4:78 
AMERICAN AG-RICULTITRIST. 
[December, 
2,000 Varieties Rare and Beautiful Flower Seeds, 
500 Varieties Choice Vegetable Seeds. 
500 Varieties Seed Potatoes. 
Selected Seeds of all tin- leading and improved varie¬ 
ties of Root and Forage Crops 'or Field Culture, 
consisting of Carrots, Mangel wurzel, and Sugar 
Beets, Corn, Turnips, Ruta Baga, Grass Seeds, 
etc. Fertilizers, Gardeu Tools, Small Fruits, 
Flowering Plants, and other Requisites for the 
Farm and Garden. 
A complete descriptive and priced list of the above, with 
directions for culture, will be found in the following cata¬ 
logues now in press, and will be ready for distribution Jan. 1. 
teur’s Guide 
216 pages, price 35 Cents. 
Bliss’s Illustrated Gardener’s Almanac for 1878, 
and Abridged Catalogue. 136 pages, with Monthly Cal- 
endar of Operations, 10 Cents. 
Bliss’s Illustrated Potato Catalogue contains a 
list of 560 Vai i ties, and much useful information upon their 
cultivation. 10 Cents. Address 
£• o. Bov. B. K. BIiISS & SONS, 
No. 5713. 34 Barclay St.. New York. 
My Annual Catalogue of Vegetable amt 
Flower Seed for 1878 will be ready by January, and 
sent free to all who apply; Customers of last season need 
not write for it. I offer one of the largest collections of 
vegetable seed ever sent out by any seed-bouse 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 wlio are anxi¬ 
ous to have their seed fresh, true, and of the 
very best strain. NEW VEGETABLES A 
SPECIALTY. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY. Marblehead, Mass. 
Will 
mailed FREE 
all applicants, it 
tains colored plate, 500 engr&'efesgs»' 
about 150 pages, and full descriptions,'* 
prices and directions for planting over \%$ 
varieties of Vegetable and Fl®war Seeds, Plants, Roses. EW. 
Iftvaluable to all. Send foe it. Address 
D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Mich, 
n(0F jVEFjY DtS£RjPT10f^5>^ 
Is 
Catalogues ten cents, 
PRODUCE COMMIS¬ 
SION- MERCHANTS. 
POULTRY, GAME, BUTTER, &c., «Scc. 
Also Agents for Hornby’s Steam-cooked Wheat and Oats. 
Vo. 279 Washiugfon-st.. V. Y. 
(Gsfd 18150 Bell, Irving Jfutional Bank, New York City, 
E, & 0. WAR'D, 
EACH NUMBER will contain Thirty-two Pages of reading, many fine Wood Cut Illustrations, and one 
. Colored Plate. It is a beautiful Garden Magazine, printed on elegant paper, and full of information. 
Published in English and German. Price $1.2$ a year; Five Copies, $5.00. 
VICK’S FLOWER AND VEGETABLE GARDEN, 50 cents in paper covers ; elegant cloth, fi.oo. fl 
VICK’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, contains Descriptions of Thousands of Flowers and Vege¬ 
tables, and 500 Illustrations. Price only Two Cents. 
. JAMES VICK, Rochester, 1ST. V. 
Allen’s Planet Jr. Hand Seed Drills and Wheel Hoes, 
are standard machines; thousands now in use. Our Combined Brill and Wheel 
Hoe (the Agriculturist Premium) is greatly improved for 1878. Prices are, large¬ 
ly reduced. The Planet Jr. iron frame Horse Hoe, a great success in 1877, is 
now much finer; we also make it combined with the Irdn Age Cultivator, and offer 
in all six styles of iron frame cultivators. Every Dealer should keep these goods 
in stock, and every Farmer should have our spring catalogue, fully descriptive 
witli testimonials. Increasing business compels removal to more commodious 
quarters. S. L, ALLEN & CO., mew address ) No. 229 Market St., Pliila., Pa. 
BOWDITCH,THE FLORIST. 
I will send my new priced catalogue free to all ap¬ 
plicants. It contains a list of prices of over ONE 
THOUSAND PLANTS, and at such rates as to hriug 
them within the reach of all. 
Abutilons.10c. I Calla Lilies.12c, 
Ageratums.08c. Cyclamens. 15c. 
Begonias.15c. Chrysanthemums-.10c. 
Carnations.10c. I Fuchsias.10c. 
Cupheas.08c. ‘ Geraniums.10c. 
Heliotropes.10c. 
Ivies.15c. 
Primroses.15c. 
Roses ..3»e. 
Smilax.06c. 
Send for combined Seed and Plant Catalogue. 
PLANTS and SEEDS forwarded by MAIL 
FREE, and packed so as to ensure safety. 
WW, E. BOWDJTGH, 
641 Warren St., Boston, Mass. 
50,000 DonMe Tntae Bills. 
Poe. 100 i,000 
Second Quality Flowering Biiihs........ .50 3.00 15.00 
A few hundred EXTRA Large Bulbs. . . 1.00 5.00 
Dwarf Pearl, 1st quality Flowering Bulbs. 8.00 50.00 
If sent by Mail, 25 cents per dozen. Extra. 
