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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[APniL 23, 
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Deodar of th Hindoos is the — Deodara, 
N the Hin chiefly on the higher 
Kas mt at рой, ач 
2,000 feet above the 
of 5500 to tee олате ^w the value of its 
as for 
“ Tt has long 
timber, as we ts uses icine, hence |a 
it became mf th ioned by 
Avicenna as Diudar or Indian Pine ; while the t 
wood, fineness 
— — is is en of the most valuable 
ol the timbers of the Himalayas. It is con — 
in 
tain 
. of the d «5 , as well as to 
the great cold of WNE, ‘being сыўа! for the roofs 
A orania as well as for the irat ork of the 
hav 
S frame-work of wood having . en made, 
is filled а with stones, even for = ene walls, 
and thus the wood is as much ex stone 
to the КҮ M T" — * drou acht. 
* The ridges, formed by 
bri 
Deodar рен reris vade other until they meet 
in the centre, the other ends being kept steady on 
ihe banks by great weights. These bridges are, 
therefore, also exposed = the air to-all the vieissi- 
tudes of the Himalayan c n 
* Major Mappen, who 
written expressly on the 
байы» of the Him is 
6 
o 200 feet i A height. 
“ It seems very indifferent to site and substratum, 
flourishing equally amongst the clefts of the 
imestone, кше, 
the black v 
he brae 
surface of the latter depart 
n 
another Him 
of all 
prefer that of t 
e 
woo 
t in жуг ar 
ost | beams of bridge 
insure thorough d 
“Colon 
x 
layas, and тты t the earliest, writers on the Deodar, 
describes it as the largest, most noble; and durable 
Lok the timber of the Deodar, Major MappEN 
writes, that itis held i in the highest estimation in ti 
elena 12 
d peculiarly res Y" from the at 
bt It has t 
disant bra nds of it are hin employed as 
n the walls of temples in Kunawar, beams wer 
bang ali out to me, showing no signs of decay, extent 
ng a little charred and ecce on the surface 
y the action 2 * sun and w r; and the 
tain mples were se ve been built from 600 to 
eration, 
ре омар Th GERARD xo ee ina loii at б aiot 
to be 2 
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granaries, 
ravages of insects, &c., re apprehended. 
climate of Katar i is, However А dry o 
most valuable ‘wood of 
the timber of which is extensively id 
in the Eg drin of houses, tem xL and bridges 
р? t from the Zein-ul-Kadol ' Bridge were 
ound lide Pene — exposed to the action 
of water for жо ears. He also descri 
r 
AURUNGZEBE, he ] 
п 
йн x 
r. Such, also, is the ны lity of the timber 
— that in none of t e eblumns was an 
кту. ‘iho to a m uch 
er mosque е уегу diei и RR which 
is mcm of Deodar wood, and it i to 
ntury. The sa ae panies refer to the 
in which the Deodar i is hel 
а. of these valleys шау be considered as 
moist in climate. 
rainage. 
peson, the first surveyor of the Hima- | 
ttack of worms and | 0 
woo 
p s a peculiar — — so that no — 
wil éd it; the gr and stra ight, A 
ку А a practical man, as giving the following notice | 
Deodar 
—- 
weathers, and ma 
tact with muc ch ies mp.' 
“It is said, however, to be inferior to the Chee 
alayan Pine tree (Pinus lon sifolia), i in 
— pressure at right а „ерее but Major Аввотт 
the E. I. C. Eng s, gives Cheer 593 and 
Deodar 760 as um relative strength of picked speci- 
ad ane cigs 
S 
275 of the Bengal Engineers, 
“Сар ү” 
һауїпд уте С {һе Deodar wood to careful a j 
ar 
rus states that pieces of seasone 
eet in length and 2 inches in dine ev 
broke with weights of 1588, oes and of 1540 Ibs. 
of good s raight grained wood ; 
pieces 8 feet bug: ES inches thi 
3 inches, broke, the coarse grained with 1092, the 
fine grained at 1188 and 1700 Ibs. ; ; but that knotty 
pieces broke at 750 and 964 lbs., while specimens 
of the same length and thickness, but which had 
905 
m 
un 
E 
= 
= 
Ф 
о 
Ф 
mn 
r 
b 
of the trée, me first from | the outside of the tree. 
