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POLYANTHUS. Beautiful, hardy perennials, for pot culture or borders; 8 inches. 1357-Splendid mixed .... 20

POPPY. Very showy free-blooming plants, producing a rich and effective display. Hardy annuals. 1359-Carnation , double mixed, 18 inches .... 5 1361-Carnation, Double Dwarf, mixed .... 10 1363-French , Fine Double, mixed .... 5 1365-Urnbrosum , huge, crimson flowers, with a large black blotch at the base of each petal .... 10 1367-Opium Poppy .... 5

PORTULACA. One of the best bedding annuals. Very showy, brilliant colors. Indispensable for bedding or baskets. Sow seed in open ground or under glass. It thrives best in warm, sandy soil, with plenty of sun. Commonly known as Rose Moss. 1375-Single Large-flowering, mixed colors .... 5 1377-Very large rose .... 5 1379-Very large striped .... 5 1381-Very large red .... 5 1383-Very large white .... 5 1385-Best single varieties, mixed .... 5 1387-Finest Double, mixed .... 15

P OTENTILLA. Handsome flowering hardy perennials. Very useful in mixed borders 1393-Finest Hybrid, double, mixed .... 25 1396-Best single mixed .... 10

PRIMROSE. The Primrose is a well-known and greatly admired hardy perennial. 1400-Choicest mixed .... 25

PRIMULA. Indispensible for winter and spring decorations. Profuse blooming greenhouse perennials. Thrive readily in the sitting room. 1408-Sinensis, splendid mixed .... 25 1411- " best double mixed .... 50 1413- " fimbricated, fringed edge, best mixed .... 50

PYRETHRUM. Hardy perennials, ornamental, free-blooming plants. 1417-Golden feather, Golden foliage, 1 foot .... 10 1421-Roseum, single mixed .... 10

RHODANTHE. Half-hardy annual everlastings. Very valuable for winter decorations. 1427-Choice mixed, 1 fuot .... 10

RICINUS. Extremely ornamental foliage plants. Brilliant colored fruit. Stately growth. Half-hardy annuals. 8 to 15 feet. 1433-Fine mixed varieties .... 10 1435-Sanguinens, very ornamental red fruit .... 10

ROCKET Very pleasing hardy perennials, blooming profusely, early in the spring. Exquisitely fragrant flowers. 1441-Mixed, 18 inches .... 5

SALPIGLOSSIS. Very picturesque plants, curiously pencilled and marbled funnel-shaped flowers. Hardy annuals. 1446-Tall varieties mixed, 2 feet .... 10 1448-Dwarf varieties mixed, 1 foot .... 10

SALVIA. Elegant scarlet flowers, profuse bloomers. 1453-Coccinea, 2 feet .... 10 1455- " Dwarf, 8 inches .... 10

SANVITALIA. Hardy annuals, dwarf growing, free bloomers. 1461-Procumbens, rich brown and yellow .... 10 1463- " double, great bloomer .... 10

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SAPONARIA. Desirable for small pots or edging. Flowers all the season. Half-hardy annuals. 1470-White .... 5 1472-Rose .... 5 1474-Mixed .... 5

SCABIOSA. (Mourning Bride). Handsome variegated flowers, suitable for borders. Hardy perennials. 1480-Major, fine mixed, 2 feet .... 5 1482-Dwarf, double mixed .... 5

SCHIZANTHUS. Suitable for pots or borders. Elegant branching habit, curious flowers. Very attractive. Half-hardy annuals. 1489-Best mixed varieties .... 10

SEDUM. Pretty for rock work. Very free blooming, hardy perennials 1495-Mixed, 4 inches .... 10

SILENE. (Catchfly). Small red and white flowers. Free blooming, hardy annuals. 1499-Mixed colors .... 5

SOLANUM. (Jerusalem Cherry). Very interesting and ornamental, fruit-bearing, half hardy annuals. Exceedingly handsome. 18 inches. 1506-Capsicastrum, bears abundantly all winter .... 10 1508-Fine mixed .... 10

