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(Ulnitr*M.)Coi)nk« c*f Breadulbwie, Edward About, La Cuij- 
dvur, Lndy Home, Mi** fjarc, Kc*y Oti D, Vemil, Victor Hugo, 6*1 
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on the Farm in Conuttuon wtlb Matiurr ; WWt or firuiu 
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jK>»t; iSvfrbjg Clover......... .582 
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stroyteg AaE* Worms, hhtwp Offal for Manure, l>Ur»o*«l of 
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Daefui and Fciaulifir loitu -|'eri*n»*ion Cnp*,'i'br nuat Total 
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Wax Flower* ; Culoriug Brown ; How to Picklo Blu'kborne*. 587 
ENTOMoti’UicAXk—Killing tba Curr.iillo, . .587 
Eihtorui*, Etc, -Soaking Tmih ; Rural N T ob> and Duerhw— 
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M*it« h.- nfc M id»’ (IlludraUih) Variety unit Itueuty of Life, 
The Baud* of Orton , Sandwiches.oH9 
Stqiukm mu Rcraust*.- Winning a Wife—The Story of iui Old 
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StntfAL Tor tea,— In a Street Car; Foolieb Expeuaei; Not all 
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Intimate* j Literary Women; Matrimonial Advanced; Gowipy 
Paragraph*. ..591 
Mouka >in M*vari;* Full Fiwhion* ; Round Hat*.591 
Kaudatu Ukam.io. -Longing (Poetry ;) Trmihie.591 
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We have respect lor men who have the 
manhood to tell tho truth though they con¬ 
demn themselves; ivho light in defence of 
truth sturdily and zealously, with honorable 
weapons; who confess error when shown it; 
who arc willing to suffer wrong rather than 
do wrong. And we have unbounded con¬ 
tempt for men who resort to petty, spiteful 
personal attacks upon those who sacrifice, 
apparently, their own interests in truth’s 
behalf. 
Our readers have doubtless learned that 
the Rural New-Yorker does not pin its 
faith to any mail’s coat-sleeve; that it knows 
no difference between men and localities 
where truth is involved; that it aims to keep 
clear of entangling alliances, and that it 
lights on its own hook, altogether, but al¬ 
ways in defence of what it believes to be 
right and for the greatest good of the great¬ 
est number. In such case it ignores indi¬ 
vidual, and its own immediate pecuniary, in¬ 
terests to promote those of the public, by 
seeking to evolve truth for truth’s sake. 
\V r e say this much to introduce what we 
want to say relative to articles that have ap¬ 
peared and are appearing in the columns of 
contemporaries relative to the "Mexican 
Everbearing" strawberry, and what has ap¬ 
peared in our columns respecting it. We 
PRETTY WOMEN. 
A compauattytity few Emltca monopolize the 
Beauty a* well ns the attention of Society. This 
ought not to be* ao, but it, is; ami will bo while weu 
are foolish, uucl siugtc out pretly faces for com¬ 
panions. 
This can all bp changed by using Hngau'tt Magnolia 
Balm, which gives the llloon, of Youth and a Bo- 
llnod sparkling Beauty to tho Complexion, pleasing, 
powerful and natural. 
No Lady need complain of ;t red, tanned, freckled or 
rustic Complexion Who will Invest75 cents in Hagan’s 
Magnolia Balm. Its effects are truly wonderful. 
To preserve and dress 
thaU'on. 
the Hair use Lyon’s Ka- 
TO WHEAT GROWERS. 
Opr Descriptive; Price-List of Choice Seed 
Wheats is issued, and will be mulled free to any¬ 
one desiring, on receipt of address. We offer a selec¬ 
tion of very superior varieties, and n very prime arti¬ 
cle Of pure, clean wheat- EDWARD J. EVANS Sc 
CO., Nurserymen and Seedsmen. York, Fa. 
Scn«l uk Nairn's 5 — Subscriber* and others fre¬ 
quently apply lor copies of the Rural to send to 
distant friends us specimens. If those who wish 
their friends to seethe paper, and thus aid in extend¬ 
ing its circulation, will send us the names and post- 
ollloe addresses of such friends, bear and distant, 
we will mall each a specimen of the enlarged and 
improved volume. Give us the names and we will 
cheerfully respond. 
