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May 17, anai ii 
THE 
GARDENERS CHRONIC 
LE. 343 
who had the 
and onsale like 
office: max’ im w 
management the , 18 
when ey pro salts from inferior 
Which fortunately i is not universally 
ived seen Napier’s Penin- 
sular — h this proviso Major Porter has pro- 
duced ing, gentlemanly, and occasionally 
graphic vigare vot one part of ~_ operations of w 
othing. Nobody w 
ieee af ee rising from its Saree: that trench 
was SU ery bad work after all. We b near nothing of 
possi or 
na kedness 
unbecoming ! 
to his culinary skill. 
aria say 1; 
Tong: live the noble Duke of; 
and this was the we. drunk S 
a 
evening for 
ev th 
tirg was atog siie a Feseia rful 
bri asis t of salt beef drongi 
~ È > 
precious in rom it arity, aS so muc 
| tiqu vid Aer n i e wonde at that my mind 
y dwells o wonted luxuri e 
F 
lleled 
paralleled on 
oth 
duration, which is is avaible er on a record from 
tay ty | ry } 
7 
necessary to prick men up 
Id hb 
gastronome : ‘ual i is r fro om being the case ; but if) a 
Fass had liv ne as 
arying round of salt 
elt quite eg muc! enthusiasm at suc 
an| 
hav 
a sudden Sa 
could only be their death. ; When feng peril to 
D 
ties that never be forgotten, and which can never 
However, Major Porter did 
and pro- 
g 
general readers will prefer his pages as 
ey are ; for | 
they are e full of life and anecdote, told with the ea 
asy | ed of them, a. fine 
| One story more, e we must close this enjoyable 
| volume. 
| “As I was riding down into the trenches yesterday, 
| I passed a group of sailors in Vy Valley of the Shadow 
of Death. They were employed carrying ammun 
doubt no t that) into mae horapi es, and had st bee to rest ata ca oint | species with ve 
ch he 
whic! de nominated the ae wera Rowe 
quality of the highest order. His deseription of the 
a eee of Russian projectiles is the best w 
e First there comes the a shot, rushing throu 
shrill shriek, very startling to the 
nerves of the young soldier ; then a volley of grape, 
b along with a sound not unlike 
e British Jack Tar, was grum bling 
e interspersing his remarks — without | 
hich aorar a * Hullo 
steed ; panere this is the! 
sunburn sg men | 
a gen 
bet ay poli : oa tar oe = been pH PETAN gai 
another light ae soar ooy, Lind, which is like- 
wise reported ke y fine; but ppan 
e did Standard Azaleas 
beautifully in blossom in ‘ais 
rising many of — bata 
s of various shades, some of w hish ae yag 
not see it tig, Mas 
Rhodo dendrons are now 
Popa the latter comp: 
| hy brid: 
miye also standar oe aco comm 
Cytisus filipes, and other plants of a highly decorative 
racter. In the ce is a small aquari 
ded by ockwork, on which are nye 
e tiy Grass-like Isolepis gracilis, the 
eae 1 
dmirers, and ra bre taken as a fair example of what 
may be done in this way even in-common lean-to houses. 
Of „Bhot an Rhododendrons we noticed a whole 
ai Wm 
| 
i 
| species ot the genus yet introduced. Among other 
d Aralia japonica, a 
ery handsome foliage ; Ardisia crispa, a 
wering kind, and ‘stated to produce brilliant 
entiful 
| fame flow 
em 
is 
| Tiaan a asi j ee to beia beautiful 
| plan nt with large brilliant red fiow wers, peo tied and 
sized. dou 
i 
ve eard a vaa grumble sinee I } 
t No, no t hear g a a 
Sir 
its extreme altitude, it commence! 
faster and faster, 1 till down it swoops on to t the ‘devoted 
24} Al as 
or e ‘I be no | 
ness inst you piia yourself.’ ‘No, Sir; I be 
an returned, with a sly bvinkle i in "his 
eye, as he ‘slowly shook his head; then suddenly 
looking up, he exclaimed, * PI ‘ell iar type ~ be. | 
Do you see this shell a as Tm rrying i the 
poke. i } 
and as 
ned with his foot to pa projectile in question, which, after 
snug 
the manner of na 
abiahellnywas s 
aaar ‘Well, ‘Sir,’ h 
ly P packed in its 
own little ntinued, < Pll 
ll ye 
Pi te 
wit, or other ni bird, This aferin was pei con- 
sidered by 
we had to —a i oa to the 
| forming 
the spot w would a tie atiy ala 
which nene i ensued of pro 
its aerae In the case of a 
inate us: the shell dr 
ac rn perpondicularly peida towards the ground, 
and when it bursts, t pa e pieces shower a ves with 
Tenby, a Sea-side Holiday. 
