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The Cranberry and iis Culture. 
The Subscriber has issued a circular from the press, treat- 
ing on the Cranberry and its Culture. Said Circular- Will 
give persons the proper information as to the commence- 
ment of the culture. He will take pleasure in forwarding 
them to all parts of the United States, to those sending stamp 
to paypostnge. Persons wishing plants in large or small 
quantities, may receive them by express, for wet or dry soil. 
Address GEORGE A. BATES, 
Bellingham, Norfolk Co., Mass. 
FRUIT TREES, &c. 
FROST & CO., Genesee Vnlley Nurseries, offer for the 
sr-KiNO OF 1SC3 a well grown :uid large stock ot'FUUIT 
TREES; both standard and dwarf; SMALL FRUITS, which 
Includes a line slock of choice NATIVE GRAPES: also, of 
ORNAMENTAL TREKS, SHRUBS, ROSES, GREENHOUSE 
PLANTS, &c— all at Low prices. Catalogues sent on ap- 
plication, enclosing a stamp for each. 
No. 1. A Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits, &c. No. 2. Of 
OnisHnontat Trees, &e. No. 8. Of Greenhouse Plants. No 
4. Wholesale List for spring of 1SC3. FROST & CO 
Rochester, N. T. 
CIRCULAR. 
Our PRICE LIST Of GRAPE TIXES, STRAWBERRY, RASPBER- 
RY, BLACKBERRY PLANTS, and Other SMALL FRUITS, for 
Spring of 1883. will be Issued by the 15th of February, and 
Bent to all applicants. 
J. KNOX. Box 155, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
EVERGREENS. 
FROST & CO.. of the Genesee Valley Nurseries, Roches- 
ter, N\ Y., have an immense stock: ami good assortment of 
hardy, well grown EVERGREENS, which have been trans- 
planted from "tie to four times. They will he sold at low 
rates to Nurserymen, or others who wish to buv in large 
quantities. Prices given in Wholesale List, of Fruits, Orna- 
mental Trees, &c, for spring of 18(33, which is scut on ap 
plication 
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American Bird Fancier SO ,)f i 
American Farmer's Encyclopedia 450 
American Florist's Guide .,'" 75 
American Weeds and Useful Plants* 1 50 
Allen on the Culture ot the Grane 100 
Allen's (R. L.) American Farm Book* " ' 1 00 
Allen's Diseases of Domestic Animals 75 
Allen's (L. F.) Rural Architecture 1 25 
Barry's Fruit Garden*. , j «ja 
Bement's (G. N.) Rabbit Fancier 50 
Boussingault's (J. 11.) Rural Economy ...." 1 25 
Bridgeman's Fruit Cultivator's Manual eo 
Bridgeman's Young Gardener's Assistant... ' l 50 
Bridgeman's Kitchen Garden Instructor ". 60 
Bridgeman's Florist's Guide gn 
Brandt's Age of Horses" ..".",".".'i 50 
Buist's American Flower Garden Directory .....".! 1 25 
Bulst's Family Kitchen Gardener" 75 
Central Park Guide ~ ' 25 
Chorll oil's Grape-Grower's Guide" !.'.'.'.".".'.' 60 
Cole's (S. W.) American Fruit Book I".'.". "..'.'. ". 60 
Dadd's (Geo. II.) Modern Horse Doctor '.'.'.'..'.,'. 1 00 
Dadd's (Geo. H.j American Cattle Doctor, .!!.... 1 00 
Dana's Muck Manual for Farmers 1 00 
Downlng's Cottage Residences*. .,,, 2 50 
Down lug's Fruits ami Fruit Trees of America*" 2 00 
Dowillng'S Ladies' Flower Garden \ 50 
Eastwood on the Cranberry" 50 
Every Lady her own Flower Gardener 50 
Farmer's Practical Horse Farrier 60 
Fessenden's American Kitchen Gardener 25 
French's Farm Drainage * 1 25 
Field's (Thomas W.) Pear Culture 1 00 
Fish Culture 1 00 
Flint (Charles L.) on Grasses" 1 25 
Flint's Milch Cows and Dairv Farming* 1 25 
Fuller's Strawberry Culturist 10 
Goodale's Principles of Breeding 75 
Gueuon on Milch Cows eo 
Hall's (Miss) American Cookery 1 00 
Herbert's Hints to Horsckecpers'** l 25 
Hooper's Dog and Gun 50 
Johnson on Manures 75 
Kemp's Landscape Gardening 1 50 
Kidder's Bee Culture 50 
Langsti'Oth on the Honey Bee* 1 25 
Leuchars* Hothouses 1 25 
Liebig'B Lectures on Chemistry 50 
Linslev's CD. C.) Morgan Horses 1 00 
Manual of Agriculture by (i. Emerson and C. L. Flint. 75 
Mavhew's Illustrated Horse Doctor 2 50 
McMahon's American Gardener* , 2 50 
Median's Ornamental Trees 75 
Milburn on the Cow and Dairy 25 
Miles on. the Horse's Foot 50 
Norton's Scientific Agriculture 60 
Olcott's Sorgho and lmphee 1 00 
Our Farm of Four Acres..*.... (cloth 50 cts.,- paper).... 25 
Onion Culture* 21 
Pardee on Strawberry Culture 60 
Parlor Gardener 65 
Pin-sons on the Rose — ,.125 
Pedder'S Farmer's Land Measurer 50 
Phantom Bouquet, or Skeleton Leaves .. 1 00 
Phin's Grape Culture 1 00 
Oiiinbv'8 Mysteries ot Bee keeping* 1 25 
Randall's Sheep Husbandry Jag 
Richardson on tlie Hpa 25 
Robin's Produce ana Heady Reckoner 60 
Rose Culturist 25 
Shepherd's Own Book 2 00 
Smith's Landscape Gardening .. 1 25 
Spencer's Education of Children** 1 00 
Stewart's fjohn) Stable Boole... 1 25 
Thomas' (John J.) Farm Implements *.... 1 ou 
Todd's (S. E.) Young Farmer's Manual 1 25 
Tucker's Register Rural Affairs 25 
Turner's Cotton Planter's Manual l 25 
Warder's Hedges and Evergreen** 1 25 
Watson's American Home Garden 1 50 
Week'a (John M.) Manual on Bees 50 
Wood's Class Book of Botany . 2 50 
Yale College Agricultural Lectures 25 
Youatt and Spooner on the Horse 1 05 
Yi.uai r and Martin ou Cattle 1 25 
Youatt on the Hog 75 
Youatt on Sheep 75 
ONION CULTTJRE-Third (new) Edition. 
