AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
[May, 
Make the Most of your Land. 
RAISE VOIR OWN SEEDS. 
READ THE NEW BOOK 
ON 
Farm - Gardening 
AND 
SEED - GROWING. 
BY FRANCIS BRILL. 
Land within a moderate distance of cities is too valuable 
to allow regular agriculture to be followed with protit. 
Corn and other grains can be bought cheaper than they can 
be raised, when we take the value of the land into account. 
The same cause which increases the value of the land—the 
growth of towns and villages—affords a market for the high¬ 
er-priced agricultural products. Those who live upon 
valuable land must resort to Farm-Gardening. Those who 
live near the ordinary routes of transportation by which 
produce can be shipped and fertilizers brought back will 
find it to their object to look into the matter of Farm-Gar¬ 
dening. This book, by Mr. Brill, is the work of an expe¬ 
rienced cultivator, and will be found full of excellent sug¬ 
gestions and instructions. 
Seed-Growing is an increasing business in tins country, 
and American-grown seeds are rapidly taking the prefer¬ 
ence. Heretofore we have bad no work that gave directions 
for growing and saving the seed and preparing it for market. 
To tile farmer who wishes to grow his own seed this book 
will be found a profitable investment. 
A BOOK USEFUL FOR EVERY FARMER, GAR¬ 
DENER, AND TILLER OF THE SOIL. 
Content!!.: 
Asparagus. 
Onions. 
Beans. 
Parsley. 
Beets. 
Parsnips. 
Broccoli. 
Peas. 
Cabbages. 
Peppers. 
Carrots. 
Plowing, Fall. 
Cauliflower. 
Potatoes. 
Celery. 
Radishes. 
Cold-Frames. 
Rhubarb. 
Corn. 
Roots, Storing for Winter. 
Cucumbers. 
Sage. 
Egg-Plants. 
Salsify or Oyster-Plant. 
Forcing-Pit. 
Sashes. 
Gardening, Farm. 
Seed Cloths. 
“ Market. 
“ Growing. 
Herbs. 
“ Harvesting. 
Horseradish. 
“ Cleaning, 
Hot-Beds. 
“ Sowing. 
Implements. 
Shutters. 
Insects. 
Sieves. 
Kale. 
Soil and Preparation. 
Kohl-Rabi. 
Spinach. 
Leeks. 
Squashes. 
Lettuce. 
Summer Savory. 
Machines. 
Sweet Marjoram. 
Manures and Manuring. 
Sweet Potatoes. 
Mats, Straw. 
Thyme. 
Melons, Musk. 
Tomatoes. 
“ Water. 
Tools and their Uses. 
Number of Plants or Hills 
Transplanting. 
on an Acre. 
Turnips.. 
Okra. 
Vegetables and Seeds. 
Price, Post-paid,.$1.00. 
ORANGE JUDD AND COMPANY, 
245 Broadway, New York, 
JUST PUBLISHED. 
New and Enlarged Edition. 
BARRY’S 
FRUIT GARDEN. 
By P. BARRY. 
I I . IT I S T IZ V r U u: 31. 
The Fruit Garden lias long filled a place which has been 
occupied by no other work. It is full enough upon ail the 
processes of propagation to suit the nurseryman, and this 
part of the subject, as well as those of pruning, training, 
and cultivation, is exactly suited to the needs of the ama¬ 
teur. A carefully considered selection of fruits of all kinds 
makes the work a most useful one to those who plant in a 
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essentially a new work. To those familiar with horticultu¬ 
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all re-engraved and much augmented, are numerous and 
instructive. 
CONTENTS : 
PART I. 
GENERAL PRINCIPLES. 
CHAPTER I.—Names, Descriptions, and Offices of 
the Different Parts of Fruit Trees. 
CHAPTER II.—Soils. 
CHAPTER III.—Manures. 
CHAPTER IV.— The Different Modes of Propagating 
Fruit Trees. 
CHAPTER V.— Pruning—Its Principles and Practice. 
PART II. 
THE NURSERY. 
CHAPTER I.— Soil, Situation, etc. 
PART III. 
THE LAYING OUT, ARRANGEMENT, AND GEN¬ 
ERAL MANAGEMENT OF PERMANENT PLAN¬ 
TATIONS OF FRUIT TREES, SELECTION OF 
TREES AND VARIETIES, AND PRUNING AND 
CONDUCTING TREES UNDER VARIOUS FORMS. 
CHAPTER I.— Permanent Plantations of Fruit 
Trees. 
CHAPTER II.—Pruning and Training applied to the 
Different Species of Fruit Trees under Various 
Forms. 
PART IV. 
SELECT VARIETIES OF FRUITS, GATHERING 
AND PRESERVING FRUITS, DISEASES, IN¬ 
SECTS, IMPLEMENTS IN COMMON USE. 
CHAPTER I.— Abridged Descriptions of Select 
Varieties of Fruits. 
CHAPTER II.—Gathering, Packing, Transportation, 
and Preservation of Fruits. 
CHAPTER III.— Diseases and Insects. 
CHAPTER IV.—Nursery, Orchard, and Fruit-Garden 
Implements. 
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