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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[December, 
Thk Twenty-first Edition of our celebrated Seed 
Catalogue anil Amateur’s Guide to the Flow¬ 
er anil Kitchen Garden, containing upwards of 200 
pages, including several hundred finely executed engrav¬ 
ings of favorite flowers and vegetables, and a beau¬ 
tifully colored eh romo, with a Supplement for 187" 
will be ready Jan. 1st, and mailed to all applicants upon re¬ 
ceipt of 35 cents. An edition elegantly bound in cloth $1.00. 
BLISS’S GARDENER’S ALMANAC and 
Abridged Catalogue of Garden, Field, and 
Flower Seeds, for 1877. 116 pages, beautifully illus¬ 
trated, mailed to all applicants inclosing 10 cts. 
Bliss’s Illustrated Potato Catalogue contains a 
descriptive list of all the new varieties recently introduced, 
with many other desirable sorts, beautifully illustrated; also 
most useful information upon the cultivation of this valua¬ 
ble esculent. 32 pages, 10 cents. 
B. K. BLISS Sc SONS, 
P. O. Box 571:3. 34 Barclay St., IV. Y. 
MARKET GARDENING. 
Its General Management: Root Crops (a very full account 
of best methods); Market Crops for Small Farmers; The 
Home Kitchen Garden ; Gardening Abbreviations (the whole 
in a nutshell); and much else on kindred topics in Root’s 
Garden Manual for 1877. Practical, pointed 
and thorough, and contains half as much matter as $1.50 
books on the subject. Sent for 10 cents, which will be allow¬ 
ed on the first order for seeds. Ready Dec. 1st. 
J. B. ROOT, Seed Grower, Rockford, Ills. 
KNOX 
Fruit Farm & Nurseries. 
GRAPE VINES, 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS, 
RASPBERRY and BLACKBERRY PLANTS, 
HYACINTH and other BULBS, 
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES. 
8 Grape Vines, 5 varieties, for.$1.10 
75 Strawberry Plants, 5 varieties.$1.10 
18 Raspberry Plants, 4 varieties.$1.10 
By mail post-paid. Catalogues free. 
C?" Will take Marketable Country Produce 
In exchange for Trees and Plants. 
J, F. GRIMES, Box 115, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
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, 1.00 5.00 
Dwarf Pearl, 1st quality Flowering Bulbs, 1.50 6.00 
If sent by Mail 25 cents per dozen Extra. 
MILLER & HAYES, 
5,774 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia. 
BURLEIGH & BRO’S OFFERS 
of the choicest strains of imported flower seeds 
at retail for wholesale prices are giving their seeds of 
unsurpassed quality an immense sale. Send 10 cts. for illus¬ 
trated catalogue. W. 13. Burleigh & Btto., Plainfield, Conn. 
CAMELLIAS, AZALEAS, E0SES, 
AND WINTER-BLOOMING PLANTS, 
BY MAIL-POSTAGE PAID. 
Send for Catalogue No. 6 with Supplement—contains two 
hundred and sixty-four collections ol live, fifteen, and twenty 
plants each, your choice for one dollar. Address 
ROBT. J. HALLIDAY, Baltimore, Hid. 
NEW FRUITS, 
Dutch Bulbs; New and Rare Plants, &c, 
Souvenierdu Congress; IJeuire d’Assumption; Pitmaston 
Duchesse, and other new Pears. 
New Peaches, American and European varieties, a large 
stock of Pear and other Fruit Trees, &c. 
Dutch Bulbs—Hyacinths,Tulips.Lilies, direct from Holland. 
Duchess of Edinburgh, Pearfe de Jardin, and other new 
Hoses. New and Rare Plants for winter flowering, &c. 
Catalogues mailed on application.—PRICES LONV. 
JOHN SAUL, Washington City, D. C. 
lid Choice Varieties for $1, 5for50c. Samples 25c. 
J.0BEIVE3, Qrosnbrook & Paterson Nurseries, PATEESQN.N. J. 
AND 
AMATEUR’S 
to the VEGETABLE and FLOWER 
GARDEN, will be ready January 1st. 
Mailed free to all. 
WR0. H. CARSON, 
(Lute of Peter Henderson dk Co.,) 
SEEDSMAN, 
125 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN 
and kindred topics treated in a manner of interest to every 
lover ol 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. 
.1. B. ROOT, Seed Grower, Rockford, Ills. 
My Annual Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower Seed for 
1877 will be ready by January, and sent free to all who ap¬ 
ply ; Customers of last season need not write for it. 1 offer 
one of the largest collections of vegetable seed ever sent 
out by any seed-house 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 
tlie 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 
who arc anxious to have tllcir seed fresh, 
true, and of the very best, strain. NEW 
VEGETABLES A SPECIALTY. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
PRAY’S GREENHOUSES, 
CENTRAL FALLS, R. I. 
Window and Winter Blooming Plants 
a specialty. Send 25c. for a paper of Selected GERMAN 
PANSY Seed, containing Pure White. The Two New 
Blacks and Eleven other varieties. Send address for 
Catalogue. Only Retail Trade. _ 
LARGEST STOCK IN AMERICA OF 
European Larch and Evergreen Trees. 
Both Seedling and Transplanted. All grown from seeds on oili- 
own grounds, and better and cheaper than imported stock. 
European Larch and Evergreen Tree Seeds, 
By the ounce, pound or 100 pounds. Send for Catalogue. 
