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ADVERTISEMENTS.—CONTENTS. 
RARE VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
THE subscribers, in addition to their usual regular supplies of 
Garden, Field, and Flower Seeds, have received from the first 
sources in England, tlie following New and valtiable Vegetable- 
Garden Seeds, which will be found an acquisition to any collec¬ 
tion, and worthy of trial. 
Peas. —Waite’s Queen of Dwarfs, very dwarf, and ready for 
table May 20th ; price $1.50 per quart; (price in London 5s. per 
quart). Early Wonder Peas, dwarf and very early, full-podded, 
$1 per quart. Fairbeard's Early Surprise Peas, very early and 
uniform bearers, $1,50 per quart; height 3 feet. Flack’s Victory, 
Large Blue Pea, finer than Dwarf Imperials, 50 cents; height 3 
feet. Dancer’s Monastery Pea, very fine, 3 feet, 50 cents per 
quart. Gormack’s British Queen, very large shrivelled pea, supe¬ 
rior to the famous Knight’s Marrow, extra fine, 4 feet, $1.50 per 
quart. 
Champion of England Marrow Peas, extra fine, and prodigious 
bearers, 4 feet, $2 per quart; this is the most rare pea in England. 
Banksian Marrow Pea, great bearer, 4 feet, 50 cents per quart. 
Shilling’s Grotto Pea, 4 feet, fine, 50 cents per quart. Improved 
London Dwarf Marrow Pea, fine 37% cents per quart. 
Early Cabbages. —Superfine Early Dwarf, 25 cents per oz. 
Early Sprotiboro’, large, and very early, 25 cents per oz. Waite’s 
New Early Dwarf, 50 cents per oz. Shilling’s Early Queen, 
fine, 50 cents per oz. Atkin’s Dwarf Matchless, 50 cents per oz. 
Also, Superior London Early York, 25 cents per oz. 
Broccoli.— Early Walcheren, very superior, $1 per oz. Late 
Walcheren, extra fine, $1 per oz. New October White Cape, 
$lperoz. Lake’s Superb White, 50 cents per oz. Lake’s Close¬ 
headed Purple, 50 cents per oz. Field’s Superb White, 50 cents 
per oz. 
Cauliflowers. —Fitch’s New Large Lake, extra fine, $1.50 per 
oz. Early and Late Walcheren, extra fine, $1 per oz. 
Miscellaneous. —Shepherd’s New Giant Pink Celery, 25 cents 
per packet. Seymour’s New Red, 25 cents per packet. Early 
Prizefighter Cucumber, 25 cents per packet. Ady’s New Coss 
Lettuce, 50 cents per oz. Pink-edged Union Lettuce, 25 cents 
peroz. Myatt’s Garnishing Parsley, 25 cents per oz. 
Also an extensive assortment of valuable Agricultural Seeds, 
among which is Skirving’s New and Improved Ruta Baga, for 
which has been awarded several premiums, by the Royal Agri¬ 
cultural Society of England, $1.50 per lb. Dickson’s Improved 
Ruta Baga $1.25 per lb. Best Stock Mangel Wurtzel—Silesia 
Sugar Beet—Belgium White Field Carrot—Spring Tares or 
Vetches, a valuable and nutritious soiling feed for horses and 
cows. Also White Lupins, for soiling—Italian (annual) and Pa- 
cey’s Perennial Ray Grass—Sweet Vernal Grass—Herds and Blue 
Grass—Fine Mixed English Lawn Grass- -50 cwt. White Honey¬ 
suckle Dutch Clover—Lucern or French Clover—and clean Po¬ 
tato Seed, 25 cents per package—Buckthorn Seed—Maclura or 
Osage Orange—and Honey Locust, or Gleditschia, for Hedging— 
the last forming an impenetrable fence. Yellow Ship Locust— 
Yellow and Scarlet Trefoil, with everything new and good, pro¬ 
curable in both hemispheres, whether for the Field, Garden, or 
Parterre. 
All the above are the growth of 1847, and warranted genuine. 
Catalogues gratis on application. For new Flower Seeds 
see future advertisements. 
JAS. M. THORBURN & CO., 
15 John st., near Broadway, N. Y. 
April, 1848.It 
PURE BLOOD MERINO SHEEP FOR SALE. 
THE subscriber being about to retire from the farming busi¬ 
ness, offers for sale his entire stock of Merino sheep which have 
been bred with the greatest care from the best flocks in the coun- 
Of these, 75 are ewes, now with lamb by a buck selected from 
the recent imported flock of John A. Taintor, Esq., of Hartford, 
Conn.—25 bucks one year old last spring, from the above ewes, 
sired by the Rambouillet buck Chancellor, and 50 lambs, the 
increase of last year, sired by the celebrated Rambouillet buck 
Grandee, now owned by the Rev. L. C. Bingham, of this place. 
As to purity of blood, fineness and weight of fleece, and strength 
of constitution, they are excelled by no Merinos in the country. 
The buck purchased from the recent importation of Mr. Taintor 
will also be offered for sale. To those wishing to improve their 
sheep, or those wishing to start a new flock, the present offers a 
rare opportunity, as they will be sold without reserve. Commu¬ 
nications addressed to the subscriber will receive immediate 
attention. 
TH08. H. CANFIELD. 
Williston, Vt., Jan. YUh, 1848. m3t 
ENGLISH AND FRENCH GRASS SEEDS. 
