1852 
THE CULTIVATOR 
61 
Field and Garden Seeds. 
W E have recently imported, from England, France, and Ger¬ 
many, and have grown in the Uniled States expressly for us, 
a fine assortment of the best and most approved kinds of FIELD 
and GARDEN SEEDS. 
Agricultural and Horticultural Implements, a large assortment of 
the various kinds suitable for North and South America. 
A. B. ALLEN Sc CO., 
Jan. 1, 1852—tf.169 and 191. Water-st., New-York. 
North American Sylva. 
T HE PUBLISHER would respectfully call attention to the fol¬ 
lowing announcement of the most complete and beautiful work 
on American Trees now published. It is of great value to Libraries, 
residents in the country, botanists,' nurserymen, and those who take 
an interest in ihe cultivation of trees.. 
Subscribers will please designate whether they wish the whole 
work, or Nuttull’s Supplement separately. 
Subscriptions received by the Publisher, and the principal Book¬ 
sellers of the United States. 
The North American Sylva; or a description of the Forest Trees 
Of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, considered particular¬ 
ly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction iulo com¬ 
merce; with a description of the most useful of the European Forest 
Trees. Illustrated by 156 finely colored copperplate engravings, by 
Redoute, &c. In three volumes. Translated from the French of 
F. ANDREW MICHAUX, 
MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, ETC. ETC., 
With notes by J. Jay Smith, member of the Academy of Natural 
Sciences, &c. This work is of the highest standard value, with or 
without the Supplementary volumes by Nuttall. 
A new and splendid edition of this work, of the trees most com¬ 
monly known has just been issued in Royal 8vo., colored in a style 
equal to the best French editions. It is completed in three hand¬ 
somely bound volumes, gilt edged and stamped, for twenty-four dol¬ 
lars. Uncolored copies sixteen dollars. 
ROBERT P. SMITH, Publisher. 
*** Specimens will be forwarded on application post-paid. 
T HE NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA. or a description of the 
Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia. Not 
described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux, containing all the 
Forest Trees discovered in the Rocky Mountains, the territory of 
Oregon, down the shores of the Pacific, and into the confines of Cali¬ 
fornia, as well as in various parts of the United States. Illustrated 
by 121 finely colored plates, in three volumes, Royal octave. By 
THOMAS NUTTALL. F. L. S., 
Member of the American Philosophical Society , and of the Academy 
of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, §c. fyc. 
[The whole completed in six volumes, Royal octavo, with 278 
plates.] 
Nuttall’s continuation, now completed, with 121 finely colored 
plates, in 3 vols Royal 8vo., is twenty-one Dollars. 
With uncolored plates, - - - - $15 
The persons who possess the former edition of Michaux’s work 
can procure the three additional volumes by T. Nuttall separately, 
and thus complete their copies. 
ROBERT P. SMITH, Publisher. 
Jan. 1, 1852—It. 15 Minor street. Philadelphia. 
*%* Specimens will be forwarded on application post-paid. 
THE AMERICAN MUCK BOOK, 
A complete Manual of Manures. Price $1. 
C M. SAXTON, agricultural book publisher, has just published— 
• the American Muck Book—treating of the Nature, Properties, 
Sources, History and Operations of all the principal Fertilizers and 
Manures in common use, with specific directions for their preparation, 
preservation and application to the soil and to crops, as combined 
with the leading principles of practical and scientific Agriculture, 
drawn from authentic sources, actual experience, and personal ob¬ 
servation. Illustrated with engravings. By 
D. J. BROWNE. 
Author of Sylva Americana, a Treatise on Forest Trees, American 
Poultry Yard, &c. C. M. SAXTON, 
Agricultural Bookstore, 152 Fulton street, New-York. 
The following is from Dr. C. T. Jackson, of Boston, the best Agri¬ 
cultural Chemist in the U. S.:— 
[Copy.] 
Boston, November 6th, 1851. 
Dear Sir : T have the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of a 
copy of the “ American Muck Book,” recently published by you, 
and edited by Mr. D. Jay Browne. 
From an attentive examination of this book, I have come to the 
conclusion that it is one of the best works extant, on the principles 
of scientific agriculture, and the best compendium of our most recent 
knowledge of the nalure of manures and their adaptation to particu¬ 
lar soils and crops. It cannot be expected that a single volume could 
possibly contain the whole sum of chemical knowledge applicable to 
the science of chemistry; but on looking over the closely printed and 
compact tables of analyses, and the abundant formulas^ which this 
publication contains, I could not fail to be surprised at the industry 
manifested in preparing it. I was also gratified to find it so well 
adapted to the American system of husbandry, and so practical in its 
character. Its copious and accurate index adds not a little to itsvalue. 
I shall certainly recommend it to my agricultural friends as a very 
useful book, and one necessary to every scientific farmer. I am, 
very respectfully, your ob't. servant, 
CHARLES T. JACKSON, State Assayist, See. See. 
To C. M. Saxton, Esq., New-York. Jan. 1, 1852.—3t 
PERUVIAN GUANO 
A ND other Fertilizers. Several hundred ions of first quality of 
Peruvian Guano, constantly on hand for sale. 
