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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
Agriculturist Strawberry Successful- 
Plants as Premiums. 
The past inonlh has definitely established the great 
value of this variety. We wish every reader could have 
looked upon the plot on the Publisher’s grounds-the 
slools in regular order, each almost large enough to fill 
from a peck to bushel measure, with hardly a defective 
plant in the whole plot; though most of them were set 
out October and November, ISfi-t anti not ail protected 
during winter. There is not tlie least sign of diseitse or 
worm in tlie whole plot; and the usual white grub. So 
ofteTi fatal to this and other plants, in all localities, seems 
to have let the'C entirely alone. Tlie fruit was large, 
beautiful, and of excellent quality ; and though the plants 
were fixed to the utmost in producing runners, wliich 
were lifted until April 17th, tlie fruit was still so abun¬ 
dant, that home dealers readily offered and paid $:;00 for 
what they could themselves pick on a trifle over half an 
acre of them, w ith no trouble or exiiense to the proprietor. 
As all the plants possible were desired, no effort was 
made to produce extraordinary specimens, yet under the 
hard treatment anove described, large numbers of berries 
were picked, ranging only ’20 to SO in the pound; and 
some were larger still, while the fruit was solid and 
crimson to the c,. e. These facts were witnessed by many 
neig hbors ard visitors. At the second exhibition, June 
IStli, after the best fruit was gone, this variety was excel¬ 
led by the Russell, in the weight of three heaviest berries. 
We leave others, less interested, to speak of the compa- 
ratit;„e flavor. We have no plants to sell, having agreed 
wilti .Air. Knox of Pittsburg, who took all our surplus 
plants last spring, to sell none this year, except on his 
-ccount ; but from the inlerest we have taken in bringing 
o,.. and di^tribuIing this variety, we have no little pride 
and pleasure in the result. 
As announced last month, (page 194) we reserved the 
rivht to offer plants as premiums for subscribers ; and the 
generally successful sending of the plants by mail in 
wooden boxes, this year, warrants us in offering to send 
them thus at any time in autumn, at least prior to Sep- 
teu.ber 10. We therefore republish the offerof last month. 
I. _po any one who will now, or any time before Au¬ 
gust 15ih, send us four subscribers, at the regular rates 
($5), we will forward, post paid, Ten of the Agricultur¬ 
ist Strawberry Plants, of first class, about Sept. 1. 
II . —To any one sending ten subscribers now, or before 
.August 15th, we will send Twenty Plants as above. 
III. —An so on, for a larger number of names we will 
send at the rate of 20 Plants for ten subscribers. 
Ijtg” Subscriptions may begin at the middle of the vol¬ 
ume, July 1st, or date back to the beginning of the vol¬ 
ume, Jan. 1st, and receive the back numbers, which are 
always printed as needed from stereotype plates. 
In addition to the above, those new subscribers 
who ha.e not before had plants of us, may call fora 
plant or two apiece, if each one sends 5 cents extra along 
witii the subscription, to cover cost of postage, box and 
packing. We cannot afford the time, trouble and ex¬ 
pense of reopening the offer of plants to others than new 
names coming in under the above premium proposition. 
Tiie offer of free plants has bee n open to all subscribers 
for more than a year, which is surely enough. 
^ > mm O t an I 
T8»<5 A?5i*i«oilt!iira,l iSairca,H.—A wotfitl 
to President Jolinson.— We have at Washington 
an " Agricultural Bureau,” supported at an annual ex¬ 
pense to the country of nearly Two Hundred Thousand 
Dollars, including direct appropriations, the printing of 
the annual reports, etc. It might be of great value to 
the country if properly managed. There are some ex¬ 
cellent men engaged in subordinate positions, but w e say 
plainly, that the pre.sent head of the Bureau is not com¬ 
petent for his position, and we are quite sure this is the 
general, if not the unanimous, opiidon of the more intel¬ 
ligent agriculturists of the country who are awake to the 
im|irovement of this great interest. We should suppose 
the Commissioner himself w(,uld feel this .after his four 
years of office. He must have received many direct 
and indirect intimations of the feelines and w ishes of the 
public. Owing to tlie heavy pressure of other public in¬ 
terests upon the late President, the people have hitlierto 
consented to hold tlie matter in abeyance, though consul- 
taiioiis on the subject liave been frequent. There is far 
from entire ignorance in regard to the schemes and 
*• Wliite Housed iunuences that have been brought to 
bear to keep the Bureau under its past and present di¬ 
rection. and of the efforts to secure the favorable opinion 
of tlie members of the next Congress. In behalf of our 
ow n hundreds of thousands of readers, and of the country 
at large, w e beg President Johnson to give the subject his 
earliest possible attention, and place at the head of the 
Bureau some man of broad comprehensive view s and in¬ 
telligence, one able to grasp the immense interests in- 
involved in the scope of the Department, and lay outand 
carry into execution such plans as will promote agricul¬ 
tural development and improvement. At [ircsent the Bu¬ 
reau falls infinitely below what it should and miglit be, 
and there is no hope of its being better, until under more 
competent direction. 
