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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
'[February, 
Lane’s Purchasing Agency, 
FOR PURCHASING 
at tlie lowest regular price, ally thing to he 
procured in New-Yorh City, and at 
other accessible points. 
Garden Seeds ! Flower Seeds! 
Exti'a Iona and Israella Grape Vines, also, Adirondac, 
Allen's Hybrid, Concord, &c., &e. Fruit and Ornamental 
Trees, Slirubs, Vines, Strawberry Plants. Doty’s Clothes 
IVaslier, $12. .Monitor Clothes tVrinser, 10-lncli uolls. $S.50. 
Also by the,Dozen. Hoosier Fodder Cutter, $35. Wilson's 
Ainmo'niated Superphosphate of Lime, $C3 per ton. Pure 
Bone Flour, $(10 per ton. 
Special attention paid to the purchase of Books and the 
selection of Private and Public Libraries.' 
H. B. LANE, 151 Nassau st., New York. 
SEEDS! SEEDS! SEEDS! 
J. M. THORB URN S GO'S An¬ 
nual Descriptive Catalogue of Veg¬ 
etable and Agricultural Seeds 
for ifed®, 
■with directions for the cultivation of Garden Vegetables, is 
ready for mailing to all applicants. 
J. M. THORB0RN & CO., 
Groweks and iMPonxEKs OF Seeds, 
13 John-st., New York. 
Pear §®ecl! Tree §eeds I 
Bg Mail to any part of the United 
States at the rate of 8 cents per pound 
in addition to these prices: 
per 03. per lb. 
Peak Seed, of the growth of 1863.50 cts. $4 00 
Balsam Fir Seed....40 •• 4 00 
Double Spruce.. . 60 " 6 00 
Hemlock Spruce.60 " 6 00 
European Silver Fir.20 •• 150 
Sugar Maple.20 " 1 50 
Catalpa..40 ’ • 5 00 
Deciduous Cypress, perfectly hardy.20 ■ ■ 1 50 
Honey Locust .15 " 1 00 
European Larch.....23 " 2 50 
Magnolia Acuminata.40 " -4 00 
Black Austrian Pine.23 ’• 2 50 
Weymouth Pine. 40" 4 00 
Pitch Pine.60 ■ ■ 6 00 
Norway Spruce.20 " 1 50 
America.v Arbor Vit^e.60 " 7 00 
American Elm.30 ' 3 00 
Buckthorn.15 " 1 00 
Quince.40" 4 00 
Scotch Fir.. .30 " 3 00 
Nordman’s New Spruce, (Abies Nordmaniana) 
very rare. pel' os.. .$3 00 
Together with the most extensive collection of Vegetable, 
Field and Flower Seeds in tlie country, for which see our 
Descriptive Catalogue for 1806 
J. M. TII(»BEI5IJKI^ & CO., 
15 JIohin.<strect, !Wew Yorlc. 
^garden, field & FLOWER SEEDS.® 
Fresh and Genuine Garden Seeds in every variety, at 
wlioiesale and retail. Copies ihrni.slied to all po.st-paid appli¬ 
cations, of Morris’Gardeh Manual for 186ii. also “Morris’ 
I’nral Advertiser,” devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture and 
Rural Economy. Wholesale Priced Seed Lists to the Trade. 
PASCHALL MORPHS, 
Seed Grower, Dealer and Importer, 
1120 Market street, Philad’a. 
Garden and Flower Seeds 
AT WMOa.F.!SAI.E. 
Dealers supplied on favorable terms. 
Address H. A. DREEB, Seedgrower, 
PHILADELPIII.A, PA. 
Field, Garden and Flower Seeds. 
WILLIAM HACKER, 
Office ‘2.58 South 3rd street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Importer and Grower of Agricultural and Garden Seeds, 
Trees, Plants and Bnlhs. Also offers a few choice varieties 
of Imported Oats and liarle.v, for spring sowing. Country 
Mercliants, Dealers and Druggists supplied at tlie lowest rates. 
Brazilian Pop Corn by Mail. 
