I have a working model which plants matches, as trees, in a box of sand, with a success that demonstrates the answer to that most natural question, "Will it work?" It will work, not only as a tree planter; but also, as a corn, or other seed, or potato planter. In this statement are also embraced celery, cabbage, beet and like plants, and sugar cane.

When the work is light, as in corn planting, two or even three planting wheels may be put on the same machine and the result or amount of work correspondingly increased.

The rate of work is about as follows: Moving at the rate of only two miles an hour, and setting one foot apart, in ten hours it will plant 105,600 plants; six inches apart 211,210; two feet apart 52,800; three feet apart 35,200. The machine may easily be arranged to plant from three or four inches apart to one or more rods at pleasure, setting trees at any desired angle to the ground.

All you now want is a well tilled field to drive in at one end and out at the other, with this machine supplied with whatever you wish it to plant, and your work will be done more thoroughly and regularly than the most painstaking hand labor ever could do it. The place filled by this machine, in its kind, is like that of the reaper over the sickle or sewing machine over the needle.

On first inspection you will be apt to think this a very complicated machine, but the reason why so many figures are given is, to show the parts clearly in their different relation to each other, and in some instances modifications are shown, and in others again some of the parts are shown enlarged for clearness of detail, so required in patents.

Thinking that it might be of special interest to you to know about a new invention relating to an industry to which you have devoted your life, I have taken some pains to give you every point that I thought you would be likely to ask for information. I shall be very happy to answer any inquiry you may yet wish to make.

The work being about the same as that of a good reaper, the cost of production will be about the same, but owing to no competition the selling price will be governed by other conditions.

Chicago, Ills.

[There are numerous inventions to help horticulturists by those who know nothing of the business, and hence amount to very little in practice. But when such experienced and intelligent nurserymen as the Zimmermans of Buffalo, tell us they have something useful, the name alone is sufficient to command respect.

We have looked carefully over the diagrams sent with the letter, and can see no reason why the machine should not be a complete success.

As Mr. Zimmerman suggests, it is indeed the marking of a new epoch in machinery well worth a standing with the era of the reaping or the sewing machine. - Ed. G. M].