1884] 
AMEEIC./IE" AGEICULTURIST. 
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Tlorlont V litys, 
158 C'liamljers Sstreet. New S'ork. 
SEEDS forG.IKI)Ei\ and PAIIM 
CATALOGUES MAILED UPON APPLICATION. 
TION. * 
Plants of Best Quality. 
Warrauted true to name. 
o w e s t 1’ r i c e Ss and 
Jiargest Assortment of 
old and new varieties. At 
dozen rates, free by mail. 
Special attention called 
to Promisins Novelties. Send/or I’rice-List. Address, 
BUSH «& SON & MEISSNER,, 
BUSHBEBG, Jefferson Co., Mo. 
SRAPES 
GMPE 
1 Vines, Strawberries, Blackberries, 
Easpberries, <Sc. Kleffer & LeOonte 
Pears. Price list/ree. JoelHor- 
NRR fe Hon, Merchantville. N. J. 
Established 1825. 
BEST GAEBEF 
AT LOW FHICES. 
Catalogues Eree, 
J. BOEHIANO A: SON. 
Baltimore, Md. 
flrjllllitftrrv Plants * New and old, medium and late 
UldUWCIIJ' 1 IdlllS Those will¬ 
ing to raise Cranberries, will please send for circular, relat¬ 
ing to culture and planting, soil, etc. F. Trowbridge, Mil- 
ford, Conn.; or H. H. Olin, Jewett, Conn. 
F rosted Natural Peacli Seed. We are prepared to 
supply No. 1 Natural Tenn. Seed, ready for planting in 
spring, at $1.50 per bushel, in lota of 5 bushels and over : 
Ijss quantity, $1.75^er bushel. Address, 
CHAS 
15 per I 
BRO., 
Village Nurseries, Hightstown.N. J. 
$1,000 for Vegetables. 
I hereby offer to my customers a thousand dollars in 
premiums for the largest crops of vegetables and grains. 
My catalogue (sent free) will give all the details. 
JAMES J. II. GEEGrORr, Marblehead, Mass. 
TJEACH TREES at living prices. Apple, Plum, 
-IT Small Fruits, &c. Prices on Application. 
Mention paper. R. s. JOHNSTON, Stockley, Del. 
PE Am TRli'EQl Large stock of best assorted 
Jt ikJi.i /11 1. IM-iiias Correspondence solicited. 
(New Brunswick Nurseries, N. J.) EDWIN ALLEN. 
200,000 Old Iron Clad, 200,000 James Vick, 100,000 Big 
Bob, 50,000 Indiana, 80,000 Nigh’s Superb, Daniel Boon, Man- 
chaster and other Strawberries. Peaches, Kleffer Pears, 
and other fruit trees. Catalogue free. S. C. DeCOU, 
Moorestown, Burlington County, N. J. 
The Most Profitable Onion. 
Danvers Early Red Globe is both the earliest, the greatest 
cropper, and the handsomest of all the red varieties. Try 
it, farmers. Seed catalogue free. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
SEEDS GIVEN AWAY! 
A PACKAGE Mixed Flower Seeds (400 kinds), and sample 
Park’s Floral Magazine, all for 2 stamps. Tell all your 
friends. 
G. W. PARK, Fanuettsburg, 
MV NEW CATAEOHUE 
“‘‘S^ALL Feor 
_ITS! 
ROSES! 
GilBMTIOSiS! 
and PANSIES 
Full q/information on their 
culture, free to all. Offers 
Plants at reasonable prices. 
OEO. S. WALES 
Hybrid Clematis. 
The most beautiful of all Hardy climbing plants. Strong 
Roots can be sent safely by mail. S^d^ for ourjjlug- 
trated Catalogue. ' 
OCIHL IC/I UUt .Alius* 
JOSEPH KIFT, 
West Chester, Pa. 
13 Eveiblooming, or 13 Hardy, 
_lor 13 Climbing, or 7 Moss Eoses, 
alldistinct sorts, labeled, by mail for |i. Many thousands of 
Bedding and House P LANTS & BULBS. Best and cheapest 
intheworld. Will prove tliis by sending g S&ITiplOS 
for 2,5 €?tS. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 
WE L1£AD in quantity, quality, size and priceofall choice 
plants, NEW and OLD. Valuable premiums GIVEN AWAY 
Beautifully illustrated and instructive catalogue free. You 
ihqnM order now this advertisement may not appear aeraln* 
WOODS) BEACH & C0.| Hew Brighton, Pa. 
