RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
A Fruit Growers’ Convention.— A Rochester 
SaurSerytnan writes us:—“Our country needs 
more convention—that is, a convention of 
tft, most experienced fruit-growers of the 
UnVa States, to compile and complete cata¬ 
logue of those kinds of fruit best adapted 
to tliA soil and climate of each locality l here¬ 
in. Wby can wo not have one early in the 
m dutEri\ i of 1470?" We wonder if our cor.res- 
pourn *,) ) ias ever hoard of the American Po¬ 
mologies! Society and of its cat'U’-’^'v which 
it is o.“ e 
( ►*..■. invention to do. Or docs he sup¬ 
pose that a call for such a convention would 
ne so novel a thing that It would attract to¬ 
gether the vast reserves of uneonsulted and 
unused pomologies*! wisdom which he must 
suppose to he lying around loose somewhere, 
which wisdom would accomplish In a three days’ 
convention wlist I he old fogies of the American 
Pomological Society Irnve failed to complete 
after twenty-four years’ experience and twelve 
convention* of three days each ? 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT, 
l^c |htblis%cr’s 
I^aulrie* for Advertisers to Xote.—P roctor 
Adams s«.y H he does not see Jennings' Patent 
Milk Pan aayertised in Rural : wants more in¬ 
formation concerning it.—A Utah correspond¬ 
ent asks where he can got Black Java fowls.— 
Tho person who asks for a good washing ma¬ 
chine is referred to our advertising columns.— 
A correspondent from Kentucky salts adver¬ 
tisers to give tlio price- their eggs, fowls, 
piw-, iro iti men advertisements,— An Ohio cor¬ 
respondent wants to get a lirst-clasa Cheshire 
boar.—A Richmond, Ind., correspondent asks 
where ho cun obtain a trio of Dark Brahmas , J 
pure blood.—A Holyoke, Muss., eorrespo>-' ( “t 
asks why some one does not advert!" ®’ >d 
pea meal in the Run \l. A lady nsk* w***ro al* 
muiums arid Liourla cymbylar.a‘ c J filt ' 1 c:!n 
be obtained and at what - * , u'ryland er.r-- 
re»i»or,rlcnU->* ”’-' ( ‘heean get the bulky llar- 
row Horr's) illustrated in the Ritual, 
in 1868 . -A yifung man of twenty asks for a book 
on Kai^ that will tell him where to go and 
what u/do when he gets there. -GEO. R. Rice 
asks y/ere ho can get Silver Grey Dorking 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY A XL FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
S. D. T. MOORE, 
Conducting Editor and .Proprietor. 
THE RURAL’S SPRING CAMPAIGN 
The Ritual's Spring Campaign (like that of 
most Soil Cultivators in this latitude,) opens 
with March. It is the time to fill up Clubs al¬ 
ready started, and to form new ones to begin 
hers Vtf* 4L»h or tho volume, (Jan. 1,1 as subscri- 
HortieulturUl5£m.° f thousands of Farmers, 
near cities and vUluge* Yft &'‘8 of Burdens in or 
to many its hints, suggestions afia l M rnAIj nn<1 
will prove Invaluable. Will not our AgcnT^A 1 ^ 
Subsorlliors—all our readers, even borrowers— 
do us the favor to advise their neighbors about 
tho Rural and its merits? If they will say half 
ns much to their friends, verbally, as they write 
us In praise of the paper, otic subscription will 
soon bednubled, and all partiesbenefited. Clubs 
for ton or nine months, (commencing now or 
with April,) and also additions to clubs, will be 
received at the same proportionate rates as lor 
a year. 
—Agents, Friends, Readers all, will you not 
kindly aid In opening and prosecuting the 
Ritual's Spring Campaign? 
tuning Horticultural jutnrnoi”' . . _* 
was the appointment nt a 
Hoag 61 q next rape Growers', ami Messrs. Barry, 
Moody and Thomas of the Horticultural Society 
—to ad together and confer with prominent 
horticulturists of the State, with the view of 
speedily consummating tin* proposed object. It 
is to ho hoped that by another year the State of 
New York w ill have a Society able to represent 
all of its vast nnd increasing horticultural 
interests in a comprehensive nnd creditable 
manner. 
