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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[March, 
gardens where there is a greeii-housc. Verbenas, 
Bouvardias, Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, Ageratuins, 
and all such things may be multiplied in any quan¬ 
tity. The chief point in propagating from cuttings 
is to keep the temperature of the house 10° to 15° 
lower than that of the cutting bench, which should 
be from 65° to 75°. Put in a good stock of 
ChrysmntJiemums, for tliey are generally forgotten, 
as they do not bloom until quite late. The best 
plants are raised from cuttings. Sow seeds of 
Tender Annuals, and when large eimugh, pot them 
off and set strong plants for use out of doors. 
Camellias, and other liard-wooded shrubs, will 
now be making a new growth, and will need more 
care in watering, and may be put in a warmer place. 
Prune, if not already done. The Camellia “ breaks” 
very readily, and may be cut at will, with the prob¬ 
ability tliat branches will start in abundance. 
Azaleas will now be in bloom, and those that are 
in demand may be brought in a warmer place. 
Give sufficient water when in flower. Keep the 
better of the green fly and of other insects by 
Fumigation with tobacco, and whenever an insect 
of any kind appears on a plant, do not rest until 
that plant has been attended to ; prbicipiis dbsta, 
or in plain English, “nip in the bud,” should be 
the motto of the gardener in treating insects. 
Forcing Plants, that have been kept in cold frames, 
may be brought forward, if not already done. 
Bulbs, such as Tuberoses and Lilies, may be had 
in flower earlier, if they are started in pots ready 
to turn out into the ground in warm weather. 
Cold drapery. 
Avoid starting the vines before their growth can 
be pushed rapidly, and to this end the house must 
be kept cool by opening the doors and ventilators. 
While preserving a low temperature, avoid sudden 
changes. In northern localities, it is not safe 
to start the vines before n,ext month generally. 
Apiary in March.— PreparedbgM. Quin- 
Inj .—In consequence of the scanty stores provided in 
most places, the last season, bees may yet be in 
danger of starving. If your hives have moveable 
combs lift them out, and if there is no sealed honey, 
the bees should be fed. To examine box hives, invert 
them, if possible, in the sun. Sealed honey will be 
near the top, and may be seen by clear sunlight. 
This should be done in the cool morning. Should the 
bees be disturbed, use smoke to quiet them, and 
drive them from places you want to inspect. Sealed 
honey is best to feed bees; strained honey will do, 
but it is scented farther. If none of any kind is to be 
had, sugar may be used. Add hot water and make a 
syrup about the consistence of honey. Feeding is 
done best at the top of the hive at this season. The 
feed may be put in a shallow dish, sprinkling cut 
straw upon it, to prevent the bees from drowning. 
Or a piece of old honey comb may be laid on the top, 
and a few spoonfuls poured into the cells every day 
or two. Trail a little down into the hive, till the bees 
learn the way to the feed dish ; feed at piglit. Cover 
all with a tight, close-fitting box. This is the 
season when bees are disposed to pillage. Feeding 
is apt to induce it. A queenless hive is in danger 
of robbery; so is a eolony very much weakened. 
The true condition of every stock should be ascer¬ 
tained now. Change bottom boards. Have one 
clean and dry on which set the liive. Examine 
among the chips, dead bees and filth, for young im¬ 
mature bees or eggs; any seen indicate the pres¬ 
ence of a queen. Clean this bottom board and use 
it for the next hive. A queenless colony should be 
united with a weak one containing a queen. All 
weak colonies sliould have their entrances con¬ 
tracted, to allow room for only one bee to pass. 
Dead bees in masses between the combs should be 
removed before becoming moldy, or, ifalrcadj'so, 
cut out the combs as far as the mold extends. Feed¬ 
ing flour as food for young bees takes attention 
from robbing. Rye, ground fine and unbolted, seems 
to be the best; mix "with bran or cut iiay. An aver¬ 
age of three or four pounds to the hive is suffi¬ 
cient. Place it in the sun, but out of the wind. 
In setting out bees from the cellar, endeavor to 
have eaeh occupy tlie stand of tlie last year. Choose 
a warm day, but not too Avarm. It sometimes liap- 
pens in large apiaries, ^vhcre a few are set out at a 
time, tliat the first ones, having been out a day or 
two and everything in order, commence robbing. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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each: Ten to nineteen copies, $1.20 each: Twenty copies 
and upwards, $1 each. Papers arc addressed to each name. 
: MATiCH 111 I 
LAST,.MARCH, 
A <»re;at Masay I*ersoMS filled up their 
Premium Clubs, Avhich had been previously begun, and 
receiA^ed the valuable articles they desired from our list. 
