L VJI# can tie quickly obtained tiy sowing 
IWYl¥ HENDERSON’S 
ft “CENTRAL PARK” 
iLAWN GRASS SEEoJ 
1^9 a mixture of selected grasses identical with 
those used in forming the lawns of New 
■H York’s famous park. Over 50,000 pack- 
idlfel ages sold by us last season. One quart of 
wa seed will sow an area 15x20 feet=300 square 
feet, or for an acre 5 bushels are required. 
Instructions for sowing and after treatment 
sent free with every order. Price, 25 cents 
^Hper quart. (If by mail, add 10 cents per 
quart lor postage.) If by freight or express, 
$1.50 per peck. $5.00 per bushel. Catalogue 
^Sof Seeds and Plants free on application. 
SEEDSMEN & FLORISTS, 
86 & 37 Cortlandt St., Now 
PETER HENDERSON & CO 
1T4 
AMERICAN AGEIOULTERIST. 
[Apeil^ 
Pea, Bliss* AbTm(lailce*>«90 pods counted on a single plants Very productive, z$ to z8 Inches high. 
Second Early. Excellent quality. 25 cents per packet; 5 packets, $x.oo. 
Pea, Bliss* Ever-bearinc*—A perpetual bearer, yielding a fill! crop frost J an excellent late vari¬ 
ety, 18 to 24 in. high. Peas, 1 1-2 inches in cdrciunference. Very productive. 2sc. per pkt.; 5 pkts, ti.oo. 
P0a» Bliss* American \Voilder,—The best and earliest variety grown. ‘Vfery dwarf, excellent flavor.;', ao 
cents per packet; 40 cents per pint; 75 cents j^r quart, post-paid. 
N. B.—These three varieties will givo I*eas the entire season • nvitn frost. Hequire no brushing*. 
American Obampion Water-melon.—The best eating and best shipping melon grown. More productive 
than any other sort. 25 cts.per pkt,; 5 pkts. $r.oo. Cauliflower, Sea Foam.—The best early variety; sure to 
head. 50 cents per packet. Hbubarb, Early Paragon.—A new English variety. The earliest and most 
productive. Never runs to seed. Roots only for sale, 75 cts. each, post-paid. Pansy, Bliss* Perfection.— 
The choicest strain yet produced. Our Gardeners* Hand-Book, for 1884, contains a beautifully colored plate of this 
magnificent variety. 50 cents per packet of 50 seeds. Carnation^ Sb^kesperean.—The finest ever introduced. 
Con tinue in flower the whole season. 50 cents per packet. Plants, 50 cents each. I4-00 for the set of 9 varieties, 
wild G arden Se eds.— a mixture of xoo varieties of Flower Seeds. A packet will plant a square rod of ground. 
as cts. per packet; 5 packets, $1.00. For other Novelties, see BlisS* Illustrated 
Novelty List, which describes the newest and choicest Flowers, Vegetables, Fruits, 
Cereals, Plants, etc. Mailedy#'^^. 
Bliss’ Hand-Book for Farm and Garden. 150 Pages, 300 illustrations. 
Beautiful colored plate. It tells WHAT, WHEN, and HOW to plant, and is invaluable 
to all interested in gardening or farming. Mailed for 6 Cents. ^ 
B.K.BLISS & 
TRY DREER’S GARDEN 
1 ^^ SEEDS 
which have been planted by 
Borne growers for 45 years. 
The quality is the first 
consideration secured by 
the'most careftil selection. 
The prices, the lowest con- 
. sistent with eterling merit. 
Dreer’s^Garden Calen* 
r table, FIq 
Plants, Bulbs, and everything for 
the garden, mailed Free. HENRY A. DREE^ 
V14 Chestnut Street* PHIBADELPHIa! 
U A NO Cl I The earliest find most 
n H ll O C LL valnable Raspberry, 
large, bright crimson, very firm, 
proactive, extra hardy North and 
South. EARLY HARVEST, the 
carlieBi and most profitable Black* 
berry. ATLANTlO&DANIEb 
ROOKE Strawberries. Sendfw 
ifuU partieulare : mailed free. 27i9 
ilargeet and beetatocko/Strayrherrlea^ 
Raspberries, Blackberries, Gooseber* 
ries, Cnrrants, and Grapes in the U, S, 
AJao, Fruit Trees ana Nnt-bearing 
Trees, including Kiefferand Le Conu 
Pears, the nexo Peaches—Japan Giant Chesinui, dc, Rxchlg 
Illustrated Catalogue, with honest descriptions, truthful pictures, 
andf air prices, free. It tells what to plant, how to plant, and 
how to get and grow Frnit Trees and Pl^ts | the finest and most 
useful catalogue of the kind published. 
