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Meiiclersoil & 
SELECTED SEEDS & PLAS^TS 
FOH 
market gardeners and otrers. 
Beans (Bush), Valentine, Refugee. 
Beans (Bole), Lima, Sera. 
Quart. 
.40c. 
.75c. 
_ • Ounce. 
Beets, Short Top Round, Long Blood.i3c. 
Cabbage (Early), true Jersey Wakefield..$1.00 
(Late), Flat Dutch, Dntmhead 50c 
Carrot. Early Horn, Long Orange ..'.'.'.’l5c' 
Cauliflower, Early Paris and Half-Early.. 
Celery, New Dwarf White. 
“ White Solid. 
Corn, Dwarf Prolific, Asylum. 
Cucumber, W^hite Spine, Long Green. 
...$1.50 
..$ 1.00 
..30c. 
Quart. 
....30c. 
Ounce. 
lac. 
Bush. 
$10.00 
14.00 
lb. 
$1.00 
12.00 
$5.00 
$1..50 
16.00 
$12.00 
$3.00 
Bush. 
$6.00 
lb. 
$1.50 
Ounce. 
75c. 
40c. 
20c. 
Forcing varieties.25c. per packet. 
Egg Plant, New York Improved Purple 
Lettuce, Simpson, Butter.. 
Melon, Citron, Nutmeg and Skillman. .. 
(Water), Ice Cream & Mountain Sprout.15c. 
Okra, Tall and Dwarf. jjg 
Onions, Wliite, Meggets Red 30c." 
“ Large Red, Yellow Dutch.20c. 
Parsley, Extra Dwarf Curled..7.!.15c'. 
T. , Quart. 
Peas (Early), Dan. O’Rourke, “Extra Early.”..30c. 
“ (Late) Champion, British Queen.soc." 
_ , . „ Omice. 
Pumpkin, Cheese.. 
Radish, Scarlet Turnip. Long Scarlet. 'i5c 
Salsify (or 03-ster Piant).!.'!!!!' 20c' 
Spinacli, Round and Prickly. . . . . . . . . . . 
Squash (Busli), Summer Crookneck. 
“ (Late), Boston Marrow, Hubbard, 
Tomato, Early Smooth Red, Fejee. 
Turnip, Red Top, Yellow Aberdeen. 
Herbs, Thyme and Sweet Marjoram 
“ Sage and Summer Savory. 
The above sent by inail to any address on receipt of the 
prices annexed, with the addition of 8c. per a. for post.age. 
In packets at Sc. each, or 75c. per dozen, free by^ mall. 
Plants and Itnots thr Market 
Gardeaaers and OSkers. 
Onion Sets, Yellow, 40c. per quart, $2.00 per peck, 
« I ^ P®*' Bushel. 
Onion Sets, White, 50c. per quart, $3.00 per peck, 
$9.00 per Bushel. 
Per Bush. Per Bbl. 
.10c. 
■lOe. 
.20c. 
.30c. 
.10c. 
.50c. 
.30c. 
lb. 
$7.50 
$4.00 
$1.50 
$1.50 
$1.50 
$3.00 
$1.50 
$1.50 
Bush. 
$7.00 
$8.00 
lb. 
75 
$1..50 
$2.00 
$2.50 
$4.00 
$1.00 
$6.00 
$4-00 
.$3.00 
. 3.00 
. 3.00 
. 3.00 
r.50 
$8.C0 
7.50 
7.50 
7.50 
15.00 
5.00 
$10.00 per 1,000 
$7.50 
Potatoes— Early Goodrich (true) 
. “ Flarly Cottage. 
“ Gieasoii. 
“ Sebec. 
“ Harrison. 
“ Cuzco. _ 2 00 
Asparagus, .(2 years old,) $1.50 per 100 ; 
(1 year old.) $1.00 “ 
Riiwbarl>, Victoria and Linnaeus, $3 per doz.; $15 per 100 
Cabbage Plants (Cold Fr.ame), Wakefield, $ 1.50 per 100 ; 
„ „ $10.00 per 1,000 
(Hot-bed), Wakefield, 75 cents per 100; 
^ $().00 per 1,000 
Canllflawcr, (Cold Frame), $3 per 100; $20.00 per 1,000 
TTr. n . (Hot-Led), $2 “ $15.00 per 1,000 
Ilorscradisb Sets, $1.00 per 100; $7.,50 per 1,000. 
IIESTDERSOV & FLEMING, 
Seedsmen and Market Gardeners, 
G7 Nassaw-st., JVe-w York. 
Our General Catalogue of Flower 
and Vegetable Seeds 
descripfions and plain directions 
foi cultivation. Mailed on receipt of 10 cents. 
