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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
77 
BY MAIL. 
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF GRAPES, STRAWBERRIES, 
RASPBERRIES, BLACKBERRIES, GOOSEBERRIES, 
AND CURRANTS. 
¥ O 11 ^10 .0 0 
United 
T''e will Bcnd to any rost-OQlco address In the 
States, the whole of the following list. 
GRAPE VINES. 
O CONCOIID. The most valuable Grape In America. 
2 IVK.S. The best American wine grape. 
I 1 The best very early graju^s yet 
1 CllICVIilil.NCJ. 1 thoroughly tested. 
1 lON.V. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
12 JITCL'N DA—our No. 700. Greatly the most 
valuable of all our strawberries. See Cut on page 71. 
12 KI L<L^OIIK. Second only to Jucunda. 
12 Hl-KIlVS NKW PI\E, or 1 The best very 
12 fiOLDEX SEEDED. I 
12 WILSON'. The best for canning 
12 ACJUICl'LTl'UIST. 
early varieties. 
RASPBERRIES. 
3 BRINTKLE’S Olt.lN'GE. The finest flavored. 
3 l.niMCOVED BLACK C.IP. Very good and 
an enormous bearer. 
BLACKBERRIES. 
2 KOCIIELLE. Very good and productive. 
GOOSEBERRIES. 
2 A:»IEBIC.1N seedling. Very good and a 
great bearer. 
CURRANTS. 
3 VEBSAILLAISE. The most valuable. 
3 WHITE GB-IPE. The best for wine. 
FOE 8 20.00, 
tVe win send to any Post-Offlee address in the United 
States, the whole of the following list. 
GRAPE VINES. 
12 CONCORD. 
C IVES. 
G f’REVELING. 
1 II.IRTFORD. 
1 IONA. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
25 JX'CENDA—our No. 700. 
2.» EILLIRORE. 
25 BURR’S NEW PIIVE, or 
25 GOLDEN SEEDED. 
25 WIL'ON. 
25 .VGRICULTURIST. 
RASPBERRIES. 
6 BRINCKLE’S ORANGE. 
0 IMPROVED BLACK CAP. 
BLACKBERRIES. 
G ROCHELLE. 
GOOSEBERRIES. 
G AIRERICAN SEEDLING. 
CURRANTS. 
G VERSAILLAISE. 
G WTIITE GRAPE. 
THE ABOVE VINES AND PLANTS WILL BE : 
1. All No. 1. 
2. Carefully Marked. 
3. Safely Packed. 
U. Post Paid. 
5. Their Safe Carriage Guaranteed. 
O AceompanyiiiK encli parkaftc there will 
be Printed liistrurtinns for their man- 
agrnient and cultivation. 
The purchaser Is at liberty to omit any of the varieties 
named lu these lists, and Increiiso others to the same amount. 
We are Induced to make the above offers, 
1. rtecause there are many points throughout the country 
which cannot be easily reached except by mall. 
2. Where there are express facilities the charges are often 
nnreasonable. 
fly the above arrangement, wherever there Is a Post-Office, 
parties ordering may be snre of getting a first-class article 
delivered to them as safely as their letters, and free of 
chaise. 
Our present stock of vines and plants Is much the largest 
and best we have ever offered. It ils Important to know as 
soon as possible, what portion of it to reserve for mail or¬ 
ders. We therefore solicit early orders, and make the fol" 
lowing additional most liberal proposals « 
For every $10 order as above, accompanied by the cash, 
received previous to March Ist, we will add vines and plants 
to the amount of $1. 
And for every $20 order, as above, accompanied by the 
cash, received previous to March Ist, we will add vines and 
plants to the amount of $2.50. 
Thus, every family throughout the length and breadth of 
the country, has the opportunity of securing, by a small 
outlay, a complete and valuable selection of Small 
Fruits. 
All orders will be filled In rotation as received, or at times 
designated, as far as practicable. 
Our Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue is a valuable 
treatise on small Fruit Culture, and will be sent to 
all applicants enclosing 10 Cents. 
J. KNOX, 
Box 155, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
VEGETABLES AND FLOWER SEEDS. 
jr. KNOX, nORTICULXURIST ANR SEEDSMAN, 
WATtEIIOTT^E, No. 137 Liberty Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
130 Acros Appropriated to the Culture of Crapes, Strawberries, Currants, 
Raspberries, icc. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
This Season'i supply of Seeds has been chosen with more 
than usual care, and grown by experienced Seedsmen In 
Fiirope and the United States. I am enabled through early 
contracts to offer Seeds of first quality, at reasonable rates. 
Descriptive Catalogues mailed upon receipt of postage. 
They contain much valuable Horticultural Information. 
For convenience and economy, I will send by mail, P"**" 
uald. uimn receipt of the annexed prlces-UclI- 
abl« Collection* for Small or Large Garelens. 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
ASSOUTMENT XO. 1.—20 Select kinds.$1-^ 
•* •• 2.—SO “ “ 2.00 
- •• 3.—100 “ “ . 
•• “ 4.-8 “ “ . 
The last Collection embraces the new and charming Pru^ 
flan varieties of Panale*, Zinnia*, nalsam*. Ten 
Neclev’* Amateur Collection of Plilox 
mondU, and .Tapan Pink*, ^'-cse Presmtt ^ 
of all the snb-varlctlcs, and have gained first Prixe* 
at our Exhibitions. 
