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2 into two—that to the left passing along the 
side of a lar 
— wont À mint hb accumulating on the 
ere with great violence ; at ‘hi 
Arig pt lagoon, segs is peny. eir of weeds o 
rushes, a few may Fung ahon 
on the several e which are g^ black swans 
C nasi о the ntry ; the. others, DE 
white, ee ae lately o poried from England. 
arrive at the d EIS 
l the 
promise: nals, native and exotic, Senden о “ class О 
EM deg erspersed with. a good sp 
herbaceous era and florists’ flowers for 93 The 
as 
te contain a good collection of what in England | 
Holland plants, 8 such as the different | n 
which Heres not | 
termed Sev 
several of 
yee in as i into e, having been 
found in she: interior pf She tig Polyg 
Ali А 
cling of 
se, Comes, | 
s of a 
; by his rem it was within an 
We ssed two or three old 
неа ќо spend the 
Nex 
* n to fall, geist us 
ccu night, ich di we could 
: | goo od fire to warm f, hee w 
t| drying our clothes, Bars s &e. ; 
laid ourselves down to sleep on A sheet of bark, in fr 
f 
right way, pe! Уз about half а afterwards we 
the long- сеи ra — 4 ae cer- 
tainly a most Pag Е place it a aver was 
i for th native 
"assias, В ist 5. Eu 
э s, C hy 2 ryb 
The rain still bens ago swept over — 
d to 
a good idea of the ER of the tree. 
x} the Ferns, and took hold 
a more poranio. night than dee oeh ‘of wa king off with the tree da 
E f some te again | down a strip of thistenacious bark. Seeing little of ay 
the ra Wwe #0 
+4 the he whole country. Many country, Mac Йе сое ME 
stems of some. 
200 fee 
from ite tree (v 
measure it, it 
i — is 
| al'a sepa arate 
о 5 
с Ф 
allets оп our bae ec 
fairy —— реу easting many x Mee, 
behin The Ferns being quite new to m 
and Caw ng an idea of something like part ofa 
tropical landscape, we spent the night at the station 
at the botto nges. After breakfast next day 
we started о he only bit of farming we say 
on few 
few days there ha n of gard tik 
way m e ymen arrivals, of course 
Although gardening is different here from what it is at 
home, and s to rough it, as they eall i there 
is this —— the wages "xd wie 2s 
ny, the a and r: who has j 
atter after M. Dallachy, curator of the gardens, by whom | We also picked up a pretty purple Orchid, but the day | leaving for a situation wh 
many such plants are annually dise d, during being fine we hasten k, with eottage, wood, and t 
his botanical rambles into the interior, principally = hill, growing by the sides. 4 two ereeks or rivulets, that water can de of little consideration, e Wea. 
purpose of collecting seeds ; this autu е | was pres to our view а sight I shall never fraus. móney here, unless you are in the n cighhourhood ofthe 
and two others, along with the government botanist, Dr. sis. de stately forms o! the ree Ferns Yarra, there being mo spring about Melbourne ; the 
1 (а German, and recently appointed to this office | antaretica, and Alsophila australis, a thes асго se water is driven in barrels, and — мен во much per lo 
With a salar) of 4007 a year), were away for about two | stems, composed of the annual footstalks of the the value of whi may be gu guessed at Mia e 
gan vered ^ really good gings, ll a nu. leaves, € a height varying from 4 to|am rse and cart realise fro 21, to 
ome ; among these were a and on tems of trees in td 
Grevillea 1E large scarlet бетеру» атаи Acacias, Ce. shady places we found, in brent luxurians, som o of the high — — now, our ofl Kinds being also ^ 
: ain a large si ble members of t wie. АШ dear, bei ; | Botanie 
Portugal Laure Is 5 these, together with all other green- such as Polypodin: um Bi т) раи species, Galdens, 2 151 Fe mi ero but Му. Kas of 
house plants, stand out all year in the open border.| Hymenophyllum nitens, or flabellatum, Gra mitis | Bloxholm Gardens Sleaford, Linea, mee whom we are 
ы, ios 1 m" * here, uy д! ic genet — is, and? Т s, &e.; in the vicinity of | indébted for the above, that А 
re e es or seed-|trees were ti at 
E The "garden enclosure rr an area | lasianthos, — pé crm „ оо danii re e EXE Bsa Wat, d 