New VegrctiiDie Seed@7~&c^. 
BKIBCJEMAIN’S- 
I>ESdiir»TI'V'£; 
PRICED CATALOGUE 
KITCHEi\i CARDES^ 
and 
AGtRIOULTURAR seeds 
for ISGT, is Now Ready, ’ 
and nailed free to all applicants. 
ALFRED BRIDGEMAN, 
No. 876 Broadway, New York. 
New and Rare fegetables. 
I present to the Public my Annual List of 
New and Rare Seed for 1807, many of vVliicb 
1 send ont tlie^tirst time tiiis season. 
^^"'■bbi.eiiead Mammoth Dkumiiead Cabbage.— 
//• / Cabbage in the world. Weighs from 
thirty to sixty pounds to the head, and is tender 
Gilt? sweef ho ccMage does so well in the S^th 
as f/tw.) Cannon Ball Cabbage. — (Atoo: as round 
and hard as a cannon ball. An early sort, and the 
hardest Maiding of all Cabbage.) Stone Mason Cabbage. 
{Standard variety of dVinter Drumhead Cabbage in Bos- 
ten niarMt. Under good cultivation eveinj plant on an acre 
^nd ^ ^ remarkably Under 
Lenoemand’s Mam- 
—(A new variety, the largest of all 
the Com fower family. Very reliable-for headir^.) Veet 
Laelt Ei^cjet Cauliplowee.— {New. remarkablv earhi 
TNew Yoek Impeoved Extea 
Laege PijEPLE Egg Plant. — {This grows to a larger size 
Wnn oinL ^ Common Larg!PurpU 
Egg Plant.) Steiped Gaudeloupe Egg Plant. — (An ele- 
gant variety far the table. The stripings of white, rnirple 
and yellow give it a magnificent appearance f Oenam^tal 
wawfy mcofor, and structure of the leaves, 
make th^ elegarit ornaments for the flower garden and 
among shrubbery.) Mammoth Sweet Co-R^.-dThelai'gest 
of all Sw^t Corn. Sweet, and excellent for the table The 
ears weigh, as gathered, from two to Uiree pounds each \ 
Mammoth Feencii Squash. — {Sometimes grown to weioli 
oveT two liUTidT&d 'pounds. TJicy ovow WfM-iyroTKypfinnpfi 
am are Jimty colored.) VegetaIee^&emlSITS 
cynositws. the seed-vessels resembling caterpillars) 
Vegetable Snails.-(H, Pbench Oddity, the s^d vSof 
which resemble snails.) Veget^le Wojais.-^{Anoth£‘ 
mnous ifigetable product.) Snake Cucumbee. — {A very 
Hbolipic Eaelt Long Pod Pea.— and 
(^ordain from Un 
to twelve Peas each!) D\v aep Indian Chief Bean_( Those 
vAio have grown the Pole Indian Chief ivill be pleased to 
* r a this fine Stnng Bean.) Giant Wax 
Tml^n OhieTlf Eean. being an improvement on the 
Indian Chif it being a larger and longer Podded Bean 
than that dioice variety. TM Wax Beans {so ccdUdlm^e 
the ]yods are of a wax color.) are the best of aU Stnng 
Beam.) Noebiton s Giant Cucumbee.— {A new Enalish 
cumvamn.) Waed s Aectae Melon.—(JV hen comnored 
siTffijsissisiaT 
tain Mput fifty seed.)_ IIubbaL SqxjAsn^{fZTthe Tl 
^nal intn odveer of this, and the seed is teue.) Yokohama 
(Amw variety from Japan; very prolilic- The 
Crookneck. but is much supetior) 
f^ nurdl^n?Vl ®«UASll.-(Jiy took thej^mium 
■^fi'^'^o-tFair of the Massachusetts Ilorti- 
cuttwal Scfiety inliBo.) Paha Squash.—(H_ bush Sguash 
froin South Amcnca. which can be kept ikto winter OU 
tong in shape, of good size, fine-grained, and excellent qual¬ 
ity. far sujienor to any standard variety of bush Sguash) 
Impeoved Geeen Globe Savoy CABBlok-cibr fS 
-lAf.tlie Savoys are the richest of all Cabbages. ^ Thehemi 
are large, hard, and of most excellent quality 
tM stumps short. Remarkably reliable for ' Mamnq) 
Savoy French comdder tJiis tM eaHiest 
Callage grown.) Small Eaely Ulm Savoy. — (Very early 
and reviablefi _ Buenell’s King of the Dwaeps_ {In 
England this is considered the earliest of CaRbOges. ' Wry 
dwarf, fine quality, and sweet.) Laege Beunswick Shoet 
sJ^nhiTc^very early Drumhead, much 
soughi for by market gardeners.) Little Pixie Cabbage. 