J. T. LOVETT, little Silver, New Jersey, 
Introducer Cuthbert Baspberry and Manchester Strawberry. 
If you want to grow Better 
CABBAGE 
Try tWs brand of Seeds. 
They are produced by years 
of careful selection from the 
very best strains of American 
varieties, grown and seeded 
on Puget Sound, which 
has a climate and soil more 
perfectly adapted to perfect- 
... * ,, tlie Cabbage than any 
Other in the world, and are grown by ourselves so 
that we b^now they are right. They are the 
torge^and plumpest seeds and produce the 
plants and finest heads of any 
in the Vjorld We can now supply True Early 
Jersey Wakefield Early Bleichfield, Eottler^s Im- 
proved Bip^swick, Late American Drumhead and 
Late Flat Lmtch, all of this supenor brand, at 5 
cts, per packet, 25 cts. per ounce, $4.00 per pound 
free by mail. Samples/ree. Try them! Send for 
Catalogue for full particulars. Address 
Isaac F. Tilllngbast, La Plume, Pa. 
TKY THE LAZY WIVES BEANS - - - - TRY THE MONTANA SUGAR CORN 
OUR NEW DEPARTURE in the 
Relief for the Feople. 
SEED TRABE 
NO 
NO BIG BROWN-STONE FRONT BETWEEN PRODUCER AND CONSUDIEB, 
FICTITIOUS VALUE. NO LIGHT WEIGHT. NONE BUT THE BEST. 
In order to introduce our new and improved seeds, we make the following unprecedented offer: 
17 packets, WELCOME OATS 55 cents, 
price, being $1.65. On receipt of 66 cts. In postage stamps or money, we will send one p’kt each ofthe followingnew 
and improved seeds : — Lnzy Wives Beano, acknowledged by all to be the best bean that grows. Wilson’s Improved 
Early Blood Turnip Beet. Early Oxneart Cobbage, earliest and best for family use. Early Green Cluster 
Cucumber, good for pickles or cucumbers. Early Montana Sugar Corn, decidedly the earliest and sweetest sugar 
corn in the world. New Perpetual Lettuce, tender and crisp from spring until fall. Scaly Bark Watermelon, 
entirely new; large as the Cuban Queen; better quality; keeps good until Christmas. Honey Dew Green Citron, a native 
of the Sandwich Islands; the sweetest and finest-llavored musk melon in the world. New Italian Onion, mild flavor, 
grows from seed to weigh 8 pounds. Improved Sugar Parsnip. Golden Dawn Mungo, large, entirely sweet; most 
beautiful pepper ever seen. Improved Early Loi^ Scarlet Radish. Perfect Gem Squash, excellent flavor, 
good for summer or winter use. Livingston’s New Favorite Tomato, the largest, earliest, smoothest, most solfd, and 
finest-flavored tomato ever introduced. Early Strim-Leof Turnip. Sample packet of the True Learning Com, 
and a two-ounce packet of C EN UI N E WELCOME OATSj'^hich sold last season for 26 cents a packet; and 
from one 2-ounce packet were grown 478 pounds of fine oats, and from one single grain 70 large, 
full-headed stalks. IN ALL 17 PACKETS FOR 66 CENTS, OK TWO COLLECTIONS FOR $1.00. 
HA PROPOSITION. 12packets of choice flower 
/nw consisting of Asters, fine, mixed. Balsams, large double, mixed. Mignonette, new 
OC/C/C/O iU! tJU VCinOf Golden Queen. Hollyhock, larp^ double English. Pansies, finest strain. Petunias, 
fine, mixed. Portulaoca. Phlox Drumundll, all bright colors. Sweet Williams, mixed, double. Verbenas, 
12 choice colors. New Ivy Leaf Cypress Vine, Zinnias, extra large, double, finest bright colors, in all 12 i 
p’kts for 80 cts., or two collections for 60 cts. Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue accompanies 
eack order. Address SAMUEL WILSON, Seed Grower, Mechanlcavllle, Bucks Co., Pa. 
Cn’Money Orders and Postal Notes payable at Hoylestowu, Pa. 
TRY THE HONEY HEW MELON 
- DON’T FAIL TO TRY WELCOME OATS 
Alley’s Early Deep Head Cabbage. 
