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BULBS.
Bulbs are perrennial plants, very desirable in
all flower gardens, from the brilliancy of their
colors, the large comparative size of their flow
ers, and from the earliness that many of them
bloom. Indeed, they are the great attraction of
the flower garden in the winter and spring
months. In most collections of flowers, there
is a great scarcity of these charming plants, but
none better repay the care and money expended
upon them. AYhat can be more grateful to the
eye in January or February, than a sunny bank
devoted to the Crocus, Snowdrop, Hyacinth, and
other early bulbs.
A bulb is really an underground bud,* con
taining within itself the germ of the leaves and
flowers, to be produced the following season,
with a portion of already elaborated nourishment
for their support. In this sense, they are of easy
culture, as they require merely heat and mois
ture to develope their flowers, and many of them
as Tulips, Hyacinths, Ac., will flower finely in
the shade of decidnous trees, and even over wa
ter in glasses, or in damp moss, but these modes
of flowering, there is little or no nourishment
stored up by the plant for another year, and the
bulb is greatly weakened or entirely destroyed.
Bulbs, unlike other herbuceous plants, produce
but a limited number of leaves during the sea
son, all elaboration of sap in plants takes
place in the leaf, it follows that, if any of the
leaves of bulbous plants, are cut off or shortened
before they begin to decay, the plant is deprived
of nourishment, and will either flower weakly,
or not at all. the ensuing season. Ilence, where
they cease to flower, the foliago must be left un
injured and exposed fully to the sun and air, un
til it begins to decay. Most bulbs should be ta
en up annually where their leaves decay, or
certainly every second or third year, and re
planted at their proper depth. If left in place
they throw off so many offsets that none are
fully nourished, and they cease to throw up
flower stems. Few of them except Tulips, Hy
acinths, and Narcissus, should be kept out of
the ground over a month. Lilies and Crown
Imperials are soon injured jf out of the soil, and
where it is necessary, should be buried in dry
sand.
Most bulbs flower in spring soon after they
ln?gin to grow, and shortly after flowering, they
cease growth, and are dormant the rest of the
year. Hence, these must be planted in autumn.
They are generally propagated by offsets from
the mother root, but may be raised from seed,
which gives 1 iso to the new varieties. All these
plants require a free. dry. rich soil, such as a
sandy loam, rather light, than otherwise, (but
not so light as to injure the roots by the summer
heat) into which, their roots may penetrate eas
ily, to procure nourishment for the rapidly grow
ing leaves. In stiff soils they grow feebly, and
seldom* flower. As they grow with great rapid
ity, when in a state of vegetation, they require
abundance of water, lienee, the soil should be
always deep so as to retain moisture. The
roots of bulbs should never be disturbed during
growth, or if absolutely necessary, should be ta
ken up with good balls of earth, that the fibrous
roots ma}' not be injured. They can be removed
with success, only while in a torpid state. All
bulbs are strengthened by preventing the flower
buds from seeding, and by removing their offsets
while in a dormant state. They do not degen
erate if placed in a fresh soil every year.
Tubers, like the Puenio and Dahlia, resemble
bulbs, in being reservoirs of nourishment for the
support of the young plant, and hence for con
venience, are often classed with bulbous roots.
Bulbs are hardy, half hardy and tender. AVe
shall treat only of the hardy ones at present.
Spring Flowering Bulbs. — Crocus. —Tho
spring Crocus is one of the earliest flowers, often
opening in January, and if planted liberally, they
have a very gay effect at that dreary season of
the year. There are many sorts—great yellow,
cloth of gold, light bhie, deep blue, blue, with
white stripes, white, with blue stripes, pure
white, white and purple, Ac. The bulbs are
small, flat and solid. They should, like Tulips
and Hyacinths, lie planted in October, or early
in November, in good, rich soil, two inches deep,
and four to six inches apart. When the leaves
decay, they can be taken up and re-planted in
autumn, or remain a year or two longer in the
ground. The new bulbs form over the old ones,
so if left too long, they will grow too near the
surface, and be thrown out by frost. These
bulbs are annually imported from Holland, and
sold at very low rates.
