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AMEEIOAi^' AGEIOULTUEISl. 
[December, 
SEEDS WORTH GBDVnNG 
>LANTS-BULBS!^ETC 
GARDEIM 
‘^FIKLD^’ 
FLOWER 
GARDEN REQUISITEB 
ILLUSTRATED + 
+ HAND-BOOK, 
For tlio FABM AND GARDEN, 150 pafjes, 300 
illustrations, and a Beautiful Colored Plate of 
Flowers, tells what, when, and now to jilant, and 
is lull ot information invaltiablo to all interested in 
Kardening. MAir.KD FOR three two-cext stamps, to 
cover iiostage. 
Ready January 1st. 
Illustrated Novelty liist, contains all the New 
Vegetables, Flowers and Plants. Ready in January. Free. 
THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 
A beautifully illustrated Monthly devoted exclusively to 
the Garden. Valuable Preiiiiiiins given to each 
Subscriber. $1.0) per year. Sample copy and Premium 
List free. With Colored Plate, 10 cents. 
The American Garden and American Agbicul,- 
turist one year for only $2.00. 
e.K.BLISUS0NS,34BarclaySt. 
NEW YORK. 
C alifornia Scarlet Larkspur Seed, 25 cts. per 
package—California Lily Bulbs, 50 cts.—mailed free on 
receipt of price by Walter Wagner, San Bernardino, Cal. 
CiTT? 500 BUSHELS OF PEACH 
X* SEED. Price, 25 cents per 
bushel. Delivered free of all coat to cars. Terms, cash with 
order. Address W. B. YARDLEY, Lewes, Delaware. 
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW 
all about 
JOHNSON GRASS 
send to HEADQUARTERS for Pamphlet. Address, 
HERBERT POST, Postburgh, Dallas Co., Alabama. 
PEAR HEADQU ARTERS“®ft 
EACH and other FKDIT TREES. 
MCUl BCDDUrQMAT KING, 
new PtnnlEa MARLBORO > 
NEARLY CLUSTER!® 
NEW GRAPES NI AG A,’ HayMl' 
CURRANTS, &e, {^Cataloguefree'. 
J. S. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. J. 
1838-1884. the largest 
And Most Beantifnl 
Early Pear. 
Ripening in Central New York early in 
July, and Sells-at High Prices. Send for 
history of Original Tree, 100 yrs. 
old. Headquarters for Kiell'er 
Fears, Parry Strawberries, Wilson, 
fco »S!GraSeL:Wm.^ 
CABBAGE SEED. 
Long- Island Cabbage Seed is the very best. 
For Price List to tlie Trade, address 
FRANCIS BRILL, Riverhead, Long Island, N. Y. 
UllJfC Po’keepsie Red, TJI- 
11 HTI n Bn VlnLU ster Prolific, Fran- 
■■ Me SB nv cisli.Hayes,Moore’sEarly, 
■fl FB Hi and all the best new-and old varie- 
H H nu 9 In ties, true m nrtmr. New 8travv- 
■ B ai u ■ berries, Raspberries, etc. 
UADI DODn Hansell & other Raspberries. Pricelist 
mBnLDUnU /rce. JoelHokneu & Son, Merchantville.N.J. 
Dutch Bulbs 
NEW AND RARE WINTER FX.OWERING 
PLANTS, NEW FRUITS, &c. 
DUTCH BULBS.— Large importations, direct from 
the leading growers in Holland. First quality Bulbs, Beau¬ 
tiful Hot-house Plants, Palms, Crehids, Roses, &c., well 
grown, cheap. New Pears, new Peaches, new Cherries, 
new Grapes, new Strawberries, &c., with a large stock of 
all kinds of Fruit Trees, Shrubs, &c. Catalogues mailed to 
applicants JOHN SAUL, Washington, 1). C. 
MATTHEWS’ mflLL 
Hand Cultivator, 
Wheel Hoe, 
SINGLE OR COMBINED. 
Admitted by leading Seedsmen and Market Gardeners 
everywhere to be the most nerfect and reliable implements 
In use for planting and cultivating garden crops. Beivareof 
cheap imitations ! The genuine machines are made only by 
T. B. EVERETT & CO., Boston, Mass. 
Send for circulars, giving latest prices and Improvements. 
William CrozierWi^ Peter Henderson. 
Just issued. A new work of 400 pages, 
containing 23S iIlu.strations. Sent post¬ 
paid for $2.50. Table of Contents mailed 
free. AGENTS WANTED. PETER HENDERSON & CO., 35 & 37 Cortlandt Street, New York. 
HOWTHEFARMPAYS; 
A beautiful work of 150 pages, Colored Plate, and 1000 illustra¬ 
tions, with descriptions of the best Flowers and Vegetables, 
prices of Seeds and Plants, and how to grow them. Printed in 
English and German. Price only 10 cents, which may be de¬ 
ducted from first order. 
It tells wliat you want for the garden, and liow to get it instead of running to tlie 
grocery at the last moment to buy whatever seeds liappeu to he left over, meeting with 
disappointment after weeks of waiting, 
BUY ONLY YICR’S SEEDS AT HEADQUARTERS. 
