DEVOTED TO 



AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AM) THE HOUSEHOLD ARTS, 



Published at RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 



FEANK: Gv EUEFXH, ED IT QB. 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER, which has been established for seventeen years, is the 

 oldest Agricultural Paper in Virginia, and the Editor and Proprietors feel that they have a right 

 to claim the patronage of the Farmers of Virginia and the South, if they have succeeded in 

 making the paper worth the sum asked for it. That they have fully done that, they do not 

 doubt for one moment. Many of the best farmers, and some of them among the ablest men 

 and best writers of this and other States, have enriched the pages of the Planter with invalua- 

 ble essays, drawn mostly from their own experience ; and in the quantity of good original mat- 

 ter, it exceeds any paper of its size in the Union. In order to diffuse the information thus given, 

 it is necessary to extend the circulation of the paper; and in asking the friends of Agriculture 

 throughout tins and other Southern States to aid in doing it, the Proprietors feel that they are 

 not asking a favor but offering a valuable consideration. 



The Editor is a farmer engrossed in agricultural pursuits, and wholly dependent on his 

 land for his living. This may be considered to some extent a guarantee of the practical char- 

 acter of the work. v 



The Horticultural Department of the paper is under the management of one of the most 

 experienced and practical gardeners and florists < in Virginia, whose articles now 'in course of 

 publication, are of themselves, worth much more than the subscription price of the paper. 



The Planter is published in monthly numbers, on fine paper, containing 64 super-royal 

 octavo pages, exclusive of the Advertising Sheet ; bound in a neat cover, making a volume of 

 768 pages of Agricultural matter, per annum, for two dollars and fifty cents, which may be dis- 

 charged by the payment of TWO DOLLARS ONLY, if paid in advance. 6 copies for $10 ; 

 13 copies for $20 ; 1 copy 3 years $5. Invariably in Advance. 



Subscriptions may begin with any number, but it is preferable that they should begin with 

 the commencement of the volume. 



No paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at our option. 



jgggT' Exchanges favorable to this Journal will please notice. 



RUFFI1T & AUGUST, Proprietors. 



TO Advertisers. 



We call your attention to the "Southern Planter"' as offering- to advertisers one of the best 

 mediums which this State affords of reaching the Farmers of Virginia and North Carolina, where 

 it has a large subscription list, and of the other Southern and Western States, where it is exten- 

 sively circulated. Those who take it are substantial men who live in the country — the best custo- 

 mers to every trade — the very class whom advertisers desire to reach To Boarding Schools and 

 Academies, to the Mcrchant,\\\c Mechanic, the Hoicl-Kccpcr, the Druggist, the Dentist, the Nurseryman, 

 and in short, to all who have LANDS, or anything to sell or anything to make known, the ••South- 

 ern Planter" is recommended with confidence, not only on account of the substantial character of 

 those who subscribe to it, but likewise by the fact that, possessing the additional advantage of be- 

 ing printed in book form and stitched, it is therefore more apt to be preserved than an ordinary 

 newspaper, and gives to advertisers a better chance of keeping themselves before the people. 



The increased business of this department of the "Planter" since it has been undertaken, 

 proves that those who have tried it. find it to their interest to encourage the enterprise. 



ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the following rate;,: For each square often lines, 

 first insertion, One Dollar; each continuance "Seventy-Five Cents. A liberal discount to those who 

 advertise by the year. 



Advertisements out of the city must be accompanied with the money to insure their insertion. 

 Richmond, February. 1858. RUFFIN & AUGUST, Proprietors. 