Frittillaria imperiolis —The Crown Imperial,
originally from Persia, is a species remarkable
for tho beauty of its flowers, but unfortunately,
they have a strong, and to most persons, an un
pleasant scent. There are many varities: Gold
striped leaved, Silver-striped do., Crown upon
Crown. Scarlet, Yellow, Double-
Yellow, Double-Red, Ac. The flower-stem rises
about three or four feet high, bearing, at tho
top, a tuft of glossy foliage, anA.just below a
beautiful crown of drooping, bell-shaped flow
ers, which makes it a striking object early in
March, when flowers are not yet abundant. It
should be planted in rich loam, either singly or in
beds, a foot from each other, and five or six
inches deep, and not moved oftener than once
in three or four years. They do not keep well
out of the ground; so lift them only when the
top dies down, and plant them at once.
The Persian Frittillary, (F. Feisica,) blossoms
in March, or early in April, bearing a pyramidal
spike of brownish purple flowers, and is about
three feet high.
The Common Frittillary or Chequered Lily, (F.
mdegaris,) has spotted flowers of various colors:
Brown, Yellow and Purple, curiously mottled
and spotted. It grows about ten inches high.
It should be planted two inches deep, in little
* A part of this article is condensed from Mrs. London's
.article on the feuhject.
-ring somrocsiuß vxs&s isi vzbsskbs.
groups, in any good garden loam. It blooms in !
March or April.
Galanthus niralis, the Snowdrop, blossoms in
January and February, sometimes peeping
through the snow. There are two varieties,
double and single, both white. The bulbs are
quite small. They should be planted, about
twenty near together—making a pretty clump,
when in blossom. It grows about six inches
inches high. The Leucojum vernum, or Great
Snowdrop, is very similar, but twice the size.
The bulbs should be planted five inches apart,
four inches in depth.
llyacinthus orientalis. —The Hyacinth is a uni
versal favorite, originally from the east. It is
cultivated in Holland, in the greatest perfection.
The Dutch Florists possess over a thousand va
rieties. It likes a deep, rich, sandy soil, and
should never grow two years in succession on
the same ground. Where regular beds of Hya
cinths are desired, make them three and a half
or four feet wide, leaving alleys twenty inches
wide between each bed. The earth, if poor
should be removed to the depth of twenty
inches, and if the subsoil is not porous, the bot
tom of the bed must bo under-drained. If the
soil is sound and friable, (after removing the
poor subsoil,) take of thereof one-third; add to
it one-fourth thoroughly rotted cow-manure,
one-third river or sea sand, and one-twelfth de
cayed peat or leaf mould. The earth employed
should be the best garden mould, or, better still,
the mould produced by well-rotted turf. Mix
and thoroughly incorporate these, some time be
fore using. Ten days before planting, fill the
beds with the compost even with the path.
Rake the surface of the bed perfectly smooth
before planting, and lot the exact situation of
every bulb be marked on it as follows:
R B W R B W R Ac.
W R B W R B AV Ac.
R B W R B AV R Ac.
AV R B W R B AV Ac.
R B AV R B AV RAc.
AV R B AV R B AV Ac.
The letters R, B and AY denote the color of the
flower, red, blue or white, under which all the
colors of the Hyacinth are comprehended, ex
cept the yellow sorts, which are classed with
the white. Place an inch of fine sand where
each bulb is to stand, then press the bulb into
the earth and cover with a handful of fine,' clear
sand. Let the bulbs stand eight inches apart,
cover the bed now with good fresh sandy earth,
four inches in depth.
About a month after bloom, when the leaves
begin to turn yellow, take up the roots, cut off
the stem half an inch-from the bulb, leaving the
root, fibres and foliage, place the bulbs then on
their sides, and cover them half an inch deep,
or a little over, with dry earth or sand. They
should be sheltered from sun and rain, but in a
place open to the air. Let them ripen two or
three weeks, when they may be taken up, clean
ed of the root, fibres and foliage, then wrapped
up in papers with the name of the color or va
riety enclosed. Put the papers in dry sand or
sawdust, and keep them from the mice. The
roots, may, however, remain in the bed, if it is
not wantod, until they completely ripen, and
be taken up, dried and stored as above directed.
Hyacinths are both double and single ; some
of the richest colored ones are single, and though
the bells are smaller, they are more numerous ;
but the double varieties are generally preferred.
