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AMERICAS' AGRICULTURIST. 
[February, 
$1.25 worth if the choicest Seeds for oily 50 cents!! 
BUSS’ POPULAR GOLLEGTIONS. 
new and old sorts, a list of 500 varieties. 
Our Seeds are 
known the world 
_ over as the best in 
the market. In order to introduce them into every garden, we now 
offer our Popular Collections. IW 12 Packets of the choicest 
vegetables grown, amounting at Catalogue prices to 
$1.25, tor only Fifty cents, as follows : Bliss’ American 
Wonder Peas, the best, earliest, dwarfest Pea grown; requires 
no bushing. Mayflower Tomato, very early, fine quality. 
Genuine Bermuda Onion, true seed of this celebrated variety. 
Salamander Lettuce, line heads, stands drought and heat better 
than any other sort. California Mammoth K a dish, very 
large, excellent flavor, good for winter or spring. Arlington Cu- 
i— —s-* variety in the New York 
_„n, has been grown weigh- 
_ - ___Orange Carrot, selected 
by us for 15 years, and now the .best Carrot grown. Bliss’ Im¬ 
proved Premium Flat Dutch Cabbage, best late sort. 
Egyptian Beet, none better. Extra Early Munich Turnip, 
3 weeks earlier than any other variety. Jumbo Pumpkin, speci¬ 
mens have been grown weighing over 200 lbs. 
N. B.— Most of the above sorts were first introduced by us. Send 
to us to get the genuine. 
tW 15 Packets of choice Flower Seeds, amounting at 
Catalogue prices to $1.25, for 50 cents, as follows: Asters, 
Japan Pinks, Everlastings, Pansies, Petunias, Verbenas, &c., &c. 
BOTH the Flower and Vegetable Seed Collections mailed for 90 
cents. For $1.00 we will add a package of our Wild Garden 
Seeds, containing 100 different varieties of flower seeds mixed, suf¬ 
ficient to sow half a square rod of ground. 
No Substitution. Owing to the very liberal discount already 
made on these collections, no other varieties will be substituted for 
those named, nor can any change whatever be made in the col¬ 
lections. 
Order at once and have them on hand when you want to plant. 
Bliss’ Illustrated Hand-Book for the Farm and Gar¬ 
den, 150 pages (300 illustrations and colored plate of beautiful 
flowers), price, 6 cents, telling you how to grow all the above, sent 
free to every oue purchasing one or more collections, who 
asks for it at the time of ordering. Bliss’ Illustrated Potato 
Catalogue. (Ready Feb. 1st.) 48 pages. Illustrations of all the 
It tells how to 
and descriptions of all tile newest varieties of Flower and Vegetable 
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Money Oraer, Draft, Express Order, or Registered Letter ; small amounts may be sent in postage stamps. Address, 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, Seed and "Horticultural Warehouse, 
3 4 Barclay Street, New York. 
^*21 o I 1 V PREMIUMS I 
OFFERED FOR THE LARGEST YIELDS AND HEADS OF 
PRINGL E’S NEW C E It E A. L S. 
PRINGLE’S AMERICAN TRIUMPH OATS. 
This variety, now offered for the first time, is a cross between 
the Excelsior and the Waterloo Oats, combining, in a remark¬ 
able degree, the excellent qualities of both. To present a clearer 
idea of the character of its growth than words could give, we 
had a photograph taken from a sheaf chosen at random in the 
field. The man holding the sheaf was 5 feet 10 inches high, 
so that, by comparison, the proportionate sizes are readily seen 
in the annexed illustration. 
The average height, as the grain stands in the field, is six feet, 
yet the straw is so strong and firm that it holds up well, without 
lodging, the tall, luxuriant heads filled with plump, heavy grains. 
The quality and productiveness of the grain are unexcelled, 
yielding from 50 to 100 bushels per acre, according to the condi¬ 
tion and state of fertility of the land. 
