1801. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Beautiful Hyacinths, Tulips, Polyanthus, 
Narcissus, Iris, Jonquilles, Crown Im¬ 
perials, Ixias, Sparaxis, Crocus, 
Gladiolus, Amaryllis, Lilies, 
Oxalis, Lachenalias. Pceo- 
nies, Babianas, Scillas, 
Cyclamens, Nerines, 
&c., &c., &c. 
The undersigned for many years the most extensive Im¬ 
porters of first class 
DUTCH BULBOUS ROOTS 
in this country, offer to the “Trade” and others, BULBS of 
unusual excellence. 
The HYACINTHS are large and well ripened, which in¬ 
sures their certain strong bloom. 
Bulbous Catalogues for the season mailed to applicants 
enclosing a postage stamp. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO., 
15 John-street. New-York. 
25,000 CHERRY CURRANTS. 
Also LA VERSAILLES, WHITE GRAPE, and WHITE 
GONDOIN. 
NEW ROCHELLE BLACKBERRY PLANTS. 
GRAPE VINES _DELAWARE, REBECCA, DIANA, 
AND HARTFORD PROLIFIC. 
CONCORD, do., large stock and fine. 
GEO. SEYMOUR & CO., South Norwalk, Conn. 
^ PEACH TREES FOR SALE, 
very low, or exchange for apple trees. 
Address WM. DAY, Morristown, N. J. 
SEEDS. SEEDS. 
JOS. E. MACOMBER, Portsmouth, R. I., raises most kinds 
of Vegetable Garden Seeds on contract. Beet, Carrot, Cab¬ 
bage, Onion, Turnip of various kinds, and other choice seeds 
now ready. 
“GET THE BEST.” 
WEBSTER’S 
UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY, 
NEW PICTORIAL EDITION. 
E3F° 'Pictorial Illustrations of 
Military Terms. 
Webster's Dictionary excels in these , and has, among 
others , pictorial representations of the following: 
Barbacan, Bastion, Battlement, Bar-shot, Block-house, 
Bombs, Cannon, Carronade, Chain-Shot, Chevaux-dc-frise, 
Caltrop, Limbers, Madrier, Murtello Tower, Mortar, Portcul¬ 
lis, Ravelin, Redan, Star Forts, &c. 
No other English Dictionary published in this country has 
a fourth part of (hese. 
SO ALSO ITS 
Definitions of Military Terms. 
As the foregoing, and Abatis, Ambulance, Ambuscade, 
Armistice, Banquette, Bivouac, Brevet, Caisson. Caliber, Can¬ 
ister-shot, Cantonment, Caponiere, Casemate, Cartel, Chain- 
shot, Chamade, Commissary, Commissariat, Counterscarp, 
Chef de battallion, Cul de sac, Dalilgren gun, Minie rifle, 
Paixhan gun, &c., &c. 
Sold by all Booksellers. 
PATENT GLACE AND PATENT SIX CORD 
SPOOL COTTON. 
White, Black, and Colored; on spool 
of'200. 500, and 2400 Yards. Consumers 
. of thread are requested to notice that 
»BROOKS SPOOL COTTON took the 
IHIGHEST PRIZES awarded to SPOOL 
■COTTON at the GREAT EXHIBI- 
ITIONS in LONDON in 1851 and in 
J PARIS in 1S55. Being made under the 
personal directions of the Messrs. 
Brook, the quality will be uniform, and 
the lengths guaranteed. With the lustre 
of silk, it combines the strength of 
linen, and thousands of families and manufacturers, now 
ping it, unite in testifying as to its excellency for either 
hand or machine sewing, its strength not being impaired 
either by washing or by friction of the needle. On every 
spool of the genuine is a ticket—as in margin of this adver¬ 
tisement-bearing the name and crest of Brook Constantly 
for sale in cases of 100 Don. each, assorted Nos. bv the manu¬ 
facturer's Ageut, WM. HENRY SMITH. 32. 34 & iS6 Vesey-st 
New-York. ’’ 
BOOKS FOR FARi 
AND OTHERS. 
