FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL NEWS. FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL NEWS. By the arrival of the steamer Caledonia, we are in receipt of our foreign journals up to August 4th. MARKETS.-Ashes, a very limited inquiry. Cotton an active demand without any change of prices. Stock on hand in Liverpool on the 1st of August, 800,000 bales against 1,058,000 same period last year. Flour and Meal dull, but in consequence of the loss in the potato crop, it is thought the latter article will advance. Beef large sales. Pork dull. Lard improving. Checse of a superior quality much asked for. Naval Stores in request. Rice a slight advance. Tallow improving. Tobacco steady. Wool firm with a fair demand. A small quantity had been received from Oregon. It was in fine order, and sold well. The stock on hand of all kinds is light. Money quite easy at 3 to 4 per cent. The Weather had been somewhat unfavorable to the in-coming crops, and considerable injury had been experienced; not enough, nowever, to affect prices. The harvest in France has been injured about the same as in Great Britain. The Apple Crop is greatly injured throughout Europe. This will make American apples in greater demand than ever. The Potato Discase is ravaging Ireland again, and is more or less prevalent throughout Europe. 291 the seeds are begining to change from a green to a pale brown color, and the stock to become yellow, for about two-thirds of its height from the ground. When any of the crop is lying, and suffering from wet, it should be pulled as soon as possible, and kept by itself. So long as the ground is undrained, and imperfectly levelled before sowing, the flax will be found of dif ferent lengths. In such case, pull each length separately, and steep in separate pools or keep it separate in the same pool. If the ground has been thorough drained, and laid out evenly, the flax will be all of the same length. It is most essential to take time and care to keep the flax even, like a brush, at the root ends. This increases the value to the spinner, and of course to the grower, who will be amply repaid, by an additional price for his extra trouble. Let the handfuls of pulled flax be laid across each other diagonally, to be ready for the rippling-Ibid. To make Rhubarb Wine.-To every pound of green rhubarb stalks, when bruised, put a quart of cold spring water; let it stand three days, stirring it twice in a day, then press, and strain it through a sieve, and to every gallon of the liquor, put 2 or 3 lbs. of good loaf sugar; barrel it, and to every 5 gallons add a bottle of white brandy; hang a piece of isinglass in the vessel, suspended by a string, and stop it up close; in six months if the sweetness be sufficiently off, bottle it for use, otherwise let it stand in the cask a longer time.-Ib. Preserving Rhubarb.-In addition to "preserving it with sugar like raspberries," rhubarb can be very successfully and agreeably preserved-in bottles as green gooseberries are-peel the stalks and cut them into pieces as for a tart, and then treat them as if they were gooseberries. Rhubarb bottled thus gives us excellent tarts and pies at Christmas. It can also be dried as angelica, and makes a very agreeable dried preserve. Have any of your correspondents ever tried dried strawberries? They are very good, and the abundant crop of this year will give material to experiment on.-1b.' Seed Wheat.-Whatever difference of opinion may exist as regards the wisdom of the recent alterations in the laws respecting grain, there can be none as to the necessity of adapting ourselves to our present circumstances, and endeavoring to make the best of them. It is a known fact that in high latitudes the growth of plants is very rapid. The burst of spring, the splendor of summer, and the maturity and incipient decay of autumn follow each other with a swiftness scarcely credible. The grain sown to-day, is, in a very few weeks, ready for the sickle; and the high- | er the latitude where it can be made to grow, the shorter is the period it requires for its growth and ripening. Grain which has been grown in the extreme Bones dissolved in Caustic Ley.-I have seen much north, when used as seed in a southern country, gives in your paper of bones being dissolved in sulphuric its first produce more speedily, ripening in a much acid as a manure. Are you aware that bones may be shorter time, although at a second sowing it loses this dissolved in the alkaline ley of the soap-boiler, and quality. The fact has been recognized, and is acted will form a paste of the consistence of butter, which upon pretty extensively in this country, it being com- may be reduced to any thinness of fluid required fr monly recommended to obtain seed from colder situa- application as a liquid manure? Am I wrong in letions than those in which it is intended to be sown. lieving that, as the solvent power consists solely of In Sweden, grain is annually brought for seed from soda-ash and lime, it would be a more powerful maTorneo (in the north of the gulf of Bothnia, and nure than the bones with acid? There was a patent almost within the arctic circle), and sown in lands so some years ago for making soap in this mamer; much exposed that the sowing time is thrown so late whether the patent is in force now I do not know, but that corn, excepting from seed thus obtained, has no that can easily be discovered if thought worthwhile. time to ripen. Districts formerly on this account ut--Ibid. terly barren, are thus rendered fruitful. Is it not then Singular Fact in the Potato.