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lntion of tire American Agriculturist to regu¬ 
lar subscribers, is many thousands greater 
tlrair that of any other Agricultural or Hor¬ 
ticultural .Journal iar the World, no matter 
what its character, or time or place of issue. 
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Help Wanted. 
A single man—American or Scotchman preferred—wanted 
to take charge of a farm. He must be a practical man of 
experience, industrious, and honest, able to read and write. 
Also a neat tkly woman who can cook, wash, make butter, 
&c. Address JOHN H. ROCHE, 
Mead’s Basin, Passaic Co., N. J. 
C 10UNTKY HOUSE WANTED IN THE STATE 
Jot New-York, within 30 miles of the City, for a chari¬ 
table institution. House must contain not less than 16 rooms, 
with from 8 to 12 acres of good land for gardening—wanted 
to hire, with the privilege ofpurcliase in three years. Rent 
very moderate. Address “YORK,” Station D., N. Y. City. 
B usiness stand for sale.— one of the 
very best on the Delaware and Hudson Canal. Ad¬ 
dress Rox 96, Ellenville, Ulster Co., N. Y. 
NOW READY. 
The First Part of Dr. SMICKER’S History 
OF THE 
SOUTHERN REBELLION, 
From its origin, giving a full and reliable account of all the 
Battles, Sieges, Engagements, &c., &c. 
This is the only authentic HISTORY OF THE WAR now 
published, and will contain over 500 Octavo panes, illustrat¬ 
ed with numerous tine steel plates, from original drawings, 
by that eminent artist, SAMUEL SARTAIN,"Esq. 
A few <rood agents wanted, to whom the largest commis¬ 
sion will oe paid. 
Specimen copies sent on receipt of the price, $2.50. 
BRADLEY & CO., 
Publishers, 
No. 66 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Pa 
Tiie Cranberry and its Culture. 
The Subscriber has issued a circular from the press, treat¬ 
ing on the Cranberry and its Culture. Said Circular will 
give persons the proper information as to the commence¬ 
ment of the culture. He will take pleasure in forwarding 
them to all parts of the United States, to those sending stamp 
to pay postage. Persons wishing plants in large or small 
quantities, may receive them by express, for wet or dry soil. 
Address GEORGE A. BATES, 
Bellingham, Norfolk Co., Mass. 
FRUIT TREES, &c. 
FROST & CO., Genesee Valley Nurseries, offer for the 
spring of 1863 a well grown and large stock of FRUIT 
TREES, both standard and dwarf; SMALL FRUITS, which 
includes a fine stock of choice NATIVE GRAPES; also, of 
ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES, GREENHOUSE 
PLANTS, &c.—all at low prices. Catalogues sent on ap¬ 
plication, enclosing a stamp for each. 
No. 1. A Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits, &c. No. 2. Of 
Ornamental Trees, &c. No. 3. Of Greenhouse Plants. No 
4. Wholesale List for spring of 1S63. FiiOST & CO., 
Rochester, N. Y. 
CIRCULAR. 
Our PRICE LIST Of GRAPE VINES, STRAWBERRY, BASPBER- 
P.Y, BLACKBERRY PLANTS, and Other SMALL FRUITS, for 
Spring of 1863. will be issued by the 15tli of February, and 
sent to all applicants. 
J. KNOX, Box 155, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
EVERGREENS. 
FROST & CO., of the Genesee Valley Nurseries, Roches¬ 
ter. X. V., have an immense stock and good assortment of 
hardy, well grown EVERGREENS, which have been trans¬ 
planted from one to four times. They will be sold at low 
rates to Nurserymen, or others who wish to buy in large 
quantities. Prices given in Wholesale List of Fruits, Orna¬ 
mental Trees, &c n for spring of 1S63, which is sent on ap 
plication 
/f CMiRW^-M-viTioAr/ N. 
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THE MOTHER’S JOURNAL.—A 
Literary and Religious Monthly Magazine for 
Mothers and the household. One Dollar a year. 
335 BROADWAY, NEW-YORK.' 
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BOOKS FOR FARMERS 
AND OTHERS. 
