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THE RURAL RIW-YORKER, 
403 
PERSONAL. S 
President Willits, of the Michigan Col¬ 
lege, says that more than 50 per cent, of the 
graduates of that institution have become 
farmers. 
Vasbinder, the inventor of the two-wheeled 
grain-drill, died in the Trumbull County 
(Ohio) Infirmary last week. Several years 
ago he refused §10,000 for the use of his idea. 
Speaker Carlisle, who has returned to 
Washington, is still very weak, and bis phy¬ 
sician tells him that he must beware of pneu¬ 
monia. He will not go to Macon and Atlanta 
next week as he had planned. 
Benjamin Wingate, who recently died 
near Farmington, N. H., at the age of 91, 
once employed on his farm a young man who 
was afterward well known as Vice-President 
WiIsod. 
M. Foureau, of Algeria, deserves to take 
high rank among those benefactors who cause 
two blades of grass to grow in place of one. 
With the aid of artesian wells he has re¬ 
claimed a barren tract on the edge of the Sa¬ 
hara, where 90,000 palm trees are thriving. 
Austere Senator Edmonds is 59 years old, 
but he looks older on account of his bald head 
and long, white beard. He owns a §50,000 
house in Washington and is said to make 
§50,000 a year from bis law practice, being 
the retained counsel of several wealthy rail¬ 
roads. He is very domestic in his habits and 
is very fond of animals, especially dogs. 
Miss Kitty C. Wilkins, tall, blond and 23, 
owns between 700 and 900 horses in Idaho, be¬ 
sides many cattle. Horses she thinks better 
able to hustle for themselves than cattle, as 
they escape more easily from savage animals, 
and paw up the snow better to get at grass; 
and then they sell for better prices. Miss 
Kitty is a fine horsewoman and an excellent 
shot, and of course is delighted with her mode 
of life in Idaho. 
Mrs. Mary Edna Hill Gray Dow, Presi¬ 
dent of the Dover (N.H.) Horse Car Company, 
is the first woman in the world to Hold such a 
position. She owns a controlling interest in 
the road. She is 40 years old and a very smart 
business woman. She made considerable 
money by fortunate real estate speculations. 
Since her self-election she has received so 
many letters of inquiry and congratulation 
from all parts of the country that she has had 
to hire three young women to help her answe r 
them. 
During W. K. Vanderbilt’s recent visit to 
Constantinople, the Sultan strongly urged 
him to construct a system of Asiatic railways. 
Mr. Vanderbilt pleaded that his visit was 
merely for pleasure, and that he had had no 
chance to study the suggested scheme. The 
Sultan has now forwarded to Mr. Vander¬ 
bilt, who is in Egypt, all the papers bearing 
on the question, and he expresses the hope 
that if Mr. Vanderbilt is not disposed to ac¬ 
cept the task, Jay Gould may undertake the 
project. 
Ex-Governor Warmouth, the former 
“carpet-bag” Governor of Louisiana, who has 
just been renominated for the same office by 
the Republicans, had the reputation of being 
the best of that kind m all the South. He is 
largely identified with the interests of the 
State,owning one of the largest, best-equipped 
and profitable sugar plantations in it. It was 
owing to the first-rate character of its equip¬ 
ment that it was selected as the site for the 
recent Government experiments on improve¬ 
ments in sugar making by the diffusion pro¬ 
cess. 
®xw, > and giants 
TREES 
Fruit & Ornamental. 
ROSES 
SPRING PLANTINC. 
We offer the largest and most com¬ 
plete general stock in the U S, be- 
Fruit & Ornamental. sides many Novelties. Catalogues 
sent to all regular customers, free. 
Toothers: No. 1, Fruits, 10c.; No. 2, 
Ornamental Trees, etc., illustrated, 
15c.; No. 3, Strawberries; No. 4, 
pninc Ifllirp Wholesale; No. 6. Hoses. Free. 
GRAPE VINES ELLWANGER & BARRY 
MT. HOPE NURSERIES, liOliliESTER.Netr York. 
