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the world the success he had experienced in propagating the tea shrub, 

 when, in fact, it was no other than some wild plant, which the least bo- 

 tanical knowledge Avould have convinced him to the contrary. — lb. 



New York Horticultural Society. — This Society, which has lately 

 elected Dr. Torrey for their president, was to have held a ci'and exhi- 

 bition of flowers and fruits on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 

 28th, 29th and 30th of September. They have now, for both their pub- 

 lic and private exhibitions, the splendid rooms, just finished, in the build- 

 ing of the Lyceum of Natural History, in Broadway. We hope that 

 some of the committee of arrangements, or the secretary of the Society, 

 will forward us an account of the fine things exhibited. — lb, 



Jlcclimization of the Chinese Mulberry. — M. E. de Wael, an amateur 

 horticulturist, of Antwerp, who is now on a tour through this country 

 for botanical purposes, has communicated to the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society the method of managing the plants in Belgium, and 

 suggests that if a similar treatment was pursued here, it might possibly 

 result in their acclimization. The following is the paper alluded to: — 

 " Since I have been in this country I have heard of several complaints, 

 chiefly from the Hartford mulberry tree planters, of the difliculty expe- 

 rienced the last two years in making the Morns multicaulis stand your 

 winters well. 



" This kind of mulberry is easily acclimated, if a proper mode of cul- 

 ture be adopted in the places where it is planted. 



" In Belgium, the winters, notwithstanding they are not so severe as 

 yours, often give us great trouble, and the influence of the cold was re- 

 peatedly experienced on these mulberries, which were often killed down 

 to the roots. 



" The late J. Lc Candele, of Humbeck, near Brussels, suggested the 

 idea of having different modes of experiment adopted in distant places. 

 And the one which proved most efficient, was to cut down yearly the 

 JViorus multicaulis, in the same manner as is done with willows in a 

 Salictum, that is to say, at a few inches above the soil, and to cover the 

 remaining trunk with dead leaves; in three or four years, the roots being 

 stout enough, they did not require any more covering. From the buds 

 preserved on the plants, fine and hardy shoots came forth, giving larger 

 and more lively leaves to feed the silk-worms upon. 



" It has been since stated to me, in a letter from Batavia (island of 

 Java), that this mode of culture is much in use near Manilla and in 

 China, not on account of the cold, but in order to keep the Morns in a 

 shrubby state, which affbi'ds greater facility for gathering the leaves in 

 the season when desired. Thex'e the mulbeny seems to be planted in 

 fields as Indian corn is here; in the fall of the year the plants are de- 

 prived of their branches, the number of which is continually increasing, 

 and growing in one season from five to eight feet, which growth is fully 

 equalled by our own. I would advise a similar experiment in this state : 

 it might, perhaps, answer well." 



We hope this method will be fully tried. — lb. 



The Scarlet Runner Bean. — Dr. Lindley has stated that the plants 

 have tuberous roots, which may be taken up on the approach of frost, 

 and protected in a dry cellar through the winter. Have you any 

 knowledge whether this experiment has ever been tried by our ama- 

 teurs or practical gardeners.'' It seems to me, that if the roots can 

 be preserved, that a great crop of beans might be obtained the second 

 season, as the vines would come forward much earlier. I have not any 

 planted this season, but I offer these few suggestions in the hope that 

 some of your numerous readers may try the experiment. — An Ama- 

 teur, Aug: 31, 1836. 

 Dahlia Roots. — Can any of your readers inform me of the best mode of 



