"Exhibiting the most important discoveries and improvements in agricultural mechanics, agricultural chemistry, agricultural and horticultural botany, agricultural and economic geology, agricultural zoology, meteorology, &c.; together with statistics of American growth and production; a list of recent agricultural publications; classified tables of American agricultural patents for 1854-1855; a catalogue of fruits adapted to the different sections of the United States, &c.; with a comprehensive review, by the editor, of the progress of American and foreign agriculture for the year 1855. Illustrated with numerous engravings."