1850, 
THE CULTIVATOR 
851 
Greenhouse Plants, Vines and Roses. 
T)ARSONS' & CO. offer for sale every desirable variety of Green- 
house Plants, and many valuable novelties recently introduced 
from Europe. 
Growers of Grapes are invited to examine tlieir vineries, now in 
full fruit, from which they can furnish good vines, of about forty 
varieties, at 
50 cents for those one year old, 
7 5 “ “ two “ 
100 “ “ of extra size. 
Their stock of saleable Roses includes some thousand on their own 
roots, of the Remontauts, Bourbon, China, and Garden Roses, in 
their various sub-classes. 
Catalogues furnished on application by mail to Flushing, near 
New York. Sept. 1—2t. 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, &c. 
'THE subscriber cultivates at his Nurseries, and has fo sale at his 
residence, Eustis-street, Roxbury, Mass., all the choice varieties 
of the Pear, Apple, Plum, Cherry, Peach, and other Fruit Trees, 
Raspberries, Gooseberries, Currants, Grape Vines, Stiawberries, 
Asparagus Roots, etc., etc., etc. 
Also several thousand Pear Trees on the Quince—one, two, three, 
four and five years from the bud. 
Particular attention paid to the cultivation of the Pear. 
Persons wishing extra sized trees, or trees on Quince stock in a 
hearing state, will please call at the Nurseries and make their own 
selection. 
30,000 Buckthorn Plants. 
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Roses, Herbaceous Plants, 
Pseonies, &c. 
The whole for sale at the lowest market price. Catalogues gratis 
to post-paid applicants. SAMUEL WALKER, 
Roxbury, Sept. 1—3t. Roxbury, Mass. 
Apple Trees for Orchards. 
TX/rANY thousand fine Trees, mostly 7 to 8 feet high, propagated in 
all, cases from thoroughly proved or bearing trees , for sale at the 
nursery of J. J. THOMAS, Macedc n, Wayne Co., N. Y. 
They embrace the best standard varieties, with nearly all the 
valuable new sorts; among them are Early Harvest, Sine Qua Non, 
Sweet Bough, Early Joe, Summer Sweet Paradise, Autumn Straw¬ 
berry, Gravenstein, Dutch Mignonne, Rambo, Fall Pippin, Yellow 
Bellflower, Rhode Island Greening, Esopus Spilzenburgh, Northern 
Spy, Swaar, &e., &c. 
Price, varying with selections, from sixteen to eighteen dollars per 
hundred—a first rate, selection of summer, autumn, and winter fruit, 
of fifteen to thirty varieties, if made by the proprietor, furnished at 
sixteen dollars per hundred, or seventeen if well packed in matted 
bundles, and delivered at canal or railway. All orders to be ac¬ 
companied with remittances. Sept. 1—3t. 
Commercial Garden and Nursery of 
PARSONS & CO., 
Flushing, near New-York. 
fFHE proprietors of this establishment offer for sale their usual 
assortment of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses, 
&c. 
Their stock of Apples and Pears is finer than they have before of¬ 
fered. Also Pears on Quince, of their own growing. 
The Ornamental department contains the usual well known varie¬ 
ties, and all the best new Trees and Shurbs, for lawns and arboretums, 
including the new Pines, Araucaria Imbricata, Cryptomeria 
Japouica, with Cedar of Lebanon, at one to two dollars each; and 
Cedrus Deodara, of various sizes, at one dollar per fool. 
Catalogues furnished gratis on application by mail. Sept. 1—2t. 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 
at the Nursery of J. J. THOMAS, Macedon, N. Y. 
TXTOST of the Trees are of large, handsome, and thrifty growth, and 
they embrace careful selections of the best sorts of Apples, 
Peaches, Pears, Cherries, Apricots, &c., with the smaller fruits. 
When purchasers desire, selections will be made by the proprietor, 
so as to afford a regular succession of the best varieties throughout 
the season; and all may be relied on as strictly true to their names, 
the proprietor having for the past fifteen years invariably adhered to 
the rule of selling none but THOROUGHLY PROVED sorts. 
A carefully assorted collection of hardy Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, 
and Herbaceous Perennial Plants, furnished at moderate prices. 
Trees for canal and railroad well packed in bundles, enclosed in 
strong mats, with roots mudded and encased in wet moss, so as to 
preclude all danger of injury. 
All communications, post-paid, to be directed Macedon. Wayne 
Co., N. Y. Sept. 1—3t. 
Albany Burr Mill Stone Factory. 
A DAM R. SMITH, (late of Troy,) having located at the Corner 
xv of Broadway and Quackenbush streets, (three blocks above the 
Delavan House,) Albany, N. Y., invites the attention of Mill¬ 
wrights and others to the stock on hand, which, with his facilities for 
manufacturing, must render it advantageous for them to call upon 
■him before purchasing elsewhere. 
He keeps also, a large supply of Bolting Cloth, Screen Wire, 
Plaster of Paris, and other articles used in Milling, which will be 
disposed of on liberal terms. 
