1877.] 
AMERICAN AG-RICULTURIST. 
153 
PLANTS 
ELLWAN&EE & BAEBY, 
NEW &, 
RARE. 
By 3Ia.il and Express. \"e>v Catalogue. Fiee. 
Kocliester, 
i\. Y. 
By mail, post: p aid, f on own roots) 25 cents apiece, $2.00 
per dozen. I^irpe plants (budded or on own roots) by 
express at. purchasers expense 50 cenO apiece. t4,00 per 
dozen. The inofst select collectiou in America. 
Send for C;italogue. 
ELLWANGER & 
Rochester, N.Y. 
HOVEY'S 
IlliT.stratecl Catalog-ixe 
of NEW ANB RAKE PI,A]VTS for 1877, 
niiiiled free on application. 
HOVET & CO., Boston, Mass. 
filSSENA 
NURSERIES. 
RARE AND EXQUISITE 
JAPAiVESE MAPLES 
At Reduced Pi-ices. 
Also, a full C'Ueetion of 
Hardy Trees & Shrabs. 
Specialties imide of lilioilodcn- 
drona, Roses. Hardv and Grecn- 
hons'* Az;ileas, Mag-noiias, Fruit 
Trees, Ferus, and all the best 
novelties. 
Catalogues free, sind visits 
to ttie Isurseritjs at Kissena 
solicited. 
S, B. PARSONS & SONS, 
Flushing, L. I., X. Y. 
Extra OfferfcCHOICE PLANTS.-I will send during 
fni- Anril '''^ n.ontlis uf Apni ;ind May IIjO choice Eed- 
" ' diu;^ Plants, in SO varieties, many of tiiem 
new and lare, for^.OO; ;"0 for $4.00; 25 for 
$2..')0. delivered at eiprei^s office ; one-thirrl 
more if to go by mail. The above are all 
vvell started, and cannot fail to please. 10") 
coleus, best varieties, by express, $5.00; 50 
for $3.00, These are the bestfiedding varie- 
ties. 15 cliolce Bulbs, all different, post- 
and 3iay. 
12 Verbenas 
P. Paid SI 
12 Carna- 
tions SI. 
12Rose8Sl 
paid, $l.''u, worth i'.M. Order early. Address 
E. B. JENMXGS, Florist. Southport, Fairfield Co., Conn. 
Hardy Rhododendrons. 
We ofler, at low rates, a large stock of these plants, so 
much admired in the Centennial Groimds last summer. "We 
grow largely, also, the best TREES AXD FL.01VER- 
I\G SnurBS in great variety. STREET TREES, 
EVERGREEXS, both the older kinds and the rarer 
Borts. ROSES of large size, and at low prices. Visitors 
Will find our grounds near the Bridge St. station. For cata- 
logues address 
R. B. PARSONS & CO., 
p. O. Box 99. X^l-i:i.sla.iz3.g;, ^J". "TT. 
"We scni; Plants 
of TUIEI) 
VAKIETIES 
of 
Sm.lU Fruit 
Price list free. 
Clie;ir'er by 
mnl, 
I'ost-paid, 
th;m otlicrs by 
Express. 
LAPHAM & ANTHONY, Cl;iyton. Pel. 
THE 
DOLLAR 
NURSERY. 
JOHN SAUL'S 
Catalogue of New, Rare, and 
Beautiful Plants, 
■will b" ready in Feb.— with a Color-'d plate of tlie NEW 
STRIPED ROSE, Beauty of Glazenwood, A 
Hvbrid I'-a. of a most di-ilTn-t and novel kind. The jrronnd 
tint is a lovelv ffolden vellow, darker than, but after the 
style oi. M;idame Falnot, each petal beln;; dlstlncilv striped, 
and flaked with a brJKht car .Hue. as often ween in the colora- 
tion of some Tulips, the bads, before expanding, being bold- 
Iv and benutifuUv marked with crimRon. Delicately sweet. 
It l.s impossible ro convey by description the marliin? and 
beauty of this eharming Kose. 
