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Fruit trees, or in fact any other kinds that are transplanted 

 in the spring, would be very much assisted in their growth 

 by mulching them through the summer months. 



Yours, &c. J. W. Russell, 



Newton, Oct. 26, 1844. 



Art. III. Some Remarks on the Botany, ^c. of Eastport^ 

 Me., and its vicinity. By X. 



A visit of a few weeks to this extreme border of the 

 United States enabled me to investigate the autumnal flora, 

 not only of the- island on which Eastport is situated, but 

 also of the adjoining shores of the main land. An area so 

 contracted could not be expected to offer much for observa- 

 tion; and at a season, when nature was about arraying 

 herself with the garlands of September, the peculiar char- 

 acter of its plants could not be so well perceived. 



Eastport itself is pleasantly, I may say, delightfully, 

 situated on a bold and picturesque island of comparatively 

 small dimensions, and forms one of the interesting group 

 of islets scattered in that portion of the Bay of Fundy. 

 Its soil is rich and its crops are exuberant, aff"ording to the 

 enterprising farmer not only the comforts but some of the 

 luxuries of life. Beneath its deep blue waters are innu- 

 merable fishes of various species ; and on its rocky shores 

 delight in astonishing luxuriance several species of Fuci 

 {7^ock iveeds) and kelp, which, applied to the eartli in form 

 of compost with peat mud or muck, or spread without any 

 mixture, fertilize to a remarkable extent. The fame of its 

 potatoes, in the White blue nose variety, has extended 

 beyond its boundaries, and commercial speculation has 

 transported it to the palm-waving and spice-breatliing 

 islands of the West Indies, realizing a more solid and sub- 

 stantial gratification to the eastern farmers than some other 

 kinds of speculative transactions. 



I was sorry to find, that, despite the rich soil and facili- 

 ties for making it yet more productive, there was so little 

 attention being paid to horticulture. Scarcely any fruit 

 v/as to be seen in the gardens, and but few of the finer 