THE Subscribers have just received from England and France 
a superior lot of fresh Grass Seeds of various kinds. Among 
these are the Perrennia! and Italian Ray Grass, Sweet Vernal and 
Oat Grass, fine mixed Lawn Grass, White Clover and Lucerne. 
Also English Beans, Vetches, Ruta Baga Seed, &c. &c. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water street. 
February 1st, 1848. 
WATER RAMS. 
A SUPERIOR article of Water Rams for Sale. Price $15 to 
$18. A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water street, N. Y. 
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
PUBLISHED Monthly, by C. M. Saxton, 205 Broadway, New 
York, containing 32 pages, royal octavo. 
TERMS—One Dollar per year in advance ; three copies for Two 
Dollars ; eight copies for Five Dollars. 
The subscription books of the Agriculturist will continue to be 
kept at the old office of publication, 205 Broadway, by Charles 
M. Saxton, of the late firm of Saxton & Miles. 
Travelling Agents wanted, to whom the most liberal compen¬ 
sation will be allowed. 
ORDERS FOR BROWN CORN. 
FARMERS wishing to obtain this superior variety of corn di¬ 
rectly from New Hampshire, for seed, are requested to make 
their orders soon, as we shall send for but little on our own ac¬ 
count, The price, delivered at our Warehouse, in New York, 
will be $7 per barrel closely packed with ears. We have on 
hand the same variety of corn, grown last season on the Hudson 
River, $5 per barrel, the difference in the prices depending mainly 
in the expense of transportation. 
f3t A. B. ALLEN & Co., 187 Water street. 
FARM FOR SALE. 
SITUATED between two harbors, a short distance from a 
landing, in Smithtown, on the northerly side of Long Island, 50 
miles from the city of New York. It contains 160 acres, 90 of 
which are tillable, and the remainder consisting of thrifty wood¬ 
land, with a large quantity of locust. The premises also contain 
a bearing orchard of choice grafted trees. Buildings and fences 
in ordinary repair. 
Terms. —$7,000, one half to be paid down, and the balance to 
remain on bond and mortgage ; or it may be exchanged for pro¬ 
ductive property at $8,000. Apply to A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water 
street, N. Y. or EDMUND T. SMITH, on the premises. f3t 
SPRING WHEAT AND RYE. 
SUPERIOR Spring Wheat for sale at $2 per bushel. Spring 
Rye at $1.75 per bushel. Also a complete assortment of Field 
and Garden Seeds of all kinds principally grown, and put up ex¬ 
pressly for us. A. B. ALLEN &. CO. 187 Water st., N. Y. 
OSAGE ORANGE, YELLOW LOCUST, AND BUCK¬ 
THORN SEEDS. 
THE above, together with a general and complete assortment 
of Fresh Field and Garden Seeds, for sale by 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water street, N. Y. 
February 1st. 1848. 
CONTENTS OF APRIL NUMBER. 
The Osage Orange for Hedges ; Cultivation of Onions,) tn _ 
No. 1 \ *• 1Ua 
Pruning Trees. 106 
Advantages and Disadvantages of Subsoil and Trench > in7 
Plowing; Agriculture of the Chinese, No. 4 j 1U/ 
The Short-Horn Cow—Ellen Kirby ; Proper time for 1 
Slaughtering Animals; Shell and Coral Sands for > 108 
Manure ) 
Premium List of the New York State Agricultural So-( 
ciety ; Long Island Lands, No. 3 \ 
A Sketch of Clintonville, New Jersey, J. M. 110 
Letters from Abroad, No. 2, F. R. S. Ill 
Letters of R. L. Allen, No. 3... 112 
The Grape Culture and Wine Making in Ohio, N. Long- > , 
worth > " 
Choice of Trees and Shrubs for Cities and Rural Towns, ) 
Solon Robinson ; Comparative Facility of Digestion j 11,1 
Yankee Farming, No. 3, Sergeant Teltrue. 115 
Sample of a Debate in a Farmer's Club—Experimental Farms 117 
Spades: Experiments Proving the Profitableness of the) 11Q 
Cotswold Sheep ] lia 
Application of the Water Ram, A Subscriber. M9 
The Stock Horse—Black Hawk, W. 120 
History of the Cast-Iron Plow. 121,132 
Letters from Virginia. No. 5, A New-Yorker.122 
Match between Eclipse and Henry, Long Islander. 123 
The Princess Tribe of Short Horns ; The Ridging or ) 
Double Mould-Board Plow ( * ‘ * * i25 
Management of Honey Bees, No. 18, T. B. Miner; Benefit) 
of Salt in the Food of Sheep ; What Constitutes good > 126 
Farming ) 
Management of Calves, Wm. H. Sotham. 127 
Condensed Correspondence : Experiments with the Po-1 
tatato ; Proposed Hedge Plant; Cultivation of Pota- f _ 
toes; Hot Lye a Remedy for the Peach Borer ; Care [ 12 ° 
of Stock | 
Ladies’ Department : To the Young, a Friend ; The Ef- ) 
fects of Cosmetics on the Skin, C. ; Almond Paste > 129 
fur the Toilet, E. S. ) 
Boys’ Department : Agricultural Chemistry, No. 1, ) 
J. McKinstry f**** 130 
Foreign Agricultural News. 131 
Editor’s Table. 132 
Review of the Market.. 133 
