itsrassions. 
AMERICAN INST. FARMERS' CLUB. 
Notes of Discussion, Extracts from Eel- 
ter*. Arc. t 
Pouliry Profit*. H. H. Stoddard, Hartford, ' 
Conn., sends the Club a long paper in which h , 
asserts as the result of his oxperi nee: < 
Ordinarily it will not. pay to raise fowls In 
great numbers for their flesh. Very early r 1 • >'k- . 
ens may be sold in limited numbers at. prices . 
ranging from £1.50 to ?-.50 per pair, and afford 
high profits, nut. hrnilers at such rates ~*ntw)t . 
be considered a staple article of produce,o, only \ 
the rich can buy them. Later in t lie season ■ 
chickens bring but JitMe more than the cost of . 
the food they have consumed, as any one m <y 
prove by keeping aonoimts. Chickens kept till , 
eight months old, will Imrdly bring enough to 
pay for their feed. A man may spend n summer 
in raising a number of thousands f chickens j 
and not realize seventy-live cents a day for his 
labor, provided he buys ail they consume at 
regular prices. Mr. Warren LELANn grows , 
poultry meat liy the ton. mainly on scraps of 
bread and other hotel waste. Ho does not keep , 
close account of his fowls, but if the bread, &e.. . 
was appraised at the value of its equivalent in , 
grain, there could he no considerable margin of < 
profit, If sueli crops can take the place of grain. , 
then they must eventually have a recognized 
price, just as much as brewer's grain or chand¬ 
ler'.? grease?, and must bo accounted foraceord- 
illglv, while we are estimating the merits of 
poultry raising ns a business. 
The wintering of a few hundred fowls, and 
rearing from them as ninny thousand chickens 
annually, is not a very difficult problem, though 
it needs rather more skill and cure than the or¬ 
dinary branches of farming, nod a peculiar (act 
and patience. But if, as I have claimed above, 
it cannot be done with protit, the matter is of 
little practical Interest to farmers. It. may he 
asked why so many raise chickens to sell for 
their flesh if there is no profit in iU for millions 
me produced for market every summer, a few 
frnm each farm. I answer that it Isto bo ex¬ 
pected for various reasons, that every farmer 
will Iiuvij u few hens. They afford his family an 
agreeable change of diet, give Ills children their 
lirst. lessons in industry, and are an ornament to 
the farm yard. The supernumerary chickens 
and towls past their prime makea vast aggregate 
vliioli would lie thrown upon the nanrket an¬ 
nually, whoihcr they cost more ihnn they come 
to or not. Then, nu doubt, ns a tnuttcr of fact, 
iho fifty or one hundred chickens sold every 
year from the farm do bring more than the 
value or the grain consumed, for when t low 
only are kept they subsist In good part on wlmt 
they glean, which cost* nothing. But when it is 
attempted to keep chickens by the thousand, a 
tow odd grains from the barn’floor nod insects 
from the orchard will go but, little way. The 
poultry meat—in such ease tons in weight—must 
be mostly grown from grain, a cjibIi article. 
My ox pc ..ts. carefully conducted for a 
number of years, with rigid accounts kept from 
first l.o hist, have proved to my satisfaction that 
though it is easy enough for one who under¬ 
stands it to rear great, numbers of chickens, it 
cannot he done with profit. If any one doubts, 
let him try it, and keep accurate accounts. Let 
ji lie noted ttint 1 do not deny that a few persons 
may. by extra iiceomuiodutions, anticipate their 
neighbors liy a few weeks, nnd make money on 
very early chickens; but such a basis ts too nar¬ 
row for the multitude to do business upon. A 
few others find profit by selling live fowls of 
fancy breeds at. high prices; hut only a lew can 
do that either, the demand being llmlled. As 
for feeding upon hotel waste, which eosls noth¬ 
ing. undoubtedly that pays; but what most of 
us want to know is whether it will pay if we 
have no hotel of our own, and have to depend 
upon gram. There has been, in almost, every 
county in New England, someone who lias tried 
the experiment of poultry on a large scale. »ud 
abandoned it. Now, I am ns thoroughly con¬ 
vinced that keeping poultry for thofr eggs may 
be profitable, as I am that, raising chickens in 
largo numbers, for the sake of their flesh, must 
be unprofitable. While the nnxlua operand! or 
chicken raising on a large scale has been exhib¬ 
ited by Mr. Lf.i.axd and others, no large egg 
manufactory was ever suocesstuiiy run, so far its 
I know, in this or other countries. 
