18*77.] 
AMERICAN AG-RIOULTURIS1 1 . 
151 
Shakers’ Garden Seeds. 
True and Genuine. Fresh and Reliable. 
One of the oldest seed firms in the country. Seeds sent 
by mail Postage free. Special prices and terms to Grangers. 
“ The excellence of the Shakers’ Garden Seeds is generally 
admitted."—.Ed 's Am. Agriculturist. 
Illustrated and descriptive Catalogue of Vegetable and 
Flower Seeds Free. 
Address CHARLES SIZER, 
Mount Lebanon, Col. Co., IV. Y. 
FLORALcGUIDE 
Contains over 1,200 varieties Vegetable and 
Flower Seeds. COLORED PLATES. Elegant 
wood-cuts of vegetables and fiowers. Handsomest 
Guide Published ! Send for it. 
DETROIT SEED CO.. Detroit, Mich. 
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 emits. 
Evergreens, Ornamental Trees, and Shrubbery. A large 
Btock of all items usuallv fonnd 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 mall. No charge for packing 
or postage. 75 varieties of apples to select from, including 
my popular list of long keeners. See Catalogue. 
Randolph peters, 
Great Northern and Southern Nurseries, 
Wilmington, Delaware. 
THE ALBAM SEED STORE Est 1^ 
PRICE & KNICKERBOCKER, Successors to 
__ __ on n postal 
card for our illustrated catalogue. 96 pages, 950 illustrations. 
80 State St., Albany, N. Y. 
“YOU . WIIaL MISS IT.” 
If you do not send for Rogers’s collections. 10 pkts. of 
choice Kitchen Garden Seeds for 30 cts. 7 pkts. of choice, 
most showy, and desirable varieties of flowers, for 25 cts. 
Either collection sent post-paid on receipt of price. Both 
collections, including extra inducements, for 50 cts. North¬ 
ern grown seeds. Best quality. Fresh and true to name. 
Address all orders. ROGERS BROS., 
<P. O. B. 179.) Cape Vincent, N. Y. 
CHESTER COUNTY MAMMOTH COEN 
Large, prolific, sound, nnd early matured. Pro¬ 
nounced by judges the best Field Corn raised. The seed 
we are now supplying our customers has been selected for 
many years, and produced 
104 & 110 bushels Shelled Corn per Acre. 
We select only the largest, best formed, and earliest ears 
for seed, all shelled by hand, the small end of every ear be¬ 
ing discarded. Farmers! It will pay to plant this corn. 
Prices, 50c. per lb., post-paid; $2.50 % bus.; $4 per bus.; $7 
for two bus. 6 sample pkts. Field Seeds for two S-cent 
stamps. For further particulars send for our 
1877 Seed Catalogue Free. 
The best and most reliable Garden, Field, and 
Flower Seeds at low prices. Also Choice PLANTS, 
TREES, and BLOODED LIVE STOCK. 
BENSON & BURPEE, 
Seed Warehouse, 223 Church St„ Philadelphia, Pa. 
YOU WILL MISS IT 
If you don’t get our Catalogue of Choice Flower Seeds, 
before buying seed. We sell Flower Seed at pre¬ 
cisely one-half the usual rates. Agricultural Books 
and Papers as premiums to clubs, etc. Illustrated Catalogue 
1877 for stamp. Burleigh «& Bro., Plainfield, Conn. 
^SEED WAgEHOUSE< 
. J4I STATE STREET I 
L^» cricag 
iSH GARDEN SEEDS. 
R E. Sculthorp, Port Hope. Ont., Canada. Dealer and 
• Grower of the following kinds of Peas: McLean’s 
” Little Gem ”; “ Lexon Alpha": “Early Kent”; “York¬ 
shire Hero ”; “ Blue Imperial ”; “ Champion of England.” 
T7IVERY LOVER of Good Fruits should invest one 
Id cent in a postal card, and send to JOHN S. COLLINS 
and get his Catalogue of Fruits, or see page 114 (March No.). 
SEEDS 
Combined CATALOGUE 1877 
OP 
EVERYTHSISSG 
FOR THE 
GARDENI 
I Numbering 175 pages, with Colored Plate, 
SER3T 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 | 
I ^ plate, free to all. 
•edsmen, Market Gardeners and Florists , 
35 Cortlandt St., New York. 
PLANTsi 
TIE FLGWEK GARDEN 
and kindred topics treated in a manner of interest to every 
lover ot flowers, in Root’s Garden Manual for 1877. 
