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ADVERTISEMENTS.—CONTENTS. 
THE TREES OF AMERICA, 
Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanicaliy Delineated, 
and Scientifically and Popularly Described; being considered 
principally with Reference to their Geography and History; 
Soil and Situation ; Propagation and Culture ; Accidents and 
Diseases ; Properties and Uses; Economy in the Arts ; Introduc¬ 
tion into Commerce ; and their Application in Useful and Orna¬ 
mental Plantations; Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. By 
D. J. Browne, Author of the “ Sylva Americana.” Large 8vo. 
pp. 532. Price—Superbly bound in gilt morocco, $6—In muslin 
extra, $5. For sale by 
SAXTON & MILES, 205 Broadway, N. Y. 
PRINCESS L1NN/EAN BOTANIC GARDEN 
AND NURSERIES, 
FLUSHING, NEAR NEW YORK. 
W. R. Prince & Co. offer for sale their unrivalled collection of 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, &c. The entire Fruit Department 
is carefully scrutinized by them personally, and ingrafted from 
the largest collection of bearing specimen trees in the Union, and 
they challenge a comparison in accuracy with any establishment 
in America or Europe. Purchasers are solicited to inspect their 
trees, and witness their superiority in size and vigor. The pre¬ 
eminence claimed can be readily tested by sending duplicate 
orders to them and to any other nursery. They have 3,000 extra- 
sized pears, on pear and quince, 8 to 12 feet high, with heads 
very strong, and suitable for immediate bearing, and 20,000 pears, 
5 to 8 feet, and 5 000 for dwarfs, en quevmiille. 
Also—Plums and Apricots, on plum of the same sizes, and a 
large stock of the finest Apples, Cherries, and Peaches, the latter 
very low, by the hundred or thousand. 10,000 Quinces, 3 to 6 
feet. 5,000 Lancashire Gooseberries, assorted. Victoria and 
other Currants. FastolfF, Franconia, and other Raspberries, at 
low rates. Of Grapes, the assortment comprises all the most 
celebrated and carefully selected foreign varieties for the table, 
and 40,000 vines of the best American varieties, for vineyards 
and the table. 
The collection of Roses is the largest in the Union, and com¬ 
prises 80,000 plants of 1,600 varieties, embracing every novelty 
that could be selected from ten of the largest collections in Eu¬ 
rope, and the plants are much larger than are usually sold. 
10,000 Magnolias, 3 to 10 feet. 50,000 Evergreen Trees, of every 
class and size. 50,000 Hawthorns and Privets for hedges, and 
70,000 Honey Locust. 00,000 I«arge Dutch Asparagus, and 5,000 
Tobolsk, Victoria, and Leviathan Rhubarb. 
Of Ornamental Trees, they have above 200,000 of every size 
and class, including 5,000 Paulownia Imperialis, 6 to 11 feet, at $1 
each, and those of 6 feet, at $6 per dozen. 
The purchaser may save two years by the superior size of their 
trees and shrubbery. 
05“ Priced Catalogues of all, including a new Catalogue of all 
the Roses, at reduced prices, and a Supplement Catalogue of the 
New Fruit and other Trees and Plants, and of the Extra-Sized 
Pears, Plums, &c., will be sent to every post-paid applicant. 
October 1st, 1846. WILLIAM R. PRINCE & CO. 
NEW BOOKS. 
A New Universal and Critical Dictionary of the English 
Language, by Joseph E. Worcester. Boston : W ilkins, Carter & 
Co., pp. 956, large 8vo. New York : Saxton & Miles 205 Broad¬ 
way. Price $5 fine paper, Imperial Edition, common ditto, $3.50. 
Practical Agriculture, including his Prize Essays, carefully re¬ 
vised. By Adam Beatty, Vice President of the Kentucky Agri¬ 
cultural Society. Price $1. 
The Young Astronomer; or the Facts developed by Modern 
Astronomy, collected for the use of Schools and the General 
Reader. ByJ.S. C. Abbott. Price 25 cents. 
u The name of the author of this useful volume, cannot fail to 
give it general favor. It is a book of facts, of thought—an excel¬ 
lent school book for the primary class, and especially adapted to 
the family school where the mother Is a teacher. Children and 
youth who love this celebrated science will diink in its contents 
with avidity, and what is more, their minds will be expanded by 
the study, and they will be led to see the hand of God in all his 
wondrous works.” 
First Lessons in Political Economy. For the use of Schools 
and Families. By John McVickar, D D. 
