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1895 
GENERAL MENTION.—Continucd.. 
of seeds and plants. The new violet “California” 
is considered, in the way of novelties, a floral 
wonder. The stems are said to be 12 inches 
long’, and the flower is as large as a silver dollar, 
the color being a violet purple and the flower 
very fragrant. 
S. F. Leonard, 153 Randolph Street, Chicago, 
Ill.—A large catalogue, 75 pages, of seeds of all 
kinds. Specialties: Warty Hubbard squash and 
the Leonard potato. Eleven pages of other spe 
cialties. 
Pitcher & Manda, Short Hills, N. J.—A splendid 
catalogue, elegantly illustrated, 100 pages, of 
flower and vegetable seeds and bulbs for spring 
planting, 16 pages of specialties, and two colored 
plates. 
John Gardiner & Co., 631 Market Street, Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa.—A catalogue, 80 pages, of vegetable, 
farm and flower seeds. Two beautifully colored 
cover pages, showing sweet peas and dwarf nas¬ 
turtiums. 
The Dingee A Conard Company, West Grove, 
Pa.—A catalogue of roses as a first specialty and 
seeds of all kinds—110 pages, colored covers, 
two colored pages of new cannas and one of 
leading roses. 
W. S. Litti,e A Co., Rochester, N. Y.—A well 
illustrated catalogue, 65 pages, of large and 
small fruits, ornamental trees, shrubs and plants. 
Two new peaches, the Chapman and the Hyatt, 
are highly commended. 
T. W. Wood A Sons, Richmond, Va.—A general 
catalogue, 90 pages, of seeds, plants and fruits. 
Specialties, the Wonderful and other cow peas, 
Virginia ensilage corn. Complete information as 
to grass and clover seeds. 
Thayer Fruit Farms, Sparta, Wis.—Strawberry, 
raspberry, blackberry, gooseberry plants, cur¬ 
rants and grapes. Over 100 acres are devoted to 
small fruits alone. The Sparta strawberry and 
Loudon raspberry are specialties. 
Parsons A Sons Company, Flushing, N. Y.—A 
catalogue of all kinds of hardy ornamentals— 
rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias and half-hardy 
shrubs and plants. This firm have introduced 
some of our most popular shrubs and trees. 
Price A Reed, 516 Broadway, Albany, N. Y.—A 
seed catalogue of 50 pages. It is claimed for the 
new Champion sweet corn introduced by this 
firm, that ears free of husk weighing 1*4 pound 
each, 12!4 inches long, 814 inches in circumfer¬ 
ence, were grown in 61 days. 
Carolina Seed and Pecan Company, Ivanhoe, 
N. C.—“ Modern Pecan Culture” (Facts in a nut¬ 
shell) is the title of a few pages that tell how to 
plant a pecan grove and all about the culture of 
pecans. The company offer four trees for $1, 
with lower rates for higher numbers. 
The Huntington Seed Company, Indianapolis, 
Ind.—A catalogue of seeds, 16 pages of specialties, 
poultry, bedding plants, farm and garden ma¬ 
chinery. Among the specialties are Wonder pea, 
Early Mammoth sweet corn, Improved Red Valen¬ 
tine bean, Improved Long Green cucumber. 
The Jewell Nursery Company, Lake City, 
Minn.—A large catalogue, 100 pages, of large and 
small fruits, hardy ornamental plants, hardy 
herbaceous plants, roses, bulbs. A specialty is 
made of the North Star currant which, it is 
claimed, is less affected by drought than any 
other variety. 
McGregor Brothers, Springfield, O.—A large, 
profusely illustrated catalogue, 100 pages, of 
roses and all sorts of bedding and house plants. 
Swainsonia Galigibolia alba is a new house 
climber of the pea family,'and highly commended. 
Two new roses, Senator McNaughton and Maman 
Cochet, are specialties among the roses. 
Stone A Wellington, Fonthill Nurseries, To¬ 
ronto, Ont.—Fruit, large and small, and orna¬ 
mental trees—116 pages, 30 of which are special¬ 
ties. Among these are the Fitzgerald peach, 
Dempsey and Ritson pears and Gainor black¬ 
berry. We have had the last for several years 
and regard it as one of the hardiest and' best 
varieties. 
P. Emerson, Camden and Wyoming Avenue 
Nurseries, Wyoming, Del.—In this circular, the 
Ridgely chestnut is made a specialty, and we may 
assure our readers that it is a specialty that ail 
should try. We regard it as of better quality than 
the Paragon, and nearly as large. The two new 
apples, Lily of Kent and Jackson, are evidently 
worthy of investigation. 
