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my mind to believe that Roxburgh, Ainslie, Wight, Griffith and Royle 
could have failed to ascertain this, if there had been any specific difference. 
" The female flowers greatly predominate in the specimens under my 
observation. The anthers in the male flower are often less than five, but 
are fully charged with pollen." 
I forgot to mention at the commencement, that Dr. Muller was endeavor- 
ing to trace the origin of the Ganja and Bhang, (which are used in India 
as narcotic stimulants, I believe,) and that my object in copying this, was to 
direct your attention to it, as the journals in question are rather out of 
your line. I suppose you can see the Journal of Pharmacy at almost any 
drug store. It is an excellent journal. 
'■ OSAGE ORANGE TREES. 
Mr. H. P. Byram, the editor of the Louisville Journal, writes to that 
paper from Dayton, Ohio, under date of September 9th, 1854 : 
"In the vicinity of this city, I saw some of the most perfect specimens 
of the Osage Orange that I have ever before met with — more perfect, in- 
deed, than I supposed nature could produce, even with all the aid that art 
•and industry could lend her. The plants seem to withstand the blighting 
efi"ects of this unusually dry season, better than any other species of vege- 
tation. The leaves still present the most rich glossy green that characteri- 
zes this plant in our most favorable seasons. 
From a somewhat extensive acquaintance with the character of the Osage 
Orange plant, I have often pronounced it the hedge plant of America, but 
I had no idea of the degree of perfection to which I find it susceptible of 
being trained in the hedge. The oldest of the hedges here now is about 
four years. It is four feet high, and three feet broad at the base, and as 
dense, compact and uniform from the ground to the top, as if it bad been 
moulded by hand from some plastic material. My attendant remarked that 
it was " so close at the bottom, that a snake could not find its way through 
it." There were several other specimens in the same vicinity, from one to 
two years old, all presenting the same beautiful appearance. 
The great and only secret in producing this living American prairie 
fence is, clean culture for four years, and a relentless, unsparing shearing, 
from the period of setting the plants to the end of four years, and then to 
maintain it in its proper form by semi-annual clippings. — Farm Journal. 