This corn has been anclimated and raised two years in 
Oliio. For expansiveness, softness wlien popped, line flavor, 
and productiveness, it is very nuicli superior to any otlier. 
Soil and cultivation being good, it yields from six to fifteen 
ears to tlie plant, the suckers bearing like tlie main stalk. 
For twenty-five cents direi-ted to .1. A. IIATHAW.AY, Cin¬ 
cinnati, Olio, one hundred aud fifty grains will be sent post¬ 
paid. 
SEED POTATOES BY MAIL.—Two years’ trial 
k3|ias proved tills the niiE.\PRST and iiest metliod for fann¬ 
ers and otlier' at a distance, to get the best kinds for trial. 
Single paekages sent out last season yielded from 3to Sbiisli- 
els. Calico, Early Goydricli. Gleason and Dykeman, in 4 lb. 
package.s, $1. 6 packages, $5. Buekuve. Copiieruilne, Cuz¬ 
co, Clilll. Rustveoat, W. P. Blow, and Prince Albert, $l each, 
3 packages of ii kind. $2. or tiie 7 kinds for $5. Try a pack¬ 
age. For larger quantities see CIreui.ir now ready. 
Address E. WILLIAMS, Montclair, New Jersey. 
Elstabllsbed lu 1828. 
PRICED CATALOGUE OF 
Also, BUIST’S AliMAWAC and GAKDEN MAN¬ 
UAL for 1SG6« are now ready for distribution. These 
Seeds are of our own PRODUCTION, and are Warrant¬ 
ed as we represent tliem. Address, enclosing stamp, 
ROBERT BUIST, jR., Seed Grower, 
_ PHILADELPHIA , PA, 
FRESH m RBLUBLE¥Ei; 
BRIDGEMAN’S Annual priced Catalogue of 
VEGETAJSIiE GAKBEN SEEDS, etc., 
for 1866 is now ready and mailed free to all applicants. 
Also ready his descriptive priced list of 
FEOWER SEEDS 
for 1866. 
ALiFKJED ISKIKGEMAW, 
NO. 876 BROAOVYAY, 
New York. 
oua AMWCJAli ILiLiUSTRATEO 
Seed Catalogue for 1866, is now ready, and tvxU be forward- 
to ail applicants enclosing 15 cents. 
Address 
McELWASi^ II nos., 
Sprtn^fielA, 9Sass. 
Extra Premium, New Duiilile Zlnnia.<s, showing 
many new distinct colors and sliades. A special premium 
awarded liy American Institute at last Fair. A large pack¬ 
age by mail. 50 cents. J. S. BARNES, Box 22, Astoria, L. I. 
N ansemond seed sweet potatoes 
for sale, of a superior quality. Price low. Discount on 
large orders. 
Also lesponsible Agents wanted in every good locality, 
to sprout on shares. Send for Terms. Directions. &c. 
Address ALFRED LEE. Kokomo, Howard Co., Indiana. 
OTATOES BY MAIL.—Early Goodrich, Glea¬ 
son, Calico, and Harrison. 1 ft. 50 cents; 4 fts. (4 varie¬ 
ties) $1.50; 4 lbs. of either variety. $1. Garnet Chili. Cuzco, 
and Pinkeye Rusty Coat, eacli 2.5 cents per lb. Tlie 7 varie¬ 
ties lor $2. P. SUTTON, Pittston, Pa., Box 3'2S. 
P URE DWARF BROOM CORN SEED, fVoin se¬ 
lected lirnsli, well prepared for p'..inting, for sale liy tlie 
original growev. Full instructions iii groVving, harvesting, 
&c., sent on receipt of '25 cents, .Address 
D. B. PAGE, Macon, Morrow Co.. Ohio. 
The Most §plceidld FSoral Novelty 
of the se.ason, is the New Hardy White Monthly Pink ; 
for illustration and description, see Agriculturist for Febru¬ 
ary 1866. Plants by mail, post-paid, $1 each. 
Seeds by mail, post-paid, $1 per packet. 
HENDERSON & FLEMING, Seedsmen and Florists, 
67 Nassau street. New York. 
Plants l>y Mail. 
