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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
151 
Rare and Beautiful Flowers 
and Choice Vegetables 
CAN ALWAYS BE.OBTAINED BY SOWING 
Collections of Flower Seeds by Mail. 
The following collections contain the most showy varie¬ 
ties in our large asbortriieiit, with full directions for culture. 
Each packet contains a mixture of the different colors and 
varieties of its species, so that a greater display can be made 
at almucli less price than when ordered in separate packets. 
Those unacquainted .with flowers, as well as the experienced 
cultivator, may order without fear of disappointment. 
Coll. A—contains twenty choice varieties of Annuals.. .$1.00 
Coll. B—contains twenty choice varieties of Biennials 
and Perennials..f._ 1.00 
Coll. C—contains ten-extra varieties of. Annuals and 
Perennials, embracing many of the new and 
choicest in cultivation....:.. ..... 1.00 
Coll. D—contains live very choice varieties, selected 
from Prise Flowers, of English Pansies, Ger¬ 
man, Carnation, and Picotee Pinks. Verbenas, 
Truffaut's French Asters, Double Hollyhocks.. 1.00 
Any one remitting $3.00 will receive the four assortments, 
postage free. 
follectioiis of Kitchen-Garden Seeds. 
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OP VEGETABLE SEEDS FOR ONE 
YEAR'S SUPPLY, for a large or small garden. 
The following Collections are made up in the most liberal 
manner, care being taken to give a sufficient quantity of all 
the finest varieties and most useful sorts of Vegetables re-, 
qwired in the Kitchen-Garden i 
Assortment No. 5 contains 60 varieties, $3.30 
. “ No. 6 contains 40 varieties, 2.00 
“ No. 7 contains 20 varieties, 1.00 
The above are prepared expressly for sending by mail, and 
will be sent post-paid upon receipt of prices annexed. 
Larger Collections, whieli can be safely sent by express 
(•freight paid by purchaser), to any part of the country, as 
follows: 
No. 1. $20; No. 2, $15, No. 3, $10; No. 4, $5. 
For a list of the contents of each Collection, see the 
Eighteenth Annua,! Edition of their celebrated 
Seed Catalogue and Amateur’s Guide 
to the Flower and Kitchen Carden, 
just published, which w ill be mailed to all applicants upon 
receipt ofWets.; an edition beautifully hound in cloth, 73ctB. 
Regular customers supplied gratis.. 
This is without exception the largest and best Cata¬ 
logue ever published in this or any other country. It con¬ 
tains 116 pages closely printed matter, besides several hun¬ 
dred finely executed engravings of favorite flowers and 
vegetables, and a beautifully colored Chromo 
of a group of twenty of tltc most popular 
flowers in cultivation. Also a descriptive list of 
2,506 species and varieties of flower and vegetable seeds, in¬ 
cluding all the novelties of the past season, with full direc¬ 
tions for culture. 
We will send a packet of choice Flower Seeds gratis to 
persons sending v.s orders for catalogues and inclosing 25 
cents (priceof catalogue), if they icill state that they saio 
this advertisement in the American Agriculturist. 
Address B. K. BLISS «*£ SONS, 
P. O. Box 5,713, New Y-orlt City. 
The Earliest and Handsomest Beef, 
Early Dark Bed Egyptian Turnip Beet. 
A trial of this variety for the past three years authorizes ns 
in recommending it as a week or ten days earlier than any 
otlier variety—which makes it invaluable to the Market- 
Gardener os well as to all lovers of Early Vegetables. 30c. 
per ounce; $1.00 per 4 ounces ; $3 per pound. 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
33 Park Place, and 30 Murray st.. New York: 
To Farmers and Gardeners. 
I invite all who have been in the habit of buying their 
garden seed from boxes left at the stores to give my seed a 
trial, side by side, and mark the difference in their germin¬ 
ating, and in the purity and quality of the vegetables raised 
from them. 1 have made it my mission for several years 
past to drive bad seed from the market, and so save farmers 
and gardeners the immense loss they annually suffer from 
the purchase of it. 
