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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Oct. 



SYRACUSE NURSERIES. 



TIIOKr, SMITH. HANCHF.TT & CO.. rUOPRIETORS. 

 S Y R A CU S E , N . Y . , 



HAVING 100 acres clos-ely planted to Kruit and Ornamental 

 Trees, Koseg ShruDbery, Urocn Hou.so plants, &c., we shall 

 have for sale the coming season, a most extentlve stock of Nursery 

 commodities, not to be excelled in size and beauty by those of any 

 eslablishment in the Union. Nurserymon, Amateurs. Orchardi.sts 

 and Venders, are earnestly invited to call, examine and judge. — 

 Our stock of 



STANDARD FRUIT TREES 

 Comprises all of the best varieties of Apple, Pe.ar, Plum, Cherry. 

 Peacli. iic.. of such size and qa.ility as no contrast can disjiarage. 

 We have also, both by importation and of our own cultivation, 



PVRA.MIDAL. OR DWARF TREKS, 

 Of the .Apple. Pear, and Cherry, de.'igned for compact planting, 

 being thereby especially desirable for small lots, gardens. &c.. as 

 Will as gitieralhj so. by reason of their habit of early bearing.— 

 We have all of the approved varieties cultivated in thi.'J form, from 

 one to four years old— many of the Apples and Pears being now in 

 bearing. 



OF THE SMALLER FRUITS, 

 Currants, Gooseberries, Raspberries, and Strawberries, wc are al- 

 ways iully supplied with all the best old and new sorts. 



OF ORNAMENTAL TREES, 

 For the street border, and lawn.", our stock is very large. Our 

 Horse Chestnuts and Mountain Ash are particularly noticeable 

 for their luxuriant growth and surpassing symmetry of form.— 

 They uniformly excite admiration. 



Evergreen trees in great variety, new and rare, including Leba- 

 non and Deodar Cedar;. 4 to 6 feet high ; Japan Cedars ; Spruces; 

 Junipers ; Ta.xodiums. &c. 



Pa;onies— A splendid collection of both tree and herbaceous vari- 

 eties. 



Dahlias— One hundred and fitty selected sorts, comprizing the 

 finest English prize flowers, with all the best in the United States 

 — 25 to 50 cents each for whole roots. 

 , Phloxes— Over fifty of the choicest kinds. 



Koses— A most extensive assorment. comprising 6000 plants of 

 the best varieties, and all the new acquisitions ; among.«t them 

 the new Perpetual Stripped .Moss, Herman Kegel, the Plybrid Per- 

 petual. Caroline de Sausel, Gen. Cavignac. Gen. Changanier, &c. 



Bulbous Roots — A choice collection daily expected from Hol- 

 land, consisting ol Double Tulips, Hyacinths, Crocuses. &c. 



Plants for bedding out of every description ; Vines, Climbers, &.c. 



Cherry. Apple, and Pear Seedlings. 



Buckihoru. 2 and 3 years old— very strong plants. 



All of which will be sold as low as at any other establishment, 

 and in many cases lowtr, either at v/holesale orretail. 



We are now issuing anew edition of our Catalogue, containing 

 full information of our productions, terms, prices. &c., embracing, 

 1st, a general descriptive catalogue ; 2d, a full cat.alogue of select 

 Green House i'lants ; and 3d. a special catalogue of Dahlia.s 

 Phloxes, and bedding out plants ; which wiU be sent gratis to all 

 post-paying applicants. 



THORP, SMITH, HANCHETT & CO. 

 ^Syracuse. N. Y., Oct.. 1851. 



T. C. MAXWELL. & CO., 



^T THE OLD CJISTIE NURSERIES. GENEVA, N. Y.- 



WITH pleasure invite the atiention of patrons, and the public 

 in general, to their extensive collection of FRUIT and OR- 

 N.A.ME.N PAL TKEhS. &c.. which they offer for sale the coming, 

 autumn and spring, comprising Standards and Dwarfs in varieties 

 desirable tor their merits rather than for their novelty, which 

 have bet n carefully cultivated and are warranted correctly named. 