[Any of tlie following hooks can be obtained at the of¬ 
fice of tlie Agriculturist at tlie prices named or they will he 
forwarded by mail, post paid , on receipt of the price. Other 
books not named in tlie list will be procured and sent to sub¬ 
scribers when desired, if the price be forwarded. All of these 
books may well be procured by any one making up a libra¬ 
ry. Those we esteem specially valuable, are marked with a *.] 
American Bird Fancier..$0 25 
American Farmer’s Encyclopedia. 4 01) 
American Weeds and Useful Plants*. 1 50 
Allen’s (It. L.) American Farm Book*. 1 00 
Allen’s Diseases of Domestic Animals. 75 
Allen’s (L. F.) Rural Architecture. 1 25 
Allen on the Culture of the Crape.. 1 00 
American Florist’s Guide. 75 
Barry's Fruit Carden*. 1 25 
Bement’s (C. N.) Rabbit Fancier. 25 
Bement’s Poulterer’s Companion *. 1 25 
Boussingault’s (J. B.) Rural Economy. 1 25 
Bridgeman’s Young Gardener’s Assistant*.. 1 50 
Bridgeman's Kitchen Carden Instructor. 00 
Bridgeman’s Florist's Guide. 00 
Bridgeman’s Fruit Cultivator’s Manual. 60 
Brandt's Age of Horses*. 50 
Buist's American Flower Carden Directory. 1 00 
Buist’s Family Kitchen Gardener*. 75 
Central Park Guide*. 25 
Cliorlton's Crape-Grower's Guide*. 60 
Cole's (S. W.) American Fruit Book. 50 
Dadd's (Ceo. II.) Modern Horse Doctor*. 1 00 
Dadd’s (Ceo. II.) American Cattle Doctor. 1 00 
Dana's Muck Manual for Farmers. 1 00 
Eastwood on (lie Cranberry* . 50 
Every Lady her own Flower Gardener. 50 
Farm Record, for 25 years. 3 00 
Farmer's Practical Horse Farrier. 60 
French’s Farm Drainage *. 1 00 
Fessenden’s American Kitchen Gardener. 25 
Field’s (Thomas W.) Pear Culture. 1 00 
Fisli Culture*. 1 00 
Flint (Charles L.) on Grasses*. 1 25 
Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (Downing’s)**. 1 75 
Guenon on Milch Cows. 60 
Hall’s (Miss) American Cookery. 1 00 
Herbert's Hints to Horsekeepers**. 1 25 
Jenning’s Horse and his Diseases 
Johnson on Manures.. 
Kidder’s Bee Culture. 
Langstroth on tlie Honey Bee*... 
Liebig's Lectures on Chemistry .. 
Leuchars’ Hothouses 
1 25 
75 
50 
1 25 
50 
1 25 
Linsley’s (D. C.) Morgan Horses. 1 00 
Mavliew's Illustrated Horse Doctor. 2 50 
Milhurn on tlie Cow and Dairy. 25 
Miles on tlie Horse's Foot. 50 
Norton's Scientific Agriculture. 60 
Our Farm of Four Acres_ * _cloth 50 cts.,- paper_ 25 
Onion Culture*. 21 
Olcott's Sorgho and Imphce. 1 00 
Pardee on Strawberry Culture. 60 
Pedder's Farmer’s Land Measurer. 50 
Quinby’s Mysteries of Bee keeping*. . 1 00 
Randall’s Sheep Husbandry .. 1 25 
Richardson on the Dog . .. 25 
Richardson on tlie Hog. . 25 
Rose Culturist . 25 
Robin's Produce and Ready Reckoner. 50 
Shepherd's Own Book ... 2 00 
Smith’s Landscape Gardening. 1 25 
Spencer’s Education of Children**. 1 00 
Stephens’ Book of tlie Farm .2 vols. 4 00 
Stewart's (.John) Stable Book.. 1 00 
Thomas’ (John J.) Farm Implements *. 1 00 
Thomas’ (John J.) American Fruit Culturist . 1 25 
Todd's (S. E.) Young Farmer's Manual. 1 25 
Tucker’s Register Rural Affairs. 25 
Turner’s Cotton Planter's Manual. 1 00 
Warder's Hedges and Evergreens*. 1 00 
Week’s (John M.) Manual on Bees. 
