.Y THE GARDENERS’ erie : 
[APRIL 23, 
wisn Fig, Almond, and Mulberry trees were 
the Pistachio as yet only bu budding 
deposit of the river the Water-me as on 
see he N 
is a low range of hills, k 
en clad with a beantifal soaeliadi 
checkered with red Ranunculuses 
and od the cpa sete Age was 
mos wh 
princi: a grey Lecide with black rained apathecia and 
-coloured C otha s ; with a do- Sap emer 
erru ram 
e the gay Aster 
, Alliu ake eet hate), ‘Papave dabium, 
Campinula glomerata, and rons vert ca a On the 
more fer ts were Rom mgr Pte varia, 
Matricaria eematell; Anthems bills’ a nd two species 
of he family of Leguminosz was represented 
ae bese and that of Caryophyl- 
pondria and Silene. ee - 
nerogamous 
; of about “0 celeste b 
a visit to ans inhabiting Cen d 
Peak of Row a diz (Tir Sheikh- 
in a, by the same gentleman. 
After leav: , he travelled across the plain of 
av where cultivated, is almost en- 
ely ove wed gia of i d Arte- 
Cae. re cecil ager é j was 
der, and ed Water-cresses, a luxury abundant 
throughout Kurdistin, though unknown in po! 
On entering the hills, a 
and insect life snakes, ‘ash- 
grey colour, were very were 8 gedin 
captivating e country ; cole 
n the flowering 
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Peres See tel 
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Bees 
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the cher and the rocky interval that 
with fruit-trees or tall Poplars 
The system of i ir in 
perfect : 25 — recon! sown with rice (their heel 
at the same time. a ~ 
on the pene of Kurriki, was a vast 
number o ere occupied in ent 
ting for their winter stock “of catth 
ut othores sour milk, to. which it 
gives a pleasant : aromatic flavo Twos 8 of Yemnét 
nd re, and it’ was remarkable that they respect- 
poten With them 
and the vast numerical increase of socia als pith 
re the Astrégalus tragacantha (great Goats’ thorn), 
Tragopogon orientalis ( ats’-beard), and Rhamnus sax- 
Atilis (the berries o ich are used by the Easterns 
to hy leather yellow), — almost every othe 
plant e latter must not, however, be confounded with 
the yellow berry of commerce, vetlel: is the produce of R. 
oy ene 
of the pawns orientalis that its 
hical distribution is very var and that, though 
ep 0 does not cross 
f Fennel a nd 
fa alustris, Pingufeula 
alpin um, and many. ‘Saxifrag 
G On the bor 
when scarcely at all salt, Nigella damascena, C ri 
spinosa, and C. i le elevation of 4,300 feet, 
were to be seen the vegeta of Babylonia and of Me 
potamia; the N igeiees especially Haars hay of Mésul ; 
h 
the Mesembrydnthema of Hill ere the vegeta- 
tion was more dense ; and the cea et Artemisiz of the 
lower plains were a eaLreplaced by eggdpar verus 
and A. tragacan “eat des. ¥s his concluding remarks Mr. 
Ainsworth observes, that 
“ With onc tea os aoe of 1 eager ae ee nga 
subject to be neg ce crossing §' peck 
one picky uliarity, 
the Conifers ; indeed, iy did not 
meet with a single Fir, Pine, or Laurel, in the whole range 
of our travels : ies is also wan ng. The zones of ve- 
4 
“J. From the pins of Le pe TRS the height of 
1,000 meer is the zone of Glycyrrhiza, Robinia fe or 
damascena, Wild sare , Pistachio, Oleander, Roses, P 
Be Syringe arg entea. Country of Rice, Grogs, M. tie: 
ns 
Oaks, Quercus 
“2, From 1, 000 to 4,000 feet—zone of Que 
This is the country ‘of Pears, 
yalonia, Q. infectoria, &e. 
Apples, Plums, & 
“3. From 4, 000 to 5,000 feet—zone if preg alpi- 
gena, Jasmine, Amygdalus nana, Astra, 
‘4, From 5,000 to 7,000 ara of Aatodgal road 
canthus Rhamnus saxAtilis, rire = rimula 
ie Helleborus tg don Cro ocu 
“ 5. F hi 000 to oF OOsteet— send Saritiages; Alche- 
entian es, Vero nica aphylla and 
axsuilis og eee “Fegeentsiomale.” 
The ae As Agricultural Chemistry and eats 
F. W. Johnston. Blackwood, 12mo. 
THis is come: of the excellent works which the present 
Ay so 5 Seep 
on Agricul Chemistry, 
‘feaaeie Fobmston me wets at 1 i 
n the wo 
as are 0 
a mctentibe 
ments in ecrieaivers ak 
y 
peinei les on which experim 
conduc ; ted. 
