AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[March, 
94: 
eertaisi 6o Mead. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO., 
bpg.tocall tlie attention of Amateurs and Market Garden- 
ei's to tlicir Celel)rated 
NONI’A^SEIIi CA'tt;iiiaES.<i>WEi& SEESS. 
25 cts. per paper; $1 50 per oz.; or $20 per ft. 
TT’e can confidently recommend the above as the very beU 
variety in culUvalion. 
ALSO 
Extra Early Peas. 
Early Cabbage Scetl. 
Early and Eatc Celery. 
Englisb Frame ami otlier Cticambers. 
Early ajid Eatc Eeltiice. 
Wliite .Japan and otlier Melons, 
lied, IVliite and Yclloxv Onion. 
Freucli and tiliijve.se Kadisli.i 
Upriglit and other Tomatoes. 
Early Flat and oilier Turnips. 
Tree Seeds in great Variety. 
For Varieties, Descriptions and price of ah Seeds, 
Send for the Catalogue of Vegetable and 
Agricultural Seeds. 
.f. m. 
leS John-street, 
Hew-York. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO ’S 
AiiastsaS ©cscs'ipiive Catalogue 
OF 
F1L,«>WE3£ §EEI>S AW© 
SEEPI SEEPI SEEPI 
FOR THE 
1865. 
For tlie present planting season, we offer a choice assort¬ 
ment of seeds, tlie qualit of which is very fine, and in gen¬ 
eral, the supply good, bit owing to the very severe drouth 
of the last summer, some sorts are scarce. 
We have 
Early and ©warf Peas. 
Medium and Eate Peas. 
®warf Beans, Pole Means. 
Extra Early Bwarf Sugar Corn. 
MammotU Sugar Corn. 
All valuable sorts of Beet, Cauliflower, Carrot, Oucumher, 
Melon, Lettuce, Parsnip, Radish, Squash, Pumpkin, Tomato 
and Turnip. 
OWIOW §EE©. 
Early, Globe and Flat Red, Globe Danvers, and Yellow 
Flat Dutch, Early White, and M'hite Portugal. 
©wa©w SETT'S. 
Yellow and White. 
IIESaiS SEEDS. 
Thyme, Marjoram, Sage, Savory, and all other sorts. 
FMEIT SEEDS. 
Apple, Fear, Quince, Cherry, Anricot, Currant, Gooseberry, 
Fiaspberry, Strawberry. 
GISAIW. 
Spring Wheat, Spring Rye, Barley, Poland Oats, Buck¬ 
wheat, White Flint Corn, Yellow Flint Corn, Dent Corn, 
King Philip Corn, Flour Corn. 
CLDVEia, ©RASS SEEDS, &;c. 
Red Clover, White Clover, Lncern, Timothy, Red lop. 
Bent, Kentucky Blue, Fowl Meadow (this is the true kind). 
Sweet Vernal, Perennial, Rye, Italian Rye, Italian Millet, 
And all others who wish pure and reliable Seeds, should 
p urchase 
which are grown by the Subscriber from Selected Stock, and 
are always Warranted as Represented. Price List, 
with Bui.st’s Garden Manual for ’G5, mailed to all 
who enclose stamp for postage. 
ROBERT BUIST, Jn.. 
PHILADELPHIA. 
Garden Seeds ! Flower Seeds ! 
The greatest care is taken that all sold by me shall 
be pure, choice and reliable (send for a Seed List). 
FARM AVD GARDEN IMPL.EMEKTS 
of every x'ariety. 
Bone Dust, Guano, Poudrette, Bruce’s Concentrated 
and other manures. 
Plants, Trees, &c. For sale at wholesale and retail, 
at low prices. 
Orders by mail with remittance will receive pi-ompt atten¬ 
tion. JOII.V VANDERBILT, 
23 Fultou-st., New-Yor.k. 
The subscriber has now in store, his usual supply ol fieah 
and genuine GARDEN VEGETABLE, FIEi.D 
BULBS, 
Containing all the desirable novelties of the season 
for 18©9S, 
has just been published and will he mailed free on applica¬ 
tion to 
.T. M. TIIORBURN,.& CO., 
I Growers ami Importers of Seed, 
15 Jobn-street, New-York. 
The New Zinnia M^icana, 25 cts. per paper, by mail. 
Chalce ISar© ^eeds. 
McELWAlN BISO’S 
Illustrated Annual Catalogue and Veget¬ 
able and Flower Garden Manna! for 1805, 
will be published early in Februaiy. It contains a descrip¬ 
tion of the most valuable and popular varieties of Flowers 
and Vegetables in the world with explicit directions for their 
treatment and culture, comprising about 75 pages of closely 
printed matter, BEAUTIB'TJLLY ILLUSTR.ATED. 
It will he forwarded to all applicants enclosing 15 cts. 
Address McEDVAIN BRO’S, ” 
Springfield, Mass. 
