1874. J 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
71 
Test is Better than Talk. 
To Gardeners & Seed Planters. 
Having for years been extensively engaged in Market 
Gardening and in growing seeds lor tile market garden 
tra e, I am confident 1 can satisfy Hie most critical demands 
ortliis class with seed equal in quality and purity to any 
grown. My Garden Manual, omitting commonplace de¬ 
scriptions and directions, is filled with practical sugges¬ 
tions to the Market Gardener, and I trust is of more value 
to tlie craft t'lian anything of the kind published. Sent free 
on receipt of 10 cents. 
J. B. ROOT, Seed Grower and Gardener, 
Rockford, III. 
New and Rare Plants 
FOR SPRING OF 1874. 
John Saul’s Catalogue ot New and Beautiful Plants will 
be ready in February, with a colored plate. Mailed free to 
all my customers; to others, price 10 cents. A plain copy 
to all applicants free. 
JOB1HI SAUL, Washington City, D. C. 
J. M. TH0HBUM & CO,, 
15 JOHN ST., NEW YORK, 
Will mail upon application their 
New Catalogue of Vegetable and 
Agricultural Seeds for 187A. 
Canada Victor Tomato! 
I invite the attention of the public to extracts from more 
than a score of letters in my Catalogue for 1K74, from Farm¬ 
ers and Gardeners in various States, who raised this New 
Tomato for the first time last season. These letters are all 
emphatic in their praises of the Canada Victor Tomato. 
1st, for its surpassing earliness; 2d, for its excellent qual¬ 
ity ; and 3d. for its uniform solidity. I now oiler to the pub¬ 
lic, Seed saved from selected specimens only, at 15 cts. per 
package and $1.50 per ot.nce. My Seed Catalogue free 
to all applicants. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
Seed Potatoes a Speciality. 
Vermont Early Rose, 
PEERLESS, WHITE PEACH-BLOWS, and 
other varieties, in fine order, selected especially for plant¬ 
ing. Prices reasonable. Order of TATEM & DAVENPORT, 
No. 1 Delaware Avenue Market, Philadelphia. 
SEED POTATOES. 
At following prices, delivered in New York City: Early 
Rose,.$3 per hbi.j Late Rose, $3.25; Peerless, $2.50. 
SEED OATS.—Yellow Lathannian and White Probs- 
Itier, $1 perbbl. of four bushels. 
My Catalogue, containing lists of choice Farm and Garden 
Seeds, sent free to all applicants. 
S. B. FANJIISiG, Jamrsport, N. Y. 
1UEW POTATOES. —Extra Early Ver- 
-t* niont, 2 lbs. $1.00; per peck $2.50; per bu. $s.00 ; per 
bbl. (165 lbs.) $18. Compton’s Surprise, 1 lb. $i : 4 lbs. $2.50. 
Tlie above are warranted genuine. From seed obtained 
directly from the introducers, Me-srs. Bliss & Sons. Orders 
filled promptly and sent as soon as weather permits. 
E. W. GREE VE, North Andover, Mass. 
Having grown tlie past season 1,700 barrels of 
Campbell’s Late Rose Potatoes 
I offer them for sale at $3 per barrel. They yielded over 
one hundred barrels per acre. 
D. AUGUSTUS VANDERVEER, Freehold, N. J. 
PEAK AND APPLE (TONS.-r 
“ Souvenir du Congres (this variety was figured in 
Agriculturist, Dec. No.), Chaumontel d'Ete, Benrrfi de 
l'Assomption, Clapp’s Favorite; these tour summer pears all 
lar^e to monstrous size. Monsieur Hebberlin and Brockworth 
Park, autumn, very large, extra. Six varieties Apples, 
from. Andre Leroy’s collection, France, for which a gold 
medal was awarded: Marygold, Incomparable, Rose Red, 
Leroy, Amelia, Roy Monstrous; 3 varieties, 50c.; 5 varieties, 
$1; 12 varieties, $2—3 cions each. 
