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oua, and erect grown. It is a constant and abun
dant bearer.
31. OounseiUar Samoa. —We can endorse Col.
Wilder’s description of this fruit in every partic
lar except its favor; of which some robber depris
ed us of the pleasure of judging. (See Down
ing last edition, p 484.)
32. Knight's Monarch. —We have been deceiv
ed by this Pear for the last time. It is the same
from Boston to Georgia. All the specimens look
alike, and not one resembles Downing s draw ing
which represents it as a long Pear, when it is a
short one. Can there be a mistake abroad.
The variety we have is worthless.
33. Vicar of WMjield.— This variety has been
very generally confounded in Georgia, with St.
Lozcr which it resembles so closely as to de
ceive the most practiced eye until its quality is
tested by the taste. The mistake was pointed
out a few years ago by those experienced culti
vators, Doctors Berkmans & Brincklee, to whom
specimens were sent by the writer from two
gardens, both claiming to be genuine, while
both were spurious. Our trees are from good
hands; whether or not they are genuine, we
leave more experienced judges to decide. The
genuine Vicar is far superior to St. Lozer.
34. Apple, Mary Chesttr.— This apple was first
brought into notice by Dr. N. Chester, of Ma
rietta, who thinks he procured it from the
remains of an old Indian orchard. No one to
whom it has been shown knows it. It is named
in compliment to his daughter.
With the foregoing notes, came from Mr. It.
C. Johnson, ol the Atlanta Nursery, specimens
of the fruit of each variety, some of which have
not ripened yet. We shall give briefly our own
impressions of the character of each of these,
hereafter. Meanwhile, both gentlemen will ac
cept our thanks. These condensed notes giving
the personal experience of parties in different
sections, are of great value to those who wish
to form collections of fruit
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BOTANICAL NOTES ON THE WILD FLOWEES
OF AT.ABAMA.
BY M. M., OF WALNUT ÜBOVE.
Linna;us says: “Stones grow, plants grow and
live, animals grow, live and feel,'’ —but so won
derfully constructed are some plants, that we are
almost tempted to reverse the assertion, and say
that plants grow, live, and feel also.
The Schrankia uncinata, or wild sensitive plant,
found abundantly in our woods, is a striking il
lustration of the phenomena of irritability a pe
culiarity so nearly corresponding to the sense ot
touch in animals, that we are at a loss to account
for it on any other grounds. Some naturalists,
however, ascribe it to chemical and atmospheric
agents, but no really satisfactory theory has yet
been advanced. The two kingdoms, animal and
vegetable, in fact, so nearly approximate, one to
the other, that the lineofdemarkation has never
been decisively drawn. Although at the first
glance, it might seem almost an absurdity to
point out the distinction between a flower, for
instance, and a bird, but with every succeeding
step downward in the chain of being, we find
the marks of distinction continually lessening.—
Man, the highest type of animal life, has but live
senses; this number we find constantly decreas
ing with the various grades of animal life, till
finally in some species of zoophites, the number
is reduced to one, and that, the sense of touch,
which sense, from a casual glance at the subject,
we might almost be tempted to ascribe to plants.
Aristotle’s beautiful theory of a regular chain of
being—from Man upward to the Deity, and
downward to inorganic matter, though not re
ceived by naturalists as exactly orthodox, yet
presents itself to us, as so grand a conception of
organized bodies, and with so many auxilliary
arguments, drawn from actual experiments, that
wo find ourselves at a loss to discard it. The
possession, or want of instinct and volition,
seems to constitute no mark of distinction, for in
some of the lowest order of zoophytes, we find
these attributes wanting, while it is known that
many plants possess a certain species of the for
mer. The term instinct, at best, seems to me but
a vague solution of the many mysterious regula
tions of Providence, and may therefore be as
consistently applied to plants as to animals. The
regular folding of leaves at certain periods of the
day, which Linnieus poetically terms the sleep
of plants ; the closing of flowers on the approach
of storms or tempests; and the sensitiveness to
touch which many plants exhibit, may all be in
cluded in the general theory of vegetable in
stinct. The most casual observer must have
remarked the regularity with which some plants
fold their leaves at certain periods. Gossypium
herbaceum, (cotton) possesses this peculiarity in
a remarkable degree ; especially in the earlier
stages of the plant, the seminal leaves may be
seen contracting themselves closely, to the
stem, about twilight, while another species, the
Cassia Marylandica, (or common coffee weed so.
obnoxiously abundant.) more strikingly illus
trates this habit. The leaves being pennates, fold
themselves closely together, regularly every
evening about sun-set. These peculiarities,
though not confined to the natural family Leg
uminosae (pod bearing)—yet abound more ex
tensively in plants of this order, than any other.