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How to Remit.— 1 The best way to remit for clubs, 
as we have often stated, Is by Draft. If $20 or over, 
send by draft, as there is no risk. For smaller 
amounts It is best to send by P. O. Money Order,—but 
if you cannot do that, send in Registered letters, di¬ 
rected to D. D. T. MOURE, 41 Park Row, New York, 
arc tplife willing it should he proved axul 
established by miliUfctakablc test that this is a 
distinct variety from the Monthly Ked Al¬ 
pine, if it can be so established. We shall 
be perfectly willing to acknowledge our 
error, and that of our correspondents, when 
it is proved that we and they are in error. 
But wo want, our respected contemporaries, 
who think they have been badly hit by the 
Kural in this matter, to distinctly under¬ 
stand that this is not a personal question. 
We assert, if it is proved—as with the evi¬ 
dence before us wc think it patent—that ibis 
is an old berry, put. out with a new name, 
it is a swindle upon the public ; and in an¬ 
swer to inquiries as to why we do not de¬ 
nounce as a swindle the dissemination of the 
Mammoth Cluster Raspberry as a new va¬ 
riety, if it is an old one, that wc shall not 
hesitate to so term it if it shall prove, as the 
testimony of Fuller and Downing goes to 
show, Unit, it is so. 
1b the case of (he " Mexican Everbearing” 
strawberry we have seen plants of it re¬ 
ceived from Mr. Whiting, with fruit upon 
them, alongside of the Monthly Red Alpine. 
If there is any dilferonce we did not discover 
it. We have respect for the opinions of 
Western Romologists; but we have equal 
respect for our own senses. Have the men 
m ho have proclaimed this to be a new va¬ 
riety grown it upon their own grounds 
alongside plants of the old Red Alpine of 
the same age? Or have they seen it so 
growing? We ask these questions because 
we want, facts; and we want to know upon 
what facts and tests the assertion that this is 
a distinct variety Is based. We ask because 
an anonymous correspondent of a Western 
paper, over tlpt signature of “ Quercus," 
heaps epithets indicative of ill temper upon 
Mr. Fuller, and assumes that Mr. Fuller 
is talking in our columns of what he has not 
seen. If that is true, Mr. Whiting has been 
sending out as the ” Mexican Everbearing” 
strawberry, plants which are not. of that 
variety. And if Mr. Writing has been do¬ 
ing so, is he a man to be trusted ? 
W c do not write this in Mr. Fuller’s 
interest. W e write without his knowledge, 
and in the interest ol truth and fair play.’ 
We regard as despicable, personal attacks 
upon any man over an anonymous signature. 
We happen to know that Mr. Fuller be¬ 
lieved as truth all he wrote concerning this 
variety, in our issue of July 3. We saw 
the plants and fruit upon which he based 
his opinions, If he is mistaken, there is a 
reason for it. Let. that reason be shown, 
and we shall be glad to credit it, and wc are 
quite sure Mr. Fuller will be frank and 
prompt to acknowdedge his error, if it. is 
proved he is in error. But truth is not 
found, nor are the interests of the people, 
furthered, by misrepresentation and personal 
epithets. 
The same writer, “ Quercus,” charges Mr. 
Fuller with saying that the Romeyn Seed¬ 
ling isonly Triomphe tie Gand. We think we 
have heard ami read all that Mr. Fuller 
has said and written on this subject; and so 
far as we know he lias never said that the 
Romeyn is not a seedling. He has asked 
gentlemen who recommended it to point out 
the difference between it and the Triomphe; 
and we have heard him say that he could 
discover no difference between them. But 
we have not heard him assert that it was 
nut a seedling. Dr. IIexamkii, an expe¬ 
rienced cultivator of strawberries, said be¬ 
fore the Fruit Growers’ Club, one week, that, 
be thought them distinct; but after fruiting 
them, and carefully examining them, lie 
asserted at the next meeting there was no 
difference. The integrity of Dr. IIkxamkr 
cannot be impeached, and his experience in 
the cultivation and practical study of varje 
ties, and bis judgment, are not to be treated 
lightly. We refer to this matter here because 
we doubt it Mr. Fuller takes notice of such 
anonymous communications as that referred 
to, and because wc happen to know where 
the truth is iu the cose. 
