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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
155 
GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 
(BY PETEK HENDERSON.) 
Its teachings are the experience of 20 years in growing garden products for the great market of New York, and 
Price S1.50 by Mail, prepaid. 
Onr Illustrated Catalogue for 1S6S, of SEEDS and IMPLEMENTS, is now ready. Also, our Illustrated Catalogue for ISOS, 
HENDERSON ft FLEMNS’S SELECTED 
FOK MARKET tJAESISEWiiRS AND 
Our long experience as Market Gardeners for the New 
York Market, enables us to make suitable selections of the 
neoessary kinds and quantities of Vegetable Seeds, suited 
lory either family or Market use. 
For a Private Garden of A of an acre, Col. No. 4, $ 5.00 
“ “ •• “ A “ “ “ No. 3, 10.00 
“ “ •< “ “ “ *• No. 2, 25.00 
“ “ “ “ l" “ “ “ No. 1, 50.00 
ThescOollectlomj embrace all the best varieties of Veg¬ 
etables,and In ample quantities for the area named. 
For Market Gardens, a limited No. of kinds only 
being necessary—tire average cost is $20 per acre. 
Onion Sets, Yellow, $2.00 per peck; $1.00 per bushel. 
“ “ Potato, $2.00 “ $6.00 
Asparagus, 2 years old, $1.50 per 100, $10.00 per 1,000. 
Stlmharb, Victoria and Linnaeus, $3 per doz.; $15 per 100. 
Cabbage Plants, (Cold Frame), Wakefield, $1.50 per 
100; $10.00 per 1,000. . 
“ “ Hot-bed, 75 cts. per 100; $6 per 1,000 
Cauliflower, “ “ $2.00 per 100; $15 per 1,000. 
Tomato Plants (Cedar Hill Early), Strong transplanted 
plants, $3 per 100; $20 per 1,000 
Large quantities at special rates. 
TAXIDERMISTS’ MANUAL, 
GIVING full instruction in Skinning, Mounting and Pre¬ 
serving Birds, Animals, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, Eggs, 
Skeletons, &c. Sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of $1.00. 
Address S. H. SYLVESTER, TAXiDERMiST, 
BYifl rH ob» <vr o’, 
THE NEW YORK 
Importing, Breeding, and Manufacturing Co., 
A. M. IIALSTEB Sc €©., Agts., 
6§ Pearl St., lew York. 
Importers, Breeders, and Dealers in Thorough-bred Stock 
of all kinds. Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Dogs, Poultry, 
Pigeons and I’abbits. Stock bonglit and sold on Commis¬ 
sion. A record kept of all stock placed in our hands for 
sale, and also of wants. Orders and Commissions solicited. 
For Circulars address as above. 
Bronze Turkeys,, 
IS' ARGE BREED, will weigh from 30 to 40 
aLd pounds at maturity. Price $15 per pair, $20 per trio, 
single Gobblers $3 each. For sale hy 
N. P. BOYER & CO., 
Gum Tree, Chester Co., Pa. 
MGGSo EGGS. “ 
From Imported and Premium Stock. Over 40 
varieties. Send for Circular. 
Important to Poultry Fanciers. 
"THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE ” as adopted by the 
American Poultry Society. Price 50 cents. It should be in 
the liand3 of every one who has a yard of fowls. 
RARE ©B3ASICE. 
A FEW IMPORTED ROUEN DUCKS for sale 
at less than usual cost of importation. Address 
A. M. HALSTED & CO., Agts, G8 Pearl-st., N, T. 
Eggs of Pure Bred Fancy Poultry 
iron, SALE. 
^SHE i'hve on linnet the largest and best selec- 
ww tion of Fancy Poultry to he found in the Country. 
Eggs carefully boxed nnd shipped to any part of the country. 
For circulars and Prices address 
JV. F. BOYER & CO., 
-0 Gum Tree, Chester Co., Pa. 
E GGS FOR HATCHING from White Leghorn, 
Brahma, White-faced Black Spanish, and Golden Sea- 
bright Bantam fowls. Selected stock and of perfect purity. 
$2 per doz.; 4 doz. or more $1.50 per doz. 
