THE PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGIST. 



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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT. 



1Qf)Q —CHARTER P E R P ETU A L.— "I QQQ 



FIEE INSURANCE COMPANY 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



ASSETS ON JANUARY 1, 1866, 



$2,506,851 96. 



Capital $400,000 00 



Accrued surplus 944,543 15 



Premiums 1,162,308 81 



UNSETTLED CLAIMS, INCOME FOR 1S66, 



$11,467 53. $310,000. 



LOSSES PAID SINCE 1829, 



OVER $5,000,000. 



Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms. 



DIRECTORS: 



Edward C. Dale, 

 George Fales, 

 Alfred Fitler, 

 Eras. M. Lewis, M. D., 

 Peter McCall. 

 CHARLES N. BANCKER, Presiden 

 EDWARD C. DALE, Vice President. 

 J. W. McAllister, Secretary pro tem. 



Charles K". Buncker, 

 Tobias Wagner, 

 Samuel Grant, 

 George W. Richards 

 Isaac Lea, 



SORGO JOURNAL 



AND 



This is the first and only serial devoted specially to the 

 Northern Cane and Sugar Beet enterprise. It aftbrds 

 the latest and most reliable information upon the subject 

 of seed, soil, cultivation and the operation of harvesting, 

 grinding, defecating, evaporating, refining, graining, etc. 

 The Correspondence Summary presents, in a condensed 

 form, the details and results of numerous practical ope- 

 ralions, forming an invaluable record of facts. 



In the department of Farm Machinerv is included no- 

 tices of approved new inventions for the household, prac- 

 tical observation-s upon the value and use of prominent 

 labor-saving machines, and important general informa- 

 tion upon the mechanic, of the farm and family. 



TiEEMS: 



One copy, one. year "..$1.00 



Six months 50 



Four copies, one year 3.00 



Specimen numbers free. Address 

 SORGO JOURNAL AND FARM MACHINIST, 

 116 Main Streety Cincinnati^ Ohio. 



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 the only paper of its kind in the world, and try and dis- 

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BLOOMINGTON NURSERY, 



BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. 



14th Year. 240 Acres. 8 Large Green- 

 houses, 7 of 100 feet each. 



General AssortTtient of Standard and Dicarf Fruit, 

 Ornamental and Nursery Stock. 



Grapes and Small Fruits — with Kitatinny, Wilson's 

 Early, and Chrystal White Blackberry. 



Osage Orange Plants and Seeds — Wholesale and retail. 



Evergreens — Twenty acres, mostly medium and small 

 sizes, just right for shipping. 



Ornamental Trees — Large and small sizes. An excel- 

 lent assortment. 



BEDDING AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



A magnificent stock, with very nearly all the latest ad- 

 ditions, the New Lychnis, Coleus (or Colei) Tritomas, Dbl. 

 Fig. Deutzia, New Roses, Sarah Howard Pink, Pychnosta- 

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 splendid stock of Dalilias, Lilies, Gladiolus, Tuberoses, 

 Geraniums (all classes). Fuchsias, Heliotropes, Chrysan- 

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 Carnations, the very latest and best Double Petunias, 

 Vincas. Also Azaleus, Camellias, Cacti, Begonia, Calla- 

 diums. Cape Jessamine or Gardenias. Also Vase, Basket 

 and Garden Plants, in great variety. 



Three Catalogues issued Annually. 

 1, Descriptive; 2, Wholesale; 3, Greenhouse, Bedding 

 and Miscellaneous. Will be sent for three red stamps. 

 Packing carefully done. 



F. K. PHOENIX, 

 Bloomington, McLean Co.) III. 



WARDER, MITCHELL & CO., 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



FARM MACHINERY, 



Lagonda Agricultural Works, 



SPRINGFIELD. OHIO. 



We offer the following first-class Implements : 

 New York Sclf-raking Reaper and Mower. 



New York Hand-raking Reaper and Mower. 

 Neio York Single Reapers. 



STAFFORD RIDING CULTIVATOR, 



With wrought-iron Shanks and reversible Shovels. 

 Improved Buckeye Cider and Wine Mill and Press. 



All Machinery made by us is Warranted. Send for Cir- 

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