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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for April- 
Agricultural Department at Washington.103 
American Agriculturist—What it has accomplished... 102 
April — Suggestions for the Month—Trees . 97 
Bees—Another Man’s Mistakes about.109 
Bees-Apiary in April. 99 
Bees—Hunting.121 
Books—Revie w of Agricultural Patent Office Report.. 104 
Book—Onion Culture.12S 
Boys—Can my son succeed in New-York ?.121 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns—Grandmother and the Little 
Girls ; Uncle Frank’s Letter from St. Augustine ; 
Kites and how to make them ; The Horned Frog , 
Illustrated Rebus ; Answers to Problems ..6 Illus¬ 
trations.119, 120, 121 
Bread—Soda in, again.119 
Butter—That “ Western Grease ”.107 
Calendar of Operations.98, 99 
Carrots—Culture of.103 
Cattle—Dealing with refractory Cows.106 
Cattle—Making Cows give down milk.121 
Chicory—Raising it in this Country . ...102 
Children—Plowing.Illustrated.. 112 
Cisterns—Improvement in Filtering. .2 Illustrations.. 118 
Cranberries—Cultivation of. 121 
Cranberries—Upland.121 
Currant—Zante.115 
Currants and Gooseberries—Planting. 121 
Dairy, No. IV—Prize Article: Parturition, Milking, 
Management of Milk and Cream, etc.107 
Drains—Kitchen.119 
Evergreen Cone Ornaments.117 
Farm Calendar for April. 98 
Farm—How does it Pay. .106 
Fencing IV.—Prize Article : Stone Walls.110 
Flowers in Shells.3 Illustrations. .117 
Flower Garden and Lawn in April. 99 
Frog—Horned..121 
Fruits—Past and Present of American... More about— 
Peaches.Ill 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit in April. 98 
Grafting—Hints on.3 Illustrations. .114 
Grafting Old Trees.121 
Grapes—Grafting and Transplanting.115 
Grapes—The Newer.115 
Grass—Honey-Blade.104 
Grass—Timothy after Hungarian.121 
Green and Hot House Calendar. 99 
House Cleaning.118 
Indoor Work.117 
Insects—Onion Fly.....3 Illustrations. .108 
Insects—Planting Pea Weevil.121 
Borers in Trees, to prevent. 121 
Lakes—Frozen in Scotland.121 
Lantern Blinks VIII.—An Old Style Farmer.106 
Luck and Pluck.112 
Manures—Homeopathy and Allopathy.2 Illustr..l05 
Manure—Burned Sods and Weeds for .105 
Manures—American Guano.121 
Manuring with Mud.105 
Medal—That Silver .121 
Notice—Important.121 
Nuts—Stocks for Madeira, etc.121 
Onion Culture—Book on.128 
Orchard and Nursery, Calendar for April. 98 
Patent Office Report for 1857 .104 
Plow—A Primitive .Illustrated..112 
Plowing Deep—When to do it.109 
Potato—Buckeye.103 
Premiums- Special, of Seeds.128 
Puzzles and Problems. 4 .121 
Rebus.Illustrated. .121 
Recipes—Nonsensical.117 
Seed Distribution Closed.128 
Seeds—Notes on culture of those Distributed. 99 
Seeds—Sprouting Locust.121 
Seeds—Where to procure.121 
Sheep—Vermin or Scab on..Illustrated.. 109 
Shells—Flowers in hanging.3 Illustrations. .117 
Stables—Healthy.Ill 
Strawberries—IIow to Raise. 115 
Sugar, Cane—How grown and Manufactured.101 
Tree—The Traveler's.IIlustrated..116 
t.’rees—Catalogue of Apple.121 
frees—Dwarf becoming Standard.121 
Trees—Evergreens from Seed.113 
Trees—How long will they Live.112 
Trees—Norway Spruce for Hedges.121 
Trees—Planting Straight.Illustrated.. 113 
Trees—Planting Shade.113 
Trees—Transplating Budded.121 
Whitewash—The Best.118 
ISF Seed. BMsfa’iMitioai Closed. 
We announced in our last number that our general 
Distribution of Seeds would close with the month of 
March. The applications from very distant subscribers 
still arriving, will be filled. New subscribers received 
luring April and May will be allow’ed to select the usual 
3 to 5 packages from such seeds as we have remaining, 
provided they furnish the customary prepared, post-paid, 
envelopes. (For the list of seeds yet on hand, see below.) 
SPECIAL SEED PREMIUM, 
[The ten general Premiums offered in our January, 
Februaty and March numbers for new subscribers to this 
volume are still continued, and persons may yet fill out 
their old lists or make up new ones for those premiums. 
As an additional inducement to persons soliciting new 
subscribers at this season we now add another premium 
(XI) which will be given for new subscribers obtained in 
April or May, when the same are not counted in one of 
the other 10 premiums.] 