VICK’S ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 32 pages, a Col¬ 
ored Plate in every number, and many lino engravings. Price, $1.25 a year; Five Copies 
for $5. Specimen numbers 10 cents ; 3 trial copies 25cents. We will send to any address 
Vick’s Magazine and anyone of the following publications at the prices named below— 
really two magazines at'the price of one—Century, $4.50: Harper’s Monthly, $4.00; St. 
Nicholas, .$3.50; Good Cheer, $1.25; or Wide AwaUe, Good Clieer, and 
Vielt’.s Magazine for $3.25. 
VICK’S FLOWER AND VEGETABLE GARDEN, 210 Pages, Six 
Colored Plates, nearly 1000 Engravings, $1.25, in elegant cloth covers. 
JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. 
FRUIT TREES. ORNAMENTAL TREES. 
GRAPE VINES. PLANTS AND BULBS. 
SMALL FRUITS. SHRUBS AND ROSES. 
An immense stock. Splendid Assortment. Warranted true, Remarkably cheap— 40 CHOICE 
B O C T O Send for Catalogue free. SOth year. 500 Acres. 21 Greenhouses. Address 
vP I O t I O ■ THE STORRS & HARR180N CO., Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio. 
STROWBRIDGE SOWER 
BROAD CAST 
BEST. CHEAPEST. SIWPLEST. 
C.W. DORU, IHianager 
RACINE SEEDER COMPANY, 283 
Sows all grains, grass seeds, plaster, salt, ashes, 
commercial fertilizers — everything requiring 
broadcasting—any quantity per acre, better and 
faster than any other method. SAVES SEED 
by sowing perfectly even. Not affected by uind, as 
seed is not thrown upwards. Sows half or full 
.cast, on either or both sides of wagon. Readily 
attached to any wagon or cart without injury, and. 
:used wherever they can be driven. Lasts a life¬ 
time, Sows 80 acres wheat per day. Crop one- 
G>urth larger than when drilled. Only perfect 
Broadcaster made; most accurate agricultural 
mplement in the world. Endorsed and recom¬ 
mended by Agricultural colleges and best farmers 
in U. S. Fully warranted—perfectly simple. Do 
net be put ofif with any other. Send at 
once for new free illustrated catalogue with 
full information and hundreds of testimonials. 
FOURTH ST., DES MOINES, IOWA. 
IVAPQBATING FRUIT 
F'ull treatise on improved 
methods, yields, profits, prices 
and general statistics, FREE. 
AMERICAN MAN’F’G 00. 
Box O, WAYNESBORO. PA. 
GORTON FEED STEAMER. 
simple, cheap. For cooking food for Horses, Cattle, 
Hogs. Sweating Tobacco, Laundry Use, etc. It has no Equal. 
Address, GORTON STEAMER M’F’G CO., Montrose, Pa. 
18,000 Carpenters and Farmers 
now use our Late Make Filers to file saws, so they 
will cut faster than ever. Teeth all of equal size, 
Pitch and Bevel. Single one sent free on receipt of $2.50, 
where no Dealer keeps them for sale. A discount to Dealers 
or others wishing to sell. For Illustrated Circulars, Ti^sti- 
monials from persons who use them, etc., address 
E. ROTH & BRO., New Oxford, Penna. 
Post-Office ^loney Orders make payable at Gettysburg, Pa. 
GABDEN SEEDS 
Catalogue for 1§85, willi I>irec- 
tioiis for Cultivation, mailed FREE. 
Please write for it. Address, 
.¥0§EPH HARRIS, 
Moreton Farm, Rochester, N. 1l. 
I particularly want the Boys 
and Girls to send for it. 
M ore men wanted.— To solicit orders for our 
Fruit and Ornamental Stock. A splendid line of New 
Specialities. Good wages paid for reliable, energetic men. 
Inclose stamp and write for terms to E, B. Richardson & 
Co., Kanadesaga Nurseries, Geneva, N. Y. 
DCA^U Suited toftll sections* 
rtAun I nttd APPLE TREES, cx* 
tra long-keeping varieties. Kieffer and Le Conte 
Pears. Full line of all kinds of Nursery Stock cheap. 
Trees, Grape Vines, Small Fruit, and other Plants Dy 
mail* Catalogue^ 80 pages, showing how and what to plant, 
KANBOLPU FEXEUS, Wilmington, DeL 
N atural Va. and N. C. Peach Seed. A supply of No. 1 
peach seeds now on hand. Such as we use for our own 
stock, and the best obtainable. Dry seeds this fall, in lots of 
10 hush, and over. $1.‘25 per bush. Small lots $1.50. Packed 
free. Also, frosted seed next spring. For particulars, address 
CHAS. BLACK & BRO., Hightstown, N. J. 
BOWKER’S 
Hill and Drill Phosphate with Potash. 
A general Fertilizer for all crops, and low in 
price. Send for Pamphlet. 
BOWKER FERTILIZER CO., Boston and Ne’iv York. 
WANTED SALESMEN. 
We want an active, energetic young man or lady in every 
county in the U. S. to sell our goods. We offer a permanent 
and good paying position to any young man or lady who can 
come to us well recommended. We do not desire to cor¬ 
respond with tlwse who think fortunes are made in a day, 
hut with those who are willing to toil, and want a perma¬ 
nent, good paying position. In answering please state age, 
whether married or single, and present employment. 
Address, CORNELL & CO., 
356 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, O. 
