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MOORE’S  RURAL  HEW-YORKER. 
9 
(Lnitnmuil, 
THE  SONG  OF  1876. 
[A  Festival  Poem,  wirttou  by  Bavakd  Tatlcb  for 
the  German  Centennial  Hlngci-s'  Union  of  New  York.] 
Waxen  voice  of  the  fjiiitl'B  Bovotlon ! 
Spirit  of  freedom,  awaken  all ! 
Rinff,  yo  Bhorea,  to  Uie  SoiiK  of  ficean, 
Rivera,  answer,  and  tuonnt&iuB  call ! 
The  jroldeu  day  hna  come ; 
I  Alt  every  longim  bn  dumb, 
That  sounded  Its  malice  or  munuurud  iU  fears ; 
She  liath  wem  her  story ; 
Site  wears  her  glory ; 
We  crown  her  the  l*nd  of  a  lliindrod  Yi^ius  ! 
Out  of  darkness  and  toil  and  ilanger 
Into  the  light  of  Vlctoiy'B  day, 
Help  to  tlio  weak,  and  home  tt)  the  sti-auger, 
Freedom  to  all,  she  hath  hold  her  way. 
Now  Korope’s  i>r|ihttUM  rest 
Ujiou  her  mother's  breast; 
The  voices  of  Nations  are  heard  in  the  c.heors 
Tliat  shall  cast  upon  her 
Now  love  and  honor, 
And  crowni  her  tho  Qiu>en  of  a  Iluuilred  Years ! 
North  and  UouUi,  we  are  met  as  brothers ; 
East  and  West,  wn  aw-  w<sldod  as  one  ! 
Right  of  each  shall  secure  our  uiothor’a  ; 
Child  of  each  is  her  faithful  son ! 
Wo  give  Thee  heart  and  hand. 
Our  glorious  native  land. 
For  battle  has  tried  tln.i‘  and  tlino  endears ; 
We  will  wi  lle  thy  shiry. 
And  kcoi>  thy  glory 
A»  pure  as  of  old  for  a  Thouaand  Years. 
CENTENNIAL  NOTES. 
Qukkn  VicToBiA  has  decided  to  send  twenty 
pictures  of  the  Itoyal  collection  to  the  Anioiicaii 
Coutennial. 
Tice  New  Haven  (Conn.)  Board  of  Education 
have  voted  to  hav<‘  the  New  Haven  boIiooIh  rep- 
rcfienti*d  at  the  Centennial  exhibition.  | 
A  BTEAMEu  which  lately  arrived  at  San  1' ran- 
cisco  from  Yokohama  brought  the  materials  for  , 
tt  Japanese  temple  and  the  men  to  iml  it  np  in 
the  Centotinial  gn.muds. 
An  aililitional  horticnltuval  building  is  to  bt* 
crei;tod  to  acconimodate  the  ayiplieimts  for  space 
in  wliicli  to  oxliiblt  flowers,  plants  etc.  Ono  for¬ 
eign  exhibitor  alone  wants  a  tent  i5IJ  by  .OO  feet. 
TuK  Centem.ial  trial  of  mowing  and  reainng 
machines  will  rcquiie  llfty  acres  of  grass  and 
standing  grain,  and  the  Agrieultiiral  Bureau  of 
the  (tommissiou  has  put  the  laud  in  tliu  best  pos¬ 
sible  condition.  i 
O.N  and  aftor  February  visitors  will  not,  be  ad-  1 
mittoil  to  the  Conletmial  grounds  without  a  pass.  I 
Irately  the  crowd  of  visitors  has  been  ao  great 
that  thfi  workmen  have  been  very  much  retarded  . 
iiiul  interfered  with. 
Tuk  first  and  jirobably  tho  only  public  re¬ 
hearsal  of  tlio  Centonuial  musical  association  of 
Philadelphia  will  he  given  at  Horticultural  Hall 
in  that  citv  on  the  27th  iust.,  when,  in  addition 
to  the  gra'nd  chorus  of  600  voices,  a  number  of 
distiuguishod  soloists  will  appear. 