N. A. SHUTE, Exeter, N. H. 
S uperior Brahma Fowls, carefully bred from Prize 
Stock. Also choice Brahma eggs, for hutching, $125 per 
doz.; $2.25 for 2dozen. J. S. CLARK, Tivoli, N. Y. 
Cedaa* Mill Early T©aiiaat©. 
arc alike applicable to private or Market Gardening, 
of new and eaue plants, price 25 cts. 
H km PLANTS 
OTHERS. 
COLLECTION OF FLOWER SEERS. 
(BY MAIL.) 
This variety (illustrated above) as tested by us and oilier 
Market Gardeners In the vicinity of New York, combines 
the qualities of 
EARLI.VESS, 
GOOD SIZE, 
SOLIDITY, and 
PRODUCTIVENESS, 
In a greater degree than any other variety, and consequent¬ 
ly we consider it superior to any other in cultivation, either 
for private use or for Market purposes. 
Price 23 cts. per packet; $2.30 per doz.; $13.00 per 100. 
For Descriptions of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Imple¬ 
ments and Fertilizers, &c„ see Catalogue. 
Premium Chester White Pigs fur Sale. 
First Premium awarded us for the best breeders, at our 
Pennsylvania State Fair in September last. Also, a Special 
Premium recommended by the Inspecting Committee, on 
our herd of twenty-five head, under 0 months old. These 
premiums were taken over a display of one hundred and 
thirty head, principally owned by parties from Chester Coun¬ 
ty. Wo are ns choice in selecting for those who order of us, 
ns wo would he in selecting for exhibition. Pigs of any 
ngeshlpped by Express to all parts of the United States. Ev¬ 
ery purchaser is guaranteed living stock in the best of order 
and of the purest blood in our county. For Circular, address 
JAMES YOUNG, JU„ & CO., Marshallton, Chester Co., Pa. 
Premium Chester White Pigs, 
T HOROUGH-BRED Stock, and Domestic and 
Ornamental Fowls for sale. For circulars and price 
address N. P. BOYER & CO.. 
Gum Tree, Chester Co., Pa. 
g<WINE.—37 pages devoted to Breeding, Eeetl- 
ing. and the general management of swine, sent to any 
address on receipt of 25 cents. Worth ten times its cost. 
Every fanner should have it. Address JAMES YOUNG, Jr., 
Marshallton, Chester Co., Pa. 
P REMIUM CHESTER WHITE PIGS for Sale. 
For Circular and Price List, address H. TEMPLE & 
CO., Marshallton, Chester Co., Pa. 
gHREVECCEUR AND HOUDAN EGGS, for sale. 
''-''Price $10 per doz,, boxed and delivered at Express Office, 
New York. S. M. SAUNDERS. 
Port Richmond, Staten Island, N. Y. 
E ggs from 1st Premium Houdans, Extra Large 
Pea-Comb Brahmas, Golden Seabright Bantams,Silver- 
spangled Hamburgh, Rose-comb White Leghorn, Stone-fence 
Game,& Silver Pheasants. J. U. Fry, New Brighton, S.I..N.Y. 
S f’GGS.—Brahmas weighing 23 His. per pair. 
-J Finest in the country. Have taken Premiums every¬ 
where. Eggs careful Iv packed and delivered at Exp. Office, 
$3 per doz. J. G. HAMILTON, Box 27, P. O. New Brighton, 
Staten Island, N. Y. 
F ure Brahma Eggs for hatching, $1.50 per doz., 
from large, white bodied, deep pencil necked, pea- 
combed fowls. B. F. HOLBROOK, Natick, Mass. 
OR 'SALE, A SPLENDID HAMILTONIAN 
Stallion, six years old, eleven hundred pounds. Mohog- 
any Bay, got by Rysdecks Hamiltonian, and out of a Whale¬ 
bone Mare ; that is all the pedigree I give. Inquire at 56 
Beach-st., New York. Price, $2500. 
A LDERNEY CATTLE, imported and out of im¬ 
ported ; also, pure-bred fowls. Address G. W. FARLEE, 
Cresskill, N. J., on Northern R. IS., 1 hour from. New York. 
