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NOTICE. 
Department of State, 
f UST PUBLISHED.—RECORD OF HORTI¬ 
CULTURE. No. 2. Bv A. S. FULLER, post-paid, *1.00. 
RECORD OF HORTICULTURE. No. 1, post-paid, *1.00. 
F. W. WOODWARD, Publisher of Horticultural and Agri¬ 
cultural Books, 37 Parle Row, New York. Send for a 
Catalogue. 
Washington, May 9, 1868. 
To WnEELEr. & Wilson, of New York: 
Sirs: The Department lias received Onk Gold Medal, 
awarded to your firm, on Sewing and Button-hole Ma¬ 
chines, at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1SG7. 
Your obedient servant, 
William H. Seward. 
POT GKEIQ'WN' For lu " information in ref¬ 
erence to these plants,see 28th, 
29th, SOtli, 53d, 54 th, and 55th 
Strawberry Plants. pages of our Small Fruit 
Catalogue, which will be 
Xow is the Time to Order, forwarded to all applicants 
enclosing 10 cents. 
J. KNOX, Box 155, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
FINE 
WATCHES. 
We desire to call the attention of Watch buyers to the 
very flno Watches made by the AMERICAN WATCH CO., 
of Waltham, and known ns the 
3-4 PLATE, XG SIZE. 
To the manufacture of these Watches the Company have 
devoted all the science and skill in the art at I heir command, 
and confidently claim that for fineness and beauty, not less 
than lor the greater excellencies of mechanical and scientific 
correctness of design and execution, these Watches will 
compare favorably with the best made in any country. In 
this country the manufacture of such Watches is not even 
attempted excent at WaU.ltam. 
For sale by all respectable dealers. 
ROBBINS & APPLETON, Agents, 
No. J82 Broadway, New York. 
£] ©. B>. 
AMERICAN (WALTIIAM) WATCHES. 
Now universally acknowledged the Best and Cheapest 
Watch In the WORLD. 
I will send to any address by Express a genuine WAL¬ 
THAM WATCH, Chronometer Balance, Extra Jeweled, and 
In fine Silver Case, for S25, to be paid on delivery, accom¬ 
panied with certificate of American Watch Company, guar¬ 
anteeing it to be in all respects as represented. The buyer 
to have privilege of examination in the possession of Ex¬ 
press Company. The purchaser is reminded that the price 
named is only a small advance on that asked for the bogus 
watch of unknown make, of no real value and dear at any 
price, and manufactured only for the purposes of fraud and 
deception, necessarily sold under fictitious names, and In 
such manner that the real swindler's name continues wholly 
unknown, and consequently redress becomes impossible. 
Name and address must be distinctly written. Buyer to 
pay Express charge. Address 
EUGENE BADGELEY, No. 157 Fulton-st., New York. 
Shaler’s Family Scales 
Have no weights to lose, and require no lifting, as with the 
old-fashioned steelyards and spring balances. 
They are Indispensable to the Housewife. 
Send for pamphlet containing descriptive price list, &c. 
See advertisement in May Agriculturist, page 193. 
Manufactured by J. W. NASH & CO., 18 Howard-st., New- 
Haveu, Conn. Address 
ALVA1I BUSHNELL, General Agent, 
No. 32 Courtlandt-st., New Y'ork. 
DUNHAM k SONS, 
■MANUFACTURERS OF 
PIANO-FORTES. 
WABEROOMS, 
Mo. 821 SSroadway, Mew York. 
Agent3 for onr Wholesale Depots. 
XI. M. HIGGINS, Chicago. 
GEO. II ALL, Cleveland. 
A. & S. NORDHEIMER, Canada. 
REDINGTON & HOWE, Syracuse. 
EDWARD NENNSTIEL, St. Louis. 
WALTIIAM WATCHES 
For Farmers and Others. 
W E ARE SELLING THESE CELEBRATED 
Watches at a great reduction from former prices, 
and will send our descriptive price list to any address upon 
application. Silver Hunting Watches ns low’ as $1S. Gold 
Hunting Watches at $70. Address in full 
HOWARD & CO., No. 619 Broadway, New York City. 
COLGATE & CO.’S 
AROMATIC 
VEGETABLE 
SOAP, 
Is particularly adapted to tlie delicate Skin 
of* Females and Infants. 
Sold by all Dealers in. Perfumery ami Toilet 
Articles. 
®NE OUNCE OF CJOUD. 
Will be given for every ounce of adulteration found in 
“B. T. Babbitt’s Lio.v Coffke.” This Coffee is roasted, 
ground, and sealed hermetically under letters patent from 
the “United States Government." All the ‘ Aroma" is 
saved, and the Coffee presents a rich, glossy appearance. 
Every family should use it, as it is fifteen to twenty per cent 
stronger than other pure “Coffee." For sale everywhere. 
If your grocer does not keep this Coffee, and will not get it 
lor you, send your orders direct to the factory. 