hn^u' ’ ^^'^tnp. short; heads, pointed, and very 
hard, fine quality, and veip siveet.) Tilden’s Neiv To¬ 
mato —(ZarSK!, round or oblong i^color. rich scarlet; vines 
dwarf, and venj producUve.) kyELY Yoek Tomato — 
^^'^f^f^yi^rolific- has yielded at the rate 
of aver one thousand bushels per acre. Fruit of good mar- 
Mt size; fat. round shape; quality, excellent.) Cook’s 
^voeite Tomato.— (H large, apple-shaped variety; very 
decidedly the best of tM apple- 
sJuiped domatoes.) Mammoth Chihuahua Tom yto— 
{Enoi-mously large, weighing fimn two to three pounds 
^rm single specimens wiU heap a quart measure^ New 
Mexican I omato.—(W ri/ larae. round Tmunin ■ / 
1 ,, . -{Very large, round Tomato; a great 
bearer; r^embles. in color. Lester's Perfected, but an im- 
provenieiit on it. m always being round.) Tebe Tomato — 
^ Ei'ench variety; grows erect in the fot'm of a burii.) 
McLean a Advancee Pea, — {A new English wrinkled Pea. 
A decided improvement on the Champion of England ■ 
bears well, with Peas equally sweet ; is much larger, and dem 
rwt run nearly as high.) McLean’s Little Gem. — {A new 
dwarf wrinhed Pea • grows about one foot high, very 
early only a few days later thaA the Dan O'Rourke • a dx- 
cidsd acqrusition.) vTlmoein’sNbw, Weinkled Edieif 
1 ODDBD Pea.-—( 77i^ first wrinkled sorl yet found, the ixxis 
of which can be eaten.) Caetee’s Fiest Ceop.— 
^.ghsh Pea. sent out as the earliest of all varieties.) IIaie’s 
Dwaef ]\Iammotii.-(A wrinkled Pea. larger Cian Chmn- 
IW)n of England, growing only half its \iqht • guatitv 
fully equal to the Champion.) Tom Thumb ^ea- (Is 
early as Dan O'Rourke, grows ten inches hinh and is re¬ 
markably prolife.) Deew’s New Dwaef ^Pe^-K 
'plno llant forms quite ambush'. 
Reas should be planted about a foot apart. Early, dwarf. 
Beosvn’s New Dwarf Marrowfat.— 
A ^ <s3p/fes( and most dwarf Marrowfat 
grown. A capital Pea for market gardeners.) Forty 
(/tail a«y Goto. Desirable as 
an early soil.) _ Bates’ Extra Eaely Ssveet Coen .—(A 
vancty of wrinkled kernded Sugar Corn; earlier than 
Darling s Early, and excellent foi' table use.) -Mammoth 
Ilfow sixteen indies long; stalks very 
taiandsioul and matures as far North as Central 
England.) Crosby s Eaely.— earliest of dll twelve 
Massachusetts Horticultural Sd- 
SS Com at their last 
oernirimT)' .for market, and a decided 
mqmsition.) Mexican Sweet Coen. — {I still And this to 
^Cwif wwsi! feEcfer of all varieties of Sweet 
Cotk Golden Sweet 
lorn.—(A Sweet Corn of golden color; early of aood Hze 
fwmaTotTef^, 
Bean • rdriv Yard Long Bean.—(A curious 
J^ean , pods growing over two feet long • fotiaae a rich 
mlhdbt\7i22u;l feAN.-eVi nlw Dean 
2x^Mauc22 ' reryprotific.-and of 
or shea Bean.) Eejeb 
beam - 2r2Z.!yfJ^ ’ the earliest and hardiest of aU 
'worthy of general cultivation.) 
.^TERMEDIATE llORTICULTUIlAL Bean — ( AneTCfJJprifhii^ih 
1 ooe itmuyuUural.) California Bean.— {A very farhi 
mS'l^d^^C^^'^pev’" areen m- baked.) 
fnd ^fiprovement in health, vigor. 
ci» the oldfashioned Cranberry. Few 
me Beans wdl yield equal to this. Pods. long, large, <md 
well jaicd.) Simon’s Eaely Beet.—(A new eariv sort 
V Bassano. and darker.)' New Tue- 
oind very nice.) 
d 1 (A famous French variety ; flesh 
heet {Rimryh skinned; color, very dark purple ' E<<- 
W™^l f^mu me.) 
