VOL,. XMH. NO. 9 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



63 



•without notice, or, when too strons^ and obtrusive 

 to be entirely disregarded, we spare no labor nor 

 pains to furcc them, as far as we possibly can to 

 subserve some previously conceived notion which 

 our silly pride forbids us to abandon. Tliis obsta- 

 cle to the progress of all improvement, but espec- 

 ially in husbandry, is one of the most pernicious of 

 our bcsettinsr sins ; ai-d but for this, it seems to me 

 impossible that any controversy should slill exist 

 in regard to the best manner and state in which to 

 apply manures to land. Two or three years, at 

 most, would have been amply sufficient to establish 

 the most beneficial practice, if all those whose spec- 

 ial interest it is to ascertain it, would have diligent- 

 ly and impartially resorted to comparative experi- 

 ments, accurately and assiduously made for the pur- 

 pose, rather than to speculating and theorizing 

 about it. But it can never be too late to make 

 such experiments. Let me therefore, most earn- 

 estly but respectfully recommend to your subscri- 

 ber who has done me the honor to ask my opinion, 

 as well as to all others who may still have doubts 

 on the subject, forthwith to commence making trials 

 ofthe different methods of applying manures, and 

 also of the different states in which it is applied. 

 The opinions of experienced men are certainly well 

 worth consultin?, in regard to all matters connected 

 wilh their respective trades, professions or callings ; 

 but we should never implicitly take them as guides 

 for our own practice any longer than until we can 

 have leisure to test their correctness by actual ex- 

 periments. When a number of these concur in 

 producing the same uniform result, it is a matter of 

 very little comparative importance how others may 

 endeavor to account for the fact, as the fact itself 

 is the all important thing, especially in every prac- 

 tical art But this war between speculation and 

 practice, between nature's own loings and our fan- 

 ciful ways of accounting for them, is destined, I 

 fear, never to cease,.so long as such a thing remains 

 in the world, as pride of opinion. Let a man once 

 commit himself so far, either in speaking or writ- 

 ing, as publicly to deliver what he considers an ar- 

 gument in support of his " ipso dixit," and there 

 are a hundred chances to one that he persists in it 

 to the day of his death. 



In thus complying with your subscriber's request, 

 I rnay perhaps have said more than either he or 

 you expected or wished: If I have done so, I must 

 rely for my excuse on the proverbial garrulity of old 

 age, unless your own kind feelings will suggest a 

 better. 



I remain, dear sir, yours very respectfully, 



JA.MESM. GARNETT. 



laasBachusetts Horticultoral Society. 



S.Walker; Hero of 'I'ippecanoo (lino.) Unique, who can estimate its worth? As for ourselves, we 

 Quilled Perfection, Premier, Glory, Sir Robert have doubled the price upon our own trees, and 

 Peel, Don Carlos and William CobbetL ' , hope other growers will do the same. 



Z?o»(;i(e/.», by .Messrs A. liowditch, W. Kcnrick, I We extract the following from the American 

 Jno. Hovey, Hovey & Co., Meller, Warren, and Silk Grower, that our readers may not think we are 

 Walker. j ""'d- J- ^■ 



Ch ina. Mas, hy Messrs Warren, Meller, Col. i It is amusing to see by the papers how many 

 Wilder, and S. Walker. j valuable qualitres the Multicaulis plant is discover- 



Balsiims, by Messrs S. R. Johnson, Warren, Al- ! gj j^ possess, 

 frcd Hovey, Jno. Hovey, Mcintosh and Walker. By the following it appears it makes tea equal 



Thomas Lee, Esq. ; Hibiscus manihot. to the best hyson. Mr Freas, the publisher of the 



Joseph Breck & Co. ; varieties of China Pinks, Qermantown' Telegraph, has discovered that the 

 three var. of Phlox Drummondii, varieties of Sal- | ,3^^^^ ^,^^^1^^ jpiightful pies. It was before known 



piglossis, Phlox acuminata alba, seedling Phlox, 

 varieties of German Asters, twenty varieties Zinnia 

 e!egans,Nigella Romana. 