The Schrankia uncinata, seemingly the most
exquisitely and delicately organized of the gen
tle sisterhood of flowers, belongs to this family,
and according to the Linnaen system of classi
fication (which for its beautiful simplicity and
* comprehensiveness is prefered to any other.) it
is placed in the class Monodelphia—order De
• candria. The inflorescence, in technical terms,
is in spherical heads, that is, the numerous and
tiny corrollas, each including its miniature tuft
of feathery stamens, is arranged on a small glo
bular receptacle, thus forming a beautiful little
pink ball, emitting that most exquisite of all
odors, the otto of roses. The phenomenon of
irritability is in this species confined to the
leaves, which are very small and bipenate, (ar
ranged on opposite sides of the stem) and upon
the slightest touch, the point of a needle for
instance, close instantly. But another species,
(cultivated however,) which I have never seen
described, seems almost to possess the power of
disjointing itself for not only do the leaves
shrink from the slightest touch, but the petioles
or leaf-stalks themselves fall, as though dis
jointed at the angle of the stem. So wonder
fully and so strangely organized seemed this
plant to me, when I first saw it, I could find
no ■words to express the admiration which it
excited; nor has a long and familiar habit of
observation lessened the interest.
The whole plant, which is procumbent, and
peculiar to loose sandy soils, is thickly set with
small hooped prickles, reversely inclined. It is
a native of South America, and takes its botani
cal name from Schrank, a German botanist who
first described it It blossoms from May till
September. Another interesting species pos
sessing a certain irritable affinity with the
Schrankia, is the Capia Nictatans, being a dis
tinct genus, however, and found in the class
Decandia, order Monagunia. The flowers are
yellow, with fine distinct petals, but it has the
m SOVSBSBS VISAS jus vxmsszss.
same phylloid structure aud arrangement, though
the leaves are not so sensitive to the touch, but
shrink when detached from the stem. It may
be known by the unmistakeable and agreeable
odor of ripe watermelons, which it emits on
being crushed in the hand. The Capia Mary
landica, coffee weed (previously mentioned) be
longs to the same class, order and genus. To the
eye of the naturalist, it is a beautiful aud luxu
riant growth, but the nauseous smell of the
leaves, and the perticaeity with which whole
colonies establish themselves, exactly where
we do not want them, render it anything but a
favorite, notwithstanding its medicinal quali
ties, which are however not generally known.
In pharmaceutics, it is recognized as a mild
cathartic and known as the American senna;
the Egyptian senna of commerce, possessing
similar, though more active properties, is ano
ther species of the same genus.
[Written for the Southern Field and Fireside.]
THE LIVE OAK (QUEKCUS VIRENS'.
Mr. Editor: In our extensive search after or
namental Shrubs and Shade Trees, in all
climes and countries, and in our great fondness
of those that are rare and of foreign origin, we
have failed, I think, to appreciate the excellen
cies and beauties of those that are indigenous to
our Southern homes. Because of their common
ness, we have neglected our own splendid for
est growth, that for the happy combination of all
that is beantiful and extensively useful, cannot
be surpassed. In this class stands our ever du
rable Live Oak, which, for want of a knowledge
of its nature and habits of growth, has been
permitted by our amateurs to be confined to the
uarrrow compass of land which it occupies by
nature. An idea has been entertained that it
would not grow in the Interior, was slow of de
velopment, and required the sands of the sea
board and its brackish waters to perfect it.- —
Permit me to give you some experience upon the
cultivation of this valuable tree, about ninety
miles from the ■sea-coast, (or rather the nearest
point at which they grow naturally.)
About thirty or thirty-five years ago, my fa
ther, in hauling his cotton to Savannah, (for
then railroads had not given us the means of
quick transportation,)brought back upon his wag
on two small live oaks, and planted them in ra
ther a hard situation, that was trodden upon
much by stock. These two trees now measure,
one (three feet from its roots,) 64 feet in circum
ference —the other C feet in circumference, and
stand as perfect specimens of ornamental shade
trees as the writer has ever seen anywhere.—
From the acorns planted from these two parents
I have numerous trees in my avenue that will
measure one-and-a-lialf feet in diameter—which
casting a rich crop of acorns every year, and
dropped by the birds iu fence corners and ne
glected places of the plantation, are producing
an indigenous growth of small live oaks all over
the place. I find also that this oak has hybri
dized with the “common willow oak” which
grows near by,—until different varieties are pro
duced that are readily recognized, and which, by
the deeper green and denser foliage, rival in
beauty and splendor the parent trees. I have
one of these varieties (now a good size tree) in
my grove, that surpasses as a shade tree and
as an evergreen oak, anything I’ve ever seen on
the Seaboard. The live oak in this latitude is a
more perfect tree in my estimation, than when
when clothed with the long, mournful drapery of
moss, as we fiud it farther South.
