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HOVEV^S MAGAZINE OP HORTICULTURE, 

 BOTANY AND RURAI^ AFFAIRS. 



VOLUiME XVI, FOR 1850. 

 Price Reduced to T^vo Dollors a Year. 



Publishing in monthly numbers — making an annual volume 

 of 600 pages. 



05^ COMPLETE SET IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES, BOUND 

 IN CLOTH, TWO DOLLARS EACH. 



THE sixteenth vnlume of the Magazine commenced on the first 

 of January. 1S50- and with a view to give it a more extensive 

 circulation, the price has been reduced to t'wo dollaks a xfau. ma- 

 king it the cheap est,'.' a it is the oldest, and acknowledged to be the 

 6es( periodical in Horticulture ever published. The hftkkn vol- 

 umes already completed, contiiu a greater amount of Hoi'ticultu. 

 ral information, than is to be found in any other work extant. 

 More than 300 varieties of Pears have been figured and described 

 in the several volumes, and every fruit, flower, and vegetable intro- 

 duced into the country up to the present time have been noticed 

 or described in its pages. Its li.^t of contributors embraces all the 

 most eminent amateurs and practical cultivators in the country. 



The Magazine contains ; 



ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE, upon every department of 

 Horticulture. 



FOMOLOGICAL NOTICES, with descriptions of all new fruit 

 ■worthy of cultivation. 



FLORICULTURAL NOTICES, of every new, r^re, or beautifiU 

 flower. 



NOTES on GARDENS and NURSERIES 



POMOLOGICAL GOSSIP, a monthly digest of Pomological in- 

 formation. 



REVIEWS of all work.'^on Horticulture. Botany. See. 



GENERAL, FOREIGN and DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



REPLIES to CORRESPONDENTS, on subjects connected 

 ■with Horticulture. 



HORTICULTURAL OPERATIONS for every month of the 

 year. 



ENGRAVINGS of Fruits. Flowers, Plants. Garden Structure, 

 &c. 



The Magazine is published monthly— in octavo number,'^, forty- 

 eight pages each: printed on a beautiful type, and on tlw finest 

 paper, and furni.'^bcd at the low price of f 2 a vear in advance. 



(CT- Post-Masteis. Agents and others, who are interested in 

 Horticultural Improvements, are respectfully solicited to obtain 

 subscribers. Addre-s the Publishers, 



HOVEY, & CO. 



Ap nl 1. 1850. 7 Merchants' Row. Boston 



Tlie A-meiic«n FotI Breeder. 



NEW AND VALUABLE HOOK : Cont.uniug full iutv.rma- 



tion on Preeding. Rearing. Diseases, and -Management of 



DOMESTIC POULTRY ; 



By an ^ssocialion of Prartical Br^edtrx. 



Th*':4i>ovevaluablebookiBJust published by JOHN P. JKWKTT 



fi CO.. CornhiP, Boston; and it is offered at the extremely low 



price of 



25 CENTS PER COPY, 

 io bring it within the means of every man int<'r?Pted in r'oullrv. 



t^ WE WANT 100 GOOD FAITHFUL AGE.NTS, to si-ll tUi^ 

 Work in every County in New England, New York. I'euiivylv:\nia. 

 and the West; in connection with 



COLE'S AMERICAN FRUIT BOOK. 



COLV.-S AMERICAN VETERIN'ARI \N. 

 Active and intfHii;-''nt men can mnkc inouey at th'* bnsiuf-s.^.— 

 Ad.lres.^. ))Oj^p«(rf. the Publishers. .JOHN 1'. .JKWKTT St CO.. 



CoRvun.i,. Br,..r'.N. 

 P. S.-TAe .'inin-icav FotI B.evdt.r \? done up in thhi covers, nod 

 can be smit to any part of the country by mail. Any per.-ou w-ud- 

 ing a qnsrter of a dollar by m^iil. p')vf ptr'd. pIi; " 



A 



th.> 



ork. 



r3-2tl 



A Rnre Chn»icc.-IniiK>rtnnt lo AVoo' Orowc»-8. 



grr.'it exjH-use by Mr. Bin-h;, ■,,:■■! i .1 \ : . .,■ : ■.:■/■.;.,. tu-i 

 in 1847, offers the same for, -ulc i,. ruui i, ai th.-. vr:,,a. u-ir-j 

 of improving their stock of thei.-ji. The rhai-ce is a laru one. 

 thf pedigree of these shei>p have been aubftantiated bi-yond 

 question, and the evidence \s in hand 



The sub-criber also purchased 30 pure blooded Spani.^h Meri, 

 Ewes, all in Lamb, by the old impoi-ted Buck abive mentioned and 

 nowownodby Mr. Bingham, and a full blooded French Merinc 

 Ewe and Buck at $200. which will be held for service another fall 

 This class of imported sheep shear from 18 to 23 lbs. of pure wash' 

 ed wool to the head. The size of curcass exceeds any thing now 

 known in America. 



He is fully confident that the superior advantages and thi 

 portunity for great improvi 



of thi! 

 All who T 

 at any tii 

 and one e 



nt thu.s offt-red to the Wool Growers 

 ud section of country, Will be duly appreciated 

 ish to purchase orexainin the FoRKruN Bi.ooo. can do so 

 ■ by railing at his residence three miles north of Albion, 



nilo north of Ko 

 . March 1.5, 1850. 