J^ative plants, by E. Weston, jr., Esq., and Fran- 

 cis Parker ; Penthoruni segoides, Hypericum pab- 

 ifolium, Cunila pulegoides, Hypericum Virginiaca 

 (in fruit,) Aster miser, Polygala sanguinea, Geirar- 

 dia maratima, Juneus effusus, Cistus Canadcnse, 

 Mentha Borealis, Gnaphaliurtf^lycephalum. 



By Wm. Oakes, Esq. ; Goodyera pubescens, G, 

 repens, Collinsonia Canadensis, Lobelia caidinalis, 

 Sididago juncea ? Clethra alnifolia, Ranunculus 

 reptans, K. tiliformis, Apios tuberosa, Orchis Ble- 

 phariglottis (bad,) Lechea racemulosa, Satix pedi- 

 cellans, Eupatorium ageratoides, Corylus rostrata. 

 For the Committee, 



S. WALKER, Chairman. 



Voted, That the Welles Premiums for the best 

 apples cultivated from seedling trees, be awarded 

 on the second Saturday of January, 1840 — and that 

 the next set of premiums be established and declar- 

 ed at the same time. 



First premium, $30 ; second, ,$20 ; third, .$10. 



To be not less than four dozen in each specimen. 



VIRTUES AND VALUE OF THE MORUS 

 MUL'KICAULIS. 

 This is an a^e of discovery and improvement, 

 and there is no knowing what may yet be brought 

 to light, respecting the value and virtues of the Mo- 

 rns Multicaulis. It was thought but a short time 

 since that this noted tree was fit only for feeding 

 worms for the production of silk: even for this 

 purpose nlone the value of the tree could hardly 

 be calculated; but it appears that the public have 

 had but faint conceptions of its worth. We now 

 learn that the leaves make delicious pies, and ex- 

 cellent greens, as well as furnishing the best of 

 fodder for cattle; and last of ail, and not least, that 

 they make first rate hyson tea ! What next! We 

 do not see the necessity now of troubling ourselves 

 with feeding worms, or the useless expenditure for 



that they made excellent greens — and fur cattle 

 fodder, superior to every other article. But the tea, 

 make us the tea ! 



Morm Midlicaulis Tea .A very important dis- 

 covery has been made at Augusta, Georgia, of the 

 virtues ofthe Morus Multicaulis leaves. The Con- 

 stitutionalist says: 



"We were shown a sample of tea the other day 

 put up in paper, which we pronounced on the smell, 

 fine Hyson tea — but imagine our surprise, on mak- 

 ing tlie inquiry (as good teas are scarce in this 

 market,) where it could be obtained, when we were 

 informed that instead of Hyson, it was prepared 

 Morus Multicaulis ! There was just enough for a 

 drawing, so that we could not obtain a supply for 

 a trial ; we learn, however, from the individual who 

 did make the experiment that it made good tea, 

 and that if properly prepared, he thinks good judg- 

 es could not detect the diflTerence between it and 

 the best Hyson. The way it was prepared was as 

 follows: the leaves were in the first place cut in- 

 to thin strips, then rolled up and i)ut away in the 

 shade to dry, after remaining in that situation some 

 five or six days, they were placed in the sun for a 

 few hours. If the Morus will make good tea, good 

 bye to the silk fever, which at the present time is 

 raging — good-bye to our China trade — and an inde- 

 pendent fortune to our Morus Multicaulis planters, 

 for their wild calculations will be more than real- 

 ised." 



The use of Siilphvr in preserving plants from in- 

 sects, is recommended by Dr Meask, in the Domes- 

 tic Encylopedia. The recommendation is endors- 

 ed by the editor of the Cultivator in his last numb- 

 er. He states that dusted upon grapes, in the 

 grape house, they have prevented mildew upon 

 the fruit. " It is equally efficacious in the open 

 "round, till the sulphur is washed or blown off. 

 For many years, we have lost most of our early 

 cabbages by a maggot which preyed upon tlie stem 

 under ground. By mixing sulphur with the grout 

 in which the roots of the plant are dipped before 



