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THE CULTIVATOR, 
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CONTENTS* OF THIS NUMBER. 
COMMUNICATIONS. ’ 
Manures—Their Nature and Action, by Levi Bartlett,. .. 203 
Memoir of Tlios. G Fessenden, by F. Holbrook, . 207 
Experiments with Copperas on Sickly Foliage, by J. T. I 
Plummer —Renovation of old Apple-trees, by W'm. Ba- [ 213 
Experiments in Grafting, by E. M. Hoyt and A B. Price, 214 
Time for Pruning Orchards, by D. Sinclair, Jr.,. 215 
Houses of Unburnt Brick, by I. Hildreth, .i. 21? 
Breeding Horses, by Fquus—S cotch and American Plows.) 01Q 
by RI. W. Philips.} 
Coal Grinder and Soil Presser, by Dean —Value of Guano,) 2 iq 
by A B. Allen— Lightning Rods, by J. J. Higgins,. .... J 
Stones for Draining, by A. \V. Day —Suggestions to Farmers, ) 00n 
by Oneida,. ( u 
Improvement of slock, by C. V. H.—Raising Wheat, by Jas. I OQ1 
Otis,. f Ul 
Norman Horses, by A Maryland Subscriber, . 223 
Advantages of Water, in Barn-yards, by A Subscriber,.. 224 
EDITORIAL. 
The Chillingham Wild Cattle,... 201 
Irish Rose Butter for the U. S. Navy,.. 206 
To Destroy all Weeds—Training Oxen,. 209 
Sketches of Fine Farms in Dutchess County,... 210 
Paring and Burning Soils—advantages of,. 211 
List of Summer Apples—Salt for Celery,. 212 
Corrections—Horticultural Exhibition at Albany,. 215 
Mt. Airy Agricultural Institute—Manures in or oil the soil,.. 216 
Proper Time for Cutting Wheat,.... . 217 
The Estates of Gen. Washington—Special Manures,. 222 
Animal Physioloay—Sheep in South Carolina,. 223 
Notices of New Publications—Old-fashioned Theology,.... 224 
Domestic Economy—Poetry, &c.,.. 225 
Monthly Notices—To Correspondents, &c.,. 226 
THE HORTICULTURIST, 
AND 
Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste . 
Edited by A. J. DOWNING, Esq. 
T HE Third Volume of the Horticulturist commences on 
the first of July, 1848. 
The Publisher, at the close of the 2d volume, desires to return 
his thanks for the handsome patronage bestowed m this work. It 
has already attained a circulation equal to that of any similar ma¬ 
gazine in Europe, and far beyond any of its class hiluerto attempt¬ 
ed in America. Its influence on the progress of Gardening, and the 
information in matters of Rural ^Tasie, is already strikingly appa¬ 
rent. Its extended and valuable correspondence, presents the ex¬ 
perience of a large body of the most intelligent cultivators in Ame¬ 
rica j and the instructive and agreeable articles from the pen of the 
Editor, make it equally sought after by even the general reader, in¬ 
terested in country life. 
In order to introduce still greater improvements in the work, and 
especially in its illustrations, the publisner lakes this method of pre¬ 
senting a m various parts of the United Stales, where it is not al¬ 
ready known, and Where he is confident that it only needs to be ex- 
amiuedjor even announced, (such is the popularity of Mr. Down¬ 
ing’s works,) to be at once ordered. 
Tne work is published monthly in 8vo form, of 48 pages—each 
number accompanied by a frontispiece and several otuer engra¬ 
vings. The list of constant contributors embraces our first horucuL 
turists and practical cultivators. The “ Foreign Notices ” pre¬ 
sent a summary from all the leading Horticultural Journals of Eu¬ 
rope; the ’‘Domestic Notices,” and “Answers to Correspon¬ 
dents,” furnish copious hints to the novice in practical culture; 
and the numerous and beautiful illustrations—Plans for Cottages, 
Green-Houses, the Figures of New Fruits, ohrubsand plants, com¬ 
bine to render this one of tlie cheapest and most valuable works to 
country gentlemen on either side of the Atlantic. 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Fig. 50—Wild Cattle,... 201 
FTgs 51 to 55—Grafting,... 215 
Fig. 56—Mt. Airy Ag. Institute,. 216 
Fig. 57—Coal Grinder,. 219 
GUANO FOR SALE. 