“ The native 
kinds of кз er in the ountain forests, 
e Deodar to ane ner and they 
appear to be al justified in in <a ване Тһе 
ugh i с eter de e, 
of mosque s, and the 
rs the exposure of the wet, 
dry, an soda seasons of. the Himalayas, when used | в 
ud pa 8 m 7 putes Es Pr ae 
It 
vertical E 
mples. The of 1 
its al applicability to ‘all thay ончу d “whieh ie 
in this country; and if d 
us Deals are employed 
8 кеч will Sb ably be as good as the 
bu ullding the hulls of ships, and better t 
Lareh for 
an the 
yellow Deal for voit мү this is remarkable ч gh о 
rapid т т 
Montant 
n to 
* [t is a curious bu 22380 роби fact that the |n 
mere is, however, the Deodar, a variety of | ee 
ed 
. | present Sn re wr of India, who has been |! 
e living occasionally at Simla, where the Gove s 
General's house is built of De og ven in a grea 
бзан ше, апі е the wood is common, and fine 
tree growing in the neighbourhood, 
and where Beds the Earl of Daruovsrk m 
eodar seed f 
pantig on his estate in Scotlan 
connESsPONDENT (B. W. G.) ма sent us some 
r Maidenhead, 
white erustaceons ani 
ch long, belonging to the section 
Amphipoda, or ston a 9 shrimps (ine of T are 
ingly common under ever a- 
weed and stone; on our coasts). Hi inte to o belong toa 
being 
sof the Fe es g the choice d t 
e 
en | when 
е |- As 
well sg; aracter. Like — 
the metropolis, for every one must have regretted 
the impossibility of seeing much of so importan ta 
collection, so r as it was buried in the heart 2 
Devonshire 
THE EVERGREEN OAK AS A SEA-SIDE 
„PLANT. 
URING a recent visit to Gue ' sey, I had an oppor: 
LE flouris as was 
th n the occasion of which 1 E ta durin 
er winter their foliage becomes in som Б 
һу Ше combined action of the se — 
and бер of salt spray гад wis ch they are sub- 
ut that this i is saa Ge 
own in agar situatio 
t home on de Pp = hili 
si an evergreen СИ іп _ Similar ep 
nothing à [^ I know of can shel 
ree is proverbi ally a difficult one to trans- 
what is already known. 
proprietor v of the . 
re growing, that the 
the foliage on, success would be doubtful ^s h 
rum of the шоч is evident enough. “ And,” соп- 
hem with ee sets however 
—this was in 
w nt 
years ago. You can hardly believe it, can you ! but itis 
3 true. i e if they 
ws." And so 
in question, It had 
ery remote period, which w 
of its removal, And I do ме think that I exaggerate 
I say, -— in the — seasons’ growth, a good 
six feet of wood had bee e. 
sociate ^ with ет. tone: were res. Stone Pines, 
Evergreen- 
ea-breezes. Um o r two Scotch 
means or other had ud ecome 
otherwise ered mu 
may appear somethin 
| easual realen of the system, but we all узна 
ed from а healthy st stem denuded 
ecommended the 
of his in No : uote his words 
friend alluded to) “placed deciduous trees of every 
ind, but especially Birch, intermixed with Thorns, 
Crabs, a nd old Hollies | gh off their heads; thes 
are planted i in a puddle and the earth laid round their 
m юе, which prevent the cattle from 
and I have seen 
шж thus 
of trees which petey like bare poles the first year, in 
a 3 8 
specimens fou the em 8 RU 
th 
for being entirely destitute 
case with s 
ibe 
said 
at the latest i in our ‘teenth | 
at 
d asa timber in Nepal. 
a 
“ Major Mappzs further quotes Mr. MIxxs, appa- ! 
ociety of 
ion 
appeared. Will “B. W. G.“ fav us with 
further particulars as to 
shri 
of the water, &c. J. 
Ir will have been seen vem our . 
un that the firm of Knicat & Perry, in * 
ing’s Road, Chelsea, ceases to. exist, pay is 
replaced by Mr. and thus has Me 
n at pea wh 
the Niphargus fre лт of Scuiopre, described from d 
mps in question are remarkable | 
prized w 
the well be which these 
rimps were obtained: its depth, the temperature | whic 
0. W. — 
time become beautiful e. to a 
ind o suave, such might be made to 
кє 
Мосн 
es, а 
2 s but which в иной 
t and well kept con- 
seeing the 
d 
blossoms ; she said,“ We 2124 K in the stove, шт 
could not aff " ‘sufficient it was s cole 
sa. 3 ; we therefore did not think that t re 
pit agen T ould be wa „ 
ee e Viae dt n intelligent 5 rincipat 
so recentl = 9th ,from one of the P 
towns i e such? “information te 
kingd vege : 
— it as plainly indicates that it is no 
n his locality. Had it n ot be yr 
d 
be i борае whether this, the 4 — 0 
