1876 .] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Ill 
If you wish to grow Vegetables for sale, read 
Gardening for Profit X 
| If you wish (o become si Commercial Florist, read 
Practical Floriculture! 
| If you wish to Garden for Amusement or for Home| 
Use only, read 
Gardening for Pleasure! 
•ALL BY 
PETER HEMDERS©^. 
Fries $1.50 each, post paid, by mail. 
Our Combined Catalogue for 1876, of 
EVERVQpilNG 
FOR THE 
GARDEN 
Sentfreeto ail Applicants. 
Our huge Illustrated Catalogues of Sleds and| 
Plants, numbering 175 pages, and containing 2§ 
j colored plates, sent without charge to purchasers! 
I of any of the above three books. Sent to all others® 
] on receipt of 50 cents. 
35 Cortlandt Street, New York. 
/o- 
A 1A1UM 
Of all Garden Requisites 
Seeds, Implements, Fertilizers, &c., 
For PRIVATE or MARKET 
\ FLORISTS and FARMERS. 
FREE ON APPLICATION. 
JAMES FliEMS\G, 
i 67 Nassau St., New York. 
Seeds of Superior Qualify 
MAlfEf BROTHERS, 
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN CHOICE 
Vegetable, Field, and Flower 
Seeds. 
FLORISTS’ GOODS, GARDEN REQUISITES, AND 
HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 
Illustrated Priced Catalogue Post-free oil Application. 
SEED WAREHOUSES, 
260 anal %6:i Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Seed Time Cometh! 
Our twenty-third edition of the Flower ansi Kitchen 
Garden Directory, Illustrated, for 187®, will 
soon be published, embracing a complete List of the Best 
Ptaudaed Boston Market Varieties of Vegetable 
Seeds, and the most beautiful of Flower Seeds, and 
other Hovticnltnral Requisites; it will be sent free 
all for.-* * --’*“**— 
to 
JJ. 
former customers, and others, on application. 
T. CURTIS «Jfc CIO-, 1®1 Tremont Street, 
Boston, Mass. Successors to Curtis & Cobb. 
ALL ABOUT 
For Home use and for Mauket, in ROOT’S GARDEN 
BlABTOAL—Practical, pointed and thorough— 
containing one-half as much matter as $1.50 books on the 
subject. Gardeners throughout the country commend its 
practical labor-saving methods as invaluable to them. Sent 
for 10 cents, which will be allowed on the first order for 
seeds. J. 13. ROOT, Seed Grower. 
Rockford, Illinois, 
Will be 
^mailed free 
r to all aj> p 1 i - 
r cants. This is 
’one of the largest 
'’and most com prehen- 
' sive Catalogues pub¬ 
lished; contains about 250 
''pages, over 600 fine engrav¬ 
ings, 2 elegant colored plates, 
'and gives full descriptions, 
'prices, and directions for plant¬ 
ing over 1200 varieties of Vegetable 
'and Flower Seeds, Bedding Plants, 
''Roses, &c., and is invaluable to Fanner, 
''Gardener and Florists. Address, 
D, M. FERRY & CO., 
Seedsmen and Florists, DETROIT, Mich 
■piLI,A€E i^ T ITSSSEKSES. — A Large 
* Stock of Peach and other Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 
Small Fruit, &c., at low rates. Send for Circular. 
CHAS. BLACK, Hightstown, N. J 
Moreton Farm Seeds. 
YELLOW GLOBE MANGEL WTJUZEL SEED. 
—I have grown my owu seed for several years from careful¬ 
ly selected bulbs. It is now offered for sale for the first 
time. The seed is large and fresh, the growth of 1875. Price, 
75 ct3. per 11 ).; 4 fbs. for $2.50. Sent pre-paid by mail. 10 ms., 
or over, by express, at 50 cents per lb. 
YELLOW DANVERS ONION SEED.-From 
carefully selected onions. The growth of 1875. Price $2 $ lb. 
LATE ROSE POTATOES.-Genuine. $2.50 per 
barrel; 4 barrels, $9.C0; 10 barrels, $20.00. 
Address JOSEPH HARRIS, 
Moretou Farm, Rochester, N. V. 
IOO BAYS TOMATO. 