-We learn that here worthy of the consideration of some of our enterpris- and there the new potatoes have been foun, when ing agriculturists, especially of those who occupy dug up, to be sprouting from every eye. Ve have high cold districts, whether they might not profitably seen nothing of the sort ourselves; and w venture import their seed corn from the northern European to ask our correspondents if they have remarked the nations, and thus, perhaps, obtain a harvest in Sep- circumstance. It will be a new phase in he potato tember, where now it is commonly thrown into Octo-constitution should this habit prove to je general. ber or November? With this resource it might be The expression of our informant is, "ne potatoes found that wheat could be grown more extensively before they are half grown are all growing again, and more profitably than it is to the west of Sir Robert throwing out roots and fibres from the eyes, and formPeel's line drawn from Southampton to Inverness.-ing small tubers; a second generation inthe year." Gard. Chron. We would also make another inqury. The only To Pull Flax. The time when flax should be universal fact, relating to the potato dsease of last pulled is a point of much nicety to determine. The year, was, that it did not appear at all,or in a very fibre is in the best state, before the seed is quite ripe. inconsiderable degree, in genuine pea or moss" If pulled too soon, although the fibre is fine, the great land, which appeared to have some power of keeping waste in scutching and hackling renders it unprofit-off the decay. What we now are desirous of knowing able; and, if pulled too late, the additional yield does is, Whether the experience of our readers teils them, not compensate for the coarseness of the fibre. It that the same rule holds good this year? Weshould may be stated that the best time for pulling is, when be greatly obliged by information on this point—Ibid. 292 Editor's Table. EDITOR'S TABLE. SALE OF DURHAM CATTLE.-We desire to call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Mr. Paoli Lathrop, offering his herd of Durham Cattle for sale. We have often inspected it, and can therefore say from our own observation that it is a very superior herd. Several of the cows are great milkers and butter makers, and we believe all are of prime quality. A HISTORY OF LONG ISLAND, from its first settlement by Europeans, to the year 1845, with special reference to its Ecclesiastical concerns. By Nathaniel S. Prime. Pp. 420, with a map. Published by Robert Carter, 58 Canal St., N. Y. Price $1.00. Physically and historically, Long Island is one of the most interesting sections of the United States. In the above history, Doct. Prime has given a clear, and sufficiently minute account of its aspect and resources, and the events of most importance since its first settlement. To gather the materials for this has required much laborious research and personal observation. The ecclesiastical part of this work is particularly valuable, and can be found in no other history of the Island. SACRED PHILOSOPHY OF THE SEASONS; illustrating the Perfections of God, in the Phenomena of the year. By Rev. Henry Duncan. New York: Robert Carter, 58 Canal St. This excellent work, like the "Bridgewater Treatises," is intended to demonstrate the existence and the attributes of God, in the various phenomena of nature in the revolving year. The first three volumes treat respectively on Winter, Spring, and Summer, and are replete with useful and instructive matter which cannot fail to be interesting to teachers of schools, academies, and families. Price $1.25 per volume. EXPEDITION TO BORNEO of H. M. S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy; with extracts from the Journal of James Brooke, Esq. By Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, R. N. Pp. 413, with a Map. Price 50 cents. Harper & Brothers. The magnificent is land of Borneo, and the adjacent archipelago are almost unknown regions in this country; it is with petuliar satisfaction, therefore, that we are favored with a copy of the narration of this Expedition. It contans the latest and most accurate geographical, histoical, and political information to be found of Boneo; and aside from this, it is full of stirring adventure and wild narrative. RESULTS OF HYDROPATHY; or Constipation