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ts. $4. Full history, pl.*»to and testlmu- 
foliowlni 
rate* 
:«rly Beatrice 
B LOOMINGTON NURSERY, Bloomington, 
111—f 1 . K. Phcenix. spring Lists free, or the 
set of four Catalogues post free for twenty cents. 
PERSONAL ITEMS, 
De Mukska Is singing in the South. 
Schuyler Colfax will lecture In Toronto |ln 
May. 
Gejj. Wolseley has sailed from England for 
Natal. 
Nilsson and Patti are both In their thirty- 
second year. 
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, the French 
artist, Is dead. 
Fred. DOPOLA8S Is stum ping New Hampshire 
for the Republicans. 
E. C. Stedman hits gone to Jamaica, where 
he will remulu till October. 
Mr. Gladstone has published another pam¬ 
phlet entitled “ Vaticanism.” 
Bismarck is to take a six months' vacation 
at the request of the Emperor. 
Hon. J. D. Cox has been appointed receiver 
of the Toledo, Wabash aud Western Railroad. 
J. R. Hawley was unanimously renominated 
for Congress from the first Congressional Dis¬ 
trict of Coun, 
Richard Saltonstall, u broker of New 
York City, fell dead while walking on School 
Street, Boston. 
Anthony Trollope leaves England for 
Melbourne on March 6, stopping for a fortnight 
at Ceylon while on his way. 
Mr. Gilbert Burling, the water color artist 
Is dead. He was the founder of the Water 
Color Society and its first Secretary. 
Charles Kingsley Is said to have expressed 
a presentiment when he was Imre last winter 
that he would never see February 1, 1875. 
John H. Walker, President of the iate 
Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania, 
died at his residence lu Erie, Pa., Jan. 25. 
M. Thiers becomes more and more openly 
hostile to the Scptonnate, for the Keptenunte 
will keep nlin out of power for six years longer. 
Mr. XjLewkllyn Bauf.r lias presented to the 
Ohio State Library an authenticated piece of 
the carriage once owned by Gen. Washington. 
Gov. Brule of New Jersey has nominated 
Manning M. Knapp of Bergen County, as his 
own successor on the Supreme Court Bench. 
The Rev. W. II. H. Murray has been pre¬ 
sented a $700 gold watch and chain, by several 
me in bars of his former congregation In Boston. 
Lord Derby has announced that he will 
deliver his Inaugural address as Lord Rector of 
the University of Edingburgh early In Novem¬ 
ber. 
Charles Spraouk, the venerable banker- 
poet, who has Just died In Boston at the age of 
83 years, was on a railroad train once In his 
life. 
Two American officers, Majors Hall and 
White, have sailed for Egypt to Join the Khe¬ 
dive’s army. They are to explore Central 
Africa. 
Jean Francois Mili.ett, a distinguished 
French landscape artist, a pupil of Paul Dela- 
roebe, died recently In his COthJtyear, near 
Fontainebleau. 
B. G. Cauldwkll, Congressman elect from 
the First Illinois District, has been elected to 
fill the vacancy In the present Congreis caused 
by the death of John B. Rice. 
The distinguished African explorer, Dr. 
George Bchwclnfurth, has been appointed by 
the Khedive General Director of all the large 
collections, museums, and other scientlflo in¬ 
stitutions of Cairo. 
_ i f ilUtttSi, &C. 
