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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[January, 
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A "Work, instructive alike to the Amateur or Market 
Gardener, detailing the practical experience of nearly 20 
years' Gardening for the New York Market, 
By PETER HENDERSON, 
(of HENDERSON &. FLEMING.) 
Price, $1.50, by mail pre-paid. : 
Seed and Plant Catalogues for 3867, will be mailed to our 
customers as usual, to others on receipt of 10 cents. 
HENDERSON <& FLEMING, 
Seedsmen ami Market Gardeners, 
67 Kassau-st., New York. 
FIRST MORTGAGE TOMT 
OF THE 
SOUTH WEST' 
PACIFIC R. R. CO. 
Principal and Interest guaranteed 
by the Atlantic and Pacific 
Railroad Company, in 
Coupon Bonds of 
$1 9 ©®0 EACH, 
TWINTY YEARS TO RUN. 
Due September 15, 1886. 
INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 7 PER CENT. PER AN- 
NUM, PAYABLE IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 
ON THE FIRST DAYS OF JANUARY AND JULY. 
These Bonds are issued on 77 miles of completed road, 
now in operation to Rolla, in the State of 
Missouri, which cost to construct $4,500,000 
And 13 miles of road graded, with material. on 
hand, to be completed by January 1, 1867, at 
a cost of 500,000 
Together with 360,000 acres of land, now- 
being disposed of at a minimum of $5 per 
acre, (maximum $40.) 1,300,000 
Say present total value of §6 ,300,000 
The amount of Bonds issued is §3,000,000, secured by 
mortgage to John P. Yelvertou and Chas. H. Ward, of 
New York, as Trustees of the above-named property. 
By a provision of this Mortgage, when Lands are sold to 
the amount of S40,000, it is to constitute a Special Fund 
for the redemption of a like amount of these Bonds, at a rate 
not exceeding 105 per cent. They are also receivable at 
PAR by the Company in payment of its sales of Lands. 
At St. Louis this road connects with all the Eastern Rail- 
ways, and runs west through the most attractive parts of the 
State of Missouri via Franklin, St. James, Rolla, Lebanon, 
Marshfield, Granby (Lead Mines), and Neosho, to the west 
line of the State. At Springfield it will connect with the 
great ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD (its eastern 
terminus), to the Pacific. 
"When completed, it will present a road of 310 miles in 
length, costing about : §13,000,000 
With 1,036,000 acres of Land valued at... 10,000,000 
Showing a total value of §33,000,000 
With a total amount of Bonds authorized, with the guar- 
antee as above, of §7,350,000, which may be issued at a 
rate not exceeding $35,000 per mile of completed work 
as it progresses. 
Of the present issue of $3,000,000 of Bonds, the sum 
of §500,000 is now offered for sale at the low rate of 80 
per cent., after 1st January, the rate will be 85 per cent. 
For further particulars apply to 
WARD & CO. BANKERS, 
IVo. 54 Wall Street, New York. 
Hiafkly Important to Manufacturers and 
Capitalists.— The New Self-Holding Volkmann Plow.— 
The most competent judges who have examined the new 
Patented Self-Holding Volkmann Plow, are of opinion that 
it is superior to any plow now in use, and that it must there- 
fore, soon supersede every other plow. For a description of 
its prculiar features we refer to the N. 1l . Semi-AVeekly Tri- 
bune of Nov. 13, the Semi- Weekly Times, Nov. 9, the N. Y. 
Independent, Nov. 15, the Artisan, Dec. 5, and other leading 
papers. Mr. Volkmann, the inventor, is readv to entertain 
offers for the sale of State rights, or for the formation of a 
partnership. Address J. VOLKMANN, 'No. 1?1 West Thirty-, 
eighth Street, New York City. 
KNOX FRUIT FARM & NURSERIES. 
One Hundred and Fifty Acres in Grapes, Strawberries, Blackberries, 
Raspberries, Currants, Gooseberries, &c, &c. 
Send for our Catalogue, which is a valuable Treatise on their Cultivation, 
"We were anions the very first to engage in growing 
SMALL FRUITS, on a large scale, and for many years 
have been making a collection, which is unsurpassed if 
equaled anywhere. 
GRAPES. 
Tlic Concord is decidedly the most popular grape in 
the country. It is now generally- planted, and gives greater 
satisfaction than any ether. The 
GREELEY PRIZE 
has just been awarded it as the grape of the greatest value. 
■ For full description SEE CATALOGUE. 
Hartford Prolific and C rev cling, are the best -very 
early grapes yet thoroughly tested, and are very profitable, 
Ives is destined to be, if it is not now, the leading wine 
grape of the country. For fall description of this invalua- 
ble grape, SEE CATALOGUE. 
Rcntz is nearly of the same value, and is a most vigor- 
ous grower. 
Martha isa White Concord, and is destined to be 
among White grapes, what its parent, the Concord is among 
the colored varieties. 
Black Hawlt promises to be a grape of very great 
merit— perhaps the earliest of all. ■ 
For description of above, and Iona, Israella, Adi- 
rondack and all other desirable kinds, as well as much 
valuable information on Grape Culture, send 10 Cents 
for Catalogue. 
