Raising Silk. 
Kloster Bergs or Palisadoes rear their lofty 
heads of eternal rock. The bold river 
from the North, through which the ardent 
and adventurous Hudson vainly hoped to 
penetrate the Pacific, but which already 
bears on its majestic breast, as rich a 
freight as if it connected distant oceans, 
bounds on the eastern shore, the ancient and 
lovely island of Mannahatta. The vigorous 
metropolis of a youthful, giant empire, with 
its undefined and countless forms of archi¬ 
tectural beauty, utility and strength; and its 
mazy forests of masts, stretch along on 
either side as far as the eye can reach ; while 
the intervening bay, studded with the winged 
messengers of the deep, affords a richness, 
variety and magnificence of grouping, the 
world'can no where rival. The East River, 
the highway to the busy land of the pil¬ 
grims, is skirted by the Wallabout and Brook¬ 
lyn Heights ; and yet nearer, lies the broad 
avenue that leads to the boundless Atlantic 
and the wide world beyond ; while at your 
feet, New-Brighton and the Quarantine re¬ 
pose in graceful beauty, like twin swans 
upon the dimpling waters. 
Wheat Sheaf Farm, though not as elevated 
and nearly seven miles to the south-west, 
enjoys a delightful prospect. The low line 
of Sandy Hook, the hills of the Nevisink, and 
the inlets to the towns of Shrewsbury and 
Middletown, lie remotely, but in full view to 
the south. The east looks over a small san¬ 
dy peninsula, that hems in a mimic bay, to 
Coney Island and Rockaway, and the illimita¬ 
ble ocean beyond. To the left the vision ex¬ 
tends over well-cultivated fields, and pictu¬ 
resque scenes of beautiful villas and quiet, 
tasteful country houses, till it rests on the 
bold summit which is surmounted by the di¬ 
lapidated fortress, known as Fort Tompkins. 
’Twas amid such scenery of abrupt moun¬ 
tains and deepened glens, on the rugged soil 
of the sea-girt isles and promontories, the 
hardy, enterprising, bold, and indomitable 
Greeks were reared ; and no fitter place could 
be selected as the early home of the youth¬ 
ful student of American Agriculture. 
Raising Silk. 
Morus Multicaulis.— It has been suggest¬ 
ed that our remarks on the Morus Multicau¬ 
lis, in our last, may be subject to some mis¬ 
construction, and to prevent any injury to 
the silk cause, the prospect and success of 
which, we have most sincerely at heart; the 
excitement of any ill feelings ; or the pro¬ 
voking of any controversy, which we shall 
not be led into under any circumstances j 
we shall here on the threshhold, define our 
position, as the politicians say. That the 
Multicaulis is capable of yielding the mate¬ 
rials for a very good silk, and in great pro¬ 
fusion, we do not deny. There is too much 
evidence in this country, of the fact, to dis¬ 
pute it. But that it is the best adapted to the 
production of silk, we have, what we consi¬ 
der, sufficient evidence to the contrary, to be 
willing to admit. In one of the most exten¬ 
sive silk producing districts of this country, 
where the latest and best information on this 
subject is always to be had, it is not used at 
all, or only when a deficiency exists of other 
kinds. In different and remote latitudes and 
longitudes throughout the states, the intelli¬ 
gence is frequently reported to us, that their 
crop of worms have nearly all died off. To 
the enquiry, what leaves were used, the reply 
invariably is the Multicaulis . We have heard 
of no similar mortality where equal skill, 
care, and intelligence have been used, in 
feeding the varieties of the white mulberry. 
Charles D. Bouchet, from Lyons, in France, 
whose ample experience and success in this 
country, is attested by the award of the gold 
medal from the American Institute in 1836, 
for the superior quality of his silk, says, “ the 
leaf of the white mulberry growing in ele¬ 
vated, co'ol, and dry places, and in a light 
soil, yields abundant, strong, and nice silk, 
of a good quality. Our best authors and 
practical men, who have written on the sub¬ 
ject, as the result of chimical analysis and 
numerous trials with the worm, find the leaf 
of the large-leafed mulberry, (the Multicau¬ 
lis,) furnishes the least nutrition : and the 
broad, thick, deep green leaf has little silky 
matter.” 
The intelligent native of China, who ac¬ 
companied Dr. Parker from that country, 
through several of the states this season, was 
repeatedly asked as to the use of the Multi¬ 
caulis for making silk in his own country, 
and his reply uniformly was, that it was well 
known there, but not used for this purpose $ 
and such, so far as we are informed on the 
subject, is the general testimony of those 
who have traveled in that region. Yet all 
this we regard but little to the purpose, ex¬ 
cept as withdrawing so much from the al¬ 
leged example of China, as affords an argu¬ 
ment for its use, as we consider experience 
in this country as the only guide worth fol¬ 
lowing. 
Here stands the evidence on one side. 
For the opposite, we have no doubt 1,000 
respectable witnesses can be arrayed to pro¬ 
nounce the Multicaulis well adapted to mak- 