Those stately venerable centenarians at “Bo
naventure,” near Savannah, the objects of
admiration to every visitor, are robbed of much
of their beautiful foliage, and otherwise injured
by the accumulation of this parasitic growth.—
Farther removed from the sea-board, this tree
is not troubled with moss, but robed in a dense
green foliage, that grows greener in mid-win
ter and which remains to cheer you until the
other forest growth has put forth in spring.—
Then it gradually exfoliates to assume imme
diately its beautiful covering, and its crop of nu
tritious acorns. It seldom fails to bear heavily,
and the acorn is as fattening to hogs as corn.—
AVitli its extensive tap-root, it descends to a
wonderful depth in the ground, and fastens it
self securely against the upheaving power of
the tornado, and secures to itself moisture
and food during the extensive drouths, and gives
its leaves their beautiful green tint, when other
forest growths withered and dry are wont to
put on the “sere and yellow loaf.”
It is the unavoidable cutting of this tap-root
in the transplanting of the young tree that causes
its death. But generally the root survives and
throws up young shoots. One of which being
preserved and pruned, will grow rapidly; and
here I will remark, to grow this tree profitably,
and to add to its beauty, it must be trimmed
continually whilst young, permitting no limbs to
grow until you have secured a trunk twelve or
fifteen feet in length; then the long, graceful,
pendant branches will not interfere with vehi
cles, and passers by. Prune even to mutilation.
’Tis a hardy growth, and will rapidly heal over
every scar. To sum up the excellent qualities
therefore, which are not half told, it is the
toughest and most valuable wood for ship build
ing. It is an evergreen and magnificent shade
tree, bearing every year a crop that pays a
handsome interest upon the land it occupies.—
It is not uptorn by storms —durable and per
manent, and an ever-living oak. Let our ama
teurs of trees and flowers, and our landscape
gardeners, begin to plant the acorn. They will
grow rapidly any where that cotton grows; and
in a few years, beautiful groves of this tree will
adorn the homes of the South rivalling in splen
dor any thing that can be exhibited.
Birdsville. W. B. J.
Albany, Ga., June 14th.
Wm. N. White, Esq. : Sir : Please state in
the Field and Fireside where I can procure the
genuine Wilson's Seedling Strawberry Plants,
and at what price.
We presume any of our nurserymen can fur
nish the plants this fall. See advertisement of
Mr. Richardson, Albany, N. Y.
Dwarf Prolific Okra. —Some six years ago,
a lady friend sent us a few seed of the dwarf
okra, since which we have cultivated no other
variety, and we are quite sure any one trying
it will never plant any other kind. It grows
only from two to three feet high, bears an im
mense long pod and fruits from the ground to
the end of each limb. We aro surprised so lit
tle is known of it South. We sent a few seed
of it, a few months ago, to Messrs. J. M. Thorbun
k Co., New York, and this season received an
order from them to raise five bushels of seed ex
pressly for them. The advantage of the Dwarf
Okra over the common kind is in the small
quantity of wood fibre or stalk, and tine great
proportion of pods or fruit Roasted okra seeds
make a good substitute for coffee, and where the
dwarf kind is cultivated expressly for seed, thirty
or forty bushels may be raised from one acre.
Cotton Planter.
deferred articles
We have several acceptable articles prepared
for this department, which will appear very soon
Those of M. M. are among the number.
New Native Fixe.—On the grounds of Col.
Bull, near Charleston, S. C., not far from the
house, is a pine—Pinus glaber of Walter, who
described it about 100 years ago, since which it
has been strangely overlooked by botanists. It
is a well marked species, is there called the
Spruce pine, attains a height of at least 100 feet,
and a diamater of more than 3 feet, as I have
tested by measuring. It is abundant in the vi
cinity of Ashley, where Col. Bull and I spent
part of a day riding through the woxls, search
ing for the largest. Mr. Ravenel the botanist
first re-discovered it a few years ago, but it has
not yet been described in our modern Floras.
Country Gentlemen.
