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‘Note A. 
= memoir on the cultivation and use of Asclepias Syraica, by 
J. A. Moller, may be found in Tilloch’s Philosophical Magazine, 
Vol. viii. p. 149. Its chief uses were for beds, cloth, hats and 
paper. It was found that from eight to nine pounds of the silk 
occupied a space of from five to six cubic feet, and were suffi- | 
cient for a bed, coverlet and two pillows.—The shortness of the 
fibre prevented it from being spun and woven alone. It how- 
ever was mixed with flax, wool, &c. in certain stuffs to advan- 
tage. Hats made with it were very light and soft. The 
stalks afforded paper in every respect resembling that obtained 
from rags. The plant is easily propagated by seeds or slips. 
A plantation containing thirty thousand plants yeilded from six 
seamen to — eames a of silk. 3 
Mote B. 
_ Tobacco was discovered in Cuba, Florida and Mexico, near- 
ly three centuries ago, and was soon after introduced from this 
continent into Europe. Whether or not any species of it was 
cultivated in the East before the discovery of America, is a 
point of no consequence in regard to its American nativity. 
The extent of country throughout which it was used by the ab- 
origines of this continent, renders it probable that it must have 
been cultivated in various parts of America for none Coached’ 
previous to its discovery. 