The public have well appreciated my efforts, and I have 
now fitly thousand customers in the United States and Can¬ 
adas. 1 sell no seed I do not warrant, and what is tiie real 
pith of the matter 1 stand by my warranty. To enable me 
to do this I grow myself a large proportion of the seed I 
sell. Catalogues sent/Tee to any applicant. 
JAMES J, H, GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
jpiEN. GRANT CUCUMBER—Grows from 25 
* to 30 inches long; enormous hearer; unsurpassed lor 
table use'or pickles; 20e.,per packet. SANFORD CORN— 
Yields 150 bushels per acre; 1 qt„ 50c.: 4 qts„ $1.50, post 
free. PEERLESS POTATOES —1 lbs., 60c„ post free. 
___G. W. WILSON, Auburn, Ohio. 
I MPROVED White-spined Cucumber Seed.— 
The result of a careful selection for several years of 
the most perfect-shaped cucumbers, from vines that have 
uniformly produced them, in my own frames. Price 25 cts., 
post-paid. C. THOMPSON ADAMS, Florist and Horticul¬ 
turist West Medway, Mass. 
Choice English Peas. 
Tiie following varieties 
have been fully tested 
both in Europe and this 
country for tiie past two 
years, and can he confi¬ 
dently recommended as 
superior to any other 
varieties in cultivation. 
Mailed, post-paid, at 
. prices affixed. 
Laxton’s Alpha Pea. 
The Earliest Wrin¬ 
kled Pea in Cultiva¬ 
tion.—A blue, wrinkled 
pea, of exquisite flavor, 
remarkable for its carli- 
ness and prolific bearing. 
This pea was raised by 
Mr. Laxton; it is very 
early as first crop, heat¬ 
ing in this respect 
McLean's Advancer, and 
Little Gem: it bears pods 
well filled and of good 
size down to the bottom 
of the liaulni. TheEoyal 
Horticultural Society 
awarded a first-class cer¬ 
tificate to this variety. ( 
One-half pint packets, 
35 cents; $1.40 per quart. 
Laxton’s Prolific 
Early Long Pod.— 
This valuable variety lias 1 
created a great sensation 
among’niarket-gardeners 
and seed growers. Pods 
in a green state were ex¬ 
hibited in London aver¬ 
aging eleven to twelve 
peas in a pod, and were 
pronounced an exceed¬ 
ingly fine variety. Fona 
second early pea, there is 
none of a similar class in 
cultivation equal to it, 
and we feel very confi¬ 
dent that it will soon 
come into general culti¬ 
vation. % pint p’ts, 15c., 
per quart, 56c. 
Laxton’s Supreme. 
—The earliest blue pea in 
cultivation, with enor¬ 
mous well-filled pods. 
This pea lias been exhi¬ 
bited all over tiie coun¬ 
try, and lias taken innu¬ 
merable prizes, and was 
included among tiie 
twenty-four sorts of ve¬ 
getables which won the 
Fifty-Guinea Cup, which 
was presented by the edi¬ 
tors of tiie Gardener's 
Chronicle at the Royal 
Horticultural Show at. 
Manchester. Per V- pint 
packet, 25c.; per qt., fiOc. 
Also many other, new 
varieties introduced the 
past season, for which 
SUPREME PEA— (Laxton’s.) see our Catalogue. 
B. K. BLISS St, SONS, 
Nos. 33 Park place & 30 Murray st., New York. 
LATE ROSE POTATO. 
This - valuable Potato, which is now for the first time offered 
for sale, differs from all other varieties so far introduced, in¬ 
asmuch as it is not claimed to he a new seedling, hut a sub- 
variety or sport of the well-known Early Rose, whieli it 
strongly resembles ill quality, color, and form—but is three 
weeks later, hardier, and more productive, having yielded 
tiie past season 250 to 300 bushels to the acre. 
