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THE CULTIVATOR 
April 
Sugar from the Sorghum. 
HE undersigned has been authorized by Mr. Jos. S. 
Lovering, to re-publish his “ Detailed account of Ex¬ 
periments, and observations on the Sorghum Saccharatum 
or Chinese Sugar Cane, made with the view of deter¬ 
mining its value as a sugar producing plant,” new edition, 
with a Postscript by the author. 
Single copies 10 cents, or twelve copies for one dollar ; 
a one-cent stamp additional for each copy ordered by mail, 
to prepay postage. All orders must be addressed to 
HENRY A. DREER, 
Seedsman & Florist, 
March 11—wltmlt* 327 Chestnut-st., Philadelphia. 
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ALBANY SEED STORE. 
HE subscriber again offers his annual assortment of 
genuine Garden, Field, and Flower Seeds, growth of 
1857, consisting in part of the following desirable articles : 
Extra Early, Early and Late Garden Peas, the best new 
and standard sorts, viz : 
Extra Early —Daniel O’Rourke (true,) Sangster’s No. 
1, and Cedo Nulli, each 37£ cents per quart; Prince Al¬ 
bert and Emperor, each 25 cents per quart; Tom Thumb, 
75 cents per quart. 
Early — Sebastopol, (new,) 50 cents per quart; Blue 
Surprise, 37i cents per quart; Washington, Kent, June, 
Double Blossom Frame, Bishop’s Dwarf Prolific, and 
Strawberry, each 25 cents per quart. 
General Crop —Harrison’s Glory and Perfection, (both 
new,) Hair’s Dwarf Mammoth Marrow, (extra fine) each 
50 cents per quart; Napoleon and Eugenie, (both new 
and fine) 75 cents per quart; Fairbeard’s Early Champion 
of England, (the finest wrinkled variety known,) 37^ cents 
per quart. 
Late Sorts —Epp’s Monarch, 75 cents per quart; Brit¬ 
ish Queen and Knight’s Marrow, each 50 cents. The above 
comprising but a part of my assortment, for which see 
my catalogue. 
Also, Extra Early and Early Beets, Early and Late 
Cabbages, Cauliflowers, Brocolis, Celery, Tomatoes, Cu¬ 
cumbers, Egg Plant, Lettuces, Turnips, Peppers, Radish¬ 
es, Herb Seeds, &c., &c., in large or small quantities : 
Garden Beans of all sorts, Early, Late, Bush, and Pole. 
Fine large Lima Beans, (a few) at 50 cents per quart. 
Sweet or Sugar Corn of the best sorts for the garden. 
The Gigantic Constantinople is particularly fine—25 cents 
per quart. 
Indian Corn of the best sorts for the Field. 
Millet Seed, Long Brush Broom Corn, Luzerne or French 
Clover, White Dutch Clover, Red Clover and Timothy, 
Red Top or Herds Grass, Orchard Grass and Mixed Grass 
for Lawns, English Rye Grass, Spring Vetches and Sun- 
Flower, White and Yellow Onion Sets and Top Onions. 
Best Improved Ruta Baga and other Turnips, 75 cents 
per pound ; Long Grange, Large White and other Carrots, 
$1 per pound ; Onion Seed (a limited supply)—Large Red 
at $1.25—Large Yellow, $1 50, and White Portugal at $2 
per pound. Long Red and Yellow Globe Mangold Wur- 
zel, White and Yellow Sugar Beet, Honey Locust, Buck¬ 
thorn and Osage Orange Seeds for live fences, Yellow Lo¬ 
cust for timber and Locust posts, with a large assortment 
of Choice Flower Seeds, of which a choice and liberal 
assortment will be sent by mail for $1 or upwards, and 
postage paid. 
Spring-planting Bulbs, viz: Amaryllis, Gladiolus, Tiger 
Flower, Tuberoses and Madeira vines. 
Choice Double Dahlias—named varieties $3 per dozen. 
The best standard books on Poultry, Kitchen Garden¬ 
ing, cultivation of Fruit Trees and Flowers. 
Imphee or New African Sugar Cane, (genuine at $1 
per pound) 
Sorghum or Chinese Sugar Cane, 50 cents per pound. 
Cliufas or Earth Almonds, 25 cents per ounce. 
Clean Strawberry seed, (mixed sorts,) $2 per ounce. 
The true Christina Musk Melon, at 50 cents per ounce ; 
also the new Orange Water Melon, with many other arti¬ 
cles too numerous to be detailed in the confined limits of 
an advertisement. 
Full reference is made to my new descriptive prieed 
Catalogue for 1858, which will be mailed to all applicants. 
The subscriber, thankful for the patronage he has re¬ 
ceived for the past 27 years, hopes to merit a continuance 
of the same from former, as well as now customers. 
Orders received for Wilson’s celebrated ALBANY 
SEEDLING STRAWBERRY. Can be planted to great¬ 
est advantage in the spring. Price $2 per 100—$15 per 
1,000 plants. WILLIAM THORBURN, 
Seedsman & Florist, 492 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 
E&F" Small packages of Seeds carefully enveloped, and 
forwarded by mail. March 11—w8tm2t 
Choice Vegetable and Flower Seeds. 
