THE CULTIVATOR, 
159 
1851. 
Great Books for Farmers, Gardeners and Horticul¬ 
turists, 
And a Rare Chance for Agents to make Money. 
J OHN P. JEWETT & COMPANY, Publishers, Nos. 17 and 19 
CORNHILL, BOSTON, take pleasure in announcing to the in¬ 
telligent Farmers, Gardeners and Horticulturists of the United States, 
that they have at length completed their valuable collection of works 
on Agriculture, and its kindred sciences, and that the two last of the 
series are now in the hands of the stereotypers, and will be ready for 
delivery to subscribers and others on or before the first day of March. 
The two volumes now in press are, first, 
Breck’s Book of Flowers, 
By Joseph Breck , Esq., of Brighton, 
For many years editor and publisher of the “ New-England Farmer,” 
and one of the most distinguished Florists in America. This volume 
contains the results of the practical experience of a man of taste and 
science, and is, without doubt, the most thorough and reliable book, 
on the cultivation of Flowers and the laying out of Flower Gardens, 
to be found in any language; it is emphatically the Ladies’ and Gen¬ 
tlemen’s complete Floral Vade Mecum. This book will be in 12mo. 
form, containing about 336 pages, fine cloth binding, and we have 
determined to sell it at 75 CENTS, to bring it within the means of 
all, and to ensure a large sale, as it is a book which every lover of 
Flowers must own. 
The second in the series is— 
The Kitchen Gardener’s Text Book, 
By one of the most distinguished Gardeners of New-Jersey. This is 
truly a practical work, avoiding useless, and to the masses, unmean¬ 
ing technicalities, the author handles his subjects with the skill of a 
thoroughly versed, common-sense practitioner. With the aid of this 
volume the merest Tyro may rapidly advance through the various sta¬ 
ges of Horticultural knowledge, to complete success. A simple and 
practical and cheap work on this subject has long been needed. The 
price of this book will be 50 CENTS,—12mo., 216 pages, handsomely 
bound in cloth. 
The third book is— 
A Treatise on Hot-Houses, 
By Robert B. Leuchars, Garden Architect. 
This work, by Mr. Leuchars, who is one of the most distinguish¬ 
ed among the many Scotch Gardeners of America, is a practical trea¬ 
tise on the 
Construction, Heating and Ventilation of Hot-Houses, 
including CONSERVATORIES, GREEN-HOUSES, GRAPE¬ 
RIES, and other Kinds of 
HORTICULTURAL STRUCTURES, 
with practical directions for their management in regard to LIGHT, 
HEAT and AIR. Illustrated with more than SEVENTY ENGRA¬ 
VINGS. This is the first and only work of the kind ever published 
in this country or in Europe, and is recommended very highly by pro¬ 
fessors Silliman and Dana of Yale College, and by many other scien¬ 
tific gentlemen. Price one dollar. It is a very learned work, and an 
invaluable one to any person who owns, or who intends to erect, either 
of the structures on which it so ably treats. 
The fourth book is— 
MR. COLE'S GREAT WORK ON 
THE DISEASES OF ANIMALS, 
OR THE AMERICAN VETERINARIAN, 
30,000 copies of which have already been sold, and the sale of which 
continues in a manner almost without a precedent. To every man 
who owns a horse, a cow, a pig, or even a hen, this work, by Mr. 
Cole, is of more value than ten times its cost. 
The lives of many valuable animals have already been saved by fol¬ 
lowing Mr. Cole’s plain directions for their treatment when sick.— 
This is the cheapest work of the kind ever published in America, be¬ 
ing but 50 CENTSmt retail, and we do not believe that any farmer 
would willingly be without it, if placed within his reach. 
The fifth book is— 
MR. COLE'S OTHER VALUABLE WORK, 
THE AMERICAN FRUIT BOOK, 
Or, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, 
18,000 of which have been published fin less than two years. 
