96 



^ ILLmOIS FARMS^'^ 



Marcht4:'1 





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WAtTOtiES. 



THE LARGEST l^JJESEEY 



Stock in the 'V^est- 



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! ; 



COMPRTSTNG A jOOMPLETR ASSORT- 

 MENT of Fr it Tre's, Floweri- g ehru««, and Green- 

 house pla >t9, for aaie at the ver^ lowest cash prices. 



The followi- g stck oo hancUtn J for side Ho tfce tr^de at as 

 low prices' ai can be purchased ia acy fespoiwible establish* 

 ment in the West : ;3 



150,000 one year old Apples. t • r ' -t^-- . ■ 

 175,000 two " " " , ^,. 'C; 



125,000 three " «• '« . . 



76,000 four " " " .,.'/., 



10,000 Peaches, , . , ... „ ... 



2,000 Cook'" Seedling Peach, ' , , ' , 



10,000 one, two" and three year old PIubib'. ', ■,'. 

 a.".000 one and two j ear old Dwarf PfV'- i 

 8,000" " " " Staidard Pearjt. 

 49,a(Hi oneyearoldOraijge Qjilacf.. , , 

 25,000 two " " •' " ,. ^ 



12,000 three" " " , *« .,% , •. , ., . .. - 

 10,000 Mlver Poplars— ilekldnd. . , , . ^. 



80,000 Lomba dy Pepiare. - , . ■ r . "" 



15,0 Weeping Willows. , ; •, 



12,000 Silver Mapie. . ' , 



60*000 Raspberries— Iq varie/iea. , , , . ■ 



75,000 Currants ■ , . . 



20,000 one and t wo year old ^Aspar^gus. , 

 180,000 Ohio Prolific and Houghton Se^^Ung Qooseber- 



• ries. 

 125 000 one and two year oM Ofwtaba p;rape Boots. 

 SO.OOg ..." ..." " laabeUa ",1 , •• 



400,000 Grape Outt'"^s. . - . * "' ' 



100.000 Apples, grafed in lalk - ^ ^ 



100,000 (JninceSieck* • ' •' 



50 000 Qirioee Cutting*. 

 600,000^merica 1 cul IvAted Crw*errtef. ' • - t 

 150,000 one a-'d two year oW Ap3^ Stocks. 

 60,000 import<Kl Pear SiaCki^4(ttl«r»fte In spring. ' ' 

 25,000 Pliftn Stocks. .,.'</. 



gO.OOO Mazzarl Cherry StA^KM ' -^ • •■ 

 20,000Mahaleb . -•" »«r i . . . • . 

 50,000 Osa'e'OraBKe, ~ - I .• t*' . ' '■ 

 £5,000 i-awton Blackberry. • •• 



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Al the above stock-is now groviiig-«pdi^ady|qr inspec- 

 flon In the - , ■ . 



Walnut Hms .a^d.^hit^ O^k 

 Nurseries^ . :^ 



Descriptive Catalogues Trtth prices aoq^M Wiii be sent on 

 appUcationto : ' i.V OOOK. 



Ail orde'-s addr-ssed as abore and dlrf clfld to box 1029, 

 OIncinnati post office will meet w th attention, - 



P. S. Baker's splendid line of Omnibuses pass the Nur- 

 series every hour, starting from Luer's Steam Bakery, No. 

 172 Sycamore street, tour doors above Fifth, Cincinnati. 



noTl-6mo 



i-FOE THE 



JOUiKrAL OF THE" 



Illinois B|^j?;e Agri,ciiltural Society. 



The Executive CoBamitUo-of the Illinois State Ag- 

 ricultural Society feelfeveiUie time has arrived, when 

 the publication t)f t( Journal of the Society is impera- 

 tively demanded. \Pursuapt, therefore, to the duty 

 with which tbey.are chargf^by the 5th section of the 

 Constitution of said Society, revised and adopted by 

 the meeting of i'delegates from County Agricultural 

 Societies, held onttibe Fair Gronnds, at Jacksonville, 

 Sept., 1860, they have i]|ade-|he necessary arrange- 

 ments for the issu^ ^f such Journal, monthly, com- 

 mencing with'^fttn^M^ 1^2. '^ 



Each number T/ml contain at least 32 pages (octavo) 

 of reading matter, <60f[ipoted prineipaJly of such por- 

 tions of the Transactions o^ the State and County 

 Societies, and c^iiilfiiffiications on the subjects of 

 AGRICULTIBK.E IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, 

 Mechanics and Natural History, as may require'early 

 publicati()n. * ~ '• „" i ":,■* 



All pr^fmwna sf[efe4, o.nd awarda made by the State 

 Society will appear in iti columns. 



All peftons,' aftd iSspecially Secretfiries and other 

 officers of Couni,y StJcieties, are respectfully requested 

 to communicate tf^ the editor any matters of general 

 interest to the industrial classes, as may from time to 

 time arise in their respective localities. 



To place the Journal within the reach of all, the 

 subscription price has been fixed at 



FIFtY CENTS A YEAE ! 

 Barely sufficient to'^over cost 0/ publication, payable 

 invariably in ^diffince. 



Back numb^rSjjToi the current year will be furnish- 

 ed until the edition is-exhausted. 



All subseriptiiMiJi a«d communications may be for- 

 wai ded to the undersigned, Springfield, Ills. 

 JOHN P. REYNOLDS, 



' Cor. StCrtrnd Editor Journal. 



ALES 



.OP ALL KINDS. 



rAIRBINM& GREENLEAF, 



172 IiiAJEil STREET, CHICAGO, 



An4 carnfis Pf MiftlNani ffALNUT streets, ST. lOTIiS. 

 Sold in Springfield bv « r. .' ^ ■• 



. ■> • -i. *,._i-Av.^»f« =•» .. E. B. PEASE/ 

 Buy only the genuioe. > i^ « . apl-ly 



THE. 



-feir* 



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NANSEMOND 



IS THK ONLY VARJBTT OP SWEET POT AtOH THAT 

 has gi'^n entire satiW^ion'in'theoorthwest; Otu* stock 

 of the ahove Ifi'StoriB for next sf ring is'ttniistrally large, and 

 of the best qflality-^propagated frein the 



^feSr LAftCfEl>OTATOES 



Selected from maby hundred bushels; *nd the completion 

 of our raiirp«(d to Ro<*:ville will enable us to fill and forward 

 promptly.*!!.- C5»sA Orders with which we may be favored, at 

 the very low price of f 5 PER BARREL for eastern funds 



RESPoRdtfiia: Agehts JV^ahtid in every county, town, and 

 village,' idVprout small lots on Tialves. Farmers can club 

 together and buy or sprout our potatoes in shares, aud thus 

 secure good plants for themselves free of cost. 



The Sweet - Potato CuLTUKiaT, giving full directions fat 

 Sprouting, Plantinu, Cultivating, and Keeping, will be tat' 

 nishod grutis to Agents and Customers ; and to others by 

 mail, vost paid, f r twenty-five cehts in stamps. Adeiest, 



J. W. TENBROOI, 



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