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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[March, 
Extra Early. Very Productive. Re¬ 
quires no Bushing. Exquisite Flavor. 
Dr. Thurber, Editor of American Agriculturist, after 
two years’ trial, says: “ Messrs. B. K. Bliss & Sons deserve 
the congratulation of the whole gardening community for 
having introduced so excellent a variety of this popular 
vegetable.” 
From Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, July 14.1881.— 
“ Tour Peas are wonderful, none others so good. I do not 
mean to plant another year any others, early or late. They 
beat the Alpha in earlineS3 and out of sight in flavor.” 
From Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Pres. American 
Pomological Society, Ex-Pres. U. S. Agricultural Society, 
June 80, 1881.—“ My American Wonder is a wonder, equal 
in sweetness and richness to the Champion of England, 
which is all that could be desired.” 
So says in substance every one who has tested it. We 
have yet to hear the first complaint from any one who has 
planted the genuine variety obtained from us. 
CAUTION.—As there is another Pea in the market 
called “ American Wonder,” be sure and call for “ Bliss’ 
American Wonder,” and receive no other. 
Per pkt., 10 cents: half-pint, 25; pint, 45; quart,80; by 
mail, post-paid. When delivered at our store, or sent by 
express at purchaser s expense, pint, 35 cents; quart, 60; 
half-peck, $2.50; peck, $4.50. 
Prices for larger quantities will be given on application. 
1,500 Varieties Rare and Beautiful Flower Seeds. 
500 Varieties Choice Vegetable Seeds. 
500 Varieties Seed Potatoes. 
Flowering Plants for the Parlor and Garden. 
Small Fruits, all the leading varieties. 
Selected Seeds of all the leading and improved va¬ 
rieties of Root and Forage Crops for Field Culture, 
consisting of Carrots, Mangel Wurzel, and Sugar 
Beets, Corn, Turnips, Ruta Baga, Grass Seeds, 
etc. Fertilizers, Garden Tools, and other Requi¬ 
sites for the Farm aud Garden. 
A complete descriptive and priced list of the above, with 
directions for culture, will be found in 
150 pages. Over 300 Illustrations, and a 
Beautifully Colored Plate of Carnation Piuks, 
Mailed for two three-ceut stamps, to cover 
postage. 
BLISS’ ILLUSTRATED POTATO CATA¬ 
LOGUE, 40 pages. A valuable treatise on the Potato, and 
descriptive list of all the principal varieties grown. Pro¬ 
fusely illustrated. Price, 10 cents. 
Bliss’ Illustrated Catalogue ox Novelties mailed free to 
all applicants. 
$210 IN, 3?KEj>£ITJ]>Ji*5 I 
OFFERED FOR THE LARGEST YIELDS AND HEADS OF 
P11INGL E’S NEW CEREALS. 
Pringle’s American Triumph Oats. 
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 produc¬ 
tiveness of the grain are unexcelled, yielding from 50 to lOO bushels per 
acre, according to the condition 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 de¬ 
clared that they never saw anything to equal the “American Triumph 
Oats ” in health and vigor of straw, or in yield and weight of grain. Owing 
to the small stock, we can offer the Oats only in 25c. packets of 1 ounce; 
5 packets, $1.00. 
Pringle’s Adamant Wheat. 
In this beardless variety we have one of the hardiest and most flinty 
varieties in cultivation, very productive, hardy, and vigorous. For cultiva¬ 
tion in the North-west, Colorado, and the Pacific Coast, where hard wheat 
is the favorite sort, we are confident that this will be particularly desirable. 
Price 25 cents per packet of 1 ounce; 5 packets, $1.00. 
Pringle’s Green Mountain Wheat. 
This is another beardless variety of great promise. It has been grown 
for the past two years by one of the most experienced wheat cultivators 
in Northern Vermont, in close proximity to the Green Mountains, who 
pronounces It the best he has ever grown. Price 25 cents per packet of 1 
ounce; 5 packets, $1.00. 
BOTH VARIETIES ARE SPRING WIIEATS.-In order to 
give these varieties a thorough trial, we offer $210 in Premiums 
to those who produce the largest quantity of seed from one packet of the 
seed, and for the twenty best ana heaviest heads of both the varieties of 
Wheat and Oats. Circulars, with full particulars, mailed free on application 
STEKLINCc NOVELTIES OF RAKE MERIT, 
New Flower Seeds, New Vegetable Seeds, New Cereals, New Potatoes, New Seeds for the 
Farm, New Strawberries, New Raspberries, New Currants, New Blackberries, New Grapes, 
New and Rare Plants for the Garden and Conservatory, &c., *fcc. 
Our NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF NOVELTIES containing a descriptive list of everything that 
has proved really desirable, introduced within the past two years, is now ready, and will be mailed free to ail applicants. 
