1873 .] 
[August, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
TO INVESTORS. 
The Northern Pacific Rail¬ 
road Company having de¬ 
termined to close its 7-30 
First JLortyaye Gold Loan, 
and thereafter to -pay no higher rate of interest 
than 6 per cent on further issues of its bonds, 
THE LIMITED REMAINDER OF THE. 7 3-10 
LOAN IS NOW BEING DISPOSED OF through tile 
usual agencies. 
This affords a desirable opportunity to persons 
wishing to reinvest interest or divi¬ 
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The Company' now has more-than 500 miles of its 
road built and in operation, including the entire 
Eastern Division, connecting Lake Superior and 
the navigation of the Missouri River; the work of 
construction is progressing satisfactorily ; the 
Company has earned title to nearly ten million 
acres of ils land grant, and sales of lands have thus 
far averaged §5 66 per acre, 
All marketable securities are received in ex¬ 
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NEW WORK ON ARCHITECTURE. 
CUMMINGS’ 
Architectural 
Details. 
CONTAINING 
887 Designs and 967 Illustrations 
Of the Various Parts Needed in the Construc¬ 
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both for the City and Country. 
ALSO, PLANS AND ELEVATIONS OF 
Houses, Stores, Cottages, and 
Other Buildings. 
■Window Gardening. 
By HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
EDITOR OF THE IIORTICUI.TURIST, AND HORTICULTURAL 
EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK INDEPENDENT. 
FINELY ILLUSTRATED. 
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CONTENTS: 
Chap. L—Window Gardening 
—Its Pleasures—Increase in 
Popular Taste — Refilling 
Influences. 
Chap. 2.—Location and De¬ 
signs for Window Gardens. 
Chap. 3.—General Manage¬ 
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Chap. 4.—Special Care of 
Window Gardens. 
Chap. 5.—Insects, and howto 
Kill them. 
Chap. 6.—Propagation from 
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Chap. Propagating Boxes, 
Heating Cases, etc. 
Chap. 8.—Window Pots, Box¬ 
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Chap. 11.—The Ivy for Deco¬ 
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Chap. • 12. —Climbing Vines, 
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Chap. 13.—Bulbs. 
Chap. 14.—Fevnerles.Wardian 
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Chap, la.— The Camellia. 
Chap. Ifi—The Rose. 
Chap. 17.—The Fuchsia, Myr¬ 
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Chap. IS.—The Heliotrope. 
i hap. 19.—The Geranium. 
Chap. 20.—Tlie Oleander,Bou- 
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Chap. 21. —Verbenas, Petu¬ 
nias, etc. 
Chap. 22.—The Mignonette, 
Cinerarias. 
Chap. 23.—Carnations. 
j Chap. 24.—Alpine Plants. 
I Chap.25.—Miscellaneous 
Plants. 
Chap. 20.— Parlor Decora- 
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Chapter I.—History of Fish Culture. 
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Chapter ni.—Planning and Construction of Ponds. 
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Chapter . V.—Spawning. Races. 
Chapter VI.—Artificial Impregnation. 
Chapter VII.—Incubation. 
Chapter VIII.— Care of Young in Nursery. 
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Chapter X.—Second and Third Years. 
Chapter XI.—Transportation. 
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