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JAS. M. WILLS, Prop.

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One mile East of Illinois Central Railroad Depot.

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TiN presenting this Wholesale List for the FALL oF 1 871, I take great pleasure in stating that my stock is finer than for years past; and I must call your special attention to the following elec

Apple Trees.

Are one of my re eae never did finer trees grow on the prair- jies of Illinois, than grows this year. I make a great specialty in = ergreens, especially Irish Junipers, trained in the most handsome

shape to meet the naked eye. Apple Stocks and Root Graft are another specialty. ‘hisnursery hasbeen extensively known all over the west as the BLoominc Grove Nursery, W. P. Wiris & Sox Proprietors, but on the 19th of November, 1870, the senior partner departed from this nursery here below, to w See in that nursery not made with hands eternally in Heaven—rest kind parent your labor

the old customers for a share of ‘neat liberai patronage.

My stock is complete—NoT MANAGED BY DISINTERESTED HIRED MEN, BUT RUN AND SUPERINTENDED BY MYSELF IN PER- |SON. I shall guarantee var:eties TRUE TO NAME.

The Packing Season.

The season for Packing generally begins about the 15th o | October, continuing until fie saurtalalite of Now ember, or later owing |to the season; in spring about the 15th of March, and throughout | May. 5 Terms and Conditions. My terms must be CASH, I will not send out my stock on any other terms, unless by special agreement.

charge cost of material and labor. All my stock is delivered at the depot or Express office, free of charge; after which it is entirely at ithe resk of the purchaser. The present railroad freights on trees in boxes per 100 pounds is as follows: to Dubuque 206 miles 78C: ‘Freeport 136 miles 50c; Dixon 103 miles 50c; Mendota 75 miles 42c; LaSalle 59 miles 38c; El Paso 17 miles 20c; Decatur 43 mls. z0c; Pana 75 miles 42c; Centralia 130 miles 58c; Cairo 248 miles pos Chicago 125 miles 50c; Joliet 88 miles 59c; Springfiela 56 miles re St. ours 150 miles 55¢; Danville, 70 mls. 44c; Peoria,

40 mls. 35¢; Indianapolis, r25 mils. 58c. WRITE YOUR NAME PLAIN and ne sure and give Post Office, County and State; remit by P. O. order, Bank dyaft or Express or Register letter will come safe at

my risk, do not make out long lists. 1 reserve th e right to select varieties, but fill orders as near as possible. Send ro cents for descriptive catalogue. Address, Jas. M. Wits.

is at an end; under all the loss of a great pillar, 1 now call on all

Careful attention is given to packing, for which I will only’!

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dowel u L2to24 aches Siberian Crabs, 3 yrs 4$to6} feet Dwarf Apples, 2 yr rst class, 3ft

do do 2d ct Pears.

Standard, extra fine, 7 feet, | do 2 and 3 yrs, Ist. 4to6 ft do 2 and 2 3 yrs, 2d, 2to4 ft

Dwarf Pears, 3 yrs extra fine 6 ft do 2&3 yr ist class. 3&4 ft) do 2&3 j yr 2d size

Cherries. |

Standard, 4to 6 feet, fine |

do one year, fine Peaches One year budded, 4 to 6 feet | Apricots. |

One year on Peach, fine |

Necterines. |

One year on Peach, 34 feet |

Plums. |

Standard, 4 to 6 feet, extra | do 3 to 4 feet, medium

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Orange, 24 to 3 feet, rst class do 2 to 2h feet, good Mhetican Chestnut. Three year, 3 to 4 feet One year, 12 op 15 inches Niulberry. White Mulberry, 3 to 4 feet Downning’s everbearing 2 years | Crapes. Concord, best of all, 2 years do one year Delaware, two years do one year | Hartford Prolific, two years | do do one year ‘Iona, two years 7 Martha, two years Rebecca, two years Rogers’, No. 4, 15, 19, 33, two yr|

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Cherry the largest two years

White grape, two years

Victoria and Black Naples two yr

| White Dutch aud White Gondoin two years Gooseberries. Houghton Seedling, two years 6 cc one year , Cluster Ee ly Re one year Raspberries. Clark, Philadelphia and Doolittle, Blackberries. Kittatinna and Lawton Strawberries.

Iowa, McEvoys, Superior and | Wilson’s Albany, 'Agriculturalist and Jucunda

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Evergreens—Continued. Spruce American, 2 feet ‘+ White 2 feet | Deciduous Trees. Ash European 6 to 7 feet Ge Be 3 to 5 a Feat Birch Garmnea W dite’ to 7 ft. Cut Leaved 4 Ree Cherry Double, Flowering Elm American, 6 to 7 feet Horse Chestnut, 4 to 5 feet Larch European, 5 to 6 feet ce American 5 to 6 feet os ue 12 to 18 inches Linden American 8 feet Maple Silver 6 to 8 feet | SS Olu ar onton on tees oe ce 10 to 12 feet 6 e . to 8 feet Persimmons 3 to 4. feet Tulip Tree 3 to 4 feet Willow Ramaarnoce 6 feet ee New American 6 feet ** Weeping Common 5 feet Walnut Black 3 to 4 feet. Deciduous Shrubs. Almond Doubie Flowering 2 feet Honeysuckle Tree, Red and White Lilac, Purple and White ‘Peach Double Flowering |Privett for Hedging, 2 feet Purple Fringe, 2 feet Quince, Japan Spirea, best varieties Syringas Snow "Balls, 2 to 2 feet Weigelia Rosea, 2 feet Wistaria American Peonias. Five varieties, extra fine | Roses | Hybrid Perpetual 'Climbing, Queens and B Bell Vines |Honeysuckle, Sweet Sented Honey suckle, Scarlet Trumpet | te Yellow Trumpet Wisteria

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DAY: Hedge Plants. | Arbor Vite in quantity six to twelve inches, five cts. each, fifty | |cts. per dozen, six dollars per hundred, fifty dollars per thousand.

Norway Spruce, in quantity one ft. twenty-five cts. each, one gor lar per doz. ten dols. per hundred, eighty dollars per thousand. | |

Pyrus Japonica, twelve to eighteen inches fifty cts. each. five dol- lars per dozen twenty-five dollars per hundred.

Osage Orange, very fine, one dollar per hundred, five dollars per thousand.

Your Attention is called to my |

Stand Apples all grown on fine rolling prairie aud of varieties | suited to this special climate. North and South also. Also my Apple Root Crafts.

Root Grafts is one great speciality with me, having had twelve’ years experience I can safely say that my work is of superior work-| manship, I generally use Cions cut from young bearing trees, | about four inches of Cions and three of Root, making the Grafts seven | inches long. Sendforsamples. I will mailthem to you free. My prices is for one thousand, eight dollars, five thousand for six dollars per) thousand, ten thousand for five dollars per thousand, twenty-five |thousand for four dollars and fifty cents per thousand, fifty thousand for four dollars per thousand. Cash accompanying orders, balance when Grafts shipped. All VARIETIES WARRANTED TRUE TO NAME. |

Address

: JAS. M. WILLS, BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.