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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
FLOWER SEEDS BY MAIL 
TWENTY-FIVE VARIETIES 
OF 
(£l)oicc Annual ileum- Becks. 
WITH DIRECTIONS FOR TIIEIR CULTURE. 
PRICE ONE DOLLAR. 
SOLD BY 
JAJIE§ M. THORBURX & CO. 
NO. 15 JOHN STREET, 
NEW-YORK. 
10 Varieties olchoice Hardy Annua's . 50 cts. 
80 do do do Biennials and Perennials.. $2.00 
do do do do .... 4 00 
New and Rare Annuals .. . 2.00 
Choice, Hardy Biennial and Perennials . 1.00 
do Gretn House Seeds.2.50 
do do do . 5.00 
American Seeds for European Culture . 2.00 
For Rock work . 75 
Aquatics . 6.00 
Ornamental Grasses . . . 75 
Brandling Larkspur . 50 
Hyacinth do . 75 
Finest German Zinnias . 1.00 
French fruffaut Asters .•. 5.00 
Assortments of Beautiful German Asters, Quilled, 
Periecrion. &c.. from 7a cts., $i U0, Si 5!) to. 3 00 
Assortments of Beautil'ul German Ten Week, Giant, 
and Intermediate Stocks lnun 7icts. to..... . ... 3 00 
Assortments containing 50 Varieties splended Carna¬ 
tion and Picotee . 5.00 
All the above free by mail on receipt of a remittance in Bank 
Bills on any solvent Ban* in the Union. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO , 
15 John Street, 
New-York. 
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Rare and Beautiful Flowers. 
SI. K. BLASS, 
Seedsman and Florist- Springfield, Mass- 
Would invite the attention of all who love the cultivation of 
Flowers to his large and splendid assortment of English, French 
and German Flower Seeds, received from the most trustworthy 
sources, and embracing all of the most desirable varieties in 
cultivation 
The seventh annual edition of his Descriptive Catalogues of 
Flower, Vegetable and Agricultural Seeds arranged on an im¬ 
proved plan,nnd containing much valuable information, both to 
the novice and amateur, is now ready for delivery, and will be 
sent post-paid to ail applicants on receipt of a postage stamps. 
FLOWER SEEDS BY MAIL. 
For the accommodation of those who reside at a distance lie 
has prepared the following assortments, containing only the 
must showy varieties, and those of easy culture, which will be 
ent post-paid to any address in the Union at the following prices : 
AssOitTMBHT No. 1—consists of twenty choice varieties 
of Annuals .$1 00 
No. 2.—consis's of twenty choice varieties 
of Biennials and Perennials..$1 00 
No. 3—consists often extra fine varieties of 
Annuals and Perennials, embracing many 
of the new and choicest in cultivation.. $1 00 
No. 4—consists of five very choice varieties 
select-d from Prize Flowers of English 
Pansies, German Carnation and Picotee 
Pinks, Verbenas. Truffaut’s French As¬ 
ters and Double Hollyhocks. $1 00 
Purchasers remitting $3 00 will receive the four assortments 
postage free The above collections have been favorably known 
m every section of the country for the past five years, and can 
be confidently recommended to all who wish for a fine display 
of Flowers at a moderate cost. 
The following addiiional assortments (his selection) will also 
be sent. free of postage, at the prices annexed : 
Assortment No 5—contains fifteen very select varie¬ 
ties of Green-House Seeds.$3 00 
No. 6—contains one hundred varieties of 
Annuals, Biennials and Perenninls, in¬ 
cluding many new and choice varieties... .§5 00 
No 7—contains fifty varieties ot Annuals, 
Biennials and Perennials.$2 50 
No. 8—contains twenty varieties of hardy 
Annuals, Biennials and Perennials, for 
sowing in the autumn.SI 0» 
All orders must he accompanied with the cash.—Remittances 
can be made in current Bills or Postage Stamps. 
In addition to the above he offers a large and well selected 
assortment of Dahlias, Verbenas, Roses, English Carnation and 
Picotee Pinks, Double Hollyhocks, Petunias. Herbaceous and 
Bedding Plants of every description, a Catalogue of which will 
be published in April and sent to all applicants enclosing a 
postage stamp. B. IC. BLISS. 
Flower Seeds !s>y Mail. 
