THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
12? 
189o 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
T HE SILO—Published by Prof. A. J. 
Cook, Agricultural College P. O., 
Michigan. This little volume Is having a 
very large sale, and very justly, too ; for it 
is one of the most valuable little pamphlets 
that the farmer can get. The silo has 
come to stay. There can be no doubt 
about that. Many dairymen have come to 
regard it as being almost as valuable as 
the feed bin. This pamphlet tells all about 
silos and silage. Price 25 cents. 
Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut Street, 
Philadelphia, Pa. —This is a large and 
costly “Garden Calendar” (170 pages,) of 
seeds of all kinds (garden, farm and flower) 
and a remarkable collection of plants. 
Among these we note water lilies, Nelum- 
bium and Nymphsea of many varieties, 
and other aquatics, palms, cacti, orchids 
for houses of various temperatures (cool, 
temperate and tropical), roses, vines, hardy 
perennial herbaceous plants and roots in 
great variety; ornamental grasses, hardy 
shrubs, and, finally, fruits of all kinds. 
It will be sent to all Rural readers on 
application, and it is certainly worth 
applying for. 
Peter Henderson & Company, 35 & 37 
Cortland Street, N. Y.— This is indeed 
a “ Manual of Everything for the Garden,” 
one of the handsomest and most costly 
works of the kind we have ever seen. 
There are 150 large pages with colored cov¬ 
ers and plates, one of them presenting 12 
roses, “ Henderson’s Garland Collection, ” 
quite true to life, which makes one anxious 
for the rose season to return. The Table 
Queen Tomato, now offered for the first, as 
a premium only, is said to be the largest and 
heaviest smooth tomato known, being very 
solid with few seeds. Henderson’s Bush 
Lima is this year offered at one dollar per 
pint. It seems that 175,000 packets were 
sold last year. Henderson’s Succession 
Cabbage is offered this year at 15 cents per 
packet. Much emphasis is given to the 
value of three varieties of potatoes, viz., 
Early Puritan, Pride of the West and Bill 
Nye. The first has often been alluded to 
in these columns. Bill Nye is said to yield 
heavily and to be a perfect keeper. The 
Pride of the West is of great vigor and, it 
is claimed, is the “ heaviest cropper in 
America to-day.” The Early Ruby Tomato 
is represented as the earliest of all the large 
tomatoes which combine good form, color 
and solidity. A beautiful colored plate of 
pansies and sweet peas will induce many to 
raise these charming and easily grown 
flowers that have never appreciated them 
before. The lists of plants are very few 
and a colored plate of certain popular an¬ 
nuals will please the eye of our lady read¬ 
ers. In the plant department, much space 
is given to the best roses, to cannas and 
chrysanthemums, to clematis, grasses, 
vines, palms, verbenas etc., and, finally, 
to a choice collection of small fruits. 
This magnificent catalogue should be ex¬ 
amined by every one who owns a flower- 
plot, garden or farm. Send for it and men¬ 
tion the R. N.-Y. 
The MArEs Formula and Peruvian 
Guano Co., 158 Front Street, N. Y.—This 
treatise, as it may well be called, is full of 
interesting statements, gleaned from many 
sources that cannot fail to instruct any 
farmer who will examine them carefully. 
Even though the farmer does not have occa¬ 
sion to purchase fertilizers, there are hun¬ 
dreds of facts in this little book that may 
induce him to try new methods of cultiva¬ 
tion, impress upon him the importance of 
certain rotations, the adaptation of certain 
crops to certain soils, all of which may lead 
to larger crops produced at less cost. 
Among the instructive articles alluded to is 
“ The Success of a Failure” (page nine) “A 
Rotation that has Doubled the Fertility of 
Farms,” “Jersey Farms that Pay,” “ Best 
Fertilizer the Cheapest,” “To Grow Pay¬ 
ing Crops of Corn and Bring up Poor 
Land ” (page 19), etc., etc. 
The R. N.-Y. has long been of the opinion 
that on its own land larger and better crops 
of potatoes can be raised by the use of high- 
grade potato fertilizers than by the use of 
dung of any kind The many experiments 
made at the Rural Grounds to throw light 
on this important question all point to the 
same answer. Now, it appears, from 
the hundreds of prize-contesting crops 
grown in various parts of the country, 
there are very many farmers who are of the 
same opinion. The great mistake that 
many farmers make in their trials with fer¬ 
tilizers is that they do not purchase a high- 
grade complete potato fertilizer. They are 
induced to believe that a low-priced arti¬ 
cle, deficient in or lacking altogether one or 
another of the chief food constituents, will 
serve the crop just as well as a high-grade 
article that contains all the essential con- 
anti flante. 
stituents in approximating the quantities 
which the crop needs. The result is a dis¬ 
appointment and a blind, illogical condem¬ 
nation of all fertilizers whatsoever. Such 
f armers are standing in their own light. 
The best advice we can offer them is to buy 
a single hag of potato fertilizer of high- 
grade and use it on an experiment plot 
next to another on which an equivalent 
quantity of farm manure is used. In this 
way, at a trifling cost, an intelligent con¬ 
clusion may be arrived at. 
