304t To Subscribers—Hemp in Russia—Hemp Cordage, &c.—Ornamental Shade Trees. 
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HEMP IN RUSSIA. 
We are indebted to the Hon. N. P. Tal- 
madge, of the U. S. Senate, for a report De¬ 
cember 20th, 1845, of the Secretary of the 
Navy, on the cultivation and manufacture of 
hemp. We gather from this, that in the ex¬ 
periments made between American and fo¬ 
reign hemp, when properly grown and pre¬ 
pared for market, the American proves the 
best. Mr. Gibson, our consul at St. Peters¬ 
burg, estimates that Russia grows about 
7,500,000 poods (120,000 tons) of clean hemp, 
nearly one-half of which she exports. We 
beg the attention of the west to this fact. 
Colonel Todd, our minister at the same 
court, gives an interesting description of a 
tour into the interior of Russia, as far as 
Kazan, to examine the hemp crops of that 
country, and ascertain the method of culti¬ 
vation. He finds that a soil impregnated 
with lime is the best for growing hemp, and 
seems to think that Kentucky is too far south 
for the better qualities, and recommends the 
western belt of latitudes from 41 to 43°. 
We cannot agree with Colonel Todd in this 
opinion, for facts, so far as our knowledge 
extends, are entirely against him. 
HEMP AND CORDAGE IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED 
STATES FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 
From a manuscript document from the 
Secretary of the Treasury, for which we are 
are indebted to the Hon. Millard Fillmore, 
we see that during the years 1838, 39, 40, 
41, and 42, the following amounts of hemp 
and cordage were imported into the United 
States, viz: 2,374,373 lbs. untarred cordage, 
valued at $113,024—7,665,226 lbs., tarred 
ditto, valued at $451,673—2,735,733 lbs., 
twine and pack-thread valued at $550,598— 
41,769,056 lbs. hemp, valued at $2,620,409. 
It will be recollected that the above are 
the Custom House returns, and to express 
the value in this market where the articles 
are sold, about 40 per cent, on the average 
should be added. 
ORNAMENTAL SHADE TREES. 
We have often wondered why in this cli 
mate, where winter rules so long, and most 
of the deciduous trees are left destitute of 
their vegetation, nearly five months of the 
year, that a greater profusion and variety of 
evergreens are not cultivated, especially in 
the ornamental grounds immediately around 
the houses of our country residents. They 
