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tience and toil to the means of improvement, should bring, 

 more than now, the products of the earth within his control. 

 The divine appointment which gave to him the " dominion" 

 over the earth, with its other inhabitants and products, seems 

 to be answered in this progress. The changes in the habits, 

 powers, and properties of animals are living testimonies to 

 human ability in this respect ; and these changes have been 

 the results, in most instances, of a combination of care, toil, 

 and knowledge. The command to " subdue the earth" yet 

 remains to be answered. 



Let us have then the best of to-day superseded by others 

 of nature's productions, which shall add to the virtues of 

 their ancestors something answering the improvements in 

 the other appliances of civilized life: a Sovereign People. 

 for our patriotism's sake, rivalling the Prince Albert pea : 

 somebody's President, instead of May's Victoria currant. 

 And not to enumerate the directions in which culture and 

 care may be displayed, let us say at once, that a productive 

 earth beneath us, a clear sky over us, and " the early and the 

 latter rain" in their season, seem to open the whole range to 

 any who will devote the needful attention — of agriculture, 

 not the least deserving, the most requisite for human life — 

 of horticulture, the most tempting and gratifying of pursuits — 

 and of floriculture, so pleasing to the eye of taste and to the 

 love of the beautiful and the sweet. 



In another paper we may at some future time offer some 

 suggestions in the further consideration, practically, of this 

 theme. 



Somerville, April, 1850. 



The above excellent communication on the important 

 subject of hybridization has been on hand some time, and 

 would have appeared in our last number, but for want of 

 space. The practice of hybridization has as yet received but 

 little notice in this country ; but the results which are to 

 flow from its general application may be anticipated from 

 what has been already achieved by the few cultivators who 

 have devoted their attention to it. 



The simple fact alluded to by our correspondent, viz., the 



