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To Our Old Friends and Readers. 
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containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, for want of room elsewhere. 
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—On account of the new postal law, which req Hires 
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postage by the Publishers, at New York. 
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ISottml Copies of "Volume Thirty- 
four arc now ready. Price, $2, at our office; or $2.50 
each, if sent by mail. Any of the last nineteen volumes 
(1(5 to 34) will also be forwarded at same price. Sets of 
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©sar National S6A25AABS this month, 
contains the usual assortment of good things, advertised 
by trustworthy men. It will always pay any one to look 
all through the advertisements, and see what is offered, 
by whom, at what price, etc. Many a man has got a val¬ 
uable new idea from seeing what others say about busi¬ 
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profitable direction. When writing to any of our ad¬ 
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orders to them, please let them know that you belong to 
the great Agriculturist family, and you may expect and 
will receive good treatment. Our advertisers know that 
we carefully exclude any one who does not promptly 
perfonn what he promises in his advertiseim nt. 
Speals a, Word s" flic Csermam 
American Agriculturist.— For 17 years past an 
edition of this journal lias been issued in the German 
language for tiie benefit of the large number of our citi¬ 
zens who read only the language of Vaterland. It con¬ 
tains the engravings and all the principal reading of the 
English edition. Several pages devoted to the adver¬ 
tisements in tlie English edition, are in the German 
edition occupied by a special extra Department, edited by 
the Hon. Frederick Munch, a distinguished cultivator of 
Missouri, which gives it additional value to the German 
reader. The colored cover only is omitted from the 
German edition. Many of our subscribers take the Ger¬ 
man copy for their gardener or their workmen. Will our 
friends make this edition known to their German friends 
and neighbors ? Having tlie advantage of the engravings 
of the English cdition.it is larger, better, and cheaper, 
than it could be if published independently. Both edi¬ 
tions are issued on tlie same terms, and clubs may con¬ 
sist of either edition, or a part of both. 
'Fine IFsiar list. —Our list of State, County, 
and other fairs will lie found on page 355. Contrary to ex¬ 
pectations, the list is nearly as full as usual; we expected 
that the great Centennial Exhibition would so over¬ 
shadow others, that many societies, especially those com¬ 
paratively near Philadelphia, would omit their fairs for 
tlie present year. We are glad to find that this is not the 
case. Notwithstanding the thousands that will visit the 
great fair, they form but a small proportion of the whole 
population, and we are glad that those who are unable to 
attend the Centennial, will have their instruction and re¬ 
creation provided for their local fairs. Every man, 
woman, and child that is old enough to profit by it. should 
attend one or more of these gatherings. Do not omit to 
show something, if only a single article; recollect that 
fairs must have exhibitors as well as spectators. 
Standard <EJoosel»erries jsbbuI Cur¬ 
rants. —In an article describing these interesting hor¬ 
ticultural novelties, on p. 341, we omitted to notice an¬ 
other instance of their successful cultivation. In July 
we received from Mr. Henry Schmidt, Weehawkcn, N. J., 