To keep a grear number of laying fowls the 
year through in health and productiveness both, 
is vastly more difficult than to raise chickens bv 
the thousand. Using proper care to secure sani¬ 
tary conditions, great numbers of laying hens 
may be kept with little ny no disease, as unques¬ 
tionable as that great numbers of convicts may 
be confined In our prisons with less diseuse than 
in an average outside scattered community. 
But. prolificn«\« i* n different matter tram health. 
Frequently animals of some species are kept for 
many years in vigorous health, without any re¬ 
production at all. Darwin mi vs that the ele¬ 
phant. however perfect in health, nud kept in 
its native i lunate, and allowed its natural diet 
and as much freedom ns our cattle have m their 
pastures, plenty of exercise, pure air, and every¬ 
thing that, can be devised, will not breed at all 
in ihe tamed suite, Now hens in small flocks 
will lay well it well treated, and of good breed, 
and not too old hut kept in large nocks It is a 
different mat ter. if the club can solve the ques¬ 
tion of keeping hens in large numbers upon one 
farm, and securing tlie full yield of eggs (say 
100 lo 135 per lien each year,) under a system of 
management, that, snail produce a profit, they 
will have achieved a leat never yet published. 
Mr. Lawrence remembered to have a I tended 
a dinner in London thirty years ago, given by 
a gentleman on the occasion of his retiring from 
active business. The host made n speech, in 
which lie stated that he was that day sixty years 
old, and that forty years of his life had been de- 
votOd to the poultry business, out of which he 
had made Ids fortune—keeping from 1,000 to 
1,500 fowls. Mr. FULLER asked if any one knew 
of any person in this country who had made a 
living by growing fowls and producing eggs for 
market exclusively. He laid never known of 
such nn instance. No other member of the Club 
hud either. 
.V-tpnrngq* Culture.—The Professor of Early 
■Rising, who is about as wide-awake an old gen¬ 
tleman as attends the Club meetings, read a 
paper on this subject. The substance of it hav¬ 
ing already appeared in the Rural New-York¬ 
er, we copy the following extracts: 
Some twelve or fourteen years ago I laid out 
nn entirely new garden whore I now live. My 
soil is a heavy sandy loam. I prepared my 
ground with u huge quantity of well rotted ma¬ 
nure, and divided my ground into beds five feet 
wldeand eighteen foot long. The ground was 
then dug up one spit deep, the length of a long 
spade blade. Believing that asparagus (like all 
other vegetation) required the warmth of the 
sun and air to reach inerootsand surface moist- 
nro rrora dew and rain, and having nn fear that 
the roots would run down beyond my control, I 
place ail the roots four inches deep and twelve 
inches apart. The routs were two years old, and 
were taken from a garden adjoining my own ; as 
soon as dug from the ground they were placed 
m the trenches, eaeli branch of the roots was 
spread out. as they grow naturally, and the 
crowns Were covered four inches deep. The as¬ 
paragus grew apparently as well as though the 
roots had never been removed. The next season 
f cut from the lied a sufficient quantity to sup¬ 
ply my own table. Every season when the weeds 
commence growing, I sow 1 1 road cast one-half 
nusnol of salt, and the same quantity twice 
atterwards as the weeds begin growing again. I 
always have asparagus betore any appears in 
market, t ruin ihe market- gardens in the neigh- 
‘V’™ 3 ' au ' 1 1.put ’t every day from the time I 
commence until the season ends, the productive- 
most prolific bed they have ever seen. Tho 
average growth of the stalks, at the time of 
seeding, is from five to eight feet in higbt. 
There is no one article cultivated by the mark¬ 
et gardener that will pay Inm so much for his 
labor as asparagus. But tho great failure of 
many market gardeners, as well as in private 
gardens, with asparagus, is the careless and im¬ 
proper manner in which they make their beds 
and place their roots. They should always grow 
their own roots, and never take ihem from the 
ground until their bed is ready to receive them. I 
When the ground ts dug up it should bo thickly 
covered with well rotted cow yard manure, nnd 
made as rich nnd mellow us a hot bed, and laid 
out in beds live feet wide, with walks between, 
two feet wide, to prevent treading on tlm tied. 
A tr ueh should then be dug six Inches from the 
■’dge of the bed, deep and wide enough to place 
Hie roots four inches deep and twelve inches 
part, with the root? spread out with the hands 
as they grow naturally, and the rich earth ami 
manure worked among them with the hands. 
When the trench is filled lay boards over It to 
pr veot tr> iding on the earth crossing Ihe 
tench. Dig ait the trench, and place roots as 
b fore, twen inches apart and four inches 
deep, and and so on alternately until four rows 
are planted. Then tnake a path l wo feet wide, 
beginning six inches from the last row planted, 
and so on alternately with each bed. 