Our %ines are grown in the open air, from bearing wood 
taken from our extensive Vineyards. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
For many years we have given earnest attention to the 
cultivation of Strawberries. Onr long and varied experi- 
ence gives us great advantages, in the selection of such va- 
rieties as will give the best satisfaction to the grower, 
whether for home or market purposes ; our collection, in 
variety, quality, and quantity, is unsurpassed, if equaled 
anywhere. We call special attention to the 
JTJCJJNDA-OJJU JVO. 700. 
After thoroughly testing this variety for seven years, we 
unhesitatingly say, that for uniform and large size, beau- 
ty OF F0K3I AND COLOR, ENORMOUS YIELD, LONG CONTINU- 
ANCE IN BEARING, GREAT PROFIT, HEALTH AND VIGOR OF 
plant, and other desirable qualities, it is the most valuable 
Strawberry of which we have any knowledge. All who have 
seen it on our grounds, prize it alike highly. 
■Our present stock of plants of Jncunda, and all other- 
valuable varieties is the largest and best we have ever offered. 
Send 10 Cents for Catalogue, which is a com- 
plete Manual on the Strawberry. 
CURRANTS. 
The demand for this valuable fruit is greatly increasing 
every year. "We have taken special pains to make the best 
possible collection, and our stock is, perhaps, much the 
largest in the country. 
"We offer very superior plants of 
Versaillaise— The best of all. 
Fertile de Angers. — Very similar to the above. 
Cherry.— Excellent for jelly. 
Victoria.— Very late and good. 
White Grape.— Superior for "Wine. 
La Hatine.— Vigorous grower and very good. 
Blade Naples.— Good for Jams and Jellies. 
"We can furnish any other desirable kinds. 
Also, 
Raspberries, Blackberries, Gooseberries, 
&c, &c. 
Send 10 cents for our Descriptive and Illustrated 
Catalogue with Supplement. 
It contains Descriptions and Illustrations of the 
leading varieties of 
Grapes, Stra wherries, Raspberries, Black- 
berries, Gooseberries, Currants, &c— Select 
Lists of Fruits, made up with great care. 
Letters from Eminent Fruit Growers, and 
Reports of various Committees, who have visited 
our grounds, including the Report of the Ad Inte- 
rim Committee of the Ohio Pomological Soci- 
ety, 1865, written by the President, Dr. Jno. A. "Warder, 
from which we extract : 
" Four things struck all the visitors as especially worthy 
of note : The modes of propagation and culture of the soil, 
the varieties under culture and trial, the wonderfully abund- 
ant product of magnificent berries, and the excellent and 
successful mode of harvesting and marketing the fruit, all 
of which may properly be introduced into this Report for 
the benefit of our fellow members." 
Much valuable information, in each of these prints, is 
contained in this Report, and other parts of the Catalogue 
J. KNOX, 
Box 155, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
L. L, WHSTLOCK, 
Room 6, 
New-York. 
145 Nassau-street, 
37 Park Row, 
All kinds of Trees, Shrubs, &c, bought and sold on 
Commission. Producers are requested to send a list of 
Stock they have for sale. 
Advantages in Buying of L. L. Whitlocic. 
1.— He keeps a list of the cheapest Stock in the Market. 
3.— He buys Stock for you at Wholesale price. 
3.— His twelve years' experience enables liiin to know how 
to select good Stock. 
FOR TERMS, PRICE-LIST, &C-, SEND A STAMP. 
OiScc Hours, from 11 A. M., to 1 P.M. 
MUTCHINSON'S PATENT UNIVERSAL EA- 
GLE PLOW.— Makes three furrows any size or depth, 
while the driver rides, and without leaving his seat, has full 
command of the Plow. STATE or COUNTY RIGHTS for 
sale on reasonable terms. For descriptive Circular, apply 
to HUTCHINSON & CO., 
Care A. "WINCHESTER, 706 Chestnut street, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
■HE "THREE WARRANTS."— Please read my 
advertisement headed " Farmers and Gardeners.*' 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
T 
WE WANT AN AGENT; IN EVERT COUNTYj 
TO SELL OUR: 
POPULftPSUBSGRIPTItiN B0OKS 
They are the most popular books now published, and 
many Agents are making $10 to ?20 a dav. Send for Circu- 
lars giving full particulars to RICHARDSON & CO., Pub- 
ll"5 ftlV"J» lUlt Jl.llH^UIrtlOlU J.IJ. 
lishers, 510J3roadway, New York. 
yici'S 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 
of Seeds and 
FLORAL GUIDE FOR 1867, 
Is now published. It contains nearly 100 pages, 100 fine 
Illustrations on Wood, of choice Flowers and Vegetables, 
and a beautiful Colored Flower Plate for Frontispiece. 
Also, descriptions of the finest flowers grown, with full 
and plain directions for culture. 
Sent to all who desire, postage paid, for 15 cents— not half 
the cost. Sent free to all my customers of 186G, without 
being ordered. Address 
JAMES VICKj 
Rochester, IN". "V. 
(*^"As will be seen by an advertisement in another 
column, Henry "Ward Eeecher is engaged in writing a 
story for the New York Ledger. The circulation of the Led- 
ger is larger by one hundred thousand copies than that of 
any weekly or daily paper in the country. 
