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300 busliels of potatoes per acre by using this marl wliere he coulcl grow 

 none before. Even the sea-shore sand, slightly impregnated with green 

 sand, has been used with wonderful effect. 



E. G. Pardee. — A man on Long Island put on a very large dressing of 

 this green sand marl, and it produced nothing. He thought it was because 

 the land was already charged with saline matters. I advise all to try ex- 

 periments carefully before investing largely. 



John G. Bergen. — There is a great difference in the quality of this marl. 

 Some of it would pay transportation. Some of my neighbors have tried 

 this marl and give it up as not worth the cost. 



Andrew S. Fuller. — What do we use this marl for ? Is it for the value 

 of the lime and potash ? I don't know of any thing else that is claimed 

 for it. Well, I can't aflFord to buy it, nor even pay transportation of the 

 marl, because I can buy crude potash and lime at a cheaper rate. 



Solon Robinson. — I have two more little presentations to make. 



A NEW GRAPE. 



B. B. Wiggins, of Greenpoiut, L. I., sends us some seeds of a new 

 variety of native grape, which grows in the swamps of that part of the 

 island, which is of a purple color, and larger than the Isabella, and ripens 

 two weeks earlier. These seeds I propose to give to Andrew S. Fuller, 

 to propagate and prove their value. 



BLACKBERRY WINE. 



George Seymour, of Norwalk, Conn., presented a sample of his black- 

 berry wine, made from the juice of 2^ bushels of New Rochellc blackber- 

 ries and 90 pounds of refined sugar to the barrel, adding water to make up 

 the quantity. This sample is only six months old. With age, it would be 

 a delicious cordial. 



This wine was tasted by the persons present, both men and women, and 

 very much admired. It was thought quite superior to some grape wines 

 presented by Mr. Provoost, of Williamsburgh. 



CULTIVATION OF FLOWERS. 



This, one of the regular c[uestions, being called up, R. G. Pardee said 

 that he had a list of 25 varieties of flowers that he had made out for a 

 lady, and if that was not full enough he would recommend a little book 

 lately published by Fowler & Wells. The following is the list referred to : 



Select fist of Floivers — 2.5 Species. — Best select Verbenas ; best select 

 Petunias ; best select Pansies ; best select Asters, French Truffant ; Peo- 

 niflowcr Aster ; Chycantheme flora Aster ; Phlox Drummondi, alba, crite- 

 rion and Victoria; Portulaeas, best varieties; Double Balsams in variety ; 

 China Pink, new-marbled, &c.; Cypress Vine ; Canary-bird flower ; Ama- 

 ranths ; tri-colored, &c.; Sweet Williams, double ; best Lupines, perennial ; 

 best Digitalis or Fox Gloves; best Delphinum or Garkshur-vine ; Phlox 

 perennial, Roi Leopold, &c.; Hollyhocks, double; Dyclytra spectabilis ; 

 best Chrysanthemums Dwarfs ; Dahlias, select ; Peony ; Yucca filamen- 

 tosa ; Roses in variety. 