August 1—3t.* 
Agricultural and Horticultural Implements, and 
Field and Garden Seeds. 
T TP WARDS of one hundred different kinds of Plows, and a corres- 
^ ponding variety of all other Implements for the Farmer, Plantor 
and Gardener; embracing the largest and most complete assortment 
to be found in the United Stales. Also, Field and Garden Seeds, a 
large and varied assortment. A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
August 1, 1850.—tf. 189 & 191 Water St., New-York. 
THE: 
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To Nurserymen, Dealers, and others. 
subscriber offers for sale at the American Botanic Garden and 
Nursery, Waterloo, Seneca Co.,N. Y., (4£ miles northwest of 
Waterloo, on the Vienna road):— 
20,000 American Balsam Fir. 
10,000 Spruce, Red, White, &c. 
Also various other Native and Foreign Trees, Shrubs and 
Herbaceous Plants, together with a choice selection of Fruit Trees. 
Native Trees and Plants to order. 
Orders promptly executed, and Trees and Plants packed for safe 
transportation to any part of the United States, Canada and Europe. 
Sept. 1—2t.W. S. DELL. 
South Down Sheep. 
THE subscriber offers for sale, this season, several pure bred South 
Down Rams, varying in age from lambs to 4 years old. Also 
several Ewes, from one year to four years old. 
The Lambs and Yearlings of this flock, are from an imported 
Ram from the Duke of Richmond’s celebrated flock. 
Applications for the above Sheep may be addressed to the subscriber 
in this city. JNO. McD. McINTYRE. 
Albany, August 12, 1850—3t. 
The American Five Stock Insurance Company, 
At Vincennes, Ind. 
fTHARTER unlimited. Granted January 2, 1S50. [£r"Capital 
^ $50,0001=0 For the Insurance of HORSES, MULES , 
PRIZE BULLS , SHEEP AND CATTLE, of every description, 
against the combined risks of Fire, Water, Accidents and Disease. 
Losses paid in 30 days after proof of death. 
Directors .—Joseph G. Bowman, Hiram Decker, M. D., Isaac 
Mass, George D. Hay, John Wise. Alvin W. Tracy, Hon. Abner T. 
Ellis, Abm. Smith, Hon. Thomas Bishop. Joseph G. Bowman, 
President. B. S. Whitney, Secretary. Wm. Burtch, Treasurer. 
Aug. 1, 1850—lyr._ B. P. JOHNSON, Agent, Albany. 
Drain Tile Works, 
63 Jay Street, North of Salamander Works, Albany. 
THE subscriber is now manufacturing and prepared to fill orders 
■I for Horse Shoe, Sole, Round and Collar Drain Tile, of various 
sizes, from one to four inches in width and rise. The tile is cut 
sixteen inches in length, and will be of a superior quality. 
The price will vary according to the size and shape, from 
$10 to $16 per thousand. Specimens of the article with the prices 
will soon be distributed to all the agricultural stores in the State. 
Presidents of county societies adjoining the river and canals, will 
please send their address with directions to whom a box containing 
the different sizes of Tile will be forwarded free of charge. 
July 1, 1850—tf. A. S. BABCOCK. 
Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store. 
No. 197 Water street, (near Fulton ,) New-York. 
THE subscribers would respectfully 
invite the attention of planters and. 
dealers in Agricultural and Horticul¬ 
tural Implements, Garden and Field 
Seeds, &c., Sec., to their large and va¬ 
ried assortment of Garden and Field 
tools, Ac., which they are selling at the very lowest rates that they 
can be procured in the United States. Persons living at a distance 
can obtain an “ illustrated” Catalogue, containing a list of prices, on 
application by letter, post-paid. Those ordering from us may depend 
upon their orders being promptly filled. 
May 1, 1850—tf. ~ JOHN MAYHER & CO., 
The Farmers’ Encyclopedia, 
B Y C. W. JOHNSON. Adapted to the United States, by G. 
Emerson, Philadelphia, 1850. In one large octavo volume, 
1173 pages, containing the latest discoveries and improvements; in 
Agriculture, with numerous plates of Live Stock, Farming Imple¬ 
ments, &c. 
“ We are fully convinced that such an amount of valuable know¬ 
ledge for farmers can be found in no other work in so cheap and con¬ 
venient a form. In fact, no farmer who pretends to be well inform¬ 
ed in his profession should be without this book .”—New Genesee 
Farmer. 
“An excellent work, fit to be distributed in premiums by Agricul¬ 
tural Societies. How much better, and m better taste, than the 
amount of its cost in money.”— J. S. Skinner. 
Sold by L. Tucker, Albany; A. Hart, Philadelphia; Derby & 
Co., Buffalo; W. D. Ticknor & Co., Boston; and the principal 
booksellers in the Union. Price $4. (Cost of the imported work in 
1 vol. without any plates, $14.) July 1—tf. 
Transactions of the N. Y. State Ag. Society. 
TRANSACTIONS of the New-York State Agricultural Society, 
from 1841 to 1849, eight vols., price $8, for sale at the office of 
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