THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 26 
144 
Catalogues for 1898. 
(continued.) 
Titk Page Seed Company, Greene, N. 
Y.—A catalogue of vegetable and flower 
seeds, roses and bulbs. 
William May, New Springfield, Ohio. 
—A pamphlet and price-list of fruit 
packages and baskets. 
John F. Dayton, Waukon, Iowa.—A 
wholesale price-list of small fruits, grape 
vines and seed potatoes. 
C. E. Kelley, Newark, N. Y.—A cata¬ 
logue of seed potatoes, corn and oats, 
large and small fruits. His selection of 
potatoes is of the best. 
Farmer Seed Company, Faribault, 
Minn.—Grasses, clovers, millets, legumi¬ 
nous plants, wheat, oats, potatoes and 
vegetable seeds of all kinds are special¬ 
ties. 
P. D. Berry, Dayton, Ohio.—A cata¬ 
logue of strawberries and other small 
fruits. The new Munger blackcap is 
LANCASTER LETTUCE. Fig. 65. See Page 140. 
described as being 25 per cent larger 
than the Gregg. Mr. E. Y. Teas pro¬ 
nounces it the best, the most profitable 
blackcap in cultivation. 
W. A. Easterley, Cleveland, Tenn.— 
A catalogue of large and small fruits, 
shrubs and trees. The peach, pear, 
plum and apple are specialties. 
A. J. McMatii, Onley, Va.—A cata¬ 
logue of strawberries and other small 
fruits and ornamental trees. Some of 
the popular varieties of strawberries are 
offered as low as $1.50 per 1,000. 
Chas. W. Ford & Co., Fishers, Ontario 
County, N. Y.—A circular and price-list 
of 75 varieties of potatoes. In a three- 
years' trial of “85 heavy yielders, the 
new variety, Good News, yielded most 
by one-third.” 
J. II. Tryon, Willoughby, O.—A con¬ 
cise list of grape vines and small fruits. 
Among grapevines, the grand Campbell's 
Early grape is a specialty. The $1 col¬ 
lections of grapes are well selected, 12 
vines being sent for that price. 
C. S. Pratt, Reading, Mass.—A cata¬ 
logue of strawberries and other small 
fruits, Japan plums, peaches, pears and 
shrubs. Also, a treatise entitled, How 
to Grow Thirty Thousand Quarts of 
Strawberries in Thirty Months from One 
Acre. 
R. Douglas’s Sons, Waukegan, Ill.— 
Wholesale catalogue of the Waukegan 
Nurseries. This old and absolutely trust¬ 
worthy firm offers the largest stock of 
evergreens grown in America. The list 
comprises only those known to be hardy. 
Any of our readers who desire to plant 
evergreen trees, either in large or small 
quantities, should look this list over 
before making out their orders. Surely, 
prices will not stand in the way of a 
liberal selection which, especially during 
the Winter season, will in a few years, 
so help to enliven the country home. 
Little trees of the very best of the ever¬ 
green species will be sent by mail for 
prices that almost any one that owns a 
country home that he desires to improve, 
may afford. A few quotations will show 
this : 100 Norway spruces, or Arbor-vitaj 
or Scotch pine by mail, postpaid, for $1, 
and we know from actual trial that these 
little trees from the Douglas nurseries 
will grow as vigorously as any other 
trees,and overtake larger trees that suffer 
more or less from transplanting. So, too, 
deciduous trees are sent by mail. For 
instance, 100 of the Hardy Catalpa or the 
Soft maple or the Russian mulberry or 
the box elder, or the White elm or White 
ash will be sent postpaid for $1. 
The Conard-Jones Company, West 
Grove, Pa.—New Floral Guide of 85 
pages, with colored covers showing the 
White, Crimson and Yellow Rambler 
roses and the new pink canna, Maiden’s 
Blush. Two new climbing roses, origi¬ 
nating with this old firm, now offered 
for the first time, are named May Queen 
and Ruby Queen. They are hybrids of 
the beautiful Wichuraiana and Queen’s 
Scarlet and Mrs. Degraw. They are 
described as Tea roses and as hardy as 
oaks. This firm also offers a full list of 
bedding plants, shrubs, etc. 
