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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
contents of NOVE3IBER NUMBER. 
Plantation Economy and Miscellany. 
Work for the Month Page 229 
Howto Manure Trees in Grass Land “ 230 
Dying of Young Cotton — its Cavse and Prevention “ 331 
Comi ost Heaps — Manures, «fec “ 333 
Bees and Honey “ 334 
Hill Side Ditching — New Leveling Instrument “ 335 
Bermuda Grass “ 336 
The Grape Culture “ 336 
Salt — its Uses and Manufacture “ 338 
Plows — Grasses, &c “ 340 
Brandy from the Chinese Cane, “ 340 
Sorgho Experiments in South Carolina “ 340 
The Right Spirit “ 340 
Treatment of Horses— Cisterns, &c “ 341 
Memorandums “ 342 
Muscadine or BuUace Wine “ 342 
Syrup Making from the Sorgho “ 342 
Chinese Cane — its products, &c “ 343 
Remedy for Bots in Horses “ 343 
Baggett Scraper vs. Yost Scraper “ 343 
Young America Crusher “ 343 
Cotton Crop of the United States “ 352 
Gout in Fowls, &c., &c “ 353 
A ThonsondFold “ 353 
Editorial. 
Suspended Banks at Par Page 344 
Answers to Correspondents “ 344 
Renew your Subscriptions “ 344 
Sorgho and Imphee “ 344 
Landscape Gardening - “ 344 
A Reasonable Request, &c “ 345 
Rheumatism “ 345 
Palma Christi " 345 
A Camel Load “ 345 
Mississippi Fair... “ 345 
Agricultural Society in Jackson Co., Texas “ 345 
Fruit in Louisiana... “ 345 
The Value of the China Tree, &c “ 345 
Chinese Sugar Cane........ “ 345 
Rot in the Gr^pe.... " 345 
Merit and Position “ 345 
Our Book Table “ 346 
Horticultural Department. 
Report upon Grapes Page 347 
Bulbous Flowers for the South “ 349 
Southern Trees best “ 350 
A few Words on Horticulture “ 350 
Plant Orchards Now “ 351 
Prolific Cucumber..... “ 351 
ESSEX PIGS FOR SALE. 
T he Subscriber now offers for sale a number of Spring PIGS 
of this popular breed, singly or in pairs, well fitted to breed 
together. They were sired by the English first prize Boars, 
“Chelmsford” and “Brum,” which were imported last autumn, at 
a cost of over $400. The pigs are a very superior lot, and will af- 
ford a new cross on those descended from previous importations 
Addi’ess C. S. WAIN WRIGHT, 
Oct57— 2t The Meadows, Rhinebeck, New York. 
1858! 1858! 
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR, 
A MONTHEY JOURNAE, 
DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, STOCK 
BREEDING, POULTRY, BEES, GENERAL 
FARM ECONOMY, &C. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., and D REDMOND, Editors. 
The Sixteenth volume commences in January, 
1858. 
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GEO. YONGE, General Superintendent. 
July Uth, 1855. Ang55— tf 
FRUITS, FLOWERS AND SHRUBS FOR THE SOUTH! 
1857 
FRUITLAND NURSERY, AUGUSTA, GA. 
1857-8. 
THE SUBSCRIBER offers for Fall and Winter planting, choice TREES of the following kinds, all of whick 
have been proved to be well adapted to the South : 
APPLES — a complete succession, ripening from June until December, and keeping throughout the winter 
and ! “ostly Southern Seedlings, and many new and rare. Price, 25 cents each — $20 per hundred. 
PEACHES — the choicest collection ever offered in the South — affording a succession of fmit from June till 
November, and including many Southern varieties found in no other collection. Price, 25 cents — $20 per hun- 
dred. 
• .c ^.^^-^^^tSTAND ARDS and DWARFS— a selection of the best for this climate, including many very 
superiOT v^ieties from the noted collection of Louis E. Berckmans, Esq. Price, 50 cents— $40 per hundred. 
strong, rooted pl^ts of Catawba, Isabella, Warren, Pauline, Lenoir, Scuppemong, and other native varieties for 
Vmey^s and out door Arbws ; also many of the fine foreign varieties, such as Black Hamburg, Cannon Hall Muscat, Black Mo- 
rocco, White 1 okay, Syrian, (ffiampa^e, &c., &c. Vines and cuttings by the quantity, on reasonable terms. For prices, &c., see 
Catafo^m. (A ‘‘T^atise on Grape Cnltoe” mailed/ree to aU applicants.) 
■D varieties, including Hovey’s Seedling, McAvoy’s, Longworth’s, Jenny Lind 
Peabody s new Haut^^.Wilsra’s Albany Ear y Prolific, &c.,-fonning L nnrivaUed assortment. 
ALMONDS, RASPBERRIES, BLACK- 
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and most beautiful varieties, grown mostly on their own roots. 
choice kinds, such as Deodar Cedar, Cryptomeria Japonica, Irish and Swedish Junipers, Wnymonth 
Pine, Norway Spruce, &c., &c. Also, a large collection of the Cape Jasmine, “Wild Olive,” Euonymus Japonica, English Laurel, 
and other favorite Shrubs and plants for the Southern garden. , j r ^ 
defensive and ornamental, including Osage Orange, Honey Locust, White Macartney, Cherokee, and 
Cuttings, for basket making, several varieties, &c., See. 
Lahelmg, packing and shipping, very carefully attended to. 
new and very complete Descriptive and priced Catalogue for 1857 -’ 58 , now ready, and will be mailed, postage fru, to allajp- 
plkants. Address; [Noy57j D. REDMOND, Augusta, Ga. 
