KDITOR 8 TAHLK. 



Washington Terrifory, away off on the Pacific, is knocking to bo admitted a member 

 of our hurticultural imrisli. If there were any evidence wanting to prove the progress 

 wo arc making, tho following letter might be adduced from 



Guam. Moi ni., W. T., March JOth, 1855. 



I am hiipi)y to iicknowlcdgo the receipt of your Horticulturist for the jmst year with the 

 exception of the November No, our mail of that date being lost between this place uiul Oali- 

 fornia ou the steamer Southerner. I being the only ouc who takes your Journal I have loaned 

 my numbers to distribute for examination, and it has been attended with good success consider- 

 ing the newness of our country and by whom it is peopled. I think ere the year is out we can 

 give you at least twenty names from our vicinity ; once get an interest taken in Horticulture and 

 the Horticulturist will take like Hot Cakes. I will assist llev. Mr. Wuitwoetu all I can in 

 increasing its circulation. 



Wc have many native fruits in this country which I think would be quite an acquisition to 

 you in the eastern States for grafting or biulding upon. I have seen Gooseberries in the woods 

 here at least twenty-five feet high ; this is a small, black berry when ripe ; we have another 

 variety which grows very large, the stalk resembling the currant in its growth ; this is quite 

 a large berry of an oblong shape measuring f of an inch in diameter in a wild state ; color 

 dark red when ripe and said to be very rich and pleasant, I have not yet seen any of them, but 

 ] have secured some of the bushes from the woods and I will be able this year to fruit them, 

 and if they prove as good as represented it will be quite an acquisition even to us. We have 

 berries in profusion of all kinds I believe, except the high bushed Black Berry, Salmon, Service^ 

 Salal, Thimble Cran. Blue, Huckle, Straw. Rasp, and running Blackberries wild in the woods. 

 We also have wild Hose Bushes which are very large and high. I have them on my claim some 

 ten or twelve feet high and onc-uud-half inches in diametei'. I am cultivating the most of the 

 wild berries which I think will greatly improve them. I find it is quite difficult to get any 

 new varieties from the States. I am very desirous to see this country abound with every thing 

 adapted to the climate. Many things do much better than in the Eastern States ; vegetables 

 grow in profusion. And I think we shall be able to grow the staple varieties of fruit. L. D. 



DURGIN. 



More evidence in favor of Gas Lime : — 3fr. Editor: — My limited experience, in the use of 

 refuse lime from gas works, as a manure, is much more in accordance with Mr. Maxwell's 

 views than yours, and for the following reasons. 



In the spring of 1853, a lot in this vicinity was filled up some two feet or more, with earth 

 from a hill side, and was covered with grass sods, without any soil or manure of any kind, 

 being put beneath them — the grass was watered occasionally, during the dry hot season, but 

 presented a very sickly appearance. 



In the autumn of that year, it Avas covered with refuse lime from the gas works, and 

 during last summer, it produced a most luxui-iant growth of green grass, [Poa prateusis] 

 and now, without any other application, is as pretty a sod, as anyone need wish to see. 



In consequence of this experiment, I covered my own grounds, last fall with it, and 

 notwithstanding the cold backward season, I had on the 14th inst., a stout swarth taken 

 from them, the gi-ass being of a much deeper, and more healthy green than heretofore. I 

 have also tried it in compost, with sufficient encouragement to repeat the trial, but it is more 

 difficult, to form a correct judgment of its effect when combined with other manures, than when 

 it is applied per se. 



I have seen no analysis of the refuse lime, produced by the gas works at this place, but that 

 it does contain, as suggested by the Agriculturist, a large per ccutage of caustic lime, (hydrate) 

 I think may be shown, by stating the process adopted at the works. I am told the custom is, to 

 remove tbe lime, many hours before it is saturated, with the impurities it is intended to arrest. 

 Is not the effect of this, to leave a large per centage not saturated, and consequently caustic. 