I C Iv ^ ^ 
Sllustvatcb Annual (Ilatalope 
OF 
FLOWER AKD VEGETABLE SEEDS, 
AND 
©aflide to the Flower 
FOIi 1865; IS FOW rUBLlSHED. 
It Contains Accurate Descriptions of the 
LEADING FLORAL TREASL'RES OF the WORLD, 
WITH FULL DIRECTIONS FOR 
Sowing Seed, Transplanting, & After-culture. 
This beautiful and useful FLORAL GUIDE consists 
of .about 70 pages, beautifully illustrated with over Thirty 
Engravings and Two COLORED PLATES, 
It is published for the Information and heneflt of my 
customers, and to those it Is sent FREE. To all others, 
price 10 cents. Including postage, wliich is less than the 
Bctnal cost. Address 
JAMES VSCEi, 
Koclscster, N. T. 
Drccr’s Ciiirdcsi Calendar for 1§65, 
Contains practical directions for the cultivation and man¬ 
agement of tlie Kscalent and Flower Garden. Also select 
lists of Vegetable and Flower Seeds; witli recent introduc¬ 
tions. New Roses. Daldins, Gladiolus, etc., mailed to all 
Who enclose a postage stamp. Address 
UENRV A. DP.EICR. Pliiladelphla. Pa. 
Hungarian Millet, Sainfoin, Spnrry, Vetches, Flax, Chinese 
Sugar Cane, Broom Corn, Tobacco, Long and Short Staple 
Cotton, Grafting Wax, Oil Soap, etc. 
Catalogues sent to all wlio Apply. 
Dealers supplied with assortments of packets for retailing, 
their own selection, or in quantities in bulk, at lowest 
Wholesale rates. 
IS. M. ALLEN & CO., 
BSD & lOS Water-st., Nevv-York, 
Choice Seed. 
Witli the return of another season I would Invite the at¬ 
tention of the public to my Annual Catalogue of relia'ole 
Garden Seed, including over 200 varieties, many of wliich are 
of my own raising. I would call particular attention to the 
following list of new, rare or very desirable vegetables: 
Cannon Ball Cabbage (new, early, the heads are ns round 
and about as hard as a cannon ball); Marhleliead Mammoth 
Drumhead Cabbage (the largest in tlie world)—Stone Mason 
Cabbage (the best of all winter cabbages, put up in half oz. 
packages, and sold by the pound if desired)—Learmand’s 
Mamnioth Cauliflower (the largest of all;—-Mammoth 
French Squash (weighs from 100 to 260 lbs.)—Mammoth 
Sweet Corn (the largest sort known, selected from ears 
weighing from two to three pounds, very sweet, excellent 
for the table)—Yokohoma Squash (new from Japan)—Amer¬ 
ican Turban Squash (new, the dryest, sweetest and best of all 
fall squashes, first rate)-Striped Gandaloupe Egg Plant 
(quite ornamental)—New York extra large purple Egg 
Plant (the largest of all varieties)-Ornamental Kale (several 
varieties in one package; line for either the flower or kitch¬ 
en garden)—Pierce’s American Cauliflower (the standard 
late sort in Boston Market)—Early Paris Cauliflower (im¬ 
ported seed, the best early sort)—IVaite’s New Alma Cauli¬ 
flower (a popular new English variety)—Early IVliite Japan 
Melon (new, very sweet, line)—Ward’s Nectar Melon (the 
sweetest, spiciest, best of all the green fleshed varieties)— 
Caterpillar Plant (a curious vegetable; several varieties in 
one package)—Vegetable Snails (another natural curiosity). 
Each of the above at 25 ce'its per package. Forty Days’ 
Corn (extra early, ahoV 10 days earlier than Darling’s 
Early)—Mexican Sweet Corn (the sweetest of all varieties ot 
table corn)—Golden Sweet Corn (an early, prolific, sweet 
table corn, of a bright golden color, fine)—Hubbard Squash 
Seed (true; I introduced this)—Cow or Tree Cabbage (for 
Btock)—Yard Long Bean-Extra Early York Tomato (very 
early, very prolific, of good size and excellent qualitv)— 
Cook’s Favorite Tomato (a very early apple tomato, prolific, 
of excellent quality)—Yellow Lupins (the plant so highly re¬ 
commended for subsoiling in a recent Patent Ollice lieport 
—also highly ornamental)-Tom Thumb Pea (very early, 
grows 10 inches high, very productive)—Drew’s New Dwar.f 
Pea (new, very dwarf, very prolific, peas egg shaped, each 
plant forms a 'bush, hut one pea being required to about one 
foot of row)—Brown’s New Dwarf Early Marrowfat Pea (a 
new variety which may he relied upon, ns both the earliest 
and most dwarf Marrowfat grown; very prolific)—Improved 
Long Green Cucumber-Six finest varieties of Cabbage Lettuce 
In one package. True Boston Curled Lettuce (tlie most elegant 
of all, quality good)—Ornamental Gourds (many varieties in 
one package—Spotted Sleva Bean, Concord Bean (a new pole 
bean, remarkably early, quality first-rate)—Extra Flat Beet 
(new, very early, about as flat as a turnip, quality excellent) 
—Chick Peas (two sort mixed; extensively used in Europe as 
a substitute for coll'oe)—Chinese Sugar Cane (imported seed) 
New Jersey Hybrid Cucumber (one of the largest and best 
varieties ciiltivati'd)—Lester’s Perfected Tomato (very large 
and thick ineatedi—Sutton’s Student Parsnip (new, recently 
originated In England, desirable)-Chinese Rose 'Winter 
Radish (decidedly'the best of all the winter sort, an acquisi¬ 
tion)—Hood’s Dwarf Imperial Purple Celery (new, superior) 
—Indian Chief Bean (a pole bean ; can he used as a string 
bean much better than any other variety; very productive.) 