not a disease of the Bowels; Indigestion not a disease of the Somach; with an Exposition of the true nature and cause of these Ailments, examining the reason why hey are so certainly cured by the hydropathic treatment. By Edward Johnson, M. D., pp. 181. Price Octs. Wiley & Putnam. We are not Doctor enough o pronounce ex cathedra (authoritatively) on the subjet of hydropathy. But this we know, that ablution n cold and warm water, and in the vapor bath, are highly beneficial; and if practised much more thanat present would be greatly conducive to the health of the people. Frequent ablution is a sacred duty wth many of the Eastern nations; we wish a good spuning and friction with towels were the daily duty of this great nation of ours in the West. This, with a plain wholesome diet, and abstinence from spirituous and fermented liquors, would, in a fu ture generation, drive nine-tenths of the diseases out of the country. LIFE IN PLAIRIE LAND. By Eliza W. Farnham. Pp. 408. Price 50 cents. Harper & Brothers. These sketches are truly national and graphic, and told in an alternae style of the gay and grave, the comic and the patheti. They are very like "A New Home," by Mrs. Clavers, though far from imitation. In truth they are as original as the scenery and people they describe. In after gene.ations they will be studied as a true index of the character of our own in the wild region where the scenes are laid. We have the pleasure of the acquaintance of the fair authoress, and can tell our readers that she is a clever woman both in the English and Yankee acceptation of the term. NUMBER OF COTTON SPINDLES.-According to the latest accounts, the estimate of the spindles now at work in the principal cotton manufacturing counSpindles 17,500,000 In Great Britain and Ireland, In the States comprised in the Custom League, 815,000 In Austria and Italy, In France, In Belgium, tries is In Switzerland, In Russia, In the United States of America, Total, 1,500,000 3,500,000 420,000 650,000 700,000 2,500,000 27,585,000 PICTORIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND, INCLUDING THAT OF SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. Being a history of the People as well as a History of the Kingdom, down to the reign of George III.; profusely illustrated with many hundred engravings on wood of monumental records; coins; civil and military costume; domestic buildings, furniture and ornaments; cathedrals, and other great works of architecture; sports and other illustrations of manners; mechanical inventions; portraits of eminent persons; and remarkable historical scenes. To be completed in about 40 Numbers, forming four elegant volumes imperial octavo. Price 25 cents per number. Harper & Brothers. This history forms one of the series of valuable works issued by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and is undoubtedly the very best for the general reader that has yet been written on Great Britain and Ireland. The embellishments are really beautiful, and so numerous as to form a history almost of themselves alone; making it the most attractive work for young people we know of-aye, and for the middle aged and the old too. No one can be well acquainted with England who has not read its Pictorial History. The Messrs. Harper are doing the American public a great service by its republication. STABLE TALK AND TABLE TALK; or Spectacles for Young Sportsmen. By Harry Hieover. Pp. 357. Price $1.00. Lea & Blanchard. The writings of this author have attracted a good deal of attention in England; and his observations on the management of hor ses, the stable, &c., are highly esteemed. He inculcates gentleness and kindness in their treatment, and shows the impolicy of the reverse method even if one has no other motive than his own immediate interest to actuate him. In addition to this, the work is replete with anecdotes and amusing scenes told in an off-hand and comic vein. FRENCH DOMESTIC COOKERY, combining elegance with economy; describing new Culinary Implements and Processes; the management of the Table, instructions for Carving; French, German, Polish, Spanish, and Italian Cookery, 1200 recipes. Pp. 310, with numerous engravings. Price 50 cents. Harper & Brothers. Now if our readers wish to become au fait in the sublime art of Cookery, let them purchase this book and set themselves down incontinently to the perusal thereof. The French are acknowledged to be the best cooks in the world, and this, from our own experience, we can attest as a fact, having resided some time among them, and partaken very frequently, with an indescribable gusto, of their exquisite cuisine. We heartily commend this handsome volume to our friends both here and in the country; we commend it to the inhabitants of New York and Brooklyn, who, we are glad to perceive, indulge themselves, as much as limited space will allow, in the cultivation of trees; we commend it to State and County Societies as contributing a valuable