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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Turnip Seed by Mail* 
The following varieties, the 
quality of which can not be 
excelled, will be mailed post¬ 
paid to any address in the 
Union upon receipt of price 
affixed: 
Early White Dutch, White 
Strap-leaf, Red-top Strap-leaf, 
Yellow Aberdeen. Lone White 
or Cow-horn, Improved Amer¬ 
ican Ruta-baga, Carter's Im¬ 
proved Swede, Skirving’s Im¬ 
proved Swede, 10 cents per 
ounce, 25 cents 4 ounces, 75 cts. 
per pound. Large Yellow 
Globe, Long White French, 
Sweet German, 10 cents per 
ounce, 30 cents four ounces, 
$1.00 per pound. Prices for larger quantities to dealers, 
either in bulk or packets for retailing, will be given upon 
application. Address 
B. K. BLISS & SOUS, P. O. Box 5,712, New York. 
CELERY, CABBAGE,and 
CAULIFLOWER PLANTS. 
Boston Marlcet, Celery, n, favorite variety ; remark¬ 
able for its tender, crisp, and succulent stems, and delicate 
flavor. It is grown almost exclusively by the Boston Mar¬ 
ket-Gardeners, who consider it superior to all others for its 
excellent qualities. Price $1.00 per hundred; $4.00 for five 
hundred; $6.00 per thousand ; $25.00 for five thousand. By 
mail, 25c. per hundred, extra. 
Du arf Incomparable.—A well-known variety, of 
dwarf habits, extensively grown by the New York Market- 
Gardeners ; solid, crisp, and of line flavor. 75c. per hun¬ 
dred ; $3.00 for five hundred; $5.00 per thousand; $20 for five 
thousand. By mail, 25c. per hundred extra. Explicit direc¬ 
tions for culture will be sent with each package. 
Cauliflower.—.EfarZ// Paris, Nonpareil , Large White 
Erfurt. $1.00 per hundred; $4.00 for live hundred ; $0.00 
per thousand. 
Cabbage Plants.—Premium Flat Dutch, Large Drum¬ 
head, Improved American Savoy, and lied Dutch for pick¬ 
ling. 75c. per hundred ; $3 for five hundred; $5 per 1,000. 
Address B. It. BJLISS & SONS, 
Seed and Horticultural Warehouse, 
Nos. 23 Park place and &0 Murray st., New York. 
Our celebrated Seed Catalogue and Guide to the Floioer 
and Kitchen Garden will be mailed to all applicants upon 
receipt of two three-cent stamps for return postage. 
Nurserymen and Dealers, Attention! 
Over 200 acres in trees. Our Price-list for fall now ready. 
An immense stock of Fruit Trees. * Standard and Dwarf 
Pears a specialty. Prices low. Correspondence solicited. 
Send for Catalogue. 
NICHOLAS & NEWSOV, Geneva, N. Y. 
CABBAGE PLANTS. 
Flat Dutch, Drumhead, Mammoth, Brunswick, Savoy, 
Bergen, Mason, Red Dutch,Winniugstadt, 40c. per 100, $3 per 
1.000, $25 per 10,000 : G5c. per 100 by mail. Can furnish plants 
through July. Send for Circular. 
EDWARD BURGESS, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
Cabbage 
35 cts.; 1,000, $3. 
S 5H wa ijf-s; Ml kinds, 
prepaid, 100. 
LANSLEY & CO., Poultney, Vt. 
BAGS SEEJ) 15IJCK- 
ejiUnUF WHEAT. Also Millet and Hungarian 
Gras» Seed. For sale by 
C. B. ROGERS, No. 133 Market st., Philadelphia. 
W ANTED.—A situation in a Florist’s establish¬ 
ment as foreman. Can come well recommended. Six 
years’ experience. Address 
J. DAVIDSON, 518 Ciasson Ave„ Brooklyn, N. Y. 
NOTICE. 
