r AN IMMENSE 
-STOCK. OF PtUM ^ 
TREK 4, HORSE: ■f 
<PLIJM S££i>UUC5, . 
ISCttSSIOttS 
This well known establishment, founded 30 years 
atfo by the present proprietors, and conducted ever 
since and at tile present time under their personal 
supervision, now offers the largest and most complete 
stork in the country, ombracingi 
STANDARD AND DWARF FRUIT TREES, 
GRAPES AND SMALL FRUITS, 
ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS, 
NEW AND RARE FRUITS OF ALL SORTS, 
NEW AND RARE ORNAMENTAL TREES. 
The collection in both department*, useful and 
Ornamental, IS t he largest In the United State*. Ex¬ 
tensive specimen grounds are maintained at great, 
expense, to determine qualities and insure accuracy 
In propagation. 
Orders for large or small quantltle* promptly and 
carefully tilled. Packing performed in the moat skill¬ 
ful and thorough maimer. 
Small parcels Jorirarilnl by twill when desired. 
Nurserymen and Dealers supplied on liberal terms. 
Descriptive and Illustrated priced Catalogues sent 
pre-pntd on receipt of stamps, as follows : 
No. 1. Fruits, 10c. No. 2.—Ornamental Trees, 10c. 
No. SL—Oreun-hOuse, So. No. 4. Wholesale, phee. 
Address KLLWANGKU A IIARKY, 
U.nelieMtrr, N. V. 
Farm," Chamboraburg, Pa., Geo. A. L>f,itz. It 
was badly mixed with vile wood seeds. He cau¬ 
tioned I ho public against sending to Mr. Limit/. 
tor sood. Mr. Fuller said lie had received many 
letters making similar complaints t that the 
Club bad recommended Mr. Dxitz's seed, and 
he thought that gcntloinan ought to bo heard 
from in response to these accusations. Houm 
ROBINSON Bald this Club had necoranumdod as 
great a swindle on farmers iti recommending a 
certain other grain lie could name. Tho Com¬ 
mander of the i’-Uib reminded him that he ought 
to have heard the statements made concerning 
the Norway Data last week. Mr. ROBINSON said 
he did not denounce the oats, but he did de¬ 
nounce the sending broadcast all over the coun¬ 
try the vilest seeds at ten dollars per bushel. 
Potato Culture ou Long Island.—A correspon¬ 
dent a I. Orient, L. I„ writes:-“Our mode of rais¬ 
ing potatoes is to plough in fifteen or more loads 
of yard manure, and put in the hill from oue- 
half to one ton of tish guano to the acre. Wo 
furrow, cover, hoe, ami hill with a horse-hoe; 
and Since tha codlings have become plenty, wo 
can literally fill the stirfaoe of the earth with 
these roots. In speaking of our method in rais¬ 
ing potatoes, we nre uot desirous of having the 
potato farmers adopt our practice, front the fact, 
should they I nns do, potatoes might be so plenty 
that the market price would not pay us the cart¬ 
age from the Held; and, nt fact, wo have in the 
past year sold them at fifteen oenta per bushel, 
while the consumers in Nmv York City, only ten 
hout’B from our cellars, have paid from three and 
a half to four dollars per barrel for the same po¬ 
tatoes we produced," 
To Purify CUtern Water. -WAnn Rtrt.l.AItn, 
Weybrtdge, Vt„ writes giving the host, method 
of keeping the contents of a cistern from .stag¬ 
nating and becoming offensive. He says“ Let 
the spout inn to the huthun of the eastern. You 
will then have now water every time it nyns. 
Tho old water will bo buoyed or borne up, and 
thrown off. Sometimes a single rain will throw 
off all tho old water, and give entirely new. If 
you have any doubt of this 111! a pall with water, 
run a tube to tho bottom of It, and, by means of 
a funnel, turn more water into it. by way of the 
tube, and you will see that the water you turn 
into the tube will go to the bottom of tho pull, 
and Ihe water you put in llrst, will be thrown off." 