The crop from which our seed was obtained has, while standing 
on the field, been examined by many experienced Oat-growers, 
all of which declared that they never saw anything to equal the 
“American Triumph Oats ” in health and vigor of straw, nor in 
yield and weight of grain. Owing to the small stock, we can 
only offer the Oats in packets. 25c. per packet of 1 ounce; 5 
packets, $1.00. 
PRINGEE’S ADAMAN^ WHEAT. 
In this variety we have one of the hardiest and most flinty 
varieties in cultivation, very productive, hardy, and vigorous. It 
Is a beardless white chaff variety, with long, narrow headB 
closely set with medium sized amber colored kernels which pro¬ 
duce flour of very superior quality. Straw yellowish white, very 
stiff and erect, averaging about 4 feet in height. For cultivation 
In the North-west, Colorado, and the Pacific Coast, where hard 
wheat is the favored sort, we are confident that this will be par¬ 
ticularly desirable. Price 25 cents per packet of 1 ounce; 5 
packets, $1.00. 
PRINGLE’S GREEN JIOUNTAIN WHEAT. 
This is another beardless variety of great promise. It has 
been grown for the past two years by one of the most experi¬ 
enced wheat cultivators In Northern Vermont, In close prox¬ 
imity to the Green Mountains, who pronounces it the best he has 
ever grown. The straw averages about 4 feet, light yellow, very 
strong, and free from rust. Heads average 4 to 5 Inches in 
$210 IN PREMIUMS. 
Every one can compete. No restriction, except the seed must 
be bought of us. In order to induce farmers and others inter¬ 
ested in the cultivation of grain to give these varieties a thor¬ 
ough and universal trial, we offer $210 in premiums to those who 
produce the largest quantity of seed from one packet of the seed; 
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ttt, , „ --f:- and for the twenty best and heaviest heads of both the varieties, 
of 'Vhcat and Oats purchased of us. Those ordering will please state, with their order, that they desire to compete for 
the Premiums. Descriplive circulars, with full particulars, mailed free on application. 
NEW MAMMOTH PUMPKIN-JUMBO. 
This is undoubtedly the largest variety grown, often attaining the weight of two hundred pounds. Per pkt., 10 cents; 
oz., 20; lb., 60; lb., $2.00. Every purchaser is entitled to compete for 
FORTY DOLLARS IN PREMIUMS, 
to be awarded as follows: $25.00 to the grower of the largest Jumbo Pumpkin ; $10.00 to the grower of the second largest; 
and $5.00 to the grower of the third largest. Specimens for competition to be delivered at our store, free of expense to 
us, previous to October 15, 1883, and on November 1st the cash will be forwarded to those entitled to it. 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 31 Barclay Street, New York. 
ALBERT DICKINSON, 
Dealer in Timothy, Clover, Flax, Hungarian, Millet, Red Top, Blue 
Grass, Lawn Grass, Orchard Grass, Bird Seeds, &c. 
POP CORN. 
uvrsVif.,,™5 H5, 117 & 119KinzieSt. Office. 115 Kinzie St„ 
" arenouses u04, 10G. 108 & 110 Michigan St. C H1C A C O, I L L. 
COLLECTION OF 
5EED51PLANTS 
I Embraces every desirable novelty of MAIdilAll 
fully described in their III HII UHL 
I the season, fully 
of EVERYTHING fortTe 
|"which for 1888. contains PETER HENDERSON’S! 
I “Revised Instructions on Vegetable and Flower Cul -1 
Wture” making it a condensed Gardening Book, having! 
1 all the latest information known to the author of “ Gar-1 
|denlng for Profit.” Mailed free on application. 
(Please state in what paper you ' saw this). 
Peter Henderson & Co., 
35 & 37 Cortlandt St., New York. 
THE U. S. MAIL 
BRINGS 
Dreer’s Seed Warehouse 
to the door of every Planter. This great con¬ 
venience places Dreer’s Reliable Garden Seeds 
within the reach of all. All Seeds Mailed Post¬ 
age Free, except Peas, Beans, and Corn in bulk. A full 
supply ot delicious Vegetables and beautiful 
Flowers all the year round, Dreer’s Garden 
Calendar for 1883, ready early in January. Mailed free. 
