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autumn there is fine bend weather, but in winter heavy | recent "urbe Iam informed by the Hon. Leslie 
snow occur; t reduction of tempera- | Melville, b testimony to the durability of 
ture at the higher, down to the freezing point of | the D t 
d 
water at the lower elevations, So that there = great 
vicissitudes of climate, not only with regard to 
to dr 
of it, 
sque, of very реон architecture, which 
is built Arani of Deodar This 
been 
extremes moisture, from 
one end to ~ се = tio British Isles, as I long since 
ould b case in my Himalayan Botany, 
Ini it siti sites the Deodar attains 
є. 
а 
ч 
Li 
a ti beri in Nepal. Both ыд valleys, 
. On lofty |it m vnd are moist in climate. 
e Ganges, forests 9 The la o Би ir A. Вовхез, in his Travels, Vol. I 
шау be seen from 15 А, 20 feet in cireum- says, — at Pind Dadin: Khas 
d -86 feet in 
. ws е 
ha n hav d, and fou 
160 feet in length ; hiis Bave bon пя о be 
180, and even 200 feet in height. 
de of De 
e inundations of the r Jhelum 
Hydaspes from the Himalayas. The durability an 
татал of of = wood recommend it = buildings = 
егу descriptio. 
peri 
This gigantie, and at the same time most beautiful of 
Pine trees, being common near jore tree, the reputed 
source of the proe ina easily come to be esteemed 
red hough it —: n this account be 
ajor MADDEN v writes, e e the мА "à temples in | 
repe beam e poin TA Ys w , showing no | 
de 
This is poo » hend | 
rard lived i eat. 
о and Ratio re, mem ee 
perty of the Bissehur Rajah, and or d to be 2 00 
| The fi (prom ears old, in Phe wá timber was s the day 
| ull ! 
. be вее 4 wi endi y S testimon аон amet] cde d = маз сці. n great request for t the walls: ven roofs 
йет ir houses and temples are built | ° te ind "корый, and for Bede] bern and 
on à pian which, боой m ing to timber, is yet other Satjos where the ravages of te, &c., ar 
ulated to a зн: eapable the Deodar is of apprehended. ? "Тһе climate of н, ie; E pe^ be 
меш all the vicissitudes of the evan бури - there- man m DM RM. QM. D 
fore, probably, o ZA other climate, ыа йо Major Madden writes, generally, that it is held in the 
only used, under ji anon for | highest estimation in the Himalayas, being consi "ds 
only as timber is com use 
the verandahs and зер roofs, as wal as for the extern al 
frame-work of their houses. This frame-work is first 
made, and then the interstices bolnim the timbers are 
filled t T. vend with hewn or unhewn stones, so that t = 
wood is sed 
ma 
almost imperishable, and peculiarly exempt from 
the saw 
g purposes lies in i mely infi 
m on "T domi; nad of it are often empl oyed 
as torche 
I will т these several favourable testimonies 
ч oc 
E 
Ф 
апа Ше о 
eod 
e, I found th 
qr" own of Terrienuggur (ӘЖ > р 
built e e Кыды of Deo dar. Even the 
arches rest are vi dap of large b AE of. ds ny ; 
ig 
n the order in which they have written : 
SNB. бе. the earlies 
rising and fall ing of Ан river, 
I may first sienio Mr. J. B. F 
нм Ж e Himalayas. He amie e 
Edinburgh, 16th May 1853, < It is а tree that 
llers with admiration i 
all trave ~ , апа is 
y used throughout the distriets Mm 
| р. аснод you allude to, wherever bility w 
| ratum, My im ssion іе, that all the old wooden 
of i 
mpre 
temples, ies kr. Да. e buil 
б ушш imperishable. 
ba w hen faily у grown, ar a 
"ri mes the cons 
th 
must siziko aH 
isted for an i y hav 
been built palin ver to have 
"ad aid — painting. Tn all the old temples in Cash- 
t wood is employed, the Deodar alone is used, Е 
and - абау of so t| 
hen my — was ordered 
| элыш, in the Punjab, after the last campaign, w 
had to build houses for не тіней and lines for our Beh 
to live i roeured the Deodar tim m the 
* the largest, most 
as a careful observer and trust. 
worthy narrator, says, « the most valuable tree of Cash- 
! iar, а variety of Cedar, the 
exelusively employed in the 
j, temples and bridges; pieces о it 
(over the 2 ке 
water for 400 years,” In his J nin ке 
"s Pinus, he also sa ab 
the Em кычы > 
which was lara Akbar was taken ке 
іо be fit to be 
which i 
ТРТ ЕСТЕ V 
PE 
admirably adapted, mpra. to its gth and great 
durability, it lasting for numbers of years, even though 
ess | much exposed to the. elements, а and being but little 
абее ted by water. Verne: anks of the eee dene enab 
Ravee Rivers, ex dee boat man 
the followi wide are ru e pri ciu 
pletely built of Deodar, 1400 to 1500 sers opi aed from 
114,800 to 123,000 lbs. 
