62 Editors Letter- Box. 



The following letter from Mr. Bresee gives a few facts, for which there has 

 been much inquiry, as to his seedling-potato : — 



HORTONVILLE, Vt., Nov. i8, i868. 



Mr. Editor, — You ask if I have ever sold any No. 4. or if the ones now 

 reported to be sold were stolen. I have within a few weeks sold twelve or fif- 

 teen tubers of No. 4 ; none before. Have seen no sales reported of those sold 

 by me. iMr. Roach has sold three tubers, I think, for the following prices : One 

 tuber for $40, one for §50, and one for §60. Mr. Parsons bought of Mr. Linsley 

 eight tubers for $400. The other sales of No. 4 1 know nothing about. Bresee's 

 Prolific and P. E. R. have been sold for No. 4 ; some of them as high as $50 

 for a tuber. 



Two years ago this fall, I gave a friend who was moving West a few tubers 

 of No. 4. He wrote me this fall that his had frozen ; that he had lost them. Be- 

 fore he left town, he gave one to Mr. Manchester, of whom I bought a bushel 

 and twenty-five pounds, for which I paid him $200 per bushel. I left him only 

 two or three pounds. I bought them a few days before I was at Boston last 

 spring. I gave two tubers away, — one to my brother, and one to another man. 

 Mr. Manchester gave Mr. Roach one. Mr. Linsley grew a hill or two. That 

 comprises about what there is in Vermont. Two men in Western New York 

 have a few. That is all I know of No. 4. There is any amount of spurious pota- 

 toes offered for No. 4, and some are sold for No. 4 and at a high price. 



Respectfully yours, Albert Bresee. 



P. S. — No. 2 or Bresee's Prolific has been sold for $250 per peck. 



Florist, Buffalo, N.Y. — The cannas are much grown as ornamental-foli- 

 aged plants, and are fast coming into favor for their flowers. The last number 

 of " The Florist " contains the following note : — 



" Some of the modern improved varieties of cannas are well adapted for 

 flower-garden decoration, owing to the size and profusion of their flowers and 

 their continuous-blooming properties. C. Bihorelli and C. grandifiora fioribtinda 

 are particularly deserving of this recommendation. They are both dwarfish 

 sorts, scarcely exceeding three feet in height. The first named is a dark-leaved 

 variety of moderate size, very floriferous, the flowers broad-petaled, nearly twice 

 the ordinary size, and of a bright showy red color. The other is of similar 

 habit, but has green leaves and bright orange-colored flowers. Both are admi- 

 rable flower-garden plants." 



E. A. L., Williamsville, N.Y. — Greenhouses are fumigated with tobacco- 

 smoke to free the plants from green-fly, and the operation is performed as often as 

 the aphis becomes troublesome. The smoke may be kept in from thirly minutes 

 to several hours, according to the state of the plants. Many ter.der-ieaved plants 

 are injured by tobacco-smoke ; but common greenhouse-plants are not affected 

 injuf'ously. 



L' your lettuce is in a verj* tender state, the smoke may injure it ; but, ordina- 

 rily, no harm could be done. 



There is nothing so good or so cheap as tobacco for fumigation. 