Vart Voorst: Pp. 400. | 
This is ‘a natural history guide book, erage 
good one, as as have been expected from i the 
of the author. ill deci where- | 
abouts of many te summer tourist looking out for 
freee and we hope it will bring many a recruit to the 
ranks of the Aaka of natural science. Ttis fhia ee 
ing books which are demanded 
P 
Mr. Gosse tells us how he got to Tenby, talks of the 
| places te the caverns, Monkstone, North Cove, 
ean C fouth, Tenbyhe 
be ac re the marine animals, his 
“In addition ratio pleasant little varieties, th | well-kn avourites, most abound, teaches how to o get 
tussians were Eee fond of giving us a pyrotechnic | a: them. , how 
This ae in the hirt of i is call uet. pokes): ‘en, how to study them, 2 and. What their. points 
is consists | a shower of nd grenades, silane of in Of such matters is the book made up, 
shi ischarre 
s Dumber of from 20 t0 80 at a tino out of a 
. 
to be perfect in itsway. We only 
fear that as microscopic mollusks, of whi ch the vo olume | 
what I be ; why I be 0 thing in the world but have 
us there 
By P. H. Gosse. 8vo; haner of the. EA gayes b colevasenel gaa eae 
| white flowers, and a charming tile Verbena, vi violet 
| purple striped with white. For planting in small 
the roofs of greenhouses 
r 
z AE poettian or answer bette: 
an ae of the 
i in nena The monn or - ate which 
are of sn ie whiteness, are wax-like dn 
Paps pontas ce. nd sho 
P 
closely -together 
showy. It may be worth stating that these are alway} 
found here to have done flowering, and the bulbs 
sufficiently ri taking up before it: 
PERA GOUN am 
is wanted 
ay therefore 
to have their gar dressy 
iscellaneous. 
Composition of Pee Ground Nut—This singular nut 
(Arachis hypogma), becoming now of so mu ch i import- 
| the western coast of Africa, not only cps vod in oil, to 
which it owes principally its commercial val e, but van 
qua: phe of OEA 
unusual alliance—and in additi ar a poe S Radia “of 
i tare are about 
A 
new plant has recently 
H. B. Gray, who was attached to one of the recent 
directed towards ti the ‘holes, a rte was wack io 
observer when he finds that a gaudy yellow or orange | 
colo oured arenie she go 7a as 3or4 nAn hag ia is 
Sh wees and only to 
+ £, 
it Sante became a s a the 
sudden rise of Rie nara eae to the 
eaving a trail of righ in its 
ap 
l 
track, and, as t they 
= atmosphere 
n succession. But though thus S pretty to look at, tidy | 
gh an ie mi 
that Mr, Haka sires to form 
explorations across the continent for the purpose of 
| ascertaining the sree ect An 
to th Pacific. It emenn asara 
ro pas i -n emipaea ada of New 
à Saa aan group:or 
It nounced 
Tenby a Marine e Natural tory iik we advise all 
to join it who are PAA of finding something |; 
paa AEE r minds about. 
tor among 
so many, the impossibility. of e ee them must be 
apparent. it, therefore, but to 
lie quietly down on your face, i 
storm had burst, an 
> P 9028 ishes = 
= —— inru Ith, anit in ry spirits. 
i oiin kro rother nein ns 
past ; Moreover, he had not 
Garden Mem nome cnr 
Messrs. E. G. Henperson’s Nursery, WELLINGTON 
Roan, St ia s Woop, Anong age p'anra now in| 
flow wer in the sh w houses here of pr 
mark amateurs, for apee a nent dart able an ee! 
sad cape oat 
me omnes 
well I by 
family re seni ‘the little-known anomalous Coral- 
ophyllum Pot Kunth, ‘and the Pholisma of Nuttall; in 
[the he scales more like the latter, 
thro! 
| hills perc “ Adair Bay,” near 
roasting pen 
Potato in tase having much 1 
Tt is likewise dried and mixed with less palatable 
mea vivandière, 
ame Henri, 
DA 
z 
f food. such as M. 
pareri: for persons w have 
house ; Boron’ ti da atie quan of ri hr 
motive covered with little Saai sap flowers, 
to be a very delicious vegetable 
sar mae Mr. Gray believes that it 
| purposes is well worth attention 
At the close “of a very pleasant evening, we were 
by one of the 
> taken | 
party to his tent, thereto partake of sup 
made here by re 
us 
between twa houses, anà th 
te pane 9. * the night. This “meal 
taking away the y ee 
wiht 
As has been formerly stated, a rast of winter 
artition 
t acquisition to the ‘table, probably not 
th i 
large 
pie—one 0! number y his Grace gravel walk that 
game pie Ponte to the Crimean army—together Sia of the house 
Ta malin ar-of potent o! 
t appearance, ‘ar and here 
there where they c cm be seen to most: 
variegated Yuceas have > as 
a beautiful specimen of Libocedrus Doniana. 
| Camellia “slightly 
Wk piisa in mt in ower Mere- wasa ehiknriot 
collectior 
ort nar Conifers, among which we noticed 
Among 
i 
Ft 
Fan 
ii 
Hi 
fea 
TAHT 
| named De la Reine. 
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