N 
post-paid, for 30 cents. D. L 
ew Bee Book. “Adair’s New System of Bee¬ 
keeping.” Every Bee keeper should have it. Mailed, 
■ ' ‘ " L. ADAIR, Hawesville, Ky. 
W hite and Buff Cochin Chinas, Brahmas, White¬ 
faced Black Spanish, Silver Hamburg, Grov Dorkings, 
Ilowen and Aylesbury Ducks—eggs $3 per doz. Black Java 
eggs. $5 per doz. Stock equal to any in the country. For 
descriptive Circular address, with stamp, 
C. T. NETTLETON, Box 530, Birmingham, Ct. 
Collection No. 1, of 25 
Choice Annuals. 
$1.00 
“ No. 2, of 50 
“ “ and Biennials_ 
2.50 
“ No. 3, of 100 
“ “ and Perennials... 
5.00 
“ Xo. 4, of 10 varieties of Choice Stocks. 
1.25 
“ No. 5, of 12 
“ Peony flowered Asters 
1.00 
“ No. 6, of 8 
“ Camellia Balsams. 
75 
“ No. 7, of S 
“ Diantiius (Pink). 
75 
“ No. 8, of 12 
“ Double Hollyhock...... 
1.00 
“ No. 9, of 5 
“ Double Zinnias. 
1.00 
LAWN 
GRASS SEED. 
'•Central Park Mixture.”.$6.00 per bushel. 
HENDERSON & FLEMING. 
SEE 
DSME rv 
AEaD MARKET ©AfSDEfclEKS, 
67 Nassau Street, 
NEW YORK. 
Misarelka Fish Cinaiio €©. 
FlsH Guano.— 1 The best Fertilizer ever offered to file 
Farmers. A pure and unadulterated article, producing a 
heavier crop than any other Fertilizer with Hie same quan¬ 
tity used per acre. 
The animal matter contained in it, aside from the Phos¬ 
phoric Acid and Ammonia makes it better than any other, 
being more durable, thereby saving to the Farmer 50 per 
cent, in manuring their farms, with a better yield than pro¬ 
duced by any oilier article. Call and examine before pur¬ 
chasing elsewhere. J. HARTMAN & SON, 
412 South Wharves, Philadelphia. 
Office of “ Passaic Carbon ’Worlss,” 
159 Front Street, (Corner Maiden Lane). 
LISTER li]R©TIIEI&S, 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
pure bone bust. 
Fresh Bone Superphosphate of Lime, 
Animal Charcoal, Ivory Black, &c. 
Orders for the aliovo articles manufactured at our Works 
on the Passaic River, N. J.. should be addressed to 
LISTER BROTHERS. 159 Frout-st., New York. 
General Ageuts for New Jersey 
C. G. CRANE & CO.. 
70 Broad-st., Newark, N. J. 
TO FARMERS & PLANTERS. 
The subscribers offer for sale 20,000 Tons 
of Double He fined Pondrette, made 
from the Night Soil. Blood. Offal, and Dead 
Animals of New York City, for which they 
have exclusive contracts for a long term ot 
years. Price, only Twenty-Five Dollars per 
'Ton. This article is fully guaranteed to he as 
good, weight for weight, as any Sixty or Sevcn- 
_ ty Dollar superphosphate in market. The re¬ 
sults on Corn, Cotton, Tobacco, and Grain, have been aston¬ 
ishing. Hie past year; maturing crops from 10 days to two 
weeks earlier, aiid double the crop. Pamphlets with expe¬ 
rience or hundreds of farmers, and every Information, will 
be sent free to anv one applying hy letter or otherwise, to 
THE LODI MANUFACTURING CO., 
66 Conrtlandt-st„ New York. 
RSOX’S COMPLETE LISTS OF 
SMALL FRUITS BY MAUL. 
RA-Y2.JB OFFERS. 
See Pagelll, Feb. No. Agriculturist, and order at once. 
H ARISON POTATOES —superior quality —war¬ 
ranted genuine, forwarded by sloop Scudder, Cant. 
Gorham, to Peek Slin. New-York, or to address, on receipt 
of $8 per bbl. ANDREW W. JENNING, Southport, Coua. 
