The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory: for the Year 1857: Containing Treatises on Rural Architecture, Laying Out and Managing Fruit, Flower and Kitchen Gardens, with Practical Suggestions on Various Subjects Connected with Rural Pursuits. Also, Brief Hints of the Rearing and Management of Poultry, List of Fruits Recommended by the American Pomological Society. Lists of Nurserymen and Agricultural Implement Makers in the United States and Canada. Illustrated with 80 Engravings, Representing Farm Houses, Cottages, Fruits, Flowers, Ornamental Trees, Shrubbery, Design for Laying Out a Garden, Etc. [with] The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory, for the Year 1858; Containing Treatises on Manures for the Orchard and Garden, Garden Furniture, Profitable Fruit Culture, Birds Useful and Injurious to the Farmer and Horticulturist, Cultivation of Grapes, Rural Architecture, Etc., Etc., together with Lists of Nurserymen and Agricultural Implement Makers in the United States and Canada [with] The Rural Annual

Rochester, N.Y: Joseph Harris / Office of the Genesee Farmer / Dewey & Dutton, Printers, Daily American Office, 1857. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. On the front endpaper is the name Thomas T. Newby in pencil. Newby was an Indiana Quaker and vocal abolitionist. Boards rubbed, leather drying, joints weakening, several pages appear to have been excised from the end of the 1858 and 1859 volumes. 1857 Half-Leather. viii, 132; vi, 106; vi, 108; vi, 100; iv, 100 pp. Five annual issues of this agricultural periodical, bound in one volume. Engraved illustrations throughout. Includes: The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory: for the Year 1857: Containing Treatises on Rural Architecture, Laying Out and Managing Fruit, Flower and Kitchen Gardens, with Practical Suggestions on Various Subjects Connected with Rural Pursuits. Also, Brief Hints of the Rearing and Management of Poultry, List of Fruits Recommended by the American Pomological Society. Lists of Nurserymen and Agricultural Implement Makers in the United States and Canada. Illustrated with 80 Engravings, Representing Farm Houses, Cottages, Fruits, Flowers, Ornamental Trees, Shrubbery, Design for Laying Out a Garden, Etc. [with] The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory, for the Year 1858; Containing Treatises on Manures for the Orchard and Garden, Garden Furniture, Profitable Fruit Culture, Birds Useful and Injurious to the Farmer and Horticulturist, Cultivation of Grapes, Rural Architecture, Etc., Etc., together with Lists of Nurserymen and Agricultural Implement Makers in the United States and Canada [with] The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory, for the Year 1859; Containing Treatises on Underdraining Orchards and Gardens, British Breeds of Cattle, Cultivation of Ruta Bagas, Ducks, Geese, and Swans, Culture of Fruit Trees in Pots under Glass, Fruit Culture at the West, Etc., Etc., together with a List of Fruits Recommended by the Am. Pomological Society, at its Session Held in New York, 1858. [with] The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory, for the Year 1860; Containing Treatises on Planting and Management of Fruit Trees; Dwarf Pears, Apples, Plums, and Cherries; Ornamental Deciduous Trees; Planting Evergreens; Cultivation of the American Black Raspberry; Insects Injurious and Beneficial to the Farmer and Fruit-Grower; Management and Varieties of Pigeons, Etc., of Practical Value to the Farmer, the Fruit-Grower, and the Gardener. [with] The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory, for the Year 1861; Containing Treatises on the Farmer's Kitchen Garden; Shade and Ornamental Trees; Management of Window Plants; Cultivation of Everlasting Flowers; Ornamental Hedges; Sulphur for Mildew on the Grape; Designs for Farm Houses, Cottages, Suburban Residences, Barns, Etc.; Ornamental Fountains; Construction of Gates; Calendar of Operations; Cultivation of the Pear, with Many Other Articles of Interest and Practical Value to the Farmer, the Fruit-Grower, and the Horticulturist.