Wilson’s Early BlacltHerry, Large. Sweet and 
Productive, ahead of all oilier Blackberries in nnirket. and 
brings more money. Price. 1 Plant. $2: 12 Plants. $21. 
Philatlelpliia HSaspberry. 2 Plants, $1: 12 Plants, 
$5. Also ll.OOO Annie Trees. 3 years old, grafted on seed¬ 
ling roots, will be sold cheap to clear tlie ground. 
Send for Catalogues gartis. WILLI.A.M PARRY, 
Clnnaminson, N. J. 
■J O PLANTS SENT POST-PAID. THE WIL- 
«gon Rarlv Blackberrv. remarkakl.v large, sweet, liar- 
dv and productive. Prolltiiblo because it will yield more 
ripe fruit in 8 weeks tliiin the New Rochelle the whole sea¬ 
son. Noticed by Orange .1mid in Aufiist No. 1 plant, $2; 
12 for $21. Pliiliulelpbia RnspbeiTv plants $5 per dozen. Al¬ 
so best selected list of Strawberries including New Jersey 
Scarlet and Agriculturist nr, lowest rates. Price I.lst gratis. 
JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestown, New Jersey. 
®.ardeia and Flower ii^eeds. 
Purcliasers of large quantities of Vegetable or Flower 
Seeds will be liberally supplied by 
HOVEY & CO.. 
„ . 53 North Market street, Boston. 
Prices forw.arded on application. 
NEm STBSAWBFKISIES. 
Great Agriculturist, the largest and best strawberry 
In cultivation. 12 berries liave been produced that weighed 
one pound, persons wisliing to secure plants of tliis splendid 
variety sliould send tlieir ordeis early, as tlie demand cannot 
be supplied tlie coming spring. I liave a large stock of very 
fine plants, delivered in rotation as ordered, at .$1 per doz,; 
$3 for fifty; $5 per hundred, or $45 per tliouBand.^lDA, a 
splendid new variets’, more productive than tlie Wilson, $2 
per doz.; or $10 per hundred.—G reen Prolific, a very large 
and productive kind, $1 per doz.; $3 per hundred ; $15 per 
tliousand.—B uffalo, $1 per doz.; $3 ner liundred ; $15 per 
tliousand.—F rench Seedling, a very large and early berry, 
splendid, $1.50 per liundred, $15 per tliousand.—R ussel’s 
PROL tPic, line for market, very large and productive, $1.50 
per hundred; $10 per thousand—L ennig’s White, a splen¬ 
did, very large wliite berry. $1 per doz., or $3 per liniidred.— 
Great Austin, very large and productive, $1.50 per hundred; 
$10 per thousand. 
Tlie following three are Tribune Prize berries, for wliich 
$3000 was paid. Brooklyn Scarlet, tins took tlie first prize 
at the great show in June last, lor tlie best flavored berry. 
Col. Ellsworth and Monitor, are of monstrous size, and 
very productive; tliese tlirce sliould be in every collection. 
Plants, $1 per doz.; $3 per liundred. or .$15 per tliousand.— 
Mead's Seedling, a magnificent new variety, berries six 
inches in circumference, plants $3 per doz. Negro, anew 
kind, nearly black, $1 per dozen. 12 Now Belgian prize ber¬ 
ries. all of tliem very large and fine. $1 per dozen, or the 12 
varieties lor $10.00. Orders addressed to 
IV.Vi. S. CARPENTER. 156 Reade-st., New-York. 
P RICE LIST FREE, OF THE BEST VARIE- 
ties of Strawberries.—Agric ltmist and New Jersey 
Scarlet, $1 per dozen ; $4 per 100; $25 per 1000. Green Pro¬ 
lific, By-berry Seedling and Lennig's AYhite, 50 cents per 
dozen; ,$2 per 100 : $15 per 1001). Riissell’s Prolific. Bnfialo 
Seedling and Leed’s Prolific, .50 cents per dozen ; $1.50 per 
100; $10 per 1000. Downer’s Prolific. Frencli’s Seedling, and 
Cutter's Seedling. 50 cents per dozen; 80 cents per ICO; $4 per 
1000; $3.50 per 1000 for 5000 oi’ over; $3 per 1000 for 10,000 or 
over. Also other good varieties at lowest rates. 
