[Feb. 3, 



.still high, thnti.'ii MN 



Mgam Iwlmi 



.niiis is cultivated. In October 

 sky is clear, the sun bright and powerful, and eva- ; j lated forth, 

 , fofttiM MA I * £ pml Mdd A. adduce hen 



plants abundant. But during the rl.-ar night* radi i- u,m„ n.t, r lor a !.-w places, and in«tt», 

 lion is free, tl, : »lfe« on he Delhl caE 



is usually deposited. The cold increases until about ! to the north ol that capital. 



■r|K?W~|«~ 



of them short as the staph 



_ indigenous Cotton, and otb 



it h is been spun into yarn. All (writing ii 

 imber of their first vear) complain of the late 

 of tho season (April and May) before the) 



ullocks which were first supplied them. Bu 

 thought h.vourablv of the land. Mr. Finnii 



an thev were singularly 

 son, which usually con- 



" Whh° Mr. Finn 



unjh it had been raining for a fortnight all 

 ,im, but then ttie country became flooded. 

 Augu-t, and till the 7th and *th of September, 



,-. ■ Th« sun looked down 



■• lien est -hue, and a hot dry wind, almost 



; ■■. - - : ■ 



afterwards began to revive, and tho 

 put forth fresh leaves. Mr. M. adds, 



■in what I have i hinted ;" also that 

 s -'-.-t lined its character, Ijc'iiilt its 

 cign land, as a hardy drought-end 

 ving survived such weather at i 



need Cotton planters 

 ; of Cotton. They x 



■s of America. The 



ground dry enough t 



u r , i 



forth vegetati 

 follows a 



complied with, and tl 



additional planter was 

 for Dacca, so that we 



' .'■■•■. 

 ii other, but owing to the difficulty of < 



■ Doab ivnks i : • 



uai it .'.tin. '• here we plant in a 

 ve seen Mr. Puicf, in Dacca, 

 length oi time which the Ameri- 

 :ome to maturity. In the Doab 

 different course. Mr. Finnie 

 states, in one place, that the Cotton which was 

 planted on the :25th of June commenced opening 

 mi the 2:3d ot September ; that planted on the 28th 

 of June on the 2(kh of September, and that he 

 picked some on the 28th of September. But in his 

 journal he states that he first picked on the 8th of 



blossoms on the MUsi-ippi. a :d cm hide byst uing, 

 "It is with the greatest pleasure, however, that°l 

 receive the fine produce of the few begahs I planted 



plain of the ■ n by insects. 



) miles from that river at Raath _ 

 nearly south of Calpee , C ij tain B n r t - Though w 



native V ott-m pi mted in the same vul 

 the same soil, have produced almost I 

 are now almost dried up, whereas 

 (native seed) planted by the Ameri, 



for the American Cotton plant. ButhTDaccTn^: 

 excess of moisture, there was over-luxuriance'whiu 

 in the Doab, from a deficient or irregular supply f 



burned up. This can be counteracted appareml! 

 only by a supply of moisture from rivers, canals, or 

 wells, either for early sowing before the rains come 

 on, or at their conclusion, to make up for the h> 

 creased evaporation until the weather becomes cooler. 



ON CONCRETING FRUIT-TREE BORDERS 

 Having been privately applied to by some of vow 

 eaders tor information respecting the concreting of 

 ruit-tree borders, I beg leave to reply to their enquiry 

 arough the medium of the Chronicle, as by this mem, 



aved the trouble of further enquiry. 



I prepare the borders by thoroughly draining the 

 ubsoil, and by forming the bottom with an incline from 

 le house towards a deep main drain in front of the 

 pace which the border will ultimately occupy. On 

 lis slope I lay open-jointed pipe drains, 5 feet apart, 



ridges, care is taken to place the material as loosely u 

 possible, and to lay the largest pieces nearest to the 

 pipes, as the object is to allow a portion of the air to 

 escape from the open- jointed drains, and to diffuse itself 

 amongst the soil. It will be seen that by this arrange- 



standing the concreted roof. 

 When the new border has subsided, a time is chosen 



ight parts of fine gravel, 



ughly incorporated, it ii 

 spread evenly over it, 



walked upon without doing it any injur 

 liable to be loosened by frost, a layer o 

 should be spread over it as a protection i 

 border derives its supply of moisture ft 



rell as ite surface ; for it is nece 

 a from descending i 



perabundant moisture to tne 



disadvantages have to be contended with, this <.< 

 concreting will be found useful ; but in medium soils, 

 where the substratum can be effectually drained, the 



would be positively injurious ; as the b< rde:- ■• 



by his own judgment ; but I can safely affirm tb»: 

 If I were afraid of the 6oi™beneath "the ' concret» 

 becoming too dry at any time, it would be easy « «** 

 struct the border in such a manner as to place it ub«- 

 as perfect control in this as it would be in every <* r 

 respect. To secure the means of kp] 

 ever it was thought needful, I would introduce a ro* • 

 slates, or small flags, near the front wall of the nea- 

 rer than the surface, and cover _tnt • 



is concreted. These slates may be from U '° 

 inches square, and should be placed half way be'** 

 the ridges over the air drains, so that the **« r 

 may have to traverse the greatest quantity of »£ 

 before it can escape. It will be i.tce.-.ai- v- •■•■' " 

 slates perfectly level, in order that the water, *J 



n forming the surface of the c 

 ltly mounded round the plu"° 

 cashing in. By pushing a 



