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AMERICAN ACtRICULTUEIST. 
231 
SURPLUS STOCK OF 
SUMMEB FLO WEEING- BULBS 
lor planting in May and June, at greatly reduced prices, in 
lots of not less than 1 dozen each, mailed, post-paid as fol¬ 
lows: ■ Per doz. Per WO. 
Tuberoses, finest double, large and fine....$ .75 $4.00 • 
Tuberoses, “The Pearl,” a greatly tm- 
proved variety. .. 1.00 6.00 
Gladiolus BrencUleycnsis, the most 
brilliant and showy variety.50 o.OO 
Tigridias, mixed variety. .75 4.00 
B. K. BLISS & SOWS, 
Wo. 34 Barclay Street, Blew York. 
‘ SILVEK HULL ‘ BUCKWHEAT. 
The best variety in cultivation. Per bushel $3.00; K bush. 
$2.00; peck $1.25; 1 lb., by mail, 40 cts.; 3 lbs. $1.00. 
GOLDEN MILLET. 
Far superior to all other varieties. Per bush. $3.00. By 
mail, post-paid, 40 cents per quart. 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
34 Barclay St., New York. 
MEW en©p 
TURMIP SEEDS* 
■Early White Flat Dutch, Red Top Strap Leaf, and Aineri-, 
can Rutabaga, only 55c. per lb., post-paid: 5 lbs., $2.00, 
by express. All other varieties of Turnips and other seeds 
at lowest cash prices. 
PRICKLY COMFREY. 
The hardiest and mo=t productive fodder and soiling plant 
in the world. Can be sown at any time. Price of sets, $4 
per 100; $30 per 1,000. For further particulars and cata¬ 
logues address 
BENSON & BURPEE, Seed Warehouse, 
(Read Live Slock advt.) 223 Church St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
FODDER CROPS. 
GOLDEN MUX,BET, selected, reeleaned Seed, pure, 
per hush'd. *!. 
HUNGARIAN MILLET, choice selected Seed, per 
bushel, $ i .15. 
One bushel of either of the above is sufficient for one acre, 
and they can be sown as'late as 15th July. 
R. H. ALLEYS & GO., 
189 & 191 Water St., NEW YORK. 
German Millet. 
Genuine seed of this highly productive and valuable Millet 
for sale, at 50c.' per peck, $1.25 per bushel, and in 10 bushel 
lots and oyer at $1.00. 2 bushel bags 25c. 
Improved Evergreen Broom-Corn. 
The best variety, seed yel'ow, brush never red. Per peck 
75c., per bushel $2.50, hags 25c. Address 
J. A. FOOTE, Seedsman, Terre Haute, Iud. 
Delaware. 
CENTRAL FALLS, li. I. 
Bedding and Vegetable plants. Root9 and Bulbs. 
German- seed of my own selection while in Ger- 
many, Holland, France. &e... in August last. 
German Pansy Seed—14 varieties, all choicest, 
at. 25c. per packet. Plants -40c. eacli; .$1,50 for 14, 
sent by mail.—14 Varieties. 
Buyevs of $!2 or Se d or Plants, or both, from our 
Catalogue, get American Agriculturist as.premium 
for one year. 
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Offices in the Houses. 
of the Market Garden, Root, Crops, the.- Kitchen 
Garden, and the Flower Garden. Sent for 10 cts.', 
which will be allowed on the first order lor seeds. 
S'®-" Plants in their season. 
Fresli crop of Turnip seeds in July. __ set 
Address J. B. ROOT, Seed Grower, Rockford, Ills. , 
New Seedling Raspberries. 
RELIANCE and EARLY PROLIFIC. 
Very superior; 8 years tested; grown in Potsfor Jrffre 
planting; will yield a crop of fruit one year sooner than if 
planting is deferred till fall. $3 per doz. in Pots, by Ex¬ 
press C. O.l). Plant now and save a year. • " 
WM. PARRY, Cinnamilison, N. J. 
fiRMliNES: 
Also Trees, Small Fruits, &c. Wholesale rates 
very low to Nurserymen, Dealers, and large Planters. 