HENRY A. DREER. Seedsman, 
Established 1838. 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia- 
intjor. | Tilt- Most Remark, 
ImllOCLL all le Raspberry ever 
Produced. Send for full accoun* 
I and a beautiful chromo of it. The 
| finest stock in the U. S. of 
, SMALL FRUITS, 
I embracing all valuable varieties, 
I also a superior stock of Fruit 
I Trees. Lovett’s Small Fruits 
are the best. Catalogue, brilliant* 
I ly illustrated (colored plates), tell- 
I ing how to get and grow them r 
I honest descriptions, fair prices, 
free. The most beautiful and useful Fruit Catalogue ever 
published. J. T. LOVETT, Little Silver, N. J.» 
Introducer of Cuthbert Raspberry & Manchester Strawberry • 
SEEDS 
Reliable and 
Warranted. 
Try them* I’ll 
undersell any 
firm. I will not be 
beaten. 1 have the 
= largest and best 
stock and 20,000 custom¬ 
ers to prove it. Ladies and 
Gardeners say they never 
fail. All my life a Seed 
Grower. I defy all competi- 
_ tion. I give more extras 
with orders than some firms sell. 1 have 60,000 
beautiful Illustrated Guides FREE. Hundreds 
of costly engravings. Every one pictured, de¬ 
scribed & priced, many pkts as low as 3c. post¬ 
age paid. Cheap as dirt by the ounce, pound, 
&c. My beautiful free Guide and Catalogue is 
worth many dollars. R, H. SHTJMWAY, Rockford, III. 
CHOICE SEEDS! BEST OFFER YET! 
For 25c. or Nine 3c. U. S. Postage Stamps, I will Bend, 
for trial. 10 papers Choicest Seeds, growth of 1882, 50 to- 
300 seeds in each paper, and my New Illustrated Seed Cata¬ 
logue, Double Rose Aster (18 colors, mixed); Verbena 
(from 100 kinds)-, Australian Daisies ; Phlox (16 colors); Pe¬ 
tunia (12 varieies); Double Portulaca 18 colors); Perennial 
Larkspur ; Double Zinnia (8 colors); Double White Centered 
Asters (6 colors); Ice Plant. 
L. W. GOODELL, Amherst, Mass. 
= GARDEN SEEDS!~ 
Our SEEDS are all grown and selected with the greatest 
care. Choicest Tomato Seed a Specialty. Our 
Tomatoes were awarded First Premium at Ohio State Fair 
1882. Market and private Gardeners should send 
for our price list. 
GRAHAM & JOHNSON, Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 
SEEDS 
Our Large GARDEN GUIDE 
describing Cole's Reliable Seeds 
is Mailed Free to A11. We 
offer the Latest Novelties in 
SEED POTATOES, Corn, Oats 
and Wheat, and the Best Collection of Vegetable, 
Flower, Grass and Tree SEED. Everything is tested. 
Address COLE «fc BKO., Seedsmen, PELLA, IOWA. 
HPT? XT'I? Si AND SCIONS of Kiefler and Le- 
■ JAUJJLH3 conte Pears; Peach Trees; Superb, 
Hansell, Cunison. Beauty and Reliance Raspberries; 
James Vick, Old Iron Clad, Big Bob, Manchester and Indi- 
\ ana Strawberries; Staymen's Early Blackberries. 
' Long list of other fruits and plants. Price List free to all. 
S. C. DeCOU, Moorestown, Burlington Co., N. J. 
READER! 
BROTHERS,Krene.N.H. It will r 
ou love Rare Flowers, 
est only, address ELLIS 
astonish and please. Free. 
rjJHE CENTENNIAL GRAPE has the qualities ot 
JL the Delaware and Catawba combined in one. Send for 
price list to D»S. MARVIN, Watertown, N. Y. 
A 
DESCRIPTIVE ILLUSTRATED NUR¬ 
SERY CATALOGUE, and Guide for the Fruit 
and Ornamental Planter, sent to all applicants. 
YVM. II. MOON, Morrisville, Pa. 