STATICE. The flowers of the Statice are particularly desirable for winter bouquets and baskets, as they dry beautifully. Half-hardy annuals. 1512-Bonduelli, golden yellow .... 10 1514-Incana, hybrida, fine mixed colors .... 10 1516-Spicata, rosy-pink flowers .... 10

STEVIA. Desirable for borders or pot culture. Half hardy perennials. 1520-Best mixed .... 5

STOCKS. The stocks are general favorites, affording a large profusion of elegant flowers, which are quite double and remain a long time in bloom. They are very desirable for bedding, borders, or pot culture. Plant seed in open ground or in the house. If the latter, transplant while the plants are very small, to one foot apart. About 15 inches. 1525-German or Russian, very fine mixed double; annuals .... 10 1527-Large Flowering German, fine mixed double; annuals .... 15 1530-French Autumn, a beautiful biennial sort for pot culture .... 15 1533-Brompton or Winter, great bloomers, producing an elegant display. Finest mixed colors .... 15 1535-Perpetual Blooming, produces beautiful double flowers, all the year round. Best mixed colors .... 15

SWEET SULTAN. Free blooming, sweet scented plants. Pretty for borders. 18 inches. 1541-Best mixed colors .... 5

SUNFLOWER. No flower has become so suddenly popular as the Sunflower. They are hardy annuals, easily grown, very showy. From 5 to 10 feet. 1550-California, tall double yellow .... 5 1552-Globosus fistulosus, one of the very best; large and double .... 5 1554-Double Green Centered; very large, green center. When old, perfectly double .... 5 1557-Mammoth Russian , very large .... 5 1560-Best mixed .... 5

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SWEET WILLIAM. The Sweet William is an old favo ri te, which has been greatly improved of late years. Hardy perennials. 18 inches. 1567-Brilliant red .... 10 1570-Dark crimson .... 10 1572-Fine mixed .... 5

THUNBERGIA. Rapid growing climbers; very pretty flowers. Half hardy annuals. 5 feet. 1580 . . Best mixed .... 10

TORENIA. A tender annual of quite recent introduction, which for hanging vases and pot culture is unsurpassed. Sow early under glass. 1585- Fournieri; large azure blue flowers, three dark indigo blue spots and a bright yellow stain the center of the flower .... 25

TRITOMA. (Red- Hot Poker.) The flower spikes are produced in great profusion, of a firey red color, remaining a long time in bloom. Hardy perennials. 1591-Uvaria .... 25

VALERIAN. Large corymbs of bright flowers, which stand the shade well. Handsome for mixed borders. Hardy perennials. 1597-Best mixed colors .... 5

VENUS LOOKING GLASS. The plants form a small spreading mass; pretty, free flowering, hardy annuals. 1602-Mixed colors .... 5

VERBENA. Of all the magnificent bedding plants, the Verbena is finest in cultivation. For dazzling brilliancy and effective colors it is unrivaled. Sow seed under glass early in the spring, transplant when 3 or 4 inches high to open ground 4 feet apart each way. A good healthy plant will effectually cover this space. Half-hardy perennials. Some of the most beautiful Verbenas are seedlings. 1608-Pure white .... 10 1610-Brillian t red .... 10 1612-Blue .... 20 1614-Italian, striped and variegated .... 20 1616-Auricula-ftowered, fine mixed varieties, with white center .... 20 1618-Fine Mixed Hybrid .... 10 1620-Extra Choice Mixed Hybrid .... 25 1622-Very Choicest Mixed , from finest named strains unequalled .... 50

VERONICA. A class of half-hardy annuals, which grow readily with but little care, and are very showy and pretty. 1628-Spicata, very fine mixed .... 10

VINCA. Extremely ornamental green-house shrubs, compact form, shining green foliage, handsome round flowers. Free bloomers. 1633-Choice M ixed .... 10

VIOLA. (Violet). The well known and pretty sweet violet is always in great demand. They are profuse bloomers and ex-