BS. K. BLISS &. SONS, 31 Barclay Street, New York. 
9 00,000 Plants, 30 varieties of Strawberry, the best old 
and new varieties, Hansell, Superb, Souhegan, and other 
Raspberries, Early Harvest and other Blackberries, Trees, 
&c.,&c. Stock true to name. Valuable catalogue free. 
J. W. HALL, Marion, Md. 
Ti O Y7'TC N 1T7" Manchester, Grand Duke, 
o AL% V JLvylY Pocklington, and all standard 
New Fruits. Pears, Apples and Plums In large quanti¬ 
ties. Roses, Small Evergreens, and Hedge Plants. 
Superb stock. J. W. Adams. Springfield, Mass. 
Seeds. Seeds. Seeds. 
C. ROGERS, 
No. 133 Market Street, Philadelphia. 
Dealer in all choice and new varieties of Field, Garden, 
and Flower Seeds, all the approved varieties SEED POTA¬ 
TOES, SEED CORN, SEED OATS and BARLEY, &C. 
13T Send for new Catalogue. 
COLLECTION OF 
SEEDS ^P L A NTS 
Embraces evei 
the season, 
jverydesirable novelty of|U|AA|||A| I 
the season, fully described in their IIInllUnL b 
of EVERYTHING Me 
I •which for 1888. contains PETER HENDERSON’S I 
I "Revised Instructions on Vegetable and Flower Cul- 1 
I ture” making: it a condensed Gardening Book, having] 
I all the latest information known to the author of “ Gar- 1 
jjdenlng; for Profit.” Mailed free on application. 
(■Please state in what paper you saw this). 
Peter Henderson & Co., 
35 & 37 Cortiandt S t., New York. 
TRYDREER’S GARDEN 
SEEDS 
k which have been planted by 
\ some growers for 45 years. 
I They do not have the larg-- 
I estSeed farms, warehouses 
1 or business in the country, 
,,/nor dothey offer fictitiously 
Jfvalued collections of Seeds, 
containing- varieties of little 
lvalue to the planter. They cater 
1,0 the practical consumer who 
. _ wishes value for the money expended. 
Dreer’s Garden Calendar for 1883, offering- 
everything for the Garden and Farm, mailed free. 
--SEED GROWER, 
PHILADELPHIA. 
HENRY A, DREER 
Market Gardeners’ 
jSPECIAL I* 1 f I I'M LIST.I 
1 Free to Market Gardeners only. Our annual Ulus-T 
Itrated General Catalogue of Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, 
I Tools, etc., Free. 
A. D. COWAN & CO., Seedsmen, 
114 Chambers St., N. Y. 
wiSiw$i 
dr. OEscRir^'Ptifepjr 
!ED 
miSL 
_ Jt won 1883. _ ' 
Will be mailed free to all applicants, and to cue? 
tomers of last year without ordering it. Itcontainsj 
about 175 pages, 600 illustrations, prices, accurate 
descriptions and valuable directions for planting; 
1500 varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds,, 
Plants, Fruit Trees, etc. Invaluable to all, espec-j 
lally to Market Gardeners. Send for it! 
D. M. FERRY & CO. Detroit Mich.’ 
Shakers’ Garden Seeds. 
TRUE and GENUINE. FRESH and RELIABLE. 
One of the oldest Seed firms In the country. Seeds sent- 
bymail.postage free. Special prices and terms to Gbaugkrs. 
“ The excellence of the Shakers’ Garden Seeds is gener¬ 
ally admitted.”— Eds. American Agriculturist. 
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Vegetable and 
Flower Seeds Free. 
Address, WM. ANDERSON, 
Mount Lebanon, Col. Co., N. Y. 
SORGHUM, or SUGAR CANE SEED. 
The Early Amber is by far the best, succeeding In the 
far North. One acre of cane will produce 800 lbs. of sugar, 
and 80 gallons syrup. For ensilage or fodder it is superior 
to corn, while the seed is valuable as food for horses, cattle, 
and poultry, can be successfully grown on any good corn 
land. Qt. post paid, 50c; bushel, $2.50; 10 bushels and over. 
$2.00 per bushel. Our descriptive circular, together with a 
sample of the sugar, mailed on receipt of S-cent stamp. 
JOHNSON & STOKES, Seedsmen, 
Philadelphia, Pa,. 
JOHN SAULS 
CATALOGUE of New, Rare, and Beautiful Plants for 
1883, will be ready in February with a colored plate. 
It is full in really good and beautiful plants, as well as all 
the novelties of merit. 
The rich collection of fine Foliage, and other Greenhouse- 
and Hothouse Plants, are well grown, and at low prices. 
Free to all my customers; to others, 10 cts; or a plain, 
copy gratis. Catalogues of Seeds, Roses, Orchids, Fruits- 
etc., gratis. JOHN SAUL, Washington. D .C. 
