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TEK AND PUTNAM COUNTIES—A Lon’Q Hidk and Ex¬ 
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HORTICULTURAL RliGISTER. 
The undersigned having been engaged to prepare and pub¬ 
lish a Catalogue of American Nurserymen, Horticultural 
Dealers and Agents and Fruit Growers, desires to procure— 
I. Of Nurserymen througliout the United States—the 
Name, P. O., County, State, Acres in Nurserv, Sale Stock for 
I863-G, viz.; Number of Apple, Pear, I’eacii, Cherry, Plum, 
Apricot, Nectarine and Quince Trees; Grape Vines, Currant, 
Gooseberry, Haspberry, Blackberry and Strawberry Plants • 
Stocks ; Apple, Cherry, Pear and Quince; Deciduous Trees, 
Evergreen Trees; Deciduous Slirubs. Evergreen Shrubs 
Vinos, and Creepers, Hoses, Perennial Flowers. 
II. Of Dealers and Agents—Name, P. O.. County, State- 
Names of Nurserymen for wliom acting; extent of ferritory 
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III. Of Fruit Growers—Name, P. O.. Countv, State. Acres 
planted. Number of Trees, Vines and Buslies of Apple, Pear, 
Peach. Cherry, Plum, Apricot, Nectarine. CJuince, Grape, Cur¬ 
rant, Gooseberry, Blackberry, Haspberry and Strawberry. 
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, Secretary Illinois State Horticultural So- 
clet3’. Allon, Illinois. 
BOOKS POK FARMERS and OTHERS. 
[Any of the following books can be obtained at the Of¬ 
fice of the Agriculturist at tlie prices named, or they will he 
forwarded by mall, post-paid, on receipt of the price. These 
prices are positively good only to Sep-ember 1 st.] 
Alien’s (L. F.) liural Architecture.j i 50 
Allen’s (H. L.) American Farm Book. 1 50 
Allen's Diseases of Domestic Animals. 1 00 
American Bird Fancier. 30 
American Hose Ciilturist. 30 
American 'Weeds and useful Plants. l 715 
Art of Saw Filing_(Holl}-). qq 
Barry’s Fruit Garden. ' j’,p 
Beecher’s (Henry 'Ward) Fruit, Flowers and Farming.', 1 Ij 
Bement’s Poulterer’s Companion. 2 JO 
Bement’s Hahhit Fancier. . . . " 30 
Blake's Fanner’s Encyclopedia.. 1 .30 
Boiissingault’s liural Economy. 1 po 
Brldgeman’s Fruit Cultivator’s Manual.75 
Bridgeman’s Young Gardener’s Assistant.2 00 
Bridgeman’s Kitchen Garden Instructor. 75 
Bridgeman’s Florist’s Guide. 75 
Brandt’s Age of Horses (English and (Jerman).. 50 
Breok’s Book of Flowers. 1 50 
Browne’s Field Book of Manures.. 1 ,50 
Buist’s Flower garden Directory. 1 50 
Buist’s Family Kitchen Gardener. 1 00 
Burr’s Vegetables of America. 5 OO 
Carpenters and Joiners' Hand Book.. (Holly). 60 
Chorlton’s Grape-Grower’.s Guide. 75 
Cohbett’s American Gardener. 75 
Cole’s (S. 'VV.) American l-'ruit Book. 60 
Cole’s Veterinarian. 75 
Colman’s Agriculture. 5 00 
Copeland’s Country Life. 4 50 
Cottage-Bee-Keeper. 73 
Cotton Planters’ Manual (Turner)...[ 1 50 
Dadd’s Modern Horse Doctor. 1 50 
Dadd’s (Geo. H.) American Cattle Doctor. 1 50 
Dana’s Muck Manual. 125 
Dog and Gun (Hooper’s). 30 
Downing’s Landscape Gardening (new Edition). 6 50 
Downing’s Cottage Hesiilences. 2 50 
Downing’s Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. 3 00 
Eastwood on Cranberry.....;.. 75 
Elliott’s 'Western Emit Grower’s Guide. 1 ,50 
Employment of Women—By Virginia Penny. 1 50 
Fessen'den’s Complete Farmer and Gardener. 1 50 
Flax Culture. 50 
French’s Farm Drainage. 1 50 