——
Cheap Bouquet Plants for Winter.—Could
you give a list of plants of easy culture in a small
greenhouse, suitable for Winter Bouquets, such
as could be sold at rather low price, suitable fora
small country village?
Respectfully yours, John C. Hei.m.
[Mignionette, Heliotrope, Ilabrothamnus ele
gans, Cupliea platycentra, Scarlet geraniums,
Stevia serrata, Bcuvardia leiantlia; Roses—Mad.
Bosanquet, White Daily, Agripine; Louis Phil
lippe ; Salvia splendens, S. lcucantha, S. liliana,
Syringas, Abutilon striatum, Acacias, Caronilla
glauca, Fabiana irabricata, Chinese Primrose,
Tropoeolum Lobbunum, Axaleas, Hibiscus mol
lis, Calceolaria roogsa, Cytissus ramosus, Cho
rozema varium, Pentas carnea, and we think the
double white Canellia ought not to be omitted,
though not exactly cheap or common. The other
matters, we presume, are attended to.]
Gardeners' Monthly.
Fig-Fungus (Mxtur Curtisi.e). —A mould
very similar to, if not identical with, that descri
bed by Mr. Graham occurs now and then in im
ported Figs which look perfectly sound external
ly, but when eaten, like the Apples of Sodom,
fill the mouth witi. loathsome dust My speci
mens seems to be decidedly the same with Peri
eonia thebaica, Corda, which ho has figured as
growing an Opium. The spores in this case are
external to the clavate or globose tips of the
threads.—if. J. Ii
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A crop of seven thousan d bushels of prim
wheat has been gethered from one plantation in
Davidson county, N. C. An offer of ninety cents
per bushel was maoe for the entire crop, at Lex
ington, N. 0., but it was refused.
WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE
THE TWENTY-SECOND annual session will com
mence on Mondar, B<l October, under the direction
of the following Faculty—
Rev. J. M. Bonnei. ,A. M., President and Professor
of Moral Science and Belles-Letters.
Rev. Cosby W. Smith, A. M., Prof, of Mathematics.
Rev. F, 11. Forster A. M. Professor of Latin Litera
ture.
Rev. AV. C. Bass, A. M„ Professor of Natural Science.
Mons. C. Son w artz. Professor of Modern Languages,
Drawing and Painting.
Phillip Guttknbeh(EK, Prof, of Music.
Mrs. Susan S. Hancock, Assistant in Music.
Miss Louisa Outtenierger, Assistant in Music.
Miss Mary E. Carlton, Assistant in Literary De
partment.
Madame Sophie Schwartz, Instructress In Ornamen
tal Department
About two hundred dolUrs will meet the expenses of
a boarding pupil in the Regular College Course.
No extra charges for Vocal Music, French or Lntin.
One half of the Tuition and Boarding Fees must be
paid in advance.
For further particulars apply to anv member of the
Faculty. W. C. BASS,
Macon, Sept 1,1839. Sec. of Fac.
sc3 St
SAVANNAH MEDICAL COLLEGE.
THE Seventh Animal Course of Lectures in this Insti
tution will commence on the Second Monday, the
fourteenth of November next
Preliminary lectures will commence on the first of No
vember.
FACULTY :
R. D. Arnold, M. D., Professor of Theory and Prac
tice of Medicine.
P. M. Kollock, M. D., Professor Obstetrics and Dis
eases of Women and Children.
W. G. Bullock, M. D., Prof. Surgery.
J. B. Read, M. D., Prof. Materia Mcdica.
J URIAH Harris*, M. D_, Prof Physiology.
N. A. Pratt, M. D., Prof. Chemistry.
W. It. Waring, M. D., Prof. Anatomy.
J. E Godfrey, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
Clinical Lectures at the Savannah Hospital, twice a
week, by Drs. Arnold and Bulloch, on their respective
branches. These are the only clinical lectures delivered
at the Hospital for the benefit of Students.
Agreeably to the conditions of the State Donation,
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Applications with necessary vouchers must be made to
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For further particulars, apply to
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giate year, will begin on Monday, September sth.
Every pupil receives constant instruction in the com
mon studies.
The young ladies board In private families, where
they receive those offices of maternal care and kindness
which are necessary for their health and comfort.
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Madison, July 80,1559. 4t ang6
MARIETTA FEMALE COLLEGE.