Til OS. C. ANDREWS, 5Iooresto\vn. Burlington Co.. N..I. 
Strawberry S'laiits for Sale. 
Downer’s Prolific, French’s Seedling, Cutter’s Seedling, 
each $4 per lOOn ; 75 cents per 100. Otlier excellent varieties 
at difl'erent prices. Price List sent free on apiilication. 
SAM’L C. DeCOU, Recklesstown, Burlington Co., N. J. 
loiia Grape %¥©©d« 
Of Iona wood grown from vines liad of C. W. GRANT— 
the originator—the subscriber offers for sale a few thousand 
well matured buds, such as are suitable for grafting old vines 
and for general propagation. In the liands of a good propa¬ 
gator each bud will produce agood vine. By proper grafting, 
ai; wortliless but ilirifty vines now fully establislied in gar¬ 
den or vineyard can be made to produce good crops of the 
best fruit in two seasons. Cuttings can be shipped safely in 
the coldest weatlier, and kept in the cellar in earth or sand 
until wanted for use. 
Cuttings will be sent by m.ail securely packed and post¬ 
paid, on receipt of price. Ordei’s should be sent in before 
March 1st. No orders received for less tlian two dollars 
worth. Prices as follows. Less than 50 buds, 20 cents each; 
50 to 100 buds, 18 cents each; 100 or upwards, 16 cents each. 
Also 10,000 Delaware buds of good quality, at $7.50 per 1000. 
A. BUSHNELL, Peekskill, 
Westchester Co., N. Y, 
Adirondac Grape Nursery and 
Vineyard. 
Wholesale and retail. We can furni.sh superior Vines In 
large quantities to the trade, of the following : Adirondac 
Allen’s Hybrid, Concord. Creveling. Cuyaliogn, Delaware, 
Diana. Hartford Prolific. Iona, Israella, Maxatawny, Miles 
Northern Muscadine, Rebecca, Rogers’ Hybrids. Plierman ana 
Union Village. Also the best Foreign 'Varieties, carefully 
packed and forwarded bv Express, or by Mail, pre-paid. 
Send for Descriptive and Priced Catalogue. 
JOHN 5V. BAILEY & CO., 
Feb. 1st. 1866. Plattsburgh, N. Y. 
VENEEH FRUIT BASKETS. 
Beecher’s Patent May 31st, 1864. 
These Baskets are tiiorouglily ventilated, and when packed 
in Crates, are warranted to transport safely to all markets, 
Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, and all other small 
fruits tliat are marketable. 
For style, convenience In picking and Iiandling, and for 
profit to Fruit Growers and Commission dealers, they have 
no equal. 
Tlie First Prize was awarded these Baskets at the 
Horticultural Exhibition of tlie American Institute, held at 
Cooper Union.Iast season ; and recommendations IVora many 
of our most prominent and successful fi uit men throughout 
the country endorse this decision. 
Baskets and Crates can be liad of W. H. Carpenter, 90 
Vesey-st., N. Y.; C. B. Rogers, 133 Market-st., Philadelphia; 
Richard Cromwell. 40 & 48 Llglit-st., Baltimore; and by deal¬ 
ers generally tliroughout Town and Country. 
Manufactured only by 
A. BEECHER & SONS, 
Weat-vlUc, Conn. 
By whom Circulars will be sent on application with stamp. 
A Rare Opportunity! 
The Proprietors of the Amerionn Frnit Basfeet (for 
the transportation of Strawherries. <.t:e.,) will sell their pa¬ 
tents for a given number cf States, both for that popular 
Basket and a most iugeiiioiia Machine lor making Baskets. 
Tina is an enterprise which can not fail to Interest any ener¬ 
getic linslness man. however good his present employment. 
For particulars address 
' AMERICAN BASKET COMPANY, 
Office 313 Chapel-st., New-Haven, Conn. 
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