This Tomato lins been proven by careful tests to be 
EARLIER than Conqueror, Canada Victor,and all other 
varieties. It ripens in 101) days without extra forcing. Has 
been marketed here June 20. G. R. Haskell, Seedsman, of 
Rockford. III., says: “EARLIEST OF OVER 30 
VARIETIES TESTED.” R. J'.uist, of Philadelphia, 
says—"Both early and productive.” It is distinct from any 
tomato catalogued. Color scarlet, quality good, rois little, 
ripens through, ami for shipping is unsurpassed. It is 
REMARKABLY PROLIFIC-40 Bushels were 
sold in 1 days, and 8410 was reed, lor the season oil one- 
fourth acre. Proof of these statements ill circulars sent 
Iree. Selected seed, per packet of ICO seeds, 25 cts.—5 for 
$1.00. Address 
J. A. FOOTE, Seedsman, 
512 Main St., Terre Haute, Iud. 
Catalogues Gratis. Prices Reduced 
of all leading items of nursery stock, especially in my un¬ 
surpassed list of new and popular peaches, among which 
may be found the only desirable kinds to grow for market 
value—such as Early Beatrice, Early Louise, Early Rivers, 
Early Alexander. Amsden’s June, Briggs’ May, Christiana, 
Brandywine. Nanticoke, Ililyen's Laic October, Tuckahoc, 
Newington Free, and all the new and old approved orchard 
list. Send for catalogue, which will be a great help to all 
who plant orchards, as I give the exact rotation of ripening, 
so that all can plant intelligently. So they can have one va¬ 
riety succeeding another the whole season. Also at cor¬ 
respondingly low prices—Apple Trees, Cherry, Plum, Pear, 
standard and dwarf. Small Fruits, Ornamental Trees and 
Shrubberies, Greenhouse Plants—in fact, all stock usually 
found ill any first-class establishment. Peach pits in sand 
all winter, $1.50 per bushel. 
RANDOLPH PETERS, Great Northern and 
Southern Nurseries, Wilmington, Delaware. 
Spooner’s Prize Flower Seeds. 
Spooner’s Boston Market 
Vegetable Seeds. 
The cheapest and best seeds in 
the market. Send two 3 cent 
stamps l'or our illustrated catalogue 
and see the prices. 
W. H. SPOONER. 
BOSTON, MASS. 
FLOWER 
SEEDS. 
VEGETABLE 
' SEEDS. 
d'o z. 
100 
1,000 
,$ .50 
$1.00 
$6.00 
1.00 
5.00 
20.00 
.30 
2.15 
.30 
.75 
2.50 
.40 
.so 
6.00 
.40 
.80 
4.00 
1.50 
7.00 
5.00 
30.00 
1.00 
2.00 
15.00 
1.00 
3.00 
25.00 
8.00 
00.00 
1.00 
8.00 
.50 
3.00 
20.00 
loo 
8.00 
.20 
1.00 
3.00 
GOOD FIRST-CLASS PLANTS, FLEE, 
PACKED FREE. 
100 or less Strawberry and doz. other sorts by mail, postage 
paid. 
Monarch of the West, 10,000 for $50... 
Duncan Strawberry. 1.00 
Wilson \lbany, Green Prolific, 10,000 $22... .30 
Chas. Downing, Kentucky, 10,000 $20.30 
Jucundn, Col. Cheney. . 
Triompli de Gaud, Boydon No. SO, Agricul¬ 
turist, Pres. Wilder, Hudson Early, Early 
Surprise, Kissenua, Champion, Cowing's 
Seedling. 
Cumberland, Triumph, Springdale, Star 
of West. 1.50 
Excelsior, sold in Pliila. 1875 for $! per it.. 5.00 30.00 
Brandywine Raspberry. 1.00 " 
Ilerstinc, Saunders. 1.00 
Ganargua, Norwood. 1.50 
Doolittle Black Cap. 
Wilson Early Blackberry...50 
Kittatinuy, Lawton.50 
Colossal Asparagus, seed 50 cts. per lb.20 
Peach Trees—Early Beatrice, Rivers, Louisa, and 15 other 
varieties, 4 to 6 feet high, assorted, $8 per 100 ; $60 per 1,000. 
Please order early, and for prices of Currants, Grapes, &c., 
address JOHN S. COLLINS. Moorestown, N. J. 
A~~SAMPLE Op 
11AWY HUNDREDS. 
“1,005 Clay St., San Francisco, ) 
“ Sept. 9th, 1875. | 
“W. F. Massey & Co. 
■■.Tour Plants, Seeds, &c , do better here than those 
of any we have yet tried. 
“ Mrs. GEO. P. WARNER.” 
This lady lias had plants from us by mail for years past. 
See oar ®1.00 List elsewhere. 
W. F. MASSEY & CO., 
Cliestcrtown, Kent Co., Maryland. 
THE ALBANY~SEED STORE, ESTABLISHED 1831. 
PRICE & KNICKERBOCKER, Successors to 
Our SPRING CATALOGUE for 1876, containing 96 pages, 
and 250 illustrations of Flowers, Vegetables, etc., is ready 
for distribution, and will be mailed free to any one writing 
for It. 