Every one, who has raised that magnificent cabbage, the Eottler or BrunswiclLhas 
regretted that so fine a cabbage did not make a thicker head. The Alley Early Deep Head 
Is the successful result of years of careful selection and high cultivation, to obviate 
these defects. As early as Eottler, it is as large, is thicker and heavier bulk for bulk, 
and brings more in market than any, other drumhead, PER PACIKAGE, 25 CTS; PER 
OZ., 75 CTS. Early Etampes Cabbage (new) earliest of all, 10 cts. per package. Guerande 
Carrot. (new) remarkably thick at the neck, per packet, 10 cts.; per oz.,30 cts.(Perennial 
Onion (new) lives in the ground without protection all winter, and is ready for use 
weeks earlier than any other kind, per pkt., 15 cts..; perqt., 80 cts.; So'id Ivory Celery, 
(new) nearly self-blanching, per pkt., 15 cts. White Bonnieul Cucumber (new), a mam¬ 
moth white varielw of extraordinary diameter, per packet, 15 cts.; Dwarf Green Early Let¬ 
tuce (new) from France, per packet, 15 cts.; Banana Melon (new), it resembles in color 
and form a huge han.ina, and has strikingly the same fragrance; per packet, 15 cts.; Ken¬ 
tucky Wonder Pole Bean. I have not found In 60 varieties one so prolific; a capital string 
bean; per packet, 15 cts. Marblehead Early Horticultural, probably the earliest of all 
beans, and yet a true horticultural ! per packet. 15 cts.; per quart, 80 cts. Marblehead 
Early Sweet Corn. The earliest of all, giving growers a complete monopoly of the early 
market; original stock, per packet 10 cts.; per quart, GO cts. Sea Foam Cauliflower: de¬ 
cidedly the finest variety of all; per packet, 50 cts. To those taking the entire collection 
I will present a copyof either one of my four books, on the raising of Onions, Cabbages 
Squashes, Mangold Wurtzels and Carrots, the purchaser to make the selection. 
I offer $1,000.00 in Premiums, Piease find details in my Seed Catologue 
SENT FREE TO ALL. ^ , 
-HTtir CCT'TrTini I offer one packet each, of choice mixed selec 
.>r JLiVi' TT JCiXfii iSJCiJCi li/* tions, from the following varieties, for 40 cts, 
EARLY DEEP HEAD. the retail price of which would he 90 cts.: Asters, Balsams, Nasturtiums, Drummond 
Pi.i ,x oalplglossis. Sweet Pea, Dahlia, Holzhock, Petunias, Abronia, Umbellata (very beautiful). 
J-.^XWa:ESS O', n. CSrlllECSrOXiL'Sr, 3S,2^x-l3S.©li©fa.«:a., 
IF YOU PLANT 
SEEDS 
► IT WILL PAY YOU TO GET 
SMITH’S illustrated SFFn CATALOGUE 
Beautifully illusteated, 100 p^es. PuU dlrectlona 
for planting, culture, Ac. I do not ngroe to 
worth S3 or S4 for SI, but 
you wiU getjust what you want at the very 
lowest price consistent with reaJ vcJue. 
My name IB BO well known to most planters of 
Flower, Pield and Garden Seeds, I feel confi¬ 
dent that I shall be favored with your inquiries* 
WM.H.SMITH, Seedsman 
(Late of firmH. A. Dbeee,) 
1018 MARKET ST., PHILAD'A. 
Our Superior Strain of Seeds, Sold un¬ 
der our mark O. K., are gaining friends 
everywhere, and 
'‘“W'HAVr.o'ffl'lRs"™ 
Smiling harvests result where O. K. 
Seeds are planted. Our large, new Cata- 
LoauE Is a beautiful book and very valu¬ 
able. Free to those who expect to buy 
seeds; to all others 6 cts. Send for It. It 
will save you money. 
J. A. KVEBITT & CO., 
Watsontown, Pa. 
CLEMATIS COCCINEA. 
This beautiful novelty originated in Texa^ and has been 
thoroughly tested all over the country. It is entirely 
distinct from all other climbersi grows 12 ft. high, 
covered with lovely bright scarlet flowers from July to 
Oct. (a much longer time South). Highly praised by all 
who have seen It, and offered in all prominent catalogues. 
Fine plants 2 for 60c., 4 for ?1., by mall. Send M. O. on 
Troupe.—Order Now. GEO. A. LONG, 
(Troupe Nurseries). Troupe, Texas. 
JOHN SAUL’S 
CATALOGUE of New, Rare, and Beautiful Plants for 
1884 will be ready In February with a colored Plate. 
It is full in really good and beautiful plants, as well as all 
the novelties of merit. 
The rich collection of fine Foliage, and other Greenhouse 
and Hothouse Plants, are well grown, and at low prices. 
Free to all my customers ; to others. 10 cts ; or a plain 
copy gratis. Catalogues of Seeds. Roses, Orchids, Fruits, 
etc.,gratl?, JOHN SAUli, Washington, D. C. 