Buckeye Steamer, Drier, Baker, and Range. Most won¬ 
derful mechanical combination of the age!' One hundred 
bushels of feed cooked in three hours! Fruit dried in five 
hours without change of position. Apparatus made entirely 
of iron. Bakes equal to a brick oven. For full particulars, 
including an excellent essay upon the advantages of cooking 
food for domestic animals and a fine illustrated pamphlet, 
sent free of postage, address 
ENGLE, KELLER & CO., Lancaster, Pa. 
I jiASTEN your win¬ 
dows DOWN or up 
with the Rkisixber 
Sasii Lock and Sup¬ 
port. No spring, no 
mutilation of sash; 
cheap, durable, easily 
applied—holds sash at 
any place desired, and 
automatically locks the 
window when down. 
Send for circular. On 
inclosing 25 cents, a cir¬ 
cular and a japanned 
lock will be mailed to 
any address, post-paid. 
The trade supplied. 
Agents wanted every¬ 
where. 
H. C. Pii imnx B, Treas 
Harrisburg. Pa. 
HTNim A P Quick ! ! I'ure ! 
V JL1M XjVjTxIJAji 7 “ As my plan of making is the 
best, persons are fraudulently selling Deseriptions'whicli I 
give away. Send three cents to A. D. STRONG, Ashtabula, O. 
A GENTS and Peddlers for our Press and Strainer. 
Presses and strains jams, jellies, herbs, vegetables, lard, 
tallow, meats, cheese, etc.; quick and profitable. Over 00,000 
sold in a few localities. Every family wants it. Circulars 
free, LiTTLEMabD & DAiuti 103 Wash, stq BOBtbn, MaBs. 
cnrcnnTATi 
National Industrial Exposition. 
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ANNOUNCE THAT THE 
THIRD ©RAID EXPOSITION 
WILL BE OPEN FROM 
Sept. 4tli to ©ct. 5th, 1872. &oods will be received from Aug. 14th to 31st. 
The Sixteen Grand Departments have been greatly extended, and the Exposition will be the 
LARGEST EVER HELD UN AMERICA. 
The extensive transportation arrangements for visitors will largely increase the unprecedented attendance or last year. 
Exhibitors should make immediate application for space. Rules and 
Premium List furnished on application. 
STANDARD 
Gane Machinery, 
For Sorgo and Sugar-Cane. 
—:o:— 
The only recognized Standards 
in Cane Machines are the 
Cook Evaporator 
AND 
Victor Cane-E¥3ill. 
There are of these machines 
Over 31,000 ii& use. 
They have taken the 
FIRST PREMIUMS AT 117 STATE FAIRS. 
Send for Descriptive Catalogue and Price-list. 
BLYMYER, NORTON & CO., Cincinnati, 0., 
Manufacturers of Cane-Mills and Evaporators, Farm, 
School, and Church BeJ Is, Buckeye Thresher, Feed Cutters, 
Corn Shellers, Corn and Cob Crushers, etc. 
‘ THE SUCCESS 
WASHING- MACHINE. 
Patented by the Rev. S. M. SMITH, York, Pa. 
It cleans all kinds of clothing better and quicker than any 
other washer, not injuring even the finest lace curtains. 
Half-dozen soiled shirts are cleansed in from five to eight 
minutes, including the collars and wrist-bands. The steam 
is confined, and bleaches the clothes while they are being 
washed. 
Over $10,000 worth have been sold within a year in 
Pennsylvania and Ohio. For further information, address 
H. S. MYERS & CO., Manufacturers, York, Pa. 
Or S. M. SMITH, Patentee. 
PROVIDENCE WRINGER 
NEW 1872. 
qp 
Moulton Rolls, 
Most Durable; 
DoubleSpiral Cogs 
Easiest Working; 
Curved Clamp, 
Holds Firmest; 
Metal Journal 
Casings, 
NO WEAR-OUT. 