W. S. CARPENTER & SON, Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y 
B erry Maskets— best kinds. Fruit 
Trees and Small Fruits —a fine 
assortment. Prices reasonable. Monarch of the 
West Strawberry Plants, genuine, $1 per doz., $6 
per 100, post-paid. Apply to 
li. H. HAINES, Malden-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. 
100,000 Strawberry Plants 
Large stock of the celebrated Seth Boyden (No. 30) vari¬ 
ety.Terms very reasonable. Send for circular. Address 
E. P. ROE tAuthor ol “ Play and Profit in my Garden ”), 
Highland Falls, N. Y. 
1CH»ia SltAtL.FRUIT PLANT’S. 
at low rates, address S. C. DR COLT, Rordentown, "NT.J. 
Persons desirous of closing: contracts for plants began with 
the late Thomas C. Andrews will address the subscriber 
after March 1st at Moores.town, N. J. S. C. DR COU. 
8 MALL FRUIT FI,ANTS a specialty. 
At n9 low rates as any others for good pure stock. 
Send for Price-list. 
JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. J. 
Beautiful. Fragrant. 
Bulbs prepared expressly for bloom¬ 
ing now, sent prepaid by mail (safely in 
coldest weather), at 30c. each, $3 per 
doz., in colors of White, Blue, Red, and 
Yellow, double and single. 
Descriptive Catalogue of Plants, etc., 
free. CHAS. T. STARR, 
Avondale, Chester Co., Pa. 
Flower Seeds. Flower Seeds. 
33 KINDS FOR $1.00. 
Y MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID. 
The subscriber, having over 40 years' experience in culti¬ 
vating Flower Seeds, etc., has made a selection of all the 
most sirable flowers for general cultivation. The list com¬ 
prise ver 25J kinds, and a person selecting from it can ob¬ 
tain .list as fine flowers as if selecting from an expensive 
fancy catalogue,'at less'than half the expense—as many on 
tlie list are sold by others at 10c., 15c . 20c., and 25c. per pkg. 
The list will be sent to all who apply tor it. 
G. R. GARRET SON, Flushing, L. I., N. Y. 
Verbena, Blotched Petunia, & Balsam 
Choice seed of these beautiful flowers—25 cts. for the three 
pkgs. Beautiful C .romo Premiums for clubs. 250 varieties 
of warranted seeds described. Sugar Trough Gourd, 25 cts. 
per pkg. Liberian Cane-Seed, 40 cts. per lb., 4 lbs. $1. 4 lbs. 
Mammoth Dent Corn. $1. Post-paid by mail. Jan. No. of 
Quarterly Catalogue Iree. Address 
WALDO F. BROWN, 
Box 75, Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio. 
YEKBENA SEED. 
Extra superb, mixed, from finest flowers only. Per pack¬ 
age, 25 cts.; 5 packages, $1. 
Plant Catalogue on application, inclosing 3-ct. stamp. 
Address DEXTER SNOW, Chicopee, Mass. 
’BT'tfisra IPsa eiiuicoFiowcr 
■ Cfifl -0. eSIVL/KikvCa/K? Sccrts. including Ver¬ 
bena Hybrids, Striped Petunia, Double Zinnia, mixed, etc., 
for 25 cts. and 3-ct. stamp. Sugar Tr-ougli Gourds, 
pkt. 15 cts. Chufas, oz. 25 cts., pkt. 10 cts. Send for Cata¬ 
logues. Prices low. Address 
N. COLE, Seed Grower, Pella, Iowa. 
SEEDS! 
SEEDS! 
SEEDS! 
Spooner’. Prize Flower Seeds; 
12 varieties Splendid Aster Seeds 
mailed to applicants upon receipt 
of $1.00. New Illustrated Seed 
Catalogue free. Address Wa. H. 
SpooNtsR, 4 Beacon St., Boston. 
