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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[December, 
Rare and Beautiful Flowers 
and Choice Vegetables 
CAN ALWAYS BE OBTAINED BY SOWING 
15. It. BOSS & 
23 Purl* Pla.ee and 29 Murray St., JY* Y., 
IMPORTERS, GROWERS, AND DEALERS IN 
CARDED, FIELD, & FLOWER SEEDS, 
SMALL FRUITS, 
Ayr aicBaSJitral sa aa<sS Horticultural j 
Implements, 
Fertilizers, and Other Requisites for the 
Farm and Garden. 
The Nineteenth Annual Edition of their celebrated Seed 
Catalogue and Amateur’s Guide to tlae Flower 
and EAiteSi fl‘iu Garden will he ready lor distribution 
early in January, and mailed to our customers of 1872 as 
rapidly as possible, and to all applicants upon receipt of 25 
cents , an edition beautifully bound in cloth, 7."> cents. This 
is without exception the largest and best Catalogue ever 
published in this or any other country. It will contain nearly 
20) pages, including many finely executed engravings of 
favorite flowers and vegetables, and a beautifully colored 
chrome of a group of twenty of the most popular flowers in 
cultivation. Also a descriptive list of 2,500 species and vari¬ 
eties of flower and vegetable seeds, including all the novel¬ 
ties of the past season, with full directions for culture. 
Address 15. K. 1SMSS & SONS, 
P. O. Box 5,712, New York City. 
My business is to supply,wliat every good farmer is anxious 
to get, the very best of vegetable seed. I grow a hundred 
and fifty kinds on my four seed farms, right under my own 
eye, making new vegetables a specialty, besides importing 
their choicest varieties from European growers. A fine 
selection of flower-seed, home-grown and imported, will 
also be found in my Catalogue. It will be ready by Janu¬ 
ary, and sent free to all applicants. My customers of last 
year will receive it without writing for it. 
JAMES J. 13. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
“SPECIAL OFFER.”—To the Trade. 
HYACINTHS.— Single red. various shades, mixed. $5 
per 100. Single white, blue or yellow, or double red, each 
$6 per 100. Double, white or blue, each $7 per 100. Single or 
double, all colors, mixed, $."> per 100. Choice named, single 
or double, our selection, $10 to $12 per 100. 
TULIPS.—Finest named, double or single, $4 per 100. 
Finest mixed, each $1.50 per 100. 
LILIUM CANP3DCM (for forcing)—$10 per 100, or 
$00 per 1,000. I.OMWB'HIRIIM dor forcing)— $8 per 100, 
or $70 per 1,00!). MABTAGON—$8 per 100. TUI1E- 
ROSES-S5 per 100 GBADIOBUS-Choice mixed, $4 
per 100, oi $3.) per 1,000. 
€. L. ALLEN & CO., 
76 Pulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Catalogues free on application. 
Great Change of Business Location. 
Owing to our rapid increase of business all over the United 
States and Territories, we were compelled to get a more 
central location near New York. We therefore have removed 
between Newark and Elizabeth, N. J., only % hour’s ride 
from New York City, where trains leave every half-hour 
each way. Letters and business communications should be 
addressed to 
_QL R3 BROTHERS, Ne wark, N. J. 
11 Fancier’s Catalogue ” 
Now read}'. Send two green stamps for a copy to 
WADE & HENRY, 
49 North 9fh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
npHE American Standard of Excellence 
-H_ for Exhibition Poultry. Indispensable to poultry 
breeders. It governs the awards at exhibitions. Sent, 
post-paid, for .70 cts. 
Wright’s New Work ox Poultry, containing 70 superb 
plates in colors. Published in 27 nos. Issued semi-monthly. 
Price 50 cts. per no., sent carefully wrapped, post-paid. Try 
one no. for a sample, and see th c finest roork of the kind ever 
attempted. Address II. II. Sto’pdard, Hartford, Ct., pub¬ 
lisher of The Poultry World. 
HjblSOTtKB-l TTI JS5BOSYS5—descended from 
H© stock weighing 62 lbs. the pair. Premium birds of 
New York State Poultry Society. Address 
W. CLIFT, Mystic Bridge, Ct. 
C hoice trios of write partridge and 
BUFF COCHIN Chickens now offered at moderate 
prices for select specimens. John J. Berry, Hackensack, N. J. 