This wort comprises in 32 pages all the particulars for suc- 
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FLOWER SEEDS. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
By mail, post-paid. HARVEY B. LANE, 
151 Nassau-st„ New-Yuiic. 
ANTED — 10 bushels new crop Osage Orange 
Seed. Address THOMAS J. SHALLCROSS, 
Locust Grove, Kent Co., Md. 
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PEACH PITS $0.?3 per bushel. 
PLUM PITS 3.00 " " 
CHERRY PITS 3.00 " " 
APPLE SEED 4.00 " 
For sale by 
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FRUIT 
TREES AND PLANTS, 
ORNAMENTAL, TREES, 
SHRUBS, EVERGREENS, 
AND 
EXOTIC PLANTS. 
PARSONS & CO. 
Invite the attention of buyers to their stock, 
which is in vigorous health, and of large size. 
They offer all kinds at rates, which for size 
and excellence, are as low as they can any- 
where be purchased. 
They can sell trees, etc., by the hundred : 
Apples at $14. Plums at §30. 
Pears at $28. Peaches at $10. 
Cherries at $25. Strawberries. 
Concord Grapes, 4 years, at §25. 
Delaware and other hardy Grapes. 
Exotic Grape Tines, strong growth. 
Small Fruits of the newest sorts. 
Umlauts Rhubarb by the lOOO. 
Their ORNAMENTAL TREES for Streets 
and Lawns are of large size aud fine form. 
FLOWERING SHRUBS in quantities for 
massing, at very low prices. 
ROSES and EXOTIC PLANTS of the new 
and choice varieties. 
Catalogues furnished on application 
No orders will be sure of attention, unless ad- 
dressed to us by mail, at FLUSHING, 
near NEW-YORK. 
CHOICE FRUIT. — Local Agents wanted to 
sell trees of genuine Kin&r of Tompkins Co. Apples, 
the best variety grown, which sells in New-York for f 6 to £8 
per barrel. Also the Wagener. Send for plates and terms 
to agents; or 50 cts. for two dozen scions, $1 for one each of 
Delaware, Concord, Diana, and Rebecca Grape Vines, or $1 
for one each White Grape, Cherry, La Versailles and Long 
Grape Currant Hushes, or 50 cts. for one doz. Brinckle'8 Or- 
ange, or Antwerp Raspberries, or two doz. best varieties 
Strawberry Plants; all sent by mail, pre-paid. Address 
E. C. FROST, Highland Nurseries, (P. O.,) N. T. 
50.000 PEACH TREES, 
And all oilier varieties of Fruit unci Ornamental Trees, 
For Catalogues address ISAAC PULLEN, 
Jan. 1st, 1863. Hightstown, N. J. 
Pear Trees 
Of superior quality, at the NEW-BRUNSWICK NURSER- 
IES, New-Jersey. Persons interested are invited to examine 
my trees. Send lor Catalogue. EDWIN ALLEN. 
Evergreen and other Tree Seeds. 
Priced Catalogue and new crop of seeds now ready, 
THOS. MEEHAN, Germautown, Pa. 
Conn. Seed Leaf Tobacco Seed. 
Grown by contract by one of the most successful growers 
in the valley of the Connecticut. Packets containing one 
ounce will be mailed, post-paid, to any address— upon re- 
ceipt of 50 cts. in postage currency or new stamps. Prices 
for larger quantities will begiven upon application. 
B, K. BLISS, Springfield. Mass. 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of rare and bcau- 
tii'ul Flower Seeds, Roots, Cuttings, &c, by mail. Sent 
free to all applicants. Address 
H. B. LUM, Sandusky, Ohio. 
PRINCE ALBERT'S WINDSOR PIGS, 
(IMPROVED SUFFOLKS'), four months old. at fifteen dol- 
lars each, or twenty-Are dollars per pair, boxed for shipping, 
and delivered in New-York. They are from animals bred on 
Prince Albert's Windsor farm, and selected forj and import- 
ed by me. I believe them to he the best breed of pigs in the 
world. The qUAJ.TTY OF THKIR MEAT IS DECIDEDLY BET- 
TER than that of other breeds, and they will make more 
meat FROM a given amount OF feed than any others. Of 
late years thev have figured largely as first prize takersat 
the best English shows. Address L. MASON, Jr.. 
Orange, New-Jersuy. 
