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AME LUCAN AGRICULTU HIST. 
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New, Rare, or Choice Seeds. 
I send out to tl»o Public my Annual last 
of Nciv, Rare, and Choice Vegetables. 
Having been the original introducer of tlie 
Hubbard Squash, Marblehead Mammoth 
Drumhead Cabbage, Marblehead Mam¬ 
moth Sweet Corn, and many other new 
Vegetables, I am ever ready to introduce 
to the Public every new vegetable product 
that comes to my notice, that I think. 
Avorthy of their attention. 
Fcttler's Improved Brunswick Cabbage. — (The 
earliest of all hard-heading Drumheads, grows heads 12 to 
18 inches in diameter, in 9(3 days ; a new cabbage very pop¬ 
ular with marketmen.) 
Marblehead Mammoth CtJsTs\GF..-(Thelargestcabbage 
in the world, has been grown to weigh from 25 to GO lbs. in 
almost every State in the Union. See my Circular. Seed , 
pure ; 1 ivas the original introducer.) 
Stone-Mason Cabbage.— {Large, hard-heading, short 
slump. About every plant on an acre will set a fine head; 
it is a harder ancl sweeter cabbage than Flat Dutch. In 
half-ounce packages.) 
Cannon Ball Cabbage .—(This matures with the T Vin- 
nigstadt, with heads about as round and hard as a cannon 
bcill.) 
Lenormond’s Mammoth Cauliflower. — {Doubtless 
the largest of all the Cauliflower family. Very reliable for 
heading.) 
Carter’s New, Dwarf, Mammoth Cauliflower.—• 
(Very early, hardy, larger than Walcheren; excellent for 
forcing or for general use.) 
Early Dwarf Erfurt Cauliflower. — {The most 
compact growing of all the dwarfs; excellent either for forc¬ 
ing orfor general use.) 
Chinese Cabbage .—{The leaves are more tender, and the 
flavor more agreeable than that of common cabbage.) 
Ornamental Kale .—{Foliage elegant in structure and 
color, very ornamental.) ■— New York Improved Large 
Purple Egg Plant .—{Of larger size and richer purple 
than common kind.) New Long Early Purple Egg 
Plant .—{A decided improvement in earliness on common 
Early Long Purple.) Striped Guadalupe Egg Plant. 
—(Elegantly striped with white , red , and yellow ; good for 
table vse.) Chinese Scarlet Egg Plant .—(Of a mag¬ 
nificent scarlet color.) Marblehead Mammoth Sweet 
Corn .—(This has taken, the first prize at the Annual Ex¬ 
hibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society two sea¬ 
sons ; ears weigh from two to three pounds; excellent for 
table use.) Mammoth French Squash .—(Grows to weigh 
from 100 to 200 lbs.) Vegetable Caterpillars .—(The 
seed vessels resemble the natural animal.) 
Snake Cucumber. — (Grows three feet and more in 
length , coiled ,, and veiny like a snake with his head raised.) 
Norbiton Giant Cucumber.—(“ The finest, longest, and 
most prolific cucumber cultivated "—a great English Seed 
Firm says—and it ought to be, as they charge ine over 197 
dollars a pound for the seed! 1 send ten seed in each pack¬ 
age.) Lawton’s Prolific Long-podded Pea. —(The 
longest podded of all peas, “ some pods having from ten to 
twelve peas," so the Englishmen say.) Commodore Nutt 
Sugar Pea .—(A remarkably dwarf string pea, growing 
no higher than Tom Thumb. Pods and all are eaten.) Bay¬ 
ard Taylor’s Watermelon .—(A very large hybrid va¬ 
riety.) Perennial Lettuce .—(Distinctfrom all other va¬ 
rieties ; leaves used as salad , or served as spinach.) Cedar 
IIill Tomato .—(Of this new tomato the Ilorlicultui'ist 
says: ‘ ‘ Thus far no tomato has equalled it in earliness, pro¬ 
ductiveness,solidity and flavor." My seed came directly from 
the originator. Package of either of the above varieties sent 
to any address with full directions for cultivation, and war¬ 
ranted to reach the purchaser, at 25 cents each.) 
