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The Gkeat Fhkxch ExinnirioN. — Tlie followinii cinMilar lias jiiHt boon jtlaocd in our 

 haiitis bv Col. Johnson. It is not likely tliat any disjilay of American liorlicultural jiro- 

 ductions will be inado at Paris. Collections of fruits niifiht be Bent towards the close. Tiio 

 ai^ricultural department can bo well represented in grains, implements, &c. 



]{. P. Johnson, Rq., Cor. Src. N. Y. State Arjricultriral Society — 



Dear Sir : Just now I have received a circular from the Committee of Organization njipointed by 

 the Imperial and Central Horticultural Society of Paris, of which the following is a translation : 



"Sir — The horticultural products cannot be admitted at the Universal Exhibition — it being 

 exclusively devoted to the jn-oductions of Ait and Imlustry; but the Government authorized 

 the Imperial and Central Horticultural Si)ciety to make an appeal to all hortioidtuiists, both 

 French and foreigners, and to organize, from the 1st of .May to the 31st of October, a permanent 

 and universal lloiticultural Kxhibition. 



"In consequence, the Society is preparing, at the Champa Elysee, a vast garden with spacious 

 green houses, where the products destined for the exhibition will find all the material accommo 

 dations, as well as all the attention, required for their preservation. 



"The Society's appeal addresses itself to all the branches of cultivation — plants, flowers, fruit' 

 and vegetables, from all climates, as well as to all the agricultural productions so intimately 

 connected with horticulture. 



"The Society will be glad to receive the industrial productions destined for horticulture. 

 " At the close of the Exhibition, rewards will be distributed to those selected by the jurj-. — 

 The general regulations will soon be published. Meanwhile the Society requests all the horti- 

 culturists and amateurs to inform them as soon as possible in respect to the following: 

 " 1st, Of the nature and quantity of the products they destine for the Exhibition. 

 " 2d, The time at which these products may be forwarded, and how long they will be allowed 

 to remain on exhibition. 



" 3d, To give all the information which they may think necessary. 

 "Signed, The President of the Commission. 



CoMTE DE MoRNY, President of the Corps Legislative. 



Maunt de Mornat, Chief of Agricultural Department, 



L. ViLMORiN, Horticulturist. 



YiRUER, Chief of Division at Department of Emp>eror's Jlousehohl 



Leon Le Gv ay, Secretary of the Commission 



Cu. Merai), Secretary General of the Department (f tlie Seine, d:c." 



Cutting "Willows. — In your February number I was very much pleased to see the communica- 

 tion of Mr. Saul on the "Cutting of Willows." Last spring I procured of Dr. Grant and others, 

 fifty thousand cuttings of three varieties, {triandra, Beveridgii, and Salix viminalis), and planted 

 them on a piece of low land, composed of muck resting on a subsoil of clay. Although the sea- 

 son was very unfavorable, yet I cannot but be satisfied with the growth — some of the "rods" 

 growing over nine feet from the cuttings. I think Mr. Saul's views with regard to the cutting 

 are right ; yet I can not agree with him as to the manner of planting. Downing recommends 

 planting in drills three feet apart; the plants to be set at an angle of about forty-five degrees, 

 from twelve to fourteen inches apart. Mr. Saul's method would take far more land, and a longer 

 time to cover the ground — requiring more labor to keep down grass and weeds. I cut about 

 one-third of the stools last fall down close to the ground, and the residue from four to twelve 

 inches; also coveriug up the stools of part of those cut level with the ground with about two 

 iuches of soil. My object was to ascertain which was the best method of cutting. 



Willows will grow on any soil. True, they will ; but they will not " pay." They require a 

 wet soil, and as much attention as a crop of corn the first two years — after that, a hoeing in the 



