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1863. 



THE ILLINOIS FAKMER,- 



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TREE COTTON SEEI>. 



A limited quantity of the above seed can now- be ob 

 tainod if applied for soon, of 



SBWABD TATNA L, Jr.. 



Brandy wine Nurseries, 

 Wilmington, - Delaware. 



Tliis seed was procured at considerable expense by 

 William Ferris, of the above city, from the mountain 

 regions of South America, having been conveyed 

 thence by mule, "seven days journey" to Guayaquil, 

 where this gentleman resided nearly three j'ears, and 

 made himself acquainted with the fact that this cotton 

 thrives, and is cultivated on the elevated lands of the 

 Andes, of which it is a rative. His object was- to in- 

 troduce it into our Northern and Western States, be- 

 lisving if it vrould stand their climate (and where it 

 now grows it is frequently covered wit snow and ice) 

 it would prove prove a source of great interest and 

 profit to the people of those States. 



As seed represented to be that of the tree cotton 

 has been palmed off on the public during, the past 

 year, this is warranted to be the genuine article and 

 ^yillbo forwarded by mail free of postOge at the fol- 

 lowing rates remitted in current funds with the or- 

 der : 



25 for SI ; 60 for $2 ,• 110 for $3 ; 200 for $5 ; 500 

 for $10. 



Glubs of 5 or 10 supplied at the latter rates if sent 

 under one envelope. Should be jilantcd by 1st or 

 1 0th of May. In sending orders give the Pest Office 

 County and State. Apr2in 



^V ANTED. 

 KK"ITTIE"G MACHINES. 



Every Farmer to know that his " Women Folks " 

 can earn §6 to $20 per week with one of Akin's Cele- 

 brated Knitting Machines. It will earn its cost in 

 thirty days. Price complete ?50. Weight 45 pound. 

 Freight from 50 cents to $1 50. Send for circular 

 and samples, (send stamps.) 



BRANSON & ELLIOT, 



General Agents, 

 Apr'&3 ly . . 120 Lake street, Chicago, 111 



AGRICULIURMf WAREHOUSE 



SEED STORE. 



Has one of the best selected stock of implements 

 andseeds to be found in the West. 



A. H. IIOYEY, 

 NovtflS82 No. lU, Lake st., Chicago III.. 



ELOOMIHGTON HUaSERlf 

 BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. 



Eiglity Acres Fruit and Ornamental Tress 

 OAA ?;AME0 sorts TULIPS, ALSO HYACINTHS 

 ^\j\J Crocus, and a general assortment of Bulbs -rig^^ 

 and Flower Roots for Fall and Spring planting.p^^j 

 Nursery stoclc. Evergreens, Greenhouse and gardon^^^ff 

 plants — all at wholesale and retail at lowest cash 4SS- 

 rates. 



.^f="ror particulars see Catalogues or address subscribei . 



F. K. PHQSNIX. 



Bloomington, IlL, AU3. 1, 1553. 



Dunlap's ]S^^^.rsery. 



This nursery has a good stock of apple trees of all 

 ages and of choice Tarieties for the west, low heads 

 and staeky. The genuine " May Cherry," (Kentish 

 or Early Richmond of Downing,) Dwarf and Stand- 

 ard Pears, the Purple Cam. Raspljerry, the best of all ~ 

 raspberries for the farm ; Lowtpn Blackberry, Hough- 

 ton Gooseberry, Grapes, Strawberries, Ornamental 

 Trees and Plants-. An immense stock of Silver Leaf 

 Maple, from 85 to $15 per lt)0, 6 to 10 feet high. The 

 green house is well stocked with roses and other bud- a**- 

 ding out plants. This stock is grown, to retail and -^ ' 

 not adopted to the tree peddler,as all trees and plants 

 are large, staeky and tbjifty, and intended for the 

 planter only. Terms cash with low prices. 



Address, - : M. L. DUNLAP, 



Champaign; 



March 1, ISCS.tf , ;./. v: - ; . ■ " :-. 



GEORGE S. THOMPSON, 



• Late of Com. Gen.'s Office, 



Attorney for XT. S. Military Claims, 



. .v ■ -West Side of Public Square, 



: Springfield, 111. 



Entrahee office one door north of Banking House 

 of Messrs. N. H. Ridgely & Co. 



Having had much experience in jjrosecuting elaima 

 against the United States, particular attention ia 

 given to Recruiting Bills made by officers and men of 

 Volunteer companies and regiments, for subsisiing, 

 and, collecting, organizing and transporting troops 

 prior to inuste^iato service ; Back Pay due Resigned 

 Officers: Bac^l^y due Discharged Soldiers: Pay 

 due Deceased Officers, their Widows or Heirs; Boun-- 

 ty and Pay due Heirs of Deceased Soldiers ; Pensions 

 due Deceased Soldiers' Widows and Minor Heirs ; 

 Pensions due Invalid Soldiers ; Pay for Horses lost, 

 killed or died in the United States' service; All 

 Claims growing out of the Present War. 



Pensions collected semi-annually, from the Agent 

 of the United States at Springfield. 



Any kind of claims for service, or for property de- 

 stroyed, stores or property sold officers of the United 

 States. 



Would respectfully refer to Messrs. John Williams 

 & Co., Bankers ; J. C. Bunn, Esq., Bunker; Capt. C. 

 B. Watson, U. S. Mustering Officer; Lieut. Geo. W. 

 Hill, U. S. Mustering Officer; Major C. S. Hemp- 

 stead, U. S. Paymaster; Capt. Ninan W. Edwards, 

 U. S. Commissary ; Captain W. H. Bailhache, U. S. 

 Quartermaster ; Col. P. Morrison, Sth U. S. Infantry, 

 Superintendent Recruiting for Regiments of Illinois, 

 Springfield, 111. Major J. G. Fonda. 12th lU. Caval- 

 ry, Commandant at Camp Butler. ,:- 



August, 1.862.tf 



STANDAED 



SCALES 



OF ALL KINDS. 



Also, Warehouse Trucks, Letter Presses, &e. 



, GBEENLEAF & CO. 



172 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, ^ 



Sold in Springfield by 



., ^v , .u. E. B. PEASE. 



Be careful and luy only the genuiixe. junel-ly 





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