S’O tr i' H E E N EULTiyATOE. 
K ''COTTON Ctl.TCRE IN AtOIEKS. 
A correspondent of tfie Liverpool Tme.s, givesa rather 
discouraging report of the French elfort to silpply the 
^markets of theAvorld with cotton raised in Algiers. He' 
writes: 
As to cotton, the utmost that the 'most enthusiastic^ 
Frertchman can' say about it is, that it is an expensive ex- 
perimeht, I have asked in vain for those cotton' planfa-' 
tvonswhieh produced i\\G $ok and the 
andjdte, fine stockings wliich we say at the, French Expo- , 
sition^^( World's Fair). I have been told, as a fact quite ' 
decisive of the cotton question, that the prize of 20,000 | 
francs, offered annually by the EmpeiroV for the be^t s'pecF 
men of xr^fe'co-ttoft-j-'ha^beeti divided, in 1855, be- 
tween a Frenchman and an Arab. This fact suggests the 
conclpsion that natives and colonists ..vre all staving against 
each pther to produce cotton, and that all French . Africa 
is covered with competing cofton pIantatio5is. '''i’h'e fortu- 
nate winner of the lOifKlOfrhncs is the 'Caid Ali'Ben 'Afd- 
hamed, whose plantation is near'Guelma.^ As l had ask-^ 
ed. ip yain for cotton, wherever I had been„I^had: made 
prepa.rappns to take ajwo^ day’s journey pn , mule, back, 
in or^er to see the famous plantation, when T fortunately 
mef' witli'a di'shnguiohed Avah, who kne^ b‘dth‘ the ''fila-ce' 
and the Caid, and who assured “rhe -{hat 'this cotton plan- 
tation amounted to aboxrr'hffden- 'acres.'' ‘’Subsequent in- 
quiriy confirmed- this stdtemehb and r.I’^tca'me ' to the •eoh- 
clusiqn.ibatuhe Guebpa 'C.oUon pldutation wri^aaqt . wortiv 
fourd,ajys’ journey, .and ,th,e further chance, if, the rain 
should come on, of being shut up in that country for a 
moVith!” ■ ’ ' ■ ' ■ ^ ' '' '‘'b" ' ' '' ■ ' 
With all the forcing of the Government and Its propo- 
sitiod 'io biiy all the cotton produced there, at a favorable 
price, all' the land cultivated with cotton at the last pub- 
lished returns was 1,000 a cre s^ and fo r tha t produced the 
%vernrnent paid 300,000 francs." /The wj-i mr .adds; , •. 
%.eing that the cotton produce, tji.rougbont. the world 
is, I believe, about 700,000 tons, whereof En, gland con- 
sumes, about 350,000, there doesnot, 1 fear, appear muct 
hkelihood of AIgters'hecoming a very formidable corape- 
DcEham C.4TTLE FOR (’ALiFOflNi.A. — Messrs. B. & C. 
S- Haines, of Elizabetbi N.- J., have just made a shipment 
of Short Horns to Geo. ]H[. Howard, of San Frarujisco, the. 
first of this breed of cattle sent to that State. The lot em- 
braces one bull, “two years bid, and one about six months;’' 
and tVvo heifers a year a'nd a half old. We shall look 
with much an-xiety for the sitccess of this first undertaking i. 
to intrpdupe improved, cattle in,to that great Stme, so well 
adapted to the busjness of smck-raising.—Ea'c/iaa^e. 
titor of the United States. 
A-MlOrican Tfa a Fau.uhk...— a correspondent of one: 
of our contemporaries, ’ Writing'’- from Greenville, South 
Garolinn, says , , ■ 
I a’m within a few miles of the place where the experi- 
ment, was blade of laiising Tea. It has -proved a failure 
The.pl uit- wilhgrow well enough, but wages are too high ’ 
in this country. ' AV.e'oannot afford to pick, roll up anb* 
dl y any soit of leaves here for half a dollar per pound. lli'“ 
C hi nra,. where. a man is hired for one dollar a rnotith and 
boards himself, u may be'done.” ■ ■ - ' 
Wash -FOR Appia: TaKKs.-Mr. J. F. C. Hyde, of Alas- 
sachusetrs.-recmimends a weak solution of potash and 
water as a wash f/r apple trees. A pound, of potash to 
a pailfuj.of water was fiis proportion. A half pound of 
potash in a pail of water would be sufficient to kill off the 
moss [and insecisj on tlie bark. ’ 
Ora.n’gk A.\D Lkmon CuLTL’tiK. — We liopc somc of OUl" 
capable correspondents will rc.spond to the ti llowing re- 
quest of a Iculy subscritier in Louisiana : 
TLdiLot^ ^ciulliGTii ill «r — 7 on will much o^hge me 
by making the enquiry through your columns for know- 
edge!'' in the cultivation ot ffrange as well as Lemon 
H S. S. 
