In your February number I was very much pleased to see the communication of Mr. Saul on the "Cutting of Willows." Last spring I procured of Dr. Grant and others, fifty thousand cuttings of three varieties, (triandra, Beveridgii, and Salix viminalis), and planted them on a piece of low land, composed of muck resting On a subsoil of clay. Although the season was very unfavorable, yet I cannot but be satisfied with the growth - some of the "rods" growing over nine feet from the cuttings. I think Mr. Saul's views with regard to the cutting are right; yet I can not agree with him as to the manner of planting. Downing recommends planting in drills three feet apart; the plants to be set at an angle of about forty-five degrees, from twelve to fourteen inches apart Mr. Saul's method would take far more land, and a longer time to cover the ground - requiring more labor to keep down grass and weeds. I cut about one-third of the stools last fall down close to the ground, and the residue from four to twelve inches; also covering up the stools of part of those cut level with the ground with about two inches of soil My object was to ascertain which was the best method of cutting.

Willows will grow on any soil True, they will; but they will not "pay." They require a wet soil, and as much attention as a crop of corn the first two years - after that, a hoeing in the spring to keep down the weeds, until the stools have spread to coyer the ground. But Willows have an enemy, as well as other plants, when planted near a stream of water. The musk rat will do the "cutting" in good season. I had, during the last year, about half an acre destroyed by them - cutting off rods half an inch in diameter - all done in the night.

It would gratify me and others, if some one of your correspondents would inform us of the best method of preparing the rods for market, and where a market can be had. I have a large lot of rods that would answer to make up. I can sell them to a German basket-maker, but he calculates to get them for a song. A friend of mine who had an acre planted three years ago, sold the whole crop for $25 - oyer two tons. I asked him why he did so; his answer was, " I did not know what to do with them." John H. Corning. - Kinderhook, N. Y.

Several cultivators of the Willow have recently complained to us of the difficulty of finding a market. This is not surprising. It is a new business, and has not yet been reduced to a system. As soon as the culture has become sufficiently important, we shall have persons who will engage in the business of preparing them, supplying them to manufacturers, etc. The consumption of willow ware in this country is very great. In all our large cities, there are houses engaged solely in importing Willows; and a very large share of the money we send to Europe for them, might just as well be kept at home. We are glad to see the business attract so much attention, and hope cultivators will persevere until it gets established on a proper basis.