SEPTEMBER 24, 1864] THE GARDENERS: GHRONIOLE AND „AGRICULTURAL. PARR. 919 
bed, in which some of the more andothe ll tablishing a a profitable sp specala- 
are growing ; onward at the corners of an e is a | lar xin = pe Gallen Tone Fruit trees are in fine | tion in Weste: LA ani inso sme messes wtoplan: ting 
pair of handsome Swedish Junipers, nearly upright in | eta especially Peaches, Sesto Pears ; Apples, | the on traffic. Of seeds which are at present È quie 
shape, and attractive both on accoun t of form and ms, "Cherries, and Apricots. Here also is , but which would appear to ha: 
colour. On either side the walk is now i ttention of the soap and candle 
fine e specu of Rhododendrons and other American [or forest and other they a The ope of] à g be sab , firstly, TN. of A pe vg 
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asiderably than a mile, and i f g eed | 
Mw Sarge circle | intervenes which, with its flanking that next Banting season the eee } ld no doubt 
n bro ught into cultivation Shall re  perma- prove a. a i aaa to! our oil seeds vere they 
cm th een. drained, t H p LAMP pria c are the produce o a large 
soil een are a ew en giis bn ed. ho ar and to bo eve vant surmounted by worked crest of | handsom 9 abundantly mo vicinity of 
therefore, now be es nted with the more oboe Kinds | is fine Golden Mita ; pue of t s will be a walk, | rivers. The ees ay the nek d to ys manufacture 
of Rhododendrons; beyon ese are some noble | and in a broad n erii. wil vale filled with of. small canoes, The Castor Oili is also foun: nd growing 
l standards of striped Hollies amongst E" Brocade- (choice specimens ine t treas of th 4 
drons. On one of the last cca f the Ma ay month, | gro unds, 12.to 14 feet, On the west side of Lake N yassa, Dr, 
the A p A Farm Nur. wrsery c closely adjoins the Home e Nur) Kirk discovered a We ll oil Palm in habit quite 
tl by! killed sery on the north-western side, being only sepa nlike that of the West Coast, but more resembling 
by frost; these D pul were cut ce ede the from it ing two fields, across which it is proposed to Be | abund Date Palm, The albumen was found to contain an 
ants have e since made fresh growths, which the idry Eds ¢ undance 2 of oil, ds mE similar to Palm oil. It is not 
season seems to be ripsuing. satisfactorily. | Chobh d thi "m fth 1a has the | kn any way whatever amongst the 
ts too are now much re A poe antage MÀ a lange frontage on, this sad, tives, thet c, which grows to about 40 feet high 
I but on the Chili Road The surface is con- | was not seen in great abundance NR A nut 
There is also a Ferner ery in this part of the ground, | siderably varied, and the —— e e deep sandy loamy aed nic iim an almond, both in papo and size, 
which iti is Amak to extend and otherwise embellish | ch aracter. Fifty ac res of. "this gr round have gr adually and called Jy t the na s “Bom yA yields an 
n brought into il ti 
other species grow freely, and undisturbed, All the six years. A large portion is devoted M the cultivation [in thei moles. The pe itself with the fles y 
upper pia of the ground is J. M" "y loam, in | of fruit trees, which are now in the course of train ining, | cover. pkn t the size pri a Wal M The natives 
which trees thrive Miri ly e por » the | and are nice Specimens of their respective kinds. There | © cultivate m “trees abundant}; wet oe Victoria Falls, 
western side is divided by a sut e Re und į are also vast breadths of Araucaria plants, Deodars,|1t is also found in the Shire Valley, but does not 
on either side is so arranged p rows of Targo specimen Green and Golden Hollies, Laurels, Elms; Scotch, | extend further south than e Naomi; ibis probably 
plants shelter the _ sma aller ones ; her ther are | Spruce, and Larch Firs, as well = fruit kié stocks, a "pepion of Vitex. Moringa p terygos perma is another 
ge of growth, | Roses, &c., all in the most robust character in this | good oi feen, od it is found only i Ne nee ae gs A 
amongst which we particularly noticed Picea lasiocarpa, | deeply cultivated ] l il hood dd y been duced, in 
Binsiwesnisnn, Pinsspo, and grandis, dre Law The Well Field Nurser y ‘and field ue adjoining Western Afi» Be. seeds of C 
niana, and Thu amongst the natives for burningin  ' 
these MuR y i re ican tl oe Ni — d anointing their bodies, In Sierra 
and Lebanon ui m. A eibi Welat tonia, | as a purgative medicine, one 
&e. There are likewise two long borders vec cn slope nye’ T3 sinn mit of Knap Hil. The row d It is imported ii 
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heavier than is the usual aruit of the [biis it | roe being considered a dose. 1 
: ds £ A N | nevertheless suits Conifers, Oaks, Seakale, &c., the South of France for soap-making. The seeds of 
and varie m: | dingl IL Here th | y ot oi 
height, ladon qu. cones. There is also a beautiful dee water Som whi chi ti Bp ober aged tir F spring, the residual nut, a expression, making a good oil- 
of Pi insapo, lik g anke for cattle. This plant isa native of Senegambia. 
