New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-24

The soil is rather light but kindly and may be made
very valuable.
]. p. Trimble-I am informed that the Squankum
Company have scheme in view for sending
ms famous fertilizer to the region IN question.
They WILL if they have the privilege, degenerate the
waste places Only yesterday heard OF man who
went from Monmouth County To Port Jefferson on
the Island and continued there the good practice of
using mari OF course he found il most valuable
and he has recently ordered third cargo
WHAT Is lTf-Mr w. w. Pugh of Assumption
PoSt-Ofhce Assumption Parish, La. inclosed aweed,
and wrote the following account of 1t: " 1t has
made earance IN some of our cane-helds within
the last eight years. and is supposed TO have been in
PRODUCED with the cane imported by the Government.
~ attalns hight of from three TO six feet, depend
ing on Its locality, and from the young stalk. when
broken, eXudes a substance resembling milk--hence
it is known here as the milk weed While young it
Is very tender and brittle and easily destroyed Be-
tween the rows of cane it comes up very thickly
samost like the hairs on dogs backj and attains a
ing Oh three feet on the cane ridge supported by
tap root and stalk by itself will put forth limbs
like cotton stalk It does not materially interfere
with the cultivation before June From the rapidity
OF It's growth and density it Overshadows and checks
the growth OF the grass, and efiectually inter-
teres with the growth of the COW pea. which we
plant as fertilizer. At maturity it bears pod of
seed of which the birds especially the doves) are
cecdingly fond. and through their instrumentalitY
We wish to know f It can be- nS eTlssf
II turned under in green state, which would be diff
hcult as i natures and the stalk becomes hard be-
fore the pillow be used. The great objection to il
is that it is thick TO fill up the space between
the and exclude the air and SUM- which are
necessary TO make the cane mature
A. s. Fuler-The specimen is not very perfect but
it looks like an asclepias. If Mr. Pugh send
other sample, either IN flower or when the seed is
ripe may be able to classify the plant and decide
as TO whether it could be used to advantage rs fer
tilizeT. So far judge now it is a fertilizer
and very good one, but this variety does not occur
with MS: and we cannot judge so well as the planter
who is familiar with it.
DIsCovKRIEs DEVELOPMENTS, AND QUERIES.
Professor T. Ii. Van Derweyde showed specimen
NDrQuS Dlant forwarded from GalliOTuin-tlD
Malva or MallOw. The flower is excellent as dye
stuff The fiber would make good cordage, or at
least might be advautagcOusly used for mating. and
the root, when pulyerized and mixed with plaster,
makes species of meerschaum, from which pipes
and other things may I've carved. lie thinks this
mixture of the powdered root with plaster may prove
of much Importance in the arts, and give us dishes
cheap they arc tOugh. Mr. Fuller said the plant
is abundant in the Newark marshes; but removed
to high ground it grows much better. fact which
goes to show that plant Is not always placed by ma
ture in the situation best suited for il:
Mr. G. y. Avery of Old Mission Mich. sent a sam.
pie of grass which Mr.. Todd pronounced the tall
fescue grass lEestaod ElaorD. Mr. NJ 5. Pickett of
Milbrdge Me. wrote that he has half an acre which
he wishes ~ set out with fruit and forest trees IL
is overrnn with what We term wild rye or witch
grass. sample of which ] inclose." Mr. Gregory
said il was such thing; The plant is often sown
in seeding down land, and Is ellknown as variety
OF which cattle are fond.
Mr.. l.. g. Tanner of Centreville Alegany County,
n. Y. solicited cure for ehil6lans, with which, II
appears he is sorcly afflicted He has had five ply
sioians. and yet gets relief. He says he knows
that lump of blue vitriol as large chestnut,
dissolved in pint of water and applied
several times in the first stages of
the disease, will generally remove the
itching and burning sensation. II used 10 help me-
but does not now. 1t should not be used when the
skin is broken In conclusion Mr.. Tanner craved
prescription from the doctors of the club Profes
sor Vanderweyde advised him TO keep away from
the medicine men for "A while and II kind nature
would not come To his relief He suggests that com
mon chilblAins have been thousand times cured by
plaster Of common pitch. but this case which has
puzzled all the faculty. lie would not presume 70
treat