premium to be contended for by agriculturists; and, finally, we hope that those who control our Colleges, Academies and Common Schools, will take care that the youth under their charge have every opportunity of gaining a thorough knowledge of the Trees of America. TEMPER AND TEMPERAMENT; or Varieties of Char Pp. 267. Price 50 cents. Harper & Brothers. This is a clever book by a clever woman, conveying a happy moral in a pleasing style. We especially commend it to the married, and those about to marry. However amiable their tempers and temperament may be, we promise them that the perusal of this little work will make them still more kind and obliging to each other and to all around them. THE TREES OF AMERICA; Native and Foreign, subject of which it treats; and we trust that the aupictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifi-thor will meet with such substantial encouragement, cally and popularly described; being considered prin- as will induce him to carry out the intentions which cipally with reference to their Geography and History; he expresses in his Preface. Soil and Situation; Propagation and Culture; Accidents and Diseases; Properties and Uses; Economy in the Arts; Introduction into Commerce; and their Application in useful and ornamental Plantations. lustrated by numerous Engraving. By D. J. Browne, Author of the Sylva Americana. Large Svo. pp. 532. New York: Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff St. This work, long announced as in preparation, has at length been laid upon our table, and we hasten to give our readers some idea of its contents, and of the manner in which it has been executed. We need not, however, enlarge much upon the latter point, as the public have had ample opportunity to form a correct opinion of the capabilities of the author from numerous con-acter. By Mrs. Ellis. tributions from his pen which have appeared in the Agriculturist. Many years have been employed in studying, travelling and collecting materials for this publication; and though of course it does not come under the category of an entirely original work, yet it has entailed an equal amount of labor, in consulting the most approved authorities, and of judgment and observation in verifying or correcting their statements. The title of the work, which we have quoted at TOWN'S SPELLING AND DEFINING BOOK; containlength, sufficiently indicates its nature, and the mass ing Rules for designating the Accented Syllable in of detail which it comprises. The trees are arranged most words in the language, being an Introduction to according to the Natural System, which has been ad- Town's Analysis. One hundredth edition. Critically hered to by De Candolle, Loudon and others. But revised and corrected. Cincinnati: Derby, Bradley our readers must not imagine, from our beginning to & Co., 113 Main St. 1845. The author of this little talk of Systems, that the work is intended for the sci- work remarks in his preface that "All the spelling entific alone. It is addressed to a much more nume- books now in use follow out the same uniform plan, rous class-even to the public at large. Let us take of arranging words according to their sounds and sylone tree and see how it is treated, and that will serve lables, irrespective of their import. On that plan, as a sample for the whole. Our favorite fruit being in they are generally well executed, and would admit of season, we irresistibly turn to the Peach-tree. First little improvement. But if the above principle be we find the Botanical name, with a Table of Syno- well founded, something is still requisite, beyond a nyms, and a few lines of technical characteristics, in mere judicious arrangement and correct orthography, small type. Then comes a general description of the tree, and its varieties, short but to the purpose; then the geography, history, soil, &c. &c., with uncommonly minute directions as to its management and propagation, and an account of the diseases to which it is subject and the insects which infest it, ending with its LONG ISLAND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SHOW.properties and uses. All this is conveyed in a pleas- This will take place at Flushing on the 17th, 18th and ing style, totally devoid of affectation, and not ob- 19th of September. Great preparations are on foot to scured by scientific terms, as is proper for a work in- make a superb display of it, and we have no doubt it tended for the public at large. It is exceedingly grati- will be worthy the attention of the public. Steamfying to observe the happy manner in which amuse-boats and Stages will leave New York frequently dument is blended with instruction throughout the ring each day of the Show, making it easy to visit volume; side by side with veritable history comes the Flushing at convenient hours. classic legend, or the popular superstition, or the tribute of the poet, filling the page with variety and the mind with romantic associations. This