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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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TjfgRAHMA POOTRA EGGS for hatching. §3 
18 per doz., packed and delivered to Express»Offlce. 
B UFF COCHIN EGGS for hatching. $5 per 
doz., packed and delivered to Express Office. 
S. M. SAUNDERS, Port Richmond, 
Staten Island, New York. 
E GGS—Brahmas weighing 26 lbs. the pair; also 
from White Leghorn with yellow legs,pure, S3 a doz. A 
few choice cocks. HENRY VINE, Marquette, Wis. 
E GGS from tirst-class Brahma Fowls, S3 per doz. 
Silver Seabright Bantams, $4 per doz. Delivered to Ex¬ 
press on receipt of price, W. Brown, Hampton Falls, N. H. 
NEW. CHEAP AND VERY USEFUL,! 
(TfeUK NEW STILE PATENT CAI„- 
hJP endar, for 1SGS, is now ready, and will be sent, post¬ 
paid, to any address, on receipt of fifteen cents. Every 
Counting House and Office should have one. 
SAMUEL BOWLES & CO., Springfield, Mass. 
NEW STRAWBERRIES. 
“Charles Downing.”—This fine variety was raised by J. S. 
Downer, of Todd Co., Ky., and is considered tile best new 
variety known, by such men as Charles Downing, of New¬ 
burgh, Prof. Thurber, Horticultural Editor of American 
Agriculturist, Tlios. Median, Editor of Gardeners' Monthly, 
and others. Charles Downing, who fruited this variety last 
season says it is certainly very promising, and from what I 
have seen this season, think it will prove an acquisition, and 
for vigor, productiveness, size, and quality, combined, think 
it, suneriorto anynewsort, plants $5, do/..; $21. 100; $120, 1000; 
$600,‘5000. The following have been selected from 100 varie¬ 
ties, all are native seedlings, very promising, excemt Per¬ 
petual Pine, Jucunda. and President, these are from France. 
Globe, very large, splendid, $2, doz. $10.100. 
Fenner Seedling, extra fine, $2, doz.; $10,100. 
Gloedes Perpetual Pine, everbearing variety, imported di¬ 
rect from Mr. Gloedes by me last year, said to he large, 
sweet, overhearing, $2, doz.; $10, 100. 
liomeyn’s Seedling promises to he much more valuable 
than Wilson, quite as productive and firm, large, bright 
scarlet, sweet, $2, doz.; $10,100; $75 per 1.000. 
Harrison, a splendid new variety, line, doz.; $10.100. 
Market, large, productive, very early, $2, doz.; $10,100. 
These C varieties, one doz. each, $0.00. 
Great Rippowam, immense size, sweet, $1, doz.; $3, 100. 
Jucunda, strongly recommended, very large, $1, doz.; $4,100. 
Durand’s Seedling, better than Jucunda, $1, doz.; $4, 100. 
Hubbard’s Seedling, large, productive, $1, doz.; $4, 100. 
President, equal to Dr. Nacaise in size. $1. doz.; $4, 100. 
Stinger Seedling, large, productive, firm. $1, doz.; $3. 100. 
Negro, large, novel color, nearly black, $1, doz.; $4,100. 
Ella, large, earliest berry known, firm, fine, $1. doz.; $4,100. 
Philadelphia,a promising variety,very early,$1, doz., $3,100. 
Abraham Lincoln, a magnificent berry, $1, doz.; $5,100- 
These nine varieties, one doz. each, $5.00. 
White Alpine, sweet enough withoutsngar, $1, doz.; $3100. 
Red Alpine, a great bearer, continuing late,$l, doz.; $3,100. 
Mead's Seedling, a very fine, large variety, $1, doz.; $3, 100. 
This entire collection, including Charles Downing, $15.00. 
Address WM. S. CARPENTER, 156 Reade-st„ New York. 
GOOD PLANTS. 
100 or Less sent Post-paid, by Mail. 