A C»reat Many started new Club 
lists cffter the first of March, and filled them up in a brief 
time, and these also received very valuable articles. 
THIS„.MARCH, 
us have a good premium club at every post-ofllce in all the 
land, and the humbug business will die of starvation. 
NAell, look over our premium list, choose the 
premium you would like, take a copy of the paper, sally 
out among neighbors and friends, in your own neigh¬ 
borhood and elsewhere (for premium dubs need not be 
all at one post-office), and in a brief time the desired num¬ 
ber of subscribers can be gathered, and the premium 
secured. A full description of the premiums Avill be sent 
free to any one desiring it. Any Specimen numbers, 
cards and shoAV bills needed, Avill be supplied free» 
Oar premiums are all 7'eally valuable artides, such as 
Ave can cheerfully recommend to our friends. By whole¬ 
sale purchases, by adA^ertising arrangements, etc., we are 
able to supply them as premiums on far better terms than 
we could buy and sell them, and we thus pay our can¬ 
vassers much more than we could possibly do in cash. 
I^^We take so TTMch pains to procure only good 
articles in all cases, that any one securing anything from 
our premium, list, saves the risk usually run of getting 
poor or indifferent goods, when buying of unknown or 
irresponsible parties. Every thing we send out as a 
premium is guaranteed to be the best of its kind and price. 
Xliree Xlioiisaiid. I*ersoits, at least, 
may fill up the Premium Clubs for Avhich they have al¬ 
ready sent some names, and receive the desired premiums. 
Seventeen Xliousnnd Otl&ers, (one 
at each P. O.) may start now and make up a iww Premi¬ 
um Club, and secure the excellent premiums... .This is 
A GOOD MONTH 
Xo Secure Snl»scril>ers. People are 
beginning in earnest to plan out the SPEESTG WORK, 
in the FIELD, in the ORCHARD, in the GARDEN, 
around the HOUSE, and in the HOUSE. They feel, or 
ought to feel, the necessity of gathering every hint and 
suggestion they can obtain from others. They will get a 
great many valuable and profitable hints from the Agricul¬ 
turist, if some one will sIioav them the paper, explain Avhat 
it is, and ask them to subscribe for a year . .More than 
PrciMiiim Names 
have been sent in already this year, besides the regular 
subscribers; and Ave have had the pleasure of sending out 
a very large number of the excellent articles named in the 
table (next column.) But the supply of prremimns is un¬ 
limited, and all toho want them may get them .. .At nearly 
EVERY POST OFFICE 
in the United States and British Provinces, there are per¬ 
sons enough Avho Avould be benefited by the Agriculturist, 
to make up one or more large premium dubs. Prom some 
single post-offices, even in small country toAvns, Av'e have 
received premium lists of one, tAVO, and three hundred 
subscribers, gathered by enterprising persons. It only 
needs some one to shoAV the paper, explain its adA'anta- 
ges, and tell hoAV cheap it is, to secure a subscription in 
every family. Why! for less than 3 cents a Aveek (or 
less than the cost of a cigar), each subscriber gets a paper 
containing, during the year, over Ten Thousand BoUars 
tcorth of original Engravings, besides reading matter that 
costs nearly or quite Fifteen Thousand Dollars. In a mul¬ 
titude of cases reported to us, single hints in this paper 
have been Avoi-th scores of dollars, and often hundreds. 
We have abundant CAddence that during ISfiG this paper 
saved to the people of the country millions of dollars, by 
its exposures of Humbugs alone. The Ncav York SAvin- 
dlers have confessed that their business has nearly ceased 
to pay in the Northern and Middle States “ on account of 
the muss raised by that Judd’s paper,” and noAv they haA^e 
gone to Avork vigorously down South,Avherc its circulation 
Avas disturbed by the war, and is not yet fully restored, 
though it is rapidly finding its Avay everyAvhere there. Let 
Number 
of Sub¬ 
scribers 
required 
at at 
$150 $1 
Every article offered is new and of the very best 
manufacture. No charge is made for packing or boxing 
any of the articles in this Premium List. The forty- 
three Premiums. Nos. 1, 2, 6, and from 29 to 32, 
and from 40 to 75 inclusive, will each he delivered 
FREE of all charges, by mail or express, {at the Post- 
Office or express office nearest recipient), to any place in 
the United States or Territories, excepting those reached 
only by the Overland Mail.—The other articles cost the 
recipient only the freight after leaving the manufactory 
of each, by any conveyance that may be specified. 
