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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[March, 
TREES 
We offer for Spring of 1S77, the largest and most complete 
stock in the IT. S. of 
Fruit Trees, Standard and Dwarf. 
Ornamental Trees & Shrubs, deciduous*evergreen. 
Roses a specialty—all the finest sorts. 
Green & Hot House Plants, including best novelties. 
Descriptive and Illustrated priced Catalogues sent prepaid 
to customers, free, to others, on receipt of stamps, as fol- 
No. 1. Fruits, with colored plate, 15 cts., plain, 10 cts. 
Ho. 2. Ornamental Trees, & col’d plate, 25c., plain, 15c. 
Ho. 3. Greenhouse, Free. No. 4. Wholesale, Free. 
Ho. 5. I.ist of New Roses. Free. 
jJ^-.-hnall parcels forwarded by mail when desired. 
Address 
ELLWANGER & BARRY, 
,R.Y. 
New Peaches. 
PEACH TREES A SPECIALTY. 
ALEXANDER’S EARLY. AMSDEN’S JUNE, 
STEADLY, Leatherbury’s Late.Tuckahoe Late, 
Bilyen’s Late October (JSiiyen's Comet), Brandy¬ 
wine, and twenty oilier NEW varieties of merit. A 
descriptive catalogue mailed all applicants. 
A. HANCE & SON, 
Nurserymen dk Florists, Red Bank, N. J. 
TREES & SHRUBS 
In large variety: fine STREET TREES. FLOW¬ 
ERING SHRUBS and EVERGREENS, as well 
as RHODODENDRONS, Azaleas, Magnolias, New 
Conifers, Purple Beech, New Shrubs, &c. ROSES by 13 
and 100. For Catalogues, address 
R. B. PARSONS & CO., 
Box 99. Flusliliig, 3XT. Y. 
Seedlings, &c., For Bale. 
SUGAR MA PLE-2 and 3 years, 1 to 2 feet, $10 per 1,000. 
AMERICAN ELM-2 years, transplanted, 3 to 5 feet, $50 
per 1,000; 5 t.o 3 feet, $75 per 1,000. 
5.000 HERBACEOUS PjEONIES-CS sorts). $10 per 
luO; $80 per 1.00U. 
15,000 LINNiEUS RHUBARB-$25 per 1,000. 
Also—Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Plants. 
J. A. LEWIS, Willimantlc, Conn. 
GRATIS—A Fifty Page CATALOGUE, 
Showing WHAT and HOW to PLANT; describing all the 
valuable new early and late PEACHES, and new long keep¬ 
ing Winter Apples, Pears, Quinces, Grapes, Small fruits. 
Evergreens, Ornamental Trees, and Shrubbery. A large 
stock of all items usually found in a FIRST-CLASS NUR¬ 
SERY, all of which will be sold for less than half the usual 
retail price. Catalogue mailed gratis to all applicants. 
Apples and Peaches. Trees by mail. No charge for packing 
or postage. 75 varieties of apples to select from, including 
my popular list of long keepers. See Catalogue. 
RANDOLPH PETERS, 
Great Northern and Southern Nurseries, 
Wilmington, Delaware. 
CHERRY HULL NURSERY, 
WEST NEWBURY, MASS. 
10,000 Peach— including the new varieties. 
50,000 Norway Spruce, many of them extra large 
and handsome—and other Nursery Stock in variety. 
Wholesale Catalogues free. Address 
T. C. THURLOW, Newhuryport, Mass. 
DOUBLE TUBEROSE BULBS. 
Superior Size and Quality. 
Dos. 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, LOO 5.00 
Dwarf Pearl, 1st quality Flowering Bulbs, 1.50 10.00 
If sent by Mail 25 cents per dozen Extra. 
MILLER & HAYES, 
5,774 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia., Pa. 
For 25 Cents 
I will send MY PRICE 
LIST for 1877, and one 
package each of SUGAR 
TROUGH GOURD, 
PANSY, DOUBLE ZIN¬ 
NIA, and BLOTCHED 
& STRIPED PETUNIA. 
The GOUliBS grow by 
the acre, to bold from 4 to 5 gallons each, and I exhibited 
one at the Agriculturist office that held Eleven gallons. 
They make the best of Nest Boxes for the Poultry 
House, and are valuable for many household purposes. We 
use them for Salt, Egg, and Soap Dishes, Measures, Lard 
■Cans, etc., etc. The above cut shows the form. 
Address WALDO F. BROWN, 
Box 2, Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio. 