'E'Bse '^AasBalsiig’Sosi MosxMmeist—Es it 
a S^tiinbiig ?—On the Mall, west of the Smithsonian 
Institute, at Washington, stands a half or quarter-fin¬ 
ished obelisk called “Washington Monument.” and 
thus it has stood for years past. Large contributions 
have been called for, to aid in building it, from time to 
time, from Maine to California. In the Patent Office is 
a model of the proposed completed monument, and at 
each corner of it is a glass box calling for contributions. 
While there at the Review, we noticed .many patriotic 
soldiers putting in tlieir hard earned currency freely, 
and we learned that this had betn done very largely 
during the recent encampment of our armies around the 
Capital. These boxes are emptied every now and then, 
and we would like to know what is done with the 
money. We do not remember any report of receipts or 
expenditures by the “Association” for several years 
past, and hear it intimated that some of tli,e manages are 
not the most loyal, or have not been. It may be all 
right; but in belialf of the contributors to the enterprise, 
among whom we have been numbered, we call for full 
information. Who has charge of tlie money, and is ev¬ 
ery dollar legitimately and properly expended, and how ? 
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The Strawberry Show of 1865. 
In order to meet both extremes of the Strawberry sea¬ 
son, as well as to give those who cultivate in later local¬ 
ities an equal chance with those who live on warm soils, 
the show was continued through twodays, a week apart. 
The Exhibition on the first day, June 8th, was very full 
and the fruit of an unusually fine quality. Fewer entries 
were made on the second day, June 15lh, but they Includ¬ 
ed some things not exhibited on the first day. Taken as 
a whole, the show was a success, and the crowds of per¬ 
sons who visited it. many of them with note-book in 
hand, showed that these free exhibitions intere.st great 
numbers and they cannot fail to be very instructive. 
The following are the entries and the awards of prizes. 
ENTRIES JUNE 8tU. 
Triomphe de Gand ; Crimson Favorite ; Agriculturist: 
John Cole, Tompkinsville, Staten Island. 
Seedling: Erastus G. Barret, Sag Harbor, L. I. 
Boston Pine ; Chilian Pyramidal: W. E. Chilson, 
Passaic, N. J. 
Wilson, Triomphe de Gand; H. & C. G. Atwater, 
New Haven, Conn. 
Agriculturist; Boston Pine ; Green Prolific ; Vicorn- 
tesse j Triomphe de Gand ; L. V. Conover, Morrisania, 
N. Y. 
Agriculturist (and 3 p.ants) : 0. Judd, Flushing. 
Barnes’ Mammoth (with plant): TenEyck Bros., Mid¬ 
dletown, N. J. 
Seedling (and 2 plants) ; Agriculturist; Seth Boyden, 
Newark, N. J. 
Wilson , Triomphe de Gand ; T. W. Sufferns, Sufferns, 
N. Y. 
Gen. Grant (seedling from the Agriculturist); W. A. 
Burgess, Glen Cove, L. I. 
Triomphe de Gand; Geo. Elvins, Hammonton, N. J. 
Col. Ellsworth ; Seedling; I. L. Nostrand. Brooklyn. 
Russel; Buff;do; Lady Finger; Monitor; Hovey ; 
Cl imson Favorite; P’rencli’s Seedling; Green Prolific; 
Triomphe de Gand; Dow ner’s Prolific ; Ward’s Favor¬ 
ite ; Cutter ; Viconitesse ; Deptford Whi-te : E. Williams. 
.Montclair, N. J 
Russell; Heins’ Prolific: E. Faile, Woodstock, N.Y. 
Imported German Strawberries; Ernst & Bro., South 
Amboy, N. J. 
Hautbois: I. E. Chapman, Perth Amboy, N. J. 
Boston Pine or Bartlett; Edward Kelly, N. Y. City. 
Wilson ; Triomphe de Gand : G. Henry. Hudson N. J 
Green Pndific ; Lennig’s White; La Constante; Rus¬ 
sell : C. S. Pell, N. Y. Orphan Asylum. 
Hooker ; Scarlet Magnate , Wil.son ; Burr’s New Pine; 
LeBaron ; Frederick William ; Rein Hortense , Charl¬ 
ton’s Prolific , Marguerite : French's Seedling : Brighton 
Pine ; Ladies’ Pine ; Vicomtesse ; Scott’s Seedling , Cut¬ 
ter : Deptford Pine; Victory; Mrs. Fuller; Austin; 
Monitor; Albion; Triomphe de Gand; Jenny Lind; 
Ridgewood; Brooklyn Scarlet; Green Prolific; Belle 
Bordelaise ; Schiller ; Col. Ellsworth ; Gen. Scott; Iowa; 
Nicholson’s Superb; Gen. McClellan; Black Prince; 
De Montrieiil ; Lennig’s White ; Bonte de St. Jiilien ; 
Scotch Runner; Victoria; Emma; Najioleon 3d; Al¬ 
bion : Tlios. Cavanagh. Brooklyn. N. Y. 
