1850. 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



To C'oMPKTiTDKi FOR OUR PRtMiuMS. — The competi- 

 t'Ts for our Premiums stooil ns follows, on our books, on ihe 

 Joth of roliruiiry — arr;iiigcd according to the numbers sent, 

 coninipncing withtlie highest : — 



Joseph Wnlson, Clyde, N. Y.; E. C. Bliss, Westfield, N. 

 V. .1. H. Stanley, Le Roy, N. Y.; E. Howlnnd, Meclmn- 

 ic-iville, N. y.; John Davis, CInrkston, Mieli.; Moses Eanies, 

 Rutland, N. Y.; \Vm. Knox, Waterloo, N. Y.; John B. Dol- 

 sen. Chnlham. c:. W.; Orrin Bishop, Dundee, N. Y.: Alien 

 Hale. !:ast Pinithticld, I'a.; A. Conkey, Mt. Jlorris, N. Y.; 

 Sjhhy & Keeler, Seneca Falls; R. A. Woodcock, Oxford, 

 (-'. W.: A. Erankliii, Honcoye. iN. Y.; James Eraser, York, 

 N. Y.: B. Coddington, Jr., Benton, N. Y.; Dr. Dow, Marion, 

 iN. Y.; O. C. Comslock, Marshall, Mich.; J. Wykoff, Kom- 

 Til.M, K. Y.; Apollos Kent, Amboy, Ohio; Lyman Stro- 

 l-ri.!);e, Triinmnsburgh, i\. Y., L. L. Pratt, Fredonia, N. Y., 

 ('. llubhard, Adams Center, N. Y.; Isaac Minard, Hume, 

 ^'. Y. .John G. True, Castile, N. Y.; Jas. C. Robinson, 

 Penn Yan. iV. Y. ; Jas. Macomber, Farmington, N. Y.; J. 

 H. Bniley. Perry, N. Y., T. S. Cowles, Springfield X Roads, 

 Pa.; Peter Himrod, Eodi, N. Y.; R. Craif Portersville, Pa.; 

 W. H. Pattison, Saline, Mich. 



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Rare Evergreei 



I hand a fine stock of 

 I, or Indian C''daT; 



Trees. 



r Himalayan Spi'uee; 



• Lofty Pine; 



• Cembjan Pme; 



an J many other species all in pots, imported last season, and 

 cstaUUhr:d. Triced lists furnished nn opplication. 



ELLWANGER & BARRY, 

 Mount Hope Garden & Nurseries, Rochester, N. 

 March. 13.50. 



The American Fowl Breeder. 



AXKW AND VALUABLE BOOK ; Coutctining full informa- 

 tion on ISri'eding, Roaiing. Diaeaees. and Management of 

 DOMESTIC POULTRY; 

 By an .Qxsociation of Practical Breeders. 

 Tbn above valuable book isjustpublibhed by JOHN F. JEWETT 

 fie CO.. ("omhili, Boston; and it is offered at the extremely low 

 price of 



25 CENTS PER COPY, 



to bring it -within the ni'-ana of evpry man intrrcgted in Poultry. 



(llT-vVE WANT lOO GOOD EAiTHFUL AGENTS, to sell this 



Work in (vt^ry County in New England, Now York, PcnnsylTania; 



and the West; in connection with 



COLE'S AMERICAN FRUIT BOOK, 



COLE'S AMERICAN VETERINARIAN. 

 Active and iutelligont men can make money at the business.— 

 Address, poi?;>ai<i, the Publishers, JOHN P. JEWETT fit CO.. 

 CoRSMiLL, Boston. 

 P. S.-The AmcHcan Fowl Bieeda' Is done up in thin covers, and 

 can be sent to any part of the country by mail. Any person send- 

 ing a quarter of a dollar by mail, -post -paid, shall receive a copy of 

 the work. [3-2t] 



Farm \t'antef1. 



*N^ A FARM of about fifty acres of land, with a dwelling house 

 ^^w within five to eight mile? of Rochester. The land must be 

 ■■i^^^^- of good quality— mostly cleared— accessible by good roads— 

 —in a3 elevated and healthy situation, and possess living springs 

 of wat-T. Price not to exceed forty dollars per acre. The whole 

 purchase will be paid in cflsb, if required. 



AppVy, (if by letter, pout paid.) to Messrs. Ellwanger 8t Barry, of 

 the Mount Hope Nursciies- or to Jamca Vick,jr.. Esi^-. at the Gen- 

 esee Farmer office. Rochester. 



Doct. A. A. Morgnn, Detillst, 



xrs^^s^s^f^^f. WOULD respectfully announce to his friends and 

 j^^ggg^ ^^^ former patrons, and to the citizens of the sur- 

 '■Ojn^*P% roundiug country, that he can be found at the old 



^^-^-tJ—Lj stand of Boers & Morgan, comer North St. Paul 

 ard Main Ftreett. Lvr.r ready to attend to thi-ir caUs in that style so 

 universally admired, fie would also solicit the continuance of 

 that patronage so liberally beatowed in yeaxii past. He will, on the 

 shortest notice, furnish plates from one to an entire sett, on fine 

 gold, and fill docaj'ed natural teeth so as to preserve them during 

 life. To the Profession, he would beg leave to state that h*! has 

 couativntly on baud an ari'rle of gold and tin foil, beaten expressly 

 fur liim by a rhiladclphia House, which cannot be surpassed. It is 

 put up in H books, so that itcan be safely mailrd to sny part of the 

 State or Union ; also, a good assortment of teeth, which he is selling 

 at Nfw York prices. ANSEL A. MORGAN. 