characteristic is so pervading that many might read it with interest who hardly know an oak from an apple tree, and who have no more idea of cultivating the latter than they have of eating the fruit of the former. But it is to the farmer in particular that we would strongly urge the importance of such a work as the present. He should not be so entirely engrossed by his root and grain crops, as wholly to neglect the cultivation of trees. We fear this is too frequently the case, with the exception perhaps of a few fruit-bearers. to answer the grand purposes of elementary instruction. It is plain that, as far as practicable, the knowledge of the sign, and of the thing signified, should be acquired together, inasmuch as both are to hold an inseparable connection in the mind." THE BIBLE, THE KORAN, AND THE TALMUD; or Biblical Legends of the Mussulmans. Compiled from Arabic Sources, and Compared with Jewish Traditions. By Dr. G. Weil. Pp. 264. Price 50 cents. Harper & Brothers. Here is an epitome of Mohammedan theology and morals, set forth in a racy, fascinating style peculiar to Eastern literature: THE CULTIVATION OF AMERICAN GRAPE VINE, AND MAKING OF WINE. By Alden Spooner. Pp. 96. Price 38 cents. Published by A. Spooner & Co., 57 Fulton St., Brooklyn. Being a veteran horticulturist, the author has given a valuable little work to the cultivator of this vine. In it he has also embraced an account of the Isabella Grape, in the successful culture of which Brooklyn has become quite celebrated. The Engravings are numerous, and are executed with considerable skill," and have either been made directly from drawings after nature, or from accurate RENNSELAER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SHOW.delineations already in existence, one figure represent- This Show will come off in Troy, the week after that of ing the general appearance of each tree, and another the State Show at Auburn. Great preparations are on of the leaf, flower fruit, &c." The publishers have acquitted themselves handsomely in getting up the work -the paper, type, &c., being all that can be desired. No expense has been spared to render it worthy of the foot to make a superior thing of it. Mr. Vail intends to make a large display of his beautiful Short-Horn Cattle; others also are coming forward with a goodly number of different things. REMARKS. Ashes little inquiry. Cotton active, with sales at an advance of one-eighth. Flour steady. Grain, except in rye, the sales are dull. Molasses in fair request. Naval Stores the same. Beef and Pork firm, with an increased demand. Rice active. Seeds dull. Sugar a slight advance. Tobacco in noderate request. Wool considerable sales. Money continues fairly abundant at 7 per cent. The Weather has been very hot most of the past month, but has now changed to cool and showery. Hay has been a very large crop, though owing to the heavy rains, not as well secured as usual. The small grains have turned out well, except in Western New York, and a few other districts, where the wheat is much rusted and shrunk. Corn is a great crop. Potatoes are badly rotting in most parts of the country. Cotton is backward, and at best a moderate crop only can be gathered. Rice has come in well. Sugar and Tobacco generally are looking well. Upon the whole, we can congratulate the farmers and planters upon more than an average production of the crops thus far, this season. TO CORRESPONDENTS.-Communications have been received from Alexander McDonald, John Lewis, Wm. Murdock, L. T. Talbot, J. C ****t, An Amateur Gardener, and A Summer Resident of East Jersey. The Editor of the Maine Cultivator is informed that we know of no pure Cheviot Sheep short of Wisconsin, and that these are held at a high figure. Improved Cheviots always command high prices in Scotland, say from 5 to 20 guineas each. Ir answer to J. B. of Annapolis, concerning "Destroying the Wheat Fly," quoted from the Quebec Gazette, in our last No., he is right in supposing that orpiment is the auri pigmentum of old chemists, or the sulphuret of arsenic, of the moderns. We presume it is meant that the burning of this article should be on the windward side of a field of wheat, at a yard or two distant, in order to drive the insects away. PLEASE TO TAKE NOTICE, That Mr. C. W. Hubbell is no longer authorized to take subscriptions for the American Agriculturist, and that the authority given by the publishers, Saxton & Miles, is hereby revoked. All 8 persons are forbid paying the said Hubbell any monies for this paper hereafter, New York, August 24th, 1846. 4.06 5 66 BARK, Quercitron,.. 24.50 BEANS, White, ......... bush. 1 12 1 25 BEESWAX, Am. Yellow, ........lb. 26 30 BOLT ROPE, ..do. ........do. 2.00 HAY, in bales,........ 3.00 HEMP, Russia, clean,.. American, water-rotted,. .........do. 105 00 American, dew-rotted,. HIDES, Dry Southern,. 