SOUTHERN PLANTER.-^- ADVERTISING SHEET. 



PHOSPHATIC GUANO, 



FROM THE ISLAND OF SOMBRERO, West Indies, 



THE RICHEST DEPOS1TJS OF PHOSPHATE OF HME KNOWN TO THE WORLD, 



By a careful analysis of an average sample of different cargoes, the annexed eminent Chemists 

 have found this remarkable deposite to contain of Phosphate of Lime, as follows: 



By Professor HAYES, 



Boston, 



of 1st Sample 



2d " 



89.60 per cent. 

 89.20 



IS 



REESE, - Baltimore, - 



1st 





85.14 







2d 





86.60 



a 





3d 

 4 th 



M 

 it 



72.04 



72.04 l f 



k ■' . t 



CHILTON, - New York, - 



1st 



f'f 



86.34 







2d 



u 



84.92 " 





PIGGOT, - Baltimore, - 



1st 



u 



76.85 " 





HUSON, Liverpool, England, - 

 DECK, - New York, - 







80.20 " 





1st 



u 



88.00 " 



u 



" of a selected specimen, 





ti 



98.25 " 





MAUPIN & TUTTLE, University of Virginia 





85.16 " 



u 



WILLI A M GILH AM, Mili tary In stitute 



Lexiny 



ton, Va. 



83.40 « 



Thus proving it to average the richest deposite of Phosphate of Lime known to the world. 



Pure Bone Dust contains but 55 or 56 per cent, of this important Phosphate; hence a compari- 

 son of the relative value of the two, will at once show which is the most deskable for Agricultural 

 purposes. m 



Guanos are of two distinct species — those in which the Phosphates of Cime predominate, as 

 in Sombrero, and others ; and those in which Ammonia predominates, as in the Peruvian. Both 

 experience and theory establish the fact, that Ammonia and Phosphate of Lime are essential in- 

 gredients for a general fertilizer, and, consequently, for general purposes, a proper mixture of the 

 two is recommended: whilst the Peruvian and other Ammoniated Guanos, are mere stimulants or 

 qutckeners of the soil, the Sombrero and .other Phosphatic Guanos, are permanent fertilizers, but. of 

 slower action and less perceptible effect the first year, unless aided by some stimulants. Hence 

 the great importance of combining the two in proper proportions, which, if done, makes the best, 

 most convenient, and economical fertilizer known. Assuming the cost of Peruvian Guano at $62, 

 and Sombrero at $34 per ton — and with one-quarter of the former, mix three-quarters of the 

 latter, (which proportions are recommended by experienced Farmers,*) it gives, at a cost of about $41 

 per ton, a fertilizer far more valuable and permanent than the Peruvian alone. The agriculturist 

 need only be reminded of the nature of the twp predominating ingredients, in the different species 

 of Guano, to enable him to understand the proper mode of its application. Whilst Ammonia (in the 

 Peruvian) is liable to evaporate or rise, Phosphate of Lime (fn the Sombrero) is heavy, and liable to 

 sink below the reach of the roots of plants Therefore it should be either deposited in the hill, or 

 drill with the crop, pr used as a top dressing, in the proportion of from 200 to 400 lbs. to the acre, 

 according to the wants of the soil. If used as a top dressing, the Spring is the best time, when 

 the crop is assuming its strength and sustenance, as, at that time, the beneht of the Ammonia is 

 less likely to be lost than if used in the Fall or early Winter. 



EDMOND DAVENPORT & CO., Agents. 



RICHMOND, Virginia. 



it can also be obtained pf A. GARRETT, E WORTH AM & CO., DUKE & HUTCHIN- 

 and E H. SKINKER, Richmond. Feb. 1, 1858. 



SON. 



"Wilson's Albany Seedling !" 



Best and Most Proline Strawberry. 



Yields 2ll0 Bushels per Acre! 



Unequalled (or size, color, flavor, firmness, fruitful 

 ness, and long continued ripening — is peifectly hardy 

 and quite early. Plants set out this Fall or early in 

 the Spring w ill hear in season of 1859. 



Can he transplanted safety during the whole of Sep- 

 tetnher and Octoher at the North, and ifrilii end of No- 

 vember at the South. Circulars, with engraving of 

 fruit, &c, sent to all applicant? inclosing stamps. 



Price, packed and deliveied in Albany, $10 a thou- 

 sand — $1.50 a hundred, or $1 for fifty. Orders with 

 cash promptly attended to by 



VVA1. RICHARDSON, 



oc 3t 96 South Pearl St., Albany, N. Y. 



SAMUEL S. C0TTRELL, 

 Saddle and Harness Manufacturer, 



Wholesale and Retail, 

 No. 118 Main St., RICHMOND, VA. 



Having received the first premium 

 at the Fair of the Virginia Mechanics' 

 Institute, in 1854, and a Silver Medal at tha 

 Fair of the same Institute in 1855, feels confident he 

 can please all persons in want of any article in his 

 line. March 1857—1 y 



BOOK AND JOB PRINTING 

 Neatly executed at this Office. 



