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Agricultural and Horticultural Papers and Maga- 

 zines. 

 Among these we note the " Agricnltnral Intelligencer and 

 Mechanic's Register;" "The New England Farmer;" "The 

 Yankee Farmer, and New England Cnltivator; " " The Boston 

 Cultivator;" "Journal of Agriculture;" "The Illustrated 

 New England Cultivator;" "Horticultural Register and Gar- 

 dener's Magazine;" "The American Gardener's Magazine;" 

 " American Journal of Horticulture and Florists' Companion; " 

 and the " Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, etc." These were 

 published in Boston. 



Books for the Trade. 

 Probably the most important among these are: "Thomas' 

 .Old Farmers' Almanack," Boston, 1791-1863; "The New 

 England Farmer; or Georgical Dictionary," Samuel Deane, 

 AVorcester, 1797; "The American Orchardist," James Thacher, 

 Boston, 1822; " Conversations on Vegetable Physiology," Rev. 

 J. L. Blake, Boston, 1830; "The Sylva Americana," D. J. 

 Browne, Boston, 1832; "The New American Orchardist," 

 William Kenrick, Boston, 1833; "Book of Fruits," Robert 

 Manning, Salem, 1838; "The New American Gardener," 

 Thomas G. Fesseuden, seventh edition, Boston, 1833; "An 

 Essay on the Practicability of Cultivating the Honey Bee," 

 Jerome V. C. Smith, Boston, 1831; "A Practical Treatise on 

 the Management of Bees," James Thacher, Boston, 1829; 

 "The Complete Farmer and Rural Economist," Thomas G. 

 Fessenden, second edition, Boston, 1835; " Animal Chemistry," 

 Justus Liebig, Cambridge, second edition, 1843; "A Practical 

 Treatise on the Culture and Treatment of the Grape Vine," 

 J. Fisk Allen, second edition, Boston, 1818; "European Agri- 

 culture and Rural Economy," Rev. Henry Colman, Boston, 

 184(3; "The Fruits of America," C. M. Hovey, Boston, 1852; 

 "The American Fruit-Book," S. W. Cole, Boston, 1857; 

 "Milch Cows and Dairy Farming," Charles L. Flint, Boston, 

 1859; "The Principles of Breeding," S. L. Goodale, Boston, 

 1861; "The Gardener's Text-Book," Peter Adam Schenck, 

 Boston, 1851; "Farming as it is," T. J. Pinkham, Boston, 

 1860; "Country Life," R. Morris Copeland, Boston, 1860; 

 "The Farmer's Lighthouse," J. E. Kent, Boston, 1856; 