Table of I*remiums and Terms, . g 
For Volume 26— (1867). 
-S S 
Open, to all—No Competition, g 
No. Names of Premium Articles. _^ 
X—Garden Seeds for a Family (40 kinds) $5 00 
Flower Seeds for a Family (100 kinds) $5 00 
3 —Nursery Stock (.Any kinds desired) ... .$20 00 
A—Iona Grape Vines (VZofNo. 1).$18 00 
5—Concord Grape Vines (100 of No. 1 ) ..$12 oo! 
G—Japan Lilies (la Bulbs) . .$6 OO' 
7— Sewing Machine ( Wheeler <6 Wilson) . $55 CO' 
8 — Sewing Machine (Grover dk Baker) . $55 OO! 
O—Sewing Machine (Singer's Tailoring)..^!) oo' 
XO—Sewing Machine (Florence^ .$63 Co! 
XX—Sewing Machine (Willcox efc Gibbs) _ $55 OO! 
Xii—Sewing Machine (Howe's) ...$60 OOj 
X'i—Washing Machine (Doty's) . $14 oo 
14— Clothes Wringer (Best—Univei'sal) .$10 Oo! 
15— Tea Set (Hart's best Silver Plated) .$50 00 
16— Castors aarf Fniit Basket (do. do.)....$30 00| 
X7—Ice or Water Pitcher (do. do.) ,...$18 00' 
X 8 —One Dozen Tea Spoons (do. do.) _$7 5 o! 
XG—One Dozen Table Spoons (do. do.) _$15 001 
HG—One Dozen Dining Forks (do. do.)... $15 00 
aX—Piano (Best Steinway ck Son's 7-octa»e)$625 OOi 
H'Z—Melodeon, 5-octave(G.A.Prince tf:Co.’s)$112 00' 
a^—Melodeon, i-octave (do, do.) .$67 00 ' 
HA—Ladies' Gold Watch (Beautiful) .$100 00' 
fJ5 —Silver Watch (Valuable Time Keeper). •is'i 50i 
HG—Double Barrel Gun (Very good) . $30 00| 
H7—Speiicer'sBreach-loadingBifle(HunUng)^ao 00 
H 8 —T 00 I Chest (First Quality of Tools).. 50l 
29— Case of Mathematical Instruments _$9 00, 
30— Caso of Mathematical Instruments .$15 OO' 
SX—Morton's Best iVo. 6 Gold Pen (Silver Case)$5 75 ; 
IXH—-Morton's Best No.bGfild Pen(SilverCase.)iii 50 
‘A2i—Barometer (Woodruff's Mercurial) .$18 00 
3A—Barometer (Woodruff's Mercurial) _ $12 00 
35— Rdci'cye Mowing Machine, No. 2.$125 00! 
36— Allen's Patent Cylinder Plow, etc .$20 .50 
37— The Aquarius or Water Thrower .$11 OO' 
38— American Cyclopedia (Appleton’s) .$80 00 
39— Wor cester's Great Illustrated DicUonary^Vi 00 
AO—Any Back Volume Agriculturist) 
AX—Any Two Back Volumes do. 
AH—Any Three do. do. 
A3—Any Four do. do. 
44— Any Five do. do. 
45— Any Six do. do. 
AG—Any Seven do. do. 
A7—Any Eight do. do. 
48 —Any Nine do. do. 
A9—Vois. XVI to XXV 
50 —Any Back Volume Agriculti 
5X—Any Too Back Volumes 
BH—Any Three do. 
53—Any Four do. 
5A—Any Five do. 
55—Any Six do. 
5G—Any Seven do. 
57— Any Eight do. 
58— Any Nine do. 
59— Vols. XVIto XXV 
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GO—Genesee Farmer, 1858-1865,8 Uo/s. 
61 —Dow iiing'sLandscape Oardeni’g' 
Vfi—Cuni mings (b Miller's Architect. 
63— A $10 Library (YourChoice).. 
64— A S15 Library do. 
65— A $20 Library do. 
66— A $25 Library do. 
67— A $30 Library do. 
68— A $35 Library do. 
69— A $40 Library do. 
70— A .$45 Library do. .. 
71— A ,$50 Library do. 
72— A $60 Library do. 
7'3—A%75 Library do. 
74—A ,$100 Library do. ..j 
7.5—A Choice of Good Books (See Terms beloio.)\ 
7G—Sewing Machine (Finkle <0 Lyon) .$60 00, 
77—One Dozen Pocket Lanterns .$9 00' 
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