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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
71 
DUTCHESS NURSERIES 
Fruit and ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines. Green¬ 
house 3tock, and Vegetable, Field and Flower heeds. Spe¬ 
cial Trade discounts. Send for Catalogues: No. 1 heed—No. 
2 Trade Seed List—No. 3 Nursery—No. 4 Nursery Trade List. 
Downing Gooseberry. 1 j r r. old hardy Roses. Surplus Ev- 
ergreens cheap. Highland Hardy Raspberry, most profit¬ 
able red variety, 75c. doz. *2}£ 100 post paid; $2 bund., *12 
thous’d by express. 13 bedding plants, 8 binds, *1, post paid. 
Strawberry Plants 
Thirty odd different kinds. 
RASPBERRY PLANTS, 
Fourteen different kinds. 
CURRANT, GOOSEBERRY, BLACKBERRY 
PLANTS.—Choicest kinds for sale by 
E. P. ROE, 
Author of “Manual on the Culture of Small Fruits,” “Play 
and Profit in My Garden, ’ &e. Send for Circular. Address 
E. P. ROE, Comwall-on-the-Hudson, Orange Co., N. Y. 
THE DUNCAN, 
the coming strawber¬ 
ry for market. Large, 
handsome, solid, pro¬ 
ductive, good quality, 
keeps and carries 
well, and is every way 
better than Wilson. 
Averaged 80c. per qt. 
wholesale in N. Y. the 
past season. Also, 
Great A m e rican, 
Cuml). Triumph, 
Monarch, Boydeirs30, 
&c. Best Rapberries, 
.Currants, Grapes, As¬ 
paragus, &c. If you 
want only first-class 
Plants, send for Price 
List toE. & J. C. Wil¬ 
liams, Montclair, N.J. 
PAltMLEE’S 
ORESCENT. 
EEDLING 
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. 
NEW FRUITS. 
19 New Peaches, 7 New Raspberries, 
13 New Crapes, 25 New Strawberries. 
„ NEW PLUMS, NEW APPLES, NEW PEARS, 
NEW BLACKBERRIES, &c.; together with all the 
Standard varieties, are offered ai lowest prices in A. HANCE 
& SON’S Catalogue of Fruits for Spring of 1817. Send for 
It! Address A. HANCE Ac SON, 
Nurserymen and Florists, Red Bank, N. J. 
SWe^w 5 : P^b’est Stan- GFfflSj Vfes. 
Also Snowflake and Alpha Potatoes. Send for price list. 
D. E. HOXIE, Nobthamftom, Mass. 
STRAWBERRY m 
B 
RANDYWINE Raspberry. Wilson’s Early Blackberry, 
I Monarch and other Strawberries, Grape Vines, Osage 
■ange Hedge, Peach Trees. Apple. &c. Price list free. 
_ R. S. JOHNSTON, S tockley, Del. 
SMALL FRUIT PLANTS a Specialty. 
Reliable Stock at Lowest Prices. New List now ready. 
Send address to get one by return mail; and oblige 
JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestown, New Jersey. 
Post-paid, tbe new white ABIJTXLON, 
IBO0LE DE NIEGE). Verbenas, S3 DO, amt 
jam v ? Coleus, *8.00 per 100. Send stamp for cheap price 
list and catalogue. Address, 
_W. B. WOODRUFF, Florist, Westfield, N. J. 
Evergreen & European Larch Seedlings. 
One of the largest and best stocks of Nursery-grown Seed¬ 
lings in the G. S. Small sizes, suitable for nursery-row, 
screens, timber belts, ornament, and wind-breaks for shelter¬ 
ing buildings, gardens, farm crops, hot-beds, orchards, and 
live stock, free, Fruit, Shrub and Garden Seeds in variety. 
Send for Price Lists. Address H. M. THOMPSON & SON 
St. Francis, Milwaukee Co., Wis. 
LARGEST STOCK IN AMERICA OP 
European Larch and Evergreen Trees. 
Both Seedling and Transplanted. AH grown from seeds on our 
own grounds, and better and cheaper than imported stock. 
European Larch and Evergreen Tree Seeds, 
By the ounce, pound or 100 pounds. Send for Catalogue. 
ROBERT DOUOLAS & SONS, Waukegan, Ill. 
DOUBLE TUBEROSE BULBS. 
Superior Size and Quality. 
First Quality Large Flowering Bulbs, $°rs $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 61)0 
If sent by Mail 25 cents per dozen Extra.. 
MIL.L.ER & HAYES, 
Germantown Ave., Ph iladelphia. 
CAMELLIAS, AZALEAS, ROSES, 
AND WINTER-BLOOMING PLANTS, 
BY MAIL—POSTAGE PAID. 
Send for Catalogue No. 6 with Supplement—contains two 
ROBT. J. HALLIDAY, Baltimore, Md. 
MARKET GARDENING. 
Its General Management: Root Crops (a very full account 
of best methods); Market Crops for Small Farmers; The 
Home Kitchen Garden ; Gardening Abbreviations (the whole 
in a nutshell); and much else on kindred topics in Root’s 
Garden Manual for 1877. Practical, pointed 
and thorough, and contains half as much mutter as *1.50 
books on tlie subject. Sent lor 10 cents, which will be allow¬ 
ed on the first order for seeds. Ready Dec. 1st. 
