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DUTCH CH AND CAPE BULBS. ot are an ag adapted INGE 
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JAMES „CARTER & CO... Si SEEDSMEN, &C., eee in arge quantities 
HIGH HOLBO RN, LON DON, W.C., berama ve former size, and then eaten. As a proof 
EG to announce the arrival of their DUTCH an p CAPE BULBS, all of Ww , | Bow valuable these fruits are to the natives, it may 
and, as usual, of first-rate quality; and invite wnt to rab Twenty- ere Annual tue th ae FUNN CATALOGUE be mentioned that the Kukata tri ’ 
of DUTCH. AND CAPE BULBS axp ‘SEEDS for Autumn Sowing, which wi led free of charge and post p parts | north-west, and renowned as very savage and 
ee rer cg fe oved varieties of possessing the art of soreery, often threatens to 
era oa Sameer | ANE a | IRIS burn the Nundo-bushes, or otherwise to bari 
sides many other Bulbs of a curious and inte: i Promega ae them, to harass the inimical tribes. 
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PEAN SEEDS WILL ALSO BE FORWARDED GRATIS AND PRE we FLORICULTORAL, VEGETABLE, anD AGRI- some Geraniaceous plants, are also roasted in 
taste. 
shes, and have an agreeable 
DED GRAMS AND PRE-PAID, > : 
JAMES CARTER & CO., Seedsmen, &c., 238, High Holborn, London, W.C, |, “ Two varietiesof csembryunthemum, or Pig's- 
faces, which generally grow in abund n the. 
D PIREA sandhills along the sea-coast, and have an se 
yem. P R and WILLIAMS beg to S ae pe ora fod gmp = ee a able flavour, are a fà ourite dish with the abori- 
Guirannual importation of HYACINTHE ge received | 18s. to 30s. per dozen, by Cuatuns Nobis, tho Nursery, Banshci. ginos of the Port Lincoln district, On my tour 
hard to say they are particularly ine t tite cea Dae DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS. saw the natives between the Grampians and 
orders are solicited, as their successful cultivation depends in JOR MAY anp Co. beg to pier the following, | Victoria Ranges eat the fleshy leaf of this plant 
get mean o om cay Y panting “PRICED and DESCRIP. which are in excellent conditio; with kan, flesh, as a ae for salt 
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- ao. „A remittance or reference D kanian E ih, ’ miod His ae per dozer ws by — pi pae which is great to the 
m un correspondents.—Paradise Appen, VAN THOL TULI erty gi a Nitrari "Billar lie 
Homsey and Seven Sisters Road, Hol olloway, London, CROCUS, 20 coed sorts, 38. 6d. . per 100. grows inh uantities on ae sani nt 
[UCH FLOWERING ROOTS. — Hiyazi nths, SNOWDROPS, 3s. Taa wi pe 100. the western sea-coast of Port Lincoln. The fruit 
as, Japan Lilies Šnowärope, e “in collections ? No. GLADIOLUS GANDAVENSIS, 2s. 6d. per ee is of the form and size of an Olive, at a dark red 
508. ; No. 8, 600 roots for 4 42s. ; ON aay paaa Piha ie’ Bent IXIAS and SPARAXIS, 3s ‘per dozen.” ae Beg ema ‘the 
paid, mo charge made for Package. A Descriptive Bulbs sent to compensate for carriage, aa me a In December and ; 
fongnry SA Saa alican, with inf ormation regarding the 1, Wellington Street Street, Strand, near Waterloo Bridge. bushes are so full of fruit that the natives lie 
collections, an ge wth sa on wi Culture = the DUTCH FLO WER ROOT: R ROOTS, | down on their backs under them, strip off the fruit 
mr A oriko b post. «All orders to be aonana tee with both hands, and do not rise until the whole 
South Row low (opposite 2 Beathampton ton Strost Gove = “a. van mano na a e - 
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cra a came Soe ee 
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(ARLES ALEXANDER, Nonszevatan and Sueng- | A arrival, in fine condition, < leave to consign ent ne | a very hot day thr 
MAN, 30, West Register Street, Edinb tfully | DUTC OWER ROOTS for this s | 
urgh, respec y an ogy of | once ln an as 
intimates the arrival of his Third Importation of the various | Hyacinths, Polyanthus, Pyros atte nquils, Crocuses, Tulips were ab. 
