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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[February, 
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FarM%*den; 
pl ant^ Seed ! > 
CMAii I S ,BULBS, 
SMALL Fr Uits &c 
BARCLAYS! ^ 
NewYork " w/ 
A Complete Gaide 
for the Garden. 
140 Pages ! 
300 Illustrations 1 
Contains a beauti¬ 
fully colored, plate of 
Pansies. Tells how to 
sow and cultivate 
seeds and plants. In¬ 
dispensable to all iji- 
terested in gardening. 
Mailed for 
10 Cents. 
Bliss 9 Illustrated Amateur’s Guide to 
the Flower and Kitchen Garden. 
216 pages. Two colored Chromos. Price, paper covers, 
35 cents. Bound in cloth, $1.00. 
PRINGLE’S NEW 
Hybrid Spring Wheats, 
Champlain and Defiance, 
Two of the Best and most Productive Varieties 
on Record. 
791 lbs. Champlain, 528 lbs. Defiance, 
Crown from a Single Pound of Seed. 
128 Bn.sh.els to the Acre. 
Heads from five to seven inches long, producing from 
seventy-five to one hundred Kernels per head. 
50 to 75 Strong Stalks from a Single Grain. 
Circulars giving a report of the Committee who awarded 
the Premiums offered by ns in 1878, with the reports ot the 
successful growers showing their improved methods of 
cultivation by whicli such enormous crops were grown— 
with correct Photographs representing the Prize Bunches. 
Mailed free to all applicants. 
Price of each variety, per lb., 40 cents ; 3 lbs. for $1. by 
mall. Bv express, freight paid by purchaser, $2 per 
peck; $7 per bushel. 2 bushel bags of either variety, $13. 
B. K. BI..ISS <fc SONS, 
P. 0. Box 4129. 34 Barclay St., New York City. 
FOR 1880. 
136 PAGES BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. 
The best work on GARDENING. It contains descriptive 
pricelists of VEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS 
and CHOICE PLANTS, with every thing for the 
Garden. Copy, with large Chromo of New COLEUS, 
10 cts.; plain copy. 6 cts. for postage. Wholesale list 
for Florists and Market Gardeners free. 
HENRY A. DREER, 
Seedsman and Florist, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
OUR NEW BOX FOR 1880 
contains Variegated Lima Lean, 
Mammoth Tours Pumpkin, New 
| Excelsior Watermelon , Prize Para¬ 
gon Tomato, Green Prolific Cucum¬ 
ber, Sutton'8 Student Parsnip, Tel- 
1 low Ovoid Mangel, Nimble Six Weeks' Turnip, Large Viro- 
flay Spinach and an improved New Radish. The whole 10 
pbtfl., at retail, are worth $1.00, but will be sent, post-paid, in a 
neat box, for only 25 cts. Burpee’s Seeds are popular 
wherever grown, and this great special offer is made to intro¬ 
duce them to thousands of new oustomers. Burpee’s Flower 
Seeds are finest in quality and lowest in price. Your choice of aU 
varieties at 5 CTS. PER PKT.; 25 PKTS. FOR $1.00. Our popular 
collections of 10 Pkts. for 25 cts.; 20 Varieties for 50 ets. 
FOR ONE DOLLAR we will send, post-paid, 40 Pkts. of 
Garden, Field and Flower Seeds. Full directions for culture printed 
on each packet of the above. Postage Stamps taken. Order now. 
Burpee’s Farm Annual for 1880. enlarged and fully illus¬ 
trated, telling all about Seeds, Plants, Small Fruits; Blooded Live- 
Stock, Fancy Poultry, Dogs, &c., sent free to any address. 
W. Atlee Burpee Co., 221 Church St., Phllada., Pa* 
MARKET CARDENERS. 
Fresh, Pure SEEDS for YOU. 
Send for Garden Manual and Price List for 1880. 
J. B. ROOT, Seed Grower, Rockford, Ill. 
Asparagus—New Variety. 
