THE CULTIVATOR 
CRANBERRY PLANTS. 
T HE BELL variety is best adapted for general cultiva¬ 
tion. Circulars will be forwarded to applicants. 
NEW-ROCHELLE BLACKBERRY--Genuine plants 
at $2 per Dozen—$10 per 100. 
HOB TREE—For ornament and use ; it is superior to 
the common Hop. 
RASPBERRIES—Brinckle’s Orange, $1.25 per Dozen ; 
Bagley’s Everbearing, $1 per Dozen ; Hew Red Antwerp 
and other choice varieties, 60 cents per Dozen—$4 per 100. 
GRAPES—Isabella and Catawba, one year rooted, $10— 
two years, $18 per 100. 
With a full assortment of Fruit, Ornamental and Ever¬ 
green Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses, &c. 
For full particulars see Catalogue, which will be for¬ 
warded to applicants. F. TROWBRIDGE, 
Jan. 14—w4tm2t New-Haven, Conn. 
CMaifa§ or j&artfit Almonds. 
A N ANNUAL plant from Spain, producing an abun¬ 
dance of small tubers of a sweet chestnut-like flavor, 
anti an excellent substitute for coffee. The subscriber has 
cultivated them for the last three seasons, and finds them 
excellent food for swine, poultry, and other farm stock. 
For sale for planting at the following prices : 25 tubers 10 
cents ; 100 tubers 25 cents ; sent by mail post-paid, or 1000 
by express for $1. Directions for culture, harvesting, &c., 
sent with each package. H. B. LUM, 
Dec. 24—w4tm2t Sandusky, O. 
LmSLEY 5 S 
ESSAY ON THE ORIGIN, HISTORY ANDCHARAC- 
TER1STICS OF MORGAN HORSES. 
With Numerous Portraits and Hints on the General Train¬ 
ing and Management of the Horse. 
By D. C. Linsley —Price SL 
Sombrero <3ma.no, 
(CIRCULAR.) 
nnHE value of this Guano has been well settled by the 
A Farmers of Maryland and the adjoining states, and is 
esteemed far preferable to Peruvian Guano, in a succession 
of crops. 
Guanos are of two kinds : those in which the ammonia 
yielding products predominate, as in the Peruvian ; and 
those in which the phosphates of lime and magnesia pre¬ 
dominate, as in the Phosphatic. The former is produced 
in regions where there is little or no rains, and the latter 
where the rains wash away a large part of the organic or 
soluble portions, and leave the insoluble phosphatic parts. 
If we heat to redness an ammonia yielding guano, we 
volatize 65 to 70 per cent, of organic matter, capable of 
yielding ammonia and other volatile products which con¬ 
stitute the body of this class of Guanos. What remains 
after extracting the ammoniacal and phosphatic com¬ 
pounds is of less value, it being chiefly alkaline salts. 
What effect has such an article (Ammonia yielding Gu¬ 
anos) upon the soil? It stimulates to an unwonted de¬ 
gree, and causes the soil to put forth all its strength, and 
forces the growth of plants into the stalk or blade, not 
into the grain, just as alcohol stimulates the animal to un¬ 
usual exertion for the time, but which finally exhausts the 
system. So the ammoniacal or stimulating Guanos force 
the present crop at the expense of the future strength of 
the soil, even if the land is fertilized by other manures 
than Phosphates. Every farmer who has experience, 
knows that when he has once used such stimulating Gu¬ 
ano for his crops, its strength is exhausted the first year ; 
and if he would continue to grow crops, he must apply it 
repeatedl) T , and in increasing quantities. 
The several analyses of this article, (Sombrero Guano,) 
made by the most eminent chemists of this country and 
England, show that more than 80 per cent, consists of the 
Phosphates of lime and magnesia, in an insoluble state, or 
in just such a condition that the roots of plants will take 
up and appropriate so much of the compound as is requi¬ 
site to perfect the same. 
If we examine the analysis of Wheat, one of the great 
staples of our Middle and Western States, we find that 
every 100 lbs. of its ashes contains from 50 to 60 lbs. of 
these Phosphates, which must have been taken up from 
the soil. A large part of these salts are required to form 
the hull or envelope of the kernel, and are indispensable 
to the perfection of the seed. (The ashes of Indian corn 
yield 68 per cent, of Phosphates ; cotton 28 per cent., and 
tobacco 26 per cent.) Hence the special value of Phos¬ 
phatic Guanos ; and as they are only soluble by reason of 
the vital power of the plant, they remain in the soil as a 
reservoir, ready to be drawn upon only when the roots of 
the plant require their appropriation to perfect the growth 
thereof. 