This beautiful and thorough work is illustrated by over 200 engra¬ 
vings, of Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Cherries, Grapes, Raspber¬ 
ries, Gooseberries, Currants, Ac. fee., and the various Fruit Trees 
of our country; also cuts representing the various modes of training 
vines and the different styles of grafting, budding, pruning, Ac. It 
is a work which, for accuracy of description and reliability, has never 
been exceeded, if equalled, and contains more than twice the amount 
of matter of any other Fruit Book published in America at the same 
price, viz : 50 CENTS. We could fill a volume with the recommen¬ 
dations of Mr. Coles’s two books, which we have received from the 
most eminent Farmers and Horticulturists of New-England, the 
Middle States and the great West. 
A Word now to Agents. 
We are new prepared to offer to capable, responsible, and energet¬ 
ic Book Agents, a chance for making money, such as seldom occurs. 
With the above five works, an agent of tact or ability could hardly 
fall upon a spot so barren that he could not dispose of one or more of 
these works, and in many cases would sell one of each; and in popu¬ 
lous districts, a large number of copies could be sold daily. We intend 
to district out the New-England States, mostly into comities. Also, 
the States of New-York, Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, Ohio, and the 
Western States, we should prefer to dispose of, to some one individual 
in each state, for him to district out into sub-agencies. 
The books will be ready for delivery by the 1st of March, and it is 
important that the various Counties and States should be disposed of 
before that time. A cash capital of $30 to $50 will be needed by 
every agent for a County, and a much larger sum by a State agent. 
Address, post-paid, the Publishers, JOHN P. JEWETT A Co., 
March 1—2t. 17 A 19 Cornhill, Boston. 
NEW AND VALUABLE PLANTS, 
For the Nursery, Garden and Pleasure Grounds. 
B M. WATSON offers for sale at the Old Colony Nurseries, 
o Plymouth, Mass., a very complete assortment of plants, in¬ 
cluding all those of recent introduction, consisting in part of Pear, 
Quince, Paradise, Mahaleb, Plum, Cherry and Apple stocks, at the 
lowest rates. 
Young Trees, 3 to 5 feet high, in great variety, mostly at from $5 
to $12 dollars per 100, of the finest deciduous sorts, for nurseries or 
young plantations, and Evergreens from seed, from 1 to 1£ feet. 
Dwarf Pear, Apple, Cherry, Plum, Apricot and Nectarine. Trees 
in a bearing state, or nearly so, of the finest and best established sorts, 
at the usual rates. 
Standard Trees of the same. Diana Grape, $1. 
Scions of the best Apples, $1 per 100. Pears and other Fruit and 
Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, $2 per ICO. In large quantities at 
low rates. 
Currants, including all the new sorts. Raspberries, Gooseberries 
ill great variety, and Rhubarb, at $1.50 per dozen—$10 per 100. 
Strawberries, in 20 fine varieties, mostly at $1 per 100. Burr’s New 
Pine, $2, Iowa, $2, Jcnney’s Seedling, $1.50 per 100. Richardson’s 
Seedlings, (fine) 50 cents per dozen. 
English Walnut, Spanish Chestnut, Filberts and other nuts. Black 
English Mulberry, (the best,) Medlars, Ac. 
Ornamental Trees, including many new and interesting varieties 
of Arabia, iEsculus, Ash, Beech, Birch, Cherry, Chestnut, Elm, 
Hawthorn, (12 var.) Laburnum, Linden, Magnolia, Maple, Oak, 
Plane, Willow, and many other genera. 
Shrubs, including many fine sorts of Althea, Arbutus, Berberis, 
Calycanthus, Cheonanthus, Cotoneaster, Cytissus, Daphne, D- utzia, 
Hydrangea, Halesia, Pyrus, Ligustrum, Lonicera, Peonia, Philadel- 
phus, Ribes, Spirea, Lilac, Tamarix, Viburnum, Xylosteum, and 
among others, 
Forsythia viridissima, Spirea prunifolia, fl. pi. 