Smalley’s Extra Early Defiance; 2 weeks earlier than 
Colossal, a larger, softer grass; far superior to all other 
varieties. One acre will produce more grass with the same 
treatment than 2 acres of Colossal. It Is the best Asparagus 
grown, either for private use or for market. Two-vear-old 
plants, $5 per 100, $30 per 1,000 .seed $10 per lb. Address 
A. SMALLEY, Bound Brook, Box 99, N. J. 
)each Trees for everybody. Apples adapted to a wide 
: of climate. Small Fruits, etc. Price-list free. 
range < 
R. S. JOHNSTON, Stockley, Del. 
Three New Potatoes! 
Pride of America.— In appearance and quality resem¬ 
bles the Snowflake, ripens a few days later; very produc¬ 
tive. large size, an excellent keeper; flesh fine grained, 
white, and of superior quality. 
Matchless.— A cross between the Early Rose and White 
Peach Blow. Tubers very handsome, generally round; skin, 
slightly russetted, pale red; flesh fine grained, pure white, 
and of excellent quality. A great cropper, an excellent 
keeper. Ripens with the Peerless, whicli it will supersede. 
Silver Skin.— Also a cross between the Early Rose and 
White Peach Blow. Tubers medium to large, with few 
small ones. Skin smooth, silvery white, sometimes russeted. 
Flesh snowy white, fine grain, splendid quality, cooks 
through quickly. Free from disease, and an excellent 
keeper. It resembles the Peerless, but is more productive 
and of better qaliry. 
Prices of each of the above. $1.00 per lb., 3 lbs. $2.50, 
by mail prepaid. By freight or express at purchaser’s ex¬ 
pense. K Peck, $3.00; 1 Peck, $5.00 ; X Bushel, $7.00; Bushel, 
$12.00; Barrel, $25.00. 
For more complete descriptions and Illustrations, see 
Bliss’ Illustrated Potato Catalogue, which contains 
a descriptive list of all the new varieties recently introduced, 
with many other desirable sorts.beautifuliy illustrated. Cen¬ 
tennial collection of 500 varieties. Also much useful infor¬ 
mation upon the cultivation of this valuable esculent. 10c. 
Address B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
P. O. Box, 4,129,_34 Barclay St., N. Y, 
FRESH, PURE SEED 
Our New England-grown Seeds have secured an enviable 
reputation, and we again invite the attention of Farmers, 
Gardeners, Florists, and others to our new and select 
stock of every variety, which we otter at low prices. Our 
Boston Market Vegetable Seeds have a special repu¬ 
tation for excellence, and our stock of Flower Seeds is 
unsurpassed in all the choicest varieties. Seeds 6ent liy mail 
to all parts of the country, and guaranteed to reach pur¬ 
chasers. New Catalogue for 1880 sent free. 
HOVEY & CO., BOSTON, MASS. 
My Annual Catalogue of Vegetable and 
Flower Seed for 1880 will be ready by January, and 
sent free to all who 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. AU 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 w ho are anx¬ 
ious to have their seed fresh, true, and of the 
very best strain. NEW VEGETABLES A 
SPECIALTY. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
GRAPES 
Prices lower than ever. 
Largest Assortment of 
old and new varieties. 
I Plants of best Quality; 
at doz. rates free by Mail, 
Send for Price List. Address 
BUSH & SON & MEISSNER, 
BlISHBERG, Jefferson Co., Mo. 
GRAPE VINES. 
Also Trees, Small Fruits, <fec. Wholesale rates 
very low to Nurserymen, Dealers, and large Planters. 
Send stamp for Descriptive List.. Price List free. 
T. S. HUBBARD, Fredonia, N. Y. 
SEEDS 
ILLUSTRATED GARDEN 
GUIDE, of the best Flowers* 
Vearetables, with prices of Seeds, 
annhow to grow them. FREE TO 
ALL. It will pay to send for it. 
COLE & BROTHER, Seedsmen, Pella, Iowa. 
IHil.HiH.Hild 
Combined Catalor-iionf 
See^'PlanTS 
Sent free to all who apply by letter. 
Peter Henderson & Co., 
35 Cortlandt Street, New York. 
Shakers’ Garden Seeds. 