Ontario Co., N. Y., Ag, Soe. elected ns officers 
for the current year: Pres,— HakvKy Paddle- 
ford, Canandaigua. Vico-Prai'ta.—G. A. An¬ 
drews. Bristol; Oliver Armstrong. Canandaigua; 
Lyman G. Lnpham. Farmington ; D. \V, Cur- 
lough, Hopewell; T. Ii. Williams. Naples; S. D. 
Short, Richmond ; John Picket-on, South Bris¬ 
tol; Lumuti Durand, Canandaigua: A. It. Goss, 
Fast Bloomfield; II. M. Botmhnnn, Gorham; J. 
B. Titus. Manchester; Seth Stanley, Seneca; II. 
If. Brown, Victor: Mvron Pock, west Bloom¬ 
field. f or. Srr John $. Coe, CaunndaiglRt. iiec. 
Nc. —Henry M. Davis. CauauJaigua. TrcOS.—A. 
S, Newman, Canandaigua. 
PoL,nmo, Va., Fruii Grower’* Aftft'n.— Pro*. _ 
Dr. J. K. Snodgrass, Washington, D. C. Vicc- 
Prca’tH- Judge j. II. Gray, Fulls Church, Vn.. 
aud Chalkier Gillingham, Acotink, Va. Pec. 
fike. — J. T. Brnrnliail, Falls Church, Vn. Cor. 
(See.—C. Proctor. Washington, I>, C. Trcas,— 
John Pearson, Washington, D. C. Financial Sec. 
—Philip Myers, Falls Church, Vn. Curator— N. 
P. Dennison, Washington. D. C. E.r. Com.— Wm. 
If. Pleasants, John II. King, Spencer A. Coe, 
Col. S. K. Chamberlain and Muj. O. E. lliue. 
Western X. Y. Ilort. 8 oc.—At the late meeting 
of Mils Society at Rochester the following Com¬ 
mittees for the year INTO wore appointed : Enlo- 
moUigy— Messrs. Sylvester, Thomas and Bronson. 
Oraoriir.nUU Plant *- Messrs. Maxwell, KHwnngcr 
and Viek. Vrudaljlc * Messrs. Hayward, Vick 
and Fisher. Members from Geneva were urgent 
to have the next year's meet mgs of the Society 
hold in Hint place. A resolution was passed to 
hold the next at that place, and it Is probable 
the. fall exhibitions and annual meeting will 
also bo lieJd there. 
Dalle Shore Grape Growers' Association,—Tlio 
annual meeting of this Association was held at 
North C&sC Pa., ou the 16th 11 1 1 ., at which tlio 
following officers were elected for the ensuing 
year: Prr.i. J. E. MOTTtEH, North East, Pa. 
Vicc-Prrni'a. A. S. Moss, Fredonin. N. Y.; lion. 
J. P, Vincent, Eric, l*a.; A. S. Couch. Westfield, 
N. Y.: C. L. Hong, l.oeltport, N. Y.; J. I., white, 
Girard, Pn. Trent. Stephen Griffith, North East, 
Pu. Sec. J. W. Full, North East, Pn. 
Clinton Co., \. V., \g. Soe.— Officers for the 
CHAS, D. BRAGDON, A. A. HOPKINS. G. F. WILCOX, 
Aoauci.A'1's Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL. LL. D., 
Editoe or this Dri’Ai:Tsir..\T or Siiuir Hr, ravdev. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., 
Editor nr nut Dkpabtment or Daiiiv lkutiAHDvr. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D-, 
Jfc [ r '"'—C*)KMtt«yn,A Lditoe. 
REV. w. F. CLARKE, 
Ernron op tub Canadian 
‘AJilMIlNT. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
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and Agents, Five copies for *D: Seven, and onr free 
to club agent, for |K>; Ten, and one tree, fur fay-only 
$2.&0 per copy. As we pre-pay American postage, *2.70 
is the lowest Club tale to Canada nnd fM.50 to Europe. 
The best way to remit Is by Itruft or Post-Office 
Mouey Order,—and nil Drafts and Orders made pay¬ 
able to the Publisher may be .maii.kh at lit* bisk. 
ADVERTIRINo Inside, 76 cents per lino. Agate 
space; Outside, *1 per line. For Extra Display and 
Puts, a price and a ball. Special and Business Notices 
charged according to position. No advertisement In¬ 
serted for less than *3. 
