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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 26 
Nkw Cannas Tried Last Season.— 
It would seem that the cannas and sweet 
peas are just now the most popular of 
summer bedding plants, and it would 
further seem that this popularity is not 
likely to grow less for some years. There 
is little doubt that both classes will 
be still further improved. It would be 
hard to improve the foliage of the best 
cannas of to-day, but there is room for 
improvement in the size of the flowers, 
and in the durability. We now hear of 
a new strain, not yet offered in this 
country, that bears flowers much larger 
than the lai’gest of the best kinds known 
to us. The new dwarf pea, Cupid, is 
certainly an acquisition, and it need not 
be doubted that we shall soon have 
dwarfs of as many different colors as are 
borne by the tall kinds which need sup¬ 
port. 
The new kinds of cannas tried the past 
season at the Rural Grounds were Queen 
Charlotte, Rose Unique, Millet Fils, 
Tregae Marie (?), Comte de Bouchard, 
Madam Molin, Madame .Montefiore, Ad¬ 
miral Avellan, Ami Pichon, and J. Far- 
quhar. 
Queen Charlotte (plants from H. A. 
Dreer, Philadelphia, and Storrs & Harri¬ 
son, Painesville, O.) was the first (June 
24) to bloom. The plant was then 18 
inches high and blooming constantly. 
On July 10, the flower heads average two 
feet above the soil; August 9, the plants 
were three feet high. We have never 
seen a variety that gives so continuous a 
bloom, or one that gives so many flowers 
to the panicle. The freshly-opened flower 
is bright yellow with a broad tongue of 
scarlet. The flowers fade, the yellow to 
a creamy white, and the scarlet to a crim¬ 
son. The heads of flowers are elevated 
to just the right height above the foli¬ 
age, and the foliage is perfection itself. 
September 2, the average height of Queen 
Charlotte was four feet. It gave us more 
flowers than any other in the collection. 
The flower heads were borne a foot 
above the foliage—the petals are fairly 
divided between yellow and scarlet. We 
know of no other variety that has such 
broad leaves. It is a grand canna. 
Rose Unique bloomed July 10, when 
two feet high, the flowers elevated a 
little above the bluish-green leaves. 
The panicle is not compact ; the petals 
are long and somewhat narrow. The one 
distinct characteristic of this variety is 
the color of the flowers, which evidently 
suggested the name, since the shade does 
approach the pink of roses. 
Millet Fils grew only to the height of 
three feet, six inches. The flowers are 
crimson, borne in medium-sized clusters. 
Its dwarf habit is the most to be said in 
its favor. 
Tregae Marie (our notes do not tell us 
whence it came) bloomed July 10, the 
plants two feet high, the panicles raised 
several inches above the leaves. The 
petals are narrow and in color nearly 
that of Rose Unique. September 2, the 
plants were five feet in height. 
Comte de Bouchard. On July 10, the 
plants were two feet high, the flowers 
borne a foot higher. This seems to us 
the finest canna of its color we have ever 
raised. The petals are broad, the flowers 
well held together, of a golden yellow, 
spotted over the entire surface with a 
bright crimson, making a sharp con¬ 
trast. The leaves are light green. On 
September 2, the plant was about the 
same height as Admiral Avellan—nearly 
six feet. 
Madam Molin. On July 10, the plants 
were but one foot high, and the flower 
heads only a little above the leaves. The 
color is close to that of Ehemanni, a 
brilliant crimson. August 9, the tallest 
flower stem was three feet. The clus¬ 
ters of flowers are large, the petals of 
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Medicine is only another term for Hood’s Sarsa¬ 
parilla. Its unequaled sales show that the people 
recognize it as the one true blood purifier. It 
gives renewed vigor, new hope, high ambitions. 
Hood’s 
Sarsaparilla 
Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. 
HnnrPc t>J|lc are tbe on] >' pills to take 
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’ Quality. Quantity, size of pod, color of pea. cor- 
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BLACK COW PEAS. 
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Maule’s Extra Early Huron Dent Corn 
Best Dent Corn grown for Eastern and Middle 
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lots, $1 per bushel. 
Day’s Leafless Field Beans 
Best field Bean grown for yield and quality. Price. 
$1 per peck ; $3 per bushel. 
Ridge’s Queen Potatoes 
No potato grown that Is the equal of Ridge's Queen 
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“ RIDGE FARM,” Aldenville, Pa. 