Filler* for Cistern.—.1 icssr. II a i t., Salem, O., 
dug a well twenty-five to thirty feet deep, ce¬ 
mented it, and on one side of It. excavated an 
egg-a Imped cavity (small ond down,) which lie 
also cemented, leaving a conn eel ion In the bot¬ 
tom with the well or clateill proper, 'fills egg- 
shaped hole was tilled at the bottom with ton 
Inches of sand, then two inches of hard-packed 
charcoal, then six inches of sand and two of 
charcoal alternating until it, was full. Through 
this filter tho water llows from t he roof to tho 
| cistern; and It, Is a success. 
• The Croton Grape.—At the Fruit Growers 
Club, Thursday, Mr. Fuller exhibited this 
grape, which is a seedling of a Delaware fer¬ 
tilized with pollen from the Golden Chasselas. 
It la a large green (called white) grape, sweet, 
heavily shouldered and sometimes winged, har¬ 
dy at Croton Point, and very viiluablo If it 
should prove hardy elsewhere. 
NEW YORK FARMERS’ CLUB 
We continue our notes of the sayings and 
doings of this eminent body of scientific agri- 
cul turists. 
Mmit In Wheat. —W. P. J. HYDE. Sudbury, 
Vt„ soaks seed wheat in brine enough to cover 
the wheat twelve hours, drains off and dries the 
seed in slaked lime. A member hadseen human 
urine used in place of brine. No smut followed. 
Conlung Food for Swine.—H. Wolcott, Gene¬ 
see, N. V., writes:—“As economy of lime and 
fuel is of the first..importance, I would suggest 
using a pan instead of a kettle. For the sides 
use one and a half or two inch planks for the 
bottom and six inches in width. On the ends 
use sheet iron or zinc- if i< is made four feet 
square, one l oot in depth will hold ton bushels 
or more of roots, or twelve bushels of grain or 
meal, H meal alone was to be cooked, I don’t 
know hut a false bottom would be necessary, 
with perforated pipes to carry the steam into 
the meal. Atrial could be made of using two 
inches of corn in the bottom to prevent the 
meal sticking and burning, or make a partition 
so as to have the fire arch only a little more than 
half the width of the pan, passing the fire to the 
back end and re.turningit to the chimney on the 
opposite side from the arch, at the front end." 
Is the Tomato Worm Pnisnmms t a correspond¬ 
ent of the Club asks, he having seeu it asserted 
in some paper that, it is. Mr. FULLER says it is 
perfectly harmless. He has known people to be 
seriously poisoned with the prick of a pin ; has 
even known ladies to bo seriously poisoned by a 
Vose geranium; but it, was because of tho con¬ 
dition of their blood, and not. because either the 
pin or the geranium was Impregnated with 
poison. Mr. C.yvaxagii had known persons to 
be seriously poisoned with ivy when others 
working alongside them escaped injury. Ful¬ 
ler had known the- same tiling to happen to 
persons employed to gather mos* among sumach. 
Cavanauh has planted tomatoes for ten years, 
and often been stung by tho tomato worm, but 
never wit h any serious results yet. 
Sawdust n* u Fertilizer.—S imeon K.Dow, Con¬ 
cord, N. H., writes that he has a. pond in which 
sawdust has accumulated for twenty years, and 
is now three or four feet deep. He asks if it 
will be profitable to apply it. as a manure to soil 
which is Hu! debris of granite. Mr. Fuller said 
mid lime to It and apply it to the soil, plowing it 
In; or scatter it In tho barn-yard, and put, it on 
land in the fall direct. Mr. LYMAN suggested 
that, it would be doubtful as to ita effect upon 
soil if it was the dust of resinous woods. Mr. 
Fuller replied that mixed with lime and ap¬ 
plied to stiff, hard soils it would likely have a 
good mechanical effect, even though it proved 
to tie no fertilizer. 
Ilniulling Bee*.—L. C. Writing, East. Saginaw, 
Mich., writes the Club: “ Tell Mary E. Hamil¬ 
ton to use tho smoke of rotten wood, cotton 
rags, or tobacco in handling her bees. Chloro¬ 
form is too expensive and not as good as smoke. 
The great secret, til handling bees is to alarm 
them ho that they will (111 themselves with honey. 
