AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
29 
Catalogue of Seeds for Free Distribution 
in 1858. 
49— -Candy Tuft. 
50— Schizanthus. 
51.—Phlox Drummondii. 
Every person whose subscription to the American Ag¬ 
riculturist is paid beyond February, 1858 will be entitled 
to select three parcels of seeds from the list given below. 
SEE REGULATIONS OF DISTRIBUTION BELOW. 
FIELD SEEDS. 
(These are described on page 8.) 
No l—White Sugar Beet.—Our packages-of these will 
contain about 500 seeds, requiring one 3-eent post¬ 
age stamp. 
2— King Philip Com.— One 3-cent stamp covers about 
30 kernels. We shall have packages for one, two 
or three stamps, whichever any one may choose 
to pay postage upon. Where seeds go by express 
(see note C below), the larger packages will of 
course be chosen. 
3— Stowell’s Sweet Corn.—About 40 or more kernels 
go under one 3-cent stamp. Subscribers may 
choose a single (1 stamp), or double (2 stamp) 
package. 
4_White Poland Oats.—About 300 seeds go under 
one stamp. Single or double packages are offered. 
5— Chinese Sugar Cane.—We shall have plenty of 
of this. One 3-cent stamp covers about 450 to 
500 seeds including envelop; two stamps about 
1,000 seeds (1 oz.). Subscribers may choose any 
amount from one-half to two ounces. i^If any 
subscriber selects no other seed, we will furnish 
him a quarter pound package put up in a muslin 
bag (postage 27 cents). These packages are of 
the same size and like those sold at $1 last year. 
6— Ashcroft’s Swedish Turnips.— Our packages 
contain 800 to 1,000 seeds each, and will require 
not over half of a 3-cent stamp. Some other 
small package may go under the same stamp. 
i —River’s Swedish Stubble Turnip. SameasNo.6. 
GARDEN SEEDS. 
(Described on page 8.) 
8— Dan’l. O’Rourke Pea,—About 65 to 70 peas in a 
package. One 3-cent stamp required. 
9— Champion ofEngland Pea.—55 to 60 in apackage, 
one 3-cent stamp required. 
10— British Queen Pea.—Same as No. 9. 
11— Hairs’ Dwarf Blue Mammoth Pea.—About 45 in 
one package. One 3-cent stamp. 
1 2— Green Kohl Rabi.—500 seeds. One-third of a 3- 
cent stamp. 
13— Enfield Market Cabbage.—500 or more seeds. 
£ stamp. 
14— Alma Cauliflower.—100 or more seeds. J- stamp 
15 — Mammoth Cabbage Lettuce.—400 or more seeds. 
J- stamp. 
1G—Long Orange Carrot.—800 seeds. 4- stamp. 
17— Red Strap Leaf Turnip.—800 seeds. ) stamp. 
18— Patience Dock.—100 or more seeds. | stamp. 
19 Round Spinach.—400 or more seeds. 4 stamp. 
20 Salsafy (vegetable oyster).—200 or more seeds. 
* stamp. 
21 — Winter Cherry—)- stamp—number of seeds will 
depend upon the supply yet to be received. 
22— Mammoth Squash.—Number yet unknown 
1 stamp. 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
(Described on pages 20 and 21.) 
l nese are put up in small packages of various sizes and 
amounts, depending upon the rarity of the seeds, the 
number required for a common flower bed &c. One 
3-cent stamp will pay the postage on thrt i parcels of the 
flower seeds. 
23— Large Flowering Mignonette. 
24— Mixed Virginian Stock. 
25— Mixed Nasturtiums. 
26— Nemophila Insignis. 
27— Cockscomb. 
28— Dwarf Rocket Larkspur. 
28—Mixed Double Balsam. 
30— Chinese Pink. 
31— Tassel Flower. 
32— Portulaca. 
33— Cypress Vine. 
34— China Asters Mixed. 
35— Mixed German Asters. 
36— Golden Bartonia. 
37 — Zinnia Elegans. 
38— Sweet William. 
39— Marvel of Peru. 
40— Escholtzia Califomica- 
41— Elegant Clarkia. 
42— Fox Glove. 
43— Red Lavatera. 
44 — White Lavatera. 
45 — Mixed Sweet Peas. 
46 — Mixed Lupins. 
41 — Morning Glory. 
48—Flos Adonis. 
ESP PLEASE NOTE ESPECIALLY, 
A. That the above list contains fifty-one distinct varieties 
of seeds to be distributed, according to individual prefer¬ 
ences, among 30,000 to 50,0('0 persons scattered ail over 
the country, now it will bo absolutely impossible to do 
this without immense labor, and many errors, unless each 
subscriber take especial pains to facilitate the work, by 
following the directions below. 
1$. It is of course understood that, as heretofore, the 
recipient oi the seeds will furnish envelopes ready stamped 
and directed, for mailing them. 
C. We found it impracticable to make any arrangement 
here for sending seeds by Express. By enquiring at the 
nearest Express Office, the representative of any club of 
subscribers can ascertain whether it will be cheaper to 
have their packages come by mail to each individual, or in 
apackage together by Express. 
D. If to go by Express, no envelopes will be needed. 
In that case, simply send us a written list of the names, 
marking against each name the kinds of seed desired, 
using the numbers in the above catalogue. 
Keep a duplicate of the list sent, and give particular 
directions at the bottom of the list, how the packages are 
to be forwarded, and to whom directed. 
IE. If to be sent by mail, please prepare the envelop 
carefully, after the following form: 
5 
i 
16 
20 
John Johnson Smith, 
Hamilton, 
Steuben Co., 
Ind. 