Field’s (Tliomas W.) Pear Culture. 1 25 
Fish Culture. 1 25 
Flint (Charles L.) on Grasses. 2 00 
Flint’s Milch Cows and Dairy Farming... 2 00 
Fuller’s Grape Culturist. 1 50 
Fuller’s Strawberry Culturist. 20 
Goodale’s Principles of Breeding.. 1 25 
Graj’’s Manual of Botany and Lessons in one Vol. 4 00 
Gray’s How Plants Grow... 1 25 
Guenon on Milch Cows. 75 
Hall’s (Miss) American Cookery. 1 25 
Haraszthy Grape Culture, &c. .5 oO 
Harris’ Insects Injurious to Vegetation, plain. 3 fO 
do. do. do. do. colored plates... 4.50 
Herbert’s Hiiils to Ilorsekeepers. ) 75 
Hints to Kiflemen, by Cleveland. 1 50 
Holly’s Country Seats. 4 50 
Hop Culture. 40 
How to Buy a Farm and Yhcre to Find One. 1 75 
Insect Enemies of Fruit Trees, (Trimble). 8 00 
Jaques’ Fruits and Fruit Trees. 60 
Jennings on Cattle, Sheep, &c. 1 50 
Jobnston’s Agricultural Cliemistry.. 1 75 
Johnston’s Elements of Agricultural Cliemistry. 1 25 
Kemp’s Landscape Gardening. 2 00 
Laiigstrotli on tlie Honey Bee . 2 00 
Loudon’s (Downing’s) Ladies’Flower Garden. 2 00 
Leiichar’s How to Build Hot-houses. I 50 
Liebig’s Familiar I.etters on Cliemistry. 50 
Liebig’s Modern Agriculture. 1 25 
Liebig’s Natural Laws of Husbandry. 1 50 
Linsley’s (D. C.) !Iorgan Horses . 1 50 
Manual of Agriculture by G. Emerson and C. L. Flint. 1 00 
yiavliew’s Illustrated Horse Doctor . s 50 
5iavhow’s Illustrated Horse Management. .. s 50 
McMalion’s American Gardener. 2 50 
Miles on the Horse’s foot. 75 
Morrell’s American Shepherd. 1 75 
My Farm of Edgewooil. 2 00 
National Almanac and Annual Itecord. 1 50 
Neill’s Practical Gardener_(Pardee). I 50 
Norton’s Scientific Agriculture. . 75 
Olcott’s Sorgho and Imphee. 1 25 
Onion Culture .. 20 
Our Farm of Four Acres (bound) 60c....(paper) SO 
Pardee on Strawberry Culture. 75 
Parsons on the Hose. 1 50 
Phantom Bouquet, or Skeleton Leaves. 1 50 
Pedder’s Land Measurer. 60 
Quinby’s Mysteries of Bee keeping. 1 75 
Kabbit Fancier. 30 
Kandall’s Sheep Husbandry. 1 50 
Handall’s Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry. 1^00 
Rand’s Flowers for Parlor and Garden. 3 00 
Kichardson on tlie Dog. SO 
Ilivers’ Orchard Houses. 50 
Rural Aff'airs_(bound)_SVols—each. 1 50 
Saxton’s Farmers’ Library..set of 3 Vols. .morocco. 9 50 
do do do do 3 Vols. .cloth. 8 50 
Schenck’s Gardener’s Text Book. 75 
Sliepherd’s own Book. 2 25 
Skillful Housewife . 75 
Smitli’s Landscape G.ardcning. 1 50 
Spencer’s Education of Children. 1 50 
Stewart’s (,Iohnj Stable Book. 1 .50 
Templeton’s Mechanic’s Pocket Companion. 1 50 
Ten Acres Enough. 150 
Thaer’s (A. D.) Principles of Agriculture-- . 2 50 
Tliomas’Fruit Culturist... 1 50 
Thompson’s Food of Animals. 1 00 
Tobacco Culture. 'S 
Todd’s (S. E.) Young Farmer’s Manual. 1 50 
Tucker’s Register Rural Affairs. 30 
Vaux’s Villas and Cottages. 3 00 
Villas and Farm Cottages, (CleavE.i;.:' and Backus)... 3 00 
Walden’s Complete Soil Culture... 1 50 
Warder’s Hedges and Evergreens. 1 50 
Waring’s Elements of Agriculture.. 1 00 
Watson’s American Home Garden . 2 00 
Wax Flowers (Art of Making). .. 1 50 
Wheat Plant (.John Klippart’s). 1 50 
Woodward’s Country Homes. 1 50 
Woodward’s Graperies.. 1 50 
Youatt and Spooner on tlie Horse. 1 50 
Youatt and Martin on Cattle. 1 50 
Youatt on the Hog. 1 00 
Youstt on Sheep. 1 00 
Youmans’ Household Science. 2 00 
Youmans’ New Chemistry... 2 08 