D. Landreth A Sons, Philadelphia, Pa.—An 
album of photographic views of the several seed 
farms owned by this firm, which is now 111 years 
old. These photographic views are exceedingly 
interesting and instructive as well. Also their 
regular general catalogue of American grown 
seeds, a part of which is a calendar of monthly 
operations for every month in the year. 
A. Blanc A Co., 314 North lith Street, Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa.—The specialties offered in this illus¬ 
trated catalogue are : Burbank’s Golden May¬ 
berry ; Saghalin, the new forage plant ; the 
Carmine Fountain (Thyrsacanthus rutilaus) for 
indoor or table decoration; three new solanums; 
Datura coccinea with the yellow and crimson 
flowers seven inches long, and many others. 
William Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pa.—A 
general seed, plant and fruit catalogue of 120 
pages, with colored covers and five colored pages. 
Among potatoes, the Irish Daisy is the novelty of 
the season. It matures with The R. N.-Y. No. 2, 
and Mr. Maule claims that it will outyield that 
variety two to one. As tried at the Rural Grounds 
during the last season, which was so unfavor¬ 
able, six pieces yielded 26 marketable and 30 small 
tubers, weighing 7% pounds. They are exceed¬ 
ingly variable in shape and not of the first 
quality. 
HOW I LOST $1,000 ON VEGETABLES. 
It came about thus. I was induced to buy my 
vegetable seed in Minnesota and Chicago instead 
of the Salzer Seed Company. It was a sad mis¬ 
take and I will never follow strange seedsmen 
again. Instead of having the earliest, finest 
vegetables, I had inferior, late stock, although 
they claimed their seeds were as good as Salzer’s. 
You see Salzer s seed gave me cabbage in 55 days, 
and I always made $400 on that, and then on early 
radishes, cucumbers, melons, corn, peas and 
onions I always cleared $600, yes, often more. 
Thus, by not getting the seed from Salzer, I am 
out over $1,000 and had endless worry trying to 
please my customers who were accustomed to 
magnificent vegetables from Salzer’s seeds. 
If You Will Cut This Out and Send It 
with 6 cents postage to the John A. Salzer Seed 
Company, La-Crosse, Wis., you will get free a pack¬ 
age of their Fourteen Day Paris Radish and 
their mammoth plant and seed catalogue.— Adv. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
i35 
New Sweet Peas. 
-More than 20,000 Pounds of Seed!- 
We are headquarters in 
America for Sweet Peas, 
and now call attention to 
The Greatest Offer Ever 
Made in Sweet Peas, 
Known as FORDHOOK COLLECTION 
of NEW SWEET PEAS for 1895. 
PjAf* O we will send, postpaid, to any address, 
1 V/l tto. oue full-sized packet of each of the 
Five Finest Novelties, and a large packet of New Sweet Peas, mixed. 
This collection contains one liberal packet each of— 
BLUSHING BEAUTY. One of the finest; three to four flowers facing one way 
on long stems. The color is lovely beyond expression; exquisitely soft fleshy-rose. 
COUNTESS OF RADNOR. Three large, expanded flowers on a stem, with 
wo colors clearly shown ; the wings are delicate light mauve, while the standards 
are rich lavender mauve. Unequaled for contrast with light and pink. 
EMILY HENDERSON. A pure white seedling from Blanche Berry, 
possessing all the extra early and free-flowering qualities of its parent. 
Good, lasting flowers on stiff stems; pure satiny white in color. 
FIREFLY. For color this superb variety is unapproached. Splendid, 
large, expanded flowers, three on a stem; truly a fiery scarlet, vivid in the 
wings and deep brilliant in the standards. 
GAIETY. Splendid, expanded flowers, three to four on long stems, standing 
out well from the foliage; wings and standards beautifully marked witli lively 
stripes of bright crimson on white. 
NEW SWEET PEAS, MIXED. This is our own mixture—a beauti¬ 
ful bouquet of which, natural size, painted in fourteen colors, is shown 
on the superb new painting mentioned below. It contains more 
than jo Eckford Novelties. The seed is now so cheap that 
lovers of Sweet Peas should plant it by the pound. Per packet 
5 cents, 6 packets for 25 cents; ounce 10 cents, 3 one-ounce 
packages for 25 cents; quarter pound 30 cents; per pound 
$i.oo, postpaid. 
With the above we send FREE a copy of the 
popular booklet,- 
“ALL ABOUT SWEET PEAS,” 
specially written for us by the Rilv. Mr. Hutchins, 
and charmingly illustrated, a simple but trust¬ 
worthy guide to success with Sweet Peas. 
Five complete collections (with five 
books) for $1.00. With a dollar order we 
will also send FREE, if asked for, our elegant 
new lithographed hanger, size thirty by nine 
inches, showing six bouquets of Sweet Peas, 
painted in fourteen colors. 