Tuk  Winter  of  1776  was  an  umisually  mild  one, 
and  this  winter  tlicrefore  seems  to  bo  a  repetition 
of  its  weather.  An  hundred  years  ago  this  mild 
weatlnu-  was  very  foi  tnnato,  ns  it  enabled  Amm-i- 
eans  to  procure  supplii'S  from  the  West  luditis 
and  prepare  for  the  coming  conflict. 
Caiu-  Houitbz  says,  in  si)ealdng  of  the  Centen¬ 
nial  :  The  country  will  in  the  coming  year  re- 
sound  with  eulogy  of  tln^  men  who  founded  the 
llepublic,  hnt  those  old  iiatriots,  if  they  could, 
would  tell  us  hi  spend  fewer  efl'orts  in  iiruising 
them  and  make  stronger  efforts  to  follow  their 
example.” 
As  the  space  set  apart  in  tho  exluhition  build¬ 
ing  for  the  Ane  i  ican  book  trade  has  heon  found 
to  be  iuade<iuate,  it  has  been  proposed  to  double 
tho  space  for  books  by  erecting  an  ornaimuital 
stnictniN?  of  iron,  forming  a  second  floor  over 
the  entir<!  space,  reached  by  staircases  on  oitlier 
side.  A  willingness  has  been  expressed  by  tho 
leading  pubUshors  to  share  the  expense  of  i!(.5,000 
for  this  sti’ucture. 
Tni:  shoo  and  leather  cxliihition  huihling  in  the 
Contonnial  grounds  will  ho  a  great  addition  to 
the  “  side  shows  "  of  tho  Exhibition.  It  will  ho 
160  foot  by  314  on  the  ground,  two  stories  in 
bight,  constructed  of  iron,  wood  and  glass,  and 
will  cost  iFJO.OOO.  In  this  department  of  indnstiy 
we  can  beat  tlio  world.  Our  exjx>rts  of  loatber 
already  are  valued  by  the  millions  and  rapidly 
gi-owing.  “  There’s  nothing  like  leather." 
Aj-tf.u  Italy  sigidfled  her  willingness  to  coutrib- 
nto  to  the  Exhihitioii,  it  was  iimuumcod  that  a 
company  of  g<!Utleiuen  intended  to  cluii'ter  a  spe¬ 
cial  steamer  to  visit  t.hi.s  cimntry.  Information 
has  been  reiajived  at  the  l-’-cnteniiial  lleivdqoiirters 
that  the  projfHd  is  an  assured  suexe.-si,  and  llic 
gentleineu  are  known  as  tlio  Associaziono  Cristo- 
foro  Colombo,  A  veiy  handsome  and  conimmli- 
ouH  steamer  has  Issui  wdectod,  and  already  tho 
demand  for  Isirths  has  been  so  great  that  all  the 
space  has  been  taken  and  proysisitioiis  are  mak¬ 
ing  for  another.  Tho  vessel  will  sail  from  Genoa, 
Italy,  on  tho  Ist  of  Jiuie.  ru-riving  in  New  York 
on  the  l.’ith,  where  it  will  stay  until  tho  30th, 
when  it  vrill  leave  for  PhUadelplua. 
Iiisuraiuf  gfjiiirtincni. 
INSIIEANCE  NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
Hon.  HenuyS.  Randaix,  of  Coi-tlaud,  N.  Y., 
(author  of  “  Life  of  Jefferson.”  "  I’riictical  Khep- 
herd,”  Ac.,  Ac.,) has  received  an  iiivilatiou  from 
the  Philadelphia  Centennial  Committee  on  the 
Itostoration  of  IndqiendencO  Hall  to  meet  at  that 
place,  on  tho  2d  day  of  July,  1876,  a  limited  num¬ 
ber  of  authors,  each  of  whom  is  requested  to 
bring  a  Vnographicul  sketch  of  sonio  individual 
whoso  inoniory  wus  associatod  vritli  Independence 
Hall  dming  tiio  early  days  of  tho  Itepnblic,  or  a 
paper  on  some  other  allotted  topic.  These  are  to 
be  deiXisitod  among  tlie  archives  of  the  National 
Museum.  Mr.  Rasdau.  is  requested  to  furnish  a 
sketch  of  the  life  of  Thomas  Jefferson. 