SILVERS’ 
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ASSORTMENT NO. 1.—Intended for a small garden, ^ 
ft quarter of an acre. $->.00 
u « 2.—For half an acre. 10-00 
. 1 * 3.—For one acre. 20.t)0 
SPECIAL COLLECTION, 
Including the following new and highly approved varletle . 
Maupay’* Tomato. 
Lc Nourmand Cauliflower. 
Covent Garden Radisb. Tennis Ball Lettuce. 
Improved White Spine Cucumber. 
New Dwarf Sugar Com. 
WInningstadt Cabbage. 
Newington Wonder (Dwarf) Beans. 
Early Red Onion, Extra. 
Student* Parsnip. 
Citron Melon, Negley’s Hybrids, fln«- 
Early Scarlet Short Horn Carrot. 
Sweet I’otato Squa.sb. 
Cole’s Crystal White Celery. 
Peas, Hantel O’Rourke, and Hairs. 
I>warf Mammoth. ® 
rp-Insure promptness and certainty by early orders. 
DESCRIPTION. 
A single brush or stalk is represented by A; B represents 
two brushes with tlieir stems bent and passed through tlio 
malleable iron loop C; these bi-ushes are arranged alter¬ 
nately until the loop is filled, as represented by D; the seam¬ 
less metallic head F, made of polished sheet brass or German 
silver, is then passed over the filled loop, after which it Is 
firmly screwed into the ferruled handle, and thus held in a 
compact form as represented by the cut. 
This celebrated broom has now been before the public for 
one year, and has proved itself to he as represented—the 
cheapest, simplest, most beautiful, durable and elastic in 
the United States. It has been awarded the first premium 
wherever exhibited, including the New York, Ohio, and 
Kentucky State Fairs of 1866, and is highly recommended by 
the leading journals, and scientific riien of the country, as 
tlie following unsolicited notices of the press and testimo¬ 
nials will show. 
[From the Scientific American.] 
Silvers’ method op ooMSTEtrcTiiro a broom makes a 
MUCH BETTER ARTICLE THAN THE OLD-FASHIONED ONE, POE 
THE SHANK IS STIFF AND HELD PAST, THUS OBTAINING A 
SPRING OK ELASTICITY WHICH IS VALUED BY HOUSEKEEP¬ 
ERS. 
[From the American Agriculturist, after 3 Month’s Test.] 
Silvers’ Patent Broom.— Tliis is a novelty, certainly. 
By means of a cap and screw, the brush can he removed at 
any time. 'VVe have no broom corn at hand to test the re¬ 
moval of the old brush and the putting in of new, hut we do 
not see wliy it can not he readily done by anyone, and farm- 
era thus raise a little plot of broom corn and make their 
own brooms, after buying a patent handle. The one we are 
using has a superior elasticity. 
[From the Boston Cultivator.] 
Everybody who sees it says it is perfection, and that it will 
soon supersede all others. Let every farmer plant a small 
piece of broom corn, grow tlie brush and make his own 
brooms hereafter, as all can do. 
[From a Report of the American Institute “Farmers’ Club,” 
in the New York Weekly Tribune.] 
Silvers’ Patent Broom was exhibited. An iron screw-bolt, 
some six Inche.s long, has an open head. The stalks of the 
brush are scarfed oft’ and put in. this loop, alternately front 
each side, until there is enough for a broom. Then a metal- 
lie cap Is slipped down over the brush, to hold it m proper 
shape and keep it firm lu the loop. The handle is theu 
screwed on, anci the broom Is finished. When the broom is 
worn out, unscrew, shake out the old brush and insert new. 
A child ten years old can make a new broom m ten minutes. 
These new contrivances will tempt farmers to grow their 
own broom corn. 
Emporium of Fashion, 4*3 Rroadway, 
New York, June, 1866. 
Mr Silvers ; The beauty and practical utility of your 
“Excelsior Broom Head” are too self-evident to require 
commendation. 1 cordially indorse ‘^’^eMOREST. 
[From Prof. 0. S. Fowler, the Celebrated Phrenologist.] 
Dear Sirs: In my judgment do* 
vprv best sweepins: instrument extant. You will save am 
^ara^o"eVery c?eanly Jjmily. and 
our country by its IrfR-oduction—lu doing w men j on are 
public benefactors. 
fFrom E P Cooley, the Noted Corn Bromn and Brush 
[1 rom " 294 Pearl Street, New \ ork.] 
QHvprs’ is the only Patent Broom I have ever seen that Is 
of any account this patent, for simplicity, clurahility, 
beauty, elasticity and cheapness, seems peifection itseli. 
[From Miles Greenwood & Co., Cincinnati.] 
TinvfTnr examined Silvers’ Patent Excelsior Broom N6aa. 
w?havo°no iiesitation in recommending it as being one of 
the most perfect wc have seen. fG will wear 
The Elasticity of this Broom is so great Yo-? 
twice affong. sweep with halt the 
•WEAR OUT TUB CARPET OnC fOUrtll rg the 
broom. It is fast ^^coming a urnversajfavori . 
ONLY foons D Will^oon he supplied by 
Xd^atos .at two^K th^cost o7the common brooni. 
TO AGENTS.-We want Ag®nt in ever^ Com 
U nited States. We notWng for B 
let it stand on Its own merits. AU ol on s ^ 
well. Mr.Geo. A. Wetherell william 
and expects to sell hianv ^ in Ulster Co., N. 
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to he procured. 
For Illustrated Circular, Terms, &c., Address 
C. A. CIaEGG & CO., 
80« Broadway, New Yoi'K, 
Proprietors and Manufacturers. 
