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New Advertisements this Month. 



Blootnington Nursery — F. K. Phwnix, Bloomington, 111. 



Drain Tile Machines— A. La Tourette. Waterloo, N. Y. 



Baker Apple Grafts— F. A. Eockwell, Eidgefleld, Conn. 



Price Catalogues — Wm. R. Prince & Co., Flushing, L. I. 



Highland Nurseries — A. Saul, Newburgli, N. Y. 



Webster's Unabridged Dictionary— G. & C. Merriam, Spring- 

 field, Mass. 



No. I Peruvian Guano — A. Longett, New York. 



Field and Flower Seeds — Wra. Thorburn, Albany, N..Y. 



Genuine Hubbard Squash Seed — Wm. Thorburn, Albany, N. Y. 



White Top Onion Sets— Wm. Thorburn, Albany, N. Y. 



Nansemond Sweet Potato— Emory Luce, Ashtabula, Ohio. 



Flower Seeds — Wm. Thorburn, Albany, N. Y. 



Flower Seeds by Mail — G. K. Garretson, Flushing, L. L 



Thorough-bred North Devons at Auction— C. N. Wainright, 

 Ehinebeck, N. Y. 



Extra Daniel O'Eourke Peas — Wm. Thorburn, Albany. N. Y. 



Pine Hill Nursery — Godfrey Zimmerman, Buffalo, N. Y. 



To Horsemen — Samuel G. VVelling, New Eochelle, N. Y. 



Female Agents Wanted — Marie Louise Hankins & Co., New 

 York. 



Herring's Patent Fire and Burglar-Proof Safes— James G. 

 Dudley, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Cast Steel Bells— James G. Dudley, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Howe's Improved Uay or Cattle Scale— James G. Dudley, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. 



Myatt's Victoria Rhubarb — D. C. Andrews, Woodbury, N. J. 



Hardy Plum Trees— Oneida Community; Oneida, N. Y. 



French Hybrid Glodiulus— J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York. 



Tree and Shrub Seeds— J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York. 



Nansemond Sweet Potato Plants — C. B, Murray, Foster's Cross- 

 ings. Ohio. 



Rochester Central Nurseries — C. W. Seelye, Eochester, N. Y, 



New York State Agricultural Works — Wheeler, Melick & Co., 

 Albany, N. Y. 



Seedling Potatoes — Jonathan Talcntt, Rome, N. Y. 



Chufas, or Earth Almonds— Wra. Thorburn, Albany, N. Y. 



Peavine Clover— Wm. Thorburn, Albany, N. Y. 



Chinese Sugar Cane — I. W. Briggs, West Macedon, N. Y. 



Choice Tobacco Seeds — Allen & McElwain, Springfield, Mass. 



Wilson's Albany Seedling Strawberry — W. H. Hayes, Bridge- 

 water, N. Y. 



Flower Seeds by Mail— J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York. 



The Eural Empire Club— I. W. Briggs, West Macedon, N. Y. 



Spring Garden Seeds — iT. M. Thorburn & Co., New York. 



Kedzie's Eaiu and River Water Filter— James Terry & Co,, 

 Eochester, N. Y. 



Seed Potatoes— Alfred Vail, Waterloo, N. Y. 



Flower Seeds by Mail— Allen & McElwain, Springfield, Mass. 



Honolulu Nectarine Squash— I. W. Briggs, W. Macedon, N. Y. 



Valuable Seeds— Hubirt & Co , Little Wichita, Texas. 



Hubbard Squash— James J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Mass. 



Cranberry Vines^Noble Hill, Caton, N. Y. 



Trant's Evergreen Pea— Wm. Thorburn, Albany, N. Y. 



Genuine Hubbard Squash Seed— Allen & McElwain , Sprin g 

 field, Mass. 



Marblehead Drumhead Cabbage— James J. H. Gregory, Mar- 

 blehead, Mass. 



Japan Apple Pie Melon— Allen & McElwain, Springfield, Mass. 



Fancy Poultry, Rabbits, etc.— E, S. Ralph, Buffalo, N. Y. 



New Book on Grape Culture — Wm. Bright, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Wilson's Albany Seedling Strawberry— C. L. Twing, Lansmg- 

 burgh, N. Y. 



Wilson's Albany Strawberry Vines— Joseph Caldwell, Troy, 



N. r. 



Notes on the Weathek from February 15th to March 

 IGth, 18G0. — The first four dajs of the last half of Febru- 

 ary were cold, ou the 17th as low as 2^' above at eve and 

 only 9* for the average. The 22nd, 27th and 2'Jth were 

 quite warm, and spring-like, rare weather for the season. 

 Indeed the average for the last half was SO-lt*, or 3" above 

 the mean of 23 years. The hottest day was the 22nd. 



Of the whole month the average was 26.5°, nt>i 1° above 

 the mean for 23 years, and 1" below that of January, fur 

 February is often the coldest month. The average of 

 Feb., 1859, was SQO; Feb., 1858, 21"; of 1857 33°; of 

 1856, 18°. 



The water in Feb. was 1.35i inch. 



The week's sleighing, which ended ou the 22nd, was fol- 

 lowed with pleasant wheeling. 



Feb. loth made ice at London, Eng., and skating on the 

 ice in the Parks ; cold, 26'', and ice unsafe. 



On the 22nd was an extensive snow storm from Main& 

 along the Atlantic to Georgia and west perhaps to the- 

 Mississippi. The Genesee rose, and continued higher to the 

 end of the month, which closed with rain and was warm. 



March came in warm, with rain ; and though frost, and 

 winds rough and raw, with snow squalls occvirred, the 

 weather was warm to the 13tb, when the thermometer was 

 6^ in the morning. On the 12th snow fell wide over the 

 country, some 8 or 9 inches deep from early morning to 

 eve, more snow than in any day in the winter. The next 

 evening (13th) was a splendid Aurora borealis, crimsoa 

 colored, at 7 p. m. and for half an hour, and then white 

 for an hour or more. • 



The average of this half month was 85.2°, and for 23 

 years was 29.9°, which is 1° less than for this fortnight in 

 1859. Previous to this, this period was colder; as for 

 1858, 22.9° ; 1857, 22.1° ; and 1856, was 19.3», a diflerence 

 of 16° for 1S60 and 1856. The highest temperature was 

 61° on the 7th, and the warmest day 50.3". 



The spring birds began to appear early in the month ; 

 pigeons flew over; robins came on the 10th, blackbirds 

 soon after, with others ; grass begins to start. 



The indications are, that the spring will be early. But 



this is to be seen. The grass has started in many places ; 



but there will probably be cold enough to check too rapid 



growth of buds. There are great fields of snow in Canada, 



over which the northern winds will come thoroughly 



cooled. Lake navigation has commenced. On the 6th 



the first steamboat reached Albany from New York. The 



Genesee has risen considerably, and been rather high for a 



short time. 



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Market Reports. — The majority of farmers are not 

 much interested in the state of the markets at this season, 

 and we have-concluded to omit our usual report this month. 



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