We are now receiving our annual supplies of English, French 
and German Seeds direct from the most reliable seed growers in 
Europe, which in addition to our many favorite sorts of Ameri¬ 
can growth, gives us an unusually large assortment, embracing 
in all nearly one thousand x arieties, and containing every desi¬ 
rable novelty and standard variety—from which we have select¬ 
ed the following collections, which we will send by mail Jree of 
postage, to any part of the United States at the annexed prices : 
Collection l*o. I—Contains 20 varieties of Annuals.$1 00 
Collection No. 2—Contains 20 varieties of Biennials and 
Perennials. 1 00 
Collection No. 3—Contains 10 extra fine varieties of Rare 
Annuals and Perennials. 1 00 
Collection No. 4—Contains 5choice varieties, from Prize 
Flowers, of French Asters, German 
Carnation and Picotee Pinks, English 
Pansies, Verbenas and Hollyhocks, 
each of which is sold at 25 cts. singly. 1 00 
Collection No. 5—Contains 50 varieties, (including col¬ 
lection No. 4), Annuals, Biennials 
and Perennials.2 50 
Collection No. 0—Contains too varieties.5 uu 
We also offer many other variet ies of French and German 
Seeds by mail for enumeration of which see our Descriptive Re¬ 
tail Priced List of Flower and Vegetable Seeils, which will be 
sent to all applicants enclosing a one cent stamp. 
Persons ordering wilt please state the No of t he Collection. 
N | 3 .—Particular attention should be given to giving the ad¬ 
dress, town, county and State in full, as it is a frequent, occur* 
lence that an essentia! part is wanting, and the seeds cannot be 
forwarded until another communication is received. 
All orders will receive prompt attention. Address 
ALLEN ti MuELW AIN, Springfield, Mass, 
i BY MAUL, GRAFTS, VINES AND PLANTS, 
I will send carefully packed, post-paid. 
j Grafts of the Baker Apple at. 36c. per dozen 
any other varieties grown East . 36c. 
Bartlett or other Pears.75c. 
| Concord Grape Cuttings, two buds each . GOc. per % doz 
Concord Grape Vines, suitable for mailing - S3 00 
New-Rochelleor Lawton Blackberry Plants, do..75c. 
Mum mo' h Cahoon Pie Plants, crowns . 75c. 
Peabody’s and Wilson’s Albany Strawberry plants.75c. per dozen 
Longworth’s Prolific, McAvoy’s Superior, and 
other choice varieties . 36c. 
Any larger quantity of not more than three pounds, sent by 
mail at the same rates. All of the above by the 100 or 1000 at 
tile lowest rates, by express. 
Cash or 3-cent stamps must accompany orders, which will be 
filled as soon as the season will admit. 
Ridgefield, Conn., March 1, 1859. F. A. ROCKWELL. 
BRIBG-EMAN’S 
Horticultural Establishment. 
NOS. 876 & 878 BROADWAY, 
NEW-YORK. 
NUKSEKY ANfl> GBiEEJV-iaoUSE 
DEPARTMENT. 
ANDREW BR1DGEMAN, PRINCIPAL. 
The Attention of Purchasers are invited to our select assort¬ 
ment of 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 
Flowering Shrubs, Fruit Bushes, Grape Vines, 
Strawberries, Esculent Roots, &c., &c. 
For particulars see Descriptive Catalogue No. 4, which will 
be sent free to all applicants 
A new edditionof Descriptive and Priced Catalogue No 6. 
SELECT BEDDING PLANTS, 
ROSES, 
SUMMER AND AUTUMN BLOOMING BULBS, 
AND 
HERBACEOUS PLANTS 
will be issued March 1st. 
The stock the present season, are all good size, well grown 
and very select, including many rare ana valuable plants of re¬ 
cent, introduction 
The immense number propagated by us to supply the demand 
from all parts of our country, enables us to put our selected va¬ 
rieties at as low prices as is usually charged for the more ordi¬ 
nary kinds. 
All orders will be promptly filled, carefully packed and for¬ 
warded as directed 
BP SEND FOR CATALOGUES AT ONCE. 
February 1 Sth , 1859. 
SmaH Fruits, 
New Native Grape Yines, 
Rhubarb, &c., 
Wholesale and Retail. 
A large stock of the best varieties is offered at low rates, in¬ 
cluding 
THE BRINCKLE’3 ORANGE RASPBERRY, 
unequalled in flavor and beauty, also very vigorous and produc¬ 
tive, and considered by many as the very best, and recommend¬ 
ed by the Am. Pom. Convention for general cultivation. Also 
llie Vice Pres. French and Thunderer—and 
LINNiEUS RHUBARB, 
An English variety, particularly tender, fine flavored and pro¬ 
ductive—the most profitable for market 
REBECCA GRAPE VINES, 
Extra strong, grown 7 to 10 feet high. Also, Delaware, Diana, 
Concord, and Hartford Prolific vines. 