; 50 cts., 
75 cts., $:.00, and $1.25, according to number of photographs. 
For sale, plants of, 43 varieties of Strawberries (English, 
French. American, and Californian). Send for full descrip¬ 
tive and pricelist FELIX GILLET, Nevada City, California, 
DUTCHESS NURSERIES 
Fruit and ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines. Green¬ 
house stock, and Vegetable, Field and Flower Seeds. Spe¬ 
cial Trade discounts. Send for Catalogues: No. 1 Seed—No. 
2 Trade Seed List—No. 3 Nursery—No. 4 Nursery Trade List. 
Downing Gooseberry. 1 yr. old hardy Roses. Surplus Ev- 
_ _ _ 0 __ _post paid. 
Star of the West Strawberry plants, 50c. doz., $2K hund.,post 
p’d. W. L. FERRIS, JR., & CO„ Poughkeepsie, tt.Y. 
Strawberry Plants 
Over Thirty 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,” *c. Send for Circular. Address 
E. P. ROE, Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, Orange Co., N. Y. 
GENUINE FIRST-CLASS PLANTS. 
lOO or less Strawberry, and doz. of other sorts 
doz. 
100 . 
$12.00 
1 , 000 . 
$20.00 
25.00 
10.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.25 
1.25 
15.00 
1.50 
2.00 
STRAWBERRY 
* . .. 
Cumberland Triumph, new, large. 1.00 
Sterling and Captain Jack, new, large.... 1.00 
Duncan, new, large.50 
Dutchess & Queen of Earlies, very early. 1.00 
Col. Cheency and Boyden No. 30.40 
Monarch of West and W. Albany.30 
Star of the West, Kentucky & G. Prolific .30 
Charles Downing, 100,000 for $100.30 
Jucunda or No. 700.40 
Doolittle B. Cap Raspberry, early.50 
Brandywine, bright red, hardy.50 
Highland Hardy, bright red, early.=0 
Thwack, new, bright red, firm. 2.00 
Wilson Early Blackberry, best early.50 
Kittatinny and Lawton, late sorts.50 i.uu 8.00 
Colossal Asparagus seed, 50 cts. per lb.20 .80 2.50 
Concord Standard Black Grape. ...75 3.00 25.00 
Lady and Elvira, best white, each $:.10.00 
Peach Trees, assorted. . 6.00 50.00 
Early Richmond Ciierries, fine . 20.00 150.00 
Orders of $10 or more by post or express, Purchasers may 
price 50 or more plants at 1.000 rales, and 10 or more at 100 
rates. Please order early, and for prices of other varieties. 
Currants, &c„ address 
JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestown, New Jersey. 
Strawberry Plants 
By the IOO, 1,000, or 10,000. 
MONARCH OF THE WEST, < 
Col. Cheney, Jucunda, true. K. _ 
Boyden, WILSON’S ALBANY, etc., etc. Also, 
GREAT AMERICAN, Cumberland, Triumph, 
Duchess, Capt. Jack, Duncan, Prouty’s Seed¬ 
ling, Kerr’s Prolific, Sterling, and nearly twenty 
other NEW varieties. A descriptive catalogue mailed all 
applicants. A. HANCE & SON, 
Nurserymen dk Florists, Red Bank, N. J. 
PARMLEE’S 
CRESCENT 
SEEDLING 
offered 
quarts per 
Send for 
circular. II. H. SMITH, West Haven, Conn. 
FOR STRICTLY FIRST CLASS 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS, 
Grape Vines, Raspberries. Blackberries, Currants. Goose¬ 
berries, Seed Potatoes, Garden Seeds, &c„ send for my New 
Catalogue, free to all. Address F. M. HEXAMER, 
New Castle, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
$200,00 IN PREMIUMS. 
For the largest amount of fruit grown In 1878 from plants 
set the coming season, of the famous 
COL. CHENEY STRAWBERRY. 
The hardiest, most productive, largest, handsomest, and 
most delicious strawberry in cultivation. (Orig. stock of 
A. M. Purdy.) Plants, by mail post-paid, 25,cts. per doz.; $1 
per 100; by express, $5 per 1,000; $33 per 10.000. 
Rockland Fktjit Farm Annual, containing full par¬ 
ticulars, sent free. Address 
J. E. REMSBURG, Atchison, Kan. 
G reat American Strawberry, $12 per 100. Monarch 
of the 'Vest, C. Downing, and Albany Seedling. $2 per 
M. Matilda, and P. Wilder, $3 per M. Wilson Blackberry, 
$12 per M. Brandywine Raspberry, $10 per M. Houghton 
Seedling Gooseberry, and Victoria Currants, $3 per 100; $25 
per 1,000. Catalogue giving detailed price of trees, plants, 
vines, &c„ sent free on application. 