“ This is the seventh edition of a little work of great value, and 
should be put in the hands of every child capable of reading it.” 
SAXTON & MILES , 205 Broadway, N.Y. 
WHEAT, RYE, AND OATS. 
White Flint, Red, and other superior kinds of Winter Wheat 
for sale ; also Spring Wheat of various kinds. Rye of an excel¬ 
lent quality for fall sowing. Imperial Oats, the heaviest and 
best kind raised in the United States, or that can be imported. 
A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street, N.Y 
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Published Monthly, by Saxton & Miles, 205 Broadway, New 
York, containing 32 pages, royal octavo. 
TERMS—One Dollar per year in advance ; three copies for Two 
Dollars ; eight copies for Five Dollars. 
When Agricultural Societies order the work for distribution, 
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than it could otherwise be done. We hope, henceforth, to see 
the Agriculturist in the hands of every Farmer and Planter in the 
country. 
Each number of the Agriculturist contains but One sheet, and 
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cents if over 100 miles, without the State. 
Back Volumes of The American Agriculturist, with 
tables of contents complete, for sale at $1.00 each; ele¬ 
gantly and uniformly bound in cloth, $1.25. These are hand¬ 
some, tasteful books, and make very desirable premiums for dis¬ 
tribution with Agricultural Societies, and should also find place 
in all our District School Libraries. They constitute the best and 
most complete treatise on American Fanning, Stock-Breeding, 
and Horticulture, extant. When several copies are ordered, a 
liberal discount will be made. 
Editors of newspapers noticing the numbers of this work month¬ 
ly, or advertising it, will be furnished a copy gratis upon sending 
such notice to this office. 
PROUTY AND MEARS’ PLOWS. 
Quite a variety of the above plows can be had at the New 
York Agricultural Warehouse, together with the most complete 
assortment of all kinds to be found in the United States. 
A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street, N. Y. 
FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS. 
The Subscriber has been so often requested to add Garden 
Seeds to his assortment of Field Seeds, that he has at length con¬ 
sented to do so, and now offers for sale a great variety, grown by 
responsible persons, and put up expressly for him. They are 
fresh, and he confidently thinks maybe relied upon. 
A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street, N. Y. 
TO GARDENERS AND NURSERYMEN. 
Cast-iron Tallies or Naming Sticks for Sale. —This is a recent 
invention, and is so constructed as to receive the name of any 
seed, plant, or tree, under a glass cover, thus keeping it safe and 
always distinct to be seen. They will last half a century, anil 
are very cheap, costing only 50 cents to $1.50 per dozen. 
CONTENTS OF OCTOBER NUMBER. 
To Postmasters; To preserve Grapes f 
G’attle Show and Fair of the American Institute j. 
Popular Errors, No. 1. 298 
The Alpaca, No. 5....299 
Tendency of Lime to sink below the Surface of the Soil.300 
Prices of Produce; Mountain Farming... 301 
Death of Col. Alexander Macdonald 
Economical Hay-Press 
Proper Situation for a Green-House 
New York Farmers’Club. 303 
Agricultural Meetings ; Culture of the Vine in Australia.... 305 
Show of the N. Y. State Agricultural Society. 307 
European Agriculture, Henry Coleman \ QftQ 
Horticultural Notes, No. 2, An Amateur Gardener ). y 
Gardening, No. 8, L. T. Talbot ( ^ 1( , 
To destroy Weeds in Paved Yards and Courts t. 
Superior English Pine Strawberries, G. W. Huntsman. 312 
Illustration of the Sexes in the Strawberry, John Lewis. 313 
Domestic Fish-Ponds, No. 5, D’Jay Browne. 314 
Trees and Plants to withstand the Sea-air, A Summer ) o.r 
Resident of East Jersey ; Herefords, No 3, A. S. } i0 
Reply to Queries on Butter-making, A. H. } ... 
Planting Trees \ . 
Development of Buds in Corn, J. Darrach ) ... 
Directions for making Plaster Casts of Fruit, O. Cultivator ‘ 
Management of Honey Bees, No. 4, T. B. Miner. 318 
Comparative View of the Cotton Crop, M. W. Philips. 319 
Diseases of Fowls, H. T. Lloyd \ ^ on 
Atmosphere near the Sea i. ~ 
Labies’ Department: Domestic Education of Cats { <*>. 
To make Kitchen Vegetables Tender \ . 
Boys’ Department : Rumination, or Chewing the Cud.... 322 
Foreign Agricultural News. 323 
Editor’s Table. 325 
Review of the Market. 325 