The colors are all the red shades, from crimson,
pink, down to white. Also of tile darkest blue
shading down to white, and a few salmon and
yellow, but the latter is never a clear, bright
color, white or light colored, with red, blue, or
yellowish eyes; some striped and shaded va
riously, and some are tipped with green. A
good double hyacinth has a strong, tall, erect
stem, supporting numerous large bells, each
held by a short, strong peduncle in a horizontal
position, making tho whole of a compact, pyra
midal form, the uppermost flower standing erect;
flower large, perfectly double, occupying half
the length of the stem; the color clear and
bright. Strong and bright colors are preferred.
Those of diversified colors are still more ele
gant.
The Starry Hyacinth—Scilla Peruviana, with
dark, blue starry flowers, in April. The Grape
Hyacinth, Muscari moschatum —a hardy bulb,
with flowers musk scented, and color white,
light or dark blue. The Feathered Hyacinth,
M. monstrosum, with narrow leaves aud flower
stalks eighteen inches high, bearing feathery
purplish flowers in April, are all ornamental
hardy border plants, well worthy of a place in
the flower garden.
Sulphur for Grapes. —At a recent meeting
of the Royal Agricultural Society in England, a
letter was read from Mr. Bullock AVebster,
(dated at Athens,) in which he states that he
has been devoting attention to the Alne disease,
and that the application of sulphur has proved
most successful in Greece, and that the same
effect has been produced on blighted green
crops. He can speak with confidence as to po
tatoes, beans, fruit trees, roses, trees, Ac., and
that he has no doubt of its efficacy as regards
both turnips and hops. He also states that the
sulphur ought to be applied in a very fine pow
der in the early stage of the growth of the plant,
as soon as any blight shows itself; it is applied
either by means of a large tin pepper-box or a
small bellows. A woman can dress an acre of
Vines per day. Scarcely any change will be
observable in the crop for the first ten days;
after that it becomes healthy. Should rain fall
within five days of the application of the sul
phur, the operation has to be repeated.— Country
Gentleman.
A Valuable Secret. —The unpleasant odor
produced by perspiration is frequently the source
of vexation to gentlemen and ladies, some of
whom are as subject to its excess as their fellow
mortals of another color. Nothing is simpler
than the removal of this odor at much less ex
pense and much more effectually than by tho
application of such costly unguents and perfumes
as are in use. It is only necessary to procure
some of the compound spirits of ammonia, and
place about two tablespocwsfull in a basin of
water. Washing the face, hands, and arms with
this, leaves the skin as clean, fresh and sweet
as one could wish. The wash being perfectly
harmless, and very cheap, we recommend it on
tho authority of one of our most experienced phy
sicians, to our readers. —Petersburg Etpress.
Immense Size of the Pyramids. —A United
States naval chaplain who has recently visited
the grand pyramid of Cheops in Egypt, wading
in the deep sand fourteen hundred feet before
he had passed one of its sides, and between five
and six thousand feet before he had made the
circuit, says, that taking a hundred New York
churches of the ordinary width, and arranging
them in a hollow square, twenty-five on a side,
you would scarcely have the basement of this
pyramid; take another hundred and throw in
their material into the hollow square, and it
would not be full. Pile on all the stone and
brick of Plifladelphia and Boston, and the struc
ture wonldjnot be as high and solid as this great
work of niaii. One layer of block was long since
removed tci Cairo for building purposes, and
enough regains to supply the demands of a city
of half a million of people for a century, if they
were permuted freely to usejh
GRAPE ROOTS. CUTTINGS & WINES.
inn AAA ROOTED VINES, of the following
lUU.UUU Brands:
La Isabella. (* Claret Wine,) at *35 per thousand;
Mary Isabella; “ “ 70 “
Warren or Hcrbcrmont,(Madeira) 50 “
Catawba (nock.) 50 “
Pauline or Burgundy. (Hock.) 70 “
1,0 Noir or Black .July. (Port.) CO -
White Scuppernong. (Muscat.) 100 “ “
By the 100 Roots, from $5 to *l2. as above rated.
800,000 Cuttings, of the above kinds, *5 to *lO per
thousand.
5.000 gallons of V ine, of the above mentioned Grapes,
bv the cask or pipe—new crop, 1850—for sale.
'Address JAMES C. W. McDONALD,M. D.,
oct 8-2amonts Woodward, 8. C.
DRY GOODS.