Sent for 10 cents, which amount will be allowed on first 
order for seeds. Ready Dec. 1st. 
J. B. ROOT, Seed Grower, Rockford, Ills. 
of25 
. -.-one of the „ 
largest CATALOGUES@ 
published; containsH 
about 250 pages, over 
600 fine engravings, 2 ele- 
r gant colored plates, and 
gives full descriptii 
r fions,prices 
and directions for planting 
over 1200 varieties of Vegetable 
and Flower Seeds, BeddingPlants, 
Roses, &c., and is invaluable to 
Farmer, Gardener & Florist. Address, 
, M. FE RRY 1c CO., Det roit, Mieh. 
Our Abridged Priced Catalogue FREE to all Applicants. 
$ ONE DOLLAR, $ 
Spooner’s Gardening Guide for 187 7, 
And Spooner’s special collection. 30 varieties choice 
Flower Seeds, or 25 varieties selected Vegetable 
Seeds, mailed to anv address on receipt of $1 no; the two 
collections to one address for $1 75; illustrated Guide free 
to applicants. Address, WM. H. Spooner, Boston, Mass. 
Thoroughbred Improved 
Yellow Danvers Onion Seed. 
Sent hymail.10 cts. per package, $2.00 per 
lb. Five lbs. or over, at $1.50, if sent by ex¬ 
press. HENRY LANE. 
Cornwall, Vt. 
Seed Potatoes 
A SPECIALTY. 
Standard varieties—Early Rose, Snowflake, &c„ &c.,—all 
selected stock, in fine order, at lowest cash prices. 
Send orders to T. C. DAVENPORT, 
107 &. 122 Dock St., Philadelphia. 
POTATOES, 
SEEDS, 
PLANTS, 
BULBS, 
&c. 
All 
Warranted 
first-class 
and genuine. 
Snowflake Potatoes, extra nice seed, $6.00 
perbbl. Onion Seed, from finest selected 
stock: Red Globe, ner lb. $1.25; Yellow 
Danvers, $1.50 lb.; White Globe, $2.50 lb. 
Sent post-paid. 10 extra choice var. Flower 
SeedB, $100. 20 choice var. Vegetable Seeds. 
$1.00. Strawberry Plants, all the leading 
var.. 25 cts. doz.. $1.25 hnnd. 12 choice var. 
Gladiolus Bnlbs, $1.00. The above, all sent 
nost-pald at prices named. Will warrant 
the safe nrrivel of everv package. Address 
E. B. JENNINGS, Southport, Conn. 
Varieties of Potatoes, 
the largest Collection in the World, for which 
THE GRAND CENTENNIAL PRIZE MEDAL 
and Diploma were awarded. One Tuber of each Variety, 
correctly labeled, carefnllv packed, Expressage or Postage 
pre-paid. for $100. Catalogue of Seeds. Potatoes. Small 
Fruits, &c„ free. Address F. M. HF.XA51ER, 
New Castle, Westchester Co.. N. Y. 
Cmuri Mahopac Seedling the Best T)n I I 1 3 * * A T'OIKJ 
OijijJJ and m0?t Productive variety. f U 1II1 U llD 
1,994 pounds grown from one pound. One pound, $1; 
3 lhs., $2, bv mail, post-paid. For particulars seod for our 
Illustrated Catalogue of all the New and Best varieties. 
_ HAWKINS/& CORNISH, Goshen, N. Y. 
SWEET POTATO SEED-PLANTS. 
Seed from SO acres. 4 kinds, 3 lbs., mail, $1; 3 pecks, ex¬ 
press. $1.50. Low by bbl. Write for circular. 2,000,000 
plants In May. This my onlv business. 
W. W. RATHBONE, Marietta, O. 
Prickly Comfrey. 
This is a new ana valuable fodder plant, said to produce 
from 80 to 100 tons per acre. See Am. Agriculturist for 
January, 1877. 
Price of sets per doz., 75c.; per 100, $4.00; per 1,000, $30.00. 
Golden Millet. 
(ALSO CALLED GERMAN.) $2 per Bushel. 
R. H. ALLEN & CO., 
NEW YORK. 
P. O. Box 376. 189 & 191 Water' St. 
PRICKLY COMFREY. 
The Best Fodder Plant in the World. 
Yields enormously; grows anywhere; withstands cold, 
heat and drouth, and suits all kinds of stock. 
