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a clear and connected view of both science and prac¬ 
tice in their relations to each other. Experiments will 
be given when they are necessary to the clear under¬ 
standing of the subject. The fee for this course will 
be $10. 
Soils, rocks, minerals, metalic ores, and other sub¬ 
stances, will be promptly analyzed on moderate terms. 
Pupils not otherwise connected with the college, par¬ 
ticipate in all the advantages of the above courses. 
Arrangements will be made by which pupils in these 
departments can enjoy the advantage of attending to 
other courses of instruction in science, in this institu¬ 
tion, which are open to the public; and they can also 
have easy access to large libraries and scientific collec¬ 
tions. New Haven is a place of easy access from all 
parts of the Union, and is the resort of nearly six hun¬ 
dred students in the various departments. Board and 
lodging are procurable on very moderate terms.. 
Additional particulars will be promptly supplied on 
application by letter to either of the gentlemen whose 
names are given in this advertisement. New Haven, 
Conn., Sept., 1847. 
The Horticulturist for October, (No. 4, Vol II.) 
is embellished with a plate of “ Montgomery Place,” 
the beautiful and highly improved seat of Mrs. Edward 
Livingston, on the Hudson. Among its contents, are 
a description of this most delightful residence, illustra¬ 
ted by several engravings—the Cultivation and Propa¬ 
gation of Azaleas—Culture of the Peach—a Hint to 
Plant Growers—Memoranda on Pears—Fertilization 
of Plants—Remarks from Experience on the value of 
twenty-five Pears—Suggestions in regard to Pomologi- 
cal Reform.—The Ida Green Gage Plum—Popular 
Errors about the rise and fall of Sap, with a great va¬ 
riety of shorter but valuable articles, under Foreign 
and Domestic Notices—Horticultural Exhibitions, &c., 
&c. This work, edited by A. J. Downing, Esq., is 
gaining an extensive circulation, and cannot fail to 
awaken a lively interest in the advancement of the ru¬ 
ral arts throughout our country. It is published month¬ 
ly, 48 pages octavo, at the office of “ The Cultiva¬ 
tor,” and may be obtained of Messrs. Newman & Co., 
booksellers, 199 Broadway, New-York—Messrs. J. 
Breck & Co., Seed Store, 52 North Market-st., Bos¬ 
ton, and of Messrs. Zieber & Co., booksellers, Chest- 
nut-st., Philadelphia. Price $3 per year. 
OtH^The American Farmer copies without credit, 
our synopsis of the u Debates on the Profits of Farm¬ 
ing,” which took place at the Agricultural Meetings 
in Boston, last winter. The article as published 
in the Cultivator , was made up by us with considera¬ 
ble labor—it being the substance of the whole discus¬ 
sion, which occupied four or five evenings, and was 
very carefully re-written from the reports of all the 
meetings, published in no less than four different 
papers. 
Compost. —The American Farmer recommends a 
compost prepared in the following manner. Take 40 
bushels of mould from the woods, 5 bushels of ashes, 
leached or unleached, 5 bushels of bone dust, 1 bushel 
of plaster: the whole to be incorporated together by 
shovelling over, and the heap to be then thoroughly 
moistened by 30 gallons of human urine, and again 
shovelled over. The compost is recommended for one 
acre of wheat. 
SPANISH MERINO SHEEP. 
TfOR sale a few choice Merino sheep-bucks and ewes—of un¬ 
doubted purity of blood, and a quality that will give satisfaction 
to purchasers. They can be sent west by canal, at the subscriber’s 
risk. R. j. JONES. 
Cornwall, Vb, June 1 , 1847.-tf. 
PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 
New-York, Sept. 21, 1847. . 
FLOUR—Genesee, new, $5.75«$>5.87—Ohio and Michigan, 
$5.50a$5.75. Demand steady. 
GRAIN.—Wheat, Genesee, per bu., $1.20—Corn, northern, 63a 
65c.—Rye, 74a75c.—Oats, 45a47 c. for good lots. 
BUTTER—Orange County, per lb., 19a2Qc.—Western, dairy, 
12al4 cents. 
CHEESE—per lb., 7|a7£c. for Herkimer county— 6$a7 for Ohio. 
BEEF—Mess, per bbl., $12,75a$13- In demand. 
PORK—Mess, per bbl., $13.50—Prime, 10.50. Dull. 
HAMS—per lb., smoked. 10|allcts. 
LARD—Per lb. lOalO^c. 
HEMP—Russia clean, per ton, $275--American, dew-rotted, 
$ 110 . 
HOPS—new, western, per lb., 10al2c. 