True and Genuine. Fresh and Reliable. 
One of the oldest seed firms in the country. Seeds sent 
by mail Postage free. Special prices and te-ms to Grangers. 
“ The excellence of the Shakers’ Garde t Seeds is gener¬ 
ally admitted.”— Ed.'s American Agriculturist. 
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Vegetables and 
Flower Seeds Free. 
Address CHARLES SIZER, 
Mount Lebanon, Col. Co., N. Y. 
t~B 
New Seed Warehouse. 
CHOICE GARDEN, FARM k FLOWER SEEDS. 
Very Rare and Desirable New Introductions. 
STRICTLY MODERATE PRICES. 
(XT* CATALOGUES (umllnstrated) FRBK TO ALL. 
A. D. COWAN & CO., 
PEED W7I^EF01I$E 
I 14 Chambers Street, New York. 
Cuthbert Raspberry 
E. P. Roe 
J 
Now acknowledged to be the Best of all 
By special effort and out- 
lay has secured the greater 
part ol headquarter stock, 
which can be traced direct¬ 
ly to Tlios. Cuthbert’s Gar¬ 
den. All who raise this va¬ 
riety will make money. 
Also all the other new and standard kinds of Small 
Fruits and Grape Vines. Illustrated Descriptive Cata¬ 
logue free. Address 
E. P. ROE, Corliwall-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
Thousands of Cuthbert KKdtSS 
Connties before it was advertised. Plants and root-cuttings 
for sale. Catalogue free. Prices low. RocklaDd Co. Nur. 
series, A. T. BLAUVELT & OO., Blauveltville, N. Y. 
C P ifire CATALOGUE 
C.l. HUE d F £iroo° f 
Is now ready—sent free to all applicants. A superb stock 
of Strawberry plants—150 kinds—Currant, Gooseberry, 
Blackberry, and Raspberry plants. The largest and best 
stock of the celebrated 
CUTHBERT RASPBERRY, 
now acknowledged to be the best in the country. First-class 
Grape Vines in great abundance. All at very reason¬ 
able rates. Address 
E. P. ROE, Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
GEO. S. WALES, Rochester, N. Y. 
SMALL FRUIT PLANTS, 
Seed Potatoes, etc. Circular free. 
Grapes 
AND 
Currants. 
PI ANTC of 11111110 9 oo<l 
rLHIl I OoMand choice 
i STS AW 1 
I BAS? 
BLACK 
LGOOSE 
J A superior 
stock of 
’ new varieties—including the CUTH¬ 
BERT Raspberry, Glendale straw¬ 
berry and Duchess Grape. My cat¬ 
alogue (free to all) gives instructions 
for culture, honest descriptions and 
fair prices. J. T. LOVETT* 
Little Silver, Monmouth Co., N. J. 
1 AAA AAA SHARPLESS Strawberry 
• "UUtUUU Plants, Notedfor Great Vigor, 
Productiveness, Large Size, and Pest Quality for Market 
and Family Use. Get Plants direct from Central Pennsyl¬ 
vania, " the home of the Sharpless,” and be sure they are 
genuine. Descriptive Catalogues free. 
J. L. DILLON, Florist, Bloomsbnrg, Pa. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
All the new and standard kinds. Illustrated Catalogue 
sent Free. C. S. PRATT, Agt.. North Reading, Mass. 
F AIRVIEW NURSERIES. ESTABLISHED 1835. 
Sharpless, Miners’ Prolific, Queen of the West, and 100 
other good kinds of Strawberries, all the choice Raspberries 
and other small fruits. Peach Trees, Osage Orange, and 
small fruits, specialties. All kinds fruit and ornamental 
Trees, Shrubs, and Roses. Prices never lower. Price list 
free. J. PEliKINS, Moorestown, N. J. 
WTHITE PROLIFIC SEED CORN FOR SALE. 
V T Larger yield and more cars on a stalk than any variety 
known, but will not ripen well above Ihtitude 42. Price, 
$2.00 per bushel. Also Pekin Ducks for sale. 
A. S. BEEKMAN, South Branch, N. J. 
