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ADVERTISEMENTS. CONTENTS. 
GOLD WASHING MACHINES-LEAVENWORTH'S 
PATENT. 
THE superiority of these machines over all others is, that 
the gold, platina, cinnabar (ore of quicksilver), and black 
sand (containing a large per centage of gold) cannot escape ; 
and that the gravel and dirtpass off without detention. These 
machines will perform more and better work than any other 
ever constructed. They may be operated by hand, horse, wa- 
ter, or steam power. Price of hand machines $25 to $35 each ; 
horse power, ditto. $50 each. Additional castings, sieves, 
irons, and boxing, extra. 
In addition to the above, emigrants to California will find at 
our warehouse, a large and complete assortment of the best 
and most recently constructed mining tools of all kinds, smelt- 
ing and assaying apparatus, crucibles and retorts, with print- 
ed directions for using the same ; pumps and hose ; Whitney's 
celebrated rifles ; wagons, carts, and wheelbarrows ; agricul- 
tural implements, field and garden seeds, &c, &.C., at the low- 
est prices. 
The public are cautioned against purchasing gold machines, 
imitations of Mr. Leavenworth's patent, as he has directed his 
agent at San Francisco. E. Crosby. Esq.. to enjoin all persons 
from using such, on their arrival in California. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO. 
__ 1S9 & 191 Water st., New York. 
"MINER'S equilateral bee hive. 
• THIS is the most beautiful and practically valuable hive 
ever before offered to the public, i: only needs to be seen in 
all its parts, to convince any man of its merits over anything 
of the kind in existence. Price $5, with an individual right, 
and full engravi -gs of it. with ample directions in pamphlet 
form to make the sr Tie ; together with the right, as above, for 
$2. only. Monies remitted by mail at our risk. Sent to any 
part of the United States or Canada. 
mr3t A. B. ALLEN, & CO.. 189 & 191, Water st., N. Y. 
SIDLING POTATOES AND THEIR SEED. 
N. S. SMITH'S improved Buffalo Seedling Potatoes, selected 
for planting purposes from his late crop of 1,400 bushels, sound 
and healthy, for sale. Also, Buffalo Pinks, Russets, Reds, 
Whites, Orange. Purple, and Early Junes, in equal proportions 
or otherwise, carefully packed in chaff and delivered at the 
wharf or depot. The late increase of the stock and a desire 
to make the benefits of the experiments available to all desir- 
ing such an improvement the price is reduced to $2 per bushel 
or $4 per ^barrel. These potatoes were again awarded the 
first premium at the late State Fair. 
For sale, also, seed from the balls of the late crop combin- 
ing all the approved varieties that have been obtained from 
abroad, as also those connected with the experiment in alter- 
nate culture for eight years past, prepared in the best manner, 
warranted to vegetate, and cannot fail producing splendid 
crops of many choice varieties of marketable size. They are 
put up in packets sufficient to produce about five bushels of 
tubers, and can be transmitted by mail, at single postage. 
Price. 25 cents per packet, with directions for cultivation. 
Furnished to seedsmen by the pound to a profit. All commu- 
nications, post paid, will receive prompt attention. Transpor- 
tation of the tubers safe from frosts after the first of March. 
N. S. SMITH. 
Buffalo, N. T., Jan. 4th, 1849. 
COMMERCIAL GARDEN AND NURSERY. 
PARSONS & CO., at Flushing, near New York. The pro- 
prietors of this establishment invite public attention to their 
large assortment of every desirable variety of Fruit and 
Ornamental Tree or Shrub. Their importations of every- 
thing new in Europe are annually continued, and they 
offer a very large variety of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs 
imported expressly for arboretums and pleasure grounds. 
Their collection of Roses is anually enriched by novel- 
tics from abroad, many of which may be found described 
in their new work on the Rose, recently published. Fruit 
Trees receive their particular attention, and are propagated 
under their personal supervision ; this care, with their pos- 
session of extensive specimen grounds, in which is tested 
every variety of fruit they cultivate, enables them confidently 
to guarantee the genuineness of the varieties. 
Their care in pruning and cultivation enables them also to 
send out thiifty and well-formed trees. From their large scale 
of propagation, they can offer to dealers very liberal discounts, 
where hundieds or thousands are taken. Orders or inquiries 
can be addressed to the proprietors at Flushing, near New 
York, where catalogues will also be furnished. They have 
established a Branch at Brighton Depot near Boston and by 
the entire success of their trees transplanted thither have 
thoroughly proved the superior adaptation of Long-Island 
Trees to "the soil and climate of any part of New England. 
This they attribute to the perfect maturity attained by the 
wood before frost, which renders the trees suitable for trans- 
portation to any latitude. 
At the season of transplanting, a salesman will be at their 
Brighton Branch to furnish those who may prefer obtaining 
their supply thence. 
WIRE FOR FENCES, 
OF all sizes, bright or annealed, of the best quality, and 
at the lowest prices. For sale at the agricultural warehouse 
and seed store, by 
rnh A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 & 191, Water st. 