of upwards of 30 acres ; the situation is well chosen, | Australian Malberry (P Pseudo- Mor 8 ү” йе жш ме; 
Nature has her part and Art must now step in — with their graceful forms embraced the gr : 
complete what it.has already begun, so as to render th ked and branches of s of t uch as 1 
gardens to the Victori During the| Clemati da, and T ; b ilie. d | Societies, 
autumn which is just finished n i « — 
i j n ot more than six men the ereek were a few old deserted bark huts, of: which 
were employed, but that the winter is setting in, we chose the best, in whic’ ope nd the night. Here ALEDONIAN H Sept. 10.—Pri ; 
ам. * goo don at ne park is D pnnjempletiors that | we left our provisions, and then attempted the ascent, | awarded on this окно, oso 4 rud 
; as sire y been mand for all|but we soon foun to be ible, but i "m arde 
kinds PRAE sig aac impossible, but not without | Mr. Crocket, Raith, with Royal George egarde; 
provisions rising. | any bold effort, and: fi th Royal 
JJ... eet Gere Nae oa 
lowe | А . үа, Wr 
E — "амал mee len} ardeners who engage by | here and there, varying in length from 50 to upwards Elruge; 2d, Mr. Thom, Kelso, with Newingt . Mi 
year r ‚80. per annum, and | of 150 feet ern was as high as our head e Туш ; 2d, 
] tg E м М iodgings, or so much flour, | but our most formidable enemy was a species o. allin ean Black ‘ he ae e Mr. Cro 
€ с. ; but there i ; ontignan 1: 
be had of any note, they are all 1 — nen am was oar apa лаб тч ри Арн Ину Thom, 
] rents und h e „ the rental 15 feet; we — эу. descended, but т» ү thi — r - 
і ^ Pd won ie uate “ia Phat It evite €— — нена worse | d ehristie, with the 2 variet, ] Ex ive Т 
o ll. 10s week. " tumble do Grapes: Ist, Mr. et, with Chasselas Mu 
2 а few v miles e Melbourne, I yery Sear somehow. ^V We; en hen entered our ec lighted the fire, | Silver Medal to Mr. Diciem, p pm T 
Кака е about five miles kd pe town, | the — In > evening we ate jd suppl d vec 1 5% ME: 
ed 600... Many gardeners who cam ately | wood, being close to an old sawpit. — vidin / 
oer 8 cid fo high pore * TEIL large sheets of bark on which to — w ved 
ti b H А 
owing owing othe high price of . — em 
sedere sell or give awa: re Been fred toa heough [on tbe E * irent rq aer 
with them. Мо doubt parties who held gardens ———— (— 
the gold era, or w since commenced price I thought, Е n cenis * 71 
MY m , are E mi "for Cal Cabbages are St ч M way; — on — — ears kn — : ы 
=; 6з. рег P. ee gie e а ` - ealled tho th was the — a bird, very —— hed И жунш ө” 
- » and Сашйо 198, to M pes; demo, Ca f к »eonch-whip 3 although we heard the — of prize— Ist, Mr. Cossar, 
в. per doz., Peas 8d. per Beans p atford Su ise, Lad 
i oliin ie na A й — — eem эя — . plenty A parrots ot h beautiful | aa "etn d operas ed N 
6s. per doz., Apples from Is. to 25. per Potatoes | on — alert, in order to atte rat irae, a — Mountain б, бе 
25. per ewt. ; bread, 4 Ib. loaf, 1s, 6d > tn "e an ascent from — . — Queen, Lady 
„Fermit me now to give a sketch of a journey of y —— 2 that: — „ 
20 miles s! the bush, is (м Government as there was little or no underwood. аре ec — — Wallen Gem en 
botanist :— About 8 o'clock in the morning of the 10th | of a f и ne 
. of Tun eran hereon, о Sr cn Pa 
starting briskly off for the Dandynoy range, we soon | — ден. Жейми: — — — 
found ourselves a few miles from the gardens, in the down. — — — boen brought umer, — 
E a thiek and anxiously looking for Д of sea н ilis, of Home, 
uve Er c equa bikat consisted chiefiy of iS бат pe Stringy Bark, of which there — Apre — — Cr "i 
m CIS, in flow The unm : „ for ing, Mr. 
iait cand: a : н or Eu Урі) es constitute | Queen of Whites, Siri R. Whi 
t with pu purple бошай. Сот а ing dep 3 of Australia, This genus id, Ki W Star, George 
esperma | about being described by Sw the auth Annie Plantas 
— lis; ган E —.— a 3 rre Villiers, Annie Salter. 
l history. Cabinet 
' voir этч т апа who, though a native of F — has 
as been resid 
of 8 
in New Zealand 
|| Villiers, Yel ellow Sta 
Goliath. F 
bas de. | Kossuth; 
de. | Kossuth, Miss Ward, Forget mes 
ornwallis, 
Whittington, — Glenny, Sir 
Standard, Brilliant, 
White 
Laura Lavington, and kets $ 