We have this much more to say :—We 
shall join hands with our contemporaries 
East, and West, North and South, in the ef¬ 
fort. to disseminate the truth, ancl truth only. 
Wc have no personal quarrels oil our hands 
nor will we have any. If our columns have 
been used, unwittingly so far as wc arc con¬ 
cerned, in the dissemination of error, or to 
aid in swindling the public, or to wrong in¬ 
dividuals, wc shall make such reparation as 
is in our power; but tho public may be sure 
that we shall not hesitate to impale any 
humbug that we find preying upon the 
people. And it does not tend to convince 
us that either we or our correspondents are 
wrong when our, or their, opponents resort 
to personalities in defense of their respective 
positions. It has a reverse effect. 
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THE SEASON. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Brad ilic Ailierlisomatiu. Now that the Au¬ 
tumnal Business Season has arrived, we aftain 
rofor all intending' purchasers farmers, horti¬ 
culturists, merchants, heads of families, eu:„ 
to our advertising department for information 
relative to various matters and articles which 
then want, and others offer through the medium 
of the Rural. Our advertising columns con¬ 
tain such a number and variety of niujouiice¬ 
ments lhat har dly n p erson who wishes any 
irticlc, plum, ifniUP^fr machine, bur ran hud 
where and at what price It may be obtained by 
reference thereto. Therefore, we repeat, Read 
the Aihxrtbie.iiu iits, and heed them whenever you 
find offers of what you want—not. forgetting to 
men (.ton to the advertiser that you saw his an¬ 
nouncement in MOOKC'0 lit' HAL. 
-Speaking of advertisements, we are obliged 
to defer cpiite a number in tended for this week's 
Rural, for want of space — including about a 
column ordered on last page. 
c 'hang** of Habit,— The. Editor of the German¬ 
town Telegraph, in a recent Issue, says: 
“Wc have boon absent from our immediate 
post tar over six weeks, and have returned to it, 
not liesh and invigorated, but with the usual 
result following our health seeking expeditions 
a spell of sickness. We sluii; therefore aban¬ 
don this rosouree iii the future, so that wo have 
made our last visit to a " watering-place ” with a 
view to hygienic advantages. We arc. indeed, 
clearly ol the opinion that, while a change is 
beneficial in many instances, all popular places 
of summer resort, with waters and baths, are 
positively injurious to invalids.” 
Our experience teaches us that steady, health¬ 
ful employment, regular habits iu life and diet, 
are not. to be changed with impunity in hot 
weather for any kind of recreation. 8ueb 
changes create more friction and cause more 
wear and tear to tho system tbau mental mid 
physical relaxation replaces, as a rule. There 
ure exceptions. 
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A New Eccalroliion.—Recently, Mrs. Denny, a 
resident of Princeton, Ky., purchased a lot of 
dock eggs, carried them home, uud, for conve¬ 
nient use, placed them in her bureau drawer, 
whery t hey remained undisturbed for some days, 
when her attention was called to the bureau by 
tin unusual noise therein. Upon pulling out the 
drawer, to her utter astonishment, she found 
three young ducks hatched out and scratching 
around for freedom. 
-**+ 
Dexicr'a Best Time previous to the 27th o,t 
August last was 2:18 1-5. under saddle. On the 
date named John Murphy rode him over the 
Fashion Course again, one mite, in The 
course had been recently harrowed, and was not 
in tho most, favorable condition for trotting. 
-- 
The Christian Monitor, published at Indian¬ 
apolis, Ind., is a very well made up magazine; 
but we would advise all its subscribers to send 
for the Rural, thereby obtaining much of the 
Monitor's matter fresh. 
Agricultural Addresses. —Mr. Geo. W. Bungay, 
lecturer and liturutour, is prepared to deliver 
addresses at Agricultural Fairs, and has a poem 
appropriate for such occasions. 
Flower Named.—A. B. A., Waverly, N, Y. Judg¬ 
ing the flower in the bad condition in which it 
arrived it belongs to tho Convolvulus family 
and a caJyskfrla, 
Elruge Nectarine, — Wo gave an engraving of 
this nectarine last week, which the types called 
Etruge." 
-m- 
Willow Cuttings Along Water Courses.— H. 