" A Roue of goMen-i/ellow, Hriped and flailed irith scarlet 
or rfrinilio'n sntt7iris like a 'lrea}». or h fair]/ tn^e ; it is, 
nenfTt/iele-ts, a re(tlit(/-''~-li. Cvmis, ill The Gaiipen. 
Free to all my customers— to orh-Ts price 10 cts.—a plain 
copy free. "Wa-Hliini^toM Cif y, I>. C 
ForCRANBERRY PLANTS 
AND 
White Pond LILY ROOTS, 
write to 
Circulars free. 
J. A. VAFOHAN. 
Carver. JTa^s. 
BERRY PLANTS h;£^i::3:^i!:S 
QV Ml A II \ sdllcltert. ?d' Sl'crlill nff'T. 
t» B IVIAIL.. ' (rroiinlnirG kinds of fVulta. 
II v.iri"tl.s. sntHcIcnt ti supply n fimllv for years, for only 
t5,by mall, pos:-p:[irt. <ir>ii I for Price List, ., , , . ,, 
?5 JO APPLE TREES,li^?^iiHSS 
must be rl.>ar.-cl, that I will sell for ^'s Pcr im. ?7n per 1^00. 
37 varieties. E. W. ATWATER. Falm.vr a. N, Y. 
Strnviben-y T)lantii, rj'?'"? "V''"i'",?i%, 
All the new. r and best stnn- \T dnnl f •'"^ >'"';:■, 
AUo Snowllake and Alpha P..taioe«. Send for price Hat. 
■"^ D. i;. H0SJ3E, NOBTHAJIPTOM, iU8S. 
TO 
:e' 
Other Large Planters, 
I Cabbaee Plants (cold frame), 
I True ^VakeIiL-la S 7.50 per 1,000 
3 Cabbaee Plants (cold frame), 
I JiL-udcrson's i-arly Summer 15. GO '* 
I Canliflowcr Plants (cold 
li-aiue;, True Eifuri 15,00 " 
I liettace Plants (cold frame), 
I'laiii aud Curled 7.50 
lAsparat^s Roots, True 
I colossal.....^. 6.00 
I Rhubarb Roots, LinuEeus and 
■ Victoria 12.00 per TOO 
Tomato, Pepper, S^veot Potato, E^g 
[and Celery Pl.-ints in th"ir proper sca.son, Con- 
I tracted for at special rates. Fresh samples from our 
grounds can be seen daily at our Seed Store. 
Market Gardeners, Seedsmen and Florists, 
35 Cortlandt St., New York. 
CABBAGE PLANTS. 
THE subscriber has on hand and offers for sale li large 
quantitv of PHEE JF.ESEY WAJKEFIELD end FOT- 
LER'S BRU'NSWICK CABBAGE PLAN'TS. "Wintered in 
cold frames. Orders by mail or in person will be promptly 
attended to. Price, S6^er Thousand. 
ALBERT S. WALKER, South Portsmouth, R. I. 
PLANTS 
of all the leading and choicest kinds for sale by 
E. p. ROE. 
Descriptive circular and price-list free. 
In raising small fruits, many fail or succeed but partially, 
for the lack of a littlepraciica/ knoxcUdge, and advice. 
E. P. ROE'S ITIANUAIi, 
"Culture of Small Fruits," 
has been warmhj commended by the afrriculturnl press and 
hundreds of practical growers.— A few examples : 
" Clear practical advice about Small Friiiifi, the be-^t kinds 
and mo^t approved modes of raising tkem"—ls(i\y England 
Homestead. 
" Needed bg every Gardener and .Fanner."— Journal of 
Afiriculture. 
'•All the directions are soplairi that any reader may fol- 
low f/j?7?i."— llnsbandman. 
'■Eminently practical and seJist&?«."— American Agricul- 
turist. 
"Will pleai^e and profit the reader."— Ohio Farmer. 
" The quintt-'isence of clearness, precision and sound corn- 
mnii .se«S(?."— Christian Intelligencer. 
" Well worth 50 cts.'— Southern Agriculturist. 