PFtE.3111151 XI.—Any person procuring and for¬ 
warding (after April 1st) new subscribers to the Agricul¬ 
turist tor Vol.l8,and$l for each) may select from the list of 
seeds below as many packages as will go under four 3-cent 
postage stamps tor each new name and we will send the 
seeds post-paid by ourselves. N. IS.—If the new subscri- 
ers are taken at club rates, either as additions to old clubs, 
oi in new clubs, the receiver of the premium w ill need 
to send the 12 cents postage to be paid on each premium 
package. (Wo only pay the postage when the full price 
is paid.) 
It will be seiV. hat from 4 to 20 parcels of seed may be 
chosen for each new name—according to the kind desired. 
Of the flower seeds about 5 packages of seed will go un¬ 
der one stamp. In addition to the premium parcel, 
given to the procurer of a name, the new subscriber will 
himself be entitled to select three to five parcels by send¬ 
ing prepared, pre-paid envelopes as noted above. Sever¬ 
al of the seeds in the following list are particularly choice 
or rare, and on this account could not be offered in our 
General Distribution. We shall probably have enough to 
meet all the demands made for this special premium. 
Field. Seeds. 
1— White Sugar Beet—Single or double packages, as 
desired, requiring one or two 3-cent postage stamps. 
2— King Philip Corn—Single, double, or triple pack¬ 
ages, as desired, requiring one, two, or three 3 cent 
stamps. 
3— stowell’s Sweet Corn—Same packages as No. 1. 
4— White Poland Oats—Same packages as No. 2. 
5— Chinese Sugar Cane—Any subscriber may select 
any amount, from half an ounce up to a full pound of this, 
by providing for the transportation by mail, or express, or 
otherwise. If to go by mail, a 3-cent stamp is required 
for each half ounce. 
G—Ashcroft’s Swedish Turnip—Half of 3-cent stamp. 
G8—Purple-top Scotch, or Bullock Turnip— do. 
G9—Green-top Scotch, or Bullock Turnip— do. 
70— Waite’s London purple-top Sweede Turnip— do. 
93— Hungarian Grass—One or two 3-cent stamps. 
94— Crystal Flint or Hominy Corn—One 3-cent stamp. 
Veg'eUiMe or Garden Seeds. 
8—Daniel O'Rourke Pea—Packages same as No. 1. 
9—Champion of England Pea— One 3-cent stamp. 
96—Champion of Scotland Pea— do. 
57— Eugenie Pea— do. 
58— Napoleon Pea— do. 
59— King of the Marrow Pea— do. 
GO —Blue Sickle Pea— do. 
12—Green Kohl ltabi— One-third of a 3-cent stamp. 
1 5 — Mammoth Cabbage Lettuce— do do. 
I G— Long Orange Carrot— do do do. 
G7—Intermediate Carrot—very fine flavoi do. 
1 7 — Red Strap-Leaf Turnip—One-half of a 3-cent stamp, 
t 9—Round Spinach— do do 
20 — Salsafy— do do 
22—Boston Marrow Squash— do do 
95—Hubbard Squash— do do 
21— Winter Cherry— One-third of a 3-cent stamp. 
55—White Globe "Onion— do do 
72—Imported Brussels Sprouts— do 
7 3—Egg Plants, (mixed)— do do 
74 — Solid White Celery— do do 
75—Green Curled Endive— do do 
7G— Musk Melon— do do 
7 7—Water Melon— do do 
92 — Ok>a— do do 
G3—London Particular Long Scarlet Radish— do 
G4—Extra Red Round Turnip Radish— do 
05 —Waite’s Large Cabbage Savoy— do 
06—Extra London Curled Parsley— do 
Flower and Ornamental Scetls. 
89—Cotton Plant (2 kinds)—One 3 centstamp. 
On an average, about five of the following 24 varieties 
will go under a '3-cent postage stamp. 
2 3 —Mignonette. 47—Morning Glory, mixed. 
25—Mixed Nasturtiums. 49—Candy Tuft. 
27 — Extra Cockscomb. 50-Schizanthus. 
28— Dwf. Rocket Larkspur.51 —Phlox Drummondii. 
29 — Double Balsams, mix'd.7 9—Ageratum Mexicanum. 
3G —Tassel Flower 7 9—Germ. 10-weeks Slock. 
3 j —Chinese Pink. 80— Yellow' Hawkweed. ■ 
3 2 —Portulaeas, mixed 83-Suap-Dragon. 
38_Sweet William. 84—African Marigold. 
40 — Escholtzia Califomica. 86 —Euphorbia, mixed. 
4 I-Elegant Clarkia. 87—Coreopsis. 
42 —Foxglove. 88 —Globe Amaranth. 
ONION CULTURE! ONION CULTURE \ 
EXPERIENCE of seventeen practical men. 
This work, now in type, proves to be even moro valua¬ 
ble than we had expected. It contains, in addition to the 
full, practical directions for Onion Culture, an interesting 
illustrated article on the Onion Fly and its Prevention, 
by a distinguished Entomologist. This addition, and 
other causes, have delayed the publication longer than 
we expected, but orders will now be speedily filled. It 
will, we are confident, be worth many times the price, to 
everyone who raises this vegetable. 
Price per copy (sent post-paid by mail), 21 cents (or 7 
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