Lmproved American Savoy Cabbage .(Heads.large,very 
reliable, excellent either for family or market. The Savoys 
are the tenderesl and richest flavored of all cabbage.) Early 
Pancalier Savoy ; Early Ulm Savoy ;—(eacli of these 
are ten days earlier than Early York; very sweet and ten¬ 
der ; dhoice for family vse.) Little Pixie.— (Also ten days 
earlier than Early York, and probably with the two above 
are the earliest of all cabbages ; heads, remarkably hard, 
tender, and sweet.) Burnel’s King of the Dwarfs.— 
(A large, conical cabbage; vert/ early.) Sciiweinfurt 
Quintal .—(This new early cabbage from France is the 
earliest of all large Drumheads ; heads, 12 to 18 inches di¬ 
ameter, not very hard, but remarkably tender.) Field 
Cabbage .—(Grown as green fodder for stock, can be cut 
several limes.) Jersey Low Kale .—(Grows six feet high 
or merre ; has given much satirfactian as green fodder for 
milch cotvs.) Bates’ Extra Early Sweet Corn.— 
(Wrinkled kernel, sweet, excellent; comes in just before Cros¬ 
by's.) 
Crosby’s Early Twelve Rowed .—(A decided acqui¬ 
sition. This is the earliest sweet corn, of a good market 
size; tender and sweet.) Mexican Sweet Corn— (Both 
the sweetest and tenderesl of all corn, as hundreds can testi¬ 
fy.) Mammoth Flint Corn .—(Ears are 10 inches long, 
matures as far north as Central New England.)— Old 
Colony Sweet.—(— Very productive; ears, large, tender , 
sweet. Does well either North or South.) Hubbard 
Squash.— (Seed, pure. I was the original introducer of 
this, the richest of all winter squashes.) American Tur¬ 
ban Squasii .—(The dryest, finest, grained,and sweetest of 
all fall squashes.) Pure Boston Marrow .—My variety is 
the jrurest now to be found in this country.) Improved 
Long Green Cucumber. — (The largest of the long green 
varieties.) McLean’s Little Gem Pea. — (A great ac¬ 
quisition,, a wrinkled pea like Champion of England, grow¬ 
ing but about a foot high.) Carter’s First Crop.— 
(About a week earlier than Early Dan. O'Rourke.) 
Tom Thumb Pea .—(Grows 10 inches high; crops enor¬ 
mously ; pods, large and well filled; very early.) Brown's 
New Dwarf Marrowfat .—(Theearliest and must dwarf 
Marrowfat, cultivated.) Caractacus Pea. — (Messrs. 
Waite & Co., of England, send this out as a week earlier 
than any other SM't.) Giant Wax Bean.— (The wax 
beans are alrnp string beans; the new note nrtety excels 
in length and width.) Yard-long Bean .—(A curiosity ; 
pods grow over two feet long.) Fe.jeeBean .—(The hardiest 
and earliest of all beans; introduced from Fejee Islands.) 
Ward’s Nectar Melon .—(Exceedingly spicy, sweet, rich, 
and delicious.) Phinney’s Watermelon.— (Red-fleshed, 
early, excellent. Those who could not succeed with any oth¬ 
er variety have done finely with this.) Extra Early York 
Tomato .—(Of good size, very early, and exceedingly pro- 
liflc. Many have adopted this as thei- earliest kind.) 
Keyes’ Early Prolific.— (This, though not thirty days 
earlier than every other sort, is very prolific, early, very 
sweet, and keeps remarkably well after ripening.) 
Maupay’s Superior Toma.to.— (New, and very promis¬ 
ing ; early , large, smooth, very thick; flavor , excellent!) 
Foard’s Tomato.— (New, large, thick, a little fluted, 
solid.) 
Eureka Tomato .—(New ; appears to be a cross between 
common soils and the bush variety.) Mammoth Chihua¬ 
hua.— (Sometimes weighs 2 ar 3 lbs.; one tomato heaping a 
quart measure.) During’s New Blood Turnip Beet.— 
(This took the first prize at last Annual Exhibition of Mas¬ 
sachusetts Horticultural Society.) Castislnaudary Beet. 
—(A French variety, having a rich, nut-like flavor; very 
dark purple, sweet, and tender.) Crapandine Beet.— 
(Outer skin like bark of a, tree. The French esteem this as 
best of all for table use.) White’s Very Deep Red Beet. 
—(A new first-class English beet.) Yellow Turnip Beet. 
—(New ; color, golden yellow ; very early, sweet, and ten¬ 
der.) Yellow Ovoid Mangold Wurtzel.— (New; for 
cattle; of 17 vaiielies this cropped the most.) Early 
Croeker Onion .—(The earliest of all the ydlow sorts; 
quality, superior.) 
Stiped-leaved Japanese Maize .—(The leaves, striped, 
with white, purple, and green , are veiny omiamental and at- 
tractive ) 
Turner’s Incomparable Dwarf White Celery.— 
(Quite dwarf, vemj solid.) Read’s Matchless Celery.— 
(A fine, new, solid, red , English prize vailely.) Boston 
Market Celery .—(The short, bushy, compact , solid celery 
for which. Boston market is famous.) Wheeler’s Tom 
Thumb Lettuce.—(A new, early, dwarf English vaileiy 
of high reputation.) Perpignan Lettuce .—(Superiorfor 
summer; some of my heads, (quite cabbage like.) measured 
seven inches across.) Cabbage Lettuce .—(Six choicest 
varieties in one package.) C’hufas, or Ground Almonds. 
