GARDENING IN INDIA. 3805 
Horticultural Gardens at Bhaugulpore, a town situated on undulated 
and hilly ground south of the Himalaya. These gardens deserve our 
notice, were it only to record the energy and perseverance of Major 
Napleton, by whom they have been established. 
“To me,” remarks Dr. Hooker, “ the most interesting object in 
Bhaugulpore was the Horticultural Gardens, whose origin and flourish- 
ing condition are due to the activity and enterprise of Major Napleton, 
commanding the Hill-rangers. The site is remarkably good, consisting 
of fifteen acres, that were four years ago an indigo field, but now a 
really smiling garden. About fifty men are employed, and the number 
of seeds and vegetables annually distributed is very great. Of the 
trees used for shade and for ornament the most conspicuous are the 
Tamarind (of which one superb specimen stands conspicuous near the 
seed-room), Tecoma jasminoides, Erythrinas, Adansonia, Bombazx, 
Teak, Banyan, Peepul, Sisso, Casurina, Terminalias, Melia, Bau- 
hinias. Of introduced species for ornament or use, English and 
Chinese flat peaches (pruned to the centre to let the sun in,) Mangos of 
various sorts, Eugenia jambos, various Anonas litchi, Loquat and 
Lougan, Oranges, Sapodilla ; apple, pear, both succeeding tolerably ; 
various Caubul and Persian varieties of fruit trees ; figs, grapes, guava, 
apricots, and jujube. The grapes look extremely well, but require great 
skill and care in the management: they form a long covered walk, with 
a row of plantains on the west side, to diminish the effects of the hot 
winds ; but even with this screen, it is inferior to the opposite trellis of 
grapes. Easterly winds, again, blight them and other plants, by favour- 
ing the abundant increase of insects, and causing the leaf to curl and 
fall off; and against this evil there is no remedy. Witha clear sky 
the mischief is not great ; under a cloudy one the prevalence of such 
winds is fatal to the crop. ‘The white ant, too, attacks the stems, and 
is best destroyed or checked by washing the roots with lime-water, 
yellow arsenic, or tobacco-water. 
“The ornamental shrubs are Oleander, Bougainvillea, Taberne- 
montana, Ruellia, two species; Lantanas, Passifloras, of sixteen spe- 
cies and varieties ; Verbenas, Ixora, Dracena, Durantas, Quisqualis, 
Pergularia, and Convolruli, Hiptage, Plumbago, eleven kinds of Roses, 
Jatropha, various Euphorbias. Crotons and Poincettia, Thujas, Abu- 
tilon, and other Hibisci; Cassia Fistula, Jasminum, Lagerstremia, 
Buddlea, Clerodendrons, and such like. Of what we should call hardy 
perennials, annuals, and bulbs, I saw Maurandia, Lophospermum, and 
Thunbergias, fine Petunias, Sweet William, Mignonette, Pelargoniums, 
Pentas carnea, several Aristolochias, Escholtzia, Lupines, Clarkia, 
Schizanthus, Balsams, Violets, Clematis, Canne, Strelitzie, and 
various Marantacee, numerous Amaryllidee, and Lilies, Evysima, 
Lberis, Stocks and Wallflowers ; Clerodendron, Nyctanthes, and many 
species of Viter. These form the bulk of the garden: many of them 
being the same as we have at home, others replacing our Fuchsia, 
Rhodendrons, Azaleas, Andromedas, and such like natives of equally 
damp or temperate climates, to which the scorching sun at one season, 
or the periodical rains of the other are inimical. 
** Numerous Cerealia, and the varieties of Cotton, Sugar-cane, &c., 
Vou. xvit. No, 36.—N.S, 2c 