W. C. Norton, Agent. 
WORLD’S FAIR DIPLOMA 
on collective exhibit of 12 varieties of potatoes, some 
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White Mountain, per bush.. $1.50. Seed limited. Our 
Early Siberian Oats are new and direct from the 
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inches long, with three oats in a chaff, shuck thin, 
berry large. Mr. B. Truax, of Chittenango Station, 
harvested 108 bushels of these oats from two bushels 
of seed. Price. $1 per bush.. 50 bush.. 85c. Address 
HOWARD LOUCKS SEED CO., Chittenango, N. Y. 
Carman No. I 
Potatoes; cheap, to close out. 
T. GREINER, La Salle, N. Y. 
PURE SEED POTATOES. 
Rural New-Yorker No. 2, Green Mountain. American 
Wonder, 90c. per bbl. Polaris, Ea. Puritan. Ea. Pride, 
$1.20 per bbl. Twenty other standard varieties, 25c. 
per peek f. o. b. Cash with order. Reference, Bank 
of Holland Patent. N. Y. F. H. THOMSON. Holland 
Patent, N. Y., Fairview Farm. 
M oneymaker potatoes.— seed from Edw. f. 
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Price, $1.25 per bbl. Poland-China Boars, 8 months old; 
young pigs in pairs, not akin; sows bred to farrow in 
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IV I H I ULw Potatoes, 75 cents per bbl., f. o. b. 
MERRITT M. CLARK, Bedford, N. Y. 
CqdH ppfatnoo~ Carman No n.-y no. 2 , 
OGGU I UlulUCo Owen Seedling, etc., at low 
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L. W. McELWAIN, Wilawana, Pa. 
Perfect Seed Potatoes' 
■Carman No. 1, R. N.- 
Y. No. 2, etc. Write 
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Reduced Prices! 
Carman No. 1, $1.50 
perbarrel; No. 3, $1.50; 
Sir William, $1.25; R. N.-Y. No. 2, 75c. Choice stock. 
Money order office, Waukesha. 
FRASER BROS., Vernon, Waukesha Co., WIs. 
SGG(j POtStOGS for Sale.—About20choice varie- 
stock. 
ties. Lowest prices to close out 
E. D. FARLEY, Box 088, Le Roy, N Y. 
POTATOES 
Carman No. 3. 
Carman No. I. 
Moneymaker. Early Sunrise. 
Four best. Grown on natural potato land and 
sprayed. Cheap to close out. 
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Lakeview Fruit Farm, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
Golden Mayberry, Strawberry, liasp- 
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Sweet Potato, Celery, Cabbage, Tomato, 
Egg and Pepper Plants. Lincoln and other Plum 
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asking. 1. & J. LEONARD. Iona, N. J. 
PLANTS 
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WM. PERKY, Cool Spring, Del. 
FARMERS 
We have a few bushels of the Im- 
for sale at a low figure. We are having grand suc¬ 
cess with them in Michigan. Every farmer ought to 
raise them. For particulars write at once. 
VAN NESS BROS.. Fremont, Mich. 
SEED POTATOES 
To close out surplus, I offer fine Seed 
as follows, until sold : 
Per Bbl. I Per Bbl. 
Carman No. 1.$2.00 I Early Pride.$2.00 
Carman No. 3. 3.00 I Freeman. 1.50 
Early Harvest. 2.00 | Maggie Murphy_ 2.00 
Order at once. Can ship immediately. 
FRED. E. YOUNG, Nurseryman, Rochester, N.Y 
CARMAN No. I. 
I paid Thorburn $20 per barrel; have never been 
sorry for they are grand in quality and production. 1 
have a few barrels for sale at $2.50 f. o. b. 
C. A. SWEET, East Aurora, N. Y. 
PflTATflFQ Empire State Express (earliest of 
iU I n I ULw all), sample 0c., with Carman No. 1, 
10c. Four quarts of most new kinds for 26c. Thirty 
newest varieties. Wholesale price list free. 
GEO. A. BONNELL, Waterloo, N. Y. 
SI 
a barrel for Orphans, Dutton and White Seed¬ 
lings. Am. Wonders and Maggie Murphys. 
: Selected stock, 12 barrels, $10. 
ED. 8. HILL, Peruville, Tompkins, Co., N. Y. 
up]?]) POTATOES You can b, ‘y ,hem wa v down 
iJLlLD lUHUOhd cheap. 10 varieties, warranted 
true to name. $1 and upwards per barrel. List free. 
GEO. H. COLVIN, Crest Farm, Dalton. Pa. 