My beds have been planted some thirteen or 
fourteen years, nnd but in three or four in¬ 
stances have the crowns spread in the two-foot 
walk six inches from tho centre of the crown 
root. Hence the fallacy of planting the roots i 
several feet apart, to give room for Ihe crown 
to spread to lill up the vacant space. Home gar¬ 
deners place their roots ten to twelve inches be¬ 
low the surtace. The consequence is that when 
the sprout lias readied the surface it lias grown 
enough to ho cut, mid when It has grown two 
or three inches above the ground It Is cut. some 
eight to ten inches below the surface, nnd near¬ 
ly the whole length of the sprout is while and 
tough, and no more fit to lie eaten than a soft 
green stick, and two or three inches of the head 
ready to expand itself into its lateral branches, 
and with but little of the marrowy taste and 
flavor of sprouts produced from roots planted 
four inches deep. Bed.? should never be trod 
upon. Roots four inches deep is enough to fork 
up and work In tho manure, which lias boon 
their wtnter covering, arid will produce stalks 
soft and marrowy when grown six inchesahovo 
the ground and cut one inch below the surface. 
The profits of cultivating an acre of asparagus 
properly put out and well attended to (and doing 
everything at u proper time) will better pay for 
tlte amount of labor necessary than any other 
one article, that cun be produced in a market 
garden. It would require a grear deni of labor 
to put an acre of ground in asparagus. After 
It began to be productive the faitor necessary 
would be to fork it up in tho spring, cut and 
market it. It would require close attention 
unlil the end of the season, (say the middle of 
July.) It would not be necessary to give, it any¬ 
more attention but to unit, it until November, 
when all tbestalka should he closely out off wit h 
a knife, and the bed covered liberally with well- 
rotted manure. From tin; quantity produced 
from my lied, eighteen feet, by thirty-six feet, I 
think that one acre of asparagus, properly cul¬ 
tivated, would produce more dollars, with less 
labor, than any other horticultural production. 
The slovenly manner of cultivating anti taking 
enroot’ asparagus bed* agn la* seen In every mar¬ 
ket gardener's grounds, as well ns m private gar¬ 
bed, and when all is ready, sow the seeds 
and sand together in straight, shallow fur¬ 
rows, dropping the seeds about an inch or 
two apart, or as near this distance as you can 
conveniently. Cover two inches deep, if the 
soil is light, but if heavy clay, not more than 
one inch. The rows should be two to three 
feet apart, according to the mode to be 
adopted in cultivation. Commence hoeing 
ns soon as the plants appear, and allow no 
weeds to grow among them during the en¬ 
tire season. Good culture only, will insure 
good, strong and healthy plants. Tn the fall, 
after frosts have killed the leaves, dig up the 
plants and shorten the tap-root, and then 
liead-in until spring, at which time they may 
he planted in the hedge row. 
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ARBORICTJLTURAL NOTES. 
Osage Orange for Hedge. 
A Subscriber at Otsego, Mich., asks: 
“ Will Osage Orange thrive well for ft hedge 
as far north as this; if not, what will?” We 
should prefer to risk GlidiMua triacanthoty 
commonly known as Three-thorned Acacia 
or Honey-locust. 
Seedling Lemons. 
We planted a lemon seed last winter or 
spring, and it had just come up when our 
plants were put out, about the middle of 
May, Before it was taken in, in October, 
it was five feet and five inches high. In 
fourteen days it grew eight inches. It has 
thorns one and a-half inches long at every 
leaf. Will it ever bear without being graft¬ 
ed? —M. IT. Nutting. 
Seedling lemons and oranges are not. un¬ 
like apples and pears, as regards the time 
required to bring them into fruiting. Some 
will produce fruit when only four or five 
years old ; others weary the patience of the 
cultivator, and do not hear until they are 
fifteen to twenty years old. 
The pomologisl. can usually make a very 
close guess as to the likelihood of the seed¬ 
ling bearing young or the. fruit being of any 
value, by liie general character of the plant. 
If the seedlings arc quite thornV, thereby 
showing its wild crab naUtrc, It is immedi¬ 
ately discarded or grafted with some well 
known sort. The absence of thorns and 
Serbs, plants, tUrccs, &’c. 
rp REES AND SHRUBS. 
We offer in our large assortment of all the best va¬ 
rieties specially flue slocks of the- following: 
Evergreen* of all the rarer sorts. 
J uuipert), from 13 Inches to 3 feet. 
