18 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Javanx 28, 1865, 
egration of coarser zold—where|are many—bad weather, poor food, and so == 
Wooden Ba h em it 3 cad - Donc dat T i. "TN s MN and the quartz L7. whence | amie vie mosquitos buzzing about him as he pue 
24 (Election PS. Fello ws).—At this inn the | eoarse gold comes! So those enterprising men went But he who me p iud nage t set all these 
following candidates were elected Fellows, v p! 0 т] à За чане зА pe pa ici pin gs not be cat —— 
" Esq.; R. J. Blyth, Esq.; Sir This was rro in 1859, first on the Quesne own y im E h м a pp AR чл S would also | 
A. Buller, [^w Tor P.; Rb mds. Ба. ; Sir Uu E Buxton:| River, and "later, in 1800, followed the discovery of | recommend him, V ne gis еч о be successful, to haya — 
. Craw ord, Es I.P. ; A. Davis, Esq. ; C. А ‚ Day, Esq. ; | Cariboo." quently 
The Viscountess Downe, J. L. Ellerton, Esq. ; 1 Forteseuo Ав tho mountains of this country appear to belong лке tha re—the ruin ri of To 
eios Rar. He dod Eas Баш; eh). | to am annforons range, extending both to the north | trouble of gomg io a oen бото ай ha lu 
ЫН ЫР Hull; Mrs. Morgan; Mrs. P. Ricardo ; E. Smirke, d south. of. Carib 00, nobo ody c can possibly compute ships of mining life, an d then to y spoil everything it 
Esq. ; ва Slo ае Btanley ; W. 77. Stuart, Esq. ; W. D. Tapp, | wnat may be у length — would be in eed a pity." "This is excellent 
Esq. ; and С. Thomas, Esq of tim during ; which they may be pr cdm Dear- | à: Supposing à miner does not succeed at once 
HÀ ness of provisions has hitherto been cm p eipal | in finding a claim : “ First, he will try to hire himself 
? drawback to mining operations, and this is just the | ou the mar or,if he is a man of sense, will | 
"Wotíces of 230065, favourable opportunity for the agriculturist to step in, | he Aa too proud to work for another шап. Hewhois | 
cid Nr А the beca Pe ants of been — Even | not willing a dis any honest ü | 
British Columbia. An Essay by the Rev. R. C. Lundin | old mines о be worked there are | bread and wag ges, i is e unfit d the on of Ji { 
wn, M.A., Minister of St. Mary's, Lp Pe Printed | ү iler, snm colon ae an one had better remain at hom | 
A To "Westminster, 1863. tin plumb aco. cal е. | emigrate s aN where,” : indi А $ 
i ланган пава € Columbia * [f unsuccessful at the diggings, the miner f 
rom a notice prefixed to this pamphlet, we e lea The ques ignem rius m niigi бем a resource; he сап work on the - { 
Его 
that the Government of British -— cvi offered a а support "à agrimitaml. роршай n? 
prize of 507. “ for the best essay, setting roads, or enga gei in farm labour, or ply his own trade 
clear est and mos A a i ensive inen А the sapeni. седи the locality where farming can b Ros sent be |in any of the to 
of British Colum ost suecessfully un мурод. A ponm Carpenters can d 12s. а day at New Westminster, 
а colony for se епі.” REAT lands we must penet: c farthe ы into th 20s, in the central towns, 60s. in Cariboo; ordinary 
i ing on the face of tho pamphlet before | interior. Жы, —— that a at Lillooet, where he eil, | labourers from 12s. to 16s. а day, at the mines 40%, 
gained райм the 507. | апа New W ter, farms have ee duced 50 bushels| Оп the public roads in the 
‚ but of Wheat, 60 io ото bushels - A y and Oats, and 60 jet and bo: мой, was given А for peer 10l. and 
age: 
"nb justly во, i the "authorities, for it| The h Co P» rabia d 
bea: rs the А offici mark of approval expressed in ће Бу ‘апу i in c vend тайа yielding on one farm 
following мое ЧЫ; Тһе Соте ерту тонат the | 7 tons, on another 15 tons to the acre, some of these materially altered, we believe. i 
кү pre rans — and the irs ch nted at the | weighing 25 lb. each; Turnips, both Swedish an es 
r Press, New W — hi , Some о up to 20 lb. 10 “т 
The итобу chapter ай that M 1858 | weight; Onions 4 to gn per acre, many of these up | working of gold mines in British Columbia," &e. 