■jVJOW landing from ship Aglare, a very superior cargo ofPatago- 
nian Guano. Price $35 per ton, for all quantities exceeding 
1,000 lbs. Apply at the New-York Agricultural Warehouse and 
Seed Store, Nos. 189 & 191 Water-street, New-York. 
July 1, 1848.—2t. _ A. B. ALLEN & Co. 
HAY AND HARVEST TOOLS AND MACHINES. 
E VERY Farmer desiring good tools (and where is one who does 
not) should examine the large collection of the leading and 
best manufactures at the Albany Agricultural Warehouse Nos. 10 
& 12 Green street, Albany—among which may be found, 
Wilcox, Grants, & Myers 
& Bryans Cradles, the three 
best makers known. 
Wilcox & Downer’s Horse 
Rakes, all sizes; a better made 
article than ever sold here. 
Dunn’s, Phillips, Messer 
and Colby’s Celebrated 
Scythes, of German, Shear 
Cast and Silver steel; warran¬ 
ted the best kinds in use. 
Lampson & Co’s. & Clapp’s Patent Scythe Snaths. 
Dean’s, McCollum’s, Wakefield’s and other hand rakes. 
Real Quinnebaug, Cummington & Indian Pond Scythe Stones. 
Nova Scotia and Ohio Grind Stones, all sizes. 
Grindstone Cranks, Rollers, &c. 
Austin’s, Anson’s. Darby’s and others, scythe rifles. 
Grant’s Fanning Mills, 4 sizes. 
Partridge’s Hay Forks, 6 sizes. Warranted not to break, and the 
best fork in America 
Wheeler’s Horse Powers and Threshers. These are too well 
known to need further notice here; except to refer to the Februa¬ 
ry Nos. of the Cultivator, for 1847 and 1848, and to the May No. 
1848. 
A full and complete assortment of all the above, and an extensive 
assortment of almost every article used on the farm or in the farm 
house, constantly on hand—making this Agricultural Warehouse 
literally an Agricultural museum, where a farmer can well spend 
an hour or two, and feel well paid for his trouble in calling. For 
prices, description, &c., see Catalogue Agricultural Warehouse, 
gratis at Store, or by mail. HORACE L. EMERY. 
July 1,1848. 
NOTICES OF THE PRESS. 
No one who loves the country will willingly be without Mr. Down¬ 
ing’s Journal. In it he combines the menus of all his previous workg. 
YV lule informing the practical gardener as to his particular vocation, 
—the best sorts of garden fruits, vegetables, ornamental shrubbery, 
etc., and as to the best manner of cultivating each and all, lie inter¬ 
sperses lessons of taste in rural architecture, of profit m rural eco¬ 
nomy, of knowledge at once usetui and brilliant in botany, and of 
delignt in all the branches of that most rational, independent, and 
healthful existence—life in the country.— N. Y.^Courier Enquirer . 
The Editor of this attractive Journal has earned a wide renown 
by his elegant and most useful works on Landscape Gardening, 
Cottage Architecture, and Pomology. As an original and accom¬ 
plished author in these attractive and popular pursuits, he has no ri¬ 
val since the death of the indefatigable Loudon; and his merits have 
been acknowledged by marks of high consideration from some of 
the crowned heads of the Old World.— Sillimans ’ Journal. 
This magazine is primed and illustrated m beautiful style, at Al¬ 
bany. As to its character in other respects, it is sufficient to say 
that it is conducted by A. J. Downing, the most distinguished wri¬ 
ter in the Union, on all topics connected with horticulture.— Cin- 
cinati Gazette. 
We strongly recommend this excellent and useful work to all 
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of the day, in gardening, should subscribe lor this Journal.— Neto- 
Orleans Com. Times. 
We have found much pleasure in assuring ourselves of just what 
we anticipated of the work in such hands, a desideratum for the ad¬ 
vancing taste of the country in horticulture and rural architecture, 
to which the work is chiefly devoted. No person, perhaps, com¬ 
bines more harmoniously the scientific and the practical Ilian tua 
originator of this work.— New- York Observer. 
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