$12.00 per bbl.. $5.00 per hush., $3.00 per % hush., $2.00 per 
peck, 4 lbs., by mail, $ 1 . 00 . 
Our Illustrated Potato Catalogue will he mailed to all ap¬ 
plicants. Address B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
23 Park Place, and 20 Murray St., New York. 
Moore’s Early Concord Sweet Corn. 
Another year’s trial has proved this to he the best SWeet 
Corn in cultivation. 
Selected ears. 25c. each : packet, 23c.; quart, bv mail, 90c. 
Address B. K. BLISS & SONS, P. O. Box 5712, New York. 
LAWN GRASS SEED. 
By the use of our improved mixture, a beautiful Lawn 
may he made in a very short time. For preparing a Lawn, 
ana subsequent management, see oar Seed Catalogue. 
Packages of one qt., 30c„ mailed to any address, post-paid. 
By express, per peck, $1.75; per bushel, $6.00. 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
Nos. 33 Park Place and 30 Murray St., New York. 
Lane’s Improved 
IMPERIAL 
SUGAR BEET. 
This superb variety is the 
result ot a careful selection 
lor several years past of the 
French Imperial Sugar Beet 
by Mr. Henry Lane, an expe¬ 
rienced farmer of Cornwall, 
Yt. After a satisfactory trial, 
we can recommend it with 
the greatest confidence, as 
being hardier, more produc¬ 
tive, and containing a greater 
percentage of sugar than the 
ordinary variety, and much 
better adapted for cultiva¬ 
tion in til is country, either for 
stock or the manufacture of 
sugar. Wo hear the most 
favorable reports from those 
who have tested it in various 
sections of the country', all of 
whom are satisfied oi its 
superiority. the best 
beet raised for feeding cows 
or young.stoek. From thirty 
to forty tons raised to the 
acre, at a cost of thorn live to 
eight cents per bushel, the 
cheapness with whieli they 
can ho raised, the large 
amount ofhealthy, nutritious 
food raised to the acre, and 
its great value as food for 
cattle, sheep, and swine, 
majjo tliis the most profit¬ 
able foot to raise. 
'Four pounds is the amount 
usually required for one acre. 
Se? remarks respecting tills 
variety ill tiie February No. 
of the Am. Agriculturist, 
iVe have purchased the en¬ 
tire stock of Mr. Lane. 
Price, 15 cents per ounce; 
40 cents lour ounces; $1.25 per 
pound. 
15. K. BLISS & SONS, 
No. 23 Park Place, and 20 
Murray St., New York. 
Bliss’s Improved Long ©range Carrot. 
This superior variety is the result of a careful selection, 
for successive years, of the best-formed, largest, and deep¬ 
est-colored roots of the Imported Long Orange Carrot, by 
which it has attained a perfection hitherto unknown in tliis 
useful vegetable, being larger, better flavored, and of a 
deeper orange color, ana more sure to produce a crop. Blit¬ 
ter-makers will find tills variety very useful in giving to 
their butter a rich, deep yellow color. We unhesitatingly 
pronounce it the best-variety in the market, and one widen 
will not fail to give satisfaction to the purchaser. One oz., 
15c.; four ounces, 50c. • one lb., $1.50, by mail, post-paid. 
B. It. BLISS & SONS, 
Nos. 33 Park place & 30 Murray st.. New York. 
Geuume Wethersfield Onion Seed. 
We have just received a fine stock of (lie, above from one 
i of the most reliable growers in Wethersfield, which we offer 
at prices greatly reduced from last year. 
oz. ft. lb. 
Extra Early Red, very early and productive.25c. $0.75 $2,50 
Wethersfield Large lied, for main crop.15c. .59 1.50 
Large Red Oval or Globe. . . 30c. 1.00 8.00 
Yellow Danvers (True) ...25c. .75 2.50 
White Portugal, very mild.30c. 1.00 3.00 
White Globe, an excellent market sort.40c. 1.25 4.00 
Early Cracker, a Hat yellow variety.40c. 1.25 4.00 
The above will lie sent, post-paid, to any address upon re¬ 
ceipt of price. Address B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
, I). O. Box 5,712, New York. 