FATA i OGUE of Choice seeds and 65 varieties 
of seed potatoes sent Free to all. 
L. it. HEAD, Cabot, Vt. 
Rift Fxsra Early Black Cap CARMAN. All 
w IU the beat new and old sorts of plants and trees at 
BERRIES ta ' F pr * CGS for l ,e( l'£> ree stock. Catalogue 
l Free. Hale Bros. So.Glastonbury,Conn 
FOREST TREES. 
Catalpa Speciosa, 
White Ash, European 
Larch, Pines, Spruces, 
Arbor Vita:s, etc., etc. 
Catalpa Speciosa Seed. 
Forest and Evergreen 
Seeds. 
R.DOUGLAS & SON, 
Waukegan, III. 
SEED POTATOES! 
H ft A J J.1. A m-a • 
and tlle Albino are the two best 
vfeknfnd !n„i d U V weat , h(ir Ttl(, y «ve the best 
duality in a dry season, and are second 
in Nnnnl a t"' e season. I grow my own potatoes 
andheaTthy'^L^sl'ree 8111 ’ ^ “ y Beed 18 S0Und 
GEO. FINNEY, Evergreen, Door Co., WG. 
U OUR 
Manual 
VERYTHING 
i FOR THE 
GARDEN 
is this season the grandest ever issued, con¬ 
taining three colored plates and superb il¬ 
lustrations of everything that is new, useful 
and rare in Seeds and Plants, together with 
plain directions of “How to grow them,” by 
Peter Henderson. This Manual, which is a 
book of 140 pages, we mail to any address on 
receipt of 25 cents (in stamps.) To all so re¬ 
mitting 25 cents for the Manual we will, at the 
same time, send free by mail, in addition, 
their choice of any one of the following novel¬ 
ties, the price of either of which is 25 cents: 
One packet of the new Green and Gold 
Watermelon, or one packet of new Succes¬ 
sion Cabbage, or one packet of new Zebra 
Zinnia, or one packet of Butterfly Pansy, or 
one packet of new Mammoth Verbena (see 
illustration), or ono plant of the beautiful 
Moonflower, on the distinct understanding, 
however, that those ordering will state in 
what paper they saw this advertisement. 
PETER HENDERSON & GO. 
35 & 37 Cortlandt St., 
NEW YORK. 
FRFFTo All Seed Buyers I 
Pn«Vi V 1 Our complete iilus- 
V flI fab t rated Annual of 
Tested Seeds, Bnlbs, Tools, 
etc., tells all about seeds and 
f ardenmg. Colored Plates. 
.W.LIVINGSTON’SSONS.I 
DO YOU 
WANT 
SEEDS 
Price* low for reliable seeds. 
Sold last s«ason to Thousands of 
Karraers and Gardeners and no 
complaints. We are Growers as 
well as Dealers. Originators of Acme, 
Fnvorito and BEAUTY Tomatoes,Ac. 
Box in Coiambus, O 
CCfnC BtT JfORTIIERN GROWN SEEDS for earliest and largest crops. Tremendous 
ObkUO stocks. Floor area 04 acres. Send stamp for catalog. JOHN A. 8AI.ZEB, LaCroa.e.Wl*. 
PLANET JR. CARDEN DR 
Each one of these 
POPULAR TOOLS 
lias been either 
REMODELED 
nr IMP ROVED. 
They are more com¬ 
plete, simple, prac-, 
tical and strong') 
than you can imag-ij 
ine; so look them 
over carefully. 
NEW STYLES. NEW 
S. L. ALLEN A CO., Patentees <S 
HORSE HOES. p| RE 
Those who saw them 
at the test trial in 
actual work say they 
Are THE BEST 
yet. You will find 
them so. Our ’88 
Catalogue, with 
40 Wood outs, will 
give you a fair idea 
of the new points 
and better money 
___ __"values we now offer. 
frs., 127-129 Catharine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
S SEND FOR 
E new catalogue of A 
n CHOICE SELECT SEEDS, £ 
Grown for us with great care. Ii 
8 HIGGANUM M’N’F’G COR., « 
189 Water St., New York City. U 
8 Successors to R. H. ALLEN Co. E 
SEED POTATOES, 
Early Corn and Seeds. 