Mailed on receipt of price, 50 cts.; Five copies to one 
address, $l.-50. 
Knoiciiiff what kinds to buy and hmc to do the right thing 
at the right time, icill soon save CO cents. 
Address E. P. ROE, 
Coriiivall-on-tlic-Hudsoii, Orniigc Co., iV. V. 
r.oxcs. Pcacli & Grape Baskets. 
Send for lilustraicd Price List. 
.Manufactured bv C. COLBY & 
CO., Benton Harbor. Midi. 
r^--1--^- 
A^x^X A:^i> Clii-Al-i:,;.! iiiiUUV tlUlKS AND BASKETS 
t In CM. 6o QctnoiTlcdt:cd by Iwdin; 
Growera ovorriTlicro who ba?o nwd 
"' ii for years, A. M. Punlj, Editor 
jt lU-coiilcr, iiDil largo fruiifrowft, 
ruhjhestcr, N, Y..htuc5 : "lurcLtsed 
J N. D Biltcx30Q'3 Crates Md EiJ- 
13, and ttust wj.fcr conipaftD::. 
duralj:ll[_T,li:rhtn'-:3.n.'atct!3iLdfrfa 
circulation of air. haro ncrer four.d 
:hcirequal" Well madeibcsttnl.ri. 
ill, oiira ocil «hsj-c ; Crtifa «» Iwn 
.>"nnd. harp Vsl bajr* ICB<!c ; Baskctfl 
, , ^,ou- Bfrnortothrrcratfi canbcncsicd. Op- 
rTTt"lJ.i:.-^ I Eyi^^^T^.----^-^ dprbTfrrightlmTnedistrlTidclflJOCc*. 
LLA_V-*'*ia^ta.-!=:^- (ion* lf«. BrmU hj r«^stcrrd letwr 
•-ihr.iirr Sifi-'rvrtir.n irinranteed. 32 ot Ct»t<-(i. 21 in lonr.Jtln wide, 1E>VJ 
in hfuh.with 32 yuan B4.'lfta. Sl.a); 3Gqt.CraiPS.2-t In lore. KUlti. widp. 
12 In. htcb. with 36 Quart lli«kets. |1.<1; SO pt Crates. *tth SO Pint Baakft'. 
«I. QuartBaakets.tlSptr! ,[O0; PintBoakets, glOperl.ftXl.ln anj quantities. 
Milford Basket Co., 
UnLFORD, DEL. 
Manufactory of Berry Basltcts and Crntei, also 
Vrrbcna Baskets. Our Baskets are square, strong, 
and attractive; the Basket 3 to tlie quart fit the or- 
dinary I'.i qt. Crate. SEND FOR PRICES. 
,'S"VETO" SEED BRILL &"IfEW" 
Hand Cultivator bow and cultivate all 
kinds vegetables. Do worit of 1<> 
nn^n. Bf »t and chcnpcsL 
$9.50 'NSte^, Bri*^c Sl:;.ou combined. 
Boxed. 
CirCTUaw x iw. ilr.do Ij E. Z. LUUMUS t CO. , Boston, Mm: 
Vf^KV.\Kl> FOR !*AI.F,.— WithSor 
fi roncord Vines. S vc;ir-; obi. In i:ond shap'\ with 
cnod iroim, A gond new lioii^o wllli I ro.ims on the lot. 
Pltuai'Hl In n. cood market. For further information aa» 
dress P. O. I3ox 45, New Brisbtuo, Pa. 
containing a great variety of Jteua:, including many 
good liints and Suggestions irhich tee throic into smallei 
type and condensed form^ for uant of sj/aoe tUttchere, 
Continued from p. 129. 
Cvtienon^s Xlseos-y of Klillc 3Eir- 
rors or Escntclieons. — *' W.," Holyoke, Mass. 
VTe would hardly be guided by the escutcheon alone in 
eelectins o cow ; if, with agcod escutcheon, the cow had 
aU the other points of a good cow, that would be cor- 
roborative: bnt in the absence of these, the escutcheon 
might go for very little. 