ROBERT ADGXI A CO., 200 and 211 King Street,
Corner of Market, Charlkstox. 8. C.-We invite
attention to our exi'isive stock of GOODS, suitable for
Family and Plantation purposes, comprising—
Rich Dress Silks;
Rich Silk Robes:
Silk Robes and Plait Silks, for Evening Dresses;
Embroidered and TYlle Robes for do do
Plain Black Silks—lst Goods:
Plain and Printed D laines;
Plain and Plaid Pop ins;
French Chintzs; bos English Prints;
Cloaks, Mantillas an Shawls;
Ladies. Misses and Childrens’ Hooped Skirts;
Flannels, of every variety;
Richardson's Linens
Bed Blankets, Tickings;
Plantation Goods;
Blankets.
Plains asp Kebsevs.
Brown and Bleacher Sheetings and Shirtings;
Plaid Homespuns;
Plain and Striped Onaburgs.
We would respectfully inform our friends and the pub
lic generally, that w* keep, at all times, one of the largest
stocks to be found it the Southern Country, and confi
dently invite an examination of them, both as regards
styles and prices.
oct S-3m ROBERT ADGF.R * CO.
W. SANDIFER,
VETEP.INARIAN-51 GREEN STREET, AUGUSTA.
WS. has all tb- necessary Instruments for the
• business, and the medicines that he has used suc
cessfully in cases of (holic, Sprains. Incarnation of the
Lungs. Bowels. Ac., Catarrhal Fever, Saddle Galls,
Wounds, andPrieksin the Feet, Thrush and Canker.
P. S.—W. S. can prepare at five minute’s notice, for
gentlemen living in tire country, any of the above medi
cines, by their stating symptoms of the cases, and will
furnish'Bill instruction forgiving and using the same.
Refers, bv permission, to
lIENBY 1. CAMPBELL, M. I).
ROBERT CAMPBELL, M. D.
J. WHEELER, ESQ.
F. CARTER, M. D.
CAPT. CAMPFIELI).
W. S. JONES. M. D.
W. H. WHEELER, ESQ.
E. TWEEDY, ESQ.
octS.
A VALUABLE SEABOARD
PLANTATION FOR SALE.
RARE CHANCE for ANY ONE DF.SIRINO a healthy and
beutiftl home. The subscriber offers for sale his
Valuable Seaboard Plantation, Laurel View, situated in
Liberty county. Geo., on an ocean inlet, known as Med
way River. This place, containing 2500 acres, is justly
famed for the beauty of its situation, handsome improve
ments. productiveness of soil in the growth of Cotton
and Provisions of all kinds, ami its peculiar adaptedness
to the lucrative business of stoek raising.
A bold salt river in front of the residence, whilst in
suring health, pleasure and an abundance of the various
delicacies the sea, affords the important advantage of a
Shipping Port immediately at hand. Savannah, thirty
miles distant, and accessible by railroad and water, offers
a market for produce of every description. Natural sce
nery, susceptible of the greatest artistical improvement;
a handsome Dwelling house : ample out buildings and
accommodations for 100 negroes, art-among the many at
tractions of this desirable home.
The subscriber—reluctantly consenting, under the
pressure of a professional connection, to remove to Flor
ida —will sell the above place, completely stocked, (ne
groes excepted) and provisioned, ready for occupancy, on
the most reasonable and satisfactory terms. Communi
cations soliciting further particulars and a personal in
spection of the premises, will receive prompt attention,
if addressed to A. M. JONES,
or, J. BRA'AN,
oc L lm Johnson’s Square. Savannah.
SOUTHERN IGROWN FRUIT TREES
FOR SALE.
THE subscribers offera very fine lot of Fruit Trees,
all of this year’s growth, for sale.
Ten Thousand Apple Trees, of the most approved
Southern Varieties.
Ten Thousand Peach Trees, in forty of the best varie
ties known, which will ripen, in an uninterrupted suc
cession, from early in June to November.
A few thousand of the Best varieties of Pears, (all on
Quince stock).
Also, Plums, Apricots. Nectarines. Strawberry Plants,
Asparagus Roots, Grape Cuttings, Ac.. Ac.
Also, Roses, and Ornamental Shrubbery.
Descriptive Catalogues sent gratis to all applicants.—
Address FLEMING & NELSON,
oel lm Augusta, Ga.