Special prices to tile Trade for large quantities, if taken 
tins fall. 
The season having been the most favorable 
lor the growth of bulbs, we offer the largest 
and best ever sent out by us. 
MILLER & HAYES, 
5774 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia. 
For ONE DOLLAR 
I will send by mail 14 choice Geraniums, or 7 each Iloses and 
Geraniums. Sure to please. List sent free. 
TYRA MONTGOMERY, Mattoon, Ill. 
Andre Leroy’s Nurseries, 
, Angers, France. 
The largest and richest oi Europe in Fruit, Ornamental 
and Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, Camellias, Roses, Fruit 
Tree Stock-s, &t\, &c. Large culture of Vegetable and Field 
Seeds, Bulbs, Flowers, &c.. &c. 
C. RAOUX, Agent, 76 Park Place, New York. 
SET OUT GRAPE TIMES! 
For $1.50 I will forward by Mail, prepaid 1 
1 Elvira, retail price $1.00, 
1 Taylor. «' ' “ SO, 
1 Goethe, “ “ 30, 
1 Wilder," '' “ ' 30, 
6 Concord, “ “ 60, equal to $2.50. 
vines will he sent in time for Fall planting. One year old 
Concord Grape vines at $15.00 per thousand; two year old at 
$e0.00 per thousand delivered: at the Express office. One 
year old Concord vines by mail, prepaid, $1.00 nerdoz. Two 
year old Concord vines by mail, prepaid, $1.50'per doz. 
Address, J. G. WARNER, 
Clover Farm Vineyard, Butler, Bates Co., Mo. 
NEW AND RARE 
PLANTS and FRUIT TREES, 
DUTCH BULBS, &c„ 
New Pears; New Peaches; New Cherries, &c., with a large 
stock of all kinds of Fruit Trees, Shrubs, &c. 
DUTCH BULBS—Large Importations, direct from the 
leading growers in Holland. First quality Bulbs. —Hot- 
House ana Greenhouse Plants, a rich collection, well grown. 
All at reasonable prices. Catalogues mailed to applicants. 
JOHN SAUL, Washington, D. C. 
VIRGINIA LANDS. MSI} 
tive list of Virginia farms for sain 
DICKINSON & GHEWRING, Richmond, V.ii. 
Holbrook’S “VETO” SEED DRILL & “HEW 
Hand Cultivator sow and cultivate all 
kinds vegetables. Do work of 10 
men. Best and cheapest. 
$9.50 Price $12.50 combined. 
Boxed. 
$7.00 
Steel Teeth. 
’iwlarsPres. Mate by E. E. LUMMUS & CO.,Boston. Mr 
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 «Sfc SMALL, 
Boston. Mass. 
AGENTS 
WANTED 
IN EVERY CITY 
AND TOWN 
PATENT REVERSIBLE PLANT STAND. 
Made of Brown Ash and nicely finished. Price $5.00. 
KENDALL & WH8TMEY, Portland,Me., 
Sole Agents for the United States. 
FARMING WITH 
Green Manures. 
By C. HARLAN, M.D.. Wilmington, Delaware. 
This is the title of a Fifty cent pamphlet of some SO pages. 
In Chapter 1st, the author shows the great and true value 
of Nitrogen. Wliat it is worth. How to obtain it—and 
the amount of it in green crops, and in the best fertilizers. 
In Chapter 2nd, he demonstrates the wonderful improve¬ 
ment derived from covering the soil—and that green crops 
are the cheapest and best for this purpose. In Chapter 3rd, 
liis defence of surface manuring, drawn from John Johnston 
and other farmers, establishes Hie utility of leaving the 
green dressing on the surface as long as possible. 
In Chapter 4th, he shows how moisture acls. in the grand 
process of vegetable nutrition. In Chapter 5th, tillage as a 
manure is explained. And then in the next 8 Chapters, we 
have a careful and full comparison, of the most imporlant 
and distinguished merits of Green Corn—Hungarian Millet 
—Green Clover —Green Rye —Green Buckwheat —White 
.Mustard, and Turnips, as manures, when plowed in, or left 
upon the surface. Many grand and useful experiments, with 
green manures, conducted hy aide and enlightened farmers, 
are given, and their peculiar value clearly pointed out. 
In Chapter 14th, Barnvard manure is carefully compared 
with green crops and'other fertilizers. In Chanter 15th, 
Feeding grain for manure is impartially discussed, and the 
cost compared witli green crops, as modes of improvement. 
The 16tl) Chapter treats of Forage, and liow to ontam 
enough on a few acres for the stock, that nearly one half of 
all the farm may he in grain, and nearly all the other half in 
crops for plowing in. The next Chapter is on the loss of 
manure, and how to save it. . 
In the 18th Chapter, lie gives us. the experience of John 
Johnston, the great Apostle of Agriculture, and his trials of 
30wears in the use of green clover as a manure for wheat. 
The last Chapter is on the Preservation of health on the 
f arnK Price, post paid, n0 cents. 
ORANGE JUDD CO., 345 Broadway, New York. 
10,000 
PEACH TREES, other Fruit and 
Ornamental Trees. Best strawberries. 9 
40 years among Fruits* 
POMONA NURSERY, Cinuamiuson, N. J* 