M. P., Elmira, N. Y.—Plant in spring just as 
buds are starting. 
Buchanan, N. C., Aug. 30. -The oldest Inhab¬ 
itant has never seen 60 gloomy a chance for 
corn ; wo cannot expect a fourth of n crop. One 
or two showers of late have improved the tobac¬ 
co. Wheat was good; oats an average crop.—R. 
Amis. 
Meadowvllle, Umatilla Co.. Oregon, Aug. JO — 
Weather warm and dry; no rain during the sea¬ 
son worthy of note. Crops of all kinds exceed¬ 
ingly short—in some cases are an entire failure. 
Extensive fires raging in both the Blue Moun¬ 
tains and the Cascade Range. Atmosphere filled 
with smoke.— j. c. f. 
BHvidere, III., Aug. 24.—We havo had very 
cool and (pleasant weather for harvesting until 
within a few days; hut lately the thermometer 
ranges about «r j n the shade. Wheat is hardly 
an average crop. Bailey is 6tained, and will not 
grade higher than “No. 2." Oats arc generally 
good. Corn has been backward, but is improv¬ 
ing rapidly.— e. n. l. 
Mazo Mnmt. Done Co., WIs., Aug. 27. — We 
have harvested an excellent crop of wheat and 
oats, but there is great fears it will be greatly 
damaged, before we can stack it, by the con¬ 
stant ralas we arc getting while it Is In shock. 
Potatoes and turnips promise well; corn looks 
well, but is v ery backward; If we get a good 
autumn, corn may come outall right. We have 
had more rain this summer than for many'years. 
—Frederick Diment. 
I’nynavllle, Minn,, Aug. 27.- Harvesting is 
nearly at an end in this section of country. 'The 
weather has been cool, with some rain, and our 
grain ripened very slow, which mado It favor¬ 
able for farmers. Our crops are good. The wheat 
is of the besi quaLity. Oats are heavy- Barley is 
very good. Corn is late, but doing well now, 
Potatoes look well where the bugs have not 
injured them.—H. p. o. 
Butler, Pn„ Aug. 26.— We have just stored, in 
fine order, the heaviest harvest for fifteen years. 
Oats an enormous crop, and one-half more than 
usual sowed. Wheat ditto. Potatoes, a line 
yield, but. beginning to rot. Corn iu the uplands 
very fine. Buckwheat looking well, and more 
than usual sown. Fruit rather light yield, but 
good quality. Blackberries a drug. Hay more 
than average crop.— e. l. 
Monroe Co., y. Aug. 31. At. noon to¬ 
day the thermometer stands at (XT. It was 55* 
I his morning. Wiud northwest; sky cloudy; 
there Is a good chance for frost. For the past 
month tho temperature has been extremely 
variable. There has been just about the right 
quant ity of rain. It is poor weather lor lined 
crops. Corn is poor. Potatoes arc blighting 
extensively in the best districts, and there Is 
complaint of rot. Itust prevails a good deal. 
Beans show it, and some garden vegetables. 
Wheat yields well from t he machine, also barley 
and oats; tlie latter very heavy. Most of Hie 
grain is too damp to market. There is yet oats 
to harvest and some grass. Peaches are in fair 
supply. Apples are not a largo crop. Plums 
source.— Chill. 
HohnyIIIc, Clinton Co., Ind., Aug. 23. —We 
have had unusual quantities of rain this season, 
and yet hud a heavy wheat crop, which has been 
harvested bi good condition. Thrashing lias 
commenced fairly; grata turns out good, al¬ 
though wo have seen it yield better to the ucre. 
Wo had a very slim prospect, for corn, but it is 
coming out very much bettor than expected. 
Oats light; do not turn out what was expected. 
Flax, an Tar us beard from, dkl well. Potatoes 
good. Not many apples; peaches, none.— l. w. 
Mason City, Mason Uo,, III,, Aug, 2J.—H has 
been very warm for several days. Latte corn 
pushing very fast; will be a good crop if frost 
holds off long enough. Spring wheat poor— 
hardly worth cutting, some of it. Winter wheat 
pretty fair. Oats very heavy. Rye good. Po¬ 
tatoes an enormous crop of excellent quality; 
thoy arc worth only t wenty-fivc cents a bushel, 
ami no sale. Old com Belling for seventy-five 
cents a bushel on the ear. i think from all ac¬ 
counts corn is better here than in any other 
part of the Stale. This is the corn region of this 
“ Hog and hominy ** State—u. n. 