VALUABLE VARIETIES OF GRAIN
FOR SALE.
TURKISH Barley, large grain and very productive,
do Flint Wheat, do do do
Algerian do do do do
do Hard do do do do
Chilian White do do do do
Italian do Rye, clear, white grain, almost
transjuuvnt. This crop has been grown in this latitude
until thoroughly acclimated, more productive than the
common rye, and a more reliable and profitable crop than
wheat here. The bread from this grain is not excelled
by any other and a great luxury to lovers of ‘’Rye Bread."
The above are the most productive and valuable varie
ties yet found, and are regarded an acquisition to this
country—especially the South and should be grown by
every producer In the Southern States.
Delivered in strong sacks at railroad depot near me, at
*5.00 per bushel. Address, I. 5 . JONES,
oc 1 2t Herndon, Burke Co.
WARREN COUNTY LAND FOR SALE.
THE undersigned, being desirous to change his busi
ness, offers 542 acres of land for sale, whereon he
lives, 7 miles West of Warrenton. There are about 450
acres in a state of cultivation, and has a grist mill, with 1
run of stones, and a Water-Gin, both new. There is no
better quality of land for either grain or Cotton in the
county. The neighborhood is good, and Churches and
Schools convenient. A fine plat of Bermuda grass, ad
joining the horse lot, containing about 75 acres, that is al
most invaluable. My price is *6,000 —one-third Cash ;
balance in two annual instalments.
se24 ts JOHN M. HALL.
“ 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 Buchu, near
the Post Office, 212, Broad-sL, Augusta, Ga.
my2S 8m
“THE CABLE LIGHTNING RODS
WILL NOT CORRODE.
"VfO Joints; no getting out es order; double the con
il ducting surface! 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, Electricians,
jyßo 8t Charleston, S. C„ or Savannah. Ga.
JUDSON FEMALE INSTITUTE,
MARION, ALABAMA.
THE twenty-second Annual Session of this Institu
tion will ojien on Monday, October 8, 1859.
I For further information, or catalogues, apply to
NOAH K. DAVIS,
• jy3o 6t Principal.
IMPORTANT TO PLANTERS.
THE RICHMOND FACTORY, Richmond county,
Ga., continues to manufacture AYOOLEN CLOTH
at 12)4 cents per yard for plain, and 16for twills—finding
every material except the wool. The extensive and
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
enable us to keep up the standard of the Goods,
and to secure an early delivery.
Planters, or others, who may wish to send us wool to
be made into cloth, can send it'dirty or clean. If washed,
it should be done in cold water, ami done thoroughly. If
sent dirty, we charge half cent tier yard extra for wash
ing. Burry 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 by railroads in Georgia, Alabama, Tennes
see, or South Carolina, to the Augusta 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 up in the turn received.
We would especially urge upon onr patrons the great
necessity of sending in the wool as soon as clipped ; if
this rule is followed, the parties would always be sure of
having the cloth in ample time.
All instructions to Messrs. Fleming A Rowland, onr
Agents in Augusta, Ga.
A. JOHNSTON, President Richmond Factory.
April 1,1559. jclS ly
IMPORTANT TO TEACHERS.
A VALUABLE School property-, very eligibly situ- '
ated, will be sold upon reasonable terms to a suitable j
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
shouldpresent himself.
For particulars, apply to the editors of the Field and
Fireside. ts aug6
WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE
rjMIE TWENTY-SECOND annual session will com- j
X mence on Monday, 3d October, under the direction
of the following Faculty—
Rev. J. M. Bonnki.t, A. M, President, and Professor
of Moral Science and Belles-Letters.
Rev.CosnY W. Smith, A. M, Prof, of Mathematics.
Rev. F, 11. Fobstkb,A. M. Professor of Latin Litera
ture.
Rev. W. C. Bass, A. M„ Professor of Natural Science.
Mons. C. Schwartz, Professor of Modern Languages,
Drawing and Painting.
Phillip Gcttrnheugf.k. Prof, of Music.
Mbs. ScsaxS. Hancock, Assistant in Music.
Miss Louisa Guttesberger, Assistant in Music.
Miss Mary E. Carlton, Assistant in Literary De
partment.
Madame Sophie Schwartz, Instructress in Ornamen
tal Deportment.