SEEDS A — 
from the ns 
Lpon which you can Depend, ^rffigtSSo 
YOUNG & ELLIOTT, !p 
Have Kemoved from 9 John St,, to pSSesforu 
12 CORTLANDT ST., New York. JU 
(3F“ Send for their Illustrated Catalogue, (free,) of Establishes 
Vegetable aud Flower Seeds, that never fail. ~ 
FARMERS* 43 
EARLIEST Ipl 
CORN -S 
KNOWN. i$10 
Tbl* Is the White Mexican, brought to this coun¬ 
try five years ugo from Brazil, there known as the 
Mammoth Rice Corn. It matures In Mexico In six 
weeks, In Kentucky In seven ; In Northern Illinois, 
by four farmer*, whu planted It lari year, their crop 
wax well ripened August lath. It was planted for 
seed m IH74 north Of Madison. Wisconsin, and ten 
acres were ripe enough lor seed August T-M, yielding 
sixty bushels shelled nepd earn to the koi e. It does 
not produce much fodder. grows about, six feut high, 
aud will stand more drouth than imv other Corn 
known. Tin; kernels arc nl' Immense s to, ;i» white 
us rice, and small cob. All the Corn grown lust year 
In Kentucky, Illinois and Wisconsin has been secured 
for seed, and Is put up hi quantities not less than one 
quart, at flfiy cents par quart, ready to ship by ex¬ 
press. Order immediately. Address 
I,. HILL, 19 Second 8b, Louisville, Ky. 
plants, &r. 
. __ h*d-jtr8 sees or the 
ARLINGTON TOMATO ! 
RAISED BY THE ORIGINAL PRODUCER. 
® n OI " < Vbltant price may not longer keep It 
from the reach of many, 1 will send, post-paid, a good 
A b n raI » p,,I>or ot Hcsj^jMrtcrs” Seed of the 
Arlington on receipt of idco fi nk'ts AOc.: 13. *1. 
_ H. D. SMITH, Arlington. Va. 
Osage Orange Seed. 
We have a lot as choice as any ever offered for sale 
JgS oT '» tobe of tbe growth of 
1874. NVc know It to bis fre*b and good,ana will mail 
samples for testing to auv that may desire it. Our 
prices for the next 30 days will be as follows t 
1 vO 10 UUNIIQIiIi.,,, .. ripp hit lift fg] 
30 bUBbels and over. *» r % im 
Feb. 8,1675. PLANT SEED COMPANY, 
Wholesale Seed Dealers, 
Established 1845, _ tit. Louis, Mo. 
• NURSERYMEN 
and DEALERS 
Will find it an advantage to 
correspond with us. Our stock 
of leading articles, as well us I 
specialties and novelties, is al¬ 
ways full. Address 
TBE HEIKES NURSERIES CO., 
_ Dayton, o. 
f \ at 21^1! Transplanted Arbor Vttw or 
III- 1000 Concord Grape Vines. Other 
* fj)A \J £ Nursery Stock as low. Send for list. 
O y J. Jenkins, Box 45,Wtnona,Col.Co.,O. 
Sweet! Sweeter ! I Sweetest! ! ! 
|Uw guMtcationtf. 
In tlie Fields Again 
with Professor CJrav. 
BOTANY;. 
How Plants Behave—How Plants Grow— 
Lessous—School and Field Book— 
Manu al — Structural. 
By Prof. ASA GRAY. 
*** The only standard, the most popular, and the matt 
extensively used of JJotanical Text-books. 
tW We shall hare great pleasure In making very 
favorable terms for the introduction of any of the 
hooks of this series, and win seDd sample copies of 
How plants grow and the School and Field 
Book— the two books beat adapted for the ordinary 
school course In the study—for examination, with a 
view to introduction, on receipt of half the retail 
price, nnroely: 
How Plants Grow.. .SO.SO 
School and Field Book. 1.25 
OBCCLARS giving full drscriptlvt notices of EACH 
BOOK o/ the series, with PRICES, nnd many testimo¬ 
nial* from eminent scientists and troche re, will be for¬ 
warded to teacher* and education tits on application to 
IVISON, BLAKEMAN, TAYLOR & CO. 
Educational Publishers, 
138 & 1-10 Grand Street, New York. 
Now is the Time to Subscribe 
FOR THR 
POTTER’S EXCELSIOR CORN. New York Weekly. 
ES VA] 
Mail 
Packing 
Nmo< 
treE 
Sent safely 2,000 miles. 
IS Verbena*. 16 kinds. - - fi 00 
12 Butket-plants, 12 kinds, . 1 nO 
12 Reddiug-plutits, 12 kinds, t no 
H Ruses, *i kind., * - • 1 00 
k Geraniums, 8 kinds, - 1 oo 
All named sorts, our choice. 
