ADVERTISEMENTS. 



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THIRD NATIONAL EXHIBITIOIV 



CITY OF BOSTON, 

 7ii tlie aSdf 'J4:tlL, 3.3t1i, niul '^OtU of October. 



$10,000 OFFERED IN PREMIUMS! 



Thr U.mted States Agricclturai, Socikty will hold their 

 tihibitioQ of stock.— CATTLE, HORSES, SHEEP, and SWINE,— 

 n Boston, on the days above named. 



ABSTRACT OF PREMIUMS. 

 Tlie new and elegant Diploma of the Socu-ty will be presented to 

 ever/ exhibitor to whom a premium is awarded. 



CLASS I. — CATTLE. 



THE HERD TREMlUa. 



For the best Bull and four Cows from any one herd $300 



2d " " " 100 



DDRHAMS, DEVON'S, HEREF0KD3, AYRSHIRES, \2iD JERSEYS. 



18 premiums, amounting to _ $3,000 



GRADE cows, NATIVE COWS, AND MILCH COWS. 



26 premiuma, amounting to about ..$800 



WORKING OXEN. 



6 premiums, amounting to about _ $300 



FAT CATTLE. 



6 premiums, amounting to $250 



CLASS n.— HORSES. 



THOROUGH BRKD STALLIONS AND MAKES. 



8 premiums, amounting to $650 



.S260 



6 premiums, amounting to $250 



TROTTING HORSES. 



On Tuesday AJternoon. 

 1st premium 



15 premium.'!, ami 



BREEDING MARES AND FILLIHS. 



13 premiums, amounting to about.. $600 



MATCHED HORSES. 



i premiums, amounting to about $400 



FAMILY HORSES. 



4 prem'ums, amounting to 



2d 



100 



On "Wednesday Afternoon, 

 lat premium _ $200 



On Friday Morning. 



Ist premium 



2d " .--. 



CLASS III.— SHEEP. 



LONG WOOLFD. MIDDLE WOOLED, MERINOS, J 



48 premiums, amounting to about 



ADVERTISEMENTS, 



ro secure insertion in tlie Fakmek, must be received as early as th« 

 lOlh (jf llie previous month, and be of such a character as to be 

 of interest to farmers. Terms — Two Dollars for every hundred 

 words, each insertion, PAID IN advance. 



CLASS ly.— SWINE. 



BCFFOLK, ESSEX, AND OTHER BREEDS. 



S9 premiums, amounting to about $500 



The show grounds will be ready for the reception of stock on 

 and after October 18th. Persons intending to exhibit are requested 

 to notify the Secretary on or before October 1st. 



A haif-mi e track will be prepared for the trial of horses, and 

 commodious scats for spectators furnished at a small charge. 



A grand Agncultural Banquet will I>e held on the grounds on 

 Friday afttrnoon, at which the premiums will be announced, and 

 eloijuent addresses may be expected from distirlguished gentlemen. 

 The ladit^rt are expected to participate in the festivities. 



Ttie various railroads in New England will return stock free of 

 charge, and arrangements to the same end with other roada are in 

 progress. 



Premium Lists, &c., will be forwarded on application to the 

 Secretary. 



JLUtSHALL P. WILDER, President. 



Wm. S. King, Secretary. 



Boston, September, 1855. Oct.— It. 



FRUIT & ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES, &c., 

 FOR SALE BY JAMES VICK & CO. 



THE subscribers will be prepared fiom and after the first of No- 

 vember to receive and execute all orders forFiuit and Orna- 

 mental Trees, to be delivered the ensuing spring. 



We are well aware of the impositions that have been practised 

 herfetofore by tree agents, but as we intend devoting our entire 

 attention to the business of selecting, packing, and shipping Trees, 

 &;c., ant', not being connected with any nursery, we aretletermined 

 to hold no other oliject in view but that of supplying our patrons 

 in every instance witli the best articles. 



We will purchase Tiees, &c., only from the most reliable nur- 

 series, attending personally to the selections. If our customers 

 ieav*^ (he selection to us, we will furnish the varieties best suited 

 to their respeciive localiiies. As we are well acquainted with aU 

 the nurseries in this State, and know exactly where to find the 

 suitable stock, it is a siill further guarantee to our customers that 

 their wants will be supplied in the best manner. 