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quisitely fragrant. Hardy perennials; about 8 inches. 1637-Czar, large violet, very fragrant .... 25 1639- " white; same as above, except color .... 25 1641-Odorata, common sweet-scented violet .... 25

VIRGINIAN STOCKS. The Virginian Stocks grow freely most any where, and are always pretty. They are profuse bearing little plants, well suited for edgings or hanging vases. Hardy annuals. 1646-Red .... 5 1648-White .... 5 1651-Mixed .... 5

VISCARIA. Pretty free-flowering hardy annuals, suited for bedding or borders. They require a light, airy soil. 1658-Flesh-colored .... 10 1661-Bright Rose .... 10 1663-Mixed .... 10

WALL FLOWER. Deliciously sweet-scented, charming flowers, indispensible in every garden. Very profuse bloomers. Half-hardy perennials; about 18 inches. 1668-Bright Yellow; very fine flowers; pure yellow .... 25 1570-Dark Brown .... 10 1672-Purple .... 10 1674-Fine Mixed .... 10 1677-Choicest Double Mixed .... 20

WHITLAVIA. A charming plant from California. Hardy annuals. Very delicate foliage; drooping clusters of blue and white bells. Perfectly hardy annuals. Thrive well in the shade. 1 foot. 1685-Grandiflora, violet blue .... 5 1687-Glaxinioides, tube of corrolla, pure white with delicate blue lines .... 5

WIGANDIA. Magnificent plants, with immense veined leaves. The stems are covered with crimson hair. One or the finest ornamental foliage plants in cultivation. Half-hardy perennials. 7 to 8 feet. 1694-Caracasana, lilac .... 25 1696-Vigieri, superb glucous foliage .... 25

XERANTHEMUM. Very showy and useful everlasting flowers; easy to grow. Hardy annuals. 1703-Purpile .... 10 1705-Whte .... 10 1707--Super bissimum, new and beautiful, very double, blue flowers .... 25 1709-Mixed .... 10

Z I NNIA. The Zinnia is a very old flower, but has been greatly improved of late years. The flowers are large and showy; robust habit; half-hardy annuals. 18 to 24 inches. 1716-Double Orange .... 10 I718-Double Purple .... 10 1720-Double Scarlet .... 10 1723-Double Violet .... 10 1725-Double White .... 10 1727-Double Mixed .... 5 1730-Dwarf Mixed, very desirable .... 10

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ORNAMENTAL GRASSES.

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ANNUAL VARIETIES.

AGROSTIS. Very fine and graceful grasses, easily cured. 1758-Nebulosa .... 10

AVENA. 1763-Sterilis, Animated Oats .... [blank]

BRIZA. One of the most useful and neat. Commonly called Quaking Grass. 1767-Gracillis, small .... 5 1770-Maxima, large .... 5

CHRYSURUS. 1775-Aurea, very pretty golden spiked .... 5

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COIX. Broad leaves, about two feet. 1777—Job's Tears... 5.

ERAGROSTIS. (Love Grass) 1779—Very Beautiful, both in borders and dried... 5.

HORDEUM (Squirrel-tailed Grass.) 1781—Very fine, 18 inches... 5.

LAGURUS. (Hare's Tail.) 1783—Resembling the "Cotton-tail." 12 inches... 5.

PANICUM Suitable for borders or bouquets. 1785—Capillare, very beautiful, 2 feet... 5. 1787—Sulcatum, extremely showy, 4 feet... 10.

PENNISETUM. One of the most distinct and beautiful. 1789—Mixed varietie... 5.

UNIOLA. Very beautiful grass for bouquets. 1793—Latifolia... 10.

ZEA. The striped grass, or Japanese maize. Well known and popular. 1797—... 10.

A MIXTURE. 18oo—Of many of the above, best ornamental grasses. Suitable for bouquets... 10.

PERENNIAL VARIETIES.

ANDROPOGON. Large growing, fine sub-tropical plants. Very picturesque and pleasing. 1810— Very fine mixed... 10

BROMUS. One of the most useful and showy. 1814 Brizaeformis, 1 foot... 5.