Arhor-Vitse, Aitierlcim,3 ei*. each and ppward. 
Si Pen :i n. Cts. " “ " 
Hardy Rosea, 1 and 2 years, strong plants. 
Rli odoilvndroiiH, seedling and grafted. 
Purple Beech, with unusually fine roots. 
To these and other porrimia of our stock the atten¬ 
tion of Dealers Is especially invited. 
Packages delivered in New York. 
For Catalogues, address 
_ PARSONS ifc CO.. Flushing, N. Y. 
QTBA \V IIKRRV PM NTS FOR SA LU, 
to Selected from tOD varieties. Borden’s 30, berries 
1 <>z. each : Chus. Downing, Nicanor, Knox TOO, Barnes’ 
Mammoth. Agriculturist. 50c. do*.. .?] 100, ?s 1,000: 
Hudson's Wonderful, new, monstrous berry, pro¬ 
ductive. fine, 12 do*.; Hudson's Incomparable, very 
large and productive. (3.50 dux.; Hudson's Knily, very 
largo, earliest berry known. $1 doz.; Marshall P Wil¬ 
der, promises to be valuable, fl dor,.; Kentucky, ;t fine 
new seedling, large, f 1 dor The. lasts mimed new 
seedlings. 1 do*, each, by mail. (4; the entire cnllec- 
tian. 11 varieties. I do*, each. pi. We oiler a few 
plants of the new fleedllng Raspberry. Early An¬ 
drews. This fine Raspberry is perfectly hardy ;'needs 
no tying to stakes; fruit large, bright red. extra: 
plants, fii d,,*.. *20 lf», WJI S. CARPENTER & SON. 
Rye. Westchester Co., N. Y 
C l URN - 1 AO BUSHELS PER ACRE!! 
> Tin ker’s Improved Early llnckherrf Corn, yield¬ 
ing Tront 100 to luO bushels per acre. 20 to in day- ear¬ 
lier th«o other varieties. Suitable alike for thin 
upland or rich prairie : 4U lbs. *2; I s lbs. bv mad, pre¬ 
paid, 30c. W. fl. TUCK KU* CO,. Plymouth, O. 
D A String Bean without strings, The best and 
most productive Hush variety known. Enough 
for to hilts sent, post-paid, to any address In 
the States on receipt of 25 eon is. 
J5. M. POTT Kit, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
WANTED - PRINCE ALBERT, PEACH 
ii Blow and Early Rose Potatoes. Farmers, 
country merchants and others that may have, them, 
In Central Nevr York or Vermont will please slate 
what quantities and varieties, and the lowest figure 
they can be bought for, In cash, delivered to places 
for transportation. Address, for three weeks, A. 
MEEKER, care Rural New-Yorker Office. Rochester. 
CM All PRIIIT PI'^'TS IN LARGE 
OlflHLL iRUI I or small quantities, uv m a 11 
or Express: over 50 varieties, cheap. Descriptive 
Catalogue or Price List free to applicants. Clarke. 
Mammoth Cluster and Davison'* Thornless, tier;/ 
cheap. Also, 
SANFORD CORN. asrOTSTfeS: 
*3.75 per bush., by freight or express. 
M. N WILSON, Macedon, N. Y. 
F. K. PHOENIX, 
BLOOMINGTON NURSERY, III., 
OFFERS 
1,000,000 Apple Root Grnfts, best quality 
and sorts. 
‘2,000,000 Osngc Hedge Plant*, extra. 10.CKX) 
$15. 
J OO Itusbels Res* Apple Seed, (llOpcr bushel. 
OO Bushels Early Rose Potatoes, *1.25 per 
bushel. 
HOU Acres ! Fruit, Shade, Evergreen Trees, 
All Sl/.e*. Best Quality. Low Prices. 
FLOWER nnd VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
Rones, Green-House Plant", Finest Col¬ 
lection. 
DT New Descriptive Catalogue, Iff cents ; Seed and 
Plant. Catalogues for stamp. Wholesale Price List, 
Free. Afldro** a* above. 
^TELTON IV l RSEKIES, 
G. W. Thompson, New Brunswick, N. J. 
Save filoney by sending stamp Do- mv Catalogue 
of KrnU and Ornamental Trees,Shrubs, Roses, Grape 
Vine*, Small Fruits. Ac. 
Conover’s C'oloswal A*pn ragu* a specialty. 
ilen?, ami gives the whole solution of the want oilier known marks of promise, usually in- 
of success m it.* cultivation. 