Our Mr. Vice has been connected with the horticultural commu- 

 nity for many years as the proprietor and publisher of the Genesee 

 Farmer and 'HurticuliuTist , and for many years past persons from 

 all parts of the country have urged upon him the necessity of 

 forming arrangements that would meet the wants of the public by 

 attending to the selection of orders, seeing the articles packed and 

 shipped, thus afifording a guarantee that the requisite attention 

 would be paid to all orders sent forward. In order to meet their 

 views he has formed a copartnership with Mr. Geo. Marshall, who 

 has been connected with tlie nursery business for the past five 

 years, and he begs to assure the public every attention will be paid 

 in every respect to all who may favor them with their orders. 



As a still further assurance that we will execute to the letter 

 every wish of our patrons, and our ability to meet our engagements, 

 we beg to refer to the following gentlemen : 



Hon. Washington Hunt, Ex-Governor of New York. 



Hon. H. Stilwell, Ex-^ayor Rochester. 



A. Karnks, Esq., Banker. 



J. C. Campbell, U. S. Collector. 



H. Sargeaxt, Dep. " 



Lee, Mann & Co., Prop. Rochester Daily American. 



Curtis & Butts, '• ** " Union. 



A.Strono & C"-, " " " Democrat. 



D. D. T. Moore, of Moore's Rural New Yorker. 

 All letters addressed to us at Rochester, N. Y., will meet prompt 

 attention. 



Persnna sending orders must enclose the cash, a draft, or satis- 

 factory note for amount of order. 



Catalogiics will be supplied upon appl'catic 



Oct. 1. 



W. R. PRINCE & CO., FLUSHING, N. Y., 



WILL forward the foUoning Catalogues of their UNRIVALED 

 COLLECTION to purchH.sers of trees, and to others who 

 enclose stamps. The prices will be found greatly reduced, and the 

 Trees and Plants are the finest ever olTered : 



No. 1. Fruit and Oi^pamental Trees, Shrubs, and Plants; and 

 No. 2. Roses, Dahli-ts, Bulbous and Herbaceous Flowering Plants, 

 &c., both 40th edition. No 3. Extra large Fruit Trees, Evergreens, 

 and other Ornamtntal Trees and Shrubs. No. 4, Wholesale Cata- 

 logue for Nurseries and other Venders. No. 5. Catalogue of Gar- 

 den, Agricultural, Flower, Fruit, and Ornamental Tree and Shrub 

 Seeds. No. 6. Descriptive Catalogue of Strawberries. No. 7. 

 Catalon-ue of rare Ameiican Trees, Plants, and Seeds, suitable for 

 sendin° to Europe. No. 8. Catalogue of P*ruit and other Tree 

 Seeds,°and of Stocks of all kinds, for ingrafting Fruit Trees, &c. 

 No. 9. A Supplement Catalogue of Bulbous Flowers, New Dahliaa, 

 PEEoniea, Crysanthemums, Phlox, Carnations, and other Flowering . 

 Plants. No. 10. Wholesale Catalogue of Bulbous and Tuberous 

 [1 lowers. 



N. B. 50,000 Piemium Strawberry Plants, including those that 

 surpassed Huvey's Seedling and every other kind exhibited. 1,(K)0 

 Diascurrra Japonira, or Japan Putato ; 10,000 Liquorice Plants. 



Oct. — It* _^ _^ 



FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, &c., &c. 



THE subscribeis nffer for sale this fall in lots to suit purchasers, 

 60,000 Apple Trees, 5 to 9 feet high ; also a large quantity of 

 ■standard and dwarf Pears, Penchea, Plums, and Cherries; Grape 

 Vinfs, Currants, Gooseberries, Raspberrie.s, Strawberries, ( irnamen- 

 tal Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Green House Plants, &c., &c. Also, 200,- 

 000 splendid two year old Apple Stocks. 



Nurserymen, Dealers, &c., will do well to give us a call, as our 

 prices will be extremely low 



Oct.— It* 



JOHN DONNELLAN & NEPHEWS. 

 Rochester and Hanfords Landing HutBerj, 