piter to the propagating ground in the Home Nursery. pe torta o Bassi Parkii ot funge m 
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are | Government buildings on the the ter « 
ea t ie Bon most perfect Hyacinth, both in colour and peak or Knap Hi ill, and. also delightfal peeps rot x" Park, in writing of this vegetable fat, says that the 
H 00 are ues collections of ti i 
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cas, ris Tm nir of. Surrey 18 m the fruit of the S hea trees.” The butter or fat, which 
n portion of the ground is » series of turf € te grent ide of the ro : array Wo 3h x xd S des | titi is extracted 
for th raising of young plants of various kinds, b ere, the hill , | by boiling i in water, and is afterwards bleached. This 
more Pie pi any | — SM hi hich naturally grow in | and R ushes, Equisetums, and m. like iy form 
peat. " width and of Sodefipito | scanty reiini to the sur kinos a few scattered Oaks, pia s, and it forms one of the principal articles of inland 
length, a T: n readily protected both fro e ill | too but o miel, o haracter. Notwithstanding merce. The above-mentioned writer. Jp nginbi igh 
offects of sun and frost. he southern s. ile ir this VE “A 2 Aa M butter, says, “ It is 
ground, which abuts on ie rod is a wide de border í illed varden orchard fron @ we 
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mbankment which eiat d praise of the d c flavour of this 
a Cedar of to my palate, a 
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Li cutee” grt ner standard flower tes abes eie wd ie de 1 is 
igustr j y 3 the | whi gronna 
variegated Weeping Mountain Ash, a very effective There i ap dn Te dt 13 Tee “i teh ha 
tree, its pendent coral-red berribs or sean lit well |o b Nu stg Poa than aye other of gg we ve havea y | most 
with its golden variegation; a bea specimen of | kuorleige,. It has a clear stem, and is 24 fet in height 
the variegated Balm of Gilead Fir, ab attractive ; clea m gixtis 3 feet ot 5 her at e distance | P 
Standard variegated Oaks, the broad silvery-margin ed a rom se T und, and its round-head is seing as an articl 
foliage of which was very telling; Abies pygmæa, a | branches cover a space o od feet in circumferen commerce, and would no doubt prove a valuable 
standard, not more than inches in height, with a Pirbright Nursery is some four miles s distant, the | import for the purposes of soap and candle nd 
clear stem, and densely formed compact head; there road to which ruris across Wokin ng Comr n, passing | Jackson in Technologist. 
