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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[November, 
Advertisements, to be sure of insertion, must be re- 
ceived BEFORE the 5th of the preceding- month. 
TEIS-MS— Ccash before insertion) : 
Ordinary rages. SI. 50 per line- OpenPaflesS'iper line. 
Business Xotices— S3. 50 per line of space, each insertion. 
Get up Clnbs 
AND 
BUY TIMES CHEAP. 
Almost any man Trill join Tvith his neighbors in buying a 
few choice grape vines. 
For S3. 00 
I will send by mail, post-paid, 
5 losia. Vines, 5 Concord Vines, 
5 Hartford proline Visacs, 
and one of each kind to the parti/ getting up the Club. 
Wot S 10.00 
I will send by mail, post-paid, 
10 lona Vines, 10 Concovd Vines, 
10 Has** ford Prolific Vines, 
and three of each kind to the party getting up the Club. 
All the above will lie No. 1 vines, from my well-known 
stock. Orders filled in rotation as received. Address 
G. E. MEISSNER, Richmond, Statcu Island, N.Y. 
Poultry Exhibition. 
The American Poultry Society will hold their first Annual 
Exhibition in New York City, during the third week in 
November. For Circulars, Premium Lists, etc, address 
A. M. HALSTED, Corresponding Sec'y, 
OS Pearl-st., New York. 
B. E. BOSS «&> SSOjX, 
Seed and Horticultural "Warehouse, No. 41 Park Row, New 
York, Late (Jihce of the American Agriculturist, 
Offer for sale a well selected assortment of Garden, Field, 
and Flower Seeds, Dutch Bulbous Hoots, Small Fruits find 
Flowering Shrubs, For particulars see our Catalogues, also 
our advertisement in Oct. No. of Agriculturist. 
§EE8> POTATOES 
Of all the leading varieties, including Harison, Earlv Good- 
rich, Se'iec, Gleasoii, Early Sovereign, Stevens, Jackson 
"Whites, Garnet Chili, Cnzco. Also, Patterson's celebrated 
English Seedlings, lor sale at the lowest market prices. 
B. K. BLISS & SON". 
MORTON'S VIRGINIA SEEDLING GRAPE 
VINES, (layers), for sale. §150 per 1000. Terms cash 
in advance, or collected hy Express on delivery. 
GEORGE NESTEL, Mascontah, St. Clair Co., 
Illinois. 
Waaated to Exchange. 
A general supply of Nursery Stock wanted in exchange 
for (irape Vines, principally Concord, Iona and Clinton. 
Address, GRAPE, Box 3025, P. O., New York. 
IT DON'T 
SCRATCH YOU, 
Or Tear Your Clothes. 
Davison's Tliornless 
"Blade Cap Raspberry- 
is the best, as it is hardy, pro- 
ductive, early, and sweet, and 
it is a pleasure to cultivate it. 
For origin, description, prices, 
testimonials, &c, send for Cir- 
cular. JOSEPH SINTON, 
Angola, Erie Co., N. Y. 
First Class Grape Tines. 
-A. Specialty. 
A large stock unsurpassed for quality, at the lowest rates 
for which good vines can be grown. Cheaper than Inferior 
vines at no price. All other varieties, equally well grown. 
A Discount made to those ordering before January 1. 
Send for Price Lists. 
We shall be pleased to have parties call and examine stock. 
HOI/TOST & ZtNDELL, 
Havcrstraw, Rockland Co., N. Y. 
Rittatinny Blackberry at the West. 
Among the many testimonials received by the subscriber, 
the following in regard to this splendid berry from a gentle- 
man in Fulton Co., 111., may suffice : — 
"The Kittatinny plants got of you, spring of 'GG, fruited 
Ibis season most abundantly,— one week earlier than my 
Lawtons on the same grounds and location, and the smallest 
branch withstood the winter without any injury whatever." 
The subscriber and several others here have also fruited 
It thoroughly and most satisfactorily the past season. Strong 
Plants 820 per 100; §150 per 1,000. F. K. PHOENIX, 
Bloomington, 111. 
f ARGE IMPORTATION of ITALIAN-QUEENS. 
-" I have just arrived with TOO Italian Queens. Terms of 
sale will he advertised in the spring. 
ADAM GUI MM, Jefferson, Wisconsin, 
READS 
Is Published WEEKLY at 
CHIC^VOO, ILLINOIS. 