The George II. Mellen Company, 
Springfield, Ohio.—Of this catalogue of 
80 pages, 25 are given to roses, many of 
which are offered in collections at popu¬ 
lar prices. For instance, 25 ever-bloom¬ 
ing Tea roses are offered, postage pre¬ 
paid, for $1. As this offer is made to 
induce people to give this firm a trial, it 
is, evidently, to this firm’s interest to 
send a satisfactory assortment of well- 
rooted plants. The rest of the catalogue 
is devoted to Geraniums, Carnations, Be¬ 
gonias, palms, ferns and other orna¬ 
mental and useful plants and fruits. 
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Scott’s Emulsion is not a 
“baby food,” but is a most 
excellent food for babies 
who are not well nourished. 
A part of a teaspoonful 
mixed in milk and given 
every three or four hours, 
will give the most happy 
results. 
The cod-liver oil with the 
hypophosphites added, as in 
this palatable emulsion, not 
only to feeds the child, but 
also regulates its digestive 
functions. 
Ask your doctor about this. 
30c. and $i.oo ; all druggists. 
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. 
VUE no longer supply our seeds to dealers to 
'' sell again. At the same time, any¬ 
one who has bought our seeds of their 
local dealer during either 1896 or 1897 will 
be sent our Manual of “ Everything for the 
Garden” for 1898 pppp provided they 
apply by letter FIvCD and give the 
name of the local merchant from whom 
they bought. To all others, this magnifi¬ 
cent Manual, every copy of which costs us 
30 cents to place in your hands, will be sent 
free on receipt of 10 cents (stamps) to cover 
postage. Nothing like this Manual has 
ever been seen here or abroad; it is a book 
of 200 pages, contains 500 engravings of 
seeds and plants, mostly new, and these are 
supplemented by 6 full size colored plates 
of the best novelties of the season, finally, 
OUR “SOUVENIR” SEED COLLECTION 
will also be sent without charge to all appli¬ 
cants sending 10 cts. for the Manual who will 
state where they saw this advertisement. 
Postal Card Applications Will Receive No Attention. 
PeterHendersonsCo. 
35x37 CORTL ANDT ST N EW YORK 
THE RECORDS SHOW CURES OF 
Rheumatism 
BY THE USE OF ST. JACOBS OIL OF CHRONIC CRIPPLES AND OF BED-RIDDEN 
INFLAMMATORY CASES. THERE’S NO DENYING, IT CURES. 
DIBBLE’S SEED POTATOES. 
Northern-Grown, Pure and Absolutely Free from Blight or Rot. All the new and standard kinds and 
enough of them on hand at this writing to plant 5,000 acres, at the lowest possible price consistent with 
highest quality of stock. Wholesale Catalogue on application. 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE, Wholesale Seed Grower, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
This Is the New White Beauty. 
A potato that has more good qualities than any 
other. With ordinary culture it yields 250 bushels of 
marketable tubers to the acre. Cooking quality per¬ 
fect. You will make a mistake if you do not try this 
truly great potato. Illustrated catalogue Free telling 
all about this and the best thirty varieties. Sir Walter 
Raleigh, Carman’s, etc. Stock grown under our own 
supervision. True to name and warranted free from 
rot and blight. 
O. H. WHITE & SON, Miller Corners, New York. 
SEED POTATOES 
Mention this paper. 
BOV EE, Vigorosa. UNCLE SAM, SIR WALTER RALEIGH, Country 
Gentleman, and fifty more of the new and best varieties. Pure choice 
stock, direct from the grower. Write at once for our free catalogue. 
Carman No. 3, $2.75 per barrel. Get our prices before purchasing 
F. M. WEBSTER & CO., Fishers, N. Y. 
Seed Potatoes 
Northern Grown 
It ‘ \ Our Minnesota Grown Seed Pda¬ 
's t ) toes, such as Early Ohio, Whit* 
^ 4 y Ohio, Early Minnesota, Carmaa No. 
s land Carman No. 3 and other stand- 
( A. ard varieties at Farmers’ prices, from 
V •' $2.25 per barrel upwards. Write for 
\ 1 Catalogue which we send free. 
( , j All other Seeds for the Farm, Field 
' or Garden at lowest prices. OurCata- 
/ Ts logue tells all about it. Write for it. 
wL Buy your Seeds direct from tha 
[ / . y\ arowers! FARMERSEED 
V _ CO., Farmers and Seed Growers, 
' — " y Faribault, Minn. 
b !!Td Potatoes 
Grmvn for seed. Warranted free from disease. Prices 
lowest. Catalogue of 70 varieties mailed FREE. 