When full of honey or sweetened water, they 
will not sting unless they get pinched in some 
way. The first thing to know Is that they have 
some sweet to he filled with. Then blow a little 
smoke under the hive; let them stand a few 
minutes and repeat, it. blowing tho smoke well 
up among the bees. Remove the hive to a con¬ 
venient place to work, and proceed with your 
operations. If the bees get in your way drive 
them where you want them by blowing smoke." 
Buck* Co., Pa,— Charles A. Parsons, Falls 
Springs, Rucks Co., Pa„ writes;—“Tho young 
A T THE ltl AOEBON NI HSUK IKS 
LA VKRSA1LLAISK, WHITE GRAPH and 
CH Fit It V CURRANTS, eurii $1.50 pur dozen by mall 
$7 pei' too by exprox*. ORANGE (,(UIN('K, IS to 1 
feet, $2.50 per dozen by mail, $15 per 100 by express 
Alsu. Grape-vines, Gooseberries, Blaokburrles,lltisp- 
herrie* and Strawberries lo Immense quantities. Tc 
Ret. our lowest prices send stump for rutulogue. 
Address C, L. VAN DFSICN. 
Maeednn, N. V. 
tlTKAWBRRItY PLANTS FOR SA LK.- 
Hoyden's No. (ill, largest and most productive her 
ry known ; V. 1 b err I as. rough, lfiCulqd; ptnntxftflr.no*., 
$!) 100, $15 1,000. Charles Downing, very large, sweet. 
It lias produced at the rate of over 500 Inlsbels to the 
acre. 50c. do/,., $].50 100,$12 1,000. I consider these two 
varieties the best known. For other good variolic* 
see my advertisement, in Rural of Aug. 21 of loo 
plants sent free by mail. S«ml for catalogue, i I ter¬ 
ry and V crawl lies Currants.2 year old, $1.51) (Viz., 100. 
Address VV. S. CARPENTER, 
Rye. Westchester Co., N. Y. 
mi I.BEHHY, 
N EW AMERICAN _ 
Hardy, vigorous,mill productive . trull- good 
ORANGE PIPPIN—A very early Orange-Yellow 
Apple, of great market value : lour acres Parly Mime 
Potatoes; Standard and Dwarf PEAR Tricks of extra 
Hue growth; Crack VINKS and Small Feint* m large 
supplies. My stock Is ottered Low. Seed tor rtlfd 
last. Address F. L. PERRY, Canandaigua, N. Y. 
Tuts is an entirely new feature of this in¬ 
teresting class of plants, imported from Ger¬ 
many last spring by Peter Henderson, 
Bergen City, N. J., and now for the first 
time flowering in this country. The calyx 
or sepals are pure white, slightly tipped with 
green; the corolla or inner petals are crim¬ 
son, distinctly striped with xvhite, giving the 
flower, to some extent, the appearance of a 
carnation pink. It, is an exceedingly desira¬ 
ble variety, nothing like it having before 
been seen in this family of plants. 
what kind of manure should be used with clover 
sod to si-ouro n good product of grain. A mem¬ 
ber replied plaster; but tho Inquirer failed to 
say aught of the character of the soil, or what 
crop ho proposed putting on I lie clover sod. 
Home Fllcn. An Inquisitive reader of (he 
club’s proceedings asks where house Hies come 
from, and what thoy are good for. No reply. 
(They are excellent domestic scavengers. Eds. 
Rural.] 
A War Widow,'Wooster, Ohio, who refuses to 
give her name, asks the noble Adonises of the 
fluli, who nre learned in all tilings beautiful, 
“Why is It that the Circassian and Georgian 
women are the hiuidsOmestin the world?” After 
a good doal of eonsiiUnfioii, ll was decided to 
refer tliis question to tho Club's ConnoUseur of 
Beauty and the member best posted in histori¬ 
cal literature. Lt was referred to Mr. Fuller, 
who is expected to read a paper solving the ques¬ 
tion in two weeks. 
