[Illustration: FERRY’S SEED ANNUAL FOR 1884] Will be mailed FREE TO ALL applicants and to customers of last year without ordering it. It contains illustrations, prices, descriptions and directions for planting all Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Plants, etc. INVALUABLE TO ALL. D. M. FERRY & CO. DETROIT, Mich. * * * * * J. B. ROOT & CO.’S [Illustration] Illustr’d Garden Manual of VEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS, ready for all applicants. Market Gardeners SEEDS a Specialty. Write for Wholesale Price-List. —> SENT FREE ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. * * * * * BEST MARKET PEAR. [Illustration: KIEFFER] 99,999 PEACH TREES All _best varieties_ of new and old Strawberries, Currants, Grapes, Raspberries, etc. EARLY CLUSTER New Blackberry, early, hardy, good. Single hill yielded 13 quarts at one picking. Send for FREE Catalogue. J.S. COLLINS, Moorestown, N.J. * * * * * BLUE STEM SPRING WHEAT!!! The best variety of Prairie Wheat known. Yields largely and is less liable to blight than any other variety. Also celebrated Judson Oats for sale in small lots. Samples, statement of yield, and prices sent free upon application to SAMPSON & FRENCH, Woodstock, Pipestone Co., Minn., or Storm Lake, Ia. When you write mention THE PRAIRIE FARMER. * * * * * BLOOMINGTON NURSERY CO. BLOOMINGTON, ILL. Established 1852, by F. K. PHŒNIX Incorporated 1883. We offer for the _Spring Trade_ a very large & fine stock of every description of Fruit & Ornamental TREES. Catalogue for Spring of 1884 now ready and mailed on application. 600 ACRES. 13 GREENHOUSES * * * * * SEEDS Our large GARDEN GUIDE describing _Cole’s Reliable Seeds_ is MAILED FREE TO ALL. We offer the _LATEST Novelties_ in SEED POTATOES, Corn and Oats, and the _Best Collection_ of Vegetable, Flower, Grass and Tree SEED. Everything is tested. COLE & BRO., Seedsmen, PELLA, IOWA * * * * * SEED-POTATOES and SEEDS. [Illustration] 60 newest varieties of potatoes. Garden seeds. Seed Grain, etc., at lowest prices. Illustrated catalogue and treatise on POTATO CULTURE, free. _J. W. WILSON, Austin, Ill._ * * * * * SEEDS! PLANTS—Catalogue Free. A. E. SPALDING, AINSWORTH, IOWA. * * * * * [Illustration: SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN, FARM & FIELD.] ESTABLISHED 1845. Our Annual Catalogue, mailed free on application, published first of every January, contains full description and prices of RELIABLE VEGETABLE, TREE, FIELD AND FLOWER SEED, SEED GRAIN, SEED CORN, SEED POTATOES, ONION SETS, ETC; ALSO GARDEN DRILLS, CULTIVATORS, FERTILIZERS, ETC., with full information for growing and how to get our Seeds. Address PLANT SEED COMPANY, Nos. 812 & 814 N. 4th St., ST. LOUIS, MO. * * * * * SIBLEY’S TESTED SEEDS,