To produce good, healthy roots, prepare the 
ground with well rotted manure, spade or fork 
up one spit deep, remove tlie earth from the | 
drill three or four inches wide ttud throe inches 
deep, sow the seed not- to grow closer than three 
or four inches, cover with earth removed from 
the drill halt-in eh deep, water the rows If dry 
weather; when tho seed has a vigorous growth, 
draw .-nine or tho earth that ha? I men removed 
front tho driU alongside of the plant, next row 
two feet, to give room In work between rows, 
and ao alternately with each row. In the fall, 
cover tlm plant-? with the earth that has been re¬ 
moved from the drills, and cover the whole with 
manure; leave tl>6 roots logrpw until two years 
old, they will then he strong and vigorous to re¬ 
move. The next, year, after the new bed is made, 
the sprouts can he cut tor the table, but. be al¬ 
ways careful not. to trend on the bed or lay any 
heavy weight on it. Pack the earth, then your 
bed will always remain mellow, with forking up 
in the spring to work in the matiuro with widen 
llie bed Inis been covered through me winter. 
The professor of Foreign Marble said lie was 
recently in an asparagus field in Monmouth Co., 
N. J.. which was being treated in this wise:— 
A heavy coating of manure was placed along the I 
rows, and then a deep furrow turned upon it 
from each side, making high ridges. The Held 
was perfect ly corduroyed. I asked the owner if 
6uch deep covering was right. “Oh, no," was 
his reply, “it is all wrong, but properly culti¬ 
vated asparagus would not sell in Now York, 
and wc cannot change fashion. I would have 
but two or three inches of covering, and then 
out just under the surface." In other words, 
level culture. If lids club has influence to 
change this stupid fashion it will certainly do 
good. What oilier vegeiubies do wc buy, where 
throe-fourths wc pay for are perfectly useless? 
It is the top nnd not the root of asparagus that 
is edible. 
Mr. Fuller said few of the growers nnd a less 
number of the consumers of asparagus read 
the club report, so what is the use of talking at 
them ? 
Arbormtltef. 
wires rare ami encourages ihe cultivator's 
patience while wailing for fruit. Tho seed¬ 
ling lemon tree you describe as having such 
large thorns, trfll probably be a long lime 
in coming into a bearing condition, and then 
the fruit will probably be of an inferior size 
and quality. Better graft it, with a cion 
from some bearing lemon or orange Irec. 
Lemon trees are excellent stocks for the 
orange. 
tv rice nf „ * -j , . - t tuvi vi uiiuuii* f J. Ait * « IJHjCL UI 
"H®? 0 A my be , d has mereased, and all gardeners , - 
and others who have seen it pronounce it the i ^ the seed f 
OSAGE OEANGE FROM SEED. 
Will you please inform the reader of the 
Rural New-Yorker the best method of 
growing Osage Orange—sprouting and plant¬ 
ing the seed, cultivation, &c. You may 
have done so before, but there are many new 
readers on these vast plains, and hedging is 
a specially now.— Geo. W. Taber, Cham¬ 
paign, Co., 111. 
The first thing to be done is to procure 
the required quantity of good seed. About 
two weeks before planting time (which will 
be as soon as the ground is dry enough to 
work) put the seed to soak in. warm water, 
say at a temperature of 120®, or about as 
warm as you can hold your hand in it. with¬ 
out scalding. Change the water every day, 
and let the seed soak three or four days; 
then pour off the water and mix in sand 
sufficient to separate the seed. Place all in 
a tight box and set it in a warm room, and 
then let it remain until the seed begins to 
sprout. The seed should be examined every 
day and stirred up, so that they will not 
become moldy, and prevent those at the 
top becoming too dry. Do not delay the 
sowing until the sprouts are so long that 
they will break off in handling. 
Have a piece of ground prepared as careful¬ 
ly for the seed as you would for an onion 
Serbs, ptnnts, ®tcco, (Etc. 
B lack-car raspberry plants.- 
KW.000 Ttiurnlc*'' amt Doolittle. Price, *1 per 100, 
ft per 1,000. Address 
S. B. SEA RLE, Onondaga. Valley, N. Y. 
IJKED CORN.-In 1800 nud 1870 I 
O furnished SEED PORN to Imiidreda of Farmers 
in the New England States, New York and Miclnjran. 
For YlKf.fi,Q uxmtv und Eahuness combined. It is 
without s rival. Over thirty years since its selection 
and Improvement commenced. Send »tump for cir¬ 
cular. Address A. M. EVA RTS. Salishnry, Addison 
Co.. Vermont. 
D ouble geranium.- eu-ii r »mien. *. 
including Madame Lemoyne, *1 per doz. Mme. 
Lemoyno alune. same price. 