About two hundred dollars will meet the expenses of
a boarding pupil in the Regular College Course.
No extra charges for Vocal Music, French or Latin.
One half of the Tuition and Boarding Fees must bo
paid in advance.
For further particulars apply to any member of the
Faculty. W. C. BASS,
Macon, Sept. 1,1559. Sec. of Fae.
seß 5t
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
MEDICAL. School, Law, Religious and Miscellaneous
Books, Stationery, Music, Perfumery and Fancy
Goods. For sale low, by WM. N. WHITE,
my 23 Bookseller, Athens, Ga.
SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE”
FAIR.
rrso BE HELD in Charleston, November 15th, 1559. —
X Competition ut-n to all. Fair for the promotion of
Art, Mechanical Ingenuity and Industry. At their large
and commodious building in the City of Charleston, 8.
C., commencing on Tuesday, Novemtior 15,1859.
Suitable premiums will lie given for the best speci
mens in Art, Mechanism and other branches of Industry;
also for Cotton, Rice, Sugar, Tobacco, Corn, Wheat, Rye,
Oats, Potatoes, ami other Agricultural products.
The Ladies, to whom the Institute is so much Indebt
ed, are respectfully informed that suitable Premiums will
be provided by the Committee, and awarded for the best
specimens in every department of Ladies’ work.
All articles entered tor Premiums, must be sent in on
or before Friday, the eleventh day of November next,
directed to the care of Mr. THOMAS AIMAK, Clerk of
the South Carolina Institute, Charleston. Articles may
be sent after that day for exhibition only.
Contributors to tiif. Fair are respectfully requested
to send full descriptions of the articles, and such gene
ral information as may be of use to the Judges, and suit
able for publication. Every attention will be paid to all
articles sent for exhibition. angl3
IMPORTANT ARRANGEMENT
FOR PLANTERS PURCHASING MANURES.
RHODES’ SUPER PHOSPHATE—TIie Standard
Manure for Cotton, Corn, Wheat, and Tobacco Cul
ture, besides all root crops.
This celebrated and Standard Manure, which is fully
warranted and sold under a Legal Guarantee, can be had
of J. A. ANSLEY & CO.,
Agents for Manufacturers, at No. 800 Broad street,
* Augusta, Ga.,
Who will sell at manufacturer’s prices—*45 per Ton,
with shipping expenses added. aug6
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 ton of 2000 lbs.
CARMICHAEL & BEAN,
jy 23 3m Augusta, Ga.
FERTILIZER.
L. 8. HOYT’S BONE SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME
f|MIE readers of the Field and Fireside, interested
A in knowing the value of Fertilizers upon the exhaust
ed lands of the South, and especially the results when
applied to Cotton, are reminded that such application of
tlie above named Fertilizer has been made ujion 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 past season.
Reports already received assure us that when the crops
are matured, we 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.
TIIOS. P. STOVALL A CO.,
Agents, and General Commission Merchants, No. 285
Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. ivSO ts
“DOWNING HILL NURSERY7“
THE subscribers beg leave to call the attention of the
public to their large 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 & CO.,
je4-tf Atlanta, Georgia.
FRUITLAND NURSERIES.
AUGUSTA, GA.
PJ. BERCKMANS & CO., solicit the attention of
• Planters to their laige and fine stock of Fruit and
Ornamental Trees, Vines. Rosea 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 & CO.,
au2o 8m Augusta, Ga.
WILSON’S ALBANY SEEDLING T
BEST AND MOST PROLIFIC STRAWBERRY!!
YIELDS over 200 bushels an Acre I This unrivalled
Berry has this year, on inv grounds, excelled all
prevlousoncs in size, quality and productiveness. Num
berlcss specimens from 4 to 4)f inches in circumference;
some still larger.
Selected, strong, new plants, packed and delivered in
Albany—*lo for 1000 ;*6 for 500; *1 50 for 100; *1 for
50. Descriptive circulars sent to applicants enclosing
Btamp. J3f” A T o Traveling Agents employed.
WM. RICHARDSON,
au2o* Iliverview, Albany, N. Y.
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 stamps. WM. N. WHITE.
Athens, Ga., May, 1859. my2B-tf
GRASS SEED. ”
JUST received at the Southern Seed Store, a fresh
supply of Field Seed, including Orchard, Blue, Tim
othy, Lncern, White and Red Clover, Millet Seed, Ac.