STRAWBERRIES: Doz. 100.M000 10,000 
Philadelphia, very early.. 50e. $2.00 $12 $160 
Barnes’ Mammouth, large. 50c. 3.00 30 
Durand Seedling, large. 50c. 3.00 20 
Stinger Seedling, large. 50c. 3,00 20 
Rippowam, large... 40c. 2.00 10 
Lennig’s White, fancy. 40c. 1.50 10 
Green Prolific, late. 30c. 1.00 5 
Agriculturist, large. 30c. 1.00 4 
Jucunda (No. 700). 40c. 2.50 18 
Golden Queen, late. 50c. 2 .d0 20 
Clias. Downing, new. $4.00 25.00 
TriomnhedeGand&N.J. Scarlet 40c. 1.00 
■Wilson’s Aflnnv. Downer’s Proli 
180 
180 
90 
00 
40 
36 
130 
40 
Cut- 
Wilson’s Albany, Downer's Prolific, French Seedlin„, 
ter Seedling, Starr’s Seedling, Ida, and Metcalf, 30 cts. per 
dozen; 80 cts. per 100.; $3 per 1000; $25 per 10,000. 
Doz. 
50e. 
$6.00 
2.00 
6.00 
6.00 
100 . 1000 , 
2.50 
8 . 0 ) 
4.00 
1.00 
.50 
$2.50 
50.00 
15.00 
40.00 
50.00 
15.00 
50.00 
20.00 
3.00 
2.00 
$20 
500 
110 
350 
140 
400 
180 
5000. 
$75 
600 
600 
1500 
RASPBERRIES: 
Doolittle Black Cap, Early. 
Davison’s Thornless, very early. 
Philadelphia, Standard. 
Clarke, large.... 
Ellisdale, vigorous . 
BLACKBERRIES: 
Kittatinny.. 
Wilson’s Early, No. 1, extra.. 
“ 6 * No. 2, “ . 
“ Root Cuttings.... 
Kittatinny Root Cuttings. 
Blackberry RootCuttings,planted where intended to grow, 
are more certain, and will attain larger size by lail, than 
forced hot-bed plants. Any person planting root cuttings 
furnished by me may have the privilege ot filling all vacan¬ 
cies with good plants next fall, at halt the price then sold at. 
Printed directions how to plant, sent with each order 
JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. J. 
MEEK’S GARDEN CALENDAR 
FOR 1868 contains select lists of 
VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS, 
all the best new varieties. 
New Roses, Verbenas, Geraniums, Fuchsia Bedding 
Plants, Gladiolus, Dahlias, etc.. Small Fruits, Books, Imple¬ 
ments, and all other articles appertaining to the trade, 103 
pages, illustrated, will be forwarded upon receipt of a 
stamp. HENRY A. DIIEER, Seed-grower, etc., 
No. 714 Chestnut-st., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Largest Collection of Tomatoes in the 
Country. 
See Amateur Cultivator’s Guide. New English and Ameri¬ 
can Seedling Potatoes; for description see Washburn’s 
Amateur Cultivator's Guide. Sent to all applicants on re¬ 
ceipt of 25 cts. Address, WASHBURN & CO... 
llort’l Hall, Boston, Mass. 
Gladiolus a Specialty. 
• AVe invite attention to our new list of Gladiolus, contain¬ 
ing all the new varieties. See our new illustrated priced 
Catalogue, mailed on receipt of 10 ct i;. „ nn „ 
Address, CUR TIS & COBB, 
§48 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. 
FLUSHING 
TREES ARID SHRUBS 
Will be furnished at retail, and also by the 100 or 1,000,1 
The stock includes every desirable variety of 
FRUIT TREES, 
AXD OF 
LAWK and STREET TREES. 
More than 200 varieties of Evergreens are offered. 
CLARKE RASPBERRY, 
Kai-Iy Wilson and Kittatinny Blackberries, 
and other small fruits can be furnished by the 100 and 1,000. 
PARSONS & CO., Flushing, N. Y. 
HE BEST PLANTS of the BEST VARIETIES 
Blackberries, Raspberries, Strawberries, Currants, 
Grapes, &c., are the cheapest. All wanting such will con¬ 
sult my spring price list. Sent free. 
Purity warranted. E. WILLIAMS, Montclair, N. J. 
THE NEW DOUBLE PETUNIA 
56 EDWARD BECH.” 
FROST & CO., Rochester, N. Y., offer this magnificent Pe¬ 
tunia to the public for the first time. 
Tills variety we consider the handsomest and largest ever 
offered, and is so considered by all who have seen it. It is a 
fine acquisition to the flower garden, and none should be 
without it. 
Price, $1 per Plant; $9 per Dozen. 
Colored lithographs of the above plant will be sent to all 
applicants on receipt of 25 cts. for each, but to purchasers of 
one dozen plants one plate gratis. 
Address FROST & CO., 
Genesee Valley Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
Mew siBBcl figure Vegetables. 
