Aveust 29, 1857.! THE GARDENERS SALADS | 597 
a given piece € of goods the greatest effect possible, b lud in the mountains, as the — dt 
i haps lost. It was clearly demon- The arg energies of the pe are ‘Seoul & the I did not meet with it a widened ra he 
strated that these effects are not only produced by i, co parts, and in consequence the leaves | or places remote from habitations or footpaths. In all 
ighly-coloured ete but also by those whose colours | e little or no. progress, and ultimately perish. It | the gardens of the negroes the plant is cultivated, and 
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exceedingly xample, he manner in which t are scattered hy the 
light blues with buffs, and that even in grey surfaces, as | consists in the free use of wood-ashes, which contain | fruit being eaten in the hand will sufficiently account 
wings, the solid of a ager on st several open of pos, but whether it arises from too | for the appearance of the plant under the ee 
shades was distintly visible. The of tone or | great an abundance of nitrogenous matter in the soil, or just oe in this hot moist cli 
tint was most marked when two tints oof the the same colour a peta rec Ny ar ents its accumulation within | Bromeliaceo us plants do not occur; the Pine Appla asa 
` were juxta , and it was therefore the interest of an | the plant which, from some peculiarity of constitution Siki species, is the sole representative of 
ten cular i 
‘take 
f co i resen | table 
» arises the rule that a brilliant colour should | of v vegetables whic hich is the most worthy of study, and | Yams, three or four kinds; Cassavas, 
ae be eaey o at for any length of time, if its true tint | vn i is best calculated to throw light upon the subject | Potatoes, the common Potato, but only as Aiaran 
a to be ap ted; for if a piece of red | of Vegetable Pathology in general, an and a series of ex- | from sep wien Cab i 
Shot i is looked at for a few minutes, green, its comple- periments and hyang following the development | Shallots, lic, Radishes, Lettuces, Tomatoes, white 
mentary colour, is generated in the eye, and adding | of the disease from its first appearance in the seedling, | and red; Watercresses, nnd niger various 
itself to a portion of the red, produces black, which piei der with the effect produced by ee bege Peppers from the genera Amomum, Capsicum, and 
tarnishes the beauty of the red. This contrast explains, | substances, might lead to very important results. The |Piper; most of the * hs which are seen in an 
too, why the tone of a colour is modified, either favour- | only instance in which I have seen the cells under | European marke nati 
ably or otherwise, ing to the colour which the eye | disease so completely ed with abnormal matter is | used in making the on ore the seanex Numerous 
or i i i i i described bar and havi 
ing 
ey and then to a|in this Journal, 1857, 2A gong oa the phenomena | properties are sept E ais ; but as few of these can 
purple one; and unfavourably, when it looks at a blue | are by no means i identical 2 traced to the plants from which they are derived, 
Crace Cal ed i would be useless. C. 
al w the enumeration 
assume different hues Ba 
era ooh MARKET FRUITS OF SIERRA LEONE. v Po, June 10, 1 
them ; l acq h ee ee i 
tint if the colours placed beside it are blue or orange; | western Africa have not allowed me to one von A epee ORNAMENTAL GARDENING 
but these effects i | I,—INTRODU ; ; 
Stidi, by 48 Wo. na ail Si Leone has enabled ra oe d th follor 
or ivi the influen se a tint | Sierra Leone ena me to send you the following] « 
sinnilar to that influencing it. ‘Thus, to prevent black | list as observed in the markets during a residence there s(ibtius o prodpottea 1s a rae $ toca ec We ak ote 
becoming orange sens contact with’ tiie it. is ee of three weeks in nape +. it answers the end of art, which is to produce a a pleasing effect 
necessary that the black should be blu in suc “ Papaw,” Cari m nag w in two wrt be upon the mind.”—Sir Joshua Reynolds's Discourses. 
proportion that the amount of blue will neutralise the | common ovate, the other Sentealiitndy i Vegetable Ir there is not at the present time any decided school 
orange thrown on it by influence, thus producing sang row, measuring from a foot to 15 inches in length, ae of gardening ; if there is no mania for mere imitation; 
As an instance, to prevent a grey i design acquiring a weighing from 4 to 6 Ibs. In addition to these were |n i i i it 
pinkish shade through heg- it with green, ia p fip “ Sour Sop,” Anona muricata, Guava, Padian pyriferum, | happens to be the fashion, it is that i 
gey a greenish hue, which, by Afra = de the pink, | and Pine Apple, two varieties, called black are karens & arrive at a better ation of e of what a garden 
A Calver ll, but fine scenery. 