Send stamp for Descrintive List. Price List free. 
T. S. HUBBARD, Frenonia,N.T. 
500 
CHOICE VARIETIES OF I 
for house and garden culture, j 
sent by mail, free of postage. 
Send stamp for Illustr’d Cat. _ _ 
Address l b B. CASE, Richmond, Inc 
NOW READY. 
CELERY, 
Cabbage, & Cauliflower 
PLANTS, 
SEEDS 
03P 1 ' A.3LsXj« iECXNIDS, 
FOR FILL and WINTER CROPS. 
IN RETAIL OR WHOLESALE QUANTITIES. .. 
Price List mailed free. . 
35 Cortlandt Street, 
NEW YORK. 
VEGETABLE PLANTS. 
Cabbage Plants.—Our,great specialty. Can furnish 
am/ desired quantity, of very fine, healthy plants, from the 
choicest American grown seeds. Principal varieties: E. 
Winnigstadt. Fottler’s Early Drumhead, Premium Flat 
Dutch, and Am. Late Drumhead. 40,other varieties in sinaller 
quantities. Will pack to carry, and deliver to express at 
$ .’.ns per 1,000 : $15.00 per 10,000. 
Tomato Plants.—The best ?ieto and standard varieties, 
transnlautSft, $3.(;0 per 100; $15.00 per 1,000. 
Celery Plants.—Dwarf White Solid. Red Solid. San¬ 
dringham, and Boston Market, after July 1st., at $2.50 ,000. 
Wewould like an agent in every town within shipping distance 
to sell our phuits.Send for free circulars for full particulars. 
TILLINGHAST BROTHERS, 
La Plume, Luzerne Co., Pa. 
HEW RARE 
AND 
Beautiful Plants, 
Tim undersigned has at all times a rich collection of 
GREEN-HOUSE and HOT-HOUSE PLANTS. - 
BEDDING PLANTS; CHOICE ROSES; DAH¬ 
LIAS, <fcc.—well grown and at reasonable prices.—Can be 
all seasons.—Catalogues sent to applicants. $ 
JOHN SAIL, Washington, D. C. 
shipped a 
Hot-bed Plants and Small Fruits 
for tlie Vegetable Garden. Tomato. Cauliflower, etc. Low¬ 
est. prices. Will contract plains. Circular free. Sweet 
Potato and Late Cabbage Plants specialties. 
gM ilsoii Albany Straw Perry plains, $l.uu per 
.... .13.- P. DAVEN PORT.' Saline, Mich. ;» 
. ESTABLISHED 1851. . 
1STrees & Plants!! 
of Every Description. 
Catalogues 10 cents. 
® | A. HANCE & SON, 
M jj nurserymen tk Florists , Red Bank, N. J. 
Centennial Medal and Diploma. 
THE FLOWUH GARDENT 
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 he allowed on first 
order for seeds. Ready Dee, 1st. 
.1. R. ROOT, Seed Grower, Rockford, Ills 
CAMELLIAS, AZALEAS, ROSES, 
AND WINTER-BLOOMING PLANTS, 
BY MAIL-POSTAGE PAID. 
-Send for Catalogue No. 6 with .Supplements-^contains two 
hundred and sixty-four collections of live, fifteen, and twenty 
plants each, your choice for onb dollar^ Address 
ROBT. J. HALLIDAY, Baltimore, Md. 
STRAWBERRIES* 
1 invite all that, are interested in strawberry culture to 
come toniy place.from 15th to3(ith June, and see how I 
grow 14,000 quarts of Piirmlee’s Crescent Seedling on an acre 
H. II. SMITH, West Haven,Conn. 
250 MARYLAND FARMS, in30 
Near.railroad and navigable"Salt-Water (with all'its lux¬ 
uries), in Talbot Co., Md. Climate mild and healthy. Titles 
good. New Pamphlet and Map showing location, free. 
Address C. 1C. SHANAHAN, Atty., Easton, Md. 
fa 1 fl TJ TyjTQ Ih the best part of Maryland, at panic 
A ALAvJLfJLK? pi ices. Good society, schools, churches. 
For FARMERS. 
’Best Tempered Cast-Steel. 