—Each of the above at 15 cents per package. Catalogues 
sent gratis to all. Those who received it last season will re¬ 
ceive it this without writing for it. 
JAMES ,1. H. GREGORY, 
Marblehead. Massachusetts. 
Green Houses for sale in a good location with no competi¬ 
tion. A'fllress G. E. ADAMS, Logansport, Did.. Box ‘239 P. O. ) 
AND FLOWER SEEDS, 
New priced Catalogues, on application. 
ALFRED BRIDGEMAN, 
No. 876 Broadway, New York City. 
Garden Seeds. Garden Seeds. 
The subscriber has been enscasced over thirty years in rais¬ 
ins; all kinds of GrtiMioii, 'Vegelahle and 
See«ls, and having over one hundred acres devoted to lhar. 
urpose, is enabled to offer as sood a sto^k of seeds as can 
e found in the country. Dealers can be siipinied in any 
quantity, either by the pound, bushel, or neatly put up in 
small papers suitable for retailing. A list of prices will bf5 
sent to all applicants. G. 11. GADItKTSON, Flushing, K, Y. 
^eeds. ^eecls. Seeclssto 
Fresh and reliable- 
At GRIFFING BROTHER & CO., 
58 & 60 Conrtlandt-st., New-Vork. 
Collection of Vegetable Seeds by Mail. 
20 Choice varieties for $1.00; 45 Choice Varieties for $2.00 
Notwithstanding the great advance in the prices of most 
kinds of seeds since last season, we shall continue to furnish 
the above collections at our former liberal rales. They con¬ 
tain only those varieties that are most valuable, and enough 
in quantity to seed an ordinary sized gulden. Any jicrson 
sending for these collections can not hut be well pleased, 
even though they use less tlian half the varieties. Those 
who de9ire'’larger quantities will find our Collections for $.5, 
$8, $15, $20, $25, equally desirable and economical. P'or list 
of the contents ot these, and a great variety of Vcgetahlo 
and Flower Seeds, see our 
liBessls-aletl CaSaJogiie 
which will he forwarded to all applicants enclosing 15 cents. 
.To our regular customers it will he sent free. Address 
McELWAlN BRO'S, Springfield, Mass. 
The undersigned, have this day entered into a Copartner¬ 
ship, under the name and firm of DlifLL & KUMEULF. for 
the purpose of carrying on a General Seed and Nursery 
Business, in the establishment formerlv conducted by the 
late Geo. C. Thorbuni. Seed Store and Warehouse, 15$ 
Broad-st., Newark, New Jersey. 
' FIIAXCTS BlilLL, 
Seedgrower and Nurseryman, 
JOHN U. KUMPHILE, Seedsman, 
formerly with the late Geo. C. Thorburn. 
Address orders for Catalogues, &c., as above. 
Seeds! Seeds I t ^ceds! 11 
Catalogues of GKWUIIVE Garden, Field, and 
Flower Seeds, &c*, Fruit and Griianicntal 
Trees, Shrubs, Vines, STIl/V^VilEHUY Plaiats. 
&c., &c., furnished free to all applicants. Address 
BKILL & KUMEULE, Seedsmkx, &c., 
153 Broad-st., Newark, New Jersey. 
Seed Catalogue for 1865, 
My Seed Catalogue, embracing over 200 varielie.s of fresh 
garden seed, many of which are of my own growing, will he 
mailed free to all applicants. Those who purchased seed last 
season will receive it this se.ason wiihont writing for it. As 
the original introducer of thmlUibhard Squash. Marhlchea.il 
Mammoth Cabbage, &c„ invite the patronage of the 
public. JAMES J. H. GREGORY, 
Marblehend, Mass. 
S T^LOWER SEEDS BY MAIL.—The stihscrihor 
■' raises about one hundred kinds of Flower Seed.s, scleer- 
ed from over one thousand varieties, of the most showv and 
attractive. He will furnish, neatly put up, any 32 kinds on 
tbs list for $1, and send by mail, with postage prepaid. 
G. H. GARRETSON. Flushing, N. T 