I make new and rare vegetables a specialty. Catalogues 
free. JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
Whitlock’s Horticultural Advertiser 
issued monthly from ttie Office of 
“ALL NURSERIES IN ONE,” 
37 Park Row, New York. 
Price SI.50 per annum, and a Concord and Iona Grape 
Vine and Kittatinny Blackberry (Fink Plants) fob Noth¬ 
ing. Single copies 15 cents. 
The demand for this journal has been so great we have 
determined to make it a monthly of first-class Horticultural 
information. 
The March No. will contain articles from the following 
well-known writers. 
Select Hardy Herbaceous Perennials— By P. Barry. 
Deciduous Ornamental Trees— By Wm. Webster. 
Ornamental Shrubs—B y A. S. Fuller. 
Flowers— By James Vick. 
Cranberries— By A. B. Crandall. 
Wiiat Constitutes a Healthy Vine— By Dr. A. Merrill. 
The Comparative Demand and Supply of Fruit— By 
S. E. Todd. 
Tiie»Currant Worm— By Rev. J. Copeland. 
Also, the Prices Current of All Nurseries and instructions 
for planting. 
ASPARAGUS. 
Fine one year old plants $1 per 100, $7 per 1,000, $30 per 
5,000. D. H. BROWN, New Brunswick, N. J. 
E arly Goodrich & iiarison potatoes, 
and other varieties. All potatoes sent out are of fine 
size, smooth, etc. Seed Potato and Vegetable Plant Cata¬ 
logues mailed free to all on application. 
D. H. BROWN, New Brunswick, N. J. 
W ILSON’S EARLY, KITTATINNY AND 
Lawton Blackberry Plants, Philadelphia, Miami, 
and Doolittle Black Cap Raspberry Plants, also Strawberry 
Plants in large or small quantities, for sale bv 
DANIEL McLAT RY", 
Cold Spring Small Fruit Fa n. 
New Brunswi :, N. J. 
Japanese Striped Leaved Maize, 
A TTENTION — All Wanting Farms. — Cheap 
farms and fruit lots tor sale, at the J unct ion of the West 
Jersey and Cape May Railroads, 18 miles south of Philadel¬ 
phia. Soil, fine loam, superior for all crops; country rolling 
enough for beauty and utility; climate mild and proverbially 
healthy, water soft and pure. No fever and ague. Circu¬ 
lars, giving full information, sent free. Address, 
WM. ARROTT, Glassboro, N. J. 
Fruit Farms for Sale at Hammonton, 
The best fruit soil in the Union, good markets, fine cli¬ 
mate, pure water, good society. Some very desirable and 
valuable Farms now for sale here at from 1500 to 7000 dollars. 
Also, land not over 1J< mile from Railroad at 30 dollars per 
acre. Terms, easy. Send lor paper giving full information to 
R. J. BYRNES, 
Hammonton, New Jersey. 
ARM for Sale—200 Acres near R. R. Depot, 
Churches and Schools, 10 miles west of Schenectady. 
Good buildings, soil unsurpassed. Price $6,000 ; half cash. 
Apply to JAS. BARCLAY', Scotch Bush, Montg’y Co., N. Y’. 
¥ ALUABLE Fruit Farm, near Hammonton ; 15 
Acres; 1 in Grapes; 3 'A, Raspberries and Blackber¬ 
ries ; 4, Strawberries; 2. Wood. 100 rods from station; good 
location for Nursery. Price $3000; part mav remain. 
A. FARMER, Elhvood, N. J. 
W ANTED.—Next summer on a fruit farm an 
experienced married farmer. Small family preferred. 
Terms liberal. E. IIECKEE, Vineland, New Jersey. 
TATEM & DAVENPORT, 
Produce Commission Dealers, and Shippers of Fruit and 
Truck, Nos. 1, 2, and 4 Del. Av. Market, Philadelphia. 
Consignments will receive prompt attention. Standard 
varieties of Seed Potatoes, warranted, shipped to all points, 
properly packed. Shipping orders put up at lowest market 
rates. Terms Cash.—Correspondence solicited. 
BEES. 
Imported and home-reared queens. Prices reduced. Send 
stamp for circular and price list. St. Jolmsville, Montgom¬ 
ery Co., N. Y. M. QUINSY. 
/k LDERNEY CATTLE, imported and out of im- 
JtsL ported ; also, pure-bred fowls. Address G. W. FARLEE, 
Cresskill, N. J., on Northern R. R., 1 hour from New York. 
