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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



r Mr. M'Nab, of Edin- 

 't'hpm have succeeded most ad- 

 SUrfrU eS hand of Mr. Braine, who 



5^H^K^t M "Bale's was to 



Ciff*!!*- atits north or lowers ; de ' 



**^*named walk leading in a wind.ng 

 ^"^S of the hill, inthedh 

 ^* 2 Jade of ^ walk "• * mu &£ the trees 

 *» .Simons to the country, as well as many 

 **K5-hich are growing moa 

 **2 tie Chinese Banyan, is growing on the 



S5a » d p* ™ 868 Boon t0 , form a f beautlful 



"^BliMoe of the most valuable trees for orna- 



and it soon affords an agree. 



the sun, which 



Hong 



if* 5tojy TOluabIe ' in a P lace 



** * ' t | » in the same part of the garden, but it 



C"^ dower than the species just noticed On 

 *.afeof the main walk I observed several spe- 

 JJrf4,lBdi.n«neme"tree(Meli : : 



« fcwto broken by high winds, owing to the brittle 

 am if to *o°d. This defect renders it of less value 

 Ufa to hifh winds and typhoons as Hong Kong is. 



! Sk* America, and I have seen it in Gibraltar! 

 Nhrf Dorth of China, at least as far north as the 



sent home to th 



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the English have the credit of introducing these 

 ubt that now many of them will soon be culti- 

 ist not conclude this no'tice of Mr. Braine's 



superfluous in the south of China, particuhu 

 Kong, where it is hot enough I can a, sure yju v ' ' 



shading from the sun and keeping off the dashin 



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evidently answers the purpose for which it was designi 

 When it is remembered that Hong Kong Bix yes 

 ago was but a barren island, with only a few huts up 

 it, inhabited by pirates or poor fishermen, it is st 

 prising that so soon a large town should rise upon t 





greatly t 



which enliven and 



PRACTICAL HINTS I 



t: oath cultivated by the Chinese. Two specimens Potato Pl , 



■ fc Confront Palm imported from the Straits are | said of the advantages of autumn or early spri 



wirajwell. Other fruits, such as the Loquat (Erio- >ng of the Potato, it will be found that in 99 



be done. I confess this is 



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■koighicodo. Th^ainlse^hlve'been"" 

 HS. 0U lf"! 1 dfficu!t y' { rom cutting oflT_ 



o grow large, but in a youn 



Mb w«fk, 



hon in England ; the stems are 



*5«».u?iiffiT T' and lii 



s"^a, «su it had been Hnne >,„.!,_»,„„ J It _ cf... 



I repay any care 



•'wmtT g8 " 1 " ! ™a I , ob "" ed 



$3&;3SSaSH 



8 * hLh 1 are Pettily 

 placed upon por- 



ide, Mr. 



S'^f^JS? J12 »«ange r d in groups, and 



J* fi^^hini ? Feen 8w "d, which 



^Cf« of .ff and Phasing appearance to 



^P>n*ny choi " e 8 a J<len contains, amongst 



™ rare plants from the 





;re e ^tly,m Lading 

 ) get good seed, and to 



remotely ; and in order to be 'free from tl 



cured some sacks of York Regents from i 

 London, on whom lean rely, that all the 

 of a change may be made sure. These I sh. 



apart, and distant from each other 9 inches 

 The general principle that every plant si 



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stems produced by 



cies. Should the disease 



ver crowding. The rows 

 part for another reason, 



period of its growth, earth 

 counteract the evil. The 



mould 61 , which seems to ha 

 basis, can only be adopted w 



Potatoes should not contain 



the soot and aal 



fish, and the b 

 iggot heaps. I should like a 



e compost. Those p 





:c££ 



tr digging holes, is most barbarous. Everything .hoi 

 >e done to render the soil as light as is practicable, a 



wmmended as compost, he had better do without a 



cai to get a remun erating crop. H. B. 



Home Correspondence. 



of tie alleged inferiority, his adversaries replied ro 



i ignorant opponents. I do not happ.n 

 mdent's letters, or to know 

 to what specimens of bad farming he referred. I 

 never lived in Scotland, or had practice in - 



. have had frequent opportnni 

 paring the management of land and stock is 

 counties of Scotland and England, and have been accus. 



ttent in England. Yielding, however, to the superio 

 .dgment of « N. A. D. P.," and admitting the correct 



f part of Engla 

 ape more light!. 





»st of superior agri- 

 has found another 

 which to feed the 

 empt on our shivering 



>ging up, which is the' 



pride of English r- 



eighbours of the north. « A i 



of Scotch imposture is now spri 

 puffing of Scotch foresters ! a country in which th 



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 Pine-apples ? " Now really tin i, 



3f the Tweed, should any of them chance to see it, tu 

 magiue that turtle* are the every-day produce 



rick up ; and hence, not only the proverbial sleekn 





I Grapes, not depending on climate, but on skill and 



ture, are produced in as great perfection in the one 



■t of our island as in the other. As to the want of 



r trees, they might perhaps 



much injured by hedgerow timber, as is the case with 



arts of England, but might venture an opinion 



look at the trees of Ancrum, Dunkeld, Blair 

 Hamilton, and many other 

 clisabnse "N. A.D. P." of hisprejudices,and 



-I imagine that you have introduced the observations 

 n " Scotch Foresters," at p. 181, in order to provoke 

 iscussion. I, for one, had not before heard of the 

 new branch of Scotch imposture," alluded to by 

 N. A.D. P. ;" it certainly astonished me to find 

 your correspondent stating that " not a decent tree of 

 ' e was to be found in Scotland, nor ever can be, 

 le climate.'' I had not the pleasure of reading 

 ictures on Scotch farming, but if he had the 





■ « persons would 

 trouble to controvert them. I shoi 



[We hope Mr. "N. A.D. 

 pie 



ignorant people are to be found 



singular part of 

 i Orange. H. C. 



Heaths, by crossing the European species i 