“CanV Live wllliont the Rtirnl."— 1 Thisisofton 
repeated in letters, now-a-days, as former sub¬ 
scribers, who did not renew early (on account of 
scafbit.V of money, or for other reasons,) find 
they must have the paper. Here is the last ap¬ 
peal, through an agent in Madison Co., N. Y.:— 
“An old subscriber has tried to live without the 
Rural. Ho has stood it two months, and now 
ho wants tho paper, with all back numbers. In¬ 
closed find subscription," &c. 
— Agents and oliters ore advised that we have 
no special grudge against those wise or otherwise 
people who have neglected to renew, and hence 
will still accept the subscriptions of such as insist 
that they must have the Rural! 
PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Back Numbers ol this Vol. (from Jan. 1,) 
call still be supplied, or Subscriptions may 
begin nt nny time. New Clubs, nnd A<ldi- 
lions to Clubs, sire therefore in order. 
Onondngn Sab Frodneiion. From the annual 
Report of the Superintendent, Gkoroe O/pdes, 
totlie Legislature, we learn I hat.8,003,257bushels, 
(of 56 pounds each) of salt were Inspected in 
1800, 1,857,912 bushels, of which were made by 
solar evaporation, nml 6,804,205 bushels by artifi- 
eial licut. The State's revenue from the salt was 
$88,757.60. The payments made by the Statu on 
account of these springs was ?b>,W7.51, b .iviugti 
net revenue of $-11,211.09. The amount of salt 
inspected was 4^381 bushels less than in 1868. The 
salt wns distributed (shipped) as follows:—Sent 
to New York City, 1.940,035 busheD; to Canada, 
290,1X0 busliels; to Lower Lake Ports, •-.’,13.1,590 
bushefs; to Upper Lake Ports, 2,001,110 bushels. 
State trade, including North Pctuisylvnufa and 
Upper IludKon River, 1,700,782 busliels. Tliesalt 
trade has fallen off in home mnrktds since i860, 
362,007 busliels; exports to Canada, tho same 
time, 220,210 bushels; but shipments to New 
York city have increased since WA 1,192*32] 
bushels. This is due to the tariff on foreign 
salt. 
How to Remit. Tlio beat way to remit for clubs, 
a* we have often stated, t* by Draft. If *21) or over, 
send by draft, as lliere 1# no risk. For sain Her 
amounts It Is best to wend by P. O. Money Order,—but 
if you cannot do that, send In Registered letters, di¬ 
rected to i). D. T. MOOHE, !1 Park How, Now York. 
Doty's l >,efiil Implements-Such nsTree Prim¬ 
er and Fruit Picker, Wagon Jnolc, &c.—adver¬ 
tised in Hits paper, lire Inventions worthy the 
ulteution of many Rural readers. As will bo 
seen by reference to the extracts given in Mr. 
Dory's advertisement, his implements are high¬ 
ly commended by fruit-growers mid others. 
SATUItDA Y, MARCH l/870. 
Additions to (dubsarc always in order, whether 
in ones, twos, lives, tens, or any other number. A 
host of people are dropping other papers about these 
days, and our Agont-Frlcnds should improve every 
occasion to secure such an recruits for the Rural. 
MANUAL LABOR SPOOLS 
Phow Bill*, Specimen Numbers, dvr., sent, 
free to all applicants. If you want such documents, 
let ub know and they will be forwarded. 
THE SEASON, 
fTi»r .fptflfln ft* rcpnril* „ r „i rrnj.s a re now of minor imnort- 
miup. Hut it t» of ini|>nrt.'4itcn to fHrmprd to know ilie prices pnia for 
farm produce all oter the Ultra!. Puribh. f»iv« »» briefly, then, till* 
winter, kurh Hen»ft t< iiocrninK the eorieoji anil temperature »ui may he 
of IntuniAt, ivrnl rspot ully the priree pnid for all lund* of farm *pro- 
dn« »•, nml Mitch fails um to the stock on hand M may be reliable. 
—1$D». HtJUL.l 
tVcoHho FnlU, Kaiiana, Feb. 11. — Wcatber 
splendid ami balmy. Wheat, $1.36; corn, 50c.; 
potatoes, 60c.; green apples, per bush., $ 2 ; land 
from $5 to $5() per acre.—D ell. 