of M. Chevreul, which enabled any person at a glance weight 1 to 2 lbs.; ld. to 2d. each. The nih, we s to recognise in name 
ascertain what was the Sopiah cole’ Or bl Pine seen weighed a ifle less than 4 Ibs. The “ i rec pat by still eae ee in our 
. Che 
ith alarge stone and h stringy A tae admitted, 
wer prin rt as it does tw hich 
order to know a er ince and objects of 
tint, which would produce the greatest effect when | is the oy the fruit is large, red on one side and tastes | a garden spot poe recognised, can never be intimately 
beside another colour, and that they could save less of turpentine than the other varieties. I saw two blended. “ ” to quote the words of a writer in 
the great length of time which no doubt the t | sorts of Plan Plantains, Banana form, of which the small | the “Quarterly Review,” “very justly finds fault with 
in ascertaining by experiment ced ws, Golden is the best flavoured, the red-fruited Jamaica was | the term landscape gardening, which is a word that has 
which they cold now learn in a few hours by consulting the largest and finest looking. Oranges, Limes, Lemons, | proved fatal to our parterres;” and he adds, “if such 
M. Chevreul’s work. á Shaddocks, I saw in abundance. Avocada Pear, Persea | a word as ‘ ew be inadmissible, it is n time 
issi 4d. each, a whi i yi t 
of park scenery as com 
— VEGETABLE PATHOLOGY.—No. CLXX. sugar. The Granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis, and P. ei things themselves are.” The aim to unite in 
378.*** HYPERTROPHIA (Clubbing). The disease | laurifolia are sometimes offered for sale, but they are | practice what the term landscape gardening suggests in 
which is known under the name of clubbing has been | apparently not uadi: ie oe Inga biglumosa, | theory has unquestionably been productive of many 
confo Dactylorhiza | called “Locust,” I saw in pod; the sweet pred evils; for one can hardly imagine two things more 
(Fingers and Toes).* The first, however, is due to an | meal of this is also gre ge rately in measures of | site in all their essential particulars than a Aani m 
insect, the second is a tendency to revert to the wild | half a pint fine for 2d. Black Tamarinds (Dialium | proper and a painter’s landscape. A garden is, and 
condition, while clubbing is a pail disease distin- | guineense), in the shape of a small one-seeded pod, | should be recognised as a work of art. Any attempt to 
i very si r phenomena. The malady, like is so py loose panicles. Tti is pleasantly a and | disguise this must end in failure = disappointment. No 
those just mentioned, which more or less resemble it, is| is used to make cooling drinks. Bread-frui ao matter whether the style be decidedly formal, or the so- 
chiefly confined to the root, which becomes gouty and petin: Few trees „present a i appearance eera a cturesque, iti pe still | purely A work of art. Itis 
imes splitting longitudinally, or crack- | these when laden w eir large a created for \joyment of and 
iri ely offensi a clusters to mpi h to “banish the i 
one garden for several i . om, angi aie: 
to some neighbouring locality. In my | scarcely edible. “ Krooman is a a splendid being exquisitely beautiful in themselves, or even when 
, istri have never seen a single | loo ce of a large | transf canvas i 
imen. Theswellings,when divided, havea marbled ap- | cricket ball covered with crimson morocco leather; it i toda little in Sore with purely landscape scenery, and can 
; i ha i n confounded with it. ee 
nee, approac t | borne her ; 
of the brown-skinned Truffles; an appearance whicharises | tains a quantity of watery juice, which is ejected with is, in fact, as purely a work of art as a living room 
i of cells being in a totally different | force when the skin is punctured. The seeds are the | its furniture. The only difference is that in the one 
te case you have natural o 
present two distinct phases ; they are either gorged | w hich latter retar d niter at Some trees of this | in the other both the objects and their disposition are 
with a multitude of minute granules, a about gz455 of an he neighbourhood of Sierra Leone, tre artificial. The hand that arranges either -= only be 
in diameter, which ooze out and give the section a pA Notun opportunity of se ing them. The inhabitants | successfully guided by an eye which has a true 
appearance, or they contain a smaller number of | recognise it as anew fruit, but probably _ it has been tion of | ergata tn both in form nop ine 
sub-globose or spherically triangular sacs of an inch | previously noticed. It is said to i oe reing of landscape scenery, 
in diameter, each of which contains award extremely | other places in Liberia, but “whilst tying there I had ee however, e aenatids tar er powers of the mind than 
ee s aa tint, which are in constant | an opportunity of going ashore. the mere pem. rap Aries arias argia n the 
This motion is not destroyed Several wild fruits are also brought to market undlet apwi an artistic appreciation of scenery m 
the majo » an i 
landscay 
show sligh ue tint when treated with Airai or Europeans Diora over miig of powers which 
iodine, while sulphuric acid ind Sager sagar produce a t, neither have my inquiries on other parts of the coast | artist, so much 
fine rose colour. The matter of t boen attended with more success. I cannot say much | And if, as the writer before quoted 
| ao reem resembles Moat Bm: Ba abun alk ardie Moe native fruits, perhaps the Monkey | scaping” be not a if ther we 
i stance of which so much has said in the discus- | Apple is tk them; it s in great abunda: language th applicable it is surely 
| sions about the Potato disease. | vae ywhere road Ft Tove but where t! to invent one that shall express what is meant. But 
: ity of this di a cage only as a smali a E S 
| A not the sha On the hills 1 to the | the onewe have. = eh 
 . of 20 or 30 Ina ` 
a les nit Pine Apple, now so common in a wild state about ie waro mot 3o woul moë be Siete Pas forms and 
ieoa Sierra Leone, cannot I think be ; | disposition of Raikes Med shrubberies, the 
. ees: Clubbing in “ Morton’s Ency- | jt grows abundantly, forming dense thickets almost to gracefnl Sees of ete lawns and agre of the 
Saata ths darn till aly 1850; il prevent any further the exclusion of other plants in several of the | walks, and, above all, the high keeping so essential in a 
oe Daraa exon tes 1856, page 500. colony, but always near cultivated or villages ; | arden remind us at every turn of the constant superin- 