OiiNA^G^M^ALi TBEBS A?^D FOR THE 
I 'South. 
\CoiiibiKe(l 
, ■ Glycincckiiien.sk, also,ca.lled'nff 7 s/«?:iri, — Oftheyampapt 
elimbers, this’,' which was introduced from tlhinaih If^, 
producfekfh'e'''nWst gtirgeous' clusters ef pea-flowetr khap^ ■ 
blossoms, of beautiful pale lilac collar; tils git>wtbris?soa 
strong>,.tliqtI baye known ,UiewiHe {o..grnw..^x: inches. j.m 
twentyffq.nr Jiom's. . Jp ri.ch niois^^ soij^.and fuller exposed,^ 
to the sun, it will cover a frellis in a very sfioft time. , A ' 
■ Cilinson 'As "^e jl "a6 ' 'a pirrF' ■vyhile xffirfei'y 'hd've 'ferienfiy 
sprimg from seeds in Eur6pe'^ bbth-6f'whicfl,'how'evte¥paf%^ 
quite rare in America. ”-5 
: llffkuy., (,Silyec-^ll^— 
These plants gire indigenous, topur.s.wanips^ybut xvell^ 
Worthy oT a place in oiu-'gardehs and' par^s. 'The fbrfflfb 
brV with fflarge'ffat; twb--wih'gpd' seed, iVfKe pi*ettidst. ’Kb 
h urn e roust.' av lii te* bell- slipped', d ttodpi ng-ffowers, -li ke ■ 
ilmpis,rAyf, highly ornaiperttal ^during the month, of .April,, 
Ten tq hbeen feet, .high, ^ -.r-..' ■- 
■ lli'bkciis Siiruici(s'(A\i]\eix) i.s' so cbminon in’ our gar- ' 
den's,' ds alriibst tb haVe lall^n into disVdpbte.' ' 
I ■ fe’/'/fVi'fd'/w/i'f.s'b,, -aikO Qd 1 led .G^ryk&r'tik jnpani’ens pfr&tn. - i 
Japan TJiougii qvnte com.m.onj sti.ll -it isj very ornamental 
in the early part obt-lee'^faweDwhen-leadeel with its bright 
yellow flowers, beautifully .contrasting with the .-daEk, 
glossy green st^m,s..and .foliage. As t.fle you.rjg shoots ai'e .. 
iilooimng belter than the old ones, t'he shrub .should be 
pruned often and severely. Six feet high. Propagated by 
suckers’. ■' ■ ''' ■ ■ - ' ' ■" 
KticlreKlcrn..pa'iyic:diiUn, from Ciii iia,'— tA.' sniail tree^ not , 
attaining more than fifteen feet in height, .with. leaves, like 
those ofdhe “Pride of In.dia.” .. The flowers also resemble 
those of the iatter,'!mt are 'bright yellow,, marked with a. 
scarlet eenlre. . Propagated from sceds^ 
■ kagerUmmia //w/,/cq..— Vvhen tliis jrf 
ree was first intro- 
duced frpuvEp?tffndia to Europe, 'nearly a hundred years . 
>igo, it created quite a .’ sensation amnng_ hortjculfurists, ' 
and even now it is.lughiy japprecicUed in .the North. Nob ^ 
vvu tii.s l a nd.i ri g i t i s, o n.e pf nips i o r n.a men fab . t vees , sU.ll ,i t is . 
so conmion,, as.hm'dly ,to bo valued. . A white variety is 
much looked for, and yypuid be quite an acquisition, but 
has not yet been. discovered. ' 
' Mianrilin. —Of all the deciduous species of this beaiiti- , 
ful fiunily the. flX fun.sp/c’tt//, with large white, and AJ. ohc- , 
vata \vjt!> large purple flowers, areyery.or.namcntal in our 
garden.siii 3Iurrch, \vhen flowers are scarce. They are, 
propagated by layers and suckers. 
Pccnnra fTree Poeony) is one of the most orna-^ 
mental shrubs I know. pf_ Its, very. doiibje flowers have 
been so much improved by l-ig'i cui.i'ore and hybridising 
that we now have a great variety of shades from Dure 
white to crimson. The free peconies should be transpant- 
ed early in the autumn, say in October, and in rich, deep-- 
ly worked ground If the situation i.s somewhat moist,, 
ind on the north side of a building, where they could have, 
Nome shade, so much the better; it not. they should have 
a mulching with litter during the hot nart of the summer.' 