Greatest Novelty of the Season. 
RED SWEET GORKI. 
This is a new variety produced by crossing the old red 
with the white. The producers say that it is superior to any 
other variety for the table, so tender that a person without 
teeth can eat it. It is also of large size, sweet and mellow, 
or fat; when in eating order it is pink, but 1 urns to a bright 
red when dry; should not he cooked until the ears are well 
filled. Price, per pkt., 25 cts. WASIIBURN & CO.. 
Hort’l Hall, Boston, Mass. 
Russell’s Improved Sweet Corn. 
The earliest in the country. For sale at 243 State-st., New- 
Haven, Conn. All that want the genuine can get it for 
twenty-five cents per package; each package contains enough, 
to plant sixty hills. Sent by mail to any place in the United 
States, postage paid, by addressing CALVIN RUSSELL, 
New Haven. Conn., with money enclosed. All orders will 
be attended to promptly. 
CALVIN RUSSELL. . 
Flower Seeds! Flower Seeds! ! 
FROST «&> CO., 
Genesee Valley Nurseries, Rochester,KY., 
Have just received from Europe a fine collection of 
Flower Seeds, which they offer for the Spring of 1SGS. 
Catalogue sent to all applicants upon receipt of Postage 
Stamp. Address, FROST & CO., 
Genesee Valley Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y". 
Choice Seeds from Rhode Island. 
Barrett’s Early Cabbage, as good as Brunswick, price 25 
cts. per package, $1 per bz. Brunswick, raised by John Fot- 
tler. $1 per oz. ‘Jersey Wakefield 50 cts. per oz., $6 per lb. 
Green Savoy 30 cts per oz., $4 per lb. White French Turnip, 
the purest in the country, $1 per lb. Red and Y'ellow Onion. 
Blood '1 urnip Beet, Early White Dutch Turnip, Late Round 
Turnip. Horn and Orange Carrot, Asylum Sweet Corn, Early 
Narragansett Sweet Corn, and various other seeds of our 
own growing, for which we were awarded the first premium 
at the New England Fair the past season. All Seeds war¬ 
ranted. Send orders to W. E. BARRETT & CO„ 
Providence, It. I. • 
SEEDS and POTATOES IN THE WEST, 
Early Goodrich, Harison, Gleason, and other 
varieties of Potatoes, warranted true; also a collection of 
Vegetable Seeds, partly of home growth, and all from 
reliable growers, unsurpassed in variety and quality in the 
West, and as low in prices as in the East. Catalogues with 
prices free on application. 
J. A. FOOTE, Dealer in Garden, Field and Flower Seeds, 
No. 66 Main-st., Terre Haute, Ind. 
NAIVSEMOND AND I5EESMUE>A 
SWEET POTATOES FOBS SEE®. 
The experience of the pest two years fully confirms all 
that lias been said in ils favor, and it is now acknowledged 
by all the leading Florists both in this country .and Europe, 
as the finest ornamental foliaged plant that has been intro¬ 
duced in many years. 
Packets of luO Seeds, 25 cents; 5 packets for $1.00. 
B. K. BLISS & SON, 41 Park Row, New York. 
Apple and Pear Heed 
Of the very best quality—for sale in lots to suit, at the 
lowest market price. 
It. K. BLISS & SON, 41 Park Row, New Y'ork. 
F arm for Sale, or Work on Shares, desirable 
and very cheap. 130 acres, @ $60, near New York. 
Particulars froth C. G. PRATT, 35 Pine Bt„dloom 18, N. Y. 
YVe have on hand a good stock of the above named Sweet 
Pbtatoes, which we offer to those wanting seed the coming 
spring at reasonable prices or to agents to sprout on shares; 
Address TENBROOK, PIERCE & CO., 
Rockville, Ind., or South Pass, Union Co., Ill. 
felEED POTATOES.—Genuine Early Goodrich, 
Early Sebec , and Orono Seed Potatoes, large and hand¬ 
some: delivered in New York, or Hartford, Cohn., at $0lper 
barrel. Address, E. AV. GRISWOLD, Centrebrook, Conn. 
fJPHE newWIlSffi will 
last a lifetime. If you cultivate a vegetable 
or flower garden, write for an illustrated Circular 
giving sizes and prices. 
WILLIAM W. WILCOX, 
Middletown, Conn* 
