SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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Dcut::ia gracilis, from East India, resembles the former, 
but is smaller. Both of them are propagated by cut- 
tings. 
Fa,gus sylvalica. — Who wouldn't know the majestic | 
Beech tree, of our forests I Nobody, however, might i 
think of planting it as an ornamental tree near a residence j 
There are several beautiful varieties, as the “Fern-leaved" | 
and the “Weeping Beech,” but the finest is the “Blood j 
Beech,” so called on account of its dark blood red foliage, j 
In a large garden or park, and in scener}’’, among trees 
of a light green foliage, it forms a most striking contrast, 
and in such localities it is almost indispensable. Grows 
50 to 60 feet high, and must be propagated by grafting on j 
the common Beech. j 
Forsythia viridissima. — This beautiful shrub, of recent j 
introduction, was first discovered by Mr. Robt. Fortlni-:, | 
in China. Very early in the spring, say in February, it ! 
IS loaded with bright yellow bell-shaped flowers, graceful- 
ly di'ooping, and blooming before the leaves have appear- 
ed. Easily propagated by cuttings. Grows 4 to 5 feet 
high. 
Gcnisia Emcrus, also called Coronilla, a low trailing 
shrub whose slender branches are covered wdth bright 
yellow, pea-shaped flowers, blooming for a very long i 
time. Easily propagated by seed and layers. Two feet | 
high. Robkrt Nelson. | 
Frm^and Augusta, Go.., 1857. ; 
( To be Continued .) | 
FaiMKDY roR Borbrs. — N. S. Smith, ot Buffalo, says, j 
in the Country Gentleman, that he has found the follow- | 
mg an effeetual remedy for the borer: j 
Make a mound of soft earth around the root, rising 
about six inches above the place where the borers are at 
work. Then saturate this mound with a strong brine, 
made of common salt. Make the application twice within | 
four weeks, any time when the ground is not frozen. Old j 
pork or beef brine is just the thing. j 
Mr. Smith says the brine is taken up by the tree, and ! 
thus destroys the insects. He adds that it should be ap- ! 
plied cttutiously to young trees, and we fully agree with | 
b>.m. I 
MIGRATION OF PEANTS. | 
Botanists have long been convinced that the facts con- j 
nected with the diffusion of plants may often be explain- 1 
ed by an inquiry into the structure of their seeds, the I 
lightness of these, and their capability of transportation j 
by winds ; by their texture preserving them from destruc- j 
non in the waters of the ocean ; by the prevalence of par- | 
ticular currents in the air or sea; or by the pres- j 
ence or absence of mountainous barriers, or other i 
obstacles to their dispersion. It has been observed | 
that the God of Nature has provided a variety of methods j 
for the diffusion of seeds. iMany such have been noticed 
by naturalists, and their operations have been illustrated 
by facts well ascertained. The most important are 
doubtless winds, or rivers, or marine currents. The form- 
er convey the lighter kinds of seeds to an incalculable dis- 
tance, and the latter are well known to transport others 
occasionally from the most remote countries. Besides 
these more genera! causes, it is well known that seeds are 
often conveyed from foreign countries which were trans- 
ported in commerce. Various plants are well known to 
have been introduced in Europe by the accidental mixture 
©f their seeds with rice brought from the Flast Indies, and 
these tropical countries have interchanged some of their 
productions in the same w'ay. Some seedt, are capable of 
preserving their vitality in the stomach of birdft, and are 
thuc propngated. Such are the mistR^oe and junipei. A 
number of facts are upon record which prove that the mi- 
gration ot plants by means of currents in the ocean to dis- 
tant shores, wdiere, if the climate is congenial to them, 
they form new colonies, is not a matter of conjecture, but 
a thing which actually takes place. Several remarkable 
instances of this description are recorded in the Ama.cci- 
tates Acadeinlccc. It is stated that the seeds of several 
plants of equinoctial countries are occasionally collected 
in the Hebrides. — Prichard's PhiisicoJ History of Man- 
hind. ' ■ ' 
Me take pleasure in submitting the following 
proposition to our readers. The work of Col. Turner 
will supply a want badly felt, and cannot fail of obtaining 
a large circulation : 
NEW BOOK— “COTTON FEANTEH:*;’ MANUAL’* 
l*ro 3 » 083 tion to Educate Poor Bvuys. 
M-rsrs. Editors: — Please do me the favor to announce 
that 1 have in press a volume which will prove very in- 
teresting to cotton planters, and the Southern people gen- 
erally. This book being a compilation merely, I can 
speak of it with more confidence than I might under other 
circumstances. It is entitled “ The Colton PloMtcr.s’ 
Manual," and is made up of nine chapters. Chapter Ist. 
“The Ordinary Method of Cotton Culture;” ‘dd, “ I)r. 
Cloud’s Improved System;” .3d, “The Natural Flistory 
of the Cotton Plant, its Species and Varieties;’’ 4th, “The 
Analysis of the Cotton Plant, with Suggestions as to the 
Proper Manures;” 5th, “Diseases and Insects Injurious 
to the growth of Cotton;” 6th, “ Tiie Different Uses of 
the Different Parts of the Cotton Plant;” 7th, “ Professor 
McKay’s History of the Cotton Trade from 1825 to 1850;” 
8th, “ Report of the State Department of the Cotton Trade 
from 18.50 to 1855;” 9th, “History of Cetton and the 
Cotton Gin ;” “ Memoir of Whitney.” 
As to the culture of cotton, I simply give, in the Man- 
nol, papers from the most distinguished and successful 
cotton planters, such as Colonel Chambers, of Georgia, 
Governor Hammond, and Mr. Summer, of South Carolina, 
Dr. Cloud, of Alabama, Dr. Philips, of Mississippi, and 
others. 
The balance of the chapters are compiled from sources 
equally unexceptionable. The whole subject of cotton 
culture, cotton manufactures, cotton trade, and cotton 
everything, is brought before the reader in a condensed 
form, and it will be very difficult to raise any question 
concerning cotton in any of its thousand ramifications, 
which does not find a solution in thi.s volume. The sta- 
tistics embraced in it will be found invaluable to editois, 
politicians and statesmen. 
The book will be issued about the firat of Pdarch by 
C. M. Saxton 6c Co , Agricultural publishers, of New' 
York, at the low price of S'l, sent to any address, postage 
prepaid. 
Having long felt the necessity of a more practical sys- 
tem of education for boys than now exists in Georgia, I 
have lately, in conjunction with another, established a 
school at this place, to which I will give much of m)' 
attention, though not actually engaged in teaching. I 
propose to devote tlie interest on ail the money I make 
by the publication of “ CoUon Planters' Mznno.1," 
for the space of five years, to paying the tuition of a? 
many worthy boys who have not the means of obtaining 
an education, as the interest on the amount, whatever it 
may be, will warrant. The education of boys needs some 
stimulus, since it is generally overlooked in the mania for 
female colleges, whicii sorely afflicts the country. 
Gentlemen of the press in Georgia, and elsewhere, will 
oblige an ex-editoriai brotiier by the publication of this 
letter, and calling attention to the book, or by a simple 
announc^’incnt of tli'i- fortliccmiag volume. By doing so, 