B. T. BABBITT, 
Nos. G4, G5, 66, GT, 68, G9, 70, 72 and 74 Washington-street, 
New York. 
'Flic Universal ClotSaes-Wnmffer, 
lately improved with Rowell's patent double gear and new 
clasp' extension, soon saves its cost in labor and clothes. 
Sold everywhere. R. C. BROWNING, General Agent, 
No. 32 Courtlandt-st., New York. 
L. L. WHITLOCK’S A1I Nurseries ill One, 
215 Broadway, New York. 
A VALUABLE HOME LIBRARY. 
BACK VOLUMES 
OF THE 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
The publishers of the American Agriculturist , having 
preserved the electrotype plates of the back volumes of 
that paper, from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-sixth Vol- 
ume complete, can supply any or all of these as may be 
desired. These volumes contain more varied and inter¬ 
esting-information on all matters pertaining to the Farm, 
Garden, and Household, than can be obtained in books 
costing three times as much money. They are profusely 
illustrated with the best of engravings, and in addition 
to the large amount of instructive reading matter for the 
older members of the Household, they contain a Special 
Department for the Boys and Girls. They, therefore, con¬ 
stitute in themselves a 
Most vsiljia'blo lLil>s-a.vy for tiie 
Farmer's Family or for any 
oilier Home. 
The price of these volumes, unbound, is $1.50 each, at 
the office, or $1.75, if sent by mail, as they must be post¬ 
paid. The price of the same volumes, in neat cloth bind¬ 
ing, with gilt title on the back, is $2.00, at the office, or 
$2.50, if sent by mail. 
Address Orange Judd & Co., Publishers, 245 Broad¬ 
way. New Y'ork City. 
BOOKS FOR FARMERS and OTHERS. 
[Published and for sale by Orange Judd <fc Co., 245 Broad¬ 
way, New York. Any of these books will be forwarded by 
mzAl, postpaid, on receipt of price.] 
Allen’s (L. F.) Rural Architecture.$ 1 50 
Allen’s (R. I..) American Farm Book. .. ] 50 
Allen s (It. L.) Diseases of Domestic Animals _ 1 00 
Am. Agricultural Annual, 1SG7 & 1868. each, pa.,50c.; do. 75 
Am. Horticultural Annual,1867 & 1868,each,pa.,50c.; clo. 75 
American Bird Fancier. so 
American Pomology, bv Dr. j. a. Warder!!!!!!!!!!!!!! S 00 
American Rose Cimurfst. ’0 
American Weeds and Useful Plants......’_!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 75 
Architecture, by Cummings & Miller.!!!!.!!....! 1ft 00 
Architecture, Modern Am., by Cummings & Miller. 10 00 
Bement’s Iiabbit Fancier. 30 
Bommer’s Method of Making Manures. 25 
Book of Evergreens. (J. Hoopes). S 00 
Boussinganit’s Rural Economy. 1 60 
Breck’s New Book of Flowers. 1 75 
Buist’s Flower Garden Directory.. l 50 
Buist’s Family Kitchen Gardener. 1 00 
Chorl,ton’s Grape-Grower’s Guide. 75 
Cobbett’s American Gardener. 75 
Cole’s (S. W.) American Fruit Book. 75 
Cole’s Veterinarian. 75 
Cotton Culture, (Lyman). 1 50 
Cotton Planter's Manual (Turner). 1 50 
Country Life, by R. M. Copeland . 5 00 
Dadd’s (Geo. II.) Modern Horse Doctor. 1 50 
Dadd's American Cattle Doctor. . . 150 
Dana's Muck Manual. 1 25 
Darwin’s Variation of Animals and Plants. ..2 Volumes 6 00 
DogandGun (Hooper’s).paper,80c....cloth.. 60 
Downing's Landscape-Gardening... 6 50 
Draining for Profit and Health, by G. E. Waring, Jr... 1 50 
Eastwood on Cranberry. 75 
Elliott’s Western Fruit Grower’s Guide. 1 50 
Field’s (Thomas W.) Pear Culture.. 1 25 
Flax Culture. 50 
French’s Farm Drainage. 1 50 
Fuller’s Grape Culturist. .. 1 50 
Fuller’s Small Fruit Culturist... 1 50 
Fuller’s Strawberry Culturist. 20 
Gardening for Profit, by Peter Henderson. . 150 
Gregory ou Squashes.paper.. SO 
Guenon on Milch Cows.. 75 
Harris’ Insects Injurious to Vegetation,clo.,$4.00; extra 6 00 
Herbert’s Hints to Housekeepers.. 1 75 
