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THE ILLINOIS FAEMER. 



Nor. 



Catalogues Received. — Catalogue of the 

 North-Western Uniyersity, at Evanston. This 

 institution is in a highly prosperous condition. 

 Enquiries should be directed to Henry S. Noyes, 

 Acting President, Evanston, Ills. 



Highland Nurseries. — E. C. Frost, Highland 

 Nurseries, postoflSce, N. Y. 



Columbus Nurseries. — Batcham, HanforJ & 

 Co., Columhus Ohio. A large and extensive list. 

 The fruit list is especially adapted to the north- 

 west. 



Elhvanger ^ Barry — Rochester, N. Y.; proba- 

 bly the largest stock of trees and plants in the 

 world. 



E. Moody ^ Son — Lockport, N. Y.; a large lot 

 of pears at very low rates. Also fruit trees and 

 stocks for nurserymen. 



Prime ^ Co's — Select list of bulbous roots, 

 peonias, etc. A very extensive collection of boih 

 old and new sorts, said to be the most extensive 

 in the Union. Also Prince's list of strawberries, 

 valuable to all cultivators of this valuable fruit ; 

 also his list of native and foreign grapes. 



Darrow's catalogue of colored plates of fruits 

 and flowers, Rochester, N. Y. We have two 

 books of these plates. They are valuable to 

 nurserymen and tree dealers. 



Genesee Valley Nurseries — Frost & Co., Roches, 

 ter, N. Y.; one of the largest in the United 

 States, and from which we have purchased our 

 pear trees the past two years. These we pur- 

 chase at two years old, and grow them two years 

 in our own grounds, when they are ready to send 

 out. Our open winters are not well adapted to 

 budding the pear, a a large part of the buds are 

 winter killed. 



Eaysville Nursery — John 0. Teas, Raysville, 

 Ind.; a large collection of trees and plants. We 

 had the pleasure of meeting the proprietor at 

 the late fair in Chicago. 



Isaac Fullen, Hightown, N. J. — From this es- 

 tablishment we have received over 35,000 silver 

 maple seedlings. Mr. P. has a large and select 

 stock of peach trees, which our tree planters 

 will do well to order from. 



Persimmon Nursery — Arthur Bryant & Son, 

 Princeton, III. This is our oldest and one of the 

 best nurseries in the State. 



Faulkner Nurseries — Wm. Ramsden & Co., Dan- 

 ville, N. Y.; offers a large stock of fruit trees. 



Branson, Merrell ^ Hammond — Geneva, N. Y.; 

 fruit trees and Osier willow cuttings. 



Rhode's Saper Fhosphaie of Lime — For s le 

 by A. H. Hovey, 73 Lake street, Chicago. This 

 is the first of the kind offered for sale in the 

 west. 



Livingston Nurseries — H. Southwork & Son, 

 Danville, N. Y ; fruit tress. ., 



Waukegan Nurseries — R. Douglass, Waukegan 

 111.; fruit and ornamental trees and seedling ev- 

 ergreens. A well grown stock and at low rates. 



Metcalf's Key to Bee Keeping, from D. R. Wil- 

 liams, Chicago. — This is an interesting and val- 

 uable treatise on bee keeping. Price, 35 cts, 



Evergreen Catalogue — Of J. P. Lovikin & Co., 

 New Castle, Canada West; worthy of the atten 

 tion of our nurserymen. 



Humboldt Nurseries — Link & Co , Toledo, 0.; 

 ornamental trees and plants. 



Woodburn Nurseries — J. Huggins. This nur- 

 sery is well known in central and southern Ills. 



River Bank Nurseries — Ramsdell & Loud, Ad- 

 rian, Mich.' This is one of the largest of the 

 Michigan nurseries ; fruits all fine. 



Oration of Gen. Walbridge, at Cooper In- 

 stitute, N. Y., July 4th, 1862. — A patriotic and 

 timely address. 



Medical Examinee, Chicago, for October — A 

 valuable number. The first chapter should be 

 read by all our young people. 



Gardenek's Monthly — Some signs of this val- 

 uable paper coming to an untimely end, but wc 

 hope it will live a thousand years, as it is among 

 the most valued of our exchanges, and fills a 

 vaii that no other paper can so well supply. 



Hortioultueist. — Since this paper has be- 

 come useful as well as ornamental, its course 

 has been upward and onward, and never as pros- 

 perous as now. 



The Ohio Faemee has been suspended, as also 

 "Field Notes." Col. Harris continues the Ohio 

 Cultivator, the only agricultural paper now in 

 that State. 