FOR the cure of Coughs. Colds. Hoarseness. Bronchitis. Croup. 

 Asthma. Whooping-Cough and Consumption. In offering to' 

 the community this justly celebrated remedy, it is notour wish to 

 trifle with the afflicted— but frankly and faithfully to lay before 

 them some of the evidences of its cures, from which they can judge 

 for themselves. The following testimony is not from menfof whom 

 you have never heard, but men known to the world, and the world 

 respect their opinions ; 



PROF. WEBSTER, of Harvard College, saya. in a report to the 

 Massachusetts Charitable Mechanincs' Association ; ■' The eviden- 

 ces of its success as a remedy, sufficiently show that it may he re- 

 lied upon wilh con.ili'i'ce tor the relief of the numerous and afflict- 

 ing pulmonary d s't.--- incident to our climate."' 



FromBENJ. S L' \t.".N,M. D., LL.D .etc.. Professor of Chem- 

 istry. Mineralogy ^ 'm e CoDege.Memberof the Lit Hist. Med. 

 Phil, and Sc">n s,n.. i •.'■ of America and Europe: '■ I deem the 

 Cherry Pecto - .':; n.in.irable composition from some ot the best 

 raticlesin the ^'. I .^'5. Medica. and a very efl"ective remedy for the 

 class of diseases it ! s intended to cure " 



Tee New Orleans Wedical and SurgiealJournal says: •■ No med- 

 icine or combination of medicine has been found to afford such 

 results, and "With such uniform certainty, in milder symptoms, or 

 more formidable and dangerous affections of the lungs.- 

 HEAR THE PATIENT. 

 U. S. Harp-L. Sabatog.4 SpniNgs. July 5. 1849. 



UT. J. C. Ayfr— Sir:— I have been afflicted with a painful affec- 

 tion of lungs, and all the symptoms of settled consumption, for 

 more than a year, I could find no medicine that would reach my 

 case, until I commenced the use of your Cufp.by Pkctob.^i- which 

 gave me gradual relief, and I have been steadily gaining my 

 strength till my health is weUnigh restored. 



While using your medicine. I had the gratification of curing with 

 it my reverend friend. .Mr. Truman, of Sumpter District, who 

 had been su.-pended from his parochial duties by a severe attack 

 of bronchitis. 



1 have pleasure in certifying these facts to you. 

 And am. sir. very respectfully. 



J. F. Calhoun, of South Carolina. 



Prepared by J. C. AVER, Chemist, Lowell. Mass. aQilsold by the 

 Druggists everywhere. [4-1] 



Doct. A. A. Morgnn, Dentist., 



~~-ggiCr' ■^^'•^'-^LD respectfully announce to his friends and 

 'i&n^i^^^^f inrmer patrons, and to the citizens of the sur- 

 rf^ ^^^^ r.iundiug country, that he can be found at the old 

 ' ' -^lT T_7 ><(aMd of Beers & Morgan, corner North St, Paul 

 ard Main streets, ever ready to attend to their calls in that ^tyle so 

 universally admired. He would also folicit the continuance of 

 that patronage so liberally bestowed in years past. He will on the 

 .•shortest notice, furnish plates from one loan entire sett, on fine 

 ■_'nld. and fill decayed natural teeth so as to preserve them during 

 Lfe. Toth" Profes.sion. he would beg leave to^tatethat he has 

 eonstnntly ou hand an article of guM and tin foil. br*ati-:i expressly 

 for I im by n I'hib.d'^lpbia Hou.^e. which .wnnot be surpa<(sed It is 

 j,iit ■]■ ,11 r I ' ■ ■] >•• that it can b-.' saf.-ly mailed to any part of the 

 Ni it a good assortment of teeth, which he is selling 

 at ^ - I ANSEL A. MORG\N. 

 i:,.,;: [., ! , ).r,i iry. IRoO. [;Mf] 



ri3H to say that the ( 



iger & Barrj* 



WISH to say that the only Iravelin^ agents authovizod to do 

 buHiuess in their name, are ROBERT BLAIR. HIRAM 

 BECKER, aud HENRY COLLI.N'S, 



Tln-y feel compelb^d to make this announcement in consequence 

 of other persons representing themselves as their agents. 

 Mount Hope G.-irden and Nurseries. } 

 Rochester N. Y.. March. 18fjO S 



C. J. Unyden's 



CABINET AND cn.\IR WAREHOUSE 



CONSTANTLY on hand every variety of tV\IHNET FURNI- 

 TURE, every style of Beadsleads and ^hairs. which he is new 

 offering at <;aKArt.K DAHOAins than can be had elsewhere in West- 



JOIIN J. Mc.U.LlSTER. 

 [4-3t ] 



I New Voik. 



No. 6. Front street, 

 {!(?- All work waiTanted good, o: 



chewier. iS. X. 

 osftle. [4-2t] 



Biu'roU'f) Clover 9IIU. 



nade and sold by the Subscriber at Geneva N, V. 

 to be thoroughly built and to woik well. Among 

 IS awarded, this Machine was the first, at the lato 



StatoFair. 



Orders from abroad, or inqui 

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