PKOVIBENCE TOOL COMPANY, 
11 Warren st., N. V., and PROV., R. I. 
A GENTS.—The Eureka Linen-Marker or Card 
Printer (rubber type) affords the most fortunate chance 
to make money. Our agents are surely making $2a to $100 
weekly. ■ Address for circulars , _ , 
O. F. TEMPLETON, C15 Broad way, New York. 
he Largest stock oir 
CAMPAIGN BADGES in thocoimtry..Circulars 
now retttiyi Addffcs® Ainehdaii BUdgb Coo Pttmdencfej R. !• 
Toil ftslt WHY wo can sell 
First Class 7 Octavo Pianos for 
S290 ? Wo answer—It cost3 
loss than $300 to make any $G(jO 
Piano sold through Agents, all 
of wlionjx mako 100 per ct. profit. 
Wo Kiavo no Agents, but ship 
direct to families at Factory 
prico, and warrant Fivo Years- 
Pend for illustrated circular, in. 
which we refer to 300 Bankers, 
Merchants, &c. fsome of whom 
you may know) using our Pianos in 40 States and Territories. 
U. S. Piano Co., 865 Sroaclway, New York. 
A GREAT OFFER! 
.will dispose of ONE HUNDRED PIANOS, M KLODEONS, 
and ORGANS of six first-class makers, including Waters’s, 
at extremely low PKiCES for CASH, or will take from $4 
to $15 monthly until paid ; the same to let, and rent applied 
if purchased. New 7 octave PIANOS, modern improve¬ 
ments, for $275, cash. A new kind of PARLOR ORGAN, 
the most beautiful style and perfect tone ever made, now on 
exhibition at 48L Broadway, New York. 
BOOK AGENTS WAITED. 
Clergymen, School Teachers, Young Men and Ladies wanted 
to canvass for our “GLORY of the IMMORTAL LIFE'' 
one of the most popular books ever sold by subscription, 
not sectarian, and highly recommended by the Clergy of all 
denominations. For circulars and terms, address 
CARR JEWETT, Publishers, Norwich, Ct. 
FOREST TREES 
FOR 
Shelter, Ornament, and Profit, 
BY ARTHUR BRYANT, Sen., 
President Illinois State Horticultural Society, 1S71. 
A new and valuable Book, specially written to meet the 
Forest Tree necessities of our Country. Gives tree planters 
every needed instruction what to plant for Screens, for Or¬ 
namental Purposes, and for Profitable Tree Plantations. 
Tells the Cultivator bow to plant, when, and where; is 
written in a simple and practical manner, and suited to the 
taste and comprehension of every one. Every Farmer, Hor¬ 
ticulturist, and Tree Planter will find it one of the most 
valuable volumes ever published, absolutely necessary for 
their own use, and indispensable for every rural library. 
Contents: 
Chap. 1. Introduction. 
“ 2. Evils attending the Destruction of the Forests. 
“ 3. Favorable Influences of the Forest. 
“ 4. Influence of Wood upon Moisture and Rain Fall. 
“ 5. Change of Climate in the Prairie Region. 
“ 6. Practicability of Raising Timber. 
“ 7. Propagation and Planting of Forest Trees. 
“ 8. Pruning and Thinning. 
“ 9. Exclusion of Animals Horn Woodlands. 
“ 10. Screens for Shelter. 
“ 11. Profit of Timber Culture. 
“ 12. Description of Individual Deciduous Trees. 
“ 13. Coniferous Trees. 
“ 14. Propagation of Conifers from Seed. 
“ 15. Transplantation of Conifers. 
“ 111. Description of Individual Coniferous Trees. 
•• 17. Broad-leaved Evergreens not Coniferous. 
The Descriptive List of Trees and Evergreens is believed 
to be the most full and accurate yet written for Amer¬ 
ican use. 
Finely Illustrated with 12 Full-Page Engravings, 
PRICE, POST-PAID.$1.50. 
AddresB 
ORANGE JUDD & CO., 
243 Broadway, New York. 
