THE GARDENERS’ _CHRONICLE. 
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that the system now detail 
1 diem, in in proportion to the amount of light 
= acts upon their surfaces, other conditions being 
some 
the „ e plants in these a 
many br Foggy- 
na; also A 
ee the | Pin ir 
phela nd 
ed | pitiable Aboriginal aN. “OF 36,4403 36,4404 acres under 
cultivation in 1847, t 
sensi with ery ANSA src racemes s of orange- 
S; Mie beautiful Achimenes venusta, and 
others ; — asiatica ; Balsami ina latifolia the small 
gpl pune f owered Cu uphea decandra, om se 
. © 
8 5 — oms 
— w pyramid of e 
the third division (a Pinery) w 
* Grape, with oval Perrier, pulpy 
hybri tween 2 
pre- emi inently beautiful. Remarkably fine 
of Epiphyllum truncatum and e um, of &e 
r stand h, were 
ery 8 tae 
fles 
ards wages, for day laboure 
. 6d. per day, without, — private individuals | 
di 
o 301. per annum, and rations, 
t get one-tenth of the 
men miley: 504 employ, a Per they have had, for 
a arah 2 searcity of ordinary | L 
to be remitted, of which 2 
H. M. Colonial ifths were to be sent to 
black, white ; the black 
are preferred, Many of the flats are from a 
quarter to three quarters of a mile 
4 broad 
articles. As re- | miles longs with no mag at other places, more or 
rs the Government give | less, 
e gum a moderate _— 
rain, they are full of beau Grass and flowers. 
Some of a ps a. and hills con 
soil aiin va 
= 
3 
ar, 20,0007. voted by the legislature to be ex 
and bridges, — for public 
hich it is ‘ampossitble to execute 0 want of 
" Ordina ry shepherds, men who frequ 
imperfect e e of their business, get Ta 
per w nd rations, The 
2 Tu — and — Wurzel 
, the ore staff of life, grows well ; — 
i the corn 
the 
oubt remains, with 
Se 
| kind, it will, ere sea prove a desideratum in all 
posi 10 Ibs. bu teher’s meat, į Ib. tea, and 2 Ie. sugar 
man, besides which, dag are 
tage, firewood, &.. Ife The great inerease of the 
In addition to the above, there is a Vinery in the 
Kitchen or vegetable garden, 54 feet long, with Figs 
the back wall and trai — aa on trellis- i 
against 
work. In the flower garden are two 
ir house being undergoing 
Sopir. The flower pinden i is — extensive but richly 
Though seen 
flower-tubes, a 
team autumn deco 2 Bowiei, wi 
flocks pa we 
offered 4s. 6d. per acre ; reapers, . per 
— eep- e ere 128. to 158. per 100 — bullock 
driver: to 30s. per Past Of reg gs follow- | 
Bak 20s. 30 
binder), ean 2s. per we roy 
Britain, 1 hough they grow better. 
marke d th ue consequence of the cheapness of food 
sefulness of Site for country mA, 
isa group an th 
Sma seeds, where: it had bloomed in rae 
S iscellan 
Pe Deodars.— About 4000 y pants; from seed, 
T Conifer, were sold by Mr. ens ye esterday. 
Wo 2 etia — an average, 7l. per 100 . of from 
ar 
ements, 3 occupy 
„ and are 
; of these vast limits 
55 h the ex exception = a Tew settlement s) by 
pd 
stra —— forests hom cipal harbour, 
We de ie abont sov es from 
— et the lowest upset - —— a —_ 
ey, 
the time of sa 
— of f the cca 
on | butchers’ 
d they ma 
emig ra fre A ge for 
at: 
k 
ee 
goss ea 
58. par 
of | generally b 
9 2 of tools 
e noble stream of the 
arn 
rices of provisions: Bre ad, 5 
butter, 10d, to 1s. per Ib.; ‘chee ese, +72 Od. 
er Ib. 3 5 Potatoes $d. to 13d. per Ib.; * „ 14. — 
Peas, 1s. to s. 2d. per peck; W t, 48 
hel; peel, 24. 
lb. The whole of 
0 
of the finest t quality, at the prices n named, Clothing qn A 
provi a cot- | to 
; | has 
i rae 1 es a rar 
ratu Kae 
Vegetables are srg a dearer in parents ean in | also 
w be It may be re- 
y 
and 
to 3d. per Ib.; mutton, 14. i during the year. 
ve are to be had here, — 
the capabilities of this colony for grain. With 
cattle an ai 1 can "= renu = 
on hear of a Ih 
t 1 fully believe “tat tie vill, ina fem Seat 
On the nature ences ve sh repre- 
sentations have been 5 7 e eule, — two points, 
xeessive heat, a 
ity. The usual mean tempe- 
eed the climate of paras Australia 
rink 1 — one of the mii wie 
par "healibful i E “the seme world, A rain gauge has 
delaide, and the results regularly 
the summary for seven 
en W man = hame 
1 ” 23.997 
1511 70 ae 93 ” 18.065 „ 
119 j 0 20.418 „ 
” ” 105 ” Fiti à 
„ „ $s 
17 
1 
Being on an average 110 days annually on 
the average extent upwards of 19 1 
een are often very searce and dear. 
uired in the colony, and who are 
are tural labo 
ts | A 
les. The capital ot 
the capital. The 200 
irste by public auction, 11. 
ent is noti 
s | with 
Mir: amount in any pu y |P 
i Ope 23 — will have eo privilege of naming 
ey are 
me edt of l0La ‘teed: way man, 
und, besides their expenditure for bread, 
eat, and dairy p 
does this gie fact furnish, as to be g. z 
es 
of 
very gra ite 
i colony, and of the generous 
ty of the ia ’ lately af forde ya 
5 a public meeting, an 
these seven 
years passe out rain! „We have no droughts, 
seasons in which grain is not maturity. 
The rains are more frequent, and certain as to 
ee eee ” . 
delaid ave never known 
aaa he mineral discoveries in, South Australis 
the sod nor 
have given tpe r feature to 
or ten copper mines 
Wid niia | the value of the ores e 
ital ; Ta ie 
ey 3 
uce. What a comment |t 
mfortable cir- | Some time s 
There are no Britain, i 
a a the one-half of which — t 
itt “fs England, to the relie com- 1 
about 1000/., was 
ut the debt of 85,000 
at the e of f the colony, which was for 
n the 
Consolidated Fund of Great 
er, 