Yale College Agricultural Lectures 
Youatt and Spooner on the Horse ... 
Youatt and Martin on Cattle. 
Youatt on the Hog. 
Youatt on Sheep. 
25 
25 
1 25 
1 25 
75 
75 
PAYING EMPLOYMENT, 
For males, or Females, near Home. 
T he auburn publishing company 
want an Agent in every town and county in the loy¬ 
al States and Canada, to canvass for their popular 
Agents Hooks. They make very ]il>eral offers, 
which will be found in their confidential circulars, 
together with full instructions “ IIowlo conduct the business, 
and which will be sent free to all who write for it soon, to 
_ E. G. STORKE, Auburn, i V. Y. 
EXTRAORDINARY FASHION MAGAZINE.— 
SlA MME. DEMOREST’S QUARTERLY MIRROR, Fall 
number, now ready, contains nearly 100 Engravings. Yearly, 
40 cents; single copies, 10 cents. Also the above with a very 
large colored steel Plate of Fashions, large Plate of Cloaks, 
and 3 full-sized patterns. Yearly, SI; single copies, 25 cents. 
Published at No. 473 Broadway, and sold everywhere. 
To Onitm Growers. 
A neat pamphlet of 42 pages, containing the condensed 
but plain directions of Seventeen practical Onion Growers, 
residing in different parts of the country ; and embracing 
full directions for every item of labor, from selecting seed 
and preparing ground, to harvesting and marketing crop. 
Nowhere else can so full, complete, and useful informa¬ 
tion on this subject be found. Sent post-paid on receipt 
r f 21 cents (or seven 3-cent stamps). Address 
Publisher of American Agriculturist. 
EXCELSIOR MILL 
FOE, FARMERS AND MILLERS 
Our Mills and Power have taken 
FIVE FIRST PREUIIFITIS 
at the State Fairs in Wisconsin and Illinois during the past 
month. 
The American Institute, at their last Fair, awarded the pre¬ 
mium of a LARGE SILVER MEDAL to this Mill. 
The grinding surfaces of this Mill are BURR STONE, ol 
conical form, (see Cut above,) so adjusted that the finest llom 
and the coarsest feed may be ground with the same Mill 
Any person can dress the stones with an ordinary pick in 
one hour. Will grind 3000 bushels of grain before requiring 
to be redressed, and 
WILL LAST A LIFE TIME. 
With Horse Power, our smallest Mill wii: grind from 12 to 
15 bushels of feed the hour; if run by Water or Steam Pow¬ 
er, from twenty to twenty-five bushel? 
Price of No. 1 Mill for Farmer’s r.re.$;00 
Price of No. 2 Mill for Miller’s use.140 
Price of No. 3 Mill for Miller’s use. .170 
The undersigned also make a Wire llol'.i or No 1 Mill, with 
which Farmers living at a distance frou mills are enabled to 
make their own flour. Price $50. 
ANTI-FEICXIOI 
H ORSE POWEE, 
FOR DRIVING THRESHING MACHINES, FARM MILLS, nAT 
CUTTERS, COTTON GINS, CIRCULAR SAWS, MOULD¬ 
ING AND l’LANINO MACHINES, LATHES, ETC. 
This power 1ms proved itself to lie the best ever invented. 
