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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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R. H. ALLEN & CO’S 
Abridged Catalogue of 
My Annual Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower Seed for 
1877 will be ready by January, and sent free to all who ap¬ 
ply ; Customers of last season need not write for it. 1 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. All 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 
who are anxious to Have their seed fresli, 
true, and of the very Hcst strain. SEW 
VEGETABLES A SPECIALTY. 
JAMES J. II. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
NEW FRUITS, 
Dutch Bulbs; New and Hare Plants, &c. 
Souvenierdu Congress; Ifeuvre d'Assumption; Pitmaston 
Duchesse, and other new Pears. 
New Peaches. American and European varieties, a large 
stock of Pear and other Fruit Trees, &c. 
Dutch Bulbs—Hyacinths,Tulips,Lilies, direct from Holland. 
Duchess of Edinburgh, Pearle lie Jaruin, and other new 
Hoses. New and Hare Plants for winter flowering, &c. 
Catalogues mailed on application.—PRICES LOYV. 
JOHN SAUL, Washington City, D. C. 
DOUBLE TUBEROSE BULBS. 
Superior Size and Quality. 
Doz. 100 1.000 
First Quality Large Flowering Bulbs, $ .75 $4.00 $30.00 
Second Quality Flowering Bulbs, .50 3.00 20.00 
A few hundred EXTRA Large Bulbs, 1.00 5.00 
Dwarf Pearl, 1st quality Flowering Bulbs, 1.50 .6.00 
If sent by Mail 23 cents per dozen Extra. 
MILLER & HAYES, 
5,774 Germantown Avc., Philadelphia. 
‘ KNOX 
Fruit Farm & Nurseries. 
GRAPE VIIVES, STJRAWBERRY PLANTS, 
RASPBERRY and BLACKBERRY PLANTS, 
HYACINTH and other BULBS, 
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES. 
8 Grape Vines, 5 varieties,for..$1.10 
75 Strawberry Plants, 5 varieties.$1.10 
18 Raspberry Plants, 4 varieties.$1.10 
By mail post-paid. Catalogues free. 
Z3T Will take Marketable Country Produce 
in exchange for Trees and Plants. 
J. F. GRIMES, Box 115, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
MARKET GARDENING. 
Home Kitchen Garden ; Gardening Abbreviations (thewhole 
in a nutshell i; and much else on kindred topics in Root’s 
Garden Manual for 1877. Practical, pointed 
and thorou‘ r it, and contains half as much matter as $1.50 
books oil the subject. Sent for 10 cents, which will be allow¬ 
ed on tlie first order for seeds. Ready Dec. 1st. 
_J. B. ROOT. Seed Grower, Rockford, His. 
CAMELLIAS, AZALEAS, ROSES, 
AND WINTER-BLOOMING PLANTS? 
BY’ MAIL-POSTAGE PAID. 
Send for Catalogue No. 6 with Supplement—contains two 
hundred and sixty-four collections of five, filteen, and twenty 
plants each, your choice for one dollar. Address 
ROBT. J. HA LUO AY. Baltimore, Md. 
LARGEST STOCK IN AMERICA OF 
European Larch and Evergreen Trees. 
Both Seedling and Transplanted. All grown from seeds on onr 
own grounds, and better and cheaper than imported stock. 
European Larch and Evergreen Tree Seeds, 
Bv the ounce, pound or 100 pounds. Send for Catalogue. 
ROBERT DOUGLAS & SONS, Waukegan, III. 
Combined CATALOGUE £ 
OF 
BWERYrnmQ 
FOR THE 
GAKBENj 
Numberingl75 pages, with Colored Plate, j 
SES^T FREE 
To our customers of past years, and to 
all purchasers of our books, either 
Gardening for Profit, Practical Floriculture, 
or Gardening for Pieasure, 
(Price $1.50 each, prepaid, by mail.) 
To others, oh receipt of 25c. 
I Plain Plant or Seed Catalogues, without 
^ plate, free to all. 
[ Seedsmen, Market Gardeners and Florists , 
35 Cortlandt St., New York. 
TO THE TRADE. 