100 other things cheap. 
A premium offered to clubs. 
A Mi-page Catalogue free. 
21»t year, too acres, II greenhouses. 
STOJiliH, HAKKInOV A CO. 
Paiucsville, Lake Co., Uhto. 
SEEDS for 
1875. 
J. M. Thor burn & Co., 
15 Joliu St., New York, 
Will mall to applicants, free of oharge, their 
New Catalogues of 
VEGETABLE SEEDS, 
FIELD SEEDS, 
TREE SEEDS, 
FLOWER SEEDS, 
SPRING BULBS, 
_ _ «fcc., &C., &€. 
/a MANUAL \ 
S OF ALL 
/Garden Requisites, x 
S ite Ba i infection given by 
our former introductions 
gives UB confidence In call¬ 
ing attention to the above 
novelty. Since we Intro¬ 
duced the now turnons t’on- 
cord Corn we have watched 
with Interest for any Im¬ 
provement that promised to 
eclipse that, popular favor¬ 
ite, We believe the variety 
now offered superior In 
many respects, combining 
tm It nocs earl l ness will) un¬ 
excelled sweetness, rich¬ 
ness ul flavor, aud durabili¬ 
ty of tenderness- We are 
eonfldenttlils will provethe 
greatest acquisition yet of¬ 
fered. Uuekagos containing 
sufficient for flftv hills, 25 
’cents. Kor full description 
Of the above and other novelties, see AM Aim'll 
CrLTivATtiU'a Gi nn; to the Flower and Kitchen 
Garden, enlarged, Improved aud embellished t.y a 
magnificent colored plate, and hundreds of engrav- 
Digs, descriptive of more than three thousand va¬ 
rieties of choice Flow er and Vegetable Seeds, Gladi¬ 
olus. Lillies, AC -1 Ac., also fell directions lor cnlturc. 
Bent free on receipt ol two 3 ceut stamps. Address 
WASHBURN CO.. Boston. Muss. 
Larches, Evergreens,” 
LARGEST STOCK IN AMERICA. 
Both seedling and transplanted trees. All grown 
from seeds on our own grounds, and better and 
cheaper than imported stock. 
European Larch and Evergreen Tree Seeds, 
by the ounce, pound or 100 pounds. 
Send for Catalogues. 
ROIlT. DOL'D LAB & SONS. Waukegan. Ill. 
IIcHt Story an<l Sketch Paper 
Published. 
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Terms to Subscribers j 
One month (postage f ree ) 25 eta. I One Year—1 copy. .*3 
Two months.SOcte. | “ “ 2 copies. 5 
Three months.75 eta. I “ •* 4 “ 10 
Four months... tl 00 I “ '* 8 “20 
Those sending *20 fora Club of Eight, all sent at 
one time, will be entitled to a Ninth Copy free. 
Getters up of Clubs cun afterward add single copies 
ut *3.50 each. 
ISpecimen copies can be seen at every post- 
office, drug store and news agency throughout the 
Union. 
THE HEW YORK WEEKLY POSTAGE FREE. 
During the year 1675 we will prtpay the postage on 
the Nkw York Weekly. Now is the time to send 
In subscriptions.us all mall subscribers will hereafter 
receive the Nkw York Weekly pottage fret. 
All Letters should be Addressed to 
STREET A SMITH, Proprietors, 
25, 27, 29 and 31 Rose Sl„ N.Y. P. O. Box 4896. 
Optic’s Magazine, 1875 
Now is the Time to Subscribe! The new volume 
will contain new stories by Oliver Optic, Elijah 
Kellogg and others. Terms, 73. 
LEE A SHEPARD, Boston. 
FRUIT AND 
TREES! 
COVERS’ GUIDE ;ErH 
Love Letters—Art of gaining love and of marrying 
whoaDd when vou please—How to be handsome— 
Cures lor hundreds of diseases. Also many new 
secrets, arts, mysteries, money-making methods, Ac. 
Price only l(j cts. Union Pub. Co., Newark, N.Y. 
ORNAMENTAL | ||LLO I 
LARGE STOCK. LOW RATES. 
