If a}. literary inte'ligencSj vlr,egar plant. 'jj. 



He enumerates five species which probably may suit 

 different climates and soils, ii/s?. the rkus ly/ti.irtum, glabrum, 

 copaUinum, coriaria, and cotinus *. 



As to the cultivation of the rhiis tjphinuni, the subject 

 of this article, and which promises fair to answer with 

 you, as it thrive In the north of Germany, where cer- 

 tainly the winters are ruder 5 it is first raised by seeds 

 planted in auiumn, which come up next spring, and may 

 be afterwards multiplied by cuttings ; nay, I must caution 

 you that as the branches bend down, and plant them- 

 selves, it is easier got in, than out of ground, so that I 

 recommend, in trying experiments with this, with the 

 asciepias Syriaca o silk plant, and with the two species 

 of Siberian poly on m or wld buck.vheat, that you plant 

 them in a spot bounded by a frame of boards, sunk deep 

 enough in the ground to confine iheir subterraneous wan- 

 derings, otherways v^u may n itir?lize y ur foreign guests, 

 whether you find them or not worth the privilege of dci 

 nizensf. 



AMERICAN ANECDOTE 

 Djring the war before last, a com, anv of Ind'an savages 

 defeated an Znglifh d t ichment. The crnquered could 

 not escape so swiftly as the conquerors persued. They 



* All these are common in thij country, except the copallinum, 

 which is more rare. We have besides tliac the rhus rhododendron, 

 which is hardy, and several kinds that require the green house or 

 jtovc. Edit. 



t The rhus typhmum in this couhtry sends up great plenty of 

 suckers, by which means it has been cultivated in this country suffi- 

 ciently quickly to supply the demand tor it; as it is here only consi- 

 dered as a (hrub of no economical use, and cot of great beauty. 



Edit. 