Rochester. February. 1850. [3-tf ] 



DOAVNIXG'S LANDSCAPE GARDENING, 

 Foiirtli Edition, RcTHsecl and Enlarged. 



A TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING, 



ADAPTED TO NORTH AMERICA, 



With a view to the Improvement of Country Re.>*idences. Cnn- 



taiuing Dirfctious for biying out Grounds, &c. Fourth 



edition, enlarged, revised, and newly illustrated. 



BY A. J. DOWNIN G. 



Cne volume 8vo.. cloth, pp. 350. 



'•Downing's Landscape Gardening is a masterly work of its 

 kind "—Xowrfon. 



"This work has convinced us that sound criticism and refined 

 taste and art are not confined to this side of the Atlantic "— Lrm- 

 don Art Journal. 



'' The standard woik on this subject ^' — SWiman'^s Jo-urnal. 



'• There is no work extant that can be compared, in utility, to 

 Downing'fi on Ibis subject. It is not overlaid with elaborate dis- 

 sertations and learned disquisitions, liko the English works, bot i'* 

 truly practice,! "—/,ouisii7/c Journal. 



'■ Mr. Downing's works have boen greatly influential iu recom- 

 mending among us that life which always seemed to us the peific- 

 tion of human existence— the life of men of educatinn living upon 

 and cultivating their own farms."'— iV. V. Courier ^- Eni^nirer. 



HINTS ON PUBLIC ARCHITECTUIIE, 



PREPARED ON BEHALF OF THE BUILDING COMMITTKF. 

 OF THE SMITHSONIAN I>STITUTION. 



BY ROBERT D A T. E OWEN. 



A large quarto, elegantly printed, with 113 illustrations, in the 

 best style of the art. pp. 600 



" The most comprehensive and elegantly illustrated treatise on 

 architecture that has yet appeared in this country." — Bos/oj 

 Transcript 



" A truly admirable work— creditable alike to the Institution, 

 the editor, and to the publisher "-Pcniwi/ft'anifl Inguii er. 



'■ The subject of which it treats is one of vast importance to our 

 people, in its economical not less than its ornamental ifl.';tions ; 

 and it is presented here in such a way as can not fail both to gratify 

 and inslruct."'— P/ii/«rf€/«/iia North American. 



G. r. PUTNAM. 

 Publisher, fitc, 155 Broadway. New York. 



Oij- A large assortment of works on Botany. Gardening. Agri- 

 culture, Farming. Sec, always for sale, which will be found enumer- 

 ated in the General Catalogue published by G. P. Putnam, which 

 can be had gratis on application. 



March, 1850. [S-ltj 



To Fruit Growers and Nurserymen. 



SPRING OF 1850. 



THE SUBSCRIBERS invite the attention of tree purchaser- 

 to their stock now offered for sale. By large importr ions 

 from Europe, and an extensive scale of propagation in their own 

 grounds, they are enabled to offer one of the most extensive and 

 complete assortments, and on the most liberal conditions. 



The well known health, hardiness, and vigor of the trees grown 

 here, and the undivided and scrupulous attention given to every 

 dtpartment by the proprietors in person, offer great induce- 

 ments to purchasers. 



Standard Piitit Trees. 



Pyramidal and Dwarf Fruit Trees. 



Gooseberries. Currants, Strawberries, ^c. 



Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. 



Roses, Dahlias, ^^r. 



Hed^e Plants, (including large quantities of Buckthorn 

 and Osage Orange.) 



Stocks for Standard and Dwarf T'rees. 

 And all other Nursery Articles, besides a large collection of 

 GREENHot-sE. BoRDF.H and Bedding Plants. Wholesale priced 

 licts sent gratis to all post-paids^pplications. A separate Cata- 

 logue for 1850. of Roses, Dahlias, and other new and rare articles 

 will be also furnished. 



ELLWANGER fie BARRV. 

 Mount Hope Garden & NurserieSj Rochester, N. V. 



February Ist, 1850. 



Ellvranger & Barry 



WISH to say that the only traveling agents authorized to do 

 business in their name, are ROBERT BLAIR, HIRAM 

 BECKER, and HENRY COLLINS. 



They feel compelled to make this annoui 



of other prirsons representing themselves Ji 



Mount Hope Garden and Nurseries. \ 



Rochester N. Y., March. 1S50. S 



For Sale. 



Two Short Horned Bull Calves, one year old in April next. 

 In color one is red. the other red with some white, both de- 

 scended from the Bull •' Yorkshireman." bred by the late Tiioa. 

 Batks. Esq. Letters of inquii'y. post-paid^ will bt- attended to. 

 Auburn, Jan. 11. 1850. [2-21] J. M. SHKPcWOOD. 



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