NBW-ROCHELLE BLACKBERRY, 
Very.low, also Newman’s Thornless Blackberry, and Strawber¬ 
ries in any quantity of the most prominent varieties. Address 
H C. FREEMAN. late Freeman & Kendall, 
Ravenswood Fruit Garden, Ravenswood, L. I., near New-York. 
Cranberry Plants. 
GENUINE PLANTS OF THE BELL VARIETY. 
NEW-ROCHELLE (Lawton) BLACKBERRY. 
HOP-TREE or Ptelia Trifoliata—superior to common hops 
for culinary purposes, a'so very ornamental. 
Circulars relating to the above will be forwarded to applicants, 
Also for sale Tree Varnish for keeping out air and water from 
cuts, wounds, &c.. on trees. 6 bottles for SI. For sale by 
F. TROWBRIDGE & CO., 
At the New-Haven Nursery, New-Haven, Ct. 
CRANBERRY CULTURE. 
The subscriber has issued a circular on the Cranberry and its 
culture, and will forward them to all who send a post-stamp to 
pre-p.iy postage. Also, has plants for sale, and will send them 
in afresh stat**, by express, to all parts of the United States. 
Address SULLIVAN BATES, 
Bellingham, Norfolk County, Mass. 
P EABODY’S SEEDLING STRAWBER- 
RY. — A few thousand genuine Plants left yet, which will 
be closed our, t his Spring for cash orders at $lf per thousand. 
South Salem, Ross Co , Ohio. O. 1IEFFRON. 
r [P [IE SWEET POTATO successfully 
cultivated in the North. Statements from those who grew 
them Also information relative to procuring plants and seed, 
and propagation of plants, culture, &o sent on receipt of a 
stamp. O. S. MURRAY & SON. 
Twenty-miles Stand, Warren Co., Ohio. 
Peach Blow Potatoes for Seed. 
500 bushels New Jersey Peach Blow Potatoes for sale at SI 
per bushel, in lots to Suit. The above were raised by the sub¬ 
scriber, and selected with care for seed, and warranted the gen¬ 
uine Peach Blow. Orders addressed to 
March 1st 1859. C. SHERWOOD. Summit, N. .T. 
A NOVELTY. 
THE MEXICAN COSIIAW. This new mammoth yegeta 
ble belongs to t.lie Squash family. It is unequaled for size and 
edible qualities and makes delicious pies Price of Seeds 25 
cents per package sent to any address post-paid. 
Address VOLNEY LEONARD, 
Springfield Bradford Co., Pa. 
P LOWS, HARROWS AND CULTIVAT- 
ORS, of most approved patterns and for every variety of use. 
Garden and Horticultural Tools, a complete assortment. For 
sale by R- L. ALLEN, 191 Water St. 
I SABELLA AND CATAWBA GRAPE 
VINES, of proper age for forming Vine^urds. cu livated 
from, and containing all the good qualities vnlch the most im¬ 
proved cultivation for <»ver eighteen years, has conferred on the 
Croton Point Vineyards, are Offered to the public. Those who 
may purchase, will receive such instructions for four years, as 
will enable them to cultivate the Grape with entire success, 
provided their locality is not too far non h. 
All communications addressed to R. T UNDERHILL, M D. 
New-York, or Croton Point, Westchester Co , N. Y., will re¬ 
ceive attention. 
Having ripened his whole crop of Isabella and Catawba 
Grapes in 1857, the coolest se son and most difficult to ripen in 
20 years, he is confirmed in the belief that a good crop of fruit 
can be obtained every year, by improved cultivation, pruning, 
&c., in most of the Northern, all of the Middle, Western and 
Southern Mates. 
N B.—To those who take sufficient, to plant six acres as he 
directs, he will, when they commence bearing, furnish the own¬ 
er with one of his Vine dressers; whom be has instructed in his 
mode of cultivation, and he will do all the labor of the Vine¬ 
yard, and insure the most perfect success. The only charge, a 
reasonable compensation for the labor. 
Also, APPLE-QUINCE THEES. (which are sometimes 
called Orange Quince,) for sale as above 
Also for sale at His Wine and Grape Depot, No. 293 Broadway, 
New-York, by the case, in bottles. 