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forwarded by mail, post paid, on receipt of the price. Other 
books not named in the list will be procured and sent to sub¬ 
scribers when desired, if the price be forwarded. All of these 
books may well be procured by any one making up a libra¬ 
ry. Those we esteem specially valuable, are marked with a *.l 
American Bird Fancier.$0 25 
American Farmer’s Encyclopedia. 4 50 
American Florist’s Guide.75 
American Weeds and Useful Plants*..” 1 50 
Allen on the Culture of the Grape .'.. 1 00 
Allen’s (R. L.) American Farm Book*.’ 1 00 
Allen’s Diseases of Domestic Animals.. 75 
Allen’s (L. F.) Rural Architecture. 1 25 
Barry’s Fruit Garden*. . . 1 25 
Bement’s (C. N.) Rabbit Fancier.. 50 
Boussingault’s (J. B.) Rural Economy. ‘ 1 25 
Bridgeman’s Fruit Cultivator’s Manual.’ 60 
Bridgeman’s Young Gardener’s Assistant... 1 50 
Bridgeman’s Kitchen Garden Instructor.. 60 
Bridgeman’s Florist’s Guide.60 
Brandt’s Age of Horses*. 50 
Buist’s American Flower Garden Directory.*. 1 25 
Buist’s Family Kitchen Gardener*. 75 
Central Park Guide.. 25 
Chorlton’s Grape-Grower’s Guide*... . . 60 
Cole’s (S. W.) American Fruit Book. 60 
Dadd’s (Geo. II.) Modern Horse Doctor.* 1 00 
Dadd’s (Geo. H.) American Cattle Doctor. 1 00 
Dana’s Muck Manual for Farmers. 1 00 
Downing’s Cottage Residences*. 2 50 
Downing’s Fruits and Fruit Trees of America**..’ 2 00 
Downing’s Ladies’ Flower Garden. 1 50 
Eastwood on the Cranberry* . 50 
Every Lady her own Flower Gardener. 50 
Farmer’s Practical Horse Farrier. 60 
Fessenden’s American Kitchen Gardener... ’25 
French’s Farm Drainage *.’ ’ 1 25 
Field’s (Thomas W.) Pear Culture.. 1 00 
Fish Culture. . 1 00 
Flint (Charles L.) on Grasses*. 1 25 
Flint’s Milch Cows and Dairy Fanning*. 1 25 
Fuller’s Strawberry Culturist. 10 
Goodale’s Principles of Breeding. 75 
Guenon on Milch Cows. 60 
Hall’s (Miss) American Cookery. 1 00 
Herbert’s Hints to Horsekeepers**. 1 25 
Hooper’s Do<j and Gun.. 50 
Johnson on Manures . 75 
Kemp’s Landscape Gardening. . 1 50 
Kidder’s Bee Culture. 50 
Langstroth on the Honey Bee*. 1 25 
Leuchars’ Hothouses. 1 25 
Liebig’s Lectures on Chemistry. 50 
Linsley’s (D. C.) Morgan Horses. 1 00 
Manual of Agriculture by G. Emerson and C. L. Flint. 75 
Mavhew’s Illustrated Horse Doctor. 2 50 
McMahon’s American Gardener*. .. 2 50 
Meehan’s Ornamental Trees. 75 
Milburn on the Cow and Dairy. 25 
Miles on.the Horse’s Foot. 50 
Norton’s Scientific Agriculture. 60 
Olcott’s Sorgho and Imphee. 1 00 
Our Farm of Four Acres. .*-(cloth 50 cts.; paper).... 25 
Onion Culture*. 21 
Pardee on Strawberry Culture. 60 
Parlor Gardener. 65 
Parsons on tlie Rose. .1 25 
Pedder’s Farmer’s Land Measurer. 50 
Phantom Bouquet, or Skeleton Leaves. 1 00 
Phin’s Grape Culture . 1 00 
Quinbv’s Mysteries ot Bee keeping*. 1 25 
Randall’s Sheep Husbandry . 125 
Richardson on the Hog. 25 
Robin’s Produce and Ready Reckoner. 60 
Rose Culturist. 25 
Shepherd’s Own Book. 2 00 
Smith’s Landscape Gardening. 1 25 
Spencer’s Education of Children**. 1 00 
Stewart’s (John) Stable Book. 1 25 
Thomas’ (John J.) Farm Implements *. 1 00 
Todd’s (S. E.) Young Farmer’s Manual. 1 25 
Tucker’s Register Rural Affairs. 25 
Turner’s Cotton Planter’s Manual... 1 25 
Warder’s Hedges and Evergreens*. 1 25 
W'atson’s American Home Garden. 1 50 
Week’s (John M.) Manual on Bees. 50 
Wood’s Class Book of Botany .. .. 2 50 
Yale College Agricultural Lectures. 25 
Youatt and Spooner on the Horse. 1 25 
Youatt and Martin on Cattle. 1 25 
Youatt on the Hog. 75 
Youatt on Sheep. 75 
ONION CULTURE-Third (new) Edition. 
This work comprises in 32 pages all the particulars for suc¬ 
cessful Onion Culture, from Selection of Seed to Marketing 
the Crop—being tlie practical directions given b}* seventeen 
experienced Onion Growers, residing in different parts of the 
country. Price 21 cents (or 7 stamps), sent post-paid. Ad¬ 
dress Publisher of Agriculturist. 