were also the Kilmarnock Weeping Willow, Pinus ing Fruits.—To POE trn it at the right ti 
Llaveana, Sabiniana, and many other plants of equal Mich are now rising up ‘through a forest of scaffold | Preserve it in good order, and to ripen it sped is 
| interest, About this portion of the ground we also | pol 
| Observed some ape Asi of the Golden Symphoria, | beneath a bridge o of ge Spur Western Railway, dati bl 
Silver-foliaged Shepherdia, as well as many other poking Necro i oll re us—a vast inclosure of vices pr agi e a 
l plants. eus X und about its ste opr ged rth apn iig A 
| Gat t is called, is divided from beautifal alk lock 5 fag and OB haad to bejudi- | Occasionally to be met with. sem 
the Ma ous dne by "ihe abl road. Te consists x. ciously laid ou t, and the monuments too clustered about | the ce wretched Leo n for | un 
: loamy soil, » d, cellar, or rapiat very opposite of those 
| is some 16 acres in extent, divided by broad roads, T appearance by the introduction of FP and other | Principles upon w. a fruit-room should be b - 
is well uet with large breadths pf cepere and | trees of a mournful character. ‘The road leads onward In bailing a oh the ane points to be 
dwarf Roses of the most a ed s, Deodars, | throu ugh the common, and village - Pirbright, ga e hd uniform tem ess, dark- 
d der. Cydonia japo i», add fi hi nd other when we soon reach the nursery. It is 8 acres in ex tent, | ness, and m or thorough ventilation SEIN required, 
| [ews, Aucuba japonica, Babee C Cupressus, Juniperus, | on a flat surface of well drained land, which is | |The’ interior pos should c of boarded shely: 
| Thuja, &c. Here, too, are many admirable speci mens | managed on ~ —_ system as the American grounds ‘and drawers. The boards for ihe shelves should be 
the singulariooking Acer Negundo, with finely | of the Hom ery. The whole of this nursery ee moothly, and should be fitted close together. 
variegated Aig Ae breadths of plants for devoted to e “ulvation of American plants, with | {n most places it is usua have the shelves made 
E are also grown here, such as Asparagus, Sea- 
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kale, vina ac "Dielyrs spectabilis, Lilies of the han which nothing can be ua ". si the fiuer » 
Vall D PR atches ready for potting, an ost o tender-skinned o get marked b harp edges 
similar character. Here, too, are the laths, and in conseq ce des well w] 
Re seed beds, in which are raised large quantities of hardy Miscellaneous. r dished up. . fruit intended for houl 
pers Nursery is another compartment hace oleaginous properties, there are many.  Cocoa-nut, | important 
the Home Nursery by the public road, a m |Sesamum, and Ground Nuts p deque cst gn ET 
ground by another road on a: irs from Zanzibar, chiefly to Marseilles. too f 
. ich is nearly flat, comprises | grows in immense forests. The oil is not e ponted-or the fruit asket, the 
something more than 30 acres. The soil is a deep | exportation, but the dry copperah is sent in quan- | damaging This. 
sandy loam, and has all been cleared of hedgerows and | tities for expression by European machinery; a ings at th T been 
hedgerow timber, thoroughly drained and deeply culti- | trade is also done in the seed of the Sesamum | the fruit room, the spawn of Fungi | tab 
vated, and gradually brought under nu crop | (Sesamum indicum) d Nuts (Arachis | itself on those pen of the fruit which were injured ; 
within the last three years, It is divided in the centre hypogea). h these oils are well-known in this | decay takes pl ore are aware of it, 
P AE amented er side | country, as much in th ure of for | and when esed they are astonished and say fruit 
with specimen plan the same character as those by | burning in lamps. amum oil is also much employed | keeps badly, x thinking tha hey themselves are 
the principal walks in the Home N rsery are | for adu nlterating olive oil. The principal African oi ruit should always be handled with the 
Amongst these we observed many beautiful | seed however is that now so well-known and so exten- | greatest care and gentleness, and not thrown roughly 
mens of Picea nobilis not more n 5 feet in sively used in the manufacture of candles, the from one basket - another, and then on to the fruit 
ht, producing cones very freely. This ground is | Elais guineensis, This is a native Wi ple make it a rule to gather the 
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also intersected by other walks and roads, and the f Africa, and is im an Liverpool in immense | fruit st a stated + i Gei ^ ewe is hs vct mis- 
with plants which are making | quantities. The in srt of this oil by}take, as it is ready tw 
: eA ee Here are large breadths of Roses, | Price’s Patent Candle are t has been the} seasons "sag others. All trait A for e immediate 
5 Laurels, Picea nobilis, lasiocarpa, | means of giving employment to thousands in this |use,or that is fit soon after gathering, should remain 