WOLF GREEK NURSERY. 
Specialities: Apple and Pencil Trees: Osage Plants; extra 
large dwf. Apple and large red Sib. and Transcendent Crab, 
1 to 3 year: Ives and other Grapes; Silver Poplar. 
E. C. EVANS, Agt. for John Wampler, Trotwood, Ohio. 
Large lot Peach and Apple Trees (some new kinds); 
Osage Plants; Concord and other Grape.: and other Nursery 
Stock—very cheap. JOHN U AMPLER, Carthage, Miss. 
COO.OOO SWEET CHESTNUT. 
10,000 SPANISH CHESTNUT. 
A Circular free. 
200.000 GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS. 
A SG-page Catalogue free. 
25.000 ROSES, dormant. 
25.000 ROSES, in pots, for Spring. 
100.000 GRAPE-VINES. 
5.000 TULIP TREES, 6 to 10 feet. 
50.000 PEACH TREES. First-class. 
2.000 WEEPING MOUNTAIN ASH. 
1,000.000 EVERGREENS. Best in the market. 
100,000 DECIDUOUS TREES. 
500.0(10 FRUIT TREES. 
20th Year. 300 Acres. 
11 GREEN-HOUSES. Address 
STORKS, HARRISON <fc CO., 
PA1NESVILLE, Lake Co., Ohio. 
1,000,000 Grape-Vines 
The best and cheapest in America, for sale. No one dare 
undersell me. Concord, 1 year, $25 per 1,000; Select, $35. 
2 year old. $4(1; Extra, $45. Delaware, Eumelan, Martha, 
Hartford, Diana, Rogers, and all other sorts—ver,' cheap. 
Also all sorts ol Small Fruits and Trees—cheapest. Address 
Or. H. SCHRODER, Bloomington, Ill. 
SURPLUS STOCK OF 
Greenli<rase and Bedding Plants, 
At low rates for three months. Lists on application. 
JOHN WHITE, Communipaw Ave., Jersey City. N. J. 
Swsct 
CM- 
nnt 
Trees, 
Etc. 
C. PLATZ & SON, Erfurt, Prussia, 
Seedgrowers, Nurserymen, and Purveyors to the Emperor 
of Germany,-wish to inform tlie public that, their new Cata¬ 
logue of Seeds is now ready, and, on application, will be 
sent, free of charge and post-paid, to any part of the United 
States, etc. 
Choice Plants and Trees. 
O lM BSISO'I'SBIEBS**, Growers of Orna. 
mental Trees, Plants, and Flowers. Send 
for Catalogue. Newark Nursery, Newark, N. J. 
IJ^LOUR COI&W produces well, makes fine 
flour like wheat. Put up in large packages for seed, 
and sent by mail for 25 cts. by * 
HORTON & CRANE, Bloomingburgh, N. Y, 
One Dollar’s worth of Plants and Seed 
GIVEN AWAY 
To every Subscriber to the Florist's Friend and Family 
Visitor. A monthly Journal of 1G page.-. Edliedby Mrs. 
S. O. Johnson (Daisy Eyebright), and published by Chas. A. 
Reeser. 
Yearly Subscriptions $1225, with tlie privilege of selecting 
One Dollar’s worth of Planrs or Seeds, at Catalogue rates, 
as a Premium. Floriculture. Horticulture. Home Adorn¬ 
ments, Pursuits, and Pleasures, will ail be discussed in its 
pages. January number now ready, free to applicants. 
My illustrated Catalogue of Plants and Seeds for 1874 (100 
pages), with a packet of choice Pansy Seed, sent on receipt 
of ten cents. Address 
CHAS. A. REESER, 
Plesisanlvill©, Pa® 
T HE American Standard of Excellence 
for Exhibition Poultry. Indispensable 'o poultry 
breeders. It governs tlie awards at exhibitions. Sent, 
post-paid, for 50 cts. 