t| А boat of 1400 o 
odar, was to 
eéployed у in а house built by 
it was 
ood, | lined MÀ M ennt ‚= — i: d of Pinus longifolia), 
of 400 to 450 maunds, 
to 300 ror 
1000 to 
ked by т, 
121, he deseribes the great 
eco "built. » enini as | 
also is the 
column: 
2 of амгы 
еа 
ЕЗ 
NT 
Wi 
he | of the Deodar as 
| Xs is 
| P- 
“ The frameworks of | ! | 
odar Cedar, which is floated | 0 
qe ls therefore not calculated ry givea мт iden of wai mature 
for joy with 1 
1700 1 
ty. | ness, but whi 
| am in 
| that the timber of the Deodar, 
exist, | the steep an 
Е 
of the Ganges, or, 
H gos udis i bmi dE Qe йе sons cf Que autc" 
Beas but few Deodar timbers, comparatively speaking, 
rting.” 
The el testimonies in favour of the wood of the 
| Deodar m ieve, be easily multiplied by consult- 
officers who have travelled in, or have 
consequently the great value 
much to be rare, that no good specimens of 
| Deodar wood are a in this country for e p 
frem sd — pne only a a small piece, which, fro: 
ap ance, woul ave — cut from the 
я. т, and c onse kenan ngr ы ек раг а tree, and 
ood. А large piece of the Deo which was being 
ent to the Great Exhibition Е TAN unfortunately fell 
o the River Hoog — ng hoi into the 
hip w with other ti - ;- De. do n has reporte 
ба thick planks, 20 feet ом me from a 
SUM the 
n 
| the meantime we may refer to the reports whi 
pod Vance which were chiefly made 
office India. But he first mentions Mr. 
apparently а pu man, as giving the following 
opinion of the Deodar wood : *It has a peculiar odour, 
o that no insect will touch it; the grain is open and 
e aight; it is not liable to warp, even in eg: — 
c to all weathers, and may, i word, be 
red the best wood of its class in the ебе Like a 
ith m 
z Е woods, if cut ques. it will soon decay when in 
uch damp." 
$^ ha int 
contac Cw 
The 
the Che тец y auotber гга Pine tree (P. нчи? Өг 
їп resisting puse at right wi. Аа bor Abbott, 
of the East Company's , gi cer 
as the ria strength of picked 
о. Captai 
Engineers, found the Montis 
Deodar on an дүр d 20 TT to be 680. 
2 uH submitted t to qe Men 
nt, and states that pieces of seasoned 
4 feet i in length and 2 inches in breadth, pcd pes 
weights of 1588 lbs, 1636 lbs. rm of 1540 lbs. ; that is, 
ood ; while pieces ы 
‚ broke the cro: 
2 lbs., the ne graingă at 1188 lbs. i 
bs. ; ir that knotty pieces broke at 150 апа 
964 lbs., while —— * tho sum e len ко n thick- 
only one month, bc oke at 
829, 908, 964, 1116, "e 1028 lbs., the p latter from 
the heart of the tree, the o the outside of 
the 
i inquire into the 
rtunities of 
k I 
aving taken all reasonable pains to 
opinions of others who have ha 
judgi 
justi what га have long diosgh 
m fineness , 
the most 
of 
Its durability 
mbued w 
durability, i one of 
— of the Himalayas, but as good 
class in any other part of the world. 
is is probably owg toits being so thoroughly im 
which, though diffusing 
in 
f drawers, and even writing desks to 
x is strong ой to м mployed е4 the vertical 
of mosques, and not only for b 
се 
is requi : 
would be A indeed, u esa well drained sites, on 
а acclivi ith respeet 
t we ^" ^ to see every where con- 
priba as forests of “the Deodar of Gunga,” that 
is, of sources as Colonel 
od 
~ BALSAMINA LATIFOLIA ALBA. 
this Balsam that it is one of 
iren iue trm пол a 
ul ich we it certainly 
is one of the most useful, for it is perpetually in bloon:, 
ah mar ж a and is so 
the most inex 
coud scarcely failin its cultivation. £ 
g » of fira Us 
ei erm ; they should be 
in . with а glass, placed in а 
MT LI m TIE. 
It singly in small 
mM in a à 
WIE ive 
ue e о 
