. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. These are not only useful in giving tlie sun time, but orna- mental on lawns and in pleasure grounds and gardens, w
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. These are not only useful in giving tlie sun time, but orna- mental on lawns and in pleasure grounds and gardens, when set on handsome pUlars in the full exposure to the sun. They are made of metal, 10 inches in diameter, and graduated to every ten min- utes from sunrise to sunset. To get the sun time, set level hy compass, with the style pointing due north, or to tlie North Star; or set by tlie correct clock time at noon, making allowance for the clock time fast or slow by the almanac. The pillars should be about three and a half feet high, and may be made of wood, iron or stone, according to fancy. Price of the Dial without the Pillar, $; Ornamental Iron Pillars and Posts from $ upwards. BATES'S FOLDING PLANT The simple arrangement represented above is useful to all who have a garden. It not only protects from bugs, borers, and fowl, but subdues aU violence of Avind, rain, and cold; keeping off light frosts, and facilitating the growth of young plants in a wonderful degree. Adding to aU this their durability, porta- bility, and cheapness, the purchaser will find he has made a good investment. They fold like an umbrella, and one dozen will make a package four inches square and, twenty-two inches long. When open they cover nineteen inches square. When folded, one hundred and fifty can be put into a common flour barrel. With fair usage they will last ten years, for they are made of durable netting, firmly fastened between two closely fitting pieces of wood, with tinned ta
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