30 Hog and Jerusalem Artichokes. 



in all tallies which are attached to trees with wires, especially 

 when it is necessary to twist the wire, that it may prevent 

 the label from rubbing, care should be taken that they are 

 looked at, at least every spring, in order that they may not 

 girdle the branch. We have had imported French trees, with 

 the lead tags, mentioned by Mr. Owen, attached, which were 

 badly girdled from inattention to this. It is also best to at- 

 tach the label to a small lateral shoot, rather than the main 

 trunk, or any of the principal branches, as a little neglect will 

 not then be attended with so much injury. — Ed. 



Art. V. A Comparative Notice of the Hog and Jerusalem 

 Artichokes^ with a descrij)tive account of the growth^ habit ^ 

 and use of the former variety. By Dr. M. A. Ward, 

 Athens, Ga. 



Please to express my thanks to those of your correspond- 

 ents who have so kindly criticised the error in my note on the 

 Hog Artichoke, published in the July No. of your Magazine, 

 (XII. p. 268.) They might, without departing very surpris- 

 ingly from the usages of the times, have charged me with 

 ignorance, stupidity, or even with some moral dereliction ; for, 

 unhappily, a spirit of bitterness has of late been creeping into 

 the discussions or controversies which are found m some of 

 our Horticultural periodicals, that would seem more congenial 

 to the arena of political gladiators, than to the garden, with 

 its serene pursuits and researches, the tendency of which 

 should be to excite emotions of admiration and benevolence, 

 rather than of rancor and uncharitableness. My fault, — 

 and it has mortified me much, — was but " a slip of the pen,'^ 

 at which I was myself as surprised as I was to see it in print 

 at all ; — for my note to you, written in the greatest haste, 

 was intended merely to call your attention to the subject, 

 without a thought of publication. 



And now, while my pen is in the apologetical humor, I 

 believe I may as well forestall future criticism, by begging 

 pardon in advance, for another hasty act. It would certainly 

 have been more safe, as well as modest, to have written the 



