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dia, and is the chief food of many districts. TTiat from Nepaul is very fine. 

 It is richer than European barley. The millet feed great numbers of our 

 population, more than all other cereals together. They are more nutritious 

 than rice. At the head of them stands tlie Bagra, the great Indian millet. 

 Their horses are fed cMeily on the Oicer-Arietinam, a pea called Grajn, 

 with hay. The bean called " Soja-hispida,"'' is singular In having forty- 

 six per cent of nitrogenous matter — ^nearly 12^ lbs. of oil or fat, 13 ounces 

 of phosphorus, 1^ ounce of sulphur, and nearly half an ounce of iron ! It 

 is the source of the well known '*Soy sauce.'''' Another bean " Catjang 

 tahoo," a Dolichos resembles the SgJu. This is probably the one which 

 being pressed for oil, leaves the Tanping, an oil cale, which is brought as a 

 sort of dr7/ paste to Shanghai, to the value, annually, of 2^ million pounds 

 sterling, or $12,500,000. It is fed to pigs and buffaloes, aiid is also used 

 for manure. 



Journal Do La Societe Iinperlalo et Centrale D'Hortlculture. Paris, March, 1858. Napo- 

 leon ^d, Protecteur.] 



MAaNOLIA-GrRANDIFLOKA, NORTH AMERICA— HOW TO 



RAISE THEM. 



Have a young plant placed in very well prepared light soil. As it puts 

 out branches near the surface iA autumn, layer these for ^lew trees, and the 

 old root will produce new branches next season. This layering will suc- 

 ceed if done in February. As soon as the layers take root, cut them from 

 the old tree and set them out. It is good to cover these young ones with 

 straw in severe cold weather. 



EFFECT OF CHANGE OF CLIMATE ON VEGETABLES, VIZ: 



We have introduced (France) the cabbage from England, cauliflower 

 from Cypress and from Egypt, horse-radish from China, skirret (water 

 parsnip) from Ohina, scorzonera from Spain, potato from America, escha- 

 lot from Palestine, a bean from India, melon from Bucharia, squash from 

 Egypt and Arabia, not to mention a crowd of trees, shrubs and plants, 

 annual or otherwise, which vegetate very well here. However, although 

 they produce fruit here as large, or even larger than in their native lands, 

 yet their fruits rarely possess the rich taste and aroma they have at home. 

 Sometimes when taken from a cool climate to a much warmer one, they 

 improve. For instance, the grape vines carried by the Dutch from Hol- 

 land to the Cape of Good Hope, gained immense amelioration of quality, 

 In Surinam, the greater part of 6ur garden vegetables transferred there, 

 viz : pears, beans, asparagus, are better than they are in Europe. Fruit 

 not so at all. 



EXHIBITION— CRYSTAL PALACE— CHAMP ELYSEES. 



Calceolaria. — Duval, the younger, gardener of Prince Napoleon at Belle- 

 vue, has there a lot of half woody calceolarias in good growth. They 

 are strong and full of flowers, red being the predominant color. He has 

 golden yellow flowers. 



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