_ GEO. W. W ILSON, Malden. Mass. 
B ELVIDliRK GRAPERY AND MR- 
„ *EUY FOR SALE, 
Near Charles and Kiiver streeM, Rail 1 more. Grounds 
about two acres, high and hoantifallr situated ; 7H.OOO 
square feet underatlti*?; comprising Seven House-, 
Containing affn choice Grapes In bearing, with n lurire 
Collection of choice Flowers. Plants, Aik. Tup prem¬ 
ise* will he shown by ffM. Stafpohu, and for further 
information apply to or address VV It.1,1 AM WOOD- 1 
WARD, cor. German und IP sward St-., Baltimore. 
OAA BBLN. CHOICE f*\VEET potato 
«RR Seed tor Sale, ia per hbl. Dealer? supplied 
utadiscuuni. Address W.M. .imiNSffN, 
Kid Washington St.. Now York. 
TOHS S>. COLLINS, Mnorcsimvii, N. J., 
ft raised and marketed In year JSTD over H.ffffff hush, of 
Berries and lff,u0(l bunches or Asparagus; has Plants, 
Roots. Ac., for sale: sends prices tree. 
fXKAPE VINES M3 MAIL, El MI LAN, 
Walter, fl: Martha. Salem. 50c.: Delaware, is- 
raelhi, Crevelllllg, Iona, Diana. Rebecca. Adiromlac, 
Hartford. Concord. 25c. All No. |. two years old. 
Orange Quince Irens, 1 jr., 35c. Order must be for *1 
or more. Address C. L. VAN DU8KN, Macedon 
Nurseries. Mueedon, N. 5’. 
QCItl’UTSE OATs. 
O The TUL'K Van Ofindn Seed, *2 perbushcl; San¬ 
ford Corn, Ft per hn-hel. 
C. L. VAN DUSEN. Macedon. N. Y. 
i SPA R AGES HOOT?, Giant nnd UnloMsnl. 
xY Philadelphia anil Mam inister Raspberries. Kit- 
nny and Dorchester Blackberries. Send for i 
CDCC|| fiARnEM anp klower, fruit, 
rnton unnuen hkr». nnr. * snnm, 
and F.verorkkn Sfficns, post-paid, tty Mall. 25 dif¬ 
ferent packets of either class for *1. The Six Classes 
*5, Catalogues grail*. Agent* wanted. Seeds on 
Commission. B. M. WATSON, Plymouth, Mass. 
fllllE ROCHESTER BERRY 
. ‘ -Kl JL BASK KT lias bean in use turn 
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The best ventilated husk el yet offer- culur of the Sweet 
' —-ed. For List of Prices. Testimonials, 
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UflJjil i 11 U Ii 
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t. W* mf*' th * 1 a.meimcan Basket Co.’n 
Alw. Ageiita ter and wbieh combines more good qualities than any other 
■ V Dealers In the Beecher, MelllMi , 
v,JliClfcx','• rf SJ and other attic.*. tree planted. 
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Street, New York. I j 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
VEW AND RARE PLANTS ’ 
por A general and complete assortment of 
SPRING OF 1871. NURSERYSTOCK 
john SAUL’S ipoi* Snrins: of 18T1. 
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GTrccs, plants, Gccbs, (Otc. 
Y NEW 
WHITE GRAPE. 
Tho Croton Is a Wtllte Grape, and is acknowledged 
by all wlm have tasted It to surpass in quality and 
beauty any white grape yet introduced, that will suc¬ 
ceed in the open air. Us flesh is uniformly molting 
and sweet throughout; oi a semi-liquid consistency, 
nnd fully equal to the 
Finest Foreign Varieties. 
It has hold Us foliage well In all parts of the coun¬ 
try, and In many place* hotter thnn any other va¬ 
riety. Will undoubtedly prove to be a most valuable 
market grape. 
THE SENASQTJA 
Is a Black Grape ; tho vine a healthy, vigorous grow¬ 
er, with every appearance of a pure native, but Its 
fruit more closely resemble* tho fleshy foreign grapes 
than any variety that Has as yet been Introduced. It 
ts considered by some of our best, pomologists as the 
tlnest hardy grape lliry have tasted. 
For fine cut of Croton Grape, and further descrip¬ 
tion, history of origin, reports of »ueeo«s in various 
localities, It-t of premiums awarded, etc., etc., send 
for circular. 
Prick list: 
Fneli. Per doz. 