1 fn abe inl OF OPERATIONS Sor the ensuing aia 
visited frost of sufficient 
efore, as soon as fine 
1, —KITOHEN. GARDEN _— ORCHARD. 
‘  Departm 
Pinery.—Take wiientas care that ther roots of the plants in re- 
newed beds do not suffer by too much heat. When the tender 
pane yn lacey anthers thuteay to Abana onrtaee eee 
grea’ eck the plants receive thereby is almost certain to 
— rea fruit. If, therefore, the beds are found to heat vio 
lently, pour cold water upon them (bu v vf 
pean stn and i then, sh 
ja night temperature anes a few degrees higher t than | that 
ast W om In very cold weather, such as we then had, it 
r to ner oe temperature four or five degrees 
d for a oe time than to causea 
nel by keeping the houses 
precisely to one unvarying 
y.—Do not nogles che thinning of a frui 
1 i st also be 
ind when thinning, and the number of berries regulated 
accordingly ; thus, the Frontignan ai Chi S varieties will 
b t least a third more berries in a bunch of the same size than 
uscat, 
the Hamburgh and 
or haat; which is 
with — hands 
oa 
t of th UUSC MUST ‘ink: 
e state of the fruit. If these are nearly ri 
ir whenever the weather is favourable 
hen this has been properly attended 
be qorainiel by. 
expose them ptr ceathe al 
ntin ing. 
fire-heat will ~~ be neces: sary after the process 
of ripening ¢ mmences — he garden-engine if red spider is 
observed on the Last hou 
or ees E.—In this coe use the first c crop will now probably 
be rip ening, W when no more water should be given than is abso- 
lately necessary, Give air liberally, but guard the fruit against 
the ravages of birds. 
irate en Keep a regular temperature, not exceeding 60° at 
MusHROoM-HOUSE.—Droppings ” that are in preparation for 
beds must be often i Sar and nee = “thin layers. ._ Turfy loam, 
in’ with _ the droppings, will 
a a Pine spawn > run fi Make the 
of the house moist, in vy nay to giving much water to the 
Cuc BERS ANp MeLons.—Impregnate the female flowers of 
he regularly eo a sufficient =o of fruit is me which 
must be regulat e kind and the pokes 
of the pinebes ‘A sata good fruit should always be preferred 
pee number of inferi ONES Sow for a succession, to fil t the 
= 
nein aie wens some in pots, for planting out at the 
fot sof a wall. 
ELERY.—The first-sown plants b ys time be large 
oan for pricking pe ge on a bed of dung, to be sheltered by 
frames or hand-glasses. Spread a layer of well- “ot ed cm three 
or four Snches thick on a a hard bottom, make it firm and level, 
and then put a the plants in rows ed in phe y will 
= vg into d y be trans- 
ny LETTUCE 
sioaa , will often require light water eae w. 
7 Departmen 
Young vegetables whi ich Sie ‘been muse ently transplanted will 
require occasional Stade, should the weather eeatade dry. 
As the nights are cold, it we be ee ay do this either inthe . 
i e afterno ‘o allow the leaves to 
taken of ar hanes to 
tr t importance of 
timely hoeing sens ot be too strongly Pao aoe upon t the. jt 
dener’s attentio 
BEET. — kites * ;* first fall of rain, s a principal supply. 
Broccou.i.—In cold, exposed eee ‘ue Pd pate. ie a te gn 
supply, s now be sown; but on Le 
ay ro Seastets, ge ge week in Ma bowl 
Cau der hand- a Meta ought to have a 
goo sag g Moh ge ty w and then in dry w er; a de- 
ficiency of, mnolarare will cause them to button 
which are eefal for garnishing 
pesca Sead et sown, 
Kipnery-BgeAns.—Put in a few rows in a well-sheltered place. 
Nasturtriums, to produce seeds for pickling, ought now to be 
sown 
” eis: ANDY Cress.—Sow another bed on a north border ; this 
useful herb may generally be substituted for Mustard an nd Gress. 
Pours. — e en and the Gol 
frame-light. 
ccession, an aint ant some roots from 
the earliest sowi produce pods for pickling. 
ge os —The oe teal roots are excellent in winter salads ; 
sow, therefore, in very light soil, covering the minute ute seeds a5 
lightly as perch rl 
SALSAFY AND ScoRZONERA Mi 
s should. be ate He 
Il. oT LOWET. GARDEN war:  SaIRUBRERY. 
aan 
‘n-aoor 
Srove.—Many of the plants will n 
prattenl ge 
day Be cautious in givin: 
manure, which should never be applied to Heaths, and ato of 
that class. 
Pits AND Frames.—If you are me of 
of Fach , and other co’ 
practicable 
a sunshine, 
ve: 
weather,”’) 