CHLORIS. 1818—Barbata, bearded curious... 10.

ERIANTHUS. A very noble grass, somewhat resembling the pampas plumes. Very useful in filling baskets. 1825—Ravennae, 7 feet... 10.

GYNERIUM. (Pampas Grass.) The most stately of all grasses, attaining in its native coutry the height of 12 to 15 feet. The plumes are from 20 to 36 inches long. When bleached of a beautiful silvery white. Extremely ornamental. 1830—Argenteum... 10.

STIPA. (Feather Grass.) The most graceful of all grasses. Extremely useful for bouquets. Nothing handsomer in borders. 1835—Pennata, 2 feet... 10.

1840—WILD GARDEN SEEDS.

The introduction of these has proved a most marked success. Anyone who has planted and cultivated flowers in neatly laid out beds or carefully planned ribbon borders is aware of the amount of labor and constant attention necessary to produce the desired effect. To those who cannot give this care, the "Wild Garden" presents a substitute which, for its universal and varied effects, for cheapness and the small amount of labor necessary for its construction, has no rival. "Wild Garden Seeds" are a mixture of over one hundred varieties of hardy Flower seeds, and being mixed together can be offered at a much less price than when sold in separate packets. No one who has not seen such a bed can form an idea of its possibilities, the different seeasons of bloom insuring something new almost every day. Half ounce packets, 25 cents.

••• FRUIT TREES, GRAPE VINES, SMALL FRUITS, &c. BY MAIL, POST PAID. To meet our many calls for small fruits, etc., we are happy to announce that perfect arrangements have been made with one of the most extensive and in every way perfectly reliable nurseries in America, to supply the following very excellent list of out-door plants and fruits, which are to be sent by mail, postage paid and safe arrival guaranteed. Orders in this department must amount to one dollar. We cannot afford to give our attention to orders of less amount. The office work on a small order is the same as on a larger one, and it also requires nearly as much time and material to pack it, and takes almost as much postage. The best time for forwarding fruits is from the first of October to the first of June, as they are less liable to suffer from frost than from extreme heat.

DOLLAR COLLECTIONS. BY MAIL POST PAID.

We make the following named dollar collections for the benefit of purchasers. It will be seen that where persons are not well acquainted with the different varieties, so as to enable them to make judicious selections, these sets offer great advantages for cheapness, and parties will generally get as good selections as they could make themselves, our aim being as far as possible to satisfy every customer that favors us with an order. The choice of varieties in these sets must be left entirely to us, as we positively cannot afford, at these collection prices, to permit customers to name the plants. These collections are subject to the following conditions, that persons ordering are only to name the number designating the collection or collections wanted, as it takes too much time to read long letters giving detailed lists of plants in each collection desired. Simply the number of collection or set is sufficient.

DORR'S IOWA SEED MANUAL. Set 41—8 Apple trees, 4 sorts for $1.00. " 42 —3 Pear trees, 3 sorts for $1.00. " 43—3 Cherry trees, 3 sorts for $1.00. " 44—2 Pear trees, 2 sorts, 2 Quince, 2 sorts, for $1.00. " 45—5 Peach trees, 5 sorts for $1.00. " 46—1 Pear, 2 Peach, 2 Apple, for $1.00. " 47—1 Apple 1 Pear, 1 Cherry, 1 Quince, for $1.00. " 48—8 Grape Vines, 2 each of Concord, Hartford, Ives, and Rogers' Hybrids for $1.00. " 49—10 Grape Vines, 5 sorts, entirely our choice for $1.00. " 50—20 Raspberries, 4 each of Mammoth Cluster, Doolittle's Improved, Brandywine, Philadelphia, and the Turner, for $1.00. " 51—25 Raspberries, 5 sorts, our choice, for $1.00. " 52— 8 Currants, 2 Cherry, 3 La Varsailes and White Grape for $1.00.