EXTRA ONION SEED. 
Extra because raised from only the very choicest onions, 
selected from a crop which took tiie first premium in this 
famous onion growing county. Catalogue free to all. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
A RAEE fll.liii'FOiriiTESTMENT. 
The Atlanta Nurseries for Sale! Has been established 
oyer 17 years 1 With a large trade and good reputation! 
Address, _ M. COEE & CO., Atlanta, Ha. 
Descriptive Illustrated Nursery Catalogue, and Guide 
for the Fruit and Ornamental Planter. Sent to all 
applicants. WM. H. MOON, Morrisvilte, Pa. 
A 
originators 
for history and terms. A. J. Caywood & Son, Marlboro, N,T. 
e claim oup Seeds ore UnBurpansed in the 'world. ~Their vitality and purity being tented before aenejing 
OFFEK S665»©0 CASH PRIZES FOR 1884. 
Competitioa opeu to all purchasers. See Catalogue for particular.s. We desire that all ruav compete for these priic.s 
and give our seeds a fair trial to test their great Hiiperioritys feeling sure of making a permanent customer of 
every purchaser, and to Introduce them iuto thous' B A amountiug at regular prices to 
ands of new homes we will send free by mail on receipt of ^S.65, OtTU SPECIAL 
INTliODUCXlON IlOX OF SEEOS, coutaiuiug large size packets of all bent new and standard varlc- 
as follows: S Itemarkable Cabbages. Johr^on <fe Stokes' Eatliest, 10 days earlier than any other, Early Favorite 
Savoy, richer than Caulillower, J,<Si S.Premium Flat Dutch, the standard Winter Cabbage. We o2er ^00 CASII 
PRIZES for heaviest heads grown in 1884. S Handsome new Beets, JPebpss and Philadelphia Perfection, $10 
PRIZE for the best, 8 Delicious New Melons, Goldei% Gem —Musk, Boss, and Sweet /cinj?—Water. $50 CASH 
PRIZES for 1884 for best Melons. 8 Superior Onions, our Pedigree stock, Southport lied Globe, Extra Early Red, 
and Yellow Danvers, Livingston's New Favorite Tomato, New No Plus Ultra Sweet Corn, best of all; New Lemon Pod 
fFaz Bean, American Wonder Pea, Philadelphia Prize Head and New Satisfaction Lettuce, Green Prolific Cucumber, 
Improved Long Orange Carrot, Sugar Parsnip, New Dwarf Extra Curled Parsley, Mammoth Elampes Bright Red 
Pumpkin, Early French Breakfast Radish, New White Strasburgh Summer Radish, California Mammoth Winter Radish, 
Long White Salsify, Perfect Gem Squash, New Extra Early Munich Turnip, and a trial packet of the Wonderful New 
Welcome Oats, We will put in each box, free of ehari^e? 8 packets of Choice Flower Seeds as a present to 
your wife, mother or daughter, in all 8S Paekajjes. Send a $1 BILL, postal note, or stamps, in an ordinary 
letter, and you will receive the box by return mail, and if not satisfied we will return your money. 8 Boxes 
mailed for HIES ITI nififlTII PHI I ETPTEnfiJ comprising 10 Packets of the ChoieestFlower 
only$;e.50 UUn rLUW^^ni UULLLUiEUIl Seeds, each beautifully illustrated in colors, with 
full directions for culture, sent postpaid for 25e. in stamps, 5 Collections $lo ORDER NOW, and get our 
NEW COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE containing full deseriptioiis and direc¬ 
tions for culture of everytliinsf new and old worth eultlvatiuso Mailed FREE. 9 Address, 
JOHNSON & STOKES, Seed Growers, PHILADELPHIA, PA 
The i^EW TOOLS 
season, together with recent improve¬ 
ments, place the PLANET 
yond all Com 
petition 
NO W, if you are in- 
tcrested iu Farming,Gar¬ 
dening or Trucking, for our 
NE'iV CATALOGUE, contain¬ 
ing 32 pages and over 40 iUustra. 
S.LSLLEN^CO. 
121 & 129 
Catharine 8t., 
Phila. 