Milan, BcKalli <'«>., III., Atig. 21.— The eclipse 
of August 7th came off according to programme, 
but attracted no great amount of attention, as 
we have become accustomed to eclipses this 
year; in feet the sun in ibis latitude is eclipsed 
the greater part of the time, and all vegetation 
has grown in the shade. Wheat will not exceed 
ten bushels to the acre. Barley did well, but is 
badly colored and some scab. Oats are a good 
crop—above average. Corn will not be good 
unless we have a late fall, and warm at that, and 
then will not amount to half a crop, as it is very 
weedy, und three weeks behind its usual condi¬ 
tion at tho time of year- 
Wheat is worth $1; corn, 80o.; barley, nomi¬ 
nal ; oats, 50c. We had the hardest storm of the 
season last night, and this morning it. is rainiug 
again. Harvesting was very backward, owing 
to the heavy dews —it being impossible to get 
into the field with a harvester until 0 o'clock. 
By the by. I think your improved Rural is tho 
Eldorado for all farmers that want to keep up 
with the age.—S. T. ARMSTRONG. 
Mercer Co., Pa., Aug. 29.—Crops have all been 
harvested in this county. The yield of hay was 
good, and generally secured in good condition. 
Borne early clover was badly damaged. Wheat 
a fine yield —more than au average crop — and 
harvested in excellent condition. Oats tho 
largest yield for many years past, and secured 
in very fine condition. Owing to very rainy 
weather from middle of May to middle of July, 
com is a very poor crop. Some fields are good, 
but in the county it will not be a one-third crop. 
In addition to damage by rain, the cut worm did 
great damage in the last of May and first of 
June. Potatoes, a fair crop, but the rot has set 
in iu some sections. Present price per bushel 
40c. The fruit crop will be light. Apples are 
selling for $1.25Q>1.50. The weather for the past 
three weeks hue been very favorable, with an 
occasional refreshing shower. The prospect for 
extensive seeding of wheat this fall is good. The 
Jennings wheat is the favorite: the smooth 
Mediterranean and red Amber are also exten¬ 
sively grown. Wheat is worth $1.35@1.45; oats. 
50c.; hay, $8@0—s. h. m. 
Keokuk, Iowa, Aug. 26.— We are having very 
fine growing weather; if anything a little too 
much rain. Our streams are all bank full, un¬ 
usual for this time of year. Corn has come, and 
the prospects are decidedly better; hut I fear 
we cannot make an average crop. Much of our 
wheat is damaged by rains during harvest. Oats 
are excellent. Our hay crop was good, and gen- ■ 
orally saved without rain. Potatoes are very 
fine, and are selling for less than I ever knew 
them—from twenty-five cents to forty cents per 
bushel. Vegetables are abundant and cheap. 
Fruit, with the exception of peaches, is plenty- 
It has been too wet for our vineyards, and grape, 
will not be good. Weal her intensely hot,—thou 
mometer ranging from 90° to 100° for several 
days past, notwlthsla ntling our heavy rains. The 
amount of rain falling here this summer excels 
anything ever known ; and the thunder is ter¬ 
rific, and tho lightning has kept me dodging ever 
since I commenced this article, and the rain 
storm is still unabated. We hold our State Fair 
at this city Bcpt. 14-17, uud expect one of the 
largest ever held in the State.—w. r. 
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
The Vineland Horticultural Society holds a 
Fruit and Flower Fair Sept. 17th and 18th. Dr. 
John a. Warder of Cincinnati delivers the 
annual address. 
The Wisconsin Bee Keepers’ Association will 
hold its annual scssiou at the Capitol Building in 
Madison, Wednesday evening. Sept. 29th — the 
evening of the third day of the Wisconsin State 
Fair. 
T He American Foinoln^lrnl Kociefy meet Qt 
Philadelphia, September 15. It ought to be able 
to dispose of some of lho vexed questions in 
nomenclature: if it attempts their disposal, 
there will likely bo a lively time. Let. every 
pomologlst who can go, aim to be there. 