Planting Cottonwood and Willow Cutting* In 
Fall.— J. F. Simmons, Iowa Falls, Iowa, asks if 
willow and cottonwood cutting will grow lu 
spring if out and planted in Ihe fall. It was 
asserted that It would depend upon the time of 
cutting and planting and the condition of the 
ground during the autumn. In any ease.it is 
better to plant In spring. Solon Robinson 
asked “ What does he want to grow cottonwood 
for? Black locust grows as rapidly and is a bet¬ 
tor timber." Mr. Fuller: dissented as to rapidity 
of growth. Ho had often out cottonwood aud 
willow cuttings four inches through, and set 
them by OKing an iron bur to make the holes, 
and they grew. They wore good sized trees 
when stuck in the ground. You cannot do so 
with black locust. 
Mr. Simmons 
ora or the West thousands of dollars more than 
they ever got from it: and any attempt to cre¬ 
ate another white willow hedge furore , should 
have a fact and figure foundation now. Let Mr. 
Simmons name the owners of these wonderful 
fences, giving their P. f), ado n> ks, (go of fence, 
number ol' miles so fonck^l, size of cuttings 
planted, distance apart of planting, how culti¬ 
vated, etc. Notwithstanding Mr. Simmons' as¬ 
sertion that he has no cutting's to sell, the 
oharuotor and terms of his statement, lend ns to 
suspect that, he knows where he can get some 
very quick. We don’t advise our readers to 
nibble at the bait, at any rate, lest, they find a 
sharp pointed hook in it.—E ds. Rural.] 
Raspberries and ninckberrlos far Minnesota.— 
Mary A. Fletcher, Hutchinson. Minn., asks for 
a hardy blackberry and raspberry that will stand 
Minnesota winters. Mr. Fuller named the Kit- 
tatinuy blackberry and the Philadelphia rasp¬ 
berry as the hardiest, lie advised hor to 
patronize home nurseries instead of sending so 
great a distance as this lor plants, and plant in 
spring. 
VVestchexter Black-Cop Hnspbrrry. A Chelsea, 
Mass., correspondent asks where this Black-Cap 
can be had. He is advised to read tho advertise¬ 
ments in the papers; if they do not tell, it Is 
probably because no plants are for sale. 
Snail* In a Garden. H. W. Smith, Clearfield, 
Pa„ writes the Club:- l 'T have been greatly 
vexed with snails in my garden this year, and 
expect (unless you cun give relief,) to be unable 
to raise anything next year. Also, whenever my 
egg plants attain the size of a walnut, some pest 
eats Into the heart of the stem, and off goes the 
fruit. When there is no fruit they cut off the 
plant. This may be the snails also. Now, will 
your delightful Society give tno some iyforma¬ 
tion on the subject tending to relief, for which I 
will ever be grateful." 
Solon Robinson says the drouth destroyed 
the snails for a friend of bis in New Jersey. Mr. 
Fuller hud found fresh slaked lime scattered 
about them efficient. Was once greatly annoyed 
with them In Brooklyn. Thoy were not imligen- 
our to tho soil, but were imported with certain 
shrubbery from France. 
[Probably a breed of great delicacy and good 
flavor to the gourmand was thus imported and 
t hus destroyed.—E ds. Rural.] 
Herd's Grass. Mr. Todd informed the Club 
that Herd’s grass and Timothy grass are Fhlcum 
pratensc; that In some places Agoutis vulgaris is 
called Herd’s grass,” and he quoted Flint on 
” Grasses aud Forage Plants " to prove it. 
The Valedictory of Sereno Edwards Todd was 
the event of the day. It was delivered with great 
feeling, and with the impassioned eloquence 
which has always distinguished his e.ctein i>ore, 
efforts, iti! said he was going to his rural re¬ 
treat to enjoy his dotage; that from his early 
boyhood he had been impressed with the thought 
l hat some wonderful event is to succeed his life; 
that two hundred and fifty men had been clam¬ 
oring for his position, but that he gracefully re¬ 
signed it to “one of the fair sex who stands 
fully six feet six without her boots;” that he 
had learned that “the ‘Coming Woman’ is 
among us.” 
The gracious ana appreciative Commander of 
the Club hastened to say a kind word to the Pro¬ 
fessor upon his retiring “ to enjoy his dotage." 
I fly hoped he would enjoy It that he would 
! never have cause to regret his enjoyment of It— 
indeed he trusted that his dotage would be very 
Ilort tcultural , Sfc, 
D LBL.EY A iffliKRELL, 
3NTTmSXi33El. YlVEElJa , 
GENEVA, N. Y. 