€ ©owB«ims' Stpawberriefi, £!8.5© 
€1 per M. Monarch of the West, in quantities, $5.00 per 
M. Raspberries, Blackberries, Asparagus roots, etc., at 
correspondingly low rates. S. c. De COU. 
Moorestown. Burlington Co., N. J. 
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NEW 
W, 
SEEDLING- STBAWBEKEY. 
“STERLING.” 
ILL be offered for sale after April 1. my new 6ccdling, 
the “Sterling.” It lias all the qualities of a superior 
market fruit; large size, handsome form, firm texture and 
bright red color, with fine flavor, rich and sprightly, much 
sweeter tnan Wilson ; stem long and fruit easily-picked and 
prepared lor table. Having grown strawberries more than 
twenty years for the Cleveland market, testing all the ap¬ 
proved varieties, and having grown the Sterling on both 
sandy and clay soils, I am convinced that it is the best 
market berry as vet known. Send for circular giving history 
of berry and testimony of F. R. Elliott, M. B. Batehnm anil 
other horticulturists and persons who are well acquainted 
with the berry. Cut is exact size of one of llie largest 
Sterling berries. Plants will be sent and orders filled in 
their nun as received. Price, for G, $2; 12, $8; 25, $5; 100. 
$20. Payment lo accompany orders. Remit by Draft, 
Money Order, or Registered Letter, 
GEO. It. LODGE. 
Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio. 
THE DUCHESS, 
The Earliest Strawberry, 
Large, solid, profitable, liardy, and of tlie best quality. 50 
cents per plant, $2 lor six, $3 per dozen. For descriptive 
price-list of every desirable variety of Small Fruits, Pota¬ 
toes, and Garden Seeds. Address 
F. M. HEXU1EU, 
New Castle. WesiekesSer Co., N. V. 
[Successor to Reisig & HexamerJ. 
STlAWBIlRY fim 
By the, 100. 1,000, 10,000, or 100.000. 
MONARCH OF THE WEST, COL. CIIENEY, 
WILSON’S ALBANY, Sctli Baydeu, CUus. 
Downing, Downer, Trionipke de Gaud, Ken¬ 
tucky. Also STAR OF THE WEST, Champion, 
Br. Warder, Late Prolific, Black Defiance, 
Agriculturist, Lenuiug’s White, ana others. 
A. HASCE & SON, 
Nurserymen and Florists, Red Bank, N. J. 
rspEIIH IDgJWCAN STKAWBEIfllY 
-H- is the most promising of all. Carries better, sells 
higher, keeps longer, than all others. Send lor circular. 
K. & J. ('. WILLIAMS, Montclair, N. J. 
S TAR , OF THE WEST, the liest Strawberry—100 
acres in Small Fruits—Colossal Asparagus Seed—Millions 
of Trees and Plants a Pomona Nursery. Send for 
Circular. WiM. PABltV, Cinnammson, N. J. 
Qtrawbevry Plants by mail, post-paid. Monarch of 
lo the West, $1 per hundred. Downers, Chas. Downing, 
and Kentucky, 'hjc.per l(i0. Snowflake potatoes, 50c. per lb. 
D. i£. IIOXIE, P. O. Box 4CS, Northampton, Mass. 
HIGHLAND HARDY. 
The most profitable market Raspberry grown. 
Produced last season over 81,000. worth of lruit to (he 
aero. It bears enormous crops, and is the earliest of all — 
“ I regard the Highland Hardy as one of the most promising 
raspberries grown. It is the earliest that I have seen, and is 
perfectly hardy.”— Rev. E. 1. Roe , author of "Play and 
Profit in my Garden,” etc. 
Price by mail, post-paid: | Bv express: 
7? cts. per doz.—$3.50 per 100. | $3 per 100—$15 per 1,000. 
FRUIT TiSEES!! SHRUBS’! VINES!! 
ROSES.’ GREENHOUSE STOCK! 
20,001) surplus and very fine American Arbor Vilas, 3 to 
6 ft., twice transp., very cheap.—1.000.000 Am. Arl>. seed¬ 
lings.—Downing Gooseberry, best Am. gooseberry; 
per doz., $3.50, post-paid. See our seed adv. in another 
column. Send for catalogue 
Established 1863. W. L. FERRIS, Jr., Si CO., 
Dutchess Nurseries. Ponglikecpsie, N. Y. 
KASipSKim" 
200,000 DOOLITTLE IMF. BLACK CAP-$1.50 
per 100; $10.00 per 1,000 ; $S0 per 10,000. 
200.000 BRANDYWINE—Best Red-$2,00 per 100; 
$15.00 per 1,000 ; $125 per 10,000. 
No charge for packing. 
W. F. MASSEY & CO., 
Chest ertown- Kent Cow, Mr§.» 