THE KENNESAW SCHOOL PROPERTY, erected by
Bishop Scott, of Oregon, having been purchased for
that purpose by the subscriber, the exercises of the next
(fourth) session of the College will be opened in it, en
larged and improved, on the 10th of AUGUST. Board
may be had for ten dollars per month, exclusive of lights
and washing. Only a limited number can be boarded on
the premises by the President, but with the professors
and other good families, any number that may apply.
Tuition, as good as can be had in all the departments of
College study, at the usual College rates.
Farther particulars from W. H. ROBERT,
Pres. M. F. C.,
Or, CoL G. N. Lester, Sec. B. Trustees, Marietta, Ga.
Jelß 8m
EMORY COLLEGE.
FALL TERM begins Wednesday, August 17th, and
closes November 80th.
Persons desiring other information will apply to the
President
Applicants for admission will please attend the first
day.
JAB. E. PALMER, Scc’y Board Trustees.
Oxford, July 25,1859. ,Iy3o 4t
JUDSON FEMALE INSTITUTE,
MARION, ALABAMA.
THE twenty-second Annual Session of this Institu
tion will open on Monday, October 8, 1859.
For further information, or catalogues, apply to
NOAH K. DAVIS,
jy3o 6t Principal.
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A VALUABLE School property, very eligibly situ
ated, will be sold upon reasonable terms to a suitable
purchaser.. The School is of high grade, and Is now
worth over $4,000 per annum. This opportunity of mak
ing a profitable investment is presented by one desirous
of retiring from the business, if a suitable successor
should present himself. ,
For particulars, apply to the editors of the Field and
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Goods. For sale low, by WM. N. WHITE,
| my2S Bookseller, Athens, Ga.
IMPORTANT TO PLANTERS.
THE RICHMOND FACTORY, Richmond county,
Ga., continues to manufacture WOOLEN CLOTH
at 12X cents per yard for plain, and 16 for twills—finding
every material except the wool. The extensive ana
constantly increasing patronage the Factory has enjoyed
for past years, assures the proprietors that the article of
Winter Clothing for negroes, made by them, lias not been
surpassed by any cloth made North or South.
Recent extensive improvements, and others now being
erected, enable us to keep np the standard of the Goods,
and to secure an early delivery.
Planters, or others, who may wish to send ns wool to
be made into cloth, can send it dirty or claan. If washed,
it should be done in cold water, and done thoronghly. If
sent dirty, we charge half cent per yard extra for wash
ing. Barry Wool is not objectionable; the burs are re
moved by machinery. The name of the owner should be
marked upon every package sent
Wool sent bv railroads in Georgia, Alabama, Tennes
see, or South Carolina, to the Angusta depot, with the
owner’s name, and “ Richmond Factory ” marked upon
it, will be regularly and promptly received, and the cloth,
when made, returned to the points directed. Each par
cel is made np in the turn received.
We would especially urge upon our patrons the great
necessity of sending in the wool as soon ns clipped ; if
this rule is followed, the parties would always be sure of
having the cloth in ample time.
AH instructions to Messrs. Fleeing & Rowland, our
Agents in Angusta, Ga.
A. JOHNSTON, President Richmond Factory.
April 1,1859. jelß ly
WOOL-GROWING IN TEXAS.
A GENTLEMAN who owns a good Rnnche in West
ern Texas, of over 2.000 acres of land, with cabins,
pens, and sixteen acres enclosed and under cultivation
near a never-failing stream of water, desires a partner to
engage with him in sheeii-husbandry and wool-growing,
whohas some $2,000 or $3,000 cash capital to invest in
the business. The Rancho is about sixtymtles from that
of GEO. W. KENDALL, Esq., and presents every ad
vantage for profitable sheep raising. Address MUN
FORD LAUSSON, New York City ; care of Rob't T.
McCay, 87 Warren Street St au27
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mens in Art Mechanism and other branches of Industry;
also for Cotton, Rice, Sugar, Tobacco, Corn, Wheat, Rye,
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be provided by the Committee, and awarded for the best
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FOR PLANTERS PURCHASING MANURES.
RHODES’ SUPER PHOSPHATE—The Standard
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ture, besides all root chops.
This celebrated and Standard Manure, which is ftally
warranted and sold under a Legal Guarantee, can be had
of J. A. ANSLEY & CO.,
Agents for Manufacturers, at No. 890 Broad street,
Augusta, Ga.,
Who will sell at manufacturer's prices—$45 per Ton,
with shipping expenses added. ang6
NATIONAL FERTILIZER.
WE would call the attention of Planters and Farmers
to this most excellent Fertilizer. An article com
posed of MARL, FISH, AND BONE-DUST—it is more
lasting in its effects than Guano, and is well adapted to
wheat Send and get pamphlets containing the analysis,
which will be sent promptly by the Agents.