The Mapes pamphlet will be sent without 
charge to all of our readers who apply to 
the company, the address of which is given 
at the head of this notice. 
Lister’s Agricultural Chemical 
Works. —This house issues a small hand¬ 
book in the place of a large catalogue. It is 
a very complete and handy little volume as 
it contains blank pages for memoranda, be¬ 
sides many items of great value to farmers. 
The Lister’s fertilizers are noted as being 
“ high-grade.” As analyzed at the experi¬ 
ment stations they show a very high stan¬ 
dard of value. The following note from 
No engraving can do justice to the unique and peer¬ 
less beauty of this NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM. Imagine plants 
completely studded with balls of flowers one foot in 
circumference, whose petals curve gracefully inward, 
and which in turn are dotted with a peculiar hairy-like 
growth, the whole resembling, more than anything 
else, masses of SNOW-WHITE OSTRICH PLUMES, and you then 
begin to form some idea of the beauty of this royal 
flower. Your garden will not be complete this season 
ifit does not contain the“OSTRICH PLUME CHRYSANTHEMUM." 
(Plain and full instructionsforculture with each order.) 
PRICE.—For fine plants, certain to bloom, 40c. each, 
three plants for $1; seven plants for $2; twelve plants 
for $3. Free by mail. 
With every order for a single plant or more will 
be sent gratis oursuperb Catalogue of "EVERYTHING 
FOR THE GARDEN" (the price of which is 25 cents), on con¬ 
dition that you will say In what paper you saw this ad¬ 
vertisement. Club orders for THREE, SEVEN or TWELVE 
plants can have the Catalogue sent,when desired, to the 
SEPARATE ADDRESS of each member comprising the=ogMj 
club, provided always that the paper is named. 
THE “OSTRICH PLUME” 
,CHRYSANTHEMUM 
_ (Mrs, Alpheus Hardy). __ 
PETER HENDERSON WiMWYORK 
35&A? 
this hand-book strikes at a matter that is 
of increasing interest to the Eastern 
farmer: 
“Increasing fertility by means of chemi¬ 
cal fertilizers is a question agitating the 
minds of farmers in the Eastern States in 
their efforts to compete with their brethren 
in the great wheat-growing States of the 
West, who, as yet, use no chemical fertili¬ 
zers. The progressive Eastern farmer who 
has studied the situation, knows that to 
compete successfully he must increase the 
fertility of his land. He cannot increase 
his acreage to any great extent; he must 
therefore increase the yield per acre now 
under cultivation. Can this be done by the 
use of chemical fertilizers? We believe it 
can, and is being done by many. Come 
with us, progressive farmers of the East, 
and we will show you how, and before 
many years we expect to have the same' 
question to answer for your brethren in the 
West.” 
IIRPEF’^ Emmjlnnual 
■ ■ handsomely illustrated with colored 
Mi plates painted from natare, tells all al 
BEST SEEDS^MiiH^H 
plates painted from nature, tells all about the 
RARE NOVELTIES * 
including RARE NOVELTIES of sterling merit, 
which cannot be obtained elsewhere. Itis mailed FREE 
to all who want really first-class Warranted Seeds. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE &CO., Philadelphia, Pa. 
nPCITD^C SEEDS, PLANTS, 
UrVLurV W BULBS & requisites! 
Have been sown, planted and used by many successful cultivators for over Half 
a Century. Our liberal treatment of all in the past is sufficient assurance for 
the future. We avoid sensational and impossible novelties, so the beginner as well as 
the experienced grower may rely on descriptions of varieties and prices offered in 
DREER’S GARDEN CALENDAR-^^^Jr^S, 1 ; 
and should be in the hands of every one who has a garden. Mailed on receipt of 
6 p$a£ HENRY a DREER, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 
BOOK REVIEW. 
R OBERT BONNER’S SONS, proprie¬ 
tors of the New York Ledger, have 
issued as No. 13 of the Ledger Library, an 
account of the life and explorations of 
Henry M. Stanley, and his latest achieve¬ 
ment, the rescue of Emin Bey. It is a brief 
plain story of his early life from boyhood 
to manhood, with the circumstances that 
led to his. becoming the foremost adven¬ 
turer and explorer of his age. The book is 
bound in paper covers, and is mailed for 50 
cents. Herbert Ward begins with the first 
March number of the Ledger, a series of 
articles upon his adventures in Africa, en¬ 
titled “ Five Years with the Congo Canni¬ 
bals.” Considering the interest now ex¬ 
isting with relation to the Dark Continent, 
these cannot fail to be an absorbing at¬ 
traction. Single copies may be obtained 
for five cents of the publishers. 
lUi.scfUancou.s gulvtrti.sing. 
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Skin and Blood Diseas*® 
from Pimples to Scrofula 
N O PEN CAN DO JUSTICE TO THE ESTEEM IN 
which the Cuticura Remedies are held by the 
thousands upon thousands whose lives have been 
made happy by the cure of agODlzing, humiliating. 
