1 October, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
1876.] 
TREES AND PLANTS. 
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Skimter Portable Enpe. 
Also Portable Boiler and 
Threshing Engines, Horizon¬ 
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SKINNER & WOOD, 
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PRAIRIE LANDS. 
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A NEW PIANO. 
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Address GEO. T. TIMPSON, 26 Broad St.. New York. 
Gardening for Profit. 
A Guide to the Successful Cultivation ol 
the Market and Family Garden. 
By PETER HENDERSON. 
Finely Illustrated. Price, Post-paid, S1.50. 
Tbe following voluntary notices of Mr. Henderson’s books 
are specimens of similar testimony from very many quarters. 
“ February 8th, 1875. 
‘•Enclosed find draft for $3.00, the published price of re¬ 
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*’ December 9 th, 1874. 
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"March 23if, 1874. 
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