Price of the Fertilizer $45 W ton of 2000 lbs.
CARMICHAEL & BEAN,
jy 28 8m Augusta, Ga.
FERTILIZER.
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THE readers of the Field and Fireside, late rested
in knowing the value of Fertilizers upon the exhaust
ed lands of the South, and especially tne results when
applied to Cotton, are reminded that such application of
the above named Fertilizer has been made upon this
year's crops as to test fairly its worth as compared with
Peruvian Guano, and the various other concentrated ma
nures, so generally used the post season.
Reports already received assure ns that when the crops
are matured, wc shall be able to give the buyers of Fer
tilizers such satisfactory proof of its real value as to In
sure other orders for the next season.
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Agents, and General Commission Merchants, No. 285
Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Jyßo ~ ts
DOWNING HILL NURSERY.
THE subscribers beg leave to call the attention of the
public to their largo collection of Southern raised
Fruit Trees, embracing all the best varieties that have
been tested in the Southern climate.
Also, a fine collection of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs.
Catalogues furnished by mail, free of charge, to all ap
plicants. Address
PETERS, HARDEN A CO.,
je4-tf Atlanta, Georgia.
FRUITLAND NURSERIES.
AUGUSTA, GA.
PJ. BERCKMANS A CO., solicit the attention of
• Planters to their laige and fine stock of Fruit and
Ornamental Trees, Vines, Roses, Evergreens, Flowering
Shrubs, Climbers, Strawberry Plants, Rhubarb, Hedge
Plants, etc., etc.
Our Trees are uncommonly well grown, and cannot
fail to give satisfaction, and the number and varieties
very extensive. Catalogues mailed free to all applicants.
Address P. J. BERCKMANS A CO.,
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WILSON'S ALBANY SEEDLING ! “
BEST AND MOST PROLIFIC STRAWBERRY I j
YIELDS over 200 bushels an Acre I This unrivalled
Berry has this year, on my grounds, excelled all
previousones in size, quality and productiveness. Num
berless specimens from 4 to 4ji inches in circumference;
some still larger.
Selected, strong, new plants, packed and delivered in
Albany—slo for 1000 ;$6 for5o0; $1 50 for 100; $1 for
50. Descriptive circulars sent to applicants enclosing
stamp. lx~ Fo Traveling Agents employed.
WM. RICHARDSON,
an2o* Riverview, Albany, N. Y.
SOUTHERN SEED STORE,
NO. 200 Broad street, Augusta, Ga V. LaTASTE
respectfully informs the public, that he keeps on
hand a fine assortment of GARDEN AND FIELD
SEEDS, from the celebrated house of D. Landbeth A
Son, of Philadelphia
Gardening being the advertiser's legitimate trade, per
sons may apply to him with confidence of receiving none
bnt the best or Seeda Orders by mail attended to with
dispatch.
V. L. nlso keeps a fresh assortment of DRUGS AND
MEDICINES, to which ho calls public attention. Call
in and see us; whether your object be to buy or not, you
will be always welcome. ts my2B
TURNIP SEED
IN addition to my fine assortment of fresh Landreth
TURNIP SEED, I have on hand a select lot of gar
den tools, including Spades, Rakea Reels, Lines, Prun
ing and Budding tools, Ac., Ac., all of which will be sold
low. V. LaTASTE,
aug6 ts No. 200 Broad Strset.
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.
TnE undersigned will sell on accommodating terms
476 acres of valuable land, lying 8 miles from Rome,
on the Great Annuchee Creek. Over 200 acres </ this
traet is very rich bottom—the balance good upland. Price
$6,000 —one-third cash, the balance in one and two years,
with interest aug6 ts S. FOUCHE.
NEW CARPET STORE.
JAMES G. BAILIE A BROTHER, direct importers
of, and wholesale and retail dealers in all kinds of
English and American Carpetings, Rugs, Floor Oil Cloths,
Curtain Goods, Cornices, Window Shades, Ac. A Kill
line of English Velvet Carpeting, rich colors and new de
signs. A full line English Brussels Carpeting, embrac
ing the best and newest patterns manufactured. A full
line three-ply Ingrain and Venetian Carpetting. A full
stock of Curtain Goods in Satin de Lane. Lace and
Muslin Curtains. Cornices, Ac. Window shades in great
variety. CARPETS and Curtains made up PROPER
LY if required. Patronage respectfully solicited. —
Terms cash, or cl tv acceptance.