HENRY DREER, 
Seedsman & Florist, 327 CHestnut-St., Philadelphia, 
FFERS a large and well selected stock of GARDEN 
and FLOWER SEEDS. In addition to those of his 
own growth, he is constantly receiving all the novelties 
from Europe. Being a practical Nurseryman and Seed- 
grower, and superintending all the various details of his 
business, purchasers can always depend upon obtaining 
genline and reliable seeds —a very important conside¬ 
ration to the Florist and Gardener. "Among the VEGE¬ 
TABLE SEEDS, the following can be recommended :— 
PEAS—Extra Early Daniel O’Rourke; Early Tom 
Thumb, 10 inches high and productive ; Flack’s Victory ; 
Champion of England ; Hair’s Mammoth Dwarf Marrow. 
BEETS—Extra Early Turnip. Long Smooth Blood. 
CABBAGE—Early London, Winningstadt, French Ox- 
heart, Early Dutch, Late Flat Dutch, and Philadelphia 
Drumhead. 
LETTUCE—Early Steinkopf, a very superior early head 
salad; Royal Cabbage or Drumhead. Also, Extra Curled 
Parsley, true— Early Paris Cauliflower, Fejee Island To¬ 
mato, solid and fine flavored, for which a premium was 
awarded—Newington Wonder Beans, a prolific and early 
snapehort—German Wax Pole Beans, the finest snapshort 
pods, entirely stringless, tender and delicious—New inter¬ 
mediate Carrot, Jenny Lind Muekmclon, Bradford and 
Pomaria Watermelon, together with many other new and 
desirable varieties, with all the old approved and standard 
sorts, for which see Catalogue. 
CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. 
The collection embraces all the varieties desirable for 
the amateur, as well as the professional florist, for which 
see Catalogue. 
FLOWER SEEDS BY MAIL—Twenty choice, distinct 
varieties (my selection) will be mailed to distant applicants 
by remitting One Dollar. 
A large collection of Everblooming Roses, Dahlias, 
Verbenas, Shrubs, Evergreens, Hardy Vines and Creepers, 
Native and Foreign Grape Vines, &c., &c. 
Catalogues mailed to all applicants enclosing a postage 
stamp. March 11—w4tm.lt* 
W M. R. PRINCE & Co., 
Flushing, N. Y. 
RICED CATALOGUES, which are sent to purcha¬ 
sers who enclose stamps : No. 1—Descriptive Cata¬ 
logue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Plants. 
No. 2—Roses, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Phlox, Iris, 
Double Sweet Williams, and all other Herbaceous Flow¬ 
ering Plants, &c. No. 3—Extra large Fruit Trees, Ever¬ 
greens, and other Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, suitable 
for immediate fruit-bearing and embellishment. No. 4— 
Wholesale Catalogue for Nurseries and Dealers, compri¬ 
sing Trees, Shrubs, Plants, Bulbous Flower Roots, Stocks 
for Engrafting, and Tree and Shrub Seeds, &c. No. 5— 
Wholesale Catalogue of Vegetable, Agricultural, and 
Flower Seeds. No. 6- Descriptive Catalogue of our Un¬ 
rivalled Collection of 100 select varieties of Strawberries, 
with a Rejected List. No. 9—Catalogue of Bulbous Flow¬ 
ers of every class, including Tree and Herbaceous Paso- 
nies, Dahlias, and other rare Flowering Plants. No. 11- 
Treatise on Culture of the Chinese Potato or Dioscorea 
Batatas, on Licorice, Tanner’s Sumach, Fig, Almond, 
Olive, Osier, Chinese Sugar Cane, Earth Almond and Mad¬ 
der, No. 12—Wm. R. Prince’s Address to the American 
Institute, on the character and merits of the Chinese Po¬ 
tato, with the triumphant Reports of the American and 
French Institutes on the same subject. No. 13—Catalogue 
of Green-House Plants. _ March 1—mlt- 
SOMBRERO GUANO, 
Imported and For sale by WOOD & GRANT, 90 
Front Street, New-York. 
T HE several analyses of this Guano, made by the most 
eminent Chemists of this country, viz : Profs. Hayes 
of Boston, J. R. Chilton and Isaiah Deck of New-York, 
Booth of Philadelphia, Piggot of Baltimore, Maupin and 
Tuttle of University of Virginia, M. P. Scott of Richmond, 
Va., and Gilliam of the Military Institute of Lexington, 
Va, all show it to contain over 80 per cent, of the Bone 
Phosphate of Lime. 
To Farmers desirous of testing its qualities, we will for¬ 
ward our Pamphlet when requested, containing a full 
statement of its merits, value and manner of application. 
The Planters and Farmers of Maryland, Virginia, North 
and South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia, highly appre¬ 
ciate such fertilizers, having used them with profit for the 
last five years. • 
The attention of Dealers and Country Storekeepers is 
called to this article. March 4 w9tm2t 