the colony was subject to ihe "Hudson A s Ba ay Com any, to 14 lb. each; Cabbag an nd Beet equally fine, e It is impossible to speak too highly of this little 
who used itas а vast preserve orchard at a Melons gro n | pamphlet. Intending emigrants shou о 
€ арт was obtained by p bee of | the Howe - without: manure, attaining great size аа it. It comes tou 
te. flav о 
фон his essay as рү {070 pini | 
TI are unsurpassed | New West инее and living AN ud із was 
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these fa urs from the natives, in the way of barter. In|fine flav ho has care a 
that year the discovery c of gold on the banks of the| The ted for Pears and Cherries, and |lined many passages, and has Spree added his — 
fitis Columbia, which has theres m d itself would ripen on the sunny | own commentary. Not veris. s -— e elapsed since _ 
a course of 1000 miles) pee а hosb - miners from | Rhine-like terraces of tho Fraser. There isa ready | Mr. Lundin Brown's Essay ca o мена ; 
San Francisco. en revoked | market for the produce of the farmer and gardener. Loa a 
the grant to the | Hudsou's Bay Compa A appointed|In 1862 the price of Potatos varied at New West- | Watts? Dictionary of Chemistry. Parts XX,—XXIIL 
and sent a body of engineers minster from 6s. to 16s. per 100 1b.; at Cariboo the ngman & Co. $ 
to act as the pioneers of civilisation by surveying and | price was 10/. ere во many horses and mules are | А splendid article ia ан те ha nearly the Ra e 
— I and bridges. lw in grea of Parts XX. and X Int Ў 
тй apter takes the voyager through а | Hitherto all the flour has Lan i kw d at 
e fo iud y the wa rs through the w stmi bee in 
uth of dm river emas The entrance | Cariboo 407.—more or less. ilorind Ras 
from storms, and there is} British Columbia, Mr. Brown assures us, “ is per- He velocity of light E means of a revolvin: 
but the very largest | fectly able to maintain an agricultural population, and wheel, and ano metho e 
T mirror, the 
| _ Passing the flats, one one comes to forests of | to grow grain in for the support of a large 
ples, then Cedars, А bend in | munity,” T ut for stoc! P уы ка ы 
the river 15 miles up brings the voyager in view tal —€— it is Lario nd Cattle thrive better an 
| New irre rg von eg site of which was selecte ase mo pidly | in British Columbia than they | upon 
1859; n less than four years this city contained | doi ia En agland, E sh өер the country is found to be | highest, mat 
1000 i inhab йаш, with alrea dy t Mut neis: 1з. to ls. 3d. per lb., | summate гат "have beoh мена d with marve 
һап шше? 1 1 sells "i vien pe at 40 cents per lb. success. We observe that Professor Stokes is freq 
рано, pes - Westminster amende 'undanee of room | It was y бака that the small Cactus would prove an | quoted in these pages 
for Verre — is an — port, notwithstanding | obstacle to the raising of sheep: te of this it is Part XXII. hasa short article on Magnesium, a m 
the unfounded of jealous neighbours asses found to be “most мүнө, for fattening pigs." which burns | when he eld n the Ваше ‹ of а cand "with ; 
there is a bar at тее eee th of the M" w | These animals сап provi d for 
is at the exuberant fertility 3 "the time, and bacon forms o ү "the great won ies s ph get . Magnes esium wire i be procured in the { 
soil, but + very circumstance of its being so densely | mines, On the Mer ү e settler nur dp d ab ei mti per yar E 
greatly hindered the cultivation of the | years more aem m metn p non ңе mus ver an — on Magnetism to no 
land rca will he find so qme ma high returns e more icd s our columns, on Manure, signed ча. 