Also, BONE DUST, PLASTER OF PARIS and POUDRETTE. 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 and 191. 
Water-st., New-York. 
Jan. 1—tf. 
McCormick’s Patent Reaping- Machines. 
T HE undersigned has been appointed Sole Agent for the Sale of 
McCormick’s Reapers and Mowing Machines in the city of 
New-York. Farmers aud others in want, will please send in their 
orders at an early date, that they may be supplied in due time. 
A LONGETT, at the 
Jan. 1—It. State Agricultural Ware House, 25 Cliff street, N. Y. 
A Book for Wives and Daughters. 
T HE LADIES GUIDE; OR SKILLFUL HOUSEWIFE, (price 
twenty-five cents,) being a Complete Guide to Domestic Cook¬ 
ery, Taste, Comfort and Economy ; embracing six hundred and fifty- 
nine Receipts, pertaining to household duties, Gardening, Flowers, 
Birds, Plants, St c. Published by C. M. SAXTON, 
Jan. 1—3t. 152 Fulton Street, New-York. 
Fine Fowls for Sale. 
V ERY handsome specimens of the Albany Dorking, Black Po¬ 
land, and Silver Spangled Poland, are lor sale by 
Albany, Jan. 1, 1852—2t. E. E. PLATT. 
THE HORTICULTURIST, 
AND 
JGUENAL OF EUEAL AET AND EUEAL TASTE, 
Edited by A. J DOWNING, Newburgh, 
Author of Landscape Gardening, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, 
Cottage Residences , Country Houses, tfc., §c., 
Is published monthly, at the office of The Cultivator, Albany, by 
Luther Tucker, Proprietor. 
Thts popular publication, which is gradually extending its influence 
throughout the country, and is becoming indispensible to ihe tasteful 
Gardener, the Fruit Cullurist andtlie Floriculturist, will be continued 
as heretofore, under the Editorship of Mr. Downing, whose ability 
and taste in all matters of country 7 life, are unequalled by any writer 
of the present day. 
The extended and valuable correspendence of The Horticultu¬ 
rist, presents the experience of the most intelligent cultivators ip 
America; and the instructive and agreeable articles from the pen of 
the Editor, make it equally sought after by even the general reader, 
interested in country life. To all persons alive to the improvement 
of their Gardens, Orchards, or Country Seats—to Scientific and prac¬ 
tical Cultivators of the Soil—to Nurserymen and Commercial Gar¬ 
deners, this Journal, giving the latest discoveries and improvements, 
experiments and acquisitions in Horticulture, and those branches of 
knowledge connected with it, will be found invaluable. 
A new volume (the 7lh.) commences with the January number for 
1852; and it will be the constant aim of the Editor and the Publisher, 
by every means in their power, to render it still more worthy, by 
every practicable improvement, of the liberal patronage it is receiv- 
ing. 
D^7 = ‘ All letters on business must be addressed to the Proprietor 
LUTHER TUCKER, Albany, N. Y., and Editorial correspondence 
to be addressed to the Editor, A. J. DOWNING, Esq , Newburgh, 
N. Y. 
Terms.— Each number contains 48 pages, embellished with a 
Frontispiece and numerous Illustrations, printed on the finest paper, 
and in the best maifiier. Price, $3 a year—Two copies for $5. 
TO FARMERS.—POUDRETTE. 
T HE LODI MANUFACTURING COMPANY having enlargec 
their works, are prepared now to receive and fill orders for Pou 
drette with dispatch, and in all cases with a freshly manufactured ar 
tide, at their usual prices, $1,50 per barrel for any quantity over six 
barrels. 3 barrels for $3.—$2 for a single barrel, delivered free ol 
cariage on board of vessel or elsewhere, in ihe city of New-York. 
The Company refer to their pamphlet (furnished gratis) for bun 
dreds of certificates as to the efficacy, cheapness, and superiority ir 
all respects of their Poudrette over any other known manure foi 
raising a crop of corn—also to A J. Downing, Esq., B. M. Watson 
Esq., Hon. .1. P. Cushing, J. M. Thorburn & Co., and many otheri 
as to excellency as a manure for flowers and trees, and the following 
from Hon. Daniel Webster, Secretary of State: 
Washington, March 19, 1850. 
11 If I neglect the annual purchase of some af this article, my gar 
denerer is sure to remind me of it. He thinks it almost indispensa¬ 
ble, within his garden fence; but there are uses, outside the garden, 
for which it is highly valuable, and cheaper, I think, than any othei 
manure at your prices. A principal one, is ihe enrichment of lawns 
and pleasure grounds, in grass, where the object is to produce a fresh 
and vigorous growth in the Spring. Our practice is to apply il, when 
we go to town in the Autumn, and we have never failed to see its 
effects in the Spring.” 
All communications addressed to the “LODI MANUFACTUR¬ 
ING COMPANY, 74 Cortlandt street, New-York,” will meet with 
prompt addition. Jan. 1. T85.2—6t. 