W hite s vert Deep Red Beet. — (MediUTTi sizs darJf 
^oet.and excellent for table use.) Yellow 
Ovoid Mangel Wuetzel.— (F’w cattle. Of sirmfeZ 
(Ze a-if) of this exceeded all.) Early Ceack- 
ee Onion. {Earliest of all the yellow sort; quality vet-v 
Mwato and sweet.) Hood’s New Dwarf Imperial’Puip 
PLE Celery.-(A choice new English variety.) Tuenee’s 
Incomparable Dwarf White Celeby.-(A ctol 
Eriglishvanriy.) Head’s Matchless Celery.—(A pre- 
^olid and red.) Boston Mae- 
^ compact, solid 
2 ^^''"ongers in the markets of 
de(2d:222ffi C^kled LETTUCE.-(?7te mmt 
Bo2it2 farnily. groivs in the form of a 
Itoseite,)^ W^elers Tom Thumb Lettuce. —(A cJiozee 
foivorwith those who have grown it.) 
stm2i2, ^'O^^rit Lettuce /or 
fM?W7^r heat. Heads, compiact. attaining to 
seven inclm in diameter.) Neapolitan Cabbage I^t- 
slx ^ /«^/! Cabbage Lettuces yet introduced.) 
OF Cabbage Lettuce. — {Six of thechoired 
varieties in one package.) Orange Watermelon. — (When 
Orange) Allen’s 
MELON.^Oar^efy, superior ; by some coded 
the Q^n of Melons. ) Large Persian Musk Melon 
variety.) White Japanese Melon.— 
Ihf^h' greenish white, very thick-meated; one of the earliest 
andsweet^tof cdl melons.) Dwarf Broom Coen. — {This 
IS thought to PiaJce a better brush than the common tdllsbrts ) 
Ground Al^onps.-{ These taste very much 
like a Cocoanut; are very prdifle. yielding 100 to 1.) Oe- 
Gotods.—(J/ a«y varieties in one package.) 
Hybrid Cucumber.—(A remarMly tmg 
variety - an improvement on tJie White Spined.) Improved 
is the longest of all the 
mg (Heens.) Chinese Scarlet Egg Plant.—(0/ mag- 
scarUt color, and highly ornamental) Mammoth 
Millet. {Extra tall; seed heads much larger than any 
MWite Wheat.—(A new English 
Winter WMat. highly recommended for poor soils, remark- 
aMy free frmiblight and rust.) Otaheitian Sugar Cane 
~{1 his yields more Sugar than any other variety of Suaar 
Cane grown in the North) y J f 
Any of the above vaileties wUl be forwarded, post-paid 
and warranted to reach the purchaser at fifteen cents each. 
■ Sebec Potatoes.— rapidly into favor 
in Boston and vianity as a first doss early market Potato. 
J^rge size,, excellent gucdzty,, and TemaTkahly gn^oductiveD 
Eap/y Goodrich.—(T ra^.) Shaker’s Fancy:—(A netu 
vai-iety of wfite-fleshed Potatoes, considered as early as 
ifiBly Coodneh. yielding equally well, and rapidly gaining 
jn-ior in 1 ennsylvania. This and the Early Sebec are of 
better shape for market gyurposes than the Early Goodiidi. 
I our pound packages of either of these varieties sent to 
any address, warranted to reach the purchaser, on receipt of 
onedolkir. Ah orders for Potatoes ivili be put on file, and 
be fUed as soon as danger from freezing isjyast. 
Catalogues coniaining over two lyundred varieties of war¬ 
ranted Garden Seeds, one hundred and twenty-five of which 
are of my own mowing, sent, gratis, to all applicants. 
al ^nriPy'^^^ ^Aree things; 1st. That my seed is genuine. 
Id. That your pwney shad reach me. Sd. That my seed 
Gait the Public ask for anything fairer 
than tlmf JAMES J. II. GREGOPl) 
Marblehead, Mass. 
pAKSOrVS & CO., 
offer a large assortment of the best 
TltEElS ANm SIIMUBS, 
both for Streets and Lawns. 
PEAR, TREES of large size. 
PEACH TREES, very fine, at $120 per 1,000. 
APPliE, PLUM and other Fruit Trees; 
STRAWBERRIES of the different sorts. 
ROSES on their own roots, not budded or grafted, and 
as strong, bealtbj^ and vigorous as need be desired. The 
finest Hybrid Perpetuals and Mosses at $20 per 100 : $150 
per 1,000. 
TRITOMA UVARIA, $25 per 100. 
(See American Agriculturist, October No., 1866, page 863.) 
LINNAEUS RHUBARB, $5 per 100. 
EVEiSCJIIEEMS 
In very large varietj% Including hardy Rhododendrons of all 
the best kinds, from white to purple. 
For Catalogues, &c., apply to 
PAESOXS & CO., Flusblng, N. Y. 