S. C. DE COU, Moorestown, Burlington Co., N. J. 
S MALL FRUITS—all the best varieties—200,000 Star 
and Monarch of the West Strawberry, at $2 p. 1,000, 
genuine. If any doubt, payment may lie deferred till proven 
by their fruits. SILAS WALTON, Moorestown, N. J. 
r ines<^ 
Also Snowflake and Alpha Potatoes. Send for pricelist. 
D. E. HOXIE, Northampton, Mass. 
B RANDYWINE Raspberry, Wilson’s Early Blackberry, 
Monarch and other Strawberries, Grape Vines, Osage 
Orange Hedge, Peach Trees. Apple, &c. Price list free. 
R. S. JOHNSTO N, Stockley, Del. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
P each Trees, Small Fruit Plants, and Vines. 
Other Fruit and Ornamental Trees, and General Nursery 
Products, in large quantities at kw rates. Satisfaction 
Guaranteed. For circular address CHAS. BLACK & BRO., 
Village Nurseries, Hightstown, N. J. 
HENDERSON’S 
EARLY SUMMER 
CABBAGE. 
Hundreds of testimonials received last year, show 
this to be the best early Cabbage in cultivation. 
Price of seed, by mail , 25c. per pkt. $2 per oz. 
$6 per quart er 1 b. $20 per lb. 
Price of plants (cold frame), by express, $2 per 100. 
$15 per 1,000. 
Seedsmen and Market Gardeners, 
35 Cortlandt St., New York. 
CABBAGE PLANTS. 
cold frames. Orders by mall or in person will he promptly 
attended to. Price, $6 per Thousand. 
ALBERT S. WALKER, South Portsmouth, R. I. 
AMERICAN LARGE FLAT 
DUTCH CABBAGE SEED, 
mailed free at $2.00per pound. 
J. BOLGIANO & SON, Seedsmen, 
28 S. Calvert St., Baltimore. Md. 
J.M.TH0RBURN8tC0S 
SEED WAREHOUSE 
/S JOHN ST, NEW-YORK. 
NEW PRICED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUES 
— OF — 
Vegetable and Agricultural Seeds 
ALSO 
New Flower Seed Catalogue 
FOR 1877. READY FOR MAILING. 
FREE TO ALL APPLICANTS. 
CAMELLIAS, AZALEAS, HOSES, 
AM) WINTER-BLOOMING PLANTS, 
BY MAIL-POSTAGE PAID. 
Send for Catalogue. No. 6 with Supplement—contains two 
hundred and sixty-four collections oi five, fifteen, and twenty 
plants each, your choice for one dollar. Address 
ROBT. J. HALLIDAY, Baltimore, Md. 
DON’T PAY $25 A TEAR 
for BERRIES, when for $5 I will deliver to your P. O. 
plants enough to supply your family for several years. 
Plants never so cheap. Mystock is large, well assorted, and 
guaranteed true to name. Wholesale and retail lists ready. 
Address E. W. ATWATER, Palmyra, Wayne Co., N.Y. 
Raspberry Plants 
IN LARGE SUPPLY. 
__ , JWatR, Yuinuuri, 
and other new sorts. A descriptive catalogue mailed to all 
applicants. A. HANCE <fc SON, 
Nurserymen ifc Florists, Red Bank, N. J. 
Greatest Offer 
Ever Made to Lovers of Flowers, 
Purchasers remitting $1.00 for Flower Seed in Pkts., we 
send Post-paid, choice of the following beautiful Cliromos: 
Group of Pinks and Moss Buds, Apple Blossoms, 
or May-flowers. The above are sold at $1.00 each. 
Those remitting $2.00 are entitled to choice of Italian 
Landscape, either Summer or Winter, or of English 
Landscape, Summer or Winter. The above 
$2.00 each. 
Those remitting $3.00 are entitled to 
the $1.00 and $2.00 premiums 
sold at 
picture each from 
I'he above Chromos are from the well known house of L. 
Prang & Co. For further particulars and larger prizes, see 
our Illustrated Catalogue of 150 pages, which will be 
sent on receipt of two 3c. stamps. , 
The well known reputation of onr seeds, for the past 
twenty years, will be a sufficient guarantee. 
Address WASHBURN & CO., 
IOO Trcmont St., Boston, Mass. 