Osknluuxn, Imvn, Feb. 19.—This month isbring- 
lng hack some of tint summer birds robins, bluo 
birds and wild geese. Weather delightful, with 
only mi oceiisionul Nortlnvestcr.. 8 . it. r. 
Souih Seville, N. .1., Feb. 2M.— Up to February 
21 I lie winter ho* hoot) mild no day but plowing 
could be done. Since that time the weather has 
been quite boisterous. Grass and wheat look 
green; but it is feared the present cold weather 
will injure wheat, as there is no snow. There 
have been about two inches of snow altogether. 
Pouch buds are forward.—w. n. 
Iinlepritiience, Iowa, Feb. 23. -Tile snow fell 
six inches deep, Nov. 16th, aud It lays on the 
ground yet. We liftvc hud nice sleighing on the 
prairies all winter. Mercury has run as low as 
/.•to only three limes; have had a very nice win¬ 
ter for slock and for business. Wheat is worth 
4W(tfflo.; oorn, 40c.; oats, 3ic.; live hogs, 7c. per 
lb.; dressed, 9c.; butter, 25c.; money, 2@3 per 
cent, per month— scarce at that,-it. ji. ii. 
Honth Trenton, Om-ldn <‘o., V.—Thermo* 
metrical averages for FebruaryHighest point 
attained on the 15th, 34 V; lowest point on the 
13th, 7.17. Average temperature at 7 A. M., 
17 .17; at 2 P. AL, 22 .27; at fi P. M., 18'.23. Mean 
temperature for the month, 20V7: amount of 
rain and melted snow, 180-100inches; amount, of 
snow that fell, II inches; depth of ground frozen, 
10 inches; number of days that snow fell, II; 
number of days Unit rain fell, 3. Prevailing 
winds West on the last day of the month. Eight 
inehes of snow on the ground on the level, and 
badly drifted.—S torus Barrows. 
Lockhart, Tcxn«, Feb. 15.—The spring here 
muy be considered as fairly opened. The winter 
was early and rather rough in ils onset, but 
has became “small by degrees and beautifully 
less.” Tho lowest temperature observed here 
was about the middle of December, 20‘, for a 
few minutes only, however. Thera have been 
Only a few light frosts, and since December the 
thermometer has not fallen below 30 e in the 
open air. For several days the minimum range 
1ms averaged 50°, and tho maximum 70° to 80' in 
the shade. The wild plum is in blootn, in many 
places scenting the air with Sts blossoms. Every 
where farmers are preparing to plant in a few 
days. The greatest wave of cold and storm 
which passed over the Northwestern States 
about the middle of Iasi month, was felt here as 
a somewhat vigorous norther.—w. 
Axhgrove, Ill., Feb. 23.—We have bad a fine 
dry winter, little snow, no sleighing, little rain, 
little mud; twoorthreecolddaysin November; 
21 st and 23d insts. cold, out now warm, pleasant, 
and roads dusty in places. Corn, (the staple,) per 
bush.,75e.; potatoes,50c.; beans, $1; rye, (white,) 
85e.; buckwheat flour, per lb., 3c.; cattle, year¬ 
lings, AIO '12 each; two and three-year-olds, 
$30@30; hogs, stock, fi^gc. per lb.; no fat hogs 
in market.; beef, 8@d5c.; bacon, IFilOc.; hams 
and shoulders, lfx& 20 e.; butter, (in demand,) 
ijOf'b'loc.; cheese, 16c.; eggs, per doz., 25c.; farm 
hands, per month. $16(5:25; mechanics, per diem, 
$3.50. Times good; money scarce; good farm 
bauds not in excess. Women in good demand, 
provided they are not of tho Miss or Airs. Lucy 
style.— k. s. 
—Howard Springs, Cumberland Co., Tcnn., Feb. 