Itching, scaly and pimply diseases of the skin, scalp 
and blood, with loss of hair. 
Cuticura. the great Skin Cure, and Cuticura Soap, 
an exquisite Skin Besuilfler. prepared froir !r, exter 
nallv, and CrncuRA Resolvent. the new Blood Puri¬ 
fier, internally, are a positive cure for every form of 
skin and blood disease, from pimples to scrofula 
Sold everywhere. Price, Cuticura, 50c. ; Soap, 25c. 
Resolvent.’ $!. Prepared by the Potter Drio and 
Chemical Co.. Boston. Mass. 
Send for “ How to Cure Skin Diseases." 
VICKS PLANTS 
FLORAL Gl IDE FOR 1800. the Pioneer Seed Catalogue of America, contains complete list of 
Vegetables, Flowers, Bulbs, Potatoes and Small Fruits, with descriptions and prices. Same shape 
and style as proved so satisfactory last year. Many new and elegant illustrations handsome colored 
plate SxlO'a inches, and frontispiece. Special Caiah Priie* OlOOO.OO; (<ee Floral Ciuide. Every 
person who owns a foot of land or cultivates a plant should have a copy Mailed on receipt of 10 
cents, which amount may be deducted from first order. ABRIDGED CATALOGUE ? REE. 
JAMES VICK. SEEDSMAN, ROCHESTER, N- v 
P UIST’S I 
MORHIHG STAR PEaI 
The Earliest Pea in the World.* 
THE FIRST IN THE MARKET 
from all the large Pea growing sections last sea¬ 
son. Mailed postpaid — One-third Pint, 15 cts. 
Pint, 30 cts. Quart, 50 cts. Two Quarts, 90 cts. 
BISMARCK DWARF BUTTER WAX BEAN- 
BEST VARIETY KNOWN, most productive, entirely stringless and free from rust. 
One-third Pint, 35 cts. Pint, 40 cts. Quart, 70 cts. Special Prices on all Seeds by quantity. 
BIIKTJC CARDEN GUIDE and ALMANAC for 1890 contains 144 pages with 
DUIa I a ourpricesand DISCOUNTS RANGING FROM 10 TO 20 PER CT. mailed on receipt of 10c. 
ROBERT BUIST, JR. s eed grower, 
STORES, 922 & 924 Market St., I«tt« Post office. PHILADELPHIA. 
One Pkt. of The Wonderful Lima Bean FREE for every dollars worth of Seed ordered. 
ERRARD’S SEED POTATO CATALOGUE 
A [Y SEED POTATOES are grown from the Choicest stock, in the virgin lands 
iu oi tlie cold North-East. I have the best New and Standard Sorts, and warrant 
them superior to all others for seed. I raise ray SEED CORN 150 miles Farther 
North titan the North line of Vermont, and for Early Crops my CARDEN SEEDS 
have no equal. 
I offer this season my new HARBINCER POTATO, which I believe will be 
the Great Market Potato of the future. And my new EARLY BRYANT CORN, 
a handsome yellow variety, the Earliest of All. I have Special Low Freight Kates 
everywhere. My fine new Catalogue Mailed Free. £F“Xame this Paper and address 
GEORGE W. P. JERRARD, Caribou, Maine. 
tW Ptmplea, blackheads, chapped and oily skin _aej 
l prevented by Cuticura soap. Jtl 
Rheumatism, Kidney Pains and Weakness 
speedily cured by Cuticura A.vti-Pain Plas 
tick, the only oain-kllllng plaster 
100 SOUQS fora2cent stamp. Home&Youth Cadiz, O. 
GROUND FRESH BONE AND MEAT. 
I S PREPARED from tne bones as colli cted from 
the Butcher Markets dally. We gtlnil It with 
the meat, muscle and marrow, just as it comes from 
the butcher's block, and Is so line that Poultry can 
consume every particle of it without waste. It is, 
without doubt, the best animal food in existence for 
laying hens. We also recommend it for dog feed 
\\ e are supplying some of the principal Kennels In 
. this vicinity. For particulars send for l irculars. 
PRICES : 100 pounds and over, 2c. per pound. Less 
than 100 pounds, 2kc. uerpound. Adaress ail orders to 
ll, A. BAHTLETT, Worceater. Mans. 
SEED POTATOES!!! 
Crown in Aroostook County Maine. 
Our Seed Potatoes are of the best standard varieties, grown on new ground in the 
extreme northeastern part of Maine, and selected by ourselves with great cate. We offer 
you Pure Seed of the variety that won the first, third, fifth and sixth prizes, offered last 
season by the American Agriculturist, for largest yield of potatoes from one acre, on fol¬ 
lowing records: 
1st Prize, C. B. COY, 738* Bushels. 
3d “ F. S. W1CCIN, 537* “ 
5th “ D. MOORE, 523 “ 
6th “ C. W. MOORE, 402 “ 
Don’t waste your time, land and money fooling with new aud untried varieties, when 
you can obtain seed with above record. Send for circular ; mailed free. 
WM. S. SWEET &. SON, 
PROVIDENCE, R. I. 