Russel ; Wilson ; Eliza (seedling); Gen. McClellan ; 
Jiicuncla ; Triomphe de Gand ; Austin ; Green Prolific; 
Boston Pine; McAvoy’s Superior; Buffalo; La Con- 
stanle ; Fillmore ; Cutter ; Green Prolific ; Hovey ; 
Hooker; Biooklyn Scarlet, Virginia: Francis Brill, 
Newark, N. J. 
Aerieulturisi ; Union Scarlet ; Mc.Avoy’s Superioi ; 
Green I’loliiie . John Gnne, Union. N. V. 
Seriiling; E. 11. Bogert, Manluisset. L. I. 
ENTRIES .JUNE fi.otSi. 
English Seedling. 3 variedies; R. Wade. Troy. N. Y. 
Eight Seedlings: W. H. Romeyn. Kingston. N. Y. 
Frances Emma (needling): II. W. Tihbetls, White 
Plains, N. Y. 
Perry (Seedling): Geo, Perry & Son. Georgelovin. Ct, 
Alpine; llatiihois: Thos. Cnthbert. Riverdale. N. V. 
Russell : Wilson; Triomphe de Gan.l ; I.a Con 
stante ; Geo. Herbert. Peekskill, N. Y. 
.'-'eedling (Plant): Wm. TefI, Fordham, N. V. 
.■Vgricultiirist; O. Judil, Flushing, L. I. 
Lennig’s White: Russell; Fillmore: C. S. Pell. N. 
V. Oi'iihan Asylum. 
Russell; Bhick Prince: Austin; Triomphe de Gand; 
Brooklyn .‘^eariet ; Ridgewood; La Constante; Gen’l 
Scott: Marguerite; Victoria: Culler: Monitor; Len- 
nig’s White ; Deptford While ; Belle Bordelaise; Hooker; 
Crimson Favorite; Bonte St. Jiilicn : Vicomtesse- 
Scotch Runner; Alpine; Thus. Cavan-agh. Brookivn 
Boston Pine (Bartlett): Mr. Siierry. Staten fsland. 
Downer’s Prolific: I.nngworlh’s Prolific: Union Scar 
let. Berry for name: Jolin Crane, Union. N. Y. 
PRIZES AWARREB. 
For Best Strawberry, new or old ; to Seth Boyden, 
Newark. N. J., for Agriculturist, $5. 
For Best 12 approved varieties ; to Francis Brill, New 
ark, N. J. S5. 
Second Best do ; to E. Williams, Montclair, N. J. $3 
For Largest and best'coileciion ; to Thos. Cavanagh. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., 85. 
For Best show of Strawberry plants in pots, to Thos. 
Cavanagh. $5. 
For Best Market variety. 2 quarts (Agriculturist) ; tc 
Mr. 01m. gardener to O. Judd, Flushing. N. Y.. S3. 
For Heaviest 3 berries of any one variety (Agricultur¬ 
ist, weight HU ozs.) ; to Seth Boyden, and Geo Herbert; 
Peekskill. N. Y., (Russell, weight 2% ozs.) ; ,?2. 
For Best pint of White Berries (Lennig’s While); to 
C. S. Pell, N. Y. Orphan Asylum, S2. 
For best Alpines to Thos. Cnthbert.Riverdale. I.. I. $I 
Best New Seedling ; Seth Boyden, Newark, N. J.. $5. 
For Best pint of each of the following varieties : Foi 
Agriculturist, to Seth Boyden; for Russell’s Prolific, to 
C. S. Pell; for Brooklyn Scarlet, to Francis Brill: for 
Monitor, to E. Williams ; for Col. Ellsworth, to Thos. 
Cavanagh ; for Triomphe de Gand, to H. & C. G. Atwa¬ 
ter, New-Haven, Conn., and Geo. Herbert. Peekskill, 
N. Y.; for Wilson, to Geo. Henry, Hudson City, N. 
J.; for Ilovey’s Seedling, to E. Williams : for Buffalo, 
to Francis Brill; for Hooker, to Francis Brill. $1 each. 
Special premiums v^ere awarded to Geo. Perry & 
Son, Georgetown, Conn., $2. and to W. II. Romeyn, 
Kingston, N. Y., for promising new Seedlings, and to 
Geo. Herbert, Peekskill, N. Y., $1, for fruit of very fine 
La Constante. 
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