Motv  i'cnrtW's.— Nearly  all  tho  States  have  v 
onactod  laws  taxing  insurance  companies  either  j 
a  iier  c«*ntago  of  tlie  premium  receipts  or  a  romsl  i 
sum  for  tho  privilige  of  doing  business  with  their  u 
citizenH.  Romo  of  them  requiro  spoeiid  deposit.8  1 
of  from  twenty  to  one  hmidrod  thousand  dollars,  t 
and  tliere  aro  few  which  do  not,  in  some  way  or  £ 
other,  derive  considerable  inoouio  from  them,  t 
Besides  these  there  aro  no  end  of  observances  i 
and  compliances  requirod  of  them,  ostensibly  for  ] 
tho  btittor  protection  of  the  insured,  but  too  j 
often  serving  no  other  purjxiso  than  to  augment  j 
the  revenues  of  certain  ollicials.  Recently  tho  j 
Governor  of  Kentucky,  a  State  that  has  a  now  | 
insui-ance  di)i)artmeait  to  provide  for,  rec(.un-  - 
mended  the  jjassago  of  a  law  imposing  a  heavy 
jieualty  upon  all  oomjianles  that  delay  the  pay¬ 
ment  of  claims  more  than  sixty  days  after  proofs 
of  loss  have  been  submitted.  Any  company  fail-  . 
ing  to  comply  with  this  law  will  he  requii’od  to 
pay  one-lifth  more  than  the  face  oi  tlio  claim,  as 
a  bonus  to  the  claimnaut.  This  is  a  fair  siuuplo 
of  tlie  hhmdering  way  in  which  laws  r«?gnlaling 
insnriiiico  aro  framed.  Tho  intention  is  perhaps 
a  good  one,  that  is.  to  compel  promptness  of 
payment  when  jiaymcnt  is  due,  but  the  effect 
may  ho  to  encourage  iiicendiarism  and  fi  aml,  by 
imposing  upon  tlio  companies  a  heavy  penalty  in 
all  cases  in  which  they  nnsucccssfully  contest  a 
fraudulent  claim.  Such  legislation  is  not  only 
useless,  but  bnrdenaiime  Hiion  an  alreiwly  heav¬ 
ily-weighted  Imsiiiess.  Tho  eompanii’S  eai  ly  con¬ 
test  claims.  Tho  life  conqianies  pay,  on  an  av¬ 
erage,  Tunety-eight  per  eont..  and  the  lire  coin- 
panies  a  still  larger  per  cent.,  simply  bocauag^^iji 
most  instances,  it  is  cheaiier  to  pay  than  to  re- 
ftlBO.  I 
J/r.  ClMjiiiiOti.  lleKhjttH.  The  Hon.  Oiii.ow 
W’.  Ghai’MA.n,  for  several  years  Huis-rintendent 
of  tho  Insurance  Department  of  this  State.,  has 
recently  teiuloriHl  his  resignation  to  the  Gov¬ 
ernor,  and  projioses  to  vacate,  on  the  .Slst  of  this 
month,  the  ofliiw!  lie  has  so  long  and  worlliily 
[  tilled.  Judging  froiii  his  ofticial  condue.t,  the 
mauiior  in  which  he  has  endeavored  to  ai-quit 
himself  of  his  not  always  very  pleasant  duties,  i 
i  and  the  efforts  he  has  so  jM-rsistently  made  to 
I  render  the  maehinery  of  Insnraiico  superrisiou 
I  niori;  effective  for  good  to  the  policy  holdi-r,  we  j 
‘  are  eonstraunsl  to  helievi^  that  the  oftii'c  he  va-  j 
I  cates  was  nove.i-  lilletl  by  a  bettor  man  or  ono  | 
who  has  striven  harder  to  do  his  wlnde  duty  in  I 
the  premises.  Ho  came  into  iifiie.f'  a(.  (he  hegin- 
ning  of  a  tempestnons  season  for  life  insurance, 
to  tind  himself  oilicially  responsible  for  the  con¬ 
trol  of  theconipanies.hul  witli  iimdeqnate  powers 
to  do  what  was  required  of  him.  When  he 
sought  to  bring  about  a  better  order  of  affairs  ho 
round  lilmsoir  opposed  by  tho  very  influences  to 
which  he  owed  his  aiqioinlmontand  his  te-mini  of 
olVice.  This  has  led  him  to  retire.  We  ho])0  to 
be  able  to  compliment  bis  ns  yet  imnamed  suc¬ 
cessor  ns  highly.  Wioevor  bo  maybe  lu;  will 
find  Ids  hands  full,  and  hampered  with  the  smiiti  ■ 
disahilitics  that  have  rendered  ofllce-liolding  any  i 
!  thing  hnt  a  hod  of  roses  to  Mr.  (‘nArMAN. 