The friction is reduced by IKON BALLS, so arranged in all 
the bearings, that the whole weight of the. castings runs upon 
them. TlfllEE FOUNDS DRAUGHT at the end of a ten 
feet lever, will keep it in motion ! tints permitting tlie entire 
strength of the horses to he used on tlie machine to lie driven. 
One horse will do as much work on this power as tun on tlie 
Endless Chain Power. IT IS PORTABLE and may be used 
in the field as well as in the liousc. More than TWENTY 
FIVE PER CENT of horse flesh is saved, over any other 
power in use. It is simple ill construction, and not liable 
to get out of order. 
Price of Power for 1 to 4 horses.$125 
Price of Power for 1 to 8 horses. 115 
Call and examine them, or send for Circular. 
Agents wanted. County and State Rights for sale. 
RENNET BROTHERS. 
42 and 44 Greene-st., near Canal, New-York. 
A. N. WOOD. L. C. TABER. -WALTER MORSE. 
A. nr. WOOD & Co., 
PRACTICAL MACHINISTS, 
and builders of their celebrated 
PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES, 
JBafoaa, Madison Co., N. Y. 
These Machines are suitable for giving Power in any place 
on the Farm, or in Mills, Shops, Factories, Printing Ofiices. 
etc. We warrant them to he of Power that we advertise, and 
to give unqualified satisfaction in every respect of work¬ 
manship. 
Address as above for Circular. 
ONE POUND OF B. T. BABBITT’S 
CHEMICAL ERASIVE SOAP 
will make “THREE GALLONS HANDSOME SOFT SOAP” 
Ask your grocer l'or it. N. B. Each bar is stamped thus 
(M. wm, 
NEW-YORK CITY. 
GLASS FRUIT JARS. 
Will TALL. TATUM & CO., 96 Beekman-st„ New-York, 
and 411 Kace-st., Philadelphia, manufacture and have for sale 
Patent and other fruit jars of various kinds, with glass cov¬ 
ers, and for corks, including The Millville, Ludlow, and Yeo¬ 
man’s jars, which they offer to the trade, by the box, at the 
lowest prices, tor cash. 
Chester Coaaaily Pigs. 
The undersigned continues to execute orders as heretofore, 
for his pure stock of the above, which will be carefully ship¬ 
ped to any point of the Union. « 
The selections are made only from pure bloods, and chiefly 
from premium animals, which have been uniformly success¬ 
ful at our local Fairs. He refers to purchasers from him in 
all sections of the Union. 
PASCIIALL MORRIS, Agricultural and Seed Warehouse, 
1120 Market-st,, Philadelphia, Pa. 
ITALIAN QUEENS. 
Having imported per steamer New-York a lot of genuine 
Italian Bees, (which arrived in a remarkably good state.) I 
shall be able to furnish Amateurs with pure genuine Italian 
Queens. For price and other information, apply to 
C. WM. ROSE, 63 Exchange-place, New-York. 
N. B. This being tlie last and only importation this season, 
the public can rely on getting a perfectly pure breed 
GENUINE 
SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME, 
Manufactured from Raw Bones, dissolved In Sulphuric 
Acid, with a few important additions, at $10 per tun, by 
A. LISTER & BROTHER, Tarkytown, N Y. 
(For results of the present season see American Agricultur¬ 
ist, for August, page 232.) 
We guarantee every tun of our manufacture to he of uni¬ 
form quality, and invite trials or chemical analysis. 
We also manufacture from Raw, (of. unburned). Bones, 
the fine, medium, and coarse ground Bone manure, for 
lasting as well as immediate effect upon all kinds of farm 
crops. Tlie coarse ground is particularly valuable for Fruit 
Trees and Grape Vines, which require a constant and lasting 
source of nourishment. 
For sale in large and small quantities bv 
A. LISTER & BROTHER, Tarrytown, N. V. 
and their agent, F. LANGMAN 159 Water-st, New-York. 
