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epiphyles. I have, I believe, recognized the following species of 

 alpine and garden flowers in and near the station : 



Achillea. Chrysanthemum. Gloriosa. Ranunculus. 



Aconitum. Clematis. Helleborus. Rheum. 



Anagallis. Cyprepedium. Indigofera. Rhododendron. 



Androsaee. Daphne. Iris. Ribes. 



Anemone. Delphinium. Lychnis. Rosa. 



Anthemis. Engiron. Narcissus, Saxifraga. 



Aquiligia. Fragrasia. Orchis. Semperriorum. 



Arnica. Gentian. Oxeopseus. Valeriana. 



Aster. Geranium. Pedicularis. Veronica. 



Astragulus. Geum. Potentilla. Viola. 



Campanula. Gladiolus. Primula. 



The poisonous Aconite (A ferox), and the Antiperiodic (A. 

 Heterophyllwn) the " Attees " are both common. There are 

 several varieties of the species enumerated, and very numerous 

 flowers I am unacquainted with, besides. Orchideous plants are 

 not uncommon at the bottom of the station, and I have recog- 

 nized bunches of oexides, saccolazium, dendrolium, &c. 



The vegetation of tropical and temperate regions is strangely 

 combined in the Kangra Valley ; and as an instance of this, I 

 have seen near Dhurmsalla, five mangoe-trees, covered with 

 most luxuriant ivy, and topped with orchideous plants, and 

 growing by their side clusters of bamboos and of firs. The 

 hill-sides in the station are terraced for cultivation, wherever 

 the slope admits of it. Two white crops are nearly always 

 taken from the same fields ; one of barley in the spring, and 

 one of maize in the autumn. Potatoes are planted in March, 

 and gathered in November. They are cheap and of decent 

 quality, but small and rapidly deteriorating. There is no rice 

 cultivated above a height of 3,500 feet. 



Mr. H. D. Macleod, of the Civil Service, has planted a con- 

 siderable extent of land (5,800 feet above the level of the sea) 

 with tea. The plantation is not, in my opinion, a success.* 



The configuration of the surface, and the porous texture of 

 the soil render the drainage excellent, and with a very little care 

 the ground can be kept dry even in the wettest weather. 



The year may be divided into five seasons, viz. : 



WINTER. 

 SUMMER. 



( December. 

 ( January. 

 jMay. 

 ( June. 



{February. 

 March. 

 April. 



MONSOON. < August. 



( September. 



* It is too high above the sea, being nearly at the highest point that the tea- 

 plant can thrive at all. A. T. M. G. 