.dmo/yama/io/i  tmd  Umnturaiwc,  Tu  tho  ca.so 
of  !ilKAi>K  versus  the  St,  lAiiiis  Mutual  Life  Lis. 
Go.,  the  Court  decuhxl  tiiat  this  company  in  re¬ 
insuring  all  its  risks  witli,  and  luriiing  over  its 
assets  to.  anoUier  company,  acted  without  wai-- 
rant  of  law.  That  in  giving  up  its  business  the 
company  placed  itself  iu  a  position  in  which  it 
1  could  not  carrj'  out  and  complete  tho  contract 
witli  Mhaue,  a  thing  which  it  had  no  right  to  do, 
and  tliat  the  company  must  repay  to  the  plain¬ 
tiff  all  the  prorainra.s  ivith  legal  intorost  since  tho 
dav  of  payfiifiut.  Tho  effect  of  tlds  decision  has 
j  hoeii  claimed  to  bo,  te>  declare  all  the  oases  of  le- 
1  insiu-aiioc,  without  the  consent  of  policy-holders, 
'  illegal,  and  some  exports  in  these  niuttera  btlicvo 
,  !  that  any  person,  whoso  ixilicy  has  been  turm-d 
I  1  over  to*  another  company,  may.  by  auing  tho 
I  company  that  issued  it,  recover  all  the  pajuuents 
I  i  that  have  boon  maik-  upon  It.  Tho  matter  will 
i  probably  be  carried  to  a  higher  coui  t  for  con- 
I  finuation- 
1  lx>ok  Before  You  Leap. —Tho  Husbandman 
I  urges  all  Patrons  to  become  members  of  tho  Pa¬ 
tron’s  Aid  Society,  an  enterpriso  intended  to 
iuHuro  the  lives  of  its  members  by  a  volunUry 
couti  ibuUon  of  one  dollar 'to  tho  heirs  of  such 
members  as  ilie  preniaturt'ly.  'I'he  Husbandman 
I  claims  that  it,  the  Society,  is  fully,  established 
1  during  the  six  montlis  of  its  existence,  thougli  it 
I  incidentally  admits  that  the  fidelity  of  the  mem- 
I  Isjrs  has  not  been  tested  by  an  assessment,  no 
one  having  died  meanwhile.  'Jdiis  is  the  crucial 
test ;  all  depends  ui»n  promptness  and  fidelity. 
If  this  is  wanting  the  exixirimont  is  a  failure. 
I  All  similar  enterprises,  in  which  there  was  notb- 
I  ing  to  la-  forfeited,  but  always  tho  amount  of  an* 
I  asstfSKmeiit  to  he  saved  by  failing  to  pay,  have 
been  unsuccoBsfnl.  We  hope  this  may  prove  an 
exception  to  an  almost  universal  end. 
The  BlaiemcrU  of  the  TraveUr*  Life  and  Arn- 
doni  Jns.  Co.,  wliieli  apiwnrs  in  another  col¬ 
umn.  is,  as  usual,  a  record  to  be  proud  of.  Not¬ 
withstanding  tho  hard  times,  this  company  has 
increased  its  now  business,  its  income,  its  assets, 
its  sni-pluB  and  every  other  item  that  promotes 
solidity  and  prosjierity,  as  if  it  knew  nn  such 
word  as  fail  and  was  hound  to  fatten  upon  lean 
percentage.  This  sort  of  thing  is  getting  to  he 
inonotonons.  If  tin*  Travelers  would  falter  ju«t 
a  little,  show  some  sigus  of  growing  shaky,  ho  a 
little  tardy  in  gett.ing  out  its  annual  balance  sheet, 
show  a  falling  off  of  business,  or  something 
else  to  start  gossip  or  create  an  apiietiziiig  sensa¬ 
tion,  as  BO  many  companies  do  and  have  done, 
we  should  have  Bomething  spicy  to  write  about. 
