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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
157 
SEEDS 
B. M. & Co’s Reliable *»• m ’- 
trated Catalogue 
of everything for tlie 
Farm or Garden mailed 
B. HI. & Co’s Reliable F,cc to A11 ‘ Itcosts 
nothing and may save 
you a great deal. 
Send for it. 
BENSON, MAULE & CO., 333 Church St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
THE PHILADELPHIA 
BROAD-CAST SEED-SOWER, 
lor Sowing all Varieties of 
Grain and Grass Seeds* 
also Fertilizers. 
No. 1 Machine, price $30, averages 12 
to 15 acres per hour. No. 2 Machine, 
.... price $6 (see cut), from 4 to 6. At the 
same time sowing better and far more 
evenly than by hand or any other 
£*£?£ method. Send for circular. 
Agents wanted in every county. 
|| Benson, Maule & Co., 
Manufacturers, 333 Church St., 
- — Philadelphia, Pa, 
New Forage Plants. 
PEARL MILLET. 
Clean seed free from the chafl. Price 25c. ner lb., by 
mail, prepaid, 45c. Per peck (1 L l'A pounds), $2.75. Per 
bushel (50 pounds), $10.00. Special price to the trade on 
application 
WHITE EGYPTIAN CORN 
(Sorghum vulgare ) 
An excellent forage plant, and largely grown in Cali¬ 
fornia lor the grain, which is used as a valuable article 
of food both in the green and ripe state. Per pkt. 10c.; 
per lb. 65c., by mail, prepaid. 
T E O SIN T E ( Euchlceana luxurious). 
This gigantic grass was illustrated and described in the 
Jan. No. of the Agriculturist. Per pkt. 25c. 5 pkts. $1.00. 
PRICKLY COMFREY. 
Roots of this most luxuriant forage plant. Price 50c. 
per pound, by mail, prepaid. 
My choice Vegetable, Flower, and Farm 
Seeds are sent to every part of the United states, and 
give, invariable saiisfaction. Descriptive Catalogues of 
Seeds and Garden Implements, New and beautiful Plants, 
Small Fruits and Fertilizers, sent free on request. 
WM. H. CARSON, 
125 Chambers St., New York. 
WE HAVE NEVER BEFORE 
made sucli a variety of Garden Seed Sowers, Wheel Hoes, &c. 
WE HAVE NEVER BEFORE 
offered Tools so well made, beautifully finished, and perfect in practice. 
WE HAVE NEVER BEFORE 
combined so well, variety of work with ease of operation. These ma¬ 
chines quickly save first cost. They are prominent Agriculturist 
Premiums, and Jas. Vick says lie has never sold any 60 popular. 
Correspondence is solicited, and Descriptive Catalogues with engrav¬ 
ings are sent Free. 
THE FIEE-FLY GARDEN HOE AND PLOW 
Makes the Care of a Vegetable Carden a Pleasure. 
10,000 families who could not find time to keep a vegetable garden, if attempting Its culti- 
vaticm with the ordinary hand hoe, can raise their own vegetables successfully and profitably, 
by the use of one of these labor and time-saving tools. Mold-board, tempered and polished 
steel. Circulars free. Price $4.00. 
S. -L. ALLEN <fc CO., 339 Market St., Phlia,, Pa.. Dlan’frs Planet Jr. Goods. 
THE MONITOR SEED DRILL. 
This Is the most complete and positive Seed Brill ever invented. It is radically 
different from and superior to all others. It is the only machine which measures and 
drops the seed with a positive motion, and exactly the same amount at each foot or yard. 
It has been tested by 6 years' use in Massachusetts, and was awarded the highest prize 
at the “ Centennial/’ The “MONITOR” has been thoroughly tested during the 
seasons of 1878 and 1879, and heartily endorsed as a 
fihst-cijass tve^vozztjxtje: 
by Professor Geo. Thurber, of New Jersey, and by Jas. Vick, of Rochester, N. T. 
£27" Agents Wanted.— For full descriptive circular and testimonials, address 
THE 11 Eltlil.ilAC MACHINE CO., Newburyport, Mass. 
POTATO BUG. COTTON WORM. CANKER WORM. 
London Purple. 
(Trade 
Mark.) 
THE BEST 
INSECTICIDE 
EVER USED. 
Sold by all Wholesale Druggists nnd Stores throughout the United States. It not obtainable of nearest dealer, send 
direct to sole manufacturers, HEMINGWAY’S BONBON PURPLE COMPANY (Limited), 
60 Mark Lane, London, England. 90 Water Street, N. Y. P. O. address. Box 990. 
A. It. Wuit.nEy, Franklin Grove Orchard and Nurseries, Lee Co., Ill., writes : “ We have bid the Canker Worm a long 
farewell, and have (lone it with your LONDON PURPLE. We put In about three-fourths to one pound of LONDON 
PURPLE to 14 gallons of water, and applied with a force pump. It. " 
PURPLE adhere to he leaves and Paris Green does not.” 
It is better than Paris Green, as the particles of LONDON 
PEARCE’S IMPROVED 
Cahoon Broadcast Seed Sower. 
i For Sowing all kinds of 
Grain and Grass Seed. 
Boes as much work as 
men can do by hand, 
and BETTER work than 
^^can be done by any other 
means whatever. Agents 
wanted in every county 
in the United States. 
*’ r ' ce Sendstampfor 
circular. 
i-OOUKLL COMPANY, 
Antrim. N. If.. 
SOLE MANUFACTURERS. 
Rue’s Hand Cultivator & Seed Drill. 
Established 18 £5. 
Garden and Flower 
Peas and Beans. 
SEEDS 
Select Seeds at low prices. Catalogues free. 