AND TO PLANTERS.— We invite you to examine our 
stock of Grape Vines, ‘ Concords very chean); A ins- 
den’s June, Alexander’s Early, Sreadly, {Few,) 
and Other Peach Trees ; Delaware, Thwack, Gan- 
argna, (Few,) Highland Hardy, and true Brandy¬ 
wine Raspberries ; Black Naples, La Versailles, 
and other Currants; Osage Orange and Conover’s 
Colossal Asparagus, oneand two years; Wild Goose 
Plum : Sniilax. Double Tuberose, and Gladiolus. 
All tine and low in price. Write for prices.. Address 
A. HANCB & SON, Nurserymen & Florists, Red Bank, N. J. 
A 
The above cuts show the form and some of the uses of the 
Sugar Trough Gourd. 
I have grown them for over 30 years, and used them 
for SUGAR TROUGHS, BUCKETS, BASKETS, 
and various household purposes. They grow by the acre,to 
hold an average of 5 gallons each, and I exhibite 1 one at the 
office of the Agriculturist that belt! Eleven gallons. 
X have grown a large stock of choice seeds this year, and 
to get my price list into as many hands as possible, I make 
the following offer: For 25 cts. I will send a pkg. of the 
GOURD, and one of BLOTCHED and STRIPED 
PETUNIA, PANSY, and DOUBLE ZINNIA. 
Choice VERBENA SEED, 15 cts. per pkg. 
Address WALDO F. BROWN, 
Box 2, Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio. 
STRAWBERRY 
t&Choice Varieties for Si» 5*or50c. Samples 25c. 
J. GEEIVES. (xresnbrook & P uorson Nurseries. PATEPSQN.N.J, 
UEBl’ AND CHEAPEST DEKUi CRATES AND BASKETS 
Ia use. So acknowledged by leading 
Growers everywhere who have used 
them for years. A. M. Purdr, Editor 
1 Fruit Recorder, and large fruit grower, 
Rochester, N. Y., writes: “Purchased 
200 N. D. Batterson’s Crates and Bas- 
I kets. and must say, for compactness, 
[ durability, lightness, neatness and free 
circulation of air, have never found 
their equal.” Well made; best materi¬ 
als, sizes and shape; Crates aro iron 
; Baskets 
bcncstc' 
jyj del 
_ . sioni loss. ~ Remit by registered 1 
.-order. Greatest satisfaction guaranteed. 82 qt. Crates, complcto,24 in. 
. 7 .12 in. wide, 15^ in. high,$1.35; 36 ot. Crates, Clin. long,17H m. wide,JL2 
in tii’b.gl 40; 30 pi. Crates, oomplete, 24 in. long, 10in. wide, 10}$ in. high,$1. 
Quart Baskets, $15 per 1,000; Pint Baskets, $10 per 1,000, in any quantities. 
TSIia FLOWER 
end kindred topics treated in a manner of interest to every 
lover ot flowers, in Root’s Garden Manual lor 1877. 
Sent for 10 cents, which amount will be allowed on first 
order lor seeds. Ready Dec. 1st. 
.1. B. ROOT, Seed Grower, Rockford, Ills. 
SMALL FRUIT PLANTS. 
All Best Varieties: very lowest rates. Please see some 
prices page 390, Oct. No., or better, send for new price list to 
JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. ,T. 
PARMLEE’S 
t K X>-('ENT 
SEEDLING 
has more sterling qualities than any other berry yet offered 
to the public, producing over fourteen thousand quarts per 
acre, in field culture, if directions are followed. Send for 
circular. ' H. H. SMITH, West Haven, Conn. 
K0SES FOR THE MILLION, 
1 D Choice Roses by mail for SI. 
XA Descriptive Lists free. 
_TYRA MONTGOMERY, Mattoon, III. 
POMONA NURSERY. 
and Great American, the best strawberries. Ten acres 
of Brandywine tSusquuco) raspberries, yielded in 1876, 
$4,338. Send for Catalogues. 
WM. PARRY, Cinnaminson, N, J. 
THE BALDWIN CUTTER 
is tlie best in market for 
HAY, STRAW, AND STALKS. 
9 sizes, lroin $18 i o $90, lor hand or power. Our new cir¬ 
cular is just issued. Address, with stamp, 
R. H. ALLEN & CO., 
P. O. Box376. 189 & 191 Water Street. 
NEW YORK. 