But  it  will  not  gratify  this  pnirient  tasto.  and 
persists  in  compelling  us  to  record,  year  after 
year,  its  continuons  and  persistent  growth  and 
progress.  How  it  managers  to  thrive,  and  wax 
great  on  premiums  about  two-thirds  as  large  ti« 
thoBe  which  did  not  siifllco  to  ke<'p  s<i  many  com¬ 
panies  from  ruin  istlieir  secret.  M^e  do  not  know 
it,  and  if  we  did  wo  could  do  no  end  of  good  by 
telling  it. 
florititliunri. 
A  HARDY  SACRED  BEAN. 
Mu.  E.  D.  SxmiTEVANT  of  London,  England, 
furnishes  Tho  Garden,  of  that  city,  tho  following 
X-y'.-.-f''- 
-  /SJI  ^ 
interesting  account  of  this  curious  bean,  derived 
from  personal  observation  during  a  recent  visit 
to  the  United  Btates : 
This  plant  is  very  rare  in  tlio  northeni  portion  j 
of  the  United  Btates.  and  having  a  desiro  to  see  ! 
it  in  blixjin,  I  one  day  last  August  took  a  journey 
of  60  niilus  to  tho  only  locality  where  it  is  to  bo 
found  iu  New  Jersey.  About  30  niilos  south  of 
tho  city  or  Camden,  opposito  I’hiladolphla, 
whi(!h  is  latitude  40  dog.,  N.,  1  found  it  tu  full 
flower,  and  it  wus  a  sight  which  I  shall  never 
forget,  for  1  coukl  almost  imagine  myself  trans¬ 
ported  to  tho  tropics.  It  grew  in  a  beautiful 
lake,  Hovcral  acres  in  exteuit,  one  comer  of  which 
was  llllccl  willi  this  plant.  Home  of  tho  leaves 
rest  upon  tho  water  liko  the  Nvxnphieas,  and 
tlieso  seemed  to  ho  the  largest.  I  gatliered  one 
which  measured  20  indues  in  tliaiqoUu-,  and  loft 
many  that  wei  o  nearly  as  largo.  Others  stovKl 
2fi-et  above  tho  water,  as  did  all  the  flowers. 
Imagine  hundreds  of  immense  Tulijis,  in  all 
stages  of  expaubum-  buds,  half  blown  flowers, 
as  large  us  a  tpiart  bow),  the  petals  being  5  IneheB 
in  leiigUi — and  you  will  have  Bomo  idea  of  tlio 
appearance  of  (his  plant.  Ulic  buds  especially, 
were  hcautlful.  Tlio  color  of  the  flowers  is  a 
Hnl])luu'-yellow  inside  and  on  tho  outside  it  is 
nearly  tlie  same,  Hbadcd  witlurich  green.  Tho 
cuiious  pislil.  recejnbliug  an  inverted  cone,  is 
suiTouiuled  with  stamens  of  arichorango  color. 
The  scent  is  like  that  of  the  Water  J  Jly,  hut  much 
moro  jiowerful.  Then  there  were  tho  seed- 
vessels,  in  all  stages  of  growth,  looking  like  ro8«s 
of  watering-iKits  supported  by  slender  aticks. 
Both  loaves  and  flowera  pew  so  tliickly  that  it 
was  with  difllculty  we  could  push  our  boat  among 
th«un.  They  grew  all  tho  way  from  the  shore  to 
where  tho  water  was  -1  feet  deep.  The  large 
pointed  tubers  were  imbotlded  iu  an  exceedingly 
stiff  sandy  clay :  ovor  this  lay  several  inchos  of 
soft  mnd.  iu  which  creep  the  long  Htems  which 
start  from  tho  tuhti-B,  and  from  the  joints  of 
these  stems  the  flowera  and  loavoB  grow.  I  pull- 
£sl  up  Bomo  leaf-stallis  and  flower-stalks  which 
!  measured  fully  six  feet  in  length.  In  this  locality 
1  tho  thcnnonieter  often  stands  at  80  deg.  to  8.'> 
deg.  in  tho  ehade  in  summer,  and  sometimes 
reaehoB ‘.)G  deg.,  falling  occasionally  in  winter  to 
zero ;  last  winter,  indeed,  it  foil  to  at  least  10  deg. 