—(Taste, very much like Cocoa nuts ; remarkably produc¬ 
tive.) Ornamental Gourds. — (Many varieties in one 
package.) Mammoth Russian Sun-flower.— (Grows 
over twice as large as the common Sun-flower.) Edible 
Podded Radish.— (Pods, six or eight inches long, solid, 
crisp,and tender; excellent for salad or pickling.) Scoi.ymus 
Hispanicus .—(The long, fleshy roots are of a delicate and 
pleasant flavor, and are both healthf ul and nutritious.) 
Packages of Seed of any of the above choice vegetables, 
with fall directions for cultivation, warranted to reach each 
purchaser, at 15 cents each. My Catalogue, containing over 
two hundeed varieties of vegetables, over a hundred of 
which are of my own raising , sent gratis to any address. 
JAMES J. II. GREGORY, Ma rblehead, Mass. 
EW CABBAGES.—NEW SHORT-STEMMED 
Brunswick, or Bottler's Brunswick, New Sciiweinfurt, 
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Early Erfurt Cauliflower, five, 25 cts. Cedar Hill Tomato, 
25 cts. With all other new anti standard Garden and Flow¬ 
er Seeds. 25 sorts by mail, pre-paid, for $1. Catalogues to 
any address. Seeds in ounce, pound, or small papers, lor the 
trade, by the 100 or 1,000—the most judicious selection ever 
offered in this country. Wholesale Trade Lists now ready. 
Agents wanted. „ 
B. M. WATSON, Old Colony Nurseries and Seed Establish¬ 
ment, Plymouth, Mass. 
S F you want any Strawberry, Raspberry, or Black- 
berry Plants, Grape Vines, Currant Bushes or Asparagus 
Roots—good plants at low prices, address CHAS. COLLINS, 
Moorestown, N. J. Price Lists gratis. __ 
GOOD OFFER. ” 
Pox- $3.00 We will send by mail, 13 plants of Jncim- 
<lsx —Our No. 700 Strawberry, and 
the American Agriculturist for one year. 
For 10 cts. The New Edition of our Dcscx-ijitive 
and Illusti'atcd Catalogue. 
order now. j. KNOX, 
Box 155, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
S .NOR SALE.—A Farm of 320 Acres, highly im¬ 
proved, with first-class buildings, fruit, &c., within 
ten miles of Joliet, and 36 miles of Chicago, Ill., unsurpassed 
for stock or grain, good schools and churches in the imme¬ 
diate vicinity, price $45 per acre. For full particulars address 
J T. YOUNG, 98 Duane-st., New York, or EDWARD 
YOUNG, Joliet, 111. 
rax OR SALE—A Farm; 24 acres, 18 miles from 
J Philadelphia, 1 mile from 11. It. Buildings and fruit—all 
kinds. Address LEVI N. BEEBEE, Glassboro, N. J. 
WANTED. 
A good farm wanted of from ten to thirty acres, well 
located, and adapted for raising small fruits. One with 
house built, and plants already set,, preferred. Address, 
ISAAC B. TIIUltBEP., Providence, R, I. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Early Goodrich, Harison, Lapstone Kidney, Gleason, Pink¬ 
eye, r.ustycoat, Cuzco, Calico, Early Cottage, Sebec, Fluke, 
White Sprouts, Union, Coppermine, Andes, Shaker’s Fancy, 
and 50 other varieties. Four pounds of either variety will 
be mailed to any address, postage pre-paid, upon receipt of 
One Dollar. For larger quantities and descriptive Price-list 
Acldrcs3 ’ REISIG & HEXAMER, 
New Castle, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
KNOT’S SEED STORE AT TOUR DOOR.— 
“ Scm! by Slain,” page 
KNOX 
FRUIT FARM &. NURSERIES. 
Tlic New Edition of Our Small Fi-uit Cata¬ 
logue is now issued, and we are mailing large numbers of 
it every day. Every one who takes any interest in Small 
Fruit Culture should have a copy. 
It contains: Descriptions of all Grapes, Straw¬ 
berries, Raspberries, Rlaeltbcirics, Goose¬ 
berries, Currants, &c., of any merit. Also Illustra¬ 
tions of the Concord and Ives Grapes,— Jucunda and 
Fillmoi-e Strawberries,— Hornet and Pbilndelpliia. 