 Kinds as follows : 



60.000 .\pple. most choice sorts— very thrifty 



2.5,000 Cherry, one and two years from bud— large growth. 



10,000 Pear, standard and dwarfs, on French Quince — best kinds. 



6,000 Peach, one and two years old — fine trees. 



l.OtX) Plum— healthy and good. 



6.000 Grape, one to four years old, mo.stly Isabella, 



10.000 Evergreens — mostly Ualsain P'ir. 



2 000 Mountain Ash, extra large, with fine heads. 



2,000 Horse Chestnut, live to nine feet high— thrifty and strong. 



25.000 lluckthorn. thiee years old— best hedge plant. 



Alto the smaller fruits. Hybrid Perpetual, and Climbing Roses. 

 Shrubs. Stc. Sic. 



Thoce who favor us with a call will be treated with on liberal 

 terras. Orders by mail, or otherwise, promptly attended to. 



Geneva, N. Y., Oct 1. 1S51. [10 It'J 



To Nargerynien and the Public generally. 



A FROST & CO , proprietors of the Genesee Valley Nurseries, 

 • Rochester. N. Y., wish to direct the notice of persons in- 

 tending to plant, to their fine stock of Fruit Trees, Fruit Tree 

 stocks. Evergreen. and Ornamental Trees, which they are offering 

 at greatly reduced prices, by the quantity, and will be happy to 

 forward Catalogues of the same upon post-paid application. 

 Rochester. Oct. 1, 1851. 



A. LONGETT, 



CO.MMISSION MERCHANT, Office at the State Agricultural 

 Warehouse. No. 25 Cliff street. New York. 

 QCJ- Thk WoBKi.'ca Farmkr. a monthly publication devoted to 

 Agriculture, Stc., Sec., edited by Prof. J. J. Mapes, and published by 

 A. Longett, 25 Cliff street. New York. [7-4tJ 



Drain Tile Works. 



60 LANCASTER STREET-WEST OF MEDICAL COL- 

 LEGE, ALBANY. 



IHieiRSE tlHlQETIILS. 



THE subscribers are manufacturing Drain Tile of various sizes 

 to correspond with the above shapes, at prices from .S14 to 

 $20 per 1000 pieces, in length they are 14 inches. 1000 o( them will 

 lay 1,200 feet of drain, and so shaped as to admit the waters at 

 every joint effectually, draining from land 12 to 20 feet each side 

 of the drain, being the only true, cheap and durable way of drain- 

 ing lands. We have on hand Tile sufficiently large and well cal- 

 culated for cellar, cistern, sink and yard drains, from 2 to 25 cents 

 per foot. Orders from a diptance will receive attention. 

 October, 1851. [10-lt*] A. S. BABCOCK & CO. 



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Virginia Farm for Sole. 



THE gubscribcr offers for sale a very desirale 'arm in Powhatan 

 Co., Va., known as jPwrmtn^/on. containing 700 acres — 250 

 acres of which, are heavily timbered with oak. hickory, black wal- 

 nut. &c.. and 80 acres of very superior creek bottom. The farm 

 is in a good state of cultivation, is well adapted to wheat, tobacco, 

 corn, oats, &c. The buildings consist of a good dwelling house 

 with nine rooms, kitchen, smoke house, dairy, ice house, servant's 

 house and other necessary out buildings — a large barn, with sta- 

 tionary Horse Power and Threshing Machine attached — a large 

 corn house, stables, Bix large tobacco houses and an overseer's 

 house. 



/•armi'n^fon is situated 25 miles from Richmond, and 2 miles 

 from the James River, in an excellent neighborhood, convenient 

 to mills, schools and churches, and one of the most healthy situa- 

 tions in the State. 



This tract is admirably situated to divide into three farms, giv- 

 ing about an equal portion of creek bottom and timbered land. 



Possession will be given the 1st of January next, and the priv- 

 elego of sowing a crop of wheat this fall. 



Terms— *10 per acre- $2500 cash, and the balance in throe 

 equal annual payments with interest. 



Persons wishing a more particular description can address the 

 subscriber at Sablett's Tavern. Powhatan County. Virginia. 



October, 185L [10-2t J JOHN M. SLY. 