Croton, n few very largo plants, .ft Off _ 
“ extra. 1 year. 3 Off $30 00 
Senasquh. extra, 2 years. 3 00 30 no 
The above vine* arc grown from well-ripened wood, 
nnd are all Of huge size and perfectly healthy. If 
carefully planted and cured Tor, will hear the follow¬ 
ing season. Will be sent by mull, post-paid, on re¬ 
ceipt of price. Liberal inducements to agents. 
STEPHEN W. UNDERHILL, 
Croton Landing P. O,, Croton Point, New York. 
ALL FOR $1.00. 
BENT, POST-PAID, BY MAIL. 
10 plcts. Choice Annual Flowers, worth 50cfs. 
1 Choice Gladiolus Bulb, " SOcts. 
1 Lllllum Annitunr, “ “ 30cts. 
2 Double Tube Rose “ “ 30 cts. 
8. C. PARKER A CO.. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
O RANGE Ql' USC K AND OTHER FRUIT 
Trees. Grape Vine*, Small Fruits, Ac., in quan¬ 
tity, positively at lower rate* than eleewhere. Cniu- 
logues (ran. C, L. VAN DUSKN, Miiccdwi, JT. T. 
— TREES 
Plants and Vines. 
Wo offer, for the Spring Trade of tS7t, tho Largest 
and most Elegant Stock of Standard nnd Idvaiiv 
Fruit 1’rkks, Grape Vines nnd Small Fruits. 
Ornamental Treks, siirTTbs, Roses, etc., era., 
ever offered by us. JiV Particular attention called 
to our stock of 
New American and Kilmarnock Willows, 
Weeping Mountain Ash, Mountain Ash, 
American Arbor Yitre, ' to i ft. high, 
and Dwarf Pear Trees. 
Descriptive Catalogues will he furnished on appli¬ 
cation. Also, Trade List for Nurserymen und Deal¬ 
ers- GOULD BROTH ERS. 
Monroe County Nurserle*. Rochester, N. Y. 
O 15 EDS AND BULBS. 
k C. Ji. ALLEN & CO.’S 
Annual Spring Catalogue of 
VEGETABLE & FLOWER SEEDS, 
, GDADIOLUS, LI DIRS. YU1M5ROSR8, BUDDING 
, PLANTS. Ao.. Ac. 
Fully Illustrated, and complete in description and 
i cultural instruction. A novel feature in this Uaiu- 
1 logu m I* the giving Die derivation of the names of 
plant*. Now ready, and mailed froetoall applicants. 
Addrn** C. L, A LLEN & CO., 
r 7i Fulton St-. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
AND RAKE PLANTS 
xjl Philadelphia and Munniester Raspberries. Kli- 
tatinnyand Dorchester Blackberries. Send for Cata¬ 
logues. WM. PARRY, Ctnuaminson, N. J. 
f PVERGUEEX AND EUROPEAN LARCH 
J SEEDLINGS, i. 2 and 3 years old, by the 1,00(1, 
10,000 and 1,000.00). All grown frnm seed on our own 
ground. Transplanted Evergreen*. Mountain Ash 
Seedling*. Pear. Larch and Evergreen Seeds. 
ROBERT DOUGLAS A SONS. Waukegan, Ill. 
CTKYKER NVKSEItlE*. 
10 FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES. 
apple Trees and Evergreens Specialties. 
Evergreens very low. Wholesale and Retail. 
Sr/iGf Jor free Price List. J. J. BOYNTON. 
Stryker, Williams Co., Ohio. 
JOHN SAUL'S 
Catalogue Of New and Beautiful Plants will be ready 
about February 1st, containing a beautiful colored 
plate of two fine New Geranium*, (Coleahlll and Lady 
Edith.) mailed free to all hi y oil stonier#; lo other*, 
price 10 cent*, or plain copy to all free. 
JOHN SAI la Washington City, D. <_'. 
1 FARMERS AND GARDENERS. 
If the Garden Seeds you use havn proved fresh nnd 
true to name, slick to the man who sell.* them to 
you ; ho i* worth encouraging, if you have not 
found them fresh and true, I shall be happy to add 
your name to those of tho fifty thousand farmers 
and market gardeners, scattered throughout the 
United St.ntc* and I'umidas. whom I annually supply 
with my warranted garden seeds. 1 raise over one 
hundred varieties of vegetable *cod on my three 
farm*, and, a* every practical farmer and gardener 
knows, it Is for tho interest, of nil who plant to get 
their seed t llrtr-tlu from the arf/wet. I Invito special 
intention to my Cabbage, ripb>n und Squash seed. 
My large Vegetable and Flower Seed Catalogue, 
abounding with engravings, s*>nt free to all. 