Put the figures corresponding to the Catalogue above, 
plainly on the left hand of the Envelop, and put all the 
.postage stamps upon the right side of the Envelop , one 
above the other when two or more are needed, as shown 
in the diagram. This will prevent the seeds being crushed 
in the stamping process, in the Post Office. 
IF- Let letters referring to seeds be as brief as possi¬ 
ble, and yet plain. All such communications are referred 
directly to the clerk superintending that department. It 
is especially desirable that whatever relates to seeds 
should be on a separate slip of paper. (We shall probably 
distribute over one hundred thousand packages. A minute’s 
time saved on each of these would amount to 166 working 
days, 10 hours each—more than half a year!) 
fct. Canada, California and Oregon subscribers will 
need to substitute 10-cent stamps in all cases where 3- 
cent stamps are named in the catalogue. When two or 
three send together from Canada, it will usually be 
cheaper to receive the seeds by Express. 
H. Always put the stamps upon the envelops, and not 
drop them loosely into the enclosing letter. 
I. It is always better to send envelops of the ordinary 
size and made after what is called the “ Government pat¬ 
tern”—that is, those in which the back comes under the 
piece lapping over ; these seal up more firmly. This point 
is not essential, however. 
3. Usually, the lighter the envelop the better, that 
more seeds may go under the same stamps. 
55.. Send only the number of stamps required for post¬ 
age on the seed. We have no seeds of any kind to sell. 
1.. Those forwarding unpaid envelops will of course 
not be disappointed if they do not return. We offer seeds 
free, but cannot, in addition, afford to pay postage also. 
HI. All seeds sent by mail are put up at our country resi¬ 
dence, and each package is there mailed direct, to avoid 
its being overhauled at the Distributing Offices. 
N We shall take time to mail all the seeds care¬ 
fully and regularly. This will occupy the entire months 
of January, February, and a part of March. Those going 
to subscribers on the Pacific Coast and in Southern States, 
where the seasons are earlier, will be mailed first and 
with dispatch. To others they will go as fast as the put 
ting up and mailing can be accomplished. 
Special Premium to Ladies. 
To any lady procuring and forwarding six subscribers 
and $5, we will send any fifteen varieties of our flower 
seeds they may select. 
To any lady forwarding ten subscribers, and $8, we 
will send a package of every kind of flower seeds—Nos. 
23 to 51.) The postage on 15 kinds put up together is 
about 12 cents, and about 21 cents on 28 varieties. 
3-cent 
stamp. 
3-cent 
stamp. 
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LV ‘ Fifty Cents a Line. 
The above engraving illustrates the operations of one 
of Grover & Baber’s Sewing Machines, as managed by a 
lady. The Machines are unquestionably the.best in the 
market for family use. This is attested by the experience 
of upwards of five thousand families, of the highest re¬ 
spectability, in all parts of the United States. No we), 
regulated family can afford to do without one. 
The following, from the Secretary of a benevolent in¬ 
stitution is only one of many of a similar character, re¬ 
ceived by the manufacturer: 
To Messrs. Grover <S- Baker: 
New-York, Oct. 26th, 1857. 
The managers of the “ Female Magdalene Benevolent 
Association” take pleasure in hearing testimony to tho 
great utility and efficiency of “ Grover & Baker’s Sewing 
Machines,” which, for the past year, they have had-in use 
in the sewing room of their Asylum, and they most cheer¬ 
fully recommend it to those families who wisli greatly to 
diminish labor and facilitate its successful and useful re 
suits. 
On behalf of the F. M. B. Society. 
A. L M-, Secretary. 
Editors of newspapers, too, have some appreciation ol 
their merits, as the following opinion will show: 
N. P. Willis, Esq., Editor of the Home Journal of 
November 7, comparing this with others, says : “ The use 
of this machine, in the first place, is easier learned. 
Then the stitch is more elastic and much stronger for 
woolen cloths. It finishes off its own work, which the 
others do not. The work can be ripped and re-sewed, 
and does not rip of itself, without its being intended, 
though every third stitch be cut. The same machine runs 
silk, linen thread, and common spool cotton, with equal 
facility; and a very material advantage is that it sews 
from ordinary spools, not making it necessary, as in the 
other machines, that the cotton should first be respooled 
Its construction is simpler and stronger.” - 
“ The Grover & Baker machines are, we believe, supe 
rior to any others.”— Boston Daily Advertiser. 
“ From the best information we have been able to ob 
tain as well as from careful examination of the wort 
done with different machines, we are led to give the pref 
erence to Grover & Baker’s. The fineness and beauty o! 
the stitch made by these machines is unsurpassed, and as 
to the liability of the work to rip, it is out of the ques¬ 
tion.”— American Baptist. 
The reader is invited to call and examine them at 495 
Broadway, N. Y., 18 Summer street, Boston; or at 730 
Chestnut street, .Philadelphia. 
Market Review, Weather Rotes, &c. 
American Agriculturist Office, 
New-York, Dec. 23, 1857. 
The Wholesale Produce Markets have been much de 
pressed during the past month. The receipts of Bread- 
stuffs have been considerably heavier than the sales, and 
as receivers have manifested unusua eagerness to realize, 
in anticipation of the regular requirements of the trade, 
prices have generally declined. Home dealers have been 
the principal buyers ; ihe export demand has been re¬ 
stricted. The late news from Europe was not encour¬ 
aging to shippers, whose orders are limited to a range os 
prices below even the reduced rates prevalent in this mar 
ket. Canal navigation was protracted to the 15th instant, 
and the weather having been decidedly favorable for it, 
all the property afloat on the canals succeeded in reach¬ 
ing its destination. Henceforward we may look for di¬ 
minished receipts of produce ; but, as we begin the Win¬ 
ter with comparatively ample supplies of the principal 
commodities, the anticipation is that wo will be able to 
meet all the probable requirements of purehnwrs during 