J. B. ROOT, Seed Grower, Rockford, Ills. 
A MANUAL 
r Of All Garden Requisites, 
Seeds, Implements, Fertilizers, &c„ 
For PR I y ATE or MARKET CARDENS, 
FLORISTS and FARMERS. 
iE ON APPLICATION. 
JAMES FLEMING, 
67 Nassau St., New York. 
/o 
s< 
For 
\ F 
FREE 
,\ 
NS, 
./ 
FOR 
1877 
To the Flower and Vegetable Garden. Beautifully Illus¬ 
trated and coutaiuing a Magnificent Colored Plate. Will 
be mailed to any address on receipt of two 8-cent stamps. 
[Established 1840.] CROSSMAN BROS., Rochester, N. Y. 
HOME GMWN SEEBS. 
Messrs. Hovey & Co. invite attention to their very large 
and varied assortment of tbe best Home grown Farm, 
Garden, and Flower Seeds; embracing tlie very best strains 
for Farmers, Market Gardeners, Family Gardens, Amateurs, 
and Florists; also all novelties of merit introduced the past 
year. All who wisli for first-class seeds at reasonable prices, 
are invited to send for catalogues, whicii will be ready in 
January, and sent free to customers and all who apply. 
Seeds sent by mail or express to all parts of the country. 
HOVEY & CO., 53 North market St., Boston, Mass. 
r V 
r Willhe 
mailed to 
a p pli- 
cants on re¬ 
ceipt of25 cts. 
This is one of the 
largestCATALOGUES 
published; contains 
about 250 pages, oyer 
600 fine engravings, 2 ele¬ 
gant colored plates, and 
it gives full descriptions, prices 
and directions for planting 
y over 1200 varieties of Vegetable 
and Flower Seeds, BeddingPlants, 
r Roses, &c., and is invaluable to 
Farmer, Gardener & Florist. Address, 
D. M. FE RRY & CO., Det roit,Hick 
Oar Abridged Priced Catalogue FREE to all Applicants. 
THE FlidWEH, GAIDEN 
and kindred topics treated in a manner of interest to every 
lover of flowers, in Root’s Garden Manual lor 1877. 
Sent for 10 cents, which amount will be allowed on first 
order for seeds. Readv Dec. 1 st. 
J. B. ROOT, Seed Grower, Rockford, Ills. 
THE NEW GOLDEN WAX BEAN 
Is a great acquisition. It is very prolific, and of tlie 
choicest flavor : everv family should have it. Package, 15c. 
Choice VERBENA SEED, perpkg.15 cts. 
BOTH THE ABOVE.25 cts. 
I grew 1X acres of Choice Flowers last year. Price 
List free. Read my advertisement on page 70 of this No. Ad¬ 
dress Waldo F. Brown , _gox 2, Oxford, Butler Co., O. 
per acre can be grown from the 
GREEN PROLIFIC CUCUMBER SEED. 
25 cents per ounce, by mail. Descriptive Catalogue of 
Small Fruits, Plants, Seeds, and Potatoes, free to all appli¬ 
cants. Address P. M. HEXAMER, 
Newcastle, Westchester Co.. N. Y. 
V8>-EYAR1» IFOIg SALE.- With 8 or 
w 900 Concord VinPR. 8 years old. In good shape, with 
pood trellis. A good new house with 4 rooms on the lot. 
Situated in a pood market. For further information ad¬ 
dress P. O. Box 45. New Brighton, Pa. 
EVE^YTHBMG 
FOR THE 
GARDEN) 
I Numbering 175 pages, with Colored Plate, 
SENT FREE 
To our customers of past years, and to 
all purchasers of our books, either 
Gardening for Profit, Practical Floriculture, 
or Gardening for Pleasure, 
(Price $1.50 each, prepaid, by mail.) 
To others, on receipt of 25c. 
I Plain Plant or Seed Catalogues, without E 
plate, free to all. 
| Seedsmen, Market Gardeners and Florists , 
35 Cortlandt St., New York. 
PLANTS 
is the most beautiful work of the kind in the world. It con¬ 
tains nearly 150 pages, hundreds of fine illustrations, and six 
Chromo Plates of Flowers, beautifully drawn and colored 
from nature. Price 50 cents In paper covers; $1.00 In elegant 
cloth. Printed in German and English. 
Vick’s Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25 cents a year. 
Vick’s Catalogue— 300 Illustrations, only 2 cents, 
Address, _ JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. 
[ Having grown largely the past season, we 
are able to offer a large and superior stock of 
seeds at low prices. Special inducements to 
tlie trade and market gardeners. Catalogues 
sent free on application. 
No. 1 —Retail Flower and Vegetable Seed 
Catalogue. 
No. 2 — Wholesale Seed Price-list (for the 
trade only). 
No. 3 —Retail Nursery and Greenhouse Cat¬ 
alogue. 
N o. 4— Wholesale Nursery and Greenhouse 
List. PERRIS & MINAI1D. 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
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 tbe patronage of all 
who are anxious to have their seed fresh, 
true, and of the very best strain. NEW 
VEGETABLES A SPECIALTY. 
JAMES J. II. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
JSEED WAREHOUSE| 
.141 STATE STREET. , 
I Chicago 
I CARDEN SEEDS. 
S ituation Wanted by a 1st class gardener. Long ex¬ 
perience in Europe and America. The best of references 
given. Address ADOLPH LINKE, care of John B. Keller, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