64 7 HOPS, .....lb. 12 46 64 18 ........do. 3 56 Sheet and bar,...................... Rosin,....................................... .........do. Spirits Turpentine, Southern, Castor, ...........................do. ........................ 100 lbs. NAVAL STORES-Tar, Pitch, Turpentine,... OIL, Linseed, American, OIL CAKE, PEAS, Field, PLASTER OF PARIS, Ground, in bbls., In pickle,.... Timothy,. rough, 33045 ............................................... sack, Common, ................................................ bush. SEEDS Clover,........................lb. Flax, clean,........................do. 10.00 SODA, Ash, cont'g 80 per cent. soda,... .lb. Sulphate Soda, ground, SUGAR, New Orleans,.... SUMAC, American,....................ton, 35 31 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.-List of Premiums of the 19th Annual Fair of the American Institute, to be opened on the 9th of October, at New York, has been received-also of the Fair to be opened at Hartford, Ct., on the 23d of this month-and of the Hamilton County Agricultural Society, to be held at Carthage, N. Y., on the 24th to 26th instant-likewise a Prospectus from Lindley Murray Ferris, President of the Orange County, N. Y Scientific and Practical Agricultural Institute. MERINO BUCKS.-We understand that Mr. A. L. Bingham, ot Cornwall, Vermont. will exhibit 30 to 40 head of Merino Bucks, at the N. Y. State Ag. Show at Auburn, this month, most of which will be for sale. AGENTS FOR THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. COMMERCIAL GARDEN AND NURSERY OF PARSONS & CO., FLUSHING, NEAR NEW YORK. The Proprietors of this Establishment are constantly increasing their stock, which now covers nearly seventy acres of ground, and includes every desirable variety of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Vines, &c. Their possession of specimen grounds for the testing of every variety of fruit they cultivate, affords them increased facilities for the attainment of correctness. They would also call attention to their large assortment of Foreign Grapes, some seventy varieties of which they are fruiting under glass. To venders, and those who purchase in large quantities, liberal discounts will be made. Catalogues can be obtained gratis, of the Proprietors by mail, of Parsons & Lawrence, No. 10 Pine Street, or of A. B. Allen, 187 Water Street, New York. DURHAM CATTLE FOR SALE. The Subscriber offers for sale his entire herd of thorough-bred Durham Cattle. It consists of bulls, cows, heifers, and calves, to the number of 25 head. It has been bred with great care, and with special reference to its dairy properties. For pedigrees, see the American Herd Book; and for a knowledge of this stock, I would refer to A. B. Allen, 187 Water Street, New York. further particulars inquire of PAOLI LATHROP. South Hadley Falls, Mass., Aug., 1846. 21 FOR SALE. For A Farm of 325 acres, in Fishkill, Dutchess County. It is one of the choicest sections in the County. The Farm is partly of high limestone land, and with some rich alluvial meadows lying along the Matteawan Creek. The buildings are new and extenaive-the fences all good-and the soil in fine condition. Increased production can be obtained from inexhaustible supplies of muck and limestone on the farm. It lies 5 miles from the Hudson River; which with the villages, mills, and factories around, afford near and abundant market. To a gentleman, the beauty of this part of the country, and the variety of scenery, make it a desirable country residence. For further particulars address (post-paid) William Van Wyck, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. September, 1845. 2t SUPERIOR STRAWBERRY PLANTS. The Subscribers have now ready for delivery from their garden at Astoria, L. I., several thousands of the best Strawberry plants in cultivation, and among them a limited stock of a new and unsurpassed American Seedling, called "North's Victory," raised by an intelligent practical gardener in the country, and which for size, flavor, and great product, is not surpassed by any foreign or domestic variety at present known. We have tested its qualitles for two seasons, and assert with confidence, and warrant, as stated. Price $1 per dozen-the plants strongly rooted, three in a pot, which can be divided and planted out immediately, the present moist season being highly favorable to their rooting firmly in the ground. Also Hovey's Boston Pine, $2 per dozen-Buist's (of Philadelphia) Prize, 82 per dozen-Princess Alice Maude, $1 per dozen, very early and fine-Princess Royal, 82 per dozenBritish Queen. $3 per 100-Myatt's Eliza, $3 per 100-this last is a superior variety, good bearer, and of exquisite pine flavor extra fine.