Isifbrvnation atoout Missouri-— "J. 
H. C. S.," Hartford, Ct. In the Mtssonri Agricnllnral 
Eeport forlSTl, there are descriptions of all the conntles 
in the State. The report may donbtlci^s be procured of 
J. F. Wielandy, Esq., Secretary of Stale Board of Agricul- 
ture, Jefferson City, Mo. Enclose Si5 cents for postage. 
£fiect o£*a> So'atliern Slope ou Land. 
— "G. E. L.,"Hoplvinton, N. H. Land that slopes to the 
south, retains its fertility quite as long as land sloping to 
the north. The slope makes no difference in this respect. 
Bnt the exposure docs make a difference, as the crop on 
a sonthern slope is very often injured by the warmth of 
the sun in winter or early in spring, -while the northern 
sloping gronnd remains frozen and escapes injnry. 
TUe Co-n^ tliat Tvas Killed by a. 
Piece of 'IVire.—*':^". B. F.." St. Louis, Mo. The 
cow referred to, as having been killed by a piece of wire 
that penetrated her stomach, was, wc believe, (writing 
from memory only), one of the herd that was sold by Col. 
Morris to a firm ofWcsreni breeders, Messrs Avery & 
Murphy. Any person who is very anxious to ascertain 
the particulars, might perhaps procure the information 
from Col. Morris, of Morrisania, Is. T. 
Spajrimg.—" A Subscriber," Jefferson, N. T. 
It is impossible to give in writing sufficiently direct in- 
structions for spaying a cow or a sow. It would be best 
to learn the operation from some one who nndcrt-tands it. 
Clotted jTIiUc.— "Reader," N. Brooldield, 
Mass. When only a small portion of the milk of a cow 
is clotted, and there is no heat or fovcr in the udder, it ia 
uo serious objection to her. Care shoitld be taken to 
milk out the clots very thoroughly, and if this can lot bo 
done, some solution of carl>onatc of soda (a tablcspooufnl 
in a cupful of water) may be injected into the teat, and 
soon after milked out. Hor milk is too acid. Give the 
cow a handful of salt daily. 
WorU off" Steani-EnglDiies.— "E. C," 
Wclland, Ont. A G-horsc-powcr engine will do twice the 
work of 6 horses, and is far cheaper than horses. It is so 
mucli cheaper that it would pay to have an ergine 
wherever 1,000 bushels of grain have to be thrashed. 
Ho\r to Preserve Kg-;»s, — '* M. R.," 
Morrisania, X. Y. Eggs can not be i>reserved in salt any 
better than in moist sand closely packed about them. It 
is only tlic protection from the air that saves them. Tho 
best method probably is, to smear thcni lhoroui:hly, twice, 
with linseed oil, and then they may he packed in sand, 
salt, wheat-bran, or any other material that will main- 
tain an even temperature. 
Coloring" Butter.— To gi-ve an agreeable 
color to butter, by means of unobjectionable artificial 
coloring matter, is perfectly legitimate, and &s light-col- 
ored wiuter-butlcr slIIs lower than colored, the dain-man 
is justified in using a proper coloring. Annotto. a harm- 
less vegetable pulp, is tbe basis of the best coloring, and 
a preparation of this, known as the "Perfected Butter 
Color," is made hy Messrs. Wells. Richardson & Co., of 
Burlington. Vt. We have recently Uied this coloring. 
and find that it gives a clear, rich color to the butler, that 
it is free from sediment, and has no taste or odor. It is 
certainly greatly preferable to carrot juice for the purpose. 
Su?cn'' Keets sind Beet SMgar,— 
Some int'-rest is nijain excited In regard lo the culture of 
beets, and the manufacture of beet euirar. This excite- 
ment is periodical, --uid leads to many inquiries. In re. 
ply to many of such now before ne. we give \t as our 
opinion that the mnnnfacinre of beet cnLiir does not 
promise to become profitalde in Ihc United State?. There 
is no Ptigar factory, now openiled with profit, and wc be- 
^CYo the only ono run has suspended vrork. The cano- 