Set 53—50 Strawberry plants, 10 Monarch of the West, 10 Crescent Seedling, 20 Wilson's Albany, and 10 Charles Downing for $1.00. " 54—50 Strawberry plants , 20 Sharpless, 10 Col. Cheney, 10 Glendale, 10 Jucunda for $1.00. " 55—50 Sharpless Strawberry plants, fruit immensely large, for $1.00. " 56—2 Grapes, 2 Currants, 4 Raspberry, and 20 Strawberry plants for $1.00. " 57—5 Sweet Chestnut, 1 Spanish Chestnut, 1 Butternut, 1 Black Walnut and 1 Maderia Nut for $1.00. " 58—75 Catalpa Speciosa, perfectly hardy and rapid grower; very durable timber, for $1.00. " 59—40 Sweet Chestnut trees for $1.00. " 60—1 Spruce, 1 American Arbor Vitae, 1 Pyramidalis, 1 Irish Juniper, 1 Retinospora, $1.00.

We have frequent letters of inquiry similar to the following: "In your sets of ten grape vines for one dollar, please let me know what varieties you send, also in your sets of 25 raspberry plants for $1.00 what varieties do you send?" In reply to all such inquiries we would say that we are only enabled to offer such large numbers for a dollar by retaining the privilege of selecting the varieites when we fill the order, and this excludes the possibility of naming in advance of filling the orders, what varieties will be used. But all sets will be filled with good sorts. In sets where the varieties are named, those of course will be sent.

The following PREMIUMS apply to the list of Fruit Trees, Grape Vines, Small Fruits, Evergreens and Deciduous Trees, &c., only. DO NOT GET THIS MIXED WITH FLOWER PLANTS AND BULBS OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT. They commence with Apples and end with Deciduous Trees.

It will be apparent that as we have to prepay all mail matter, we cannot afford to allow as large premiums when plants are to be sent by mail, as we can when sent by express, the purchaser paying the express charges on receipt of the plants. But as an inducement to persons to present the matter to neighbors and solicit club orders, we offer the following liberal premiums, enabling those who have not the money to spare, to procure an assortment of plants by spending a few hours time.

MAIL CLUBBING RATES: Persons sending $2.00 may select plants valued at $2.20; $4.00, $4.50; $6.00, $7.00; $8.00, $9.50; $10.00, $12.00; $15.00, $18.50; $20.00, $25.00. And for all amounts remitted above $20.00, 25 per cent. may be added to the order. EXPRESS CLUBBING RATES: -Which applies to all items in this list except potted strawberry plants: Persons sending $2.00 may select plants valued at $2.40; $4.00, $5.00; $6.00, $8.00; $8.00, $11.00; $10.00, $14.00; $15.00, $22.00; $20.00, $30.00.

And for all amounts remitted above $20.00, 50 per cent. may be added to the order. Individual orders for any of the preceeding [preceding] amounts will be entitled to the same premiums as Club Orders.

APPLES. (Standard.)

Plant 30 feet apart each way, 48 trees to the acre. One year grafts finely rooted, cut back suitable for mailing. 15 cents each, 8 for $1.00, 4 sorts, our choice of the following:

SUMMER. Benoni, Caroline, Early Harvest, Early Strawberry, Golden Sweet, Holland Pippin, Keswick Codlin, Red Astrachan, Red June, Sops of Wine, Sweet Bough, Western Beauty.

AUTUMN. Autumn Swaar, Autumn Strawberry, Colvert, Cayuga Red Streak, Fall Jennetting, Fall Pippin, Gravenstein, Lowell, Maiden's Blush, Munson Sweet, Sherwood's Favorite, St. Lawrence.

WINTER. Ben Davis, Bailey's Sweet, Belmont, Baldwin, Bellflower Yellow, Dominie, Dutch Mignonne, Fallawater, Fameuse, Grimes' Golden, Golden Russet, H. Nonsuch, King (of Tompkins Co.) Limber Twig, Milam, Northern Spy, Peck's Pleasant, Rome Beauty, Russet Roxbury, R. I. Greening, Rawles' Janet, Rambo, Ribston Pippin, Seek-no-Further, Stark, Talman Sweet, Vandevere, White Pippin, Wagner, Wine Sap.

