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mild powder from the acrid juice, by repeated ablu- 

 tions. And 5thly, Pouring off the water, and drying 

 the powder, which is now fit for use. 



If, by turning the attention of the farmer to the 

 culture or preservation of this plant, we shall derive 

 any advantage, the obligation is solely due to you ; 

 because it was while I was reducing to practice your 

 Botanical lectures, that I met with the Arum triphyl- 

 lum. 



It will, I am persuaded, heighten your pleasure by 

 being informed, that the Arrow-root* will flourish in 

 the United- States. Campbell Wylly, Esq., of Sapelo- 

 Island, in Georgia, has found, by experience, that 

 the soil of the southern sea- coast is well adapted to 

 the constitution of this valuable plant ; and I had the 

 pleasure of hearing him assert, that a spot of land, on 

 his plantation, not remarkable for its fertility, yielded 

 arrow-root sago in the proportion of 1840 pounds 

 to the acre. 



Thus it appears, that the middle and southern 

 states will, at no distant period, vie with each other 

 in the manufactory of an article, for which we are, at 

 present, obliged to pay an enormous price, in conse- 



* This plant, the Maranta arundinacea of Linnxus, is a native 

 of Jamaica and other West-India islands, and also of the continent 

 of South-America. The amyhim, or Sago, which is prepared 

 from its roots, is in very extensive use in many parts of the 

 United-States. Editor. 