JAMES G. BAILIE A BROTHER,
205 Broad St., Angusta, Ga, or,
JAMES G. BAILIE,
augl3 ts 24 King St, Charleston, 8. C.
PROSPECTUS OP THE
SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE,
A LITERARY AND AGRICULTURAL PAPER,
Published Weekly, in Augusta, Georgia.
Dr. D. LEE, Agricultural Editor.
W. W. MANN, Literary Editor.
WM. N. WHITE, Horticultural Editor.
Devoted to Agriculture, Literature, and Art It is in
quarto form of eight pages, folio size—each issue con
taining forty columns of matter. In mechanical execu
tion, it is in the best style of the typographical art In
S, it will be all that the best agricultural science and
al knowledge of the South can furnish. A weekly
visitor to the homes of Southern Planters and Farmers,
it will be more useful and acceptable to them than any
monthly journal of equal merit
In mental attractions, it will be all that a spirit of en
terprise on my part, and a laudable emulation on the part
of others, can evoke from Southern intellect and cultiva
tion.
Too long the Southern people have been content to look
to Northern periodicals for instruction in agricultural
matters, and to Northern literary papers for mental rec
reation. There is, however, a growing spirit of inde
pendence and of self-reliance at the South. Our people
are awaking to the conviction that we have the elements
of success in the experience, knowledge, and scientific
investigation, of the dwellers in «ur own Southern homes.
The truth is gleaming upon us, that we have literary re
sources of own worthy to be fostered—that among South
ern writers should be divided some portion of that vast
stream of Southern money that flows perpetually north
ward to sustain Northern literature.
My aim Is to establish a paper that will be a vehicle o
Information useful to Southern Planters and Farmers, and
a repository of Southern thought, imagination and taste,
in the realms of Literature and Art; and to obtain for it
such an extent of patronage and success, as will Justify
the most liberal compensation to all Its contributors.
Able and experienced editors are engaged, and steps are
in progress to secure contributions from the most pleasing
Southern writers, of both sexes. Much latent talent will
be brought to light, and furnish some agreeable surprises
to Southern people.
“Full many a gem, of purest ray serene,”
will flash before their admiring eyes, and cause a gen
erous glow of pride in Southern genius.
The Agricultural Editor is Dr. Daniel Lee, the dis
tinguished Professor of Agriculture In the Univerity of
Georgia—editor for many years past of the Southern
Cultivator, and a leading contributor to many Northern
agricultural journals of the highest reputation.
The Horticultural Editoris Mr. Wu. N. White, a skill
fill and experienced cultivator of fruits, flowers, and vege
tables—a writer of repute in these departments, and au
thor of that popular work, “Gardening for the Sonth.”
The Literary Editor is Mr. W. W. Mann, of this
city, an accomplished writer, of fine taste, and scholarly
attainments, who, having retired from the active duties
of the legal profession, spent many years in Europe, and
was for several years the Paris Correspondent of tho INa
tional Intelligencer and Southern Literary Messenger.
THE SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE will
combine the useful and the agreeable. It will furnish
the Sonthem Farmer information usefiil in every field he
cultivates, and the Southern family choice literature, the
offspring of Southern intellect, worthy of w elcome at
every fireside. It will be. In all respects, a first class pa
per —on a scale of expenditure more liberal than haa yet
been attempted in the South, and designed to rival, In lta
merits, the most distinguished of the North.
Teems—Tiro dollars per annum, in advance.
No club rates allowed. No credit allowed In any case.
Bills current in the State from which they are sent, re
ceived at par.
Postmasters will be allowed fifteen per cent, on the
amount of subscriptions obtained by them.
On all subscriptions exceeding twenty, sent from one
office, twenty-five tier cent will be allowed.
Contributions solicited from the pens of Southern wri
ters.
A special appeal Is made to the ladies of the Sonth for
their patronage and good wishes.
This paper will be entirely silent on politics.
On matters pertaining to their respective departments,
address the Editors. On matters or business generally,
Address, JAMES GARDNER.
Augusta, Oa., May, 1859.
POLITICS, COMMERCE, NEWS.
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST is published, Daily,
Tri-Weekly, and Weekly, In Augusta, Ga.
In politics, It Is Democratic. In Its spirit and aims,
Conservative. In its commercial tables and statements,
accurate and reliable In Its news department, prompt,
industrious, truthful. In Its telegraphic arrangements,
its facilities arc unsurpassed. They are, In all respects,
fully up to the requirements of the day.