HYDE 'S KING OF THE WEST. One year trees suitable for mailing, 40 cents each; 3 for $1.00. Large to very large; handsome yellowish green; good quality, a remarkable keeper. Apples of crops of 1880 and 1881 were exhibited side by side at the winter meeting of the Ohio State Horticultural Society, held at Warren, in December of 1881, and attracted great attention. Time of keeping, all the year round.

APPLES—Crab. One year grafts cut back for mailing. Price, 25 cents each; 5 for $1.00. Briar's Sweet, Golden Beauty, Hyslop, Montreal Beauty, Power's Large Red, Transcendent, Van Wyck's Sweet, Whitney's No. 20. General Grant.

PEARS—Standard. Plant 20 feet apart, each way, 108 trees to the acre. One year grafts cut back for mailing. Price, 40 cents each; 3 for $1.00. SUMMER. Bartlett, Brandywine, Clapp's Favorite. Osband's Summer, Tyson,

AUTUMN. Buffam. Belle Lucrative, Beurre Bosc, Beurre d'Anjou, Beurre Clairgeau, Duch's d'Angouleme, Doyenne Boussock. Flemish Beauty, Howell, Louise Bonne de Jersey Swan's Orange, Sheldon, Seckel.

WINTER Beurre Easter. Lawrence, Mt. Vernon. Vicar of Winkfield.

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CHERRIES. Plant Hearts and Bigarreaus 20 feet apart each way; 108 trees to the acre. Plant Dukes and Morellos 10 to 12 feet apart; 363 trees to the acre. One year from bud, cut back for convenience in mailing to about one foot. Price 40 cents each; 3 for $1.00. LEADING SORTS. Black Eagle, Belle Magnifique, Black Tartarian, Carnation, Early Richmond, Early Purple Guigne, Elton, English Morello, Gov. Wood, May Duke, Napoleon, Ohio Beauty, Rockpork, Reine Hortense, Yellow Spanish.

PLUMS. One year buds cut back for convenience in mailing. Price, 50 cents each except noted. Bradshaw, General Hand, Italian Prune, Lombard, Shropshire Damson, Magnum Bonum Yellow, Pond's Seedling, Prince Imperial Gage, Reagle's Union Purple, Reine Claude, Smith's Orleans. Geuii—Very large, dark purple, hardy strong grower; an early and abundant bearer; ripens last of September. 75 cents.

IMPROVED VARIETIES OF AMERICAN PLUMS ON PEACH STOCKS. De Caradeuc, Wild Goose, Bassett, Newman, Weaver, De Soto.

PEACH TREES. One year buds cut back for mailing, 25 cents each; our choice, 5 sorts; 5 for $1.00. Amsden's June, Alexander Early, Bernard's Yellow Rareripe, Crawford's Early, Crawford's Late, Coolidge Favorite, Chinese Cling, Early Beatrice, Early Louise, Early Rivers, Foster, Hale's Early, Hill's Chili, Jacques' Rareripe, Large Early York, Mountain Rose, Old Mixon Cling, Old Mixon Free, Red Cheek Melocoton, Smock's Free, Smock's Cling, Steadley, Scott's Nonpariel, Stump the World, Susquehanna, Yellow Rareripe Lemon Cling,

PEACH TREES- Newer Varieties. Price, except noted, 35 cents each; 3 for $1.00. Beer's Smock, Conklin, Marshall's Late, Prince of Wales, Bilyeu's Late October, Honeywell, Mrs. Brett, Saunders, Waterloo.

NECTARINES AND APRICOTS. A good assortment. Price 50 cents each.

QUINCES. Angers—30 cents. Champion—75 cents. Orange—50 cents. Rea's Mammoth— 50 cents.