Retail Price, 9 Cents per lb. 
WARRANTED. (®“Send for Circular. 
Fisher & Norris, Trenton, N. J. 
ALL SIZES, from 10 lbs. upwards. 
KILL THE 
POTATO BUGS 
COTTON WORM. 
Sure death to the Potato Bug and the Cotton Worm, only 
to he had by the use of Paris Gi(een. | All other remedies 
have'failed. 
PURE PARIS GREEN, 
.made with special care, and for sale by 
F. W. DEVOE & CO., 
Manufacturers and Importers of Colors, White Leads, Zinc 
White, Varnishes, and Artists' Materials, Corner of Fulton 
& William Sts., New York City. 
Ask your merchant for Dcvoe’s Paris Green. 
Be ready for the Potato Pugs, hy get¬ 
ting this article for applying Paris green 
which the Am. Agriculturist Aug. No., 
says is “ one of the best they have seen, 
and one which seems to meet all the 
requirements of safety to the-operator, 
ease of application, low cost, of appara¬ 
tus, and economy of material.' 9 Price 
$1.00. Paris green supplied. Agents 
wanted in every town -to sell tlie above. 
Price-list of Seeds and Potatoes (in¬ 
cluding a new variety that i jellied at 
tlie rate of 560 bushels per acre), free. 
DAVID R. WOOD, Morrisville, Vt. 
THE POTATO BUG 
is best’fought witli dry Paris Green mixed with ./four,- forced 
into the plant with strong bellows. Dew supplies water with¬ 
out labor, the flour sticking fast the noison ; anil this method 
is.cheap, rapid, safe and sure. 1 The improved Planet Jr. 
Patent Paris Green Duster is the best, circulars 
freer bend Lloriligent’s terms. 8. L. ALLEN &. CO., Sole 
Manufrs., No. 119,8. Fourth St,..Philadelphia, Pa. 
This bolds I LOOK AT THIS,—100 Choice Bedding 
good for Plants for $5.00. Well grown, healthy, and of 
I the best varieties. 50 for $2.50. For Potatoes, 
iuay anu j rqr,s, &c.. see April No. ot Agriculturist. 
June. I Write for anything wanted and get my prices. 
Address E. B. JENNINGS, Florist, Southport, Conn. 
Beecher Baskets, 
Star 
Basket. 
Quaut. Pint. 
PATENTED DECEMBER 17, 1872. 
VENEER BASKETS. Patented May J 1,1804. 
For circular of description, &c., address 
THE BEECHER BASKET COMPANY,. 
VVestvill'e; Conn. 
Milford Basket Co., 
MILFORD, DEL. 
Manufactory of Berry Baskets and Crates, also 
Verbena Baskets. Our Baskets are square, strong, 
and attractive; the Basket 3 to tlie quart fit the or¬ 
dinary 34 qt. Crate. SEND FOR PRICES. 
PEACH 
F. S.: Maynard, 214 Wasliingti 
& GRAPE BASKETS. 
Send for Illustrated Price List. 
Manufactured by C. COLBY 
CO., Benton Harbor. Mich. 
SORGO AN® SUGAR CANE GROWERS. 
Parties wanting Cane Mills or . Evaporators will do well 
to wi;ite fo the Blymyer Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio 
; (tiie makers of the celebrated:'Cook Evaporator and Victor 
Cane-Mill"), for'a copy of tlicir New Illustrated Catalogue. 
Their : Sorgo and Sugar Cane machinery was awarded lire 
Grand Medal at the Centennial Exhibition. 
Rice’s Patent Spring Brace. 
“THAT mmmt Will do twice 
. t tti-t-s the service and 
alters ride easier. $3 
to $■ put on. 
LAgents.wanted. 
l Address 
C. L. RICE, 
Box 384. 
Scranton, Pa. 
THE CASE. 
Agricultural 
Insurance Comm, of fatertow, N. T. 
Twenty-four years old. Total assets for tlie security-,of 
Policy holders January 1st." 1877, $1,050,622.00. Insures only 
Farm Property and Residences against fire and lightnin'g. 
■Takesno business risks. 