STANDARD PEAK TREES A SPECIALTY. 
AGENTS WANTED. Address 
E, MOODY Ar .SONS. Luck port. X. Y. 
NlAGARA.Nt’RSEttlES Established 1859. 
WO THORN’S TO SCRATCH ! 
HOOSAC THORNLESS BLACKBERRY. 
Quality and Productiveness unequaled. Hardy. Nev- 
Pf h'iq n ilifef.l’illoH A..o .... _.1 til _ - l* — t_a. _ 
WILLARD’S 
tical Dairy 
^ | . | A r a*i* r n liutis, ireetoaii. Address Fu ax it FoKn.Knvenna.O* 
giant.*, Implements, Fertilizers, &c., Dl ‘ 8count touniuB ™ and ***'*">• °°” rdera - 
PRIVATE OR MARKET GARDENS, I PLANTS AND SEEDS 
PRIVATE OR MARKET GARDENS, 
FLORISTS AND FARMERS. . 
CT Free on application. S 
X JAMES FLEMING, / 
X. Nassau 8f„ X. Y. y 
My Annual Cntalogue of Vegetable and Flower 
Seed for 1975 Is now reudy for all who apply. Cus- 
V’Biersof last season need not write for It. In It 
Wiilbe found several raluable varieties of new veg¬ 
etables introduced for the first time this season, 
having made now vegetables a specialty for many 
years. Growing over a hundred and fifty varieties on 
my sereuiJ farms. 1 would particularly Invite the 
patronage of market gardeners and all others who 
are especially desirous to have their seed pute and 
frt--li, and Of the eery best strain. All seed »ent out 
rrom TO^L’stabluhmem lire covered by three war¬ 
rants, agPIlven In my Catalogue. 
JAMES J. H. GBEGOitY, Marblehead, Muss. 
SEW GRATIS. 
cheap i:\oiuii. 
I will send gratis on application a 46 Page Cata¬ 
logue, with descriptions and testimonials or all my 
uew early and late well-tested Peaches, with much 
valuable information of what and how to plant, with 
the tnenet rotation In the ripening of all varieties, I 
T- r ^ Beaches, to ha obtained of other 
SEEDS 
AND 
PLANTS 
BY MAIL. 
rn A If you want the finest HEEDS 
P II X or the healthiest PLANTS, you 
™ "w W should examine carefully our 11- 
ww lustrnted Catalogue, giving de¬ 
tv jj scrlptions and prloi-sof tiur very 
k| g% large stock of everything doelni- 
N I \ hie In both seeds and plants. All 
11 I M warranted as represented. Bent 
free to all wishing to purchase. J. 
BAIL- T. NmtfJi A- Son. Brcotwood, N-H. 
PURR CAM’S SEED. 
EKJf YA U1ETIES ;—LtBERTAN, Kicott- 
laii Borou. and Oo.mslkana. PK1- 
ijivr CKSt—By Mall, Postage paid. Ml cts. 
Syr p er n,,. by Kxpress, 25 Its. or leas, 30 
Cts. por »■.; over i> fis., 2(1 cts. per tt ; 
ff&r paexage Included. The Neearaun Is 
dropped lr.mi Our list We roQOm- 
mend the Liberian tor general oultl- 
PT' ^ vation. Two to llnee Its. required 
1 per acre. Money with order. 
The sorgo Hand-Book, containing 
valuable information on tbe culture 
of Cane und making Syrup, and 
i’IjOT description of the celebrated Cook 
4 , Evaporator and Victor Lane Mills. 
© sent free. 
BLYMYER MANUFACTURING CO., 
Cincinnati, o. 
for everybody. 
Our new handsomely-illustrated Cutnloguc lor 
187-5 Is now ready. Sent to any address on receipt 
of a letter-stamp. Address the 
BELLEVUE NURSERY COMPANY, 
Patersiiu, New Jersey. 
P OMONA NURSERY.— Trees arid plants. 10O 
acres In Small Fruits, The largest and best. Bend 
toi illustrated Catalogue, 32 pages, telling what and 
how to Plant, with 36 years’ experience. 
