VAUIETIES. 



of labor, or our market crops, I do not think that sweet oil will be made to any extent 

 in tlio Southern States. 



1 luivo had the Jiijubo in cultivation for twenty years, and it grows as readily as the 

 Spanish pai«er mulberry, and in the same way. It suckers freely, and the suckers grow 

 very readily, and I believe that this is the best way of propagating it. Its foliage is 

 ijuitc ornamental; its flowers small, but very numerous and fragrant; and its fruit very 

 pleasant, having the merits of a nut without being one. Beyond a tree or two, I do not 

 think that any one would care to cultivate it. The Capers plant has proved able to stand 

 our climate for twenty years past, and has borne fruit cvi n in a low clay soil on the sea- 

 board, though its favorite situation is rocky hill sides. It is propagated principally by 

 layers, but thus far I have not succeeded in getting any layers to take, though I have 

 never used any of the means used by nurserymen for layering, which may be the cause of 

 my failure. Yours, respectfully, R. CnisoLM. 



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Obituary.— Mr. James Wilson, of the firm of Wilson, Thorburn & Teller, nurserymen, died 

 in Albany, on the 29th of June, aged sixty years. Mr. Wilson came to this country from 

 Scotland thirty years since, and by his honesty, industry and perseverance raised himself, from 

 an humble beginning, to the possession of an ample fortune, and the good will of all his fellow 

 citizens and acquaintances. Mr. W. was at one time gardener to the late H. B. Picrrepoint, of 

 Brooklyn, and aftewards became connected in the nursery business with the late Judge Buel of 

 Albany, to whom he succeeded in that line of life. He was a benevolent man and aided nobly 

 the cause of education in his neighborhood. 



Ohio State Fair. — Every arrangement seems to be completed for the Ohio State Fair, 

 to be held at Columbus on the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st of September next, and great 

 enthusiasm exists upon the subject. The premiums arc most liberal. 



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TnE Pittsburg Premiums announced by the Horticultural Society are liberal and ex- 

 tensive. They make a very large handbill. 



Famine akd Wives. — The grasshopper seems likely to destroy the entire crop of the 

 Mormons. The time comes to the best of us when "the grasshopper is a bnrden;" but 

 we apprehend that when no grain is to be had, repudiation will commence in earnest, 

 and a dozen wives, in addition to the grasshopper, will be found a burden too heavy to 

 bear. When there is nothing for the mill-lioppcr, the ladies will have to skip harem- 

 scareiim. Eve was declared to be taken from the side of Adam, but only one Eve ; tooi 

 many in a famine will create a stitch, which modern Adamites will be glad to drop. If 

 they had a Pimch in Utah, he would first express his astonishment that women would 

 voluntarily make Judy's of themselves. 



The Onion, according to Johnston's Chemistry of Common Life, contains from twenty-five to 

 thirty per cent, of gluten, ranking in this respect with the nutritious Pea and the grain o" ' 

 East. It is not merely as a relish, therefore, that the wayfaring Spaniard eats his Onion 



