Nero |jJublicationo, €tc 
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true, or the history of the creation of the 
world is a lie. I do not contend that it 
would be possible for a “ thorough-bred Dev¬ 
on cow to bear a thorough - bred Alderney 
calf;” nor do I contend that it would be pos¬ 
sible fur one of Mr. Hewitt’s best Cheshire 
sows to bear a Chester White pig; but L do 
conteud that in a long course of breeding, 
for generations, as has been the case in bring¬ 
ing the Devons and Aldorneys to their pres¬ 
ent form and perfection, an Alderney may 
be produced from Devou ancestors ; Cheshire 
may be produced from a Chester White. 
four perennials, nine biennials, and no an¬ 
nuals. In his latest work, “School and 
Field-Book of Botany," he says Coreopsis or 
Calliopsis , and then follows names and de¬ 
scriptions of annual, biennial and perennial 
species. 
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A few days since Miss Julia Colman 
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of native house plants. It was a common 
earthen pie dish, about ten inches iu diameter 
and two deep. In the bottom there was per¬ 
haps a little sand, and Upon this moss suffi¬ 
cient to fill up the balance. There were grow- 
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or Dogbanes, whose poisonous qualities are 
known all over the world. .So virulent is 
this poison, that meat roasted on spits made 
from the guaelmmacan, absorbs sufficient 
poison to destroy all who 
partake of it.. The lazy In¬ 
dians make use of it to kill, 
without trouble, the exanes 
and borons on the borders 
of lagoons. For this they 
procure a number of sar- 
dines, besmear them with 
tlie juice of the plant, and yjj. 
spread them along the 
places frequented by those 
birds. The moment, one of 
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from his hiding place, cuts 
olT the parts affected by the 
poison, usually the head 
and neck, and feels no scru¬ 
ple in eating the remainder. 
“ A dreadful case of pois- 
oiling, by means of this 
plant, occurred onco at 
Nustrlas, (a small town in 
the Venezuelan State of sprig of goodyera pubesoens entwined with 
Zaiuora, formerly province 
of Barillas,) which created, 
for a time, great excitement, oven amidst 
that scattered population. A woman, who 
lived with a man in the vicinity of that 
town, became jealous of the attent ions he be¬ 
stowed upon a charming neighbor of theirs, 
and determined to avenge herself, but in 
Borne manner that would not excite suspicion. 
“In those remote regions, where coroners 
and chemists are unknown, it is impossible 
to detect murder except where marks of ex¬ 
ternal violence are visible. Accordingly, 
she prepared for her lover a howl of masuto , 
a favorite beverage of the country, made of 
Indian corn boiled, mashed in water, and 
fermented; in this she soaked chips of the 
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The woman, not intending to destroy any 
but her perfidious lover, during bis absence 
prepared another bowl, omitting this time 
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obliged the host to mix his portion with the 
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wholesale murder; not even the donkeys 
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master had thrown them the remains of the 
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the specimens of fruit and ilowers 1 had col¬ 
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botanical characters of the species. They 
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upon carrying them among the baggage. 
“The propagation of this plant through¬ 
out the Apure appears to be of recent origin, 
none of the oldest inhabitants recollecting to 
have met with it until within comparatively 
a short period.” 
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CHESTER WHITES VINDICATED 
Editor Rural New-Yorker In your 
issue of the 12th iusl., I notice an article 
under the caption’” Chester Whites Con¬ 
demned” signed hy E. A. Hewitt, I have 
no doubt Mr. Hewitt thinks, after his ex¬ 
posure of the Chester Whites, that they will 
he ignored, and his favorite Cheshire's will 
take their places. In the first place, it may 
not be out of place to state that it is not 
claimed that the Chester Whites are a dis¬ 
tinct breed in the sense that we understand 
the Berkshire or Chinas to he, but are a mix¬ 
ed breed of or crosses from different breeds 
in which the good qualities of all are com¬ 
bined, producing a hog superior, in most re¬ 
spects, to those claimed to bo thoroughbred 
of any breed, and the day is not far distant 
when the Chester Whites will be acknowl¬ 
edged ns. a distinct breed, as much so as the 
Berkshire, China, or even Mr. Hewitt’s fa¬ 
vorite Cheshire*. 
If we do not reject the History of the 
World as given in the Bible, we must all 
arrive at the conclusion that there is, in fact, 
hut one breed of hogs in the world, and that 
the peculiar form and distinctive character 
of the Berkshires, Chinas, Suffolks, Essex, 
Chester Whites and Chesbires have been pro 
duced by the careful breeding and ingenuity 
of man, in breeding together pigs having 
the desired form and qualities, until those 
thus bred assumed a distinctive character, 
producing, in the language of Scripture, 
“ after its own kind.” If this supposition 
be true, what is to prevent the Chester 
Whites from becoming as distinct a breed 
as tlio Berkshires or Cheshire.* ? 
I contend the Berkshire has attained its 
distinct character hy long and careful breed¬ 
ing together of those pigs having the form 
now peculiar to that so-called breed. On 
the other hand, I contend that by breeding 
together, for a long time, those pigs of the 
Berkshire breed which possess the least 
amount of the distinctive form and character 
of that breed, an entire different class of hogs 
will be produced. This position must be 
FLORAL NOTES. 
Calliopsis vs. Coreopsis, Again. 
W. J. D,, Elmira, N Y., writes:—“In 
Rural New-Yorker, November 5, Lizzie, 
Auburn, N. Y , inquires the difference be¬ 
tween ‘ Calliopsis’ and ‘Coreopsis.’ Your 
answer does not give what she asks for. 
You give the family correctly. Calliopsis 
are the anuuals; coreopsis the perennials, 
which she will find by looking at the proper 
places in the catalogues. 
“ Wandering Jew, or the plant most com¬ 
monly called so, is ‘ TradescanUa.' There 
are other plants that are so called, but 
Tradescantia is undoubtedly more generally 
known by that name than any other. 
Our correspondent may be correct in liis 
definition of calliopsis and coreopsis, at least 
so far as relates to florists’ catalogues; but 
botanically, the distinction is not quite as 
plain. For instance, in Don’s Ifortus Ganta- 
, brtgensis, thirteenth edition, there are nine¬ 
teen species of North American Coreopsis 
given—four annuals, one biennial and the 
J remainder perennials. Of Calliopsis there 
are six species—four annuals and two per- 
^ ennials. Dr. Gray, in his Manual of Botany, 
K 1858, does not mention Calliopsis, but de- 
s scribes the thirteen species of Coreopsis — 
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