FRUIT TREES, 
ORNAMENTAL STOCK, 
CHOICE GRAPE VINES. 
(Iona, Eumelan, Salem, Martha, Walter, &c.) 
LARGE STOCK. 
LOW PRICES 
SEND FOR CATALOGUES. 
Our stock lx larger than usual, and of the host 
quality Prices re.u suitable. Liberal terms to thoso 
who huy largely. Prices sent on application. 
It, (.:, H A NFORD, Columbus, Ohio. 
JJ 500 Aores. 18t,h Year. 10 Green-Houses. 
Fruit, ornamental anil Nursery Stock. Uuincuse 
amt reliable assortmeat very low for cash. 
Apple* Including most mhgtiltleent stock ot year¬ 
lings- nUo hardy Northern sorts, such as Duchess 
Oldenburg. Hi slop. Transcendent and other Crab 
Apples, 1,2 and it year. ,, 
Peaches, Peers, r(terries. Plums, Quinces, armies. 
Forest and Evergreen Trees, Nurse i'll Stocks, Osage 
Orange Hedge Plants, Hoses, own roots, Tulips, Hya¬ 
cinths, Narcissus, Iris, Sr/ullls, Lilies, Spectosuin, 
fl ACTION. 
L/ The Pre*iti, nt Wilder Strawberry. 
Besides the variety raised by the distinguished 
horticulturist whose name It bears, there Is JJW■ * 
European sort called President Wilder, ofwfiUJ 1 
nothing is known In ibis country. As several un- 
surunulous persons are advertising the miter In a 
manner calculated tomlflload the public, we warn all 
who desire to obtain the host- of all strawberries, 
to be careful ot whom they purchase, and bn sure 
to get t he 
AMERICAN PRESIDENT WILDER, 
Of which not one plant has yet been sont out. 0 r wtil 
he sent out until next, soring, except jW WMninuitt to 
subscribers to Tilton s Journal of HOltlOUItura. 
rates. Any Farmer can grow tins stock to Orchard 
size at. very small expense. Nurserymen can make 
from 3 to 500 per cent, to grow Uilsyjtnclr two years. 
For a man starting In the nurserf business .,r any 
Nurseryman that wants to hliy .itoi!l£,ill'- Is ilia right 
kind ol stock to buy. . , „ . 
Pun KS Pear and Cherry Trees, 4 to 1 ten. i Apple, 
*4 to fie. We otter also a full assortment of all kinds 
of Nursery Stock. For Description of Stock, Price 
List, Ac., address K. MOODY A SONS, 
Niagara Nurseries, Lookport, New N ork. 
rilULIP TREE SEEDLINGS, A FEW 
L Inelinshigli, tier UNO. •;••••••••. 'k'll’iiwiAm 
Red Cedars, four to twelve inches high, per 1,000. .) 00 
lfiack-Cap Raspberry lips. 200. . .. J 
Wilson's Albany Strawberry plants, 600.. 
Concords, very fine v A H1>KNTEK \ V 1 
South Pass P. O., Cobden Station, III. 
1 7 IARLY ROSE, CLIMAX, KING ol TIIE 
Kill-lies, and Urezee -< Prolific Potatoes cheap. 
To close u partnership, I will deliver on board cars 
here, one barrel Burly Rose, and one pound each of 
Climax, King of the EarlU-s and Bresee s ProlillO,for 
•A V. K. BAILEY, 
Rome, Oneida county, N. Y. 
TILTON’S 
* JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE, 
An Illustrated Magazine, devoted to the 
Cultivation of Fruit, Flowers aud 
Vegetable*. 
Suhticrlption price, $3. 
TWO PLANTS of the PRESIDENT WILDER 
B'J’RA WHKIlli V grven to each BUbscrlber for lHiO. 
Plants to he delivered III the spring Of 1070. 
Sample copies sent free, 
Subscribers for 1370 may have the remaining num 
bers ot Mil* year free, dating from time their sub 
scrlptlon Is received at, our office. Address 
Tilton’s Journal or Horticultukk, Boston. 
