. 
LANDRETH’S 
NOVELTIES l 
SAFE ARRIVAL 
GUARANTEED. 
Potato (Garfield) Jilb. 25c., Cabbage (Landreth’s Earliest) M oz. 35c., Lettuce (Landreth’s Forcing) 
loz. 15c., Lettuce (Bloomsdale Summer) 1 oz. 15c., Lettuce (HeatResisting) loz. 15c., Melon (Boss) 
y t oz. 20c., Onion (Bloomsdale Pearl) %oz. 20c., Radish (Earliest White Forcing) 1 oz. 15c., 
Radish (Early Scarlet Erfurt) 1 oz. 15c., Oats (Green Mountain) 1 pt. 25c.- Total value 
<9? S CASH .we will forward the above list of Novelties, postage paid. Enclose postage 
0™ yw s-lp El Btamps, and address 11. LANDRETH <fc SONS, Philadelphia, Pa. 
SEEDS! 
ALBERT DICKINSON, 
Dealer in Timothy, Clover, Flax, Hungarian, Millet, Red Top, 
Blue Grass, Orchard Grass, Bird Se eds, etc., etc. 
w >, ) 115, in, and 1X9Kinzie St. X’OI 1 CORKT. 
Warehouses £ 1(Mi j 06i 108j and 110 Michigan St. Oflice 115 Kinzie St., Chicago.Ills 
OurNewCatalogue of the PlanetJr.Farm andGarden Implements is free to all, and we; gjiaranteeittointerest every 
one who plants seeds or cultivates the soil. It is a beautilm descriptive work of 16pagesYvdlof_dlustrahons. Wewant 
MarketGardeners & RootGrowers to examine closely our fine Garden Tools; Farmers who value Labor-Saving 
Tools to study out our Combined Horse Hoe, Cultivator an JQp v ®fer: and every one who has even a email vegetable 
garden to learn what the FireflyGarden Plow will save them. S. L. ALLEN & CO., 127 and 129 Catharine St., Phila.. Pa. 