J. BOLGIANO & SON, Baltimore, Md. 
MATTHEWS’ IIFJL 
The Standard of America. 
Admitted by lending Seedsmen 
and Market Gardeners every¬ 
where to be the most perfect and 
reliable drill in use. Send for 
circular. Manufactured only by 
EVERETT & SMALL, Boston, Mass. 
NATIVE EVERGREENS 
At $2 per 1,000. The following varieties, 6 to 12 inches, 
selected: Balsam Fir, Arbor Vitae, While Pine, Hemlock, 
Am. Spruce, and Larch. Packing free. Arbor Vitae and 
Pine at $1.50 per M. bv the 10 M. _ 
JAMES A. ROOT, Skaneateles, N. T. 
Evergreen and 
Forest Tree Seed¬ 
lings. LARGEST 
Stock in Ameri¬ 
ca. All Nursery 
grown. Catalpa 
Speciosa, and 
other forest trees 
by mail. Robert 
Douglas & Sons, 
Waukegan, III. 
HAWTHORN HEDGE PLANTS. 
2 years No. 1,.at $3 per 1,000 
Arbor Vitae, 3 to 4 feet.twice transplanted, $7 per 100 
do., sheared dense heads, for Lawns, do. $15 per 100 
Balsam Fir, 2K to 4 feet, do. extra flue, $20 per 100 
JAMES A. ROOT, Skaneateles, N. Y. 
WEBB’S Kinver Mangel. 
Seed received from the Messrs. Webb, 
the originators. Tried in comparison 
with other Kinver Mangels for two years, 
it lias proved superior to all. Price 
per lb., $1.00, post-paid. 
We also offer Choice Norbiton and 
Mammoth Mangel at 75c. per lb., post-paid. Also Yellow 
Globe Mangel at 55c. per lb., post-paid. 
Improved Long Orange Carrot at 75c. per lb., post-paid. 
All of the above by express at 15 cents per lb. less. 
For complete list of Root and Farm Seeds, send stamp for 
our Seed Catalogue. Special prices for large lots. Address 
R. H. ALLEN & CO., 
189 & 191 Water St., New York City. 
OUR SPECIAL LOW-PRICED LIST 
Of the Newest and Rarest 
PLANTS 
Sent Free on application. 
PETER HENDERSON & CO. 
35 Cortlandt St., New York. 
PLANTS POSTPAID! 
Either kind 
postpaid for 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS: 50 Sharp 
less, 100 Crescent Seedling, 100 Monarch of 
West, 100 Cumberland Triumph, 100 Boyden's 
Thirty. 100 Charles Downing. 
GRA PE VINKS : 15 Concord, .2Hartford 
Prolific, 8 Martha (White). 
RASPBERRY PLANTS: 50Brandywine 
(Red), 15 Cuthbert (Red), 25 Herstine (Red), 
25 Gregg (Black), 50 Mam. Cluster (Black). 
BLACK BER RY PLANTS: 35Lawtons, 
35 Kittatlnny,35 Wilson’s Early, 35 Dorch’ter. 
$ 1 . 
Lapham 
& Anthony 
Clayton, Del 
Descriptive 
Catalogue 
free. 
SEEDS 
AND 
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 terms to Grangers. 
“The excellence of the Shakers’Garden 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. 
JOHN SAUL’S 
Catalogue of New, Rare and 
Beautiful Plants 
will be ready Feb. 1st, with a colored plate.—It is full In 
really good and beautiful plants. — New Dracaenas, New 
Crotons,New Pelargoniums, New Roses: Geraniums, Cle¬ 
matises, &c., with a rich collection of Fine Foliage and 
other Greenhouse and Hot-house plants, well grown and at 
low prices; Free to all my customers, to others 10 cts., or a 
plain copy free. Catalogue of Seeds and Roses free. 
_JOHN SAUL, Washington, B. C. 
100,000 Grapevines, 
Cuthbert Raspberry, 
And other small Fruits in large 
quantities and at low prices. 
Pork and Fresh Garden Seeds. 
Send for price lists. 
_ _Successor to Ferris, Minard <t Co., 
385 and 38(7 Main St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
THE LADY GRAPE 
Is the Best Hardy, Healthy, Productive, Early- 
Ripening, White Grape in America. Ten years 
tested. Strong plants, by mail post-paid; Two 2-year, or 
four 1-year for SI. Special rates by 100 or 1,000. Also fine 
plants, 1 and 2 yrs., of Brighton, Moore's Early, Duchess, 
Lady Washington, Concords, and over 60 other kinds of 
grapes at low rates. ROSKS— beautiful, ever-blooming— 
Sl per doz. Flowers, Fruit-trees, Raspberries, Strawberries, 
Currants, &c., Cheap. Circulars FREE. Address 
GKO. W. CAMPBELL, Delaware, Ohio. 
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, 
BUSHBERG, Jefferson Co., Mo. 
GRAPE VINES. 
Also Trees, Small Fruits* &c. Wholesale rates 
very low to Nurserymen, Dealers, and large Planters. 
Send stamp for Descriptive List. Price List tree. 
T. S. HUBBARD, Fredonia, N. Y. 
PLANTS, 
W.L. FERRIS, Jr, 
GRAPES 
O T> ocklai 
IV crd. 
Send for Circ 
ockland Favorite ” Grape. A Seedling of the Con- 
,rd. Earlier, hardier, and better than its parent. 
Circular to BRIGGS ARNOLD, Rockland, Mass. 
G 
regg. Queen of Market, and Cuthbert Raspberry 
Plains, $3 per 100. K. Prolific ar ’ " ” 
and Reliance, $2 per 100. 
For prices 12 other sorts, see Catalogue. 
J. S. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. J. 