Weight's New U'oek on Poultry, containing 50 superb 
plates in colors. Published in 25 nos. Issued semi-monthly. 
Price 50 cts. per no., sent carefully wrapped, post-paid. Try 
one no. for a sample, and see the finest work of tlie kind ever 
attempted. Address H. H. Stoddard, Hartford, Ct'., pub¬ 
lisher of The Poultry World. 
THE POULTRY WORLD, 
Do not subscribe for any work on poultry until you have 
seen this. I; is the largest, finest illustrated, and best pe¬ 
riodical on poultry. Monthly. $1.25 per year. Address 
POULTRY WORLD, 
HARTFORD, CT. 
FOBS HATCHING —from fbor- 
MU ough-bred and Imported iowis.—Partridge and Buff 
Cochin, Dark Brahmas and Houdans, $2.50 doz. Light Brah¬ 
mas, tiver Gray Dorking, Silver Spangled Hamburg, B.B.R. 
Game Bantam. Sebright Bantam, $2 doz. Our Light Brah¬ 
ma cock weighs 13 fts. Aylesbury Ducks (imported), $2 doz. 
Large Bronze Turkeys (weight ot gobbler30 lbs.), $4 doz. 
Send for Descriptive Catalogue. 
IV. S. CARPENTER & SON, Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
PIIRE-ISRED »AEK BKAHMA 
-■- fowls for sale by H. S. ROUNTREE, Platteville, Wis. 
Fleetwood Farm, 
Near Frankfort, Ky., 
Thorough-bred Horses, Trotting Stock, Im¬ 
ported Alderncys, South Down Sheep, etc. 
J. W. HUNT REYNOLDS. 
(State where you saw this advertisement.) 
ESOIYif, IE TURKEYS —descended from 
stock weighing G2 lbs. the pair. PEKIN DUCKS. 
JERSEY CATTLE AND BLACK BASS. 
Address W. CLIFT, Mystic Bridge, Ct. 
fillORTHOK^I BULL, one year old, red 
and white. Entered in tlie forthcoming, vol. of Short¬ 
horn Herd-book. Address J. J. COPP, Groton, Conn. 
For sale by 
G.W. FARLEE, 
Cresskill, N. J. 
pREmitmi CHESTER WHITES', 
■- BERKSHIRE, and ESSEX PIGS bred and 
for sale by GEO. B. HICKMAN, 
West Chester, Chester Co., Pa. 
Send stamp for circular and price-list. 
NEW AMEHICAIV FARM BOOK. 
Originally by RICHARD L. ALLEN. 
Revised and greatly enlarged, 
By LEWIS F. ALLEN. 
PRICE, POST-PAID, $2.50. 
Allen’s American Farm Book has been one of the standard 
farmers’ hand-books for twenty -years; it is still a valuable 
book,but not up to tlie times; and as its author,Mr.K.L. Allen, 
could not give time to its revision, tins was undertaken by 
his brother, Hon. Lewis F. Allen, the distinguished farmer 
of Erie county, editor of tlxe American Shorthorn Herd- 
Book. The work is greatly enlarged, and full of suggestions 
from the rich experience of its editor and reviser, and is 
called the New American Farm Book. 
AMERICAN CATTLE. 
Their History, Breeding, and Management. 
By LEWIS F. ALLEN. 
ILLUSTRATED. PRICE, POST-PAID, $2.50. 
This book will be considered indispensable by every 
breeder of live-stoek. The large experience of the author 
in improving tlie character of American herds adds to the 
weight of bis observations, and 1ms enabled him to produce 
a work whicli will at once make good its claims ns a stand¬ 
ard authority on tile subject. An excellent feature of the 
volume is its orderly, methodical arrangement, condensing 
a great variety of information into a comparatively small 
compass, and enabling the reader to find tlie point on which 
be is seeking light, without wasting his time in turning over 
the leaves. 
Address ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
JERSEY CATTLE. 
ESSEX PIGS. 