PURE ISABELLA AND CATAWBA WINE, 
Made bv competent persons, under his own inspection, at Cro¬ 
ton Point, from perfectly ripe grapes, suitable for medicinal, sa¬ 
cramental, and all other purposes where a pure wine is desira¬ 
ble. R. T. UNDERHILL, M. D. 
The Hartford Prolific Grape, 
(Recommended by the Pomologieal Convention, as promising 
well.) 
Always ripens a f ull crop , before frost, on open trellises. 
Vines for sale by J. MASON & CO., 
Washington-st. Nursery, Hartford, Conn. 
One-year-old layers, propagated from original vine, at 50 cts. 
By the hundred $9 per dozen. Single vines from 75 to lOOcents. 
A few two-year-old vines at Si 50 each. Small plants, one- 
year old, from eyes. 25 to 50 cents each, and $1 per dozen. 
G R A P E VIN ES.— IS A B ELLA, CAT AW* 
ba, and Northern Muscadine—The subscribers being 
largely engaged in ilie Grape culture, now ofier to the public 
several thousand Vines, in lots to suit, purchasers, of their own 
raising, with prices according to age and quality. Particular 
attention paid to the forming of vineyards. Address Depew’s 
Nurseries. Nyack Rockland Co , N Y. City references, Mr. 
John W Towt, No. 56 Beekman St., Mr. John H. Stephens, 788 
Greenwich St. • 
ORAPE VINES—3,000 Isabella and Ca- 
tavvba Grape Vines for sale bv 
SIDNEY E VAN WYCK, 
Fislikill, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
The New Rochelle or Lawton, ) T>Iachhprrv Plant* 
Lawton or New Rochelle, | HiacKtierry Plants. 
PRICES REDUCED. 
The undersigned agents for Messrs. GEO. SEYMOUR & CO., 
and other nurserymen of position and reputation, offer the above 
remarkable plan's at the following very low range of prices. 
One Thousand Plants.$80 1 Fifty Plants.$G 
Five Hundred Plants. 41 Two Dozen Plants. 3 
One Hundred Plants. 10 I One Dozen Plants. 2 
(TsP Good Plants for setting of a second size, will be sold foi 
$60 per 1,000 Plants, or $10 per 100 Plants. 
warranted genuine. 
Also pamphlet on Origen, History, characteristics, and cul 
ture of the same. DREW & FRENCH, 
Produce Commission Merchants, 
85 Barclay Street, New-York 
ILawtou Blackberry Pjaists. 
In all cases warranted of the original stock, and raised under 
the supervision of the suberiber up«<n his own grounds in New 
Rochelle and each dozen separately secured in moss for conve¬ 
nience of distribution by Clubs, and packed in boxes. 
SCALE OF TRICES BY THE DOZEN.. 
A box of one dozen....$2 
three dozen. 5 
eight dozen.'0 
eighteen dozen.f.0 
fifty dozen.fcO 
OiT 3 The name and direction of purchasers ehoul I be dis¬ 
tinctly written, and the money accompany the order. 
Address WILLIAM LAWTON, 
15 Wall st., New-Y.*'' . 
New-RoclieHe or JLawton 
BLACKBERRY PLANTS. 
The Subscriber having 2% acres of the above plants in culti¬ 
vation at the St. Louis County Fruit Garden, situated at Eure¬ 
ka Station. P. R R . is prepared to fill large orders the coming 
Fail and Spring at the following Eastern prices, packed and de¬ 
livered at any express office in St. Louis free of charge : 
100 plants.$10 On I 50 plants. $6 Of) 
25 plants. 3 50 | 12 plants. 2 00 
The money should accompany the order. 
JOHN S. SEYMOUR. 
Allenton, St. Louis Co., Mo. 
P RUNING SHEARS—Or Garden Snips— 
See what the Editor of this paper savs of them in the Jan¬ 
uary No , (page 27.) Made and sold at wholesale and retail, by 
JOHN ROWE & CO., 269 Pearl-st. 
Cane Mills and BastilSenes. 
general copper-smitii work. 
Distilleries of all kinds for making brandy and alcohol from 
Chinese Syrup. Steam and horse cane mills, syrup pans, skim¬ 
mers dippers, syrup guag' S and pumps, brewing apparatus, by 
steam or lire. JOHN W. REID, 11,Old-slip, N Y. 
Agricultural Implements 
of all kinds, for sale by ,T. B. RYAN, Importer of Hardware 
14 Yonge-st., Toront o, Canada West. 
Manufacturers of above goods will send their lists 