Hop Culture.. 40 
Johnston’s Agricultural Chemistry.. 1 75 
Johnston’s Elements of Agricultural Chemistry. 1 50 
Leuchar’s Howto Build Hot-houses. 1 50 
Miles on the Horse’s Foot. 75 
Mohr on the Grape Vine .. 100 
My Vineyard at Lakevicw. 1 25 
Norton’s Scientific Agriculture. 75 
Onion Culture .'. . 20 
Our Farm of Four Acres. ..paper, SOc. ..cloth.. 60 
Pardee on Strawberry Culture. . 75 
Peat and Its Uses, by Prof. S. W. Johnson .. 1 25 
Pedder’s Land Measurer.. 60 
Quinhy’s Mysteries of Bee keeping. . . 1 50 
Randall’s Sheep Husbandry. 1 50 
Randall’s Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry. 1 00 
Richardson on the Dog.paper 30 cents.cloth 60 
Rivers’ Miniature Fruit Garden. 1 00 
Rural Annual (Harris) 8 Nos., bound, 2 Vols.Each 1 50 
Saunders’ Domestic Poultry.paper, 40 c. .bound 75 
Schenck’s Gardener’s Text'Boolc. 75 
Skillful Housewife . . 75 
Stewart’s (John) Stable Book. 1 56 
Thompson's Food of Animals. 1 00 
Tobacco Culture . 25 
Warder’s Hedges ahd Evergreens.. 1 50 
Youatt and Spooner on the Horse.. 1 50 
Youatt and Martin on Cattle. 1 50 
Youatt on the Hog.. 1 00 
Youatt on Sheep. 1 CO 
O. J.& Co. keep In Stock the following Books: 
Art of Saw Filing—(Holly).. 75 
Barry’s Fruit Garden. l 75 
Bement’s Poulterer’s Companion... 2 00 
Bridgeman’s Young Gardener's Assistant... 2 50 
Brandt’s Age of Horses, (English or German). 50 
Burr’s Vegetables ol America.. 5 00 
Carpenter’s and Joiner’s Hand Book..(Holly). . 75 
Chemistry of the Farm, (Nichols). . 1 25 
Dead Shot; or Sportsman’s Complete Guide. 2 00 
Downing’s Cottage Residences.. . 3 00 
Downing’s Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. . 3 00 
Downing’s Rural Essays.. 5 00 
Flint (Charles L.) on Grasses. 2 50 
Flint’s Milch Cows and Dairy Farming . . 2 50 
Frank Forester’s Field Sports, 8vo„ 2 vols. 7 50 
Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing, 8vo., 100 eng’s. 5 50 
Frank Forester’s Manual for Young Sportsmen, Svo.. S 00 
Fuller’s Forest Tree Culturist. 1 50 
Geyelin’s Poultry Breeding. 1 25 
Gray’s How Plants Grow. 1 25 
Gray’s Manual of Botany and Lessons in one Vol. 4 00 
Harazthv's Grape Culture and Wine Making.... 5 00 
Hatfield s American House Carpenter.. 3 50 
Husmann’s Grapes & Wine. 1 50 
Jaques’ Manual of the House. . 1 50 
Jennings* Horse Training Made Easy.. 1 25 
Jennings on Cattle... .. 1 75 
Jennings on Sheep, Swine, and Poultry. 1 75 
Jennings on the llorse and his Diseases. 1 75 
Johnson’s (Prof. S. W.) Essays on Manures. 1 25 
Kathrina. By Timothy Titcomb. 1 50 
Langstrotli on the Honey Bee . 2 00 
Mayliew’s Illustrated Horse Doctor . 3 5ii 
Mayhew’s Illustrated Horse Management . 3 50 
Mayhew’s Practical Book-Keeping for Farmers... 90 
Blanks lor do. do. . 1 20 
McMahon’s American Gardener .. 2 50 
Morrell's'American Shepherd... .n. 1 75 
My Farm of Edgewood. 1 75 
Parkman’s Book of Roses. ..— 3 00 
Parsons on the Rose. — 1 50 
Quincy, (Hon. Josiali) on Soiling Cattle . .... 1 25 
Rand’s Bulbs . 3 00 
Rand’s Flowers for Parlor and Garden..— 3 10 
Rand’s Garden Flowers... 8 00 
Rural Church Architecture, Folio, in colors, 45 plates.. 12 00 
Rural Studies. 1 75 
Scribner’s Ready Reckoner and Log Book. 30 
Silloway’s Modern Carpentry. 2 00 
Strong’s Grape Culture .. 3 00 
Ten Acres Enough.. .. 1 50 
The I)og ; By Dinks. Mayhcw, and Hutchinson. S 00 
Tucker’s Register of Rural Affairs. 80 
Vaux’s Villas and Cottages. 3 00 
Watson's American Home Garden . 2 00 
Wheeler’s Rural Homes.... 2 00 
Wheeler’s Homes for the People. . 8 00 
Woodward’s Cottages and Farm Houses. 1 50 
Woodward’s Suburban and Country Houses . 1 50 
Woodward’s Country Homes. ... 1 50 
Woodward’s Graperies, etc. . 150 
Youmau’s IIousehold Science.. . 2 25 