Grown from my well-known 
seed stock in this cold North-East 
country. I warrant them true to 
name, and equal to any on earth. 
My Catalogue names low 
freights and tells how I plant 
potatoes well with 1 bbl. seed to 
the acre. Sent Free. Address 
GEORGE W. P, JERRARD, 
CARIBOU. MAINE. 
JMORE WEN WANTED, 
At Good Wages. 
For Local and Traveling Salesmen. Inclose stamp and 
write for terms to E. B. RICHARDSON & CO., 
kanailcsaga Nurseries, Geneva, N. Y. 
SEEDS. 
My Annual Priced Catalogue is now ready, and mail¬ 
ed free to all applicants. It contains all the leading 
and most popular sorts of 
VEGETABLE, FARM, 
AND 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
Besides all the desirable novelties of last season, and 
nearly everything else In my line of business. 
ALFRED BSIt I IH» I::?! ! Y, 
37 East 1 9th St., New Y ork. 
600 ACRES. 
13 CREENHOUSES. 
wvjiviico, u liKHtHHOUSES. 
TREES*"»PLANT$ 
We offer for the Springtrade a large and fine stock 
of every description of FRUIT and Ornamental 
Shrubs, Roses, Vines, SMALL 
FRUITS, Hedge Plants, Fruit Tree Seed- 
lings and Forest Tree Seedlings. Priced Oat*, 
loguo. Spring of 1888, mailed free. Established 1862. 
BL00MINGT0N(PH(ZNIX NURSERY 
SIDNEY TITTLE h CO. Proprietor*. BLOOHIAUTON, ILL 
GARDEN 
FIELD 
SEEDS 
Always Fresh and Reliable. Everywhere 
acknowledged the Best. Headquarters 
American Grams Seeds. Orders with Cash 
filled at lowest market price. Send for Catalogue, 
tijitab. 1838.] J. M. McCullough’s 8ons, Cincinnati,O. 
FLOWER 
2™r6,000,000 people USE 
V&QEffi ^D.M.FERRY&CO. 
I are admitted to be 
^BkThe LARGEST 
seedsmen 
‘ in the world. 
> B.M.FERKY&Co’s 
I Illustrated, De- 
I scriptivedk Friced 
SEED' 
ANNUAL 
For 1888 
Will be mailed 
'FREEtoALL. 
applicants, and to 
last season’s custo¬ 
mers without ordering it. 
Invaluable to a'l. Everyone 
mrin g Garden, Field or Flower Seed* should send for 
U, Addve** u> M, FERRY & CO., Detroit, Mich. 
The West CORN AND BEAN PLANTER In the world. 
Satisfact Ion guaranteed. Agents wanted. Send stamp 
for clrc liar and price, 8. M MAOOMBKR, 
Adams, Grand Isle Co., Vt. 
FREE 
Prettiest Illustrated 
SEED-CATALOGUE 
)ever printed. Cheapest 
(& best SEEDS grown. 
S Gardeners trade a spe- 
' cialty. Packets only 3c. 
Cheap as dirt by oz. <fc lb. 
_ too 000 pkts new ex tras free. 
K. HTSHUMWAY, Rockford Ill. 
BERRT BASKETS AND CRATEl£ 
We are prepared to furnish basket material In the 
flat or made up on short notice. No charges for de¬ 
livering at Railroad Station Send for price list. All 
orders must be accompanied with the cash. Order 
early to save the rush Address 
The Colerain Berry Basket and Crate Co., 
Colerain, Ohio. 
most 
Complete 
and Beautiful 
CATALOGUE 
Mailed FREE 
application. Send for it. 