Is-.Iow  (hat  point,  and  ice  was  formed  12  inches 
thick.  Tliis  plant  could  doubtless  ho  grown  in 
Engliiiid  without  heat,  hut  1  suggest  that  one 
comer  of  the  lake,  fronting  tho  palm  house,  at 
Kow,  bo  walled  off  for  it.  tho  wall  reaching  just 
lielow  the  surface  of  the  water,  'llie  portion 
CTioloHod  should  lie  heated  in  the  same  manner 
as  tho  tanks  under  ghias,  and  1  think  this  would 
guarantee  tho  flowering  of  the  plant,  the  foliage 
of  which,  however,  indeiicndently  of  the  bloom, 
would  be  highly  ornamental  in  any  pond  or  lake. 
^vborirultaral, 
HAZELNUTS  OR  FILBERTS. 
'  I 
Bevkkal  of  om*  coteniiKiraries  of  late  have 
been  calling  the  attention  <>f  tlieh*  readers  to  tho 
I  fact  that  neither  the  i:iiropo,an  siiccios.  or  varie¬ 
ties  of  the  lilhert,  nor  those  of  our  own  country 
are  cultivated  to  any  eousiderahlc  extt-id,  and 
they  naturally  :i.sk  “  Why  this  m-gk-ol  of  so 
valuahh-  a  nut?"  Tlie  I’ndrie  Ftirmc-r  of  Dee. 
'/h.  In  referring  to  an  artielo  in  the  Register  of 
Rural  Affairs  for  1876,  makes  the  following 
pertinent  remark;  “It  is  a  curious  fuel  that 
this  pajK-r,  (aminatiiig  from  one  of  the  most  in- 
telUgent  sourens  of  hortieultnral  information, 
can  do  no  more  than  give  English  expcrieiico. 
i  American  exiicrienco  of  any  extent  seems  to  ho 
wanting.” 
We  aro  not  snri)ris£-<l  at  the  remarks  of  our 
*  M’estorn  cotcniyioraiy,  for  the  ilearth  ofinfoniia- 
(ion  given  in  the  article  referred  to  would  natur¬ 
ally  lead  the  reader  to  suppose  that  notliing  wus 
;  known  of  filbert  cultnie  in  Anicnca,  whieh  is  far 
'  from  being  the  fact..  Wo  have  ourseh  i-s  experi- 
meiiled  moro  or  less  with  (he  fon-ign  species 
and  varieties  during  tho  past  twenty  years,  and 
wo  know  of  other  parties  who  have  sicnt  money 
and  time  freely  in  tho  flame  diieetion  hut  uni¬ 
formly  tho  rcKultfl  have  been  luisutisfactory. 
