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Peabody's Improved Cotton Seed. 



Mr. Charles A. Peabody, Columbus, Ga., after ten years' experi- 

 menting, has succeeded in producing an improved variety of long 

 staple upland cotton, which for thread manufacturers has been 

 found worth double that of the ordinary upland cotton. 



Olcott's R. I. Sweet Corn. 

 On motion, it was resolved that the thanks of this club be and 

 are hereby presented to Mr. Jno. B. Olcott, for two barrels of 

 Rhode Island sweet corn, and a bag of early Narragansett corn 

 which he has sent for distribution. 



Verbena Seeds.- 



Messrs. Hubbard & Davis, Detroit, send to the club some ver- 

 bena seed for distribution. 



Osage Orange Hedges. 



Mr. Theron P. Parker, Byron, Ogle county. 111., " declares that 

 a well cultivated, three year old hedge is a perfect fence against 

 all stock. Cattle would as soon run through a blazing fire as 

 through such a hedo;e." 



Dr. Sylvester Lyons, Wayne county, N. Y. — I have a hedge of 

 this plant on my farm, four years old. It is very beautiful in 

 summer, but the expense of pruning makes it too costly for the 

 generality of farmers. 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — With proper implements it can be done 

 very rapidly. 



The Secretary said that a gentleman at Eatontown, N. J., has 

 such a hedge surrounding his farm of one hundred and fifty acres, 

 who informed him that it only cost him thirty dollars per annum 

 to keep it in order. 



Mr. John Crane. — My brother in Illinois, has an Osage hedge 

 around forty acres. He does not think it as much work to keep 

 it trimmed as to keep a board fence in order. The trimmijio- is 

 done with long blades fixed in stout wooden handles. There is a 

 machine for trimming: hedo;es. 



Mr. P. T. Quiun. — I know an Osage hedge in New eJersey where 

 one man trims forty rods per day. 