SILVER-HULL BUCKWHEAT. 
This extraordinary variety, originated abroad and care¬ 
fully tested here for two years, is now offered as a very 
great improvement upon the ordinary black or gray Buck¬ 
wheat. ' Sown at the same time as tiie common Buckwheat, 
it continues in bloom longer, matures a few days sooner, 
and yields nearlyor quitedouble undertliesamcconditions. 
Tiie grain is of a beautiful light gray color, varying slightly 
in shade, and the corners are much less prominent than in 
the ordinary variety, while the husk is thinner, thereby sav¬ 
ing from 15 to 20 per cent waste in tiie process of manufac¬ 
turing into flour, which flour is whiter and more nutritious. 
Price per bushel, $5.00; half-bushel, $3.00; peck, $2.00; four 
pounds by mall, $1.00. 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
23 Park Place, and 20 Murray St., New York. 
N' 
Reserve Potato? 
ONE better. Satisfaction or no pay. Send for Circulars. 
Peerless at Bottom. Prices. Largest stock 
west of N. Y. Half sold. Central and Western buyers save 
freight ill purchasing of us. 
L. D. SCOTT & CO., Huron, Eric Co., Ohio. 
PEERLESS POTATOES. 
Get tiie GENUINE, delivered at R.R, depot, $3 per bb!., 
$1.50 per bush., $1 per a hush.,. 75c. per peck, or 4 lbs. by 
mail, post-paid, 75c. 
JULIUS L. BROWNING, Chatham Village, N.Y. 
fiK¥ FARM PEERLESS.—Best be- 
^ cause unmixed. Mountain-grown,, selected size, 4 lbs., 
60c.; peck, 60c.; bush., $1.25; ill quantity, $1 per bush. All 
varieties furnished. H. S. GOODALE, S. Egremont, Mass. 
PEERLESS POTATOES.—Delivered 
* on ears at $3 per bbl. No charge for bbl. iiARVE x 
BROTHERS, Growers and Importers of‘Select Garden and 
Flower Seeds, Buffalo, N. Y. 
•gniI3ERl.i:SS POTATOES, $3.50 per 
■- bbl. Earlv Rose, $3. 
w. S, CARPENTER & SON, Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
NEW AND RARE VEGETABLES. 
I make the seed of New and Rare Vegetables a specialty, 
besides raising all tiie common varieties. On tiie cover of 
my Catalogue will he found extracts from letters received 
from farmers and gardeners residing in oyer thirty different 
States and Territories who have used my seed from one to 
ten years. Catalogues bent free to all. My customers of 
last year will receive it without writing for it. 
_JAMES J. H. GREGORY. Marblehead, Mass. 
Trophy Tomato, 10 cents per packet; 
Arrlla Howard, 10 cents: SideU’s Solid Mam- 
moth, 25 cents; RussianlSunflower, id 
cents; Double Sunflower, 10 cents ; Pomegranate, 15 cents ; 
Apple-Pie Melon. 10 cents; Sugar Trough Gfonrd, 10 cents; 
Dipper Gourd, 10 cents; Bests’Potato Book, only 13 cents. 
All for $1. Send for Catalogue. Address 
O. BURRAS, NotfUi Fairfield, Ohio. 
(fA RE A T IN DU C E M E N T3 offered by THOS. C. 
W ANDREWS. See pages 150 and 153, and page 115 
March No. Now is your timei 
Send at once. 
ffOP PIANTS.-A specialty. For Oir- 
cular and price, address 
E. FRANCE, Cobleskill, N. Y. 
AlANSEMOND . SWEET - POTATO . PLANTS, 
AN by mail, 50c. per 10(1. Send stamp for Circular to 
J. W. COOK, Forest Grove, N. J. 