E^~ The Fbajeie Farmee is a Family and Fireside Jour- 
nal, devoted to the interests of Agriculture, Horticul- 
ture, Markets and the Household. 
E3" The Prairie Farmer will enter upon its Twenty- 
eighth year of publication, January 1st, 1S6S. 
23T* The Prairie Farmer is the oldest and most widely 
circulated Rural Journal in the West. 
Z32" The Prairie Faemes should be taken and read by 
every family in the land 
pf" The Prairie Farmer is a weekly paper of sixteen 
large octavo pages and is printed on fine white paper 
E3£~ The Prairie Farmkr is promptly mailed to its sub- 
scribers evert week- th us keeping its readers fully posted 
upon the current matters of interest of Horticulture, Agri- 
culture and Jfarkels, &c, &c. 
E2T* The Prairie Farmer is edited with great ability, 
and it lias a large corps of special, practical and noted Con- 
tributors. 
C^r- The Prairie Farmer is a weekly publication, and 
is furnished at the low price of Two Dollars per year. 
EST" The Prairie Farmer will be sent to the end of De- 
cember 3S65 to 2^'ew Subscribers who send in their names 
during the months of November and December marked 
"New" with Two Dollars, from the time the names are re- 
ceived. 
£^~ The Prairie Farmer Compaq will give liberal Pre- 
miums to all who get up clubs— large or small. 
£^~ Specimen copies sent to zny address, free. „^£] 
For full particulars— Premium list, etc.— Address— 
PRAIRIE FARMER COMPANY. 
104 Clark St., Chicago, 111. 
Factory at Mel- 
rose, Mass. Gen- 
eral 
Agents, 
Messrs. WHEEL- 
ER. PARSONS 
& CO.,New York, 
Messrs. BIGE- 
LOW BROS. & 
RENNARD, Bos- 
ton, and for sale 
by the trade gen- 
erally. Every 
movement war- 
ranted. 
The TRFMOXT WATCH CO. manufacture the only DUST- 
PROOF Watch movement in this countrv. They have a 
branch establishment in Switzerland, under The personal 
superintendence of Mr. A. L. DENN1SON. (Die ORIGINA- 
TOR of the American system of watch-making], where thev 
produce their Balances and Escapements of a superior qual- 
ity. The cheap skilled labor of Europe, working thus on the 
AMERICAN SYSTEM, enables them to offer a superior 
article at a low rate. 
j?£AE£££! MARKS* ilURK!!! 
Your Clothing with, the Patent 
INDELIBLE PENCILS 
"The Indelible Pencil is much more convenient than ink." 
— American Agriculturist.—" it will abolish the old plan of 
using a pen with a bottle."— A 7 . Y. Evenina Post.—" A de- 
sirable, convenient and useful household article." — Spring- 
field Republican. — " Invaluable* for marking linen." — Chicago 
Tribune. Manufactured and sold at wholesale by 
The Indelible Pencil Co., Northampton, Mass. 
And sold bv Stationers, Druggists, Yankee Notion Dealers, 
&c, «fec, throughout the countrv. 
Prices: Single, 50 cents: Three for $1.09; per doz. 
$3.00. Every Pencil Warranted. 
Sent pre-paid by mail or express on receipt ot price. 
New FisiBso ISoek. 
$75 Worth, of Music for S3. 
The best compositions of "Strauss," "Godfrev," " C. 
Faust," "Gungl," &c. All the latest first-class Music. 
THE CIRCLE OP BRILLIANTS, 
A new Collection of Piano Music. 224 pages, large music 
size, extra fine paper, containing 32 full sets of Waltzes, such 
as " Mabel." "Guards." " Village Swallows." "Scheiden," 
"On Wings of Night." "Leap Year." "Peri,"' "Corn Flow- 
er." "Dream on the Ocean," &c : 25 Galops,— "Bride of the 
Wind," "Ida," "Helter Skelter," "Cataract." "Through 
the Air," "Up and Down," "Ilnrlev Burlev," "Columba- 
nuSj" &c. ; 20 Marches and Quicksteps.— " Tilillanollo," " Frei- 
derichs," "Wedding," &C. ; 20 Piano Pieces, (Variations. 