A. G. ALDRIDGE, Fishers, Out. Co., N. Y. 
Seed Potatoes. 
Northern Grown, clean seed. Early Michigan, $1.25 
per bushel; Livingston’s Banner. Carman No. 3, Car¬ 
man No. 1 and Rural New-Yorker No. 2, $1 per bushel 
f. O. b. JAMES MAWHINNEY, Alpena, Mich. 
f| r FCI 1 CV Cata, °Fue ready for mailing. 
1$, r R r| Ir T Send for it; no free seeds, 
a -1 Newark, Wayne Co., N. Y 
NEW POTATO 
“ WASHINGTON.” 
This potato is worthy of its name. It is first in every 
respect. Yields IMMENSE crops of the VERY 
HANDSOMEST potatoes grown. Please write for 
catalogue containing description and price. It will 
pay you to plant the Best Potato. 
JOSEPH HARRIS COMPANY, 
MORETON FARM, 
Monroe County, N. Y. 
CLOVER SEED 
Timothy and other grass seeds. We clean these 
seeds by new methods—take out every kind of 
weed seed. We buy them—clean them—sell them 
any quantity, every quality. Close prices. Out’ 
samples free. Envelopes for your samples free. 
Our booklet Seed Sense free. Write to-day. 
THE WHITNEY-NOYES SEED C0„ 
Specialist in Seed Cleaning, 
Binghamton, N. Y. 
A POTATO SUPERIORITY 
Ml Olds’ » Catalogue 
H AH the standard varieties and the best new ones, such as 
Vigorosa, Hovee, Sir Walter Kuleigh, Early Mich., 
Acme, Carman’s 1 and 8, Ac. Smooth stock, pure seed, 
V SEmv 1 ° w prices. Also all kinds of Choire Field and Garden 
Seeas. Send 1 1 A| nC Drawer Gy 
NSW for catalogue. LaLaULUOj Clinton, Wl8* 
^ J Medium Red, $3.50 per 
. over uG6D bu,; Mammotii < *3.7&, 
w ■ w ■ w w " carefully recleaned. 
Sacks free. Sample of either for 2-cent stamp. Bovee 
Potatoes; $2 per bu., 2nd size. $150; other varieties, 
$1 per bu. J. M. FLUKE, Nankin, Ohio. 
QOTATO FARM, SMITH’S, Manchester, N. Y., grows 
1 seed potatoes catalogued by best seedsmen. Cir¬ 
cular. Saves $ $ experimenting (with poor ones) 
SUGAR-BEET SEED SfoSSrS, 
August ltolker & Sous, 52 Hey Street, New York. 
THE MOST WONDERFUL GREENHOUSE IN THE WORLD. 
At first sight the reader will naturally inquire what there can be about this small, rudely con¬ 
structed affair to entitle it to be called “The Most Wonderful Greenhouse in the World.” We think, 
however, that the following facts will justify that title. 
The Greenhouse shown in the above illustration is situated in Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone 
National Park, Wyoming. The altitude at that Point is 7,400 feet above sea level, and there is not a 
month in the year that ice does not at some time form. Nevertheless, this Greenhouse is heated with¬ 
out fire, and produces vegetables ol the finest quality, in the shortest space of time from the planting 
of the seed, than any other Greenhouse in the world. 
The simple facts are these. The Greenhouse is built over a running stream which comes from a 
six-inch hole in the formation at a temperature of 195 ° F. This, not only at all times furnishes ample 
heat, but the vapor with which the vegetation is constantly surrounded, hastens its growth to an 
astonishing degree. For instance: Lettuce planted from dry seed came upin two days. Cucumbers 
in three days, and Radishes in four days. Lettuce, twenty.eight days after planting, measured 
twenty-two inches across. Cucumbers were gathered in thirty-four days after planting, yield¬ 
ing very heavily. 
The illustration and facts above given are taken from the Catalogue of Northrup, King & Co., 
Seedsmen, Minneapolis, Minn., and is one of the many novel and interesting features of their book. 
Their Catalogue is mailed free to those who write for it. 