JAMES J. II. GREGORY, Marblehead, Muss. 
Great Inducement* are offered, in onr Specialties 
for this Spring, to Nurserymen, Dealers and Plant¬ 
er* generally. 
Fir Send for our Nursery Trade Catalogue, No. 4, 
gratis. Address 
FROST X- CO., Rochester, N. Y. 
Scci) ciub J3uib (Catalogues. 
1 T5I5D CATALOGUES. 
Our Annual Prico List of 
VeptaMe & Apnltnral Seefls, 
Containing all the standard kinds, at popular price*, 
is now ready, and mailed free to any nddress. Also 
readu, our annual descriptive list of 
FOSTER PEACH ■ 
1 i WU) 4 WASTR A WBERftY PLA NTS 
I.IKMJ.UUU FOB SALE.—Kentucky, 810 ppr 
1.000; Charles Downing, U per 1.000; Philadelphia. 
Raspberry. $15 per 1,000: Kittiitlnny Biackberrv. #8 
per LOO). Conover’s Colossal Asparagus Roots. ?35 
per 1,000. Other varieties of above at equally low 
rates. Send for price*. 
THOS. C. ANDREWS. Moorestewn. N. J. 
fJO APT Rim —Closing nut stock of Apple 
UilHr I } BUUi Seedlings at greatly reduc¬ 
ed prices. Pi nne plants for 
HEIKES’ NURSERIES, grafting or budding. Special 
rate* will also be given on 
ItOOT-tRAFTS. Tr. KBit® fi^SrS 
RE) AFT R II n —Closing r,nt stock of Apple 
UilHr I } BUUi Seedlings at greatly reduc¬ 
ed prices. Pi nne plants for 
HEIKES’ NURSERIES, grafting or budding. Special 
rate* will also bn given on 
ROOT-GRAFTS. ^ p f? muiucs! Dayuin^o’! 
CABBAGE, 
U ONION, 
SQUASH. 
U nave written three works on the cultivation of 
these vegetables. The works abound in engravings, 
and go into ail the minute details so valuable to the 
beginner,—completely exhousing the subject. Each 
treatise sent by mall for HO cents. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY. Marblehead. Mass. 
T HE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS ter Sale 
a very tine lot of Dwarf and Standard Pear Trees 
and Ornamental Shrubbery, including 2,000 Pyrus 
Japonica. C. F. ERHARD, Woodside, L. X., N. Y. 
Wc offer a limited quantity of this celebrated 
Peach for the Spring of 1871. It is equally as hardy 
and productive as the Early Crawford, fully equal in 
quality, and more than double that well-known va¬ 
riety in size. 
The President of the Mass. Hort. Society says: 
“ Such poaches would readily bring 25 cents each in 
the Boston market." 
Price, ?1 each ; fl2 per dozen. 
GOULD BROTHERS, 
Monroe County Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
B est varieties of 
ROSES, New nnd Old, 
GERANIUMS, Double nnd Single, 
VERBENAS, 
H EL I KT R OPTS, 
LAUTANAS, 
COLEUS. 
PETUNIAS, 
DA II MAS, TUBEROSES, GLADIOLUS, 
PER PHLOX, FLOWERING SHRUBS, 
and everything that is new and desirable for the 
Flow Kit Garden' and Green-House. Good Plants 
for sale cheap, at 
NURSERY ASSOCIATION, 
Chambersburg, Pa., 
T. B. JENKINS, Supt. 
including novelties for 1871. 
ALFRED BRIDGEMAN & SON, 
876 BROADWAY, 
NEW YORK. 
J J. H. GREGORY’S 
SEED CATALOGUE. 
My Annual Illustrated Catalogue, containing a list 
of many new and rare Vegetables, some of which 
are not found in any other catalogue, and nil the 
standard vegetable* of thu farm and garden, (over 
one hundred of which l grow on mr three *ced 
farms..i with a carefully selected list ot flower seed, 
will he sent free to all. 
Ail my seed Is sold under three warrants 
lsr. That nit money sent rhaJI reach me. 
2d, That all seed ordered -bull reach the purchaser. 
3d. That my seeds shall be fresh,and trio to name. 
JAMES J. n. GREGORY. Marblehead, Mass. 
QOMMEBCZAL 
Established 1830. NURSERIES, 
Just Published, the New Circular of Prices per 
doz., per 100, per t.OOO, for the Spring of 1871. Col¬ 
ored Pillic of the splendid New Winter Pear. 
‘•JIT. V Kit NON.’’ sent free. Order direct from 
the Nursery, and address 
W. S. LITTLE, Rochester, N. Y 