-Prince Albert (TRUE), $1.50 per dozen-Victoria, $2 per 100, one of the very best in cultivation-Iowa, $1 per dozen, fine new sort-Swainstone, $1 per dozen, with several other sorts, but those named above are among the best. All the above are in pots, strongly rooted, and making runners, a much better mode than hastily taking up and planting out, as the plants having little stability in themselves, are killed by a single day's exposure to the sun; this is why so many fail to grow. Also Scotch Pine Apple or Crimson Cone, an unrivalled sort, possessing every good quality, $2 per 100-carefully transplanted from the bed, and well packed. J. M. THORBURN & CO., 15 John Street. FOR SALE, AT ASTORIA, L. I. A delightful Country Residence-House, Barn, Ice-House, &c., with 3 acres of Land, highly cultivated--beautiful Hedges, Shrubbery, and Flowers, abundance of Fruit of all kinds, a fine view of the East River-Churches, Schools, Physicians-facilities for communicating with the city every hour of the day. Indeed, everything that is desirable in a country residence. For further particulars inquire of COOK & SMITH, 68 South St. WHEAT, RYE, AND OATS. White Flint, Red, and other superior kinds of Winter Wheat for sale; also Spring Wheat of various kinds. Rye of an excelent quality, for fall sowing. Imperial Oats, the heaviest and best kind raised in the United States, or that can be imported. A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street. N.Y. NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE. Just received a few of Bryan's celebrated Premium Fanning Mills. Price from $21 to $25. Also a large supply of Sinclair's, Thorn's, Stevens', and Hovey's Stalk, Straw, and Hay Cutters. Price from $8 to $30. Corn Shellers of all patterns, from $7 to $50. Burr Stone Mills, of various patterns, from 12 to 36 inch stones. Price from $25 to $100. Improved Horse Powers, Ross's, Warren's, Trimble's, and Taplin's-Also Wheeler's celebrated Railway Power. Threshers of different patterns, with or without Separators. Corn Shellers, with Mill attached for grinding. Price $12. Ruggles, Nourse & Mason's celebrated Centre-draught Plows, of all patterns and sizes. New York cheap Southern Plows, made up by Patent Machinery, of best White Oak timber, and first-rate quality of castings, consisting of the following patterns: No. 101 11 12 Corn. No. 2, M. & Co. "3, M. & Co. 46 4. M. & Co. "1 Dutcher's. 2 Ditto. Nos. 18, 19, 20, 21, Miner & Horton's. Castings for all the above, at very low prices. Also Meyer's Improved Premium Bergen Plows, made up in a superior manner. A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street, N.Y. LINNEAN BOTANIC GARDEN AND NURSERY, (LATE OF WILLIAM PRINCE, Deceased) FLUSHING, LONG ISLAND, NEAR NEW YORK. The New Proprietors of this ancient and celebrated Nursery, known as PRINCE's, and exclusively designated by the above title for nearly fifty years, offer for sale a more extensive variety of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Plants, &c., than can be found in any other Nursery in the United States, and the genuineness of which may be depended on; and they will unre mittingly endeavor to merit the confidence and patronage of the public, by integrity and liberality in dealing, and moderation in charges. Descriptive Catalogues, with directions for Planting and Calture, furnished gratis, to those desirous of purchasing, on application post-paid, and orders promptly executed. WINTER & CO., Proprietors. Flushing, Long Island, September 1st, 1846. A BOOK FOR FARMERS. A System of Book-keeping, as applied in practice to the busiMerchants, with a concise plan of accounts, for all persons, in ness of Jobbing Merchants, City Retail Merchants and Country one book, suited to Mechanics, Farmers, and Professional men; being a self-instructor, and for the use of schools. By James Arlington Bennett, LL.D., author of the American Practical System of Book-keeping, by double entry, &c. SAXTON & MILES, Publishers, PERUVIAN GUANO AT REDUCED PRICES. The subscriber keeps this superior fertilizer constantly on hand for sale, in bags, barrels, half barrels, and kegs. It comes direct from the Agent of the Peruvian Company, and is warranted genuine and of a first rate quality. Five tons and over.. One ton and under five tons... Half a ton and under one ton. Under half a ton... ...2 cents per lb. ..21-8 ......21-4 .....2 1-2 do. do. do. This Guano is packed in bags weighing from 120 to 150 lbs.; barrels, from 220 to 250 lbs.; half barrels from 115 to 30 lbs. kegs about 60 lbs. each. When a larger quantity than one ton is taken, it is expected it will be in bags. No allowance for tare, and no charge for packages. Cartage extra. A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street, N. Y. PATENT SYRINGES AND GARDEN ENGINES. York Agricultural Warehouse. Price of Syringes from $4 to $. Manufactured and improved by M. Pool, and sold at the New Garden Engine from $25 to $30. A. B. ALLEN, No. 187 Water Street, N.Y. Two hundred tons, the balance of the ship Shakspeare's cargo from Ichaboe, in tight casks, for sale, in lots, to suit purchasers The many experiments made this season from this cargo not only prove the great gain in using it, but that it is equal, if not superior, to any other guano. Aug. 3, 1846. E K. COLLINS & CO, 56 South St. |