NUTS. Trees suitable size for mailing. American Sweet Chestnut — 10 cents each; 40 cents per 10, $2.50 per 100. Spanish Chestnuts — 25 cents each. Butternut — 20 cents each; 6 for $1.00. Black Walnut —20 cents each; 6 for $1. English Walnut — 25 cents each. Almonds — Hard and soft shell. 50 cents each. Pecans — 50 cents each. Hickory Nuts — Shell bark, 25 cents each. Japan Chestnut — A splendid addition to our nut-bearing trees. Nuts of the largest size, averaging nearly an ounce each, of delicious flavor. A beautiful tree, apparently more hardy than the American Sweet Chestnut. 1 year trees, 50 cents each.

GRAPES—General Collection. Black. Plant rows 8 feet apart and 6 to 10 feet in rows. The following prices are for first-class one year vines, two year vines being too heavy to forward by mail. Price 25 cents, except otherwise noted. Clinton—15 cts. Eumelan—30 cts. Ive's Seedling — 15cts. Merrimac. Senasqua—75 cts. Concord—15 cts. Hartford Prolific—15 cts Isabella—15 cts. Moore's Early—75 cts. Wilder. Worden—40cts.

GRAPES-Red or Amber. Agawam. Brighton—40 cents. Catawba—15 cents. Delaware, Salem. Lindley, Goethe, Massasoit, Walter—75 cents.

GRAPES-White. Croton—50 cents. Lady—50 cents. Martha. Rebecca—50 cents.

STRAWBERRIES. For field culture plant 1 by 4 feet apart, 10,000 to the acre. For garden culture plant 1 by 2 feet apart. Any rich soil that will produce good corn or potatoes is suitable for the Strawberry. Early in the winter cover the entire surface with litter of some kind to keep the plants from being injured by freezing. There is no danger of putting on too much between the rows, but the plants themselves must not be covered too deep; from two to three inches of coarse straw is probably the best covering. When growth commences remove the covering from directly over the plants and leave it between them for a mulch. The blossoms of those marked with a letter (p) are destitute of stamens and are termed Pistillate; and unless a row of a perfect flowered variety is planted at intervals not exceeding about a rod, they will produce imperfect fruit, and but little of it; but when properly fertilized, as a rule, they are more prolific than those with perfect flowers. Price, 10 cts. each; 30c per 10; $2.00 per 100. Black Defiance, Capt . Jack. Cumberlain Triumph. Crescent Seedling, (p) Chas. Downing. Longfellow. Michigan Seedling. Marvin, Monarch of the West. Col. Cheney. (p) Cinderella. Glendale. Great American. Iowa Prolific. Jucunda. Kentucky. Miner's Great Prolific. Pioneer. President Lincoln. Seth Boyden. Seneca Chief. Sharpless. Triomph de Gand. Warren. Windsor Chief Wilson's Seedling.

RASPBERRIES. The Raspberry should be placed in good rich soil, in rows about five feet apart, and three feet apart in the row, with three or five canes to the hill. As soon as they have done bearing, cut out the old wood to give more vigor to the young canes. Price, unless noted, 10 cts. each; 50 cts per 10; $3.50 per 100. Cuthbert, or Queen of the Market -A remarkably strong, hardy variety, said to stand the northern winters and southern summers better than any other variety. Berries very large measuring three inches around; conical; rich crimson; very handsome, and so firm they can be shipped hundreds of miles by rail in good condition; flavor is sweet, rich and luscious. Price, 10 cents each; 20 for $1.00; $4.00 per 100. Doolittle's Improved Black Cap-Although one of the first introduced, it still holds its place as one of the most valuable. Hansell- Medium to large; color of the brightest crimson; quality best, rich and refreshing, possessing a powerful aroma, imparting a delightful perfume and flavor. Canes vigorous, productive and entirely hardy, having thus far withstood the Summer's heat and Winter cold equal to the old Ironclad Turner. 40 cents each; 3 for $1.00; 12 for $3; 25 for $5.50. Gregg - This is decidedly the largest and most prolific Black Cap that we have ever seen, far surpassing in size the famous Mammoth Cluster; averaging when [continued next page]