The Wisconsin Paper Plant

A curious plant lias been discoVered in Wisconsin, which produces a kind of cotton and llax from tlie same stalk. It has been already woven into fabrics, and any artiole that will make as good cloth as can be made from tliis plant, will make good paper; henee it has been called tlie paper plant. It can be planted in the spring and cut In the f all and winter. It bleachea itself white as it stands, and will yield at least three or four tons to tlie acre. From a single root thut was transj planted last spring there grew 20 large stalks, with ■'!(") pods, containing the cotton, with at least 60 seeds in each. From this root were obtained seven onnces of pure cotton, and over half a pound of flax. Tt is a very heavy plant, and gravn from six to seven i'eet high.