44 TEA PLANTING IN THE OUTER HIMALAYAH. 



water-courses ; forests of oaks clothe their flanks, and, 

 higher up, give place to gloomy and funereal pines. 

 Above all, are wastes of snow, or pyramidal masses of 

 granite, too perpendicular for the snow to rest on." . . . 

 I believe it is the intention of Dr. Jameson, the 

 superintendent of the Government Botanical Gardens 

 of the North -West Provinces, shortly to publish a 

 Guide to Tea-planters in India. The importance of 

 this guide is self-evident, as it will supply a want that 

 lately has been greatly felt, and in so complete a manner 

 as to thoroughly exhaust the subject. 