Also Improved Root Cutters, Corn Shelters, anil 
every variety of Agricult’I Implements «St Machines. 
WINDOW and WINTER 
BLOOMING PLANTS. 
a specialty. Send 25c. for a paper of Selected GERMAN 
PANSY Seed, containing Pure White. The Two N.-w 
Blacks and Eleven other varieties. Send address for 
New Catalogue in Jan. Only Retail Trade. 
FRAY’S GREENHOUSES, Central Falls, R. I. 
Galloon’s Broadcast Seed-Sower 
is the only practical Broadcast Grain, and 
Grass-Seed Sower known. 
It is now sold In all grain-growing countries. The Hand- 
Machine will sow 50 acres of wheat, or 30 acres of grass-seed 
in 10 hours, and do the work far better than it can he done 
by any other means whatever. These machines have been 
uniformly sold for tlie past 10 years for $i0 a piece, but now 
we have reduced the price to $5 a piece, and our sales have 
already increased astonishingly. Send stamp for circular. 
GOOOELL COMPANY, 
Sole Manufacturers, Antrim, N. II. 
HolDrooK’S “VETO” SEED DRILL & “NEW’ 
Ilaml Cultivator sow and cultivate all 
kinds vegetables. Do work of 10 
*' l and cheapest. 
: $12.50 combined.' $70ff 
Steel Teeth. 
Circulars Free. Made by E. E. LUMMUS S: CO., Boston, Uas3. 
Matthews’ Garden Seed Drill, 
Matthews’ Hand Cultivator, 
Matthews’ Drill and Culti¬ 
vator combined, surpass all 
others. Send for circular before 
you buy. Manufactured only by 
' EVERETT & SMALL, 
Boston, Mass. 
Holbrook’s “ New Regulator ’’ Seed Drill 
k Sows all kinds of Vegetable Seeds with regularity. 
v The Standard machine. Remodeled i'ox 18/5. 
Combines the best points ever produced. Sim- 
£19 nn ^ pie, durable, easiest handled, OPEN WHITE 
^ _a- _ Seed Conductor, shows 
the Seed Dropping. Give 
|] satisfaction. Circulars Free. 
I Made by E.E.Lummus & Co. 
" 20 S.Market St. Boston,Mass- 
Boxed. 
FARMERS 
You want the Best. Send for Circulars 
of tlie “Common Sense ” Stalk, Hay, 
Straw and Vegetable Cutter. 
The ‘‘A. B. C.” Victor Corn Slieller and Cob Separator. 
Tlie “ Prize ” Churn. Over 30,000 in use. 
Tlie “ A. B. C.” Animal I’oke.—Highest award at Centennial. 
The Level Tread Horse Power. do. 
Ice Tools of every description. 
A. B. COHU, Mnnuf., 197 Water St., N. Y. 
THE HEW YORK PLOW CO. WORKS, 
Newark, N. J.—55 Bee km an St., N. Y., 
Manufacture latest Improved Implements. Send for Illus- 
GALE’S VEGETABLE CUTTERS 
Dy power ten uu»ii«i» per uiumtc. nice, 
$10 to $40. Not to paid for until trial and 
found satisfactory. Circulars free. 
Also the best Self-feeding Hay, 
Straw, and Corn Stalk Cutters. 
Address WAKltEN GALE’S ESTATE, 
_ Chicopee Falls, Mass. 
BQCARDUS’S PATENT 
Universal Eccentric Skills 
for Grinding Bones, Pot Shells, Ores, Old Cruci¬ 
bles, Fire Clay, Guanos, Oil flake. Feed, Corn and 
Cob, Tobacco, Snuff, Sugar, Salts, Roots, spices. 
Coffee, Cocoanut. Tomatoes, Saw-dust, Flax 
Seed, Asbestos, Mica, Horn, etc^ and whatever can 
not. I.c ground hvother Mills. Also for Paints, Printers’ 
Inks, Paste, Blacking, etc. 
JOHN W. THOMSON, Successor to Jamks Bogardus, 
Cor. White and Elm Sts.. New York. 
Wholesale Dt 
i Commission Merchants 
in POTATOES, either for Consumption or Seed. 
83 Murray St., New York. 