Fleetwood Farm, 
Near Frankfort, Ky., 
Thorough-bred Horses, Trotting Stock, Im¬ 
ported Aldcrneys, South Down Sheep, etc. 
J. W. HUNT REYNOLDS. 
(State where you saw this advertisement.) 
JERSEY CiiTTLE. 
PIGS, 
For sale by 
G.W.FARLEE 
Cresskill, N. J. 
*TfcHIO improved Chester Hogs produce most pork 
® for food consumed. Address L. 13. SILVER, Salem, O. 
N GUILBERT, Evergreen Farm, Gwynedd, Pa., 
© is still well supplied with Horses. Durham, Devon, 
Ayrshire, and Alderney Stock—Bulls, Cows, Calves. Cots- 
wold and South-Down Sheep and Lambs. Chester, Berk¬ 
shire, and Yorkshire Hosts and Pigs. All kinds of useful 
Dogs. Maltese Cats. Eagles, Swans. Deer. Lopeared Rab¬ 
bits, Guinea Pigs, Ferrets] English Rabbits. Squirrels. Guinea 
and Peafowl, Bronze and White Turkeys, Toulouse, Bremen, 
Hong Kong, and Wild Geese, Rouen,' Aylesbury, Musk or 
Muscovy, and Poland Ducks. All kinds of Fancy Fowls and 
Pigeons, Song Birds, Farm Books, etc., for sale. Prices 
reasonable. Wanted—White Swans and American Deer, or 
anything rare and curious. 
“MAPLE-SHADE FLOCK.”’ 
THOROUGH-BRED COTSWOLD SHEEP. 
This justly-celebrated flock was selected from the flocks 
of the most noted breeders in England, with reference to 
the best wool-producing and mutton qualities. It is pro¬ 
nounced by competent judges to be the'finest flock in 
America; and some of the Karas and Ewes are believed 
to be equal to any that can be shown in any country. 
20 Splendid Hams, 3 years old 
and under, for sale at low prices. 
Also a few Ewes. 
Address either 
LUCIUS A. CHASE, 
245 Broadway, Mew York, 
OR 
JOSEPH HARRIS, 
EWoreton Farm, Rochester, M„ Y. 
Mew Bedding’ Plant, 
Salvia, splcn&cns compacta alba, and other 
choice Plants and Seeds. 
Address BELLEVUE NURSERY CO. for catalogue. 
II. E. CHITTY, Supt., Paterson, N. J. 
Berberry Seed. 
JPR.ESI7 Seed of this fine hedge plant, with instructions 
for cultivation, sent post-paid, per oz. f 40c.; per pound, $1; 
lots ol live pounds and over, $3. 
JAMES J. II. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
66 g^OlLORJEEfc of 
Fruils and Flowers.” Six samples, $1—of both 
pocket and large edition. W. II. PRESTELE & CO., 
Bloomington, Ill., P. 0. Drawer 13. 
SEEDLINGS AND ROOT GRAFTS 
Should be ordered now. TV. F. HEIKES, Dayton, O. 
THOROUGH - BRED STOCK. 
JERSEYS,—Three young Bulls, Cows, and Heifers. 
AYRSHIRES.—Four young Bulls, Cows, and Heifers, 
GUERNSEYS.—One two-year-old Bull, one Bull Calf. 
TMOROIJCJIS-KIiEI> PIGS. 
BERKSHIRE PIGS of the very best blood. My 
Berkshire Sow “Queen of the Realm” took Sweepstakes 
Prize for all breeds of pigs at the New England Fair 
in 1371. 
ESSEX PIGS, equal to any in this country or any 
other. 
SPLENDID YOUNG BOARS AND SOWS 
now ready for shipping. 
Prices reasonable. No extra charges for boxing and ship¬ 
ping. Safe arrival guaranteed. 
Perfect pedigrees given with all tliorougb-bred stock, 
which may be seen at my farm (Herdsdale), Florence, Mass. 
Send communications to 
L. A. CHASE, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
Cheap Farms! Free Homes! 
On the line of the UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. 
12,000,000 acres of the best Farming and Mineral Lands 
in America. 
3,000,000 Acres in Nebraska, in the Platte Valley, 
now for sale. 
MbEhH Climate, l^ertile Soil, 
for Grain-growing and Stock-raising unsurpassed by auy 
in the United States. 