16. — January commenced cold; snow four 
inches; mercury 8 ° above zero; then changed to 
warm, and people commenced plowing about 
the 5th, and have plowed ever since, with occa¬ 
sional wet days to prevent. Fanners have the 
most of their spring wheat and outs sowed, and 
much of the corn ground plowed; will plant last 
of March and April first. Grass is starting al¬ 
ready. Drouth last season cut crops short, con¬ 
sequently wo hare high prices. Wheat, $l(7>;1.25; 
corn, 75c.; oats, 50c.: potatoes, (Irish.) $1; sweet, 
$1.35; hay, £20 for tamo; prairie, $&a,K)per 2,000 
lhs.; horses, $100?"' 150; oxen. $100<S.>125; cows, $20 
(5i25; hogs, gross. 7e.; pork, sides, lOg 12e.; hams, 
10c.; venison saddles, 5c.: hides, dry deer, 25c.; 
beef hides, dry, 10@15c.; butter, 25@30c.; cheese, 
25@35e. Winter grain looks well; farms partial¬ 
ly improved, with good timber, $3(?<5 per acre. 
Climate healthful and lovely.— a. j. s. 
Send Ua the Name* or bucIi of your friends, 
far and near, us you think will or ought to take tho 
Rural, and wo will mall them Bpoottuens, etc. 
No Trnvellllg Annas are employed by ns, but 
any person so disposed cun set as Local Agent, on 
his or her own authority, und secure premiums, etc. 
The Rural Wanted, and Sent.—Here is a note 
from Franklin county. Mo., which explains it¬ 
self. For the sake of tho appreciative son and 
daughter, the Rural lias been *' booked ” to the 
address givenand we trust the recipients will 
make the merits of t he paper80 patent to friends 
ttmt we shall ere long receive a rousing list from 
that locality: 
“ A copy of your most estimable Rural enme to 
my address lust week. Don't know how you gel my 
nnmt>. unless It was front Jambs Vick. The columns 
of the copy sent me have boon perused by myself and 
other members of uiv family, all of whom sue greatly 
delighted with Lon uori tents, und We have set about 
devising some tymi by widen to raise the subscrip¬ 
tion money f oV-.< auntIntmtion through tin* year. 
Xly olile.L lio -ib-ten) ... to Kill his two 
months' old I’Lestor pig; FA.VXIE (nine years old) 
proposed to sell her trio of Dorkings; hut, as these 
lire Iholr great !y prized pets. I thought they ought 
not to part with them, and. In lieu, the following 
idea suggested tiseifto me Ob&ervlngthnt you had 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
BOOKS ON RUEAL AFFAIRS, 
Sent, post-paid, to any Part of the Union 
cuiiun/IMIlege prospectus says, “It is well 
IctioWy that students who pursue a college 
couf' very seldom thereafter engage in any 
jmfWti'lal pursuit;” and Unit, “four or six years 
(/ study, without labor, wholly removed from 
/yrnpnfhy with the laboring world at the period 
ol' life when habits and tastes nro rapidly 
formed, will almost inevitably produce a disin¬ 
clination, if not inability, to perform the work 
and duties of t he farm," the most concise, com¬ 
prehensive aud self-evident argument is made 
in favor of manual labor in schools that wo re¬ 
member to have seen. 
The boy who enters Harvard or Yale, and de¬ 
votes himself to rowing, for exercise, is educa¬ 
ting himself, mentally and physically, to the 
pursuit of t hat sort of sport, and to affiliation 
with the class who enjoy it. If he becomes 
skilled on the trapeze, he does not forget nor 
lose: his taste for such exercise when he enters 
upon a professional life. If Do enters the labo- 
rfttory and devotes his leisure hours to practical 
analyses, it shapes his future tastes and habits. 
If for exercise, instead ol' rowing, wrestling, or 
driving a ball, lie wanders off upon botanical, 
geological, or ornithological excursions, such 
recreations of body and mind mould bis 
tastes and habits permanently. So the boy 
who attends an agricultural eoilego should find 
exercise of a character harmonizing entirely 
with the studies lie is pursuing, and with the 
ultimate vocation lie is preparing to pursue. 
And the teacher who cun most successfully 
awaken in ids pupils such enthusiastic devotion 
to their studies as to cause them to desire practi¬ 
cal demonstration of tho principles thereof, and 
induce them to attempt the same, has reached 
very nearly t Do true ideal of an educator. 