The Constitutionalist belongs emphatically to the
school of State Rights and Strict Construction. Its prin
ciples arc those of the Democratic Party, as Bet forth by
the National Convention at Cincinnati. It Is the advo
cate of the sovereignty of the States and the union of the
States; but not one without the other. It Is for the equal
rights of the States, and of each section.
For the Soflth it claims equality in the Union, or Inde
pendence out of it.
A uniform, firm, and consistent course for the thirty
seven years of its existence, is a guarantee of fidelity to
its principles.
TEKMS-Daily. $6 00
Tri-Weekly 4 00
Weekly 2 00
Cash, invariably in advance.
Paper stopped at the end of the time paid for.
JAMES GARDNER, Proprietor.
Augusta, Ga.
GEO. A. OATES & BROTHER.
BROAD-STREET, (between the U. 8. and Globe Ho
tels,) Augusta, Ga.. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
School and Miscellaneous Books, and Foreign and Domes
tic Stationery, Gold and Steel Pens and Pencil Cases;
English, French and American Writing Papers; Copying
and Seal Presses; English and American Copying, Wri
ting, and Indelllble Inks; Letter, Note, and Wedding En
velopes; Port Folios; Ivory Tablets; Writing Desks;
Backgammon Boards; Dominoes; Playtng, Visiting and
Printers’ Cards; Gum Tickets; Pen Knives; Drawing
Paper; Water Colors; Mathematical Instruments; Port
Monnaies; Card Cases; Pencils; Bristol Board; all kinds
of Drawing Materials; also a largo assortment of fine
Line Engravings and Lithrographs.
|y 800 ks being constantly ordered a Single Volume
of the smallest value may be sent for. my2B-tf
PIANOS! PIANOS!
JUST received, and in store, an assortment of Piano
Fortes, from the justly celebrated manufactories of
Raven, Bacon A Co., Hazelton Bros., A. H. Gales A Co.,
of 6J£, 6%, and 7 octaves, varying in price from $275 to
$450. These Instruments are too well known through
out the whole country, to need any puffing. Persons
wishing a first rate Piano Forte would do well to call and
examine the above before purchasing. Every Instrument
warranted as represented.
GEO. A. OATES A 880.,
Sole Agents for the above makers.
N. B.—A splendid assortment of Guitars, Violins, Ac
cordeons, Flutes, and every article In the musical line,
always on hand. The stock of Printed Music on hand is
the largest in the State. my2B-tf
DENTAL NOTICE.
A. W. LATHROP, M. D., SURGEON DENTIST,
TAKES pleasure in informing his city and country
friends that he has taken the residence No. 266
Broad Street, directly opposite the State Bank, and will
remove there on the Ist of October next, where he will
be pleased to see all bis old friends, and as many new
ones as desire to have their natural teeth preserved, or
artificial ones substituted.
Having been engaged In his profession for twenty
years, and being acquainted with all the late Improve
ments In Dental science, he Is prepared to guarantee that
all his operations shall be performed in the very best
manner, and so as to give entire satisfaction.
Dr. L. has been using chloroform, more or less, in his
practice, for the last ten year*, in some of the more pain
ful operations, such as extracting, Ac., and has recently
also been using the Electro-Magnetic Battery for similar
purposes.
He will use either, if desired, whenever the case will
admit of it
Augusta, July 27,1850. jySO toctl
PLUMB & LEITNER,
DEALERS In choice Medicines, Chemicals, Drugs,
Paints, Oils, Glass, Varnishes, Brushes, Perfumery,
fine articles for the Toilet Fresh Garden Seeds, Ac., Ac.
Also, manufacturers of Plumb's celebrated Double and
Single Cologne Water, and Fluid Extract of Buchn, near
the Post Office, 212, Broad-st, Augusta, Ga.
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THE CABLE LIGHTNING RODS
WILL NOT CORRODE.
Tyro Joints; no getting out of order; double the con-
IN ducting surface 1 The conducting power of an inch
iron rod, without extra weight and no increase in prices.
Wholesale or retail. Agents wanted everywhere. Sam
ples mailed on receipt of 25 cents in stamps. Dealers
should send for a circular at once. Address
J. A. BACON A CO., Electrician*
Jyßo 3t Charleston, S. C., or Savannah, Ga.
GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH.
THIS WORK, securely enveloped, will be sent by
mail to any person enclosing one dollar and twenty
five cents per copy. The odd cents may be sent In post
age stamp* WM. N. WHITE.
Athens, Ga., May, 1858. my9B-tf