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THE ILLmOIS FAEMER. 



April 



Cook's Nursery. — ^We again call attention to 

 tlie card of this old and well known nursery, an 

 establishment that has done much to stock our or- 

 chards and grounds with valuable trees and plants. 

 For fine thrifty stock, this nursery stands at the 

 head of the list. Their mode of growing is such 

 that the most obdurate scraggs must yield to its 

 straightening tendency. Mr. C. has an immense 

 stock of roses, green and hot house plants. Among 

 his budding out plants he has a new seedling Petu- 

 nia, of his own growing, and named the "Excel- 

 sior." It is described of a "velvety red, double and 

 flowers of immense size, some of them having been 

 measured that were fourteen inches in circumfer- 

 ence ; withal it is fragrant as any rose." Such a 

 petunia is a rare acquisition, and we shall hope to 

 see it in many of our gardens the coming summer. 



Mr. C. has a large stock of grape vines of both 

 old and new varieties, the prices of which are very 

 low. His new wholesale catalogue is now ready 

 for all applicants. 



Our Egyptian friends will do well to send for 

 Mr. ^'s catalogue, as they can receive trees and 

 plants early in the season and very direct. 



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OtTR Advertiskrs. — Prince & Co. offer a large 

 stock of specialities. 



Babcock & Brother present their usual card 

 with the largest stock of peach trees that we have 

 seen offered in the State. "We have had many let- 

 ters of inquiry in regard to peach trees and are now 

 pleased to know where they can be had. This nur- 

 sery is iu the tree peach region and know the best 

 varieties to propagate ; we commend them to all 

 those in want of peach and other trees in the 

 south part of the State particularly and everywhere 

 in general. Nurserymen should not forget that 

 they can get evergreen seedlings of Robert Doug- 

 lass at remarkable low rates. Those wanting Con- 

 cord and other grapes will do well to consult the 

 card of J. Smith. We have purchased of him and 

 always get large, well grown plants. Galusha offers 

 apple trees very low. For seed send to A H. Ho- 

 vey for a catalogue. 



State Agriccltitral Society. — In another part 

 of this number will be found the proceedings 

 of the January meeting. With the exception of 

 Imphee sugar and Sorghum syrup, little interest 

 appeared to be taken judging from the absence of 

 specimens. Samples of cotton and tobacco were 

 on hand, but in no wise to indicate the deep inter- 

 est taken in them. About two hundred pounds of 

 Imphee sugar from several growers formed the chief 

 attraction. But two essays were read, one by J. 

 H. Smith, of Quincy, on Sorghum, a valuable, 



practicable essay, and the other by Miss Mary E. 



Murtfeldt. on the "indoor adornments of home.' 



Miss M. is now one of the editors of the Farmer's 



Advocate. 



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Catalogue and Book Record — Graceland Nur" 

 sery, near Chicago. F. Sulzer & Bro. Mostly 

 roses and bedding out plants. 



E. Sanders, also north of Chicago, both Chicago 

 P. 0., bedding plants. 



Trade list of E. Y. Tears, nurseryman, Rich- 

 mond, lud. 



Elwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y. four cata- 

 logues. 



A. B. Galusha, Lisbon, 111. Annual statement of 

 trade and commerce of Chicago, from Hammill, 

 Reynolds & Co., commission merchants, Chicago, 

 a valuable and interesting work on the products of 

 the West. 



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Quarterly Journal of the Illinois State Ag- 

 ricultural Society Gratuitous. — We should hav« 

 published the proceedings of the Society in full if 

 we could spare the space ; but those wishing to 

 know more of the doings will address J. P. Rey- 

 nolds, Sec, Springfield. The work will well repay 

 the trouble of sending for. Twenty thousand cop- 

 ies should find their way into the hands of our far- 

 mers. 



Seeds from Washington.— We have received 

 from Hon. Isaac Newton, Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture, two packages of seeds, all with the excep- 

 tion of the Fegee Tomato valuable, and that we 

 suppose was put in as being new and curious. We 

 learn that a large lot of the seeds passed over from 

 the patent office, have been very properly rejected 

 as worthless. We hope that the day of worthless 

 seed is now over from that direction and that val- 

 uable if new varieties are not sent out. 



Farmer's Advocate. — This paper has been con- 

 solidated with that old and popular paper, the 

 Prairie Farmer. This move we think will benefit 

 the farmer in giving him a better paper thus com- 

 bined than the two separate, as we notice that Mr. 

 Bonhara will continue to contribute to the P. F. 

 No intimation is given as to the disposal of the 

 associate editors of the Advocate, but it is not 

 likely that they will remain idle. We think a bet- 

 ter day is dawning on the western agricultural 

 press. Our own lists have been largely augmented 

 and still they come. Success to the new consoli- 

 dation. 



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Prospect for the Peach Crop. — J. A. Carpen- 

 ter, of Cobden, writes us : Prospects of fruit good 

 — plenty of peach buds. 



Mr. Crosby, of Centralia says, the peach buds 



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