Northwestern Bcc Keepers' Association.— The 
third annual meeting of this Association will be 
held at Decatur, Ill., a( (lie time or I he State 
Fair, which begins September 27. The annual 
election of officers will occur Sept. 29. A circular 
front the officers of the Association says: 
“ Wr earnest It tlrslre nnr hen keeping friends in 
the six Northwestern Stiiles. represented bv this 
AwocLitioti, lobi- nresoft. I'srUrulurly „t the annual 
meeting. There will be three or four sessions during 
the fair, to bo held in some suitable building at the 
l air grounds, or 111 lira city of Decatur, on w hich oc- 
castons practical question* on beo culture will be 
candidly and Uiuroughlr diseased. \Vt. .i!>n desire 
the present members of t his Association, and those 
desirous of jolhlng It. to bring tlicir choice samples 
of honey for oxlubitiou. Tin* Secretary will be on 
tho grounds the socond day of the Fair, to assist in 
taking charge of. and arranjrfntj the honev for ex¬ 
hibition. Suitable Prises for the best exhibitions of 
honey will bonwarded by the .\Moclatloti*'* 
t utility l airs. -Below a re I lie times u ud places 
of holding several County Fairs in this State, not 
given in list published in Rural of Aug. 21 : 
Broome Cn., - —. ,, s'cpt 38 20 
Cattaraugus, Little Valley Kept! 20-23 
Chautauqua. Fredonia.Sept. 28-30 
uicnnogOi... Ont *1 h 
Cortland. Homer. . Keel 2°-24 
Delaware, Wulton. Sent il-Ui 
Herkimer, IJprkimer.. ' yept' ] 6 -n 
Jefferson, Watertown. sc*r>t' 21.21 
Lewis, Lowvllle...fM’t 15.17 
Monroe. Rochester. <,.!,( 01 
Kenwelaer, Troy...Sept 2fVri 
St. 1 ivrrence, Oouverncur. Sent 8 -i'n 
SuffiT.h. luVr.rhCttd. . ..Oct, S-S 
CATALOGUES, &c., RECEIVED. 
r ,retting OF Bickford & Huffman to the 
lj AJUCBMM AND Planters. In n handsome, taste¬ 
fully arranged and well edited pamphlet of 64 
octavo pages we here have a full und amply 
ulu&trHU'd description of the celebrated “Farm¬ 
er’s Favorite” Grain Drill, together with an 
abundance ol testimony in its behalf, inter¬ 
spersed wit h a quantity of practical and sensible 
reading on Hural and oilier topics. We reckon 
this tasteful brochure was gotten up h v w r, 
Buckingham of Baltimore* the General Agent 
for the ** Farmer s favorite.” 
Annual Report of the Pleasant Vvlley 
Grape Growers’ Association for lsatMiti — 
Prepared by a Committee, under direction of 
tin- Association. A very interesting document, 
comprising Constitution, officers, &e.. of the As¬ 
sociation; account of tite Summer Meeting for 
1H6S; 11 wards of premiums and reports ni Com¬ 
mittees; and cither information of interest and 
value to vlneyardists. 
IL K. Bliss & Son’s Autumn Catalogue \nd 
Iloral Guide. Seed and Horticultural Wart- 
house, Nos. 41 Park Row and 151 Nassau street, 
•New \ urk. Price, ten cents. This catalogue is 
beautifully illustrated aud printed, ami the di¬ 
rections for culture, management, etc., are time¬ 
ly and valuable. 
Ferre, Batch elder & Co.’s Illustrated 
Catalogue of Bulbs, and other Flower 
Roots, for the Autumn op i860- With full 
Directions for their Culture and Management.— 
Another handsome Catalogue, with sensible text 
and tine illustrations. The establishment is at 
No, 2ol Main fcst., Springfield, Muss. 
A NATAL Register of the Rensselaer Poi v tech- 
ntc Institute, Troy, N. v., for the Academic 
1 ear 1868-69. 
Catalogue of the Officers and Students 
Mercer L Diversity, 186&-60— Penfieid, Ga. 
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generally. The best of testimonials can be furnished 
as to character, ability, etc. 
References —The Editor or the Rural New-York¬ 
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and Chronicle, New York. 
Address TEACHER, care of Rural Office, 41 Park 
Row, New York. 
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