If the hoy rows for exercise ho will be likely 
to row during life; if he listlessly lounges nnd 
dreams his hours of recreation away, life will 
scarcely stir his pulse; i f his f l ndies arc adapted 
to t he vocation he intends to adopt , nnd his ex¬ 
ercise Is in entire harmony therewith, tho mo¬ 
ment he is thoroughly broken into the traces by 
educational discipline, ho will draw steadily and 
strongly his life long in the harness. Lei. the boy 
know how, practically, to apply tlio knowledge 
lie acquire < and be will delight to useit; lot him 
learn theories without learning how to use them 
and the knowledge will be of about as much 
practical value as the knowledge tlmt a steam 
engine is not an ox-cart simply is to the man 
who is to run the engine. Teach a boy how to 
hold (lie plow right, when the impulse first stirs 
him to try the experiment and ids strength is 
adequate, and you have fastened him to the 
plow handles until he has mastered them; teach 
him to bud a rose, graft a grape or “prick” a 
plant, and explain why it is done and the laws 
which govern in the operation, and ten chances 
to one he will experiment in propagation, no 
matter into what vocation circumstances may 
thereafter throw him. 
Accordingly, for demonstration and exercise, 
for stimulus and direction of the mind, for 
symmetrical and harmonious education, we are 
in favor of such schools, all other thing's being 
equal, as most faithfully teach the boy, whilo 
young, what he may do when he becomes a man 
and how to do it. 
Would We Addle to go West. A Virginia 
correspondent asks “ Would you advise anybody 
to go West? And what State would you say to 
be flic best?" We would not advise a Southern 
man to go West; for if he cannot prosper with 
the opportunities the South affords, he will not 
succeed better in the West. Nor do we advise 
any man well located wii Ii a good home, pleasant 
associations mid surroundings, to move iu any 
direction. Those who have no homes of their 
own, young men dependent upon their own re¬ 
sources, wit h energy and a will In work ur.d win, 
may go West or South with profit. And it does 
not matter much what one of the Southern or 
Western States they enter; there are golden 
opportunities for men of Hie right metal In any 
one of them. 
Portrait* uml SUetclir* Approved. — The poi’- 
traits and sketches of Industrial Men, and other 
characters, given of late in the Rural, have 
elicited comment and approval. For example, 
W. A. C.,of Onondaga Co., writes;—“That ad¬ 
mirable oarleatuue or bird's-eye-view of II. G., 
and Patrick (the inveterate Patrick) riding 
tho plow, lias called out mirthful applause from 
the million. Ami then that sketch of tho emi¬ 
nent seedsman and florist, J AMIS Vtcu. is worth 
half a year's subscription to Hie Rural. Will 
not tho writer, who probably knows of Mo(o)re 
popular men, give sketches of some of our vet¬ 
erans of the Agricultural Press?” 
“Best’s Potato Book, — Containing Henry 
Ward Beecher’, s Essay on the Potato Mania, 
written expressly for this work; algo, Experi¬ 
ments in Potato Culture, Engravings und De¬ 
scriptions of New Varieties, Etc."—is the litleof 
a bookish pamphlet of about one hundred ] iges 
of matter and illustrations of value and int rest 
to potato growers. It comprises tho repot: i of 
competitors for the $500 offered, in four different 
premiums, by Mr. Geo. W. Best ol' Uticu, N. Y„ 
(publisher of the work.) to the persons who 
should grow the four hugest quantities of 
“Early Rose" Potatoes from one pock of seed. 
See advertisement in this paper. 
Bfte Keepers’ Foment ion nt Albany.—At the 
request of many prominent apiarians, a Bee- 
Keepers' Convention is to be held at the State 
Agricultural Rooms, at Albany, commencing 
March 10th, atone o’clock P.M. A general in¬ 
vitation is extended to all interested, in this and 
other States and Canada. We did not receive a 
notice of this Convention in time for our last 
issue. 
Tree nnd Plant Gatnlognes Received from John 
Saul, Washington, D. 0.; Edgar Sanders, 100 
Madison St., Chicago, Ill.: J. Wentz, Rochester, 
N. Y.; Olm Brothers, Springfield, Mass.; Wm. 
Parry, Cinnuminson, N. J.; J. AV. Manning, 
Reading, Mass. 
Seed Catalogues Received from Curtis & 
Conn, 318 Washington St., Boston, Mass.; Al¬ 
fred Bridgf,man & Son, 870 Broadway, New 
York.; J. T. Smith & Sons, Brentwood, N. II. 
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