PRICE & REED 
316 Broadway, ALBANY, N.Y. 
IOWA 
Grown in TOW A, the garden spot 
oftheU.S .are best matured and 
give best results. New ('atR’o^ue 
Free. Iowa Seed Co., Dea Moines 
ccrne “yl £'88 Catalogue of New& FDEE 
OCCUv True Seeds, at Just Prices. rll“E 
Geo. H. Colv’n, Seed Grower, Dalton, Pa. 
ITASCA AND LOGAN 
STRAWBERRIES. 
BEST AND LARGEST BERRIES NOW 
BEFORE THE PUBLIC. 
ALL OTHER SMALL FRUITS CAN BE FURNISHED. 
. Price-list Free. 
J. H. HAYNES, Delphi- Ind. 
MLTH’SSFFft CATALOGUE 
1888- 
NOW READY. 
(MAILED FREE TO ALL 
APPLICANTS. 
FUpon receipt of price, the fol¬ 
lowing Collections will be 
mailed POST PAID:- 
Free_ 
16 packets! 
eluded) % i.oo; VegC _ 
50C.,25 packets (Neic Golden Cluster Wax Pole Beam 
inducted)tl.OO; 12 Choice Summer Flower** 
Ing Bulbs ( Golden Banded Lily of Japan included* 
SI.00. (E7*The Above Our own Selection, 
but alt Different Varieties. Mention paper. 
WM. H. SMITH. SEEDSMAN, 
\0I8 Market St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
ft T A VARIETIES OB’ 
47Q FRUITTREES, 
J I 9 VINES. PLANTS, ETC 
Apple, Pear, Peach,Cherry, Plum, 
Quince, Strawberry, Raspberry, 
Blackberry, Currants, Grapes, 
Gooseberries, Ac. Send for Catalogue 
4« 8, CQ{*LINS, Moores town, N, J, 
THE “BIRIGO” 
THBNIP BLOOD BEET. 
The seed of this most excellent variety of Extra 
Early Beet is, for the first time, placed upon the 
market, but In a limited quantity. 
It is a rich, blood-red beet, with a single tap root; of 
fine grain and flavor, and is earlier than either the 
Egyptian or Eclipse. It originated with a leading 
market gardener, and was Drought to perfection 
by him after ten years of careful cultivation. 
Per Packet, 10c; Per Ounce, 40c. 
For sale only by 
Kendall & Whitney, 
Portland, Maine. 
REER’S 
CARDEN 
CALENDAR 
Jubilee Edition, 1888. 
Established 1838. In cele¬ 
brating our golden anniver¬ 
sary, we will make a present 
of one packet of Dreer’s 
Gulden Cluster Wax 
Bean to every one who 
mentions this paper and re¬ 
mits 15c. in stamps to cover 
cost of finest catalogue ever 
issued of ScciIh, Plants, 
Bulbs, and every garden 
requisite, containing two 
colored plates and hundreds 
of engravings. Concise direc¬ 
tions for cultivation. Valu¬ 
able to all who plant seeds. 
HENRY A. DREER, 
714 Chestnut St., Pliilada. 
s 
JAPANESE AND CHINESE 
Fruit Trees, Plants, Bulbs and Seeds. 5 
choice Lily Bulbs, $1; 3 rare Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, ®l; 12 Mammoth Chestnuts, 50 cts. 
Free by mail. H. H. BERGER & Co., 317 
Washington St., San Francisco,California. 
Catalogue free. 
v UMMIT POTATO. 
Catalogue for 1888 Now Ready 
OVER 3C0 VARIETIES GROWN LAST SEASON. 
Address STIMB, 
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 
FARMERS sow phosphate in rows or broadcast 
with the 1-norse2-row fertilizer. Circulars. 
J, I. DU ROIS, JH„ Freehold, N. J. 
GONE TO SEED. 
Our New Illustrated Catalogue and Price-List of 
Choice Vegetable and Flower Seeds for year 1888. 
Now ready and Sent Free to all applicants. Special 
Inducements to Market Gardeners and others re¬ 
quiring Seecs of Reliable Quality In large quantity, 
R. D. Hawley & Co , Seddsmen. Importers, Growers, 
and Retail Dea'ers, 498 and 500 Main St, Hartford, 
Conn. If you will mention this paper you will receive 
an Extra Package of Choice Seed Free. 