Male nnd Female Cotton wood 
asks how ho may distinguish tho seed of the 
male from that of the female cottonwood, as¬ 
sorting that-the male is a fine shade tree and the 
female is a nuisance because of tho “cotton” 
which it sheds. A learned member asks Mr. 
Simmons if In- over know a male tree or plant of 
any kind to bear seed? And the gentleman i* 
advised, if lie knows tin 1 male tree from tho 
female, to propagate from cuttings taken from 
the former as tho surest way to avoid mistakes. 
White Willow Fence. — Mr. Simmons distin¬ 
guishes himself in this wise on this subject: 
“Some of your Western readers who have seen 
miles of white willow hedges which will turn 
any kind of stock, from a rabbit to an elephant, 
are sometimes amused by the debates in your 
Club upon the willow for hedging, and the wise 
predictions or unfounded statements of its 
failure. The truth is, that any one who will set 
a row of white willow cuttings and culti vate for 
three years with the same Judgment and care 
and skill which lie would give to a row of corn, 
can have a fence the fourth or fifth year which 
will turn any stock ever kept upon a farm. I 
have m> cuttings to sell." 
[If Mr. Simmons were a correspondent.of ours, 
we should ask him where these miles of white 
willow hedges may be seen. We have traveled 
considerably in Hi© West ami we have not seen 
two miles of white willow hedge “that would 
turn any kind of stoekand we do not believe 
there is one mile of it in the West to show for 
j every thousand miles that, have been planted. 
Nor do we believe that a hedge can be made of 
it that will turn any kind of stock the fourth or 
fifth year, unless the cuttings are larger than 
those ordinarily sold by dealers in them. Tho 
fact is, tliis white willow swindle cost the farm- 
PEACH TREES FIRST 
class, of leading varieties, together 
. ..- *-l Trees. 
1 W * r % S r s r \ / OMmoi ’ ’ * ’ ■ ... ■ , 
with a general stock of Fruit and Ornamental 
GODFREY ZIMMERMAN. 
Pine Hill Nurseries. Buffalo, New York 
i; Ft It 10, BATt ITHL DKIt »V < O.’tS 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 
SPECIALTIES ! 
1869. 
HYACINTHS, CROCUS, TILIPS, AND OTHER 
HARDY BULBS—for the Autiimu of I8«0, sent 
to any address on receipt of 5 rents. 
Address 
FERRE, BATCHELDER & CO., 
$31 Main St„ Springfield* tins*. 
UAR L Y ROSE POTATOES AT REDUCED 
Standard Peachkr, 
(Old. Dp. Peaches, 
J HEKiiiKfl,C urrants, 
9P901W % .’oonRBonRiE? 
fm Plum Trees, i to 
5 feet, one year, 
branched. F^l'3 
S15 ; 0 1,000, $125. 
Plu m ScedUnqs.H 
o quality and quantity. Com¬ 
es, Plants, vines. Shrubs, SeM- 
fts, etc., etc. Send a lump for 
for Catalogue*. 
VV. F. II El K ES, Dayton, O. 
PRICES. YID per barrel, with tea choice 
ra; 100.000 one and two year old Apple Seed- 
[>er 1 000 JAR. .1- NKVVSON, Lowell, Kent 
itch.__ 
IV . I» E L L , 
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COMMISSION MERCHANT, 
328 CREENW1CH STREET, 
NEW YORK. 
/ tllOICK APPLE TREES, from 3c. to T‘Je. 
Vv apiece. Fifty million Hedge Plants. Agent* 
wanted. Write to us. ,, 
tv. n. MANN A CO., Gilman, 111. 
Fit REES AND SEEDLINGS.- I mid year 
I old Standard and Dwarf Pear, Plum, Cherry, 
Apple and (Tab Tree* of leading varieties. Also, 
Pear. Plum, Cherry and Apple Seedling* on sale. 
Cherry PRb $5 per bu. 8. P. WILLIAMS & CO„ 
Dansvllle. Livingston t O., N. V 
County 
T A N 1> A R D PEAR, 
PLUM, CHERRY AMD DWARF APPLE TREES, 
Of unrivaled quality, for sale cheap at the 
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laf” Call and see us, or write before buying to 
SMITH, CLARK Sc POWELL, Syracuse, N. 