ROBERT DOUGLAS & SONS, Waukegan, Ill. 
POMONA NURSERY, 
and Great American, the best strawberries. Ten acres 
of Brandywine (Susqueco) raspberries, yielded in 1876, 
$4,338. Send for Catalogues. 
WM. PARRY, Cinnaminson, N. J. 
SMALL FRUIT PLANTS. 
All Best Varieties• very lowest rates. Please see some 
prices page 300. Oct. No., or better, send for new price list to 
_ JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestuwn, N. .T. 
TO THE TRADE. 
AND TO PLANTERS®— We invite you to examine our 
stock of Grape Vines, < Concords very cheap) ; A ms- 
den’s June, Alexander’s Early, Steadly, (tew,) 
and other Peach Trees ; Delaware, Thwack, Gnn- 
argiia® (New,) Highland Hardy, and tvue Brandy- 
wine Raspberries ; Black Naples, La Versailles, 
and other Currants ; Osage Orange and Conover s 
Colossal Asparagus, oneand two years ; Willi Goose 
Plum : Smihix. Double Tuberose, and Gladiolus. 
All fine and low in price. Write for prices. Address 
A. HANCE & SON, Nurserymen & Florists, Red Bank, N. J. 
I 70R SEEDS AND BULBS OF CALIFORNIA 
' FLOWERS, address , , 
,1. B. HICKMAN, South San Juan, Cal. 
International Exhibition of Products of the Dairy at Hamburg in February, 1877. 
Programme of this Exhibition may be had gratis of the Secretary of the undersigned Committee „ ... 
Dr. Richard Scclcmann, No. 25 A. B. O. Strasse, Hamburg. The Executive Committee. 
Fifty pages—300 Illustrations, with Descriptions of thou¬ 
sands of the best Flowers and Vegetables in the world, and 
the way to grow them—till for a Two Cent postage stamp. 
Printed in German and English. 
Vick’s Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25 cents a year. 
Vick’s Flower and Vegetable Garden, 50 cents 
in paper; in elegant cloth covers, $1.00. 
Address, JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. 
"SEE D S 
If you wish to grow Vegetables for sale, read 
Gardening for Profit! 
If you wish to become a Commercial Flor¬ 
ist, read 
Practical Floriculture! 
If you wish to Garden for Home use only, 
read 
Gardening for Pleasure! 
All by PETER HENDERSON. 
Price $1.50 each, post paid by mail. 
Combined CATALOGUE $?. 
OP 
EVERYTHING 
FOR THE 
GARDEN 
| Numbers 175 pages, with 3 colored plates sent | 
PR EE! 
I to all our customers of past years, or to 
those who have purchased any of the above 
books; to others on receipt of 25 cents, 
i Plain Plant or Seed Catalogues without 
| piate, free to ill applicants. 
Seedsmen, Market Gardeners & Florists , I 
35 Cortlanit St., New York. 
PLANTS 
E0SES FOErTHE" MILLION. 
r j Choice Roses by mail for SI. 
U Descriptive Lists free. 
TYRA MONTGOMERY, Mattoon, Ill. 
Wheeler’s 
1876. 
(2) Two Medals 
Centennial 
Exhibition. 
1875. 
(3) Three Med¬ 
als, N. Eng. 
Agri. Society, i _ 
Iusecticidors, Liquid Fertilizer Distributor, 
Watering Pots, aud Disinfectors for Water- 
Closets, llriuals, and Sinks, are Manufactured and 
for Sale under my Patent July 20tli, 1875. 
Intelligent culturists in the field, garden, greenhouses, 
and holders of public and private buildings, must use the 
above machines and devices, if they wish to adopt the 
cheapest, most effective, and satisfactory method 
yet devised to destroy insects and mildew on plants 
shrubs, trees, (especially those cultivated for their fruit or 
seeds), to distribute solid fertilizers of all kinds in a liquid 
form, or to disinfect foul places. Have stood the severest 
tests duriDgthe past two seasons. Satisfaction guaranteed 
if my Compounds are used according to directions. Best 
references, prices,and other information given by addressing 
W. F. WHEELER, 24th Ward, Boston, Mass. 
Allen’s Planet Jr. 
SILVER 
MEDAL 
Sesil-DrilUi and Wheel Hoes have also received the 
Centennial Medal and the Erfurt Medal, Germany. Are 
made for ’77 more perfect than ever. Full descriptive cata¬ 
logues, containing also the newest and best Horse Hoes, 
Cultivators, etc., etc., free. Every farmer should have a 
copy. S. L. Allen & Co., 119 S. Fourth St., Phila. Wc want 
an enterprising agent in every town. Send for new terms 
to agents and clubs. 
CHAPMAN & VAN WYCK, 
(Established 1819), 
DEALERS IN 
PERUVIAN GUANO 
EXCLUSIVELY, 
170 Front Street, New York. 
P i'i'iuiiiiu Pure, 01>0I£f.ESS. Fine 
Ground RAW BONE, produces luxuriant grass 
Sow now on land newly seeded. Perfectly Inoffensive 
Very popular with Ladies and Gentlemen lor house plants 
Lnwns, Gardens, and the Grapery. It never fails in pro¬ 
ducing grain crops. Send 20 cents for invaluable book, 
showing composition of cereal grains, and how to grow 
them. Address, . . 
EXCELSIOR FERTILIZER WORKS, 
Salem, Ohio. 