P HYSIOGNOMY, or “Signs of Character,” PHY¬ 
SIOLOGY, the Bodilv Functions; PHRENOLOGY, 
Brain and Nervous Svstem; PSYCHOLOGY, the Science of 
the Soul ;ETHNOLOGY, or Natural History of Man, are topics 
elucidated in the ILLUSTRATED PHRENOLOGICAL 
JOURNAL for 1863. No. 1, 10 cents, or $1 a year. Address 
FOWLER & WELLS, 308 Broadway, New-York. 
SEEDS' SEEDS!! 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
VEGETAKLE SEEDS. 
By mail, post-paid. HARVEY B. LANE, 
151 Nassau-st., New-York. 
^^7" ANTED—10 bushels new crop Osage Orange 
” seed. Address THOMAS J. SHALLCROSS, 
Locust Grove, Kent Co., Md. 
The best Holiday Gift, and greatly, constantly, and per¬ 
manently useful. Specially full In Definitions uiid Illustra¬ 
tions of literary terms. Sold by all booksellers. 
PEACH PITS.$0.75 per bushel. 
PLUM PITS. 3.00 “ 
CHERRY PITS. 3.00 “ 
APPLE SEED. 4.00 “ “ 
For sale by 
SHEPPARD & SEWARD. 
214 Pearl-st., New-York 
FRUIT 
TREES AND PLANTS, 
ORNAMENTAL TREES, 
SHRUBS, EVERGREENS, 
AND 
EXOTIC PLANTS. 
PARSONS & CO. 
Invite the attention of buyers to their stock, 
which is in vigorous health, and of large size. 
They offer all kinds at rates, which for size 
and excellence, are as low as they can any¬ 
where he purchased. 
They can sell trees, etc., by the hundred : 
Apples at $14. Plums at $30. 
Pears at $28. Peaclies at $10. 
CEserries at $25. Strawberries. 
Concord Grapes, 4 years, at $25. 
Delaware and otBier hardy Gropes. 
Exotic Grape Vines, strong growth. 
Small Fruits of the newest sorts. 
Einnteus Rlinbarb by the lOOO. 
Their ORNAMENTAL TREES for Streets 
and Lawns are of large size and fine form. 
FLOWERING SHRUBS in quantities for 
massing, at very low prices. 
ROSES and EXOTIC PLANTS of the new 
and choice varieties. 
Catalogues fin-nislied on applieat ion 
No orders will be sure of attention, unless ad¬ 
dressed to us by mail, at FLUSHING, 
near NEW-YORK. 
C CHOICE FRUIT.—Local Agents wanted to 
J sell trees of genuine King of Tompkins Co. Apples, 
the best variety grown, which sells in New-York for $6 to $8 
per barrel. Also the Wagener. Send l’or plates and terms 
to agents; or 50 cts. for two dozen scions, $1 for one each of 
Delaware, Concord, Diana, and Rebecca Grape Vines, or $1 
for one eacli White Grape, Cherry, La Versailles and Long 
Grape Currant Bushes, or 50 cts. for one doz. Brinckle’s Or¬ 
ange, or Antwerp Raspberries, or two doz. best varieties 
Strawberry Plants; all sent by mail, pre-paid. Address 
E. C. FROST, Highland Nurseries, (P. O.,) N. Y. 
50.000 PEACH TREES, 
And all other varieties of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 
For Catalogues address ISAAC PULLEN, 
Jan. 1st, 1863. Hightstown, N. J. 
Pear Trees 
Of superior quality, at the NEW-BRUNSWICK NURSER¬ 
IES, New-Jerscv. Persons interested are invited to examine 
my trees. Send for Catalogue. EDWIN ALLEN. 
Evergreen anti oilier Tree Seeds. 
Priced Catalogue and new crop of seeds now ready. 
THOS. MEEHAN, Germantown, Pa. 
Conn. Seed Leaf Tobacco Seed. 
Grown by contract by one of the most successful growers 
in the valley of the Connecticut. Packets containing one 
ounce will be mailed, post-paid, to any address—upon re¬ 
ceipt of 50 cts. in postage currency or new stamps. Prices 
for larger quantities will be given upon application. 
_ B. K. BLISS, Springfield. Mas9. 
S LLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of rare and beau- 
tiful Flower Seeds, Roots, Cuttings, &c., by mail. Sent 
free to all applicants. Address 
H. B. LUM, Sandusky, Ohio. 
PRINCE ALBERT’S WINDSOR PIGS, 
(IMPROVED SUFFOLKS’), four months old, at fifteen dol¬ 
lars each, or twenty-five dollars per pair, boxed for shipping, 
and delivered in New-York. They are from animals bred on 
prince Albert’s Windsor farm, and selected for, and import¬ 
ed bv me. I believe them to be the best breed of pigs in tlie 
world. The quality of theip. meat is decidedly bet¬ 
ter than that of other breeds, and they will make more 
meat from a given amount of feed th; i a any others. Of 
late years they have figured largely as first prize takers at 
the best Englfsh shows. Address L. MASON. Jr.. 
Orange, New-Jersoy. 