5 Russian 
Strawberry 
, - - and Jersey 
Jueen,) 75c. 4 Hansell Raspberry, $1. 1 Fm''s New Red 
:urrant, 75c. 3 Grape Vines (1 Prentiss and2 Delaware,) $ 1 . 
iThe above 8 worth S6, free by mail for $4. Your 
___- —,___"choice of three for $2. We have a large stock of Fruit 
Trees, (Ji-ape Vines and Small Fruit Plants—choice new and old varieties—unsurpassed in quality and true to name. Over 
1(X)$1 sets to select from in catalogue free to all. OAKLAND NURSERIES, BOWMAN & BRECKBILL, Forgy, Clark Co., O. 
CHOICE FEUITS 
FOR 
TKY THE LAZY WIVES BEANS ... - TKY THE MONTANA SUGAR CORN 
OUR NEW DEPARTURE in the 
Helief for the People. 
SEED TRADE 
NO 
NO BIG BROWN-STONE FRONT BETWEEN PRODUCER AND CONSUMER. 
FICTITIOUS VALUE. NO EIGHT W EIGHT. NONE BUT THE BEST. 
In order to introduce our new and improved seeds, we make the following unprecedented offer: 
17 packets, WELCOME OAIi 55 cents, 
price, bclnff $1.55. On receipt of 55 cts. in postage stamps or money, we will send one p’kt each of the following new 
and iinjiroved seeds :—Lazy Wives Beaus acknowledged by all to be the best bean that grows. Wilson'^ Improved 
Early Blood Turnip Bect<. Early Oxlicart Cahbacc, earliest and best for family use. Early Green Cluetcr 
Cucumber, good for pickles or cucumber.'?. Early Montana Sugar Corn, decidedly the earliest and sweetest sugar 
corn iu the world. New I^erpetuai Lettuce, tender and crisp from spring until fall. Scaly Bark Watermelon, 
finest-Havored tomato ever introdneed. Early Stri^-I.«euf Turnip. Sample packet of the True Learning Corit, 
and a two-ounee packet of C E N U I N E VA/ELCOME OATS,^hich sold last season for 25 centf* a packet; and 
from one 2-ounee packet were grown 4?8 poundiA of line oatM, and from one single grain tO large, 
fulMieaded stalks. IN ALL 1 TPACKETS FOR 55 CENTS, OR TWO COLLECTIONS FOR $1.00. 
A PROPOSITIOI^. J2packets of choice flower 
S&SdS forSO C&ntS of Ast^rs^.^ fine, mixed. Balsams, large jlouhle. mi.xed. Mignonette, new 
^Golden Queen. Jlollyhoek, large double English, l^ansies, finest stra 
I^etuiiias, 
Address gAMUEL WILSON, Seed Grower. Mechanlesvllle, Bucks Co., Pa. 
CCTMoney Orders and Postal Notes payable at Doyiestown, Pa. 
TRY THE HONEY DEW MELON 
DON*T FAIL TO TRY WELCOME OATS 
HLEB 
The earlicEt and greatest bearer of all Black 
Raspberries. Send postal. 
R. JOHNSTON, Shortsville, N. Y. 
•THOMPSON’S- CLOVER'-AND 
I*\SWS 
The best improvement ever made in Hand Planters. They 
are warranted, and satisfaction guaranteed. Circulars and 
terms to Agents free. WALLACE FISK., 
South Byron, Genesee Co., N. Y. 
PEARCE’S IMPROYEI) 
CAHOON BROADCAST SEED SOWER. 
This Machine sows 
wheat two rods wide, 
.so that a man walhing 
one mile sows 4 acres, 
and docs the work bet¬ 
ter than can he done hy 
any other means what¬ 
ever, It sows grass seed 
and all kinds of grain. 
Price $6. We It a v e 
agents in all parts of 
the country. Send 
si amp for circnlar, 
GOODELL COMPANY, 
Antrim, N. H., Manuf’s. 
in fresses, Type, etc. Send stamp for cata¬ 
logue. Elegant set of chromo cards, 6c. 50 of the 
Finest designs, 25c. C. F. Githens, Box 74, Phila., Pa. 
GANMSSERS Wanted 
EVERYWHERE 
for the AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, English and Ger¬ 
man. For splendid inducements address immediately 
ORANGE JUDD CO., Publishers, 751 Broadway, New York. 