есч, les turther up the river is Fort Langley, all 1 produce, sitio of the. без элү the field, or i | the Mena ^ P. 
and 35 п “тз зн Таш Мыз hing briefly upon the тезе we 
p e coasts an rivers o ritish Columbia are | Saussure, Dei and _Вопззїп ault, thes writer " i 
the Harriso nj oy Бл е pr and Lilloo Puma Me fish. In March the -— us to а new en + ear Sid 
up the nel by Hope Yale and Lytton: The se Me of h n April shoals of houlican, comprehensive ilico! ory of plant- X T m і 
Cariboo, by the way, is said to derived from the денене "ish, bd кке than the sprat ; from March pöandad by Liebig, vin. hog perspieuity an 31 
Carri-beuf, or reindeer, frequenting those | arts. о October species after species of salton continue to | to excite universal а! The fu ану eii D , 
Miners will be able to A: from this pamphlet E. the river. Trout е sturgeon abound: Та | в1біоп of that theo s eos T: the food of 
much useful information as to the route they had ү lakes and төгүн Дк x various kinds, snipe, | materials from which the chief mass of their su 
better pursue, but these are rtu which, of course, widgeon ous; i is produced in vegetation, consists solely 
we cannot enter me range oods there. че храну б, partridges, and | acid, water, and ammonia." © Under na ; 
A number of sp described de admirably bary "ree ese substances are constantly suppffed to plants by 
adapted for Mie oh MAT Hi e being suit-| The fam i Did glas well known from the | the atmosphere, which contains them in small 
Pe for eorn and fit at once for e түсүн ; oum sections ч a ine 309 feti A I which was cut at | tion, but in large aggregate quantity; by the 
these pw the more numerous and e ve | New Westminster and зе! Аат of 1862, dead animals and plants; by rain, dew, &c., 
boe: are fine pasture lands, often len drm ім and its көт have Ж: А ted u in the r means, But there are also other mater! 3 
some gentleman’s park; — often spoken oda Gardeners’ Chronicle. The White Pine is ema а very ced in bag rena oan the carbonic acid, wate, _ 
for raising. is also a valuable ecu E aei work. "n D cea rineipal | and ammonia, from w he plant constructs its A 
aen called Bunch-grass, which тауча е | berries are e Huckleberry micum ap ode à vibes every 
vers and teamstevs; indeed, it is invaluable jas iow the авн, Ө the po emer 2 Баа ofa 0 there аге certain, substances, шп s 
owner of cattle and horses. Strawberry, Oregon Grape, Gooseberry, Currant, and T ка үн remain ав — "- plan xn perfectly 
As to climate, - of Cariboo is severe, the winter | Cranberry. hese can only nnt Б> to Ше 
lasting from November to Ње -- s Же cob yet es In the samer of 1862 the Де popolation of the каке Ww means of the ra Pe pro obably they me 
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weather is sert, clear and. calm much sn whole colony did not probabl eed 7000; tak 
falls in January Воб чей P ye ; in the | taken up in a state of solution " 
Caribóoo, the ане н B RANDY Бот 2500 a аа тне СТ abonos god B an E Ыы Че conclusion. that © e € m 
regarded as one of ir | pire in the world. and have д considered а bone UM f ev 
ortu- = ash-constituents he assi 
e of its €" radi бинй be "€ MR | — their numbers are not bap: € г ошоп ља к m was алом upon" 
par чеп bn bem a — M — се many who The two great wants of t| capitalists | p: f the poe d soil" у 
» ше from feeble h have here inhaled | and labo ourers. It would d E ar КЎ latter бетш ied dat: * the decreas oduce етен 
new life from the bracing moun! ze. | not — without the rr lar crop is г wd ss after т On b^ 
Pn P eene is D a iu E fora tim in case of n xA eps crim ien) ask was due T 
оо its existence аз The We niet | ot spesk of tta "ааз of yas sper to th from the soil 
colour” of gold, i. &,a minute Анн, m just сари. Here it is wei va ntly е that m 
bcn ipie venir D uds in the pan. after washing | makes money. Nowhere ean there iol "of akni 
e country. E 
pls apis à ге pete the dele and its tribu- | * “то be Я ат ои mine dá н Bonum i Ee "i Ced у тшшш A plants 
течи; чб г becomes. The first pioneers ood constitution. ud ed novice does "not analysis.” He к "tlt the exhaus : 
ust t ase in "fertility, is 
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themselves, as they examined tho fine pola of himself fore ally 
г Me bene Fraser, does this dust come from? It must | ner is "buit | the Ta iencod uin r a EE by od знік кыл Жы vil o the min i: 
