Show IM Teren perennial nial cotton tree A y v ir tr H 11 C kendall of maryland formerly of oe we the united states coast survey surrey lias has recently IV published a treatise tre klise ilise on pere perennial cotton sin bin bening in 0 its commercial value vaine as compared ed with kith herbaceous cotton and showing the feasibility of its culture in northern no latitudes and a nd ii I 1 i by lectures and otter otherwise wise I 1 endeavoring in to interest the public in the fi practice tica bailit ability Y bt bf introducing introducing intro ducin a CP it for culture in the states ittes north of ohp potomac and the oh ohio io many notices of mr kendalla Kendal een Ken dalls dalis ld treatise ire tre atlie and lic ikc lectures fures turEs are arc published in the eastern journals it fl nd ii if ono half that is ia set forth be e true the matter is 13 not unworthy of the lolong from the jou journal nar nal 0 of f commerce con la bains in s i items ems of interest in n rala tuan K ca t his bis ape cles cies clea of cotton captain R C ken kaall KC kendall bendall Cen dall dali all ali formerly of the united states ao aal survay byis is makenz making an j at earnest effort to and agri 1 culturists in the northern states in the p ac j tic ability of introducing for general culture in this part of the country a as species ecles of cotton growing plant from peru we he is confident that results of great commercial importance i may be anticipated while engaged bever sever years ago on the estate of a gentleman in chill mr kendalls kendalla attention was directed dir eted to a fine specimen nen of or pe perennial rennia I 1 cotton tree presenting to the eye a perfect cone or pyramid of p crep ire brilliant j snow enow elevated at its base perhaps seven feet from the gi ground aund upon a shaft of whitish bronze the foliage bad been shed but the pods remained having 1 fully burst coveri covering Dg the entre structure with w ith a mas roas ma moa s of spotless cotton in a recent lecture before the new york farmers club mr kendall remarked as follows the ardor Arbor mm or peruvian cotton tree will yet jet answer the almost universal call for a cotton capable of 0 f being cultivated in northern latitudes itis it is perennial can be grown wherever indian corn can be matured and aromi es to yield larger large r crops than the present herbaceous cotton of the south while its requisite r ite cul ure and mode of manipulation are such buch as can readily be performed here I 1 have already proved by per bonal experiment that it can be grown in the northern part of maryland and shah shall most earnestly urge the prosecution of more extended experiments fully assured that its successful ul introduction will tend to prevent any future recurrence of difficulties such as naw derange the harmony of the country the tle plant la is perfected in its sixth or seventh year obtaining the size of a common peachtree and thrives best in a high latitude its product can be prepared for market with great facility as the seed berd is attached to the stamen not distributed through tho lint as in th the e herbaceous cotton and is readily shaken off without ginning either seed or cuttings may ma be used in propagating the plant and we I 1 uhler stat d that mr kendall proposes tol to I 1 demonstrate that it is 13 practicable to pro produce pr duce dace 1 in the free states an abundant supply of good cotton he predicts that the period is not very remote when hedges most efficient as i fences shall yield annual dividends of cotton ornamental trees blending the useful with the beautiful shall repay tenfold their cost and culture when the rugged heights of the hudson the plains 0 of new jersey the fe tile valleys of the keystone and the und i lating pir aries of the great west westy shall gleam I 1 am in the sunlight white as the winter inter drift f with ith the generous pods of democratic cotton this is a glowing prospect but it if enly eniy part of it shall be realized the consequences cannot easily be estimated |