WM. R. PRINCE, & CO., 
SOLE Proprietors of the Linnaean Botanic Gardens and Nur- 
series, at Flushing, announce to their correspondents and to 
nurserymen in particular, that in addition to their vast stock 
occupying 70 acres, they have just imported 200,000 trees from 
Europe. They desire forthwith to receive the wholesale or- 
ders of nurserymen and others, to which immediate replies 
will be made with the lowest rates, so that all engagements 
may be perfected now and forwarded at the first opening of 
spring. A credit will be given, or an extra discount made for 
cash in whole or in part. Of the following, we have a very 
large stock : — 
Pears on pear and quince stocks of all sizes from one to five 
years from the graft, of which above 12.000 are in a bearing 
state. Apples, Cherries, Plums, Peaches, Apricots. Nectarines, 
and Quinces of every description. The best foreign table 
grapes, and all the good American varieties, including several 
thousands of Black Hamburg. Golden Chasselas. Bar Sur Aube, 
White Sweetwater, Isabella. Catawba, Clinton, &c. Fa?tolf, 
Red and White Antwerp, Franconia, Large-fruited Monthly 
Raspberries. All tfee choicest Lancashire varieties of the 
Gooseberry. Red and White Provence, Cherry, Victoria 
Currants, &c. Strawberries, a collection surpassing all others 
in Europe or America. Leviathan, Victoria, Tobolsk, Dal- 
ley's Giant, and other fine varieties of Rhubarb. Paradise 
Apple Stocks, and Pear Stocks, two years old. 300,000 Orna- 
mental Trees and Shrubs, of all kinds and sizes. 100,000 Nor- 
way Spruce, Balsam Fir, White Spruce, Silver Pine, Ameri- 
can and Chinese Arbor Vita:, and other Evergreens. 3.000 
Rhododendrons of the finest varieties two to four feet high. 60,- 
000 Roses of all the finest Perpetual, Daily, Tea, Moss, and oth- 
er classes at very low rates. Osage Orange, Buckthorn, Haw- 
thorn, Evergreen Privet, and other hedge plants. Bulbous Flow- 
er Roots, the finest of every class. 200 select superb varieties 
of Dahlias, 400 varieties of Camellias, blooming size at low 
rates. Chinese Azaleas, 70 very splendid varieties, cheap Paeo- 
nies, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Phloxes, Irises, and other 
beautiful herbaceous plants, very cheap. Scions for grafting 
of all the varieties oi fruit. Cuttings of Ornamental Trees and 
Shrubs, &.c. The only extensive collection of bearing speci- 
men trees existing in this town is in this establishment, and 
the superior accuracy of the trees grafted therefrom is there- 
by insured. Every rose and strawberry premiums were 
awarded to this establishment by the Long-Island Horticultu- 
ral Society. mh2t 
PERUVIAN GUANO 
FOR Sale, at Bating Hollow, Long Island, by 
jy3t A 7. EI, DOWNS I 
CONTENTS OF MARCH NUMBER. 
Work for March, North and West 73 
Work for March, South ; Important Fact in Planting ) 
Orchards J ' 5 
Rotation of Crops, B 76 
Grasses, Meadows, and Pastures, No. 2 77 
Adulteration of Food, No. 9 78 
School of Agriculture at Mettray 79 
Moral Influence of Vineyards ; New-York State Agri- ) Rri 
cultual Society j BU 
Hybridization and Cross Fecundation of Plants, D. J. B... 81 
American Prodigality ; Cultivation of Lowland Rice 82 
The Cow — her Diseases and Management, No. 10 83 
Review of the December Number of the Agriculturist. ) „. 
Reviewer j 
Professor Norton's Remarks on Agricultural Schools.. .. 86 
Rat Catching, A Philadelphia Subscriber 87 
New Mansion of Mr. Capell, E. J. Capell ; A Natural) Hfl 
Birth Register ] av 
The Steam Engine Applied to Purposes of Agriculture ; i „ q 
The Two Systems of Farming ; Fact in Farming ) 
Agricultural Tour, South and West. No. 3. Solon Robinson 90 
How to Render Cloth, Silk, &c, Water Proof. 92 
Cotton Manufacturers — Market Wagons, M. W. Philips ; ) q . 
Sundry Inquiries by a Virginia Farmer. E. R. ) 
Facts in Farming, No. 3., D 94 
Remarks on Top-Dressing, Wrn. H. Sotham ; Queries ( „, 
Answered Relative to Wire Fence t 
Ladies Department : Potato Starch, E. S. ; Fattening) 
Poultry. E. S. ; The Proper Soil for Roses ; How to > 96 
Clean Pots and Boilers ) 
Defence of Romps ; Bug Poison : How to Remove White } 
Spots in Furniture ; How to Remove Ink Spots from > 97 
Linen : How to Restore Colors to Cloth ) 
Boys' Department : Agricultural Chemistry, No. 11, ( Q7 
J. McKinstry $ Jl 
Foreign Agricultural News 99 
Editor's Table 100 
Review of the Market 101 