Wiegela rosea, -Lindleyana, 
Lonicera Ledebourii, -Douglassi, 
Chimonanthus fragrans —— Reevesii, 
-grandiflorus, Ribes albida, 
Lilacs, S fine sorts, --sanguinea, fl. pi. 
Pyrus, double crimson. 
Evergreen Shrubs , consisting of Arbutus, Andromeda, Box, Euo- 
nymus, Gaultheria, Holly, Laurel, Juniper, Ledum, Menzeizii, Rho¬ 
dodendron, 8 sorts, Vaccinium vitis idara, Irish Yews, Evergreen 
Oak, Mahonia aquifolium, (excellent.) 
Rare Conifers, including Deodar Cedars, one-half to three feet; 
Cedar of Lebanon, Araucaria imbricata; Abies Douglassi, Menzie- 
zii and Cephilonica; Pinus Austriaca, cembra, excelsia, gerardia- 
na, halepensis, insignis, Lambertiania, Morinda, Mughus; Picea no- 
bilis, pieta, pindrow, spectabilis; Thuya filiformis, Chinensis; Cryp- 
tomeria japonica, Salisburia adiantifolia. 
Vines and Climbers —Wistaria, (sorts,) Joy, Virginia Creeper, 
Aristolochia, Clematis azurea, flammula, Sieboldtii and others, Pe- 
riploca, Climbing Roses, Honeysuckles, Ac. 
Calestegia Pubescens.—-This new and beautiful climber, intro¬ 
duced recently from China by Mr. Fortune, proves perfectly hardy in 
New-England, having stood the winter of 1850 in the grounds here, 
without any protection whatever. Trained to a s : ngle pillar, say 10 
feet in height, it is a very striking and beautiful object from the mid¬ 
dle of June till cold weather, during which time it is covered with a 
profusion of its large double flowers of a delicate rose color. It is 
very ornamental, planted in patches like the Verbenas, and is very ef¬ 
fective in young plantations, trailing prettily on the surface, and run¬ 
ning among the lower branches of trees in a very picturesque man¬ 
ner. It is therefore particularly suited for Cemeteries and Public Gar¬ 
dens. Strong plants in pots, $1 per pair—$4 per dozen. Tubers for 
100 plants, $5,—for 50 plants, $3, sent by mail or express at any time, 
with directions for propagation and culture. 
Prairie and other Running Roses, Perpetual, Bourbon, Tea 
and China Roses, in great variety. 
For Bedding out. —Chrysanthemums, (30 new varieties) and 
Dahlias, $2 per dozen—Verbenas, including Reine de Jour, Iphige- 
nia, St. Margaret. Robinson’s Defiance, and 20 other sorts, $1.50 i er 
dozen—Fuchsias, a fine collection; Carnations and Calestegia pubes¬ 
cens, $4 per dozen—Scarlet and other Geraniums, Salvias, Veroni- 
ica Lindleyana, Lobelias. Double white Feverfew; Heliotropes Sou¬ 
venir de Leige, Voltairianum and intermedia, $2.50 per dozen. Ipo- 
meas; Maurandia alba, rosea and Barclayana; Cobea, I.ophosper- 
mum, Physanthes alba. Ac., $2.50 per dozen.—Plumbago Larpentae, 
50 cents—Cestrum auranttacum, 50 cents—Asclepias curassavica, 25 
cents. 
Priced lists sent post paid, on application. 0=* Carriage of 
all packages paid to Boston. Plymouth, Mass., March 1, 1851—tf. 
Devon Stock for Sale. 
T WO fine Devon Cows, 3 and 6 years old; also a fine yearling 
Bull and Heifer. 
The subscriber offers the above for sale, of pure blood, and bred 
from the best stock in the country FRANCIS W. COWLES. 
Farmington, Comi. Nov. 23, 1850. Dec. 1—Gt. 