WM. PA BRY, Clmiamlnson, N. J. 
GRAPE VINES. 
Largest stock In America: qualitv extra. Prices 
reasonable. Price List free. T. 8. HUBBARD, 
Frodonla, N. Y. 
Send your uddresa, with postage stump, to 
REEVES & SIMONSON, 
58 Cortlaudt Street, New York, 
for their illustrated Catalogue of 
ce ds, Plants, Trees., A:g., 11875. 
----— • • rnj tvirrin, »»t»i I J niL’AUUUiR. All UI 
ihe above kinds nr® from one to two earlier 
than auv other known varieties. Alsu several new 
valuable l.ite Peachns, among them one large, well- 
tested peach, ripening two weeks arter all other- 
peaches are gone: two -hlnnieiits of this peach were 
made to Europv In lull of 1613 via steamer from Bal¬ 
timore, tmth lot* arrived out In good order. All 
kinds of Nursery Stock furnished at Reduced Rules. 
No. 1 Apple Trees, G to 8 ft., at 13c. each, or $12 V 100. 
JtAXDOLPH PETERS, 
Qreat Northern and Southern Nurseries* 
Wllmlngjton, Delawaro* 
For Spring of 1875, will he ready In February, 
with a Colored Plate. Free to all my customers: to 
others, price 25 cts. A plain copy to all applicants 
ffCG. Washington, D. C. 
Our Flower nu«l Kitchen Garden Illustra¬ 
ted Directory for 1875 (the twenty-second Edi¬ 
tion), with Supplement ol Novelties and Special¬ 
ties in SEEDS mid other Garden requisites for 
the Season, is now being scnttoull customers of last 
year—and will be sent to others Fit trie on application. 
Address l>. T. CURTIS dir CO., 
101 Trcmoul SI., Booiou, Mass. 
Successors to Cdrtis Sl Cobb. 
A Complete Treatise on Dairy Farm* 
and. Farming, 
Dairy Stock and Stock Feeding, 
ITJlik, It* Management and Manu- 
facture Into Butter and Cheese, 
History and Mode of Organization of 
Blitter and Cbeeee Factories, 
Dairy Uteuellg, Etc,, Etc. 
BY S. A. WILLARD, A. HI., 
Dairy Husbandry Editor of Moore's Rural New- 
Yorker, Lecturer in Cornell University, Main* 
Agricultural CollegeEtc., Etc. 
This Is the most foil, practical and reliable work 
On Dairy Husbandry extant i Indeed the only one 
which describes the recent great Improvements In 
tbe Dairy Business. Jt Is highly commended by lead¬ 
ing Agricultural and other Influential Journals, and 
must speedily become (in fact Is already) the Stand¬ 
ard and Only Authority. It wtU pay every one en¬ 
gaged la any branch of dairy business, or who keeps 
a single cow, to obtain and study this work. 
PRACTICAL dairy HUSBANDRY embraces 540 
Large Octavo Pngeu, is handsomely and fully 
Illustrated, printed on superior paper, and elegantly 
bound. It Is a Subscription Book, and a liberal eom- 
misomn is given Agents whu canvass Counties, Ac. 
The Agents of the Rural New-Yokkkk (especially 
those In Dairy regions) will do well to try the sale of 
this work. To any nerson residing where there Is ao 
Agent, or who oannot wait for one, the Publisher will 
send a copy of the work, post-paid, on receipt of the 
price, 13—(or for 15 the book and Biiral Nrw-YOKK- 
■R one year.) Address 
D. D. T. MOORE, PublUlier, 
7S Dunne St.. New York. 
•Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.—W ith its full 
corps of editor*, and a new publisher of energy aud 
ability, the management propose to celebrate the 
quarjpr-centenmaJ of the pioneer Rural In such a 
manner as to augment Its popularity and usefulness. 
For a flrat-ci&SB, livoly paper, containing matter of 
Interest fur all classes, take the Rural New-York¬ 
er and do so at once, for the paper never was bet¬ 
ter, and its prospects never brighter.— i\ eeport iIU.) 
Journal. 