AT'ENTC* nTTTGTT For 30 cts. we will 
AljCltlN UUlrll. mail to any address 
one Complete Collection of Sweet Peas as above; 
one Elegant Lithographed Hanger, rolled in a 
tube; one copy of “A Year’s Work at Fordhook 
Farm;” one copy of Burpee’s Farm Annual or A 
Bright Book About Seeds (whichever you have not 
now); several Special Illustrated Circulars of Sweet 
Peas, order sheets, etc., with private terms to agents. 
BURPEE’S FARM ANNUAL for 1895- 
“ The Leading American Seed Catalogue.’ ’ A handsome book of 174 pages, 400 illustrations, beautiful colored 
plates painted from nature, with many new features for 1895. It tells about the BEST SEEDS that grow, including 
rare novelties that cannot lie had elsewhere. Price 10 cents (less than cost), but mailed Free to intending purchasers. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 
We will pay $300 for a name. 
SWEET PEfiS, liNNiiir 1 0"iy 40 c. a pound! 
For full particulars of $300 offer and the handsomest and most com¬ 
plete catalogue of Flowers, Vegetables and Fruits, containing all old fa¬ 
vorites and cream of new Novelties, printed in 17 different colors, elegant 
colored plates. Send 10 cts. (which may be deducted from first order) for 
5 FLORAL GUIDE. 
SEEDS contain the germ of life. 
JAMES VICK'S SONS, Rochester, N. Y. 
Loudon New Red Raspberry. 
M. A. TiiAYKRsays : “ A personal visit to F. W. Loudon reveals—First: A man 
of wonderful ability, whose heart and soul are completely wrapped up in horticul¬ 
tural experimental work. Second : The Loudon red raspberry, the most promising 
new berry I have ever seen—large, firm, beautiful, good, prolific, hardy. The ideal 
berry. If others cultivate as he cultivates it, and it grows on other soils as it 
grows on his, then, indeed, we have the long-looked-for perfect berry.” Mr. Thayer 
is President of State Hort. Society. 
E. S. Goff, Professor of Horticulture at the Wisconsin Experiment Station, says: 
“ I find bush one foot shorter than Turner, canes strong. Scarce any anthracnose 
or septoria on plants. Fruit of general form and color of Cuthbert. Equal to 
largest Cuthbert in size. Superior to Cuthbert in firmness and quality. In produc¬ 
tiveness equal to most productive Cuthbert plant ever seen. Without protection 
the young plants are making vigorous growth. And if productiveness should be 
equal on other grounds to that of Mr. Loudon’s, this variety will prove a valuable 
acquisition, and is destined to become a standard both for home use and market.” 
Mr. E. S. Carman, Editor of The Rural New-Yorker, says : “ Loudon Rasp¬ 
berry is the coming market red raspberry, an improvement on the justly popular 
Cuthbert.” 
“ I have fruited Loudon at Rochester and Clifton, N. Y., and find it superior 
to Cuthbert in all respects. I have visited it at its home in Wisconsin. It is the 
greatest raspberry of the age.”—C. A. Green. 
PRICES OF LOUDON NEW RED RASPBERRY, 50c. each; (i for $2.75 ; 12 for 
$5.00; 50 for $18.00 ; 100 far $35.00. Send for Green’s Fruit Instructor and sample 
copy Green’s Fruit Grower. GREEN’S NURSERY CO., Rochester, N. Y. 
Thompson’s 
SOWS CLOVER, 
TIMOIHY, ALFALFA, 
RED TOP, FLAX, 
and all kinds of 
GRASS SEEDS 
Weight 40 lbs. 
lend for circulars. 
GRASS 
SEEDER 
Sows any Quantity. 
Evenly, Accurately, 
». E. THOMPSON & SONS, 
17 River St.. Ypsilanti, Mich. 
Seeder 
sows timothy, clover and all 
other seeds perfectly even. (X) 
acres a day. Saves % labor 'A 
seed, 200,000 In use. Benton 
trial. Special price and cir¬ 
culars free. CHAMPION 
MKICIIKK CO. IIrbanu,Ind. 
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ROLLER 
THE BEST, CHEAPEST 
AND MOST DURABLE. 
We also manufacture Grain Thresh¬ 
ers and Separators, Sweep Powers, 
1, 2 & 3-horse Tread 
Powers, Hand and 
Power Corn Shell* 
ers, Chilled Plows, 
Hand and Power 
Feed Cutters, 
Grinding Mills, 
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pire Mowers, Hav Itakes, Wood Saws, ^ 
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WOVEN WIRE FENCE 
V/ hy pay CO to 90c. a rod fo r >E 
fence when you can make the 
best Woven Wire Fence on* - 
earth,horse high,bull strong-,, 
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43 to 20c. A BOD? 
A man and boy can niano 
»from 40 to GO Rod3 a 
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