Lucerne 35 cents per pound.
selO ts V. LaTASTE.
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE,
A LITERARY AND AGRICULTURAL PAPER,
Published Weekly, In Augusta, Georg's.
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
utility, it will be all that the best agricultural science and
practical knowledge of the South can ftimish. 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 our 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 exjierienced 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 Lib, 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 Editor is Mr. Wm. N. White, a skill
ful 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 South.”
The Literary Editor is Mr. W. W. Maks, 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 the Na
tional Intelligencer and Southern Literary Messenger.
THE SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE will
combine the useful and the agreeable. It will furnish
the Southern Farmer information useful in every field he
cultivates, and the Southern family choice literature, the
offspring of Southern intellect, worthy of welcome at
every fireside. It will be, in all respects, a first class pa
per —on a scale of expenditure more liberal than has yet
been attempted in the South, and designed to rival, in its
merits, the most distinguished of the North.
Terms —Tvco 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 per cent will be allowed.
Contributions solicited from the liens of Southern wri
ters.
A special appeal is made to the ladies of the South for
their patronage and good wishes.
This jiaper will be entirely silent on politics.
On matters pertuining to their respective departments,
address the Editors. On matters of business generally,
Address, JAMES GARDNER.
Augusta, Ga., May , ISM.
POLITICS, COMMERCE, NEWS.
rpHE CONSTITUTIONALIST is published, Daily,
X Tri-Weekly, anil 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 are unsurpassed. They are, in all respects,
fully up to the requirements of the day.
The Constitutionai.ist belongs emphatically to the
school of State Rights and Strict Construction. Its prin
ciples are those of the Democratic Party, ns set forth by
the National Convention at Cincinnati. It is the advo
cate of the sovereignty of the States and the nnlon of the
States; but not one without the other. It is for the equal
rights of the States, and of each section.
For the South 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.
Terms —Daily $6 00
Tri-Weekly 4 00
Weeklv 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 Hooks, 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 Indellible Inks; Letter, Note, and Wedding En
velopes; Port Folios; Ivory Tablets; Writing Desks;
Backgammon Boards; Dominoes; Playing, Visiting and
Printers’ Cards; Gum Tickets; Pen'Knives; Drawing
Paper; Water Colors; Mathematical Instruments; Port
Mommies; Card Cases; Pencils; Bristol Board; all kinds
of Drawing Materials: also a large assortment of fine
Line Engravings and Lithrographs.
rr* looks being constantly ordered a Single Volume
of the smallest value may be sent for. my2S-tf
PIANOS! PIANOS!
JUBT received, and in store, an assortment of Piano
Fortes, from the justly celebrated manufactories of
Raven, Bacon & Co., ilazuiton Bros., A. 11. Gales A Co.,
of 6X, and T octaves, varying in price from $275 to
$450. These Instruments are too well known through
out the whole country, to need any putting. 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 BRO.,
Sole Agents for the above makers.
N. B.—A splendid assortment of Guitars, Violins, Ac
cordeons. Flutes, nml 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. LATIIROP, M. D„ SURGEON DENTIST,
TAKES pleasure in informing Ills city and country
friends that he has taken the residence No. 2C6
Broad Street, directly opposite the State Bank, and will
remove there on the Ist of October next, where he will
be pleased to sec all his 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 tes years, in some of the more pain
ful operations, such ns extracting, Ac., and has recently
also been using the Electro-Magnetic Battery for similar
purposes.
lie will use either, if desired, whenever the case will
admit of it
Augusta, July 27,1859. jyßo toctl
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 full
line of English Velvet Carpeting, rich colors and new de
signs. A full line English Brussels Carpeting, embrac
ing the best nnd newest patterns manufactured. A full
line three-ply Ingrain nnd 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 city acceptance.
JAMES G. BAILIE A BROTHER,
205 Broad St, Augusta, Ga., or,
JAMES G. BAILIE,
augl3 ts 24 King St, Charleston, S. C.
CASHMERE GOATS.
PERSONS interested in the history, introduction, or
propagation of these rare and valuable Animals, will
be furnished with a pamphlet free of chargo, on applica
tion by letter to the undersigned, in Atlanta, Georgia.
sc4 4t RICHARD PETERS.