Reports from Bozen and Rovereto on harvest prospects, silk cultivation, and Archduke Rainer's visit

Tyrol.

Botzen, end of June. Our town seems to revel in the rich blessings that heaven pours down on the fortunate surrounding countryside in this beautiful season. The continued rain has done little damage, and we can look forward with confidence to an exceedingly bountiful wine harvest. Prices have therefore declined considerably for some time now and, to all appearances, cannot yet gain stability. The lush vigor of nature is most strikingly evident in the garden of Mr. Johann Alois Lang, a local landowner, where a single 19-year-old grapevine with 12 arms counts 501 bunches of grapes, all perfectly formed. In the judgment of connoisseurs, he will be able to press two Yhren of must from it before the end of September. This wonder vine is located in the immediate vicinity of his tastefully laid out new hermitage. - The mulberry tree plantations are making important progress. The harvest of cocoons has turned out to be very plentiful, and it is gratifying to see the diligence with which people have devoted themselves for the past two years to sericulture, a principal source of wealth for our southern neighbors. A landowner who possesses a substantial estate in the area of Moritzing alone collected twelve Zentner of cocoons. - Even though the Etsch has overflowed its banks in some areas, we shall suffer no shortage of Indian corn (Kukurutz). The fields that were spared its visit are resplendent and thriving with this magnificent grain, which we far prefer to potatoes. – A terrible storm has completely devastated the gardens on Lake Garda; with us, on the other hand, the lemon and orange trees stand full of golden fruit. In general, we are entitled to the highest hopes so far. – Travelers, especially Englishmen, have frequently visited us, and why should our land, which is so rich in natural wonders and in no way inferior to Switzerland—so often praised with blind partiality—remain indifferent any longer to anyone not entirely unresponsive? - The famous traveler Mr. F. W. Sieber is currently traveling through our mountains, and the important results of his observations are to be communicated to the learned world in print. This travel description will certainly be particularly interesting for the botanist and mineralogista.

Roveredo, June 28. Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, H. I. R. H. Archduke Rainer, Viceroy of the Lombard-Venetian Kingdom, arrived here in the best of health with His illustrious consort, the Princess of Savoy-Carignan. This morning at 5 o'clock, Their Highnesses continued their journey to Verona.