Transcriptions, &c.),— "Shower of Pearls,*" "Carnival of 
Venice." "The Kiss, 1 ' "Soldier's Chorus," "Dew Drop," &c: 
40 Redowas, Mazurkas, Polkas, Shottisches, &c.,—" Dexter," 
"Plume," "Bine Bird Redowa." 
Price, in boards, morocco back, S3; cloth sides, Turkey 
Morocco backs and corners, $1; same, full gilt, $5. A first- 
class Musical present. Sent post-paid on receipt of price. 
ELI AS HOWE, 103 Co«rt-st., Boston, Mass. 
-\f\r\ PER CENT. MADE BY ALL who wish 
-LV-/W to sell my Small Fruits in their neighborhood. 
Price Lists, Snow Btlls, &c, sent on application. Don't 
purchase any kind of Small Fruits until vou read my 
Advertisement in Sept. >io. of Agriculturist, headed 
" Miami Black Cap Raspberry," and "' Strawberry 
Plants." Address with stamp, 
A. M. PURDY, South Bend, Ind. 
Or, M, R. PUIIDY, Palmyra, N. Y. 
All New Subscribers to the CULTIVATOR & COUNTRY 
GENTLEMAN for 1S6S, received previous to December 31st, 
1S6T, with the money, will deceive that paper "WEEKLY 
FROM THE DATE OF T.EIUITTA^CE TO JA.XUAF.Y 1st, 1SGS. 
THE CULTIVATOR & COUNTRY GENTLEMAN is 
published iu large weekly Numbers of 1G to 20 pages each, 
and designed to include EVERY DEPARTMENT of Agri- 
culture, Stock-Raisiug, Horticulture and Domestic Economy. 
The Publishers prefer using the following extracts from 
well-informed sources, rather than to speak for themselves : 
TJie Maine Farmer speaks of The Country Gentle- 
man as "Standing at ths Head of the Agricultural 
Press of the Country," 
The Scottish Farmer calls The Couxtry Gentleman' 
"The Best of All tbe American Newspapers devoted 
to matters of Rural Econoro} r ." 
The Gardeners' Mo/ithly says that The Country Gen- 
tleman is "Conducted with a Degree of Talent equal to 
any European journal, and superior to most of them." 
The Canada Fizrmers* Advocate says : " We are in receipt 
of Agricultural publications from various parts of the world, 
but for truthful accounts, well written practical articles, 
and general management of the paper, we have seen non'e 
at all to compare with TnE Cultivator & Country 
Gentleman - , published in the United States." 
TERMS : 
The Terms are lower than those of any other paper of 
similar standing : One copy, §3.50 per year ; Four copies 
S9 ; Eight copies, S1G. 
SPECIMEN COPIES FREE OF CHARGE, 
Prospectuses, &c, sent on application. 
Address 
JLVTHEB TUCKER & SOZV, 
PUBLISHERS, 
ALBANY, N. T. 
Imported Italian Qaseems, $2®. 
Colonies of Black Bees, Imported Queen introduced, ?2""". 
Italian Colony and Imported Queen _.--"- $35. 
M. QG1NBY, St Johnsvilie, N. Y. 
IVES' SEEDLING- GRAPE VINE 
that never fails. The wine sells to Lontrworth's "Wine 
House at $1.25 per pallon. 7.1,000 vines of superior trrowth for 
sale at lowest prices. Send for its liistoryand Price List, 
FREE. Also all leading kinds with nine new varieties from 
Lonirworth's School of Vines, selected by Dr. John A. War. 
der.Vith nursery stock Generally. JAS. F. MARTIN, 
Jit. Washington, Hamilton Co., Ohio. 
Asparagus Plants 
FOR FAIL PLANTING. 
Per 100. Perl.OCO. 5,000. 10.000- 
2 year old plants, $1.50. $10.00. $10. $7b. 
1 ' $1.00. $ 7.50. $30. $50. 
HENDERSON & FLEMING. 
Seedsmen and JIarket Gardeners, G? Nassau-st., New York. 
ATTENTION ! ALL WANTING FARMS.— Scv : 
cral thousand acres of superior farm nn<\ fruit land for 
sale clieap, at Ghisshoro, IS miles south of Philadelphia, at 
the "(unction of the "West Jersey and Cape May U. II. Inform- 
ation sent free. Addrcs3 "W.M. AliROTT. Glassboro, N. J 