Sets, $4 per 100, or $30 per thousand. 
Agents wanted out of New York State. 
- C. E. ASHBURNER, 
P. T). Box 12. Richmond, Va. 
GRAPE VINES. 
Also Trees, Small Fruits, &c. Wholesale rates 
very low to Nurserymen, Dealers, and large Planters. 
Send stamp for Descriptive List. Price List free. 
T. S. HUBBARD, Fredouia, N. Y. 
YOU WANT A “LADY” 
to make you happy ! The finest large, extra early, 
WHITE GRAPE known. Ripens middle of August. 
Hardy, healthy, productive, and everywhere reliable. 
Nine years tested and approved by the best Horticulturists 
in the Union. Strong one year plants $1.50 single; $15 doz.; 
$100 per 100. 2-years plants, $2 single; $20 doz.; $150 per 100, 
pre-naid, by mail or express. Circulars and price-list of 60 
varieties of Grapes free. 
GEO. W. CAMPBELL, Delaware, Ohio. 
STERLING, TIE BEST! 
Get it as a present with your money’s worth of Grape 
Vines, Currant Bushes, Raspberry or Strawberry Plants, 
or Prime Danver’s Onion Seed at $1.50 per lb., post-paid. 
Wholesale and Retail Catalogues Free. 
S. J. ALLIS, Erie, Pa. 
Grape Vines. 
Grown especially for the trade and planters in quantity. 
CONCORD Gorge stock cheap:, Martha, Delaware, 
IVES, Hartford Prolific, Clinton, SALEM, 
Wilder, Agawam, Taylor, etc., etc. Also a large 
assortment of NEW varieties. Quality best. Prices low 1 
A descriptive catalogue mailed all applicants. 
A. IIANCE & SON, 
Nurserymen & Florists, Red Bank, N. J. 
GRAPES 
Plants of Best Quality. 
Largest Assortment 
of old and new Varieties. 
Greatly reduced Prices. 
Correspondence solicited. 
Price list free. Address 
BUSH & SON & MEISSNER, 
BUSHBERG, Jefferson Co., Mo. 
CONCORD and IVES GRAPE VINES. 
GRAPE VUES. 
I aoA AAA Concord, 1 year. $15 to $20 per 1,000 ; 2 
,UUU,0'U'U year, $25 to $30. All other varieties cheap. 
DR. H. SCHRODER, Bloomington, Ill. 
Be read 
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this article for applying 
„ reen which the Am. Agri¬ 
culturist , Aug. No., says is “ one of 
(the best they have seen, and one 
(which seems to meet ail the re- 
'quirements of safety to the opera¬ 
tor, ease of application, low cost of 
itus, and economy of mate- 
Price $1.00. Agents wanted 
_ ... every town. Price-list of Seeds 
and Potatoes free. DAVID R. WOOD, Morrisville, Vt. 
The New Potato Violet Flora. 
Tills is a sport from the Compton’s Surprise; size medium 
to large, growing smooth ; eyes few and small, even with the 
surface; shape oval, somewhat flattened; skin reddish- 
purple; flesh white, mealy. Very productive. The tubers 
grow compactly in the hill, ripening in three months. By 
mailpostage paid, one pound $l.o5; three pounds, $2.0(5. 
By express orft-eight, peck, ^.W^o^e^ekJS.OO.^^ 
os 
Snowflake, Alpha, Early Paragon, Early Ohio, Ruby, 
f^O^^ Si 6 " $L50.’ ^Prhces'bythe'bushfor 
I bW - °E ^Ib’jEN kings’, ( p^ant * 
all flowering roots’. | Seed Grower. Southport, Conn. 
TJI ft T» WCS I" the best P art of Ma P -la , nd ’ 
I? iU&JUO prices. Good society schools, churches, 
n. it nfv . and salt water luxuries, for catalogue and 
price-list, address Mancha & Gibson, Centreville, Md. 
UlOR SALE.—Eight hundred and s ,?yenty acres, 
1* Gloucester County. New Jersey, on road f r °5mSl ba “^ 
town to Blue Bell, near Railroad bet ^n > hl J ade te!j b ^n < i 
Vineland. Address THOMAS A. BTJDD, No. 212 West 
Washington Square, Philadelphia. ___ 
S mall Fruit Plants a Specialty. Good stock low 
prices. See page 114 (March No.) JOHN S. COLLINS. 