1,500.000 Strawberry, Raspberry and Blackber¬ 
ry Plants, old and new varie les Headquarters for 
Wilson. Jr., and Early Harvest Blackberry Plants, 
Root Cuttings. 
Originators of the Hamilton or Boss Raspberry and 
Acme Strawberry. Fine Stock of two year old Con¬ 
cord Grapes, Fruit, Trees, Gooseberry Vines, etc., etc. 
Send for Catalogue and see low prices. Address 
BROOKLYN NURSERY 00., 
Ollice (Ohl No.) 229 W. Pratt St. 
Chas. H. Anderson, Manager. Baltimore, Md. 
EXTRA STOCK OF PEACH TREES, first class, $35 
per thousand. 
/A P Rasp’y,“Jolinston’sSweet,” “Sweet¬ 
est weever put in cans.”— Eriel’resero'aCo 
Buffalo.N. Y. It.JOHNSTON, ShorGvIlle, Out. t o. N.Y 
BUS 
BLUE AND 
Orchard Crass 
P. CARROLL, LEXINGTON, KY. 
All tested, the best. Prices 
Fair and Just. Catalogue free. 
— SEED POTATOES 180 varieties. 
Grapes, Plants and Ufa yrrn to make a fine 
Trees, everything fsHIl I til garden. The larg¬ 
est, best, most prolific and worm-proof nu All 
currant “CRANDALL” should be tried Dl ALL* 
FRANK FORD & SONS, - Ravenna, Ohio. 
Peach Trees, all the leading varieties Apple 
trees, varieties for all sections, north and south. 
Special collection of winter keepers for sections 
where northern varieties do not succeed. Pear cher¬ 
ry and quince trees, Grape Vines. Shade and Orna¬ 
mental trees, all at less than half the usual prices. 
Catalogues free. Address. 
THE RANDOLPH PETERS NURSERY CO. 
Wilmington, Del, 
IT 
WILL 
PAY Y0U 
I I TO PLANT 
BARRS’ 
Mammoth Asparagus, 
It sells for double the price of Conno- 
ver’s. Send for circulars and testimo¬ 
nials Also a full line of General Nurs¬ 
ery Stock at reasonable prices. Address 
RAREST RAW & PYLE, 
Willowdale, Chester Co.. Pu. 
NOTICE OF REMOVAL. 
The Woodason Insect Extfhminatou’s Works have 
Removed from Chicago to 4511?. Cambria St., Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa. Thomas Woodason, Proprietor. 
CDCC CAD iQQQf Send us your name, and wo 
rncc lUn lOOO* will send you, free, our Il¬ 
lustrated Catalogue of Garden and Flower 
Seeds and Plants. Liberal offers to those who 
order seeds of us. We test all our seeds on our 
grounds, before we send anv out. Address 
GAKMEK BK08., Freeport, Ill. 
Faust's Special Dollar Collection of Vegetable Seeds 
for 1888: 35 full-sized packets of the Choicest and 
Newest Vegetable Seeds sent postpaid for $1.00. 
Our Grand Pansy Collection of lO Finest Varieties 
(one packet each) postpaid for 40 cents. 
Pearl Collection of Popular Flower Seeds: 11 packets 
of the most easilv grown varieties postpaid for 26 cts. 
Ruby Collection, comprising 16 packets of Rare 
and Beautiful Flower Seeds, Petunias, Balsams, 
Pinks, etc., sent postpaid for 50 cents. Our seeds 
are put up in illustrated, lithographed packets, with 
full culture directions on each. Catalogues Free. 
I. V.FAUST, ^ 0 N < Sr , s?.'"Philadelphia.Pa 
LARGE GARDEN GUIDE 
SEEDS TRUE. I UHLL. have it. Best 
™ * "w U varieties, all tested, at low prices. 
COLE & BBO.. Seedsmen. PELLA, IOWA, 
FREE TO ALL. Io “ ‘ b °- M 