Raspberries— Kittatinny and Wilson’s Early Black¬ 
berries,— Cherry and Wllitc Grape Currantscon¬ 
siderations that should influence the purchaser in the choice-, 
of Nursery Stock ; Select Lists, both by Mail and Express;— 
the secrets of our success in plant, vine and fruit growing 
—Prices of Stock for Spring of 1868, and much other 
valuable information. 
We will inclose with the above Catalogue a directed En¬ 
velope and an Order List, giving the plainest instructions 
liow to order, and forward to all applicants enclosing 10 cts. 
J. KNOX, 
Box 155, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
BLOOMINGTO^NURSERY. 
17th] 10 Green-Houses. 350 Acres. [YEAR. 
Fruit, Ornamental and Nursery Stock— Gen¬ 
eral assortment. Dwarf and Standard Trees —in¬ 
cluding 200,000 flue, cheap yearling Apple, Pear, &c., admir¬ 
able for large plantations or distant markets. Blaekber- 
i-ies— Kittatinny, Wilson’s Early, Missouri Mammoth.— 
Raspberries— Doolittle, Clarke, EUisdale, Golden Cap, 
Phila. Thornless. Strawbci-i’ies— Jucunda, Wilson, &c. 
Grapes— Concord, Delaware, Ives’, Norton, Rogers’ Hy¬ 
brids, especially No. 4. Grape Cuttings. Apple Cions. 
Root Grafts. Stocks— Apple, Pear, Quince, Plum, 
Cherry. Black Walnut, Peach and Apple Seed. 
Osage Orange Seed and Plants. Evex-gi-eens, Shade 
Trees, Shrubs, Climbers, Roses —Best Stock, Largest 
Assortment we know—500 Varieties, including Giant, Mar¬ 
shal Niel, Madam Chas. Wood, Gen. Washington, &c. Dah¬ 
lias, Gladiolus, Verbenas, Bcddiixg and Gi-ecn- 
Ixouse Plants. Send 3 red stamps for 3 Catalogues. 
F. K. PIICENIX, 
Bloomington, McLean Co., Ill. 
C CATALOGUE OF AGRICULTURAL AND 
J HOUSEHOLD IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY, 
SEEDS AND FERTILIZERS.—We have just issued anew 
edition of our very complete and handsome Catalogue for 
the current and coming season. It fills 225 pages, illustrated 
with nearly 400 engravings, and is sent to applicants for 
$1.00—less than the actual cost of production, and this 
amount is deducted on the receipt of orders from those who 
have paid it. Every Farmer, or Merchant engaged in deal¬ 
ings with Farmers, ought to have a copy of this Catalogue. 
R. II. ALLEN & CO., New York. 
The most economical Crate and Basket in use. Neat, 
strong, compact, and well ventilated. 
Agents wanted in all the fruit growing districts. 
Orders for Western New-York direct to S. D. REDMAN, 
Box and Basket Co., Newfane, N. Y. Circulars sent free. 
HEXAMER’S PRONG-HOE. 
The best Hand-cultivator ever invented. It saves half the 
labor of hoeing, and does the work better than any other 
tool. Every farmer and gardener should have it. 
Price, per piece, $2.50; per dozen, $24.00. 
Circulars sent on application. Address, 
REISIG & HEXAMER, 
New Castle, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
M ITTTATINNY BLACKBERRY PLANTS very 
stout and fine, $2 per doz.; $15 per 100; 4,by mail, post¬ 
paid, $1. Wilson’s Early. $15 per 100; $4 per doz.; $30 per 
100; 2, by mail, post-paid, $1. Clarke Raspberry, $4 per doz.; 
$i0 per i00; 2, do., do., $1. Philadelphia, do., $2 per doz , $14 
per 100; 4, do., do., $1.—Grape-vines, Roses, New. Rare Ever¬ 
greens, and other Nursery Stock, at reduced rates in quanti¬ 
ties. MAHLON MOON, Morrisville, Bucks Co., Pa. 
SEND FOR A CATALOGUE. 
E. NEWBURY, Seedsman and Florist. 
Bx-ooklyn, Conn. 
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN FLOWER SEEDS. 
25 papers Choice Annual Flower Seeds, by mail, free, SI. 
20 “ “ “ and Perennial Flower Seeds, by 
mail, free, $1. Also Dealer in all kinds of Bedding Plants, 
Lilies, Gladiolus, Tuberoses, etc. Catalogues, free. 
Brooklyn, February 1, 186S. 
C 'LARKE RASPBERRY ut $3 pur 1,000, small 
1 plants at $2 per 1,000, Elm City at $10 per doz. Shall 
haye next fall 20,000 Clarke’s at lowest market price. 
WM. PARMFbEE, New Haven, Conn. 
