New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-13

Il must Do so-nothpg ever was, ever VIII, OF ev0S
can be produced withou. seed Of IL Kind" Psrhep'
60: we don't deny L.; We only ask men 10 think. Tho
thick oaks and other plants p.oduced-re CAM
tell how, and upon this point 70 give The thoughts Of
TIVE correspondents.
To DE Editor Of The ~ Y T,i5gns
SIR: This question, If satisfactorily demonstrated ID
the Affirmative will solve many grades OF pAenomsns
which have puzzled The ssvans. II opens the ques-
ton whether the teaching given 800 years since that
"unless the seed die il abieth alone, but il il die IL
the yieldeh much fruit" Is TO be Interpreted 'erany
as a metaphor II, in fact, involves ne inquiry
whether the laws Of generation snd reproduction have
not been greatly nisoF pretended By science wnen =
assumes that this teaching, II received az Liberalism,
Is irrational and unsound, while 10 also sugSes's
whether under the immutaole laws OF na,aIs nero
are not in our own day constant birth Of rudmen'ai
forms Of vegetable and animal life similar 10 principle
to that alleged by science to have introduced tfese
kingdoms on earth. The phenomena Of the sudden
appearance Of wild grapes in the mid Of cultivated
lawns and in new.made mud banks, OF rare forms Of
fthes in recently formed basins Of water, OF snow:
birds, &c., have heretofore been explained
on the assumption that al manIessatona
of life must necessarily priDg from germs threlgn inc
credrliy has been seriously taxed 70 quiet our saep
ticm Il the alleged when and how these germs might
have been planted. am free 70 own my behst 10 sne
quoted teaching beiug when interpreted literally,
and my confidence in being able TO show TINS oy an
appeal TO natures phenomena; but as em conscious
am indebted to Spiritual impressions for my vew5
thereon and knowledge thus originating j. deemed
by any to be but tran, cenden:alsu feel |: due to
candor TO thus first frankly define my position, ana
then fyour columns are open ID me- VIII venture 70
defend the laws Of generation and reproduction 10
harmony with the T. aching "a a Liberalism ana ga.
crossing the of your readers, cite from natures
works around the proof Of my accuracy beg % say
believe the law Of bybridity may be better known
and will be when the laws OF generation and reprodac
ton better understood SPIKiTuALisT'
To the Edit,, ef The ~ Y. TritaS.
SIR: 1t ia a wel,-known s,ct that the removal Oh
one species Of forest is followed by growth Of one
entirely different and it is supposed the one species
has exhausted the materials necessary ier Its growa
while the soil has been gathering materials adap'ed 70
the other. =.
1t is another well known fact that seeds buried "a
the ground below certain depth retain 'heir viIanty
for wears and when brought under favorable circum
stances terminate as surely as the SEED Oh INC pss'
year. % uharo a,
Some time since, while excsvating, nuH'peI o1
pt ach pitts were found, where they mrst nave pee!
buried for at least 80 years; they were planted, and
produced trees. May lot the removal OF the dense
foliage admit the warmth Of the SUM- and thereby wake
from their long sleep the germs from me forests o.
mast centuries supplied with moro perfected msenas
for more perfect growth than .hen p.ogsh'.o' snss
TO RON their course and give place TO yet more
advanced species in accordance with the grea' Jaw "
improvement ,,.ds vs krox ro,,
hut NAV ret this long sleep have impaired to me
buried germ strength and vigor to be obtained only
in this way thereby producing tree q1s',s unlike 70
engaged the attention of scientific minds, and may
VET prove valuable auxiliary to more RAPID I'M
provemept in the productions Of the earth. IA.
May not the spirit or life principle renain intacup.e
and invisible dierobed of material substance, ye 70
tanning its power to draw from its surroundings body
and may not this account for the fact tnat suca
germs are destitute of the leaves which nvasby az
Tend the newly planted acorn That these suggestions
NAV lead TO reese arch into this interesting field Of in.
vestigaton is the wish OF g l. l. 1'