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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Tfioibiirn’s Descriptive Catalogue 
O F GARDEN - , Field and Flower Seeds for 1858, now 
ready. Copies will be mailed, free of charge, to ap¬ 
plicants. WM. THORBURN, Seedsman, &c., 
Feb. 11—wltmlt 492 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 
S HEPPAKD’S 
FORWARDING Sr COMMISSION, 
Horticultural, nursery and §eed 
AGEN GY, 
159 Front Street, New-York. 
T HE subscriber would respectfully inform the Horti¬ 
culturists, Nursery and Seedsmen of the United 
States, Canada and Europe, that the business heretofore 
conducted by his father, the late G eo. G. Sheppard, de¬ 
ceased, will be continued as usual, and the best attention 
paid to all their foreign and domestic interests, 
FOR SALE, 
Chinese Sugar Cane Seed,—new crop-prime and cheap. 
Mahaleb Cherry Seed—prime. 
Quince and Pear Stocks, &c. 
Soliciting a continuance of the liberal patronage so long 
bestowed, very respectfully, 
WM. P. SHEPPARD, 
Jan. 28—w&m2t 159 Front Street, New-York. 
Seeds !—§eeds l —Seeds ! 
THORBURN’S NEW DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
Of Vegetable, Field and Fruit Seeds for 1858, 
WITH DIRECTIONS FOR CULTIVATING VEGETABLES, 
Is now ready, and will be sent to applicants enclosing a 
Three Cent Stamp. 
T HE subscribers offer of the growth of 1857, and of the 
very finest qualities, their usual extensive assortment 
of SEEDS, comprising many novelties, and every tested 
desirable variety known in the several departments of 
Vegetable, Field, Flower, Tree and Fruit Seeds. 
They would particularly call the attention of cultivators 
and amateurs to the following 
CHOICE PEAS. 
Extra Early Daniel O’Rourke—the earliest known. 
“ “ Sangster’s No. 1—a great favorite. 
“ “ Tom Thumb—very fine, growing but eight 
inches high. 
Early Sebastopol—new and good. 
Champion of England—one of the very best. 
Dwarf and Tall Sugar—edible pods. 
Hair’s Dwarf Mammoth—superb. 
Harrison’s Glory and Perfection—new and very produc¬ 
tive. 
Napoleon and Eugenie—both new and early, wrinkled. 
Epps’ Monarch—Epps’ Lord Raglan—both new and su¬ 
perb 
Carter’s Victoria—fine wrinkled. 
British Queen—one of the best late. 
With thirty other standard sorts, for which see Catalogue. 
Also—Early Paris. Nonpareil and Lenormands Cauli¬ 
flower. Early Wakefield Oxheart ai:d Winningstadt 
Cabbage. 
Early and Giant White and Red Solid Celery, 
Prize Cucumbers—for frames. 
Early Tomatoes. 
Sweet Spanish and Ball-nose Pepper. 
Early Curled Lettuce. 
Early Curled Parsley. 
Extra Early Turnip Beet. 
Early White Vienna Kohlrabi. 
Winter Cherry or Strawberry Tomato. 
Apple and Pear Seeds. 
Havana Tobacco Seed. 
^Dioscorea Batatas or Chinese Potato •, with thousands 
of other Seeds of the same superior qualities as have 
heretofore afforded such universal satisfaction, and which 
can be recommended with the fullest confidence as unsur¬ 
passed for genuineness.* 
AFRICAN IMPIIEE—genuine, as raised by Mr. L. 
Wray—$1 per pound. 
SORGHUM or Chinese Sugar Cane —25 cents per lb. 
FLO WE R SEEDS. 
The collection this season is unusually large and choice, 
embracing many novelties. 
Orders by mail will have immediate attention. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO., 
Jan. 21—w&m3m 15 Jolm-street, New-York. 
low’s yom* Time! 
A Chance for the People and the Press. 
T HE “ Rural Empire Club ” has a supply of the Chinese 
Sugar Cane Seed, both Imported and perfectly ma¬ 
tured Domestic, for distribution among its members “and 
the rest of mankind,” on the following terms :—By Ex. 
press, securely sacked and delivered to Express Co.. 4 lbs, 
for $1 ; 10 lbs. for $2 ; 40 lbs. for $6. By mail, post-paid; 
samples 3 cents ; I 11) packages, 25 cents.; £ 11) do., 50 cents, 
pound do., $1, to any P. O. in the U. S. under 3,000 milee- 
and the same will be sent anywhere on receipt of the rel 
quisite postage. The supply in the hands of the Rura- 
Empire Club, and at their command, is ample. The re¬ 
mittance for packages by mail is designed for the prepay¬ 
ment of postage—the seed a gratuity. 
Postage Stamps taken for the fractions of a Dollar, or 
stamps returned in change. Address 
I. W. BRIGGS, 
West Macedon, N. Y. 
Publishers of newspapers are at liberty to insert 
the above notice for the benefit of their patrons and read¬ 
ers. In addition to the thanks they will receive from their 
patrons, I will send to each Publisher who desires it, one 
ID of the seed by mail, prepaid, or 5 U)s. by Express or R. 
R., delivered to N. Y. Central It. R. Co. I. W. B. 
Feb. 18—w&mtf 
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