Tho  late  I-'rancih  Boti.eu  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
a  gentleman  widely  known  as  one  of  our  inoBt 
!  eminent  dog  fanciers,  experimcnteil  quite  oxtou- 
siv«-l.v  iritli  filbert  fl.  Our  first  visit  to  him,  some 
fiftof-n  years  since,  happened  at  a  time  when  his 
filbert  tre<«i  were  iu  flue  lieaK  h  and  had  reached 
a  Bizo  to  flhow  a  flue  crop  of  nuts.  There  were 
dozens  of  trees  eight,  to  ten  feet  liigh,  with 
stoms  three  to  four  inehea  in  diameter  at  tliu 
btiHO,  and  well  supplied  ivith  strong,  healthy 
branclies.  Mr.  Butler,  fi-ariiig  that  the  cold 
wiiidfl  of  winter  might  injure  Homo  of  the  choicest 
vari<;tles,  had  protected  tho  iilantation  by  erect¬ 
ing  a  high  board  fence  on  th<^  north  side,  and 
this  had  no  doubt  been  a  great  aeiwice  to  tho 
young  plants.  Although  Mr.  Bl'ti.er,  at  the 
time  named  wbr  ipiito  enthusiastic  ovor  his  buc- 
ccBH,  and  lu'gisl  otliers  to  plant  an  he  done,  believ¬ 
ing  that  tlio  culture  of  (hetw  nuts  might  be  ex¬ 
tended  as  It  had  been  In  Europe,  yet  from  previ¬ 
ous  «!»jit-rienco  au<l  oliservations  we  had  doubts 
^  upon  tliiB  jioint.  Upon  a  Bubsequeiit  visit  to 
Mr.  Brnusu’w  plantation  we  found  bis  trees  were 
‘  I  lioliig  attiu'ked  by  a  fungoid  disease  aomowhat 
^  fliiiiilar  in  its  results  to  the  pear  blight,  although 
'  evidently  quite  difltinct  from  it  in  character.  A 
^  single  branch,  or  in  some  instancefl  tho  entire 
^  stem  and  brandiCB,  would  suddenly  die,  and 
’  upon  examination  a  line,  whitish  myeellnni  could 
*  bo  detected  covering  tho  entire  surfaeo  of  tlio 
wood  underneath  tho  bark,  ociaisionally  pene- 
*  traUng  to  tho  very  center  of  the  stem.  In  a  few 
^  weokfl  from  the  time  the  luirU  flhowod  signs  of 
^  oozing,  Hiioi'ldia  uinunuliiig  from  tlie  mycelium 
”  underneath  would  hurst  through  and  appear  dis- 
^  tributed  over  the  surface  in  the  form  of  small, 
®  whitish  mushrooms,  from  tho  size  of  the  head 
^  of  a  pin  up  to  that  of  a  umull  pea. 
Mr.  Bu'i  leu’s  plantation,  which  was  doubtless 
i.  tho  best  ever  Heou  in  this  coimtry,  was  destroyed 
II  bv  this  diBoasc.  and  the  same  results  have 
■  attended  all  of  our  own  i-xperinients  in  attempt- 
’  '  ing  to  cultivate  tho  foreign  species  of  filberts. 
®  tVo  obtained  yilants  from  JL*.  Jtem.FR’s  planta- 
o  lion  before  Uio  disease  apyioared  in  it,  and  have 
•,  aJflo  procui'od  imported  i>laute  direct,  hut  all 
a  have  met  tho  sumo  fate  in  the  end.  We  have 
tried  planting  npeiu  various  kinds  of  soils,  from  a 
stiff  clav  to  a  liglit  sand— in  shady  sitiiations  aa 
well  as 'in  tlie  open  field,  but  in  everv  iiistanco 
is  tho  experiment  ended  in  failure.  Bui  the  most 
r  iirovoking  phase  about  this  lillicrt  cidture  is, 
li  tliat  the  plants  will  uiniully  grow  vorj'  rayiidlv, 
,  look  vigorous  and  li<-iiUby  until  they  begin  to 
bear,  and  tben,  wulmut  a  warning  sign,  diseaso 
<»  I  will  demolish  our  finest  specimens;  bnt  even 
1  afU  r  tho  entire  top  is  killi-d  the  roots  frcspieiitly 
*  i  1  throw  tip  such  fine,  vigorous  suekers  that  one  is 
inclined  to  give  them  a  clmnoe,  hut  only  to  see 
‘S  ihftin  go  tho  samo  wav  a  half  dozen  years  later, 
lo  For  tho  last  three  tplartors  of  a  l  enlury  at 
ro  least,  our  mu-serjmieii  have  been  importing 
J  plants  of  the  various  vurieties  of  European 
*  I  Alberta,  but  wo  aro  not  aware  of  a  hcaltby,  bear- 
ing  plantation  nt  the  present  time  anywhere  in 
Jh  '  this  country.  But  wo  need  not  ihspair  of  filbert 
of  eidturo.  for  wo  have  two  distinct  native  species 
11,  and  luanv  matartsl  varieties  which  will  succeed 
under  cultivation,  and  from  those  we  may  raise 
new  sorts,  probably  equal  to  the  boat  known 
ty  abroad.  ExperiniouU  in  this  direction  aie  now 
B.'i  in  order. 