“rts of DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS. The HYACINTH BULBS | &¢., priced Catalogues h may be had on application. — en 
ee N largo snd sound, Se ee ing many fine new m ooh are respectfully soi solicited. disa he 
p tes TER LAWSON th i i 
pin Ps eM EA toy ony ne ion. ins invited, and 2%, Gaon Geeeun Paors Wet mos me adain ce. &e, | the meaning of all this, I ae owing 
fs OO o ooo found the whole five as above described, lying on 
HE BEST TWELVE HYACINTHS. i h Best ; their backs under th I could d 
deena LPO TED 2 BY SUTT oo & Bon a Maer ROYAL EREN SEE! rd atag 0 riik nial ‘aah wh ay had =? 
supplied at 10s. 6 Al | better tha so likewise, en we re- 
ai pra CH HYACINTH (al Do Doub) for for Beds ana ant Binders ee à Be ESTABLISHMENT | froshed o e continued o 7 
very ot oots “Th table used for food b 
Hee er fc Gaora, uke ee ee UTTON anv SONS have just received a The principal vegetable used for y 
ey i Sey Stor gore ‘erat Sixt ane nee Se TACDNARS, AON Jo $ JON. | Murray natives, near Swan Hill, is the root of 
THE opr rhe ns uttleworthi vou name’ ‘G w 
Roots, direct of the most celebrated Fl i 
R SALE, E PINUS S DOUGLAST, Tiai seedlings, in Haario. Prices voty adorans A O its mn “ ae on operly Club- 
; single pee. 8 3 to6 2 gratis and post properiy 
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oe 1 foot ; Standard do., 2 3 to'8 feet. 
KS Year soodlings, 3 TURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1 he following is is the wo of pre paring this 
ENUS MARITIMA | a hei ghee a The women dig a hole, in which tty nig de a pron 
orders solicited: | lit for some ass, to heat the surrounding eart 
a a gk ery Jom ne apa he ile Don on 
GONIUM ENDLICHERIANUM Government Gardener at Melbour givin, ras out, the bundle of roots is placed inside, 
ioc’ offer plants o ay above singular and interesting | account of the mohn pienie found i D the aoe ; with: eart i th 
tse, paaa Sar * Botanical Magazine” for October, | oF VICTORIA. We say that the list jg | lit on the little eminence thus made. After about 
rd . 6d. to.38. i £ - RIA. | 
ring choice border an a ange Fap Pudo te h: | encouraging to those who wish ep anion their | ee aanas ree ent they are taken out 
k 7 s. d. | own vegetab hes r we suppose that |` 7; s : ghee 
y horticulturists among ourselves eerie |= which are X in, they manufacture their 
pa ee to devoto bog poy ng to oo o d a oint kiant olk dh 
2 bres of these roots on their legs to any length, 
Pig's faces. The following fasts ‘however are of ee i have the solidity and appearance of 
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“ One use seful plant is is Kennedya prostrata, a Le- but oo tains a great deal of stare 
botany havo doubtless obssrved a beratik occpan |, “The bark of the root of Santalum persiearium, 
ny have doubtless ed a beautiful creeper, | ; art s 
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sis and heights, as weli a the -splitters of the V Victoria a sub- | _ This is, we presunie, ot aol 
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apg ieee Princes. Mary of the tea is ei For one quart pot of waterabout was the nature of VEGETABLE DISEASE, i T the 
gor of ath g Cambridge one ounce and a half of this sana ereaeired, which most obscure and ill understood portion of Vege- 
Holfordi “i een of Perfection er fresh or dried i indeed for 
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Iveryana  [phine Reine des Be “ Beckea utilis, from Mount Aberdeen, might any one practically acquainted with gardening not 
eon aaa | Bot Leopold = rve travellers in these desolate localities as tea, to see that a very large part of the difficulty that 
bas eg Cede for th the volatile ous of a leaves resembles attends the ordinary operations of a cultivator con- . 
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Ta W. B. would furth te that his | for Hops. Both plants are met with in la “ green fly ” by tobacco smoke, but these agents 
from Tirip (which is almost Universal peee a throughout the colony. In one distriet were merely no known eet their siti de- 
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