These reasons are sufficient to enable a practical man 
to judge why Phosphatic Guanos should be used in pre¬ 
ference to the ammonia yielding varieties for Wheat.Corn, 
and other cereals and leguminous crops, as weli as Tobac¬ 
co and Cotton. The effects of the Phosphatic lasts for 
years, and the soil acquires from its use an accumulative 
power, while the latter requires an annual or biennial ap¬ 
plication, and is exhausted with the first or second crop, 
and the strength of the soil is expended from the yearly 
forced produce. 
“I consider these observations specially applicable to 
these Guanos, as I have carefully studied their effects on 
such crops, and analyzed the several varieties.” 
(Signed,) ISAIAH DECK, M. D„ 
Agricultural and Consulting Chemist, New-York. 
Assuming the above to be correct, the relative value of 
the two Guanos, for permanent effect, is in the ratio of 24 
to 85 ; as the Peruvian contains but 20 to 24 per cent, of 
the Phosphates, while the Sombrero Guano contains from 
80 to 85 per cent., which fact settles the matter beyond 
all dispute. 
Besides, allowing their fertilizing qualities to be equal, 
the difference in cost of the latter is less than one-third 
that of the former. 
We are now offering the third cargo of the “ E. C. How¬ 
ard,” on the following terms :— 
10 to 100 tons—in packages (barrels or bags,) $32 nett cash. 
Under 10 tons, do do 36 do 
60 tons or more, in bulk, ground.30 do 
Orders promptly executed on receipt of funds. 
Imported and for sale by WOOD & GRANT, 
New-York, Nov., 1857. 90 Front-st., New-York. 
CERTIFICATES OF CHEMISTS. 
New-York, Aug. 22d, 1857. 
I have analyzed a sample of Guano marked “ Cargo of 
E. C. Howard,” from the Island of Sombrero, for Messrs. 
Wood & Grant, and find it to yield the following :— 
Phosphate of Lime,.. 84.93 
Carbonate of Lime,. 3.63 
Sulphate of Lime,. 1.84 
Chloride of Sodium, &c.,... 1.31 
Organic Matter,. 2.77 
Water,. 5.14 
Silica, Alumina, &c.,._.38 
(Signed,) 100.00 
JAMES R. CHILTON, M. D., Chemist. 
Baltimore, 10th Sept., 1857. 
The sample of Sombrero Guano (cargo of the Fanny O. 
Field) contains of 
Lime,. 39.90 
Phosphoric Acid,. 35.47 
Equivalent to Bone Phosphate of Lime, .. 76.85 
A. SNOWDEN PIG GOT. 
Professor Hayes, State Assayer of Massachusetts, ana¬ 
lyzed two samples of Sombrero Guano, and found 100 parts 
to consist of: — 
Moisture and Organic Salts of Lime,. 5.44 
Bone and Phosphate of Lime,. 89.60 
Sulphate of Lime,. 1.00 
Sand and Silica,...86 
99.90 
ANOTHER SAMPLE. 
One hundred parts consist of:— 
Moisture and Organic Salts ©f Lime,. 8.77 
Bone Phosphate’of Lime,. 89.20 
Sulphate of Lime,.. 1.00 
Sand and Silica, .. 47 
99.80 
Liverpool, England, 17th June, 1857. 
Analysis of sample of Mineral Phosphate of Lime from 
100 parts :— 
Phosphate of Lime,. 80.20 
Carbonate of Lime,. 6.S0 
Water,. 3. 
Siliceous and other earthy matter, ..— 10. 
100 . 
GEORGE C. HUSON. 
New-York, 21st Nov., 1857. 
I have analyzed a sample of Sombrero Guano for Messrs. 
Wood & Grant, and find it to contain when dry Bone 
Phosphate of Lime, 88 per cent. Equivalent to— 
Phosphoric acid,.40.6 
Lime.47.4 
Also a trace of Ammonia. 
ISAIAH DECK, M. D., 
Jan. 21—w&mlt. Analytical Chemist, &c. 