CHEAPER IN PRICE, more favorable terms given, and 
more convenient to market than can be found elsewhere. 
Free Homesteads for Actual Settlers. 
The best location for Colonies. Soldiers eiililled to a 
Homestead of 1GO Acres. 
Send for the new Descriptive Pamphlet, .with new maps, 
published in English, German, Swedish, and Danish, mailed 
free everywhere. Address 
O. F. DAVIS, 
Land Commissioner, U. P. R.li. Co, 
OMAHA, NEB. 
A NEW COLONY IN KANSAS! 
At 11 SKIDD!',” in Neosho Valley, on 
MISSOURI, KANSAS, and TEXAS RAID WAY’. 
Under the auspices of the 
NATIONAL BUREAU OP MIGRATION. 
Mr. Win. P. Tomlinson, Local Agent, is on the ground, 
and will give advice and assistance in locating land. 
TIIE AMERICAN COLONIST AND HOME¬ 
STEAD JOURNAL, 
Containing maps, with full particulars as to tile Organiza¬ 
tion of the Colony, the Lands, Productions, Climate, Wood, 
Water, etc., SENT FREE, on application to 
S. R. WELLS, Sec’y of the National Bureau of Migration, 
3S9 Broadway, New York. 
LANDS IN SOWA. 
Upon application to the undersigned, there will lie sent by 
mail to auy address, post-paid, a new RAILROAD MAP OF 
IOWA, corrected to date, and a descriptive pamphlet, con¬ 
taining a Sectional Map of that part of the State in which is 
situated the Land Grant of the Chicago, Rock Island, and 
Pacific li.R. Co., and giving full and detailed information as 
to the location, quality, products, terms of sale, etc., of more 
than 500,030 acres of land now for sale near the line of the 
railroad. The lands are the cheapest and best Farming Lands 
now in the market in Iowa, the most productive and pro¬ 
gressive agricultural State in tbe Union, and are being offered 
at low prices and most favorable terms to actual settlers. 
«J. B. DREW, Land Com’r, 
C. R. I. & P. R.R. Co., Davenport, Iowa. 
V AI.UABLE FARM FOBS SAI,E 
CHEAP.— Tlie undersigned intends to sell his farm, 
cheap, because he lias no children. It is situated 5 miles 
west of Fort Leavenworth, 0 miles from Leavenworth City. 
The farm contains 175 acres of the best soil in Kansas; 500 
fruit trees in bearing, 400 grape-vines, etc.; healthy location ; 
all necessary buildings; the whole is well fenced in—about 
y, mile of Osage hedge; 50 acres are under cultivation ; 45 
acres dry soil can be used lor bay crops, or be plowed with 
two horses. The place may be divided into two valuable 
farms. Stock and farm implements can also be bought. All 
information will be given by M. Hoffmann, in Leavenworth, 
or by the undersigned on the place. J. C. SCHROTH. 
F 
IA.1S.ML WALTER.—Suitable for grain or 
grass. 100 to 250 acres. Address, giving full descrip¬ 
tion of land and buildings, lowest price, and terms of pay¬ 
ment, A. F., care of Orange Judd & Co.,243 Broadway, N.Y. 
I ^OR reliable information on North Carolina, her 
agricultural, mineral, industrial, and commercial re¬ 
sources, address J. L. Labiaux, Ridgeway, Warren Co.,N. C. 
MHEAP HOMES in Shenandoah Valley. For eir- 
.J cular, send stamp to J. H. Bristol-, Martinsburg.W.Va. 
The Ceieiiratei Bone Fertilizers, 
GROUND BONE, 
BONE LV5EAL, 
BONE FLOUR. 
Fresh Bone Superphosphate of Lime, or 
Dissolved Bone. Send for Circulars. 
LISTER BROS., Newark, N. J. 
No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO. 
In lots from Agents’ Stores. For sale by 
DARRELL & CO., 83 Pearl St„ N. Y. 
Green Hill Earth-Box, $1, 
Can be attached to any commodes, and make a self-acting 
Earth-Closet. Earth-Closet, $6.."0. 
R. S. WILLIAMS, 1131 Brown St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Igi'HjlSS fCAH-iE.—Ten Hives of Bees. Inquire 
-“ of JOHN C. Dk Be VOISE, Newtown, L. I., or of 
CHARLES W. PURDY, 158 William St., New Yolk. 
