404 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
50, alter pe DuNcaAN's 
In 1849-50, 
ome ad- 
officially testified. 
invest ation, the net 
-— аар Р. , апа in 515 it a 
farther, the sum of 6814 having been realised. 
this time the new Commissioner of the Woods cae 
Forests began to be felt, and no reaction occu 
but 683“. were still e Mis t sa a 
been received for 1852-3 w 
t kno 
re 
Fries cin у report for that yait b: — ас 
Th figares show — that s re 8 
ape. of the f Bere Forest w 
egregiously wrong, or that the property ied have 
been, till within 5 last year or two, seriously mis- 
managed. on the one hand an experienced 
land-agent informing Parliament that the pepe им 
e 
is wort 
crown retu urning in one 
a year ; in a later period of the same duration, 
a € 4 and at last, only 770. r ourselves, we 
believ зі LUTTON’S euler to be near the truth. 
n cw r, allow a wide margin for error, rS 
uce та сао of 7891. to 7007., and the 
ms of the last two a: sustain — latter estimate, 
the case, the predecess 
ale 1 
by t the |, 
eight years of his charge, contrived to lose 41577. 
surveyor was Sir "pem CaAuPnBELL, Bart. r 
in September 1 with a salary and emoluments 
of the estimated ilis of 2027. The “ Bar Une 
? tells № 2 that he was about 25 Via 
o ha 
isting officer, in the first | a rea 
Bureau des Vg Mix and of the Annuaire Méteoro- 
logique de la Fran 
AGRI- HORTICULTURAL e sad OF INDIA. 
ultural Society of India 
Society of Bengal, the 
riefly but forcibly“ . “for th. "The s suece 
of ie: Society during its 32 years of site nee 
ranch societies which have ema 
different parts o 
soundness of the founder’s v Year after year 
тар flourishing institutio he Maly ар oving an 
ts s activity, until it has at present attained a 
that it €— че ak cat support 4 patrona ge 
the Gov f India, as well as t e Oma or 
Directors at peg evinced by amet pecuniary gran 
agricu 
either scientific or practical; such as 
p ial i * the like eroe from Ct pid 
eg the labours of 
en put in charge, and that tw ator: before the Societ in possessi of s some property of its 
had trie a daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir | own, and derives annually a considerable neome from 
Ковквт vieni of Ste toke Hall, ү Mine a dt n as cted, are chiefly 
near of the then Ear 
gave him the Abdi ement 
still, as far as we know, remains Чыр vituli. 
Ir any one wishes fo 
m sow one eo inquiry respecting the 
DISEASE ; 20b x ne E 
trus 
ave no room 
ed we — Sa no novelty 
а which reach 
ents, we léarn 
n that he is my to risk his ute 
when wing, 
poe thinks d that the disease is 
inflict them upon our readers. 
another of to-day’s i 
er liti 
eee or банан ү + Dam E у А „il in 
is too slight and inaccurate to be 
of much use. 
0 
of the latter, there were last yea 
Was 
a large aop. of opinions, let 
OTATO 
cts, he |™ 
comprise also many ео natives, 
r two Vice-Presiden 
ttim A council. 
er India, 
hich is Le 
si onelant m tion of t 
te popula ation i in the e — рт” 8 
n extensive co oa =i is maintained 
with various parts of the world ;. and as ey. of the 
ropeans, but 
esides two other 
turista lan 
and i ciens an | Và 
Ix part im on will Е 
found a series of Tables БА... the equivalents 
vari FIG 
, planters, &c., 
ver prevails exe all 
anda praiseworth y zeal moreo 
ursuits which 
classes of Europeans, x cies 3 pu 
карч е main purpose 
еп - 
кы of 
t 
P те any detailed acc 
in t 4 M > ^ 
м т, шау sugar, indigo, 
© | tobaceo, rice, silk, dts eae dec fibre, ирер venne 
8 „ lac- dye India n fruits, mber 
м босан of vicious "distri io, Ko., 
very extensi satis- 
b; 
bo 
n ede the first 
rd William Bentinek), a he а, deep 
ion: 
as a 
* cultivators, market- 
and o thers. 
addition, the гра 3 an experimental 
garden, = land t to Zs for ‘the 
ect bases for 
estiga- 
es were foun rict i 
e. For example, the. шры тюс unit 
d fany as tural 
4325 gra which agrees with t 
weight as stated by the kaihora of the Annuaire — 
| over 
e 
CHRONICLE. 
. 
a 
hardly ever in a кон indicative of its 
эць amply. attest the wisdom and |? 
emit r 
onder, therefore, 
of | sphere, 
and 5 Чаа - large donations of agricultural d 
other Барін mmunications of papers puit them 
publie dens 
fresh рю айе 
w- | and treat th 
in 
[JUNE 25, 
he occasi, 
are very interesting; especia! dira a letter from Lord W, 
om ntinck, on his departure fro ndia in 1818 
r. Wallich, in Hooker's Journal of E Botany for May 
SILENE LACINIATA. 
ALTHOUGH now seldom met with in collections, and 
f 
ing a 
favourite ery useful subject for au 
arm atmo- 
oon as the cuttings show x they are 
desc remove the g . Inure them to light and 
# Aud et them заара hardened before potting 
a noe А corner = sag cold frame, Be a 
atmo soon 
E 
— in small pots 
not w. 
S bees established Aer prd stop wett 
idis compact bushy growth, and place them near 
the glass, merely screening them from the direct 
ray sun for a few hours on the 
of the 
f 
front. it management, plants pro- 
pagated early will be — os a os -— in 1 
— should be given as every 
ns used to keep them in a vigorous “health дизай н 
п ie y 
nee g iden ce of dam Ap об 
ewe in autumn, т remo to a si in 
greenhouse, wher кечее 4 may enjoy s v v light post 
without was бое Aer Pig fe 
damp, foggy air, and M s 
in winter than wil — to kay it ina ily state, 
About the mi antstoa light, 
rather moist pit = ine where th rature may 
average from 40° to 45° at night, geo it to rise to 
55° or 60° before re giving air, This 
се е те in plants that ha г roperly 
winte ood health, i meh s — be 
forded а ту before the roots matted 
d ting, be careful to have he balls and 
be u a properly moist state, and apply 
water c cautiously чай the plants get esta stablished in their 
ich give air ant SA water 3 e 
m 
in 
early in August. 
s | plants another season's growth, bef: 
bloom, those pues be shifted in Ju decet 
itr are full of ro 1 ої the 
n at which + is given and the health of the we 
premi ibm шг. a large в соле Же in the season. 
them as al directed ce moi oe 
dormant 
Е E 
ing of Jun 
grow — the leat sopi keep them in а 
airy and drier mete exposing them to full suns 
except for a sho 
very 23 coniteibites to the. Sys боша; we 
success, nelusion, may 
proof of the high Saimaa in which dte aros ёз 
held by those who have it most in their parer to watch 
efa ct, that 
bac vernor. 
Vade. its very commencement each success 
i S ri t ja 
hen in flower they sh 
ry hou 
After their ey is over, gs stronger shoots 
be well eut k, and the plants ts removed to а 
part of the greenhouse, and wintered with th 
seasons. When they commence 
back, 
сап 
removing 
be s 
ather 
main eue 255 begin to expand the 
soil, u ood fi rich ak Tight 
Sg pun ea af soil, in about roportions, 
a liberal allowance of 
or charcoal broken into small pieces. 
eral has honoured the Society by readily assenting | 
loam into small pieces alent it is used. Alpha: 