COTTON—New Orleans and Alabama per lb., 12£al4|c —Up¬ 
land and Florida, 11al3£c. 
WOOL—(Boston prices,) Sept. 18. 
Prime or Saxon fleeces, washed per lb.*. 45a47£ cts. 
American full blood fleeces,... 40a42^ “ „ ] 
“ three-fourths blood fleeces,. 34a36 w 
“ half blood do . 34a36 “ 
“ one-fourth blood and common,..... 28a30 
Remarks. —By the Brittania, which left Liverpool on the 4th of 
August, and arrived at Boston on the 20th, we have English pa¬ 
pers to the 3d of August. The prices of breadstuff's were still low¬ 
er. The best western canal flour was quoted at 24s. 6d. and 25s. 
6d. per'bbl. Richmond and Alexandria at 23 s. 6d. and 24s. 
Philadelphia and Baltimore 23s. 6d. and 24s. New Orleans and 
Ohio 20s. and 21s. Sour 20s. Indian corn 26s and 31s. per quar¬ 
ter. American pork was dull, and transactions in the article 
limited. Beef in demand, and a short supply in market. 
The failures of English corn-factors have been quite numerous, 
and the results have been seriously felt by some of our grain and 
produce dealers. The crops, both in the British islands and on the 
continent, of Europe are good. In England and Scotland the har¬ 
vest is unusuully abundant, and in Ireland it is not lacking. The 
potato disease has appeared in a few locations, but the diminution 
in the usual supply, at the worst, is not expected to be less than 
one-fourth. The Mark Lane Express, speaking in regard to the 
disease, says, the potato may be fairly pronounced “ convales¬ 
cent,” and will probably speedily recover its usual health. In va¬ 
rious parts of Europe, the crops are described as heavy almost be¬ 
yond precedent. 
NOTICE. 
O RDERS for the “ Warren Horse Power and Thrasher,” (latest 
stvle) Trimble’s and others.—Also for Agricultural Machinery 
and Implements generally, will continue to be promptly attended 
to by the undersigned at 126 Pearl st. JAMES PLANT, 
October 1, 1847.—It. New-York City. 
APRICOT TREES FOR SALE. 
rpHE subscriber has for sale, at his nurseries atFishkill Landing, 
N. Y., a few thousand of his Early Golden Apricot/which was 
noticed by Mr. Downing, in the Horticulturist tor August. 
This Apricot being a new variety, and a hardy and thrifty 
growing tree, the fruit ripening early, and the trees bearing young, 
in any exposure, and the fruit being comparatively free from the 
attacks of the Curculio, he can recommend it as a, valuable kind to 
cultivate, either for market or domestic uses. The original tree, 
from which the present stock was worked, has been in bearing 
eighteen years, and has not failed to produce a fair crop every 
year. The fruit the present year sold for twenty dollars per 
bushel, by the quantity. 
The trees are worked on peach and on plum stocks. Those on 
peach stocks, two years from the bud, are offered at twenty-five 
cents each, and those on plum stocks, one year from the bud, at 
37^ cents each. A liberal discount by the hundred. 
Also a large lot of Frost Plums, and a general assortment of 
Fruit Trees and Grape Vines. Priced Catalogues sent on post¬ 
paid application. CHARLES DU BOIS. 
Fishkill Landing , Oct. 1, 18 4 7.—It. A' _ 
FRUIT TREES OF SELECT VARIETIES ONLY. 
For sale at the NURSERY of J. J. THOMAS, Ma- 
cedon, Wayne county, N. Y. 
T HE aim of the proprietor has been to select only the very finest 
varieties, which their time of ripening, excellence, or pro¬ 
ductiveness, renders eminently desirable. 1 his selection has been 
made personally, after many years of careful examination, from 
several hundred sorts in bearing. 
No kinds are ever offered for sale which have not been fully tested 
by trial in a bearing state , so as to insure in all cases their genuine¬ 
ness or excellence. 
The stock of Apples consists of many thousand trees, and are 
mostly of large size and fine growth; and besides the best standard 
varieties, includes the finest new. sorts—as Northern Spy, Early 
Joe, &c. 
The Cherries comprise the most celebrated varieties, and the trees 
are large, straight, and handsome. A good collection of Peaches, 
Apricots, and other kinds of fruit—all at moderate prices. 
A large and select collection of Ornamental Trees, Flowering 
Shrubs, and Plants, including many of the most brilliant Roses, of 
new and rare kinds. 
Catalogues and information by letter furnished on all post-paid 
applications; and trees securely packed in wet moss with mudded 
roots, so as to be sent with perfect safety by canal or railroad. 
Oct.—2t. 
