THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. - [FEBRUARY 13, 1884, 
‘Such is their fate, and so it must ever Dye _ But it | | ow considering how rich ' Ce von | 
should xd i. — although E might alone fu rnish all that re 
compel u the food natura ally pro srovided | makers requir, if the separation of the fibr 
som angy level turf, tale a few for all plants, {t it ia equall ou Pangan iy Sia ae be made to pay. pn 
ar Pop flowers still form the principal | it by that which is an inconsistent with the neat- | Ceylon is one of the riches t possessions gf 
features in the S ayro of the wor rid’s metr 0- | ness 0 of a garden nure in mmeo g we Aat in- age Crown, ahowniting i in timber, s spices, g 
— 17 years hay g be ut manur s, dyes d n : 
n e r the he iasta of of Listen, as as they ce costs money, @ he money, in “this the wealthiest | cultivation of everything (except the Mar 
tainly herein ts atm and two unex eted spot on the globe, cannot be ier ! which the A 
ined from the Temple ati in thi ) i 
eat pene arte is equally true of Grass and other herbs. The | are alone required to bring out its almost unte, 
ow that the classic ground on the| soot of London is blamed for killing turf; e is | vegetable treasures But they have as yet be 
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resolved resolved itself into one of money and intelligence. | 
oses plucked | in London the dog with a bad name; as soot, does | se ed up from the European eye in conse.” 
harm, all harm i is laid at its door. But to la 
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xA yp ee ome = De Fhose |i hief, because the parts that soot | the vegetation of the island. That Want is 
feaeee Pi ren where studious Templars , or ou Mt ble, removed — soot can|to be supplied. T. FERGUSON, a gent 
Judges, world- famous authors, and gay throngs of | a any apprec: s apuy It is starvation | mee favourably known, and familiar with 
that kills the sab et a gd year the worthless | native language, has just’ returned to Cepl ¢ 
Fogs and soot, and the foul vapour of countless | soil becomes m e and m xhausted, t that tis to | the purpose of oleta what his s long re 
preggo had displaced the verdant lawn and |say, contains Jol and paa foo rah t s n this subject, 
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Ping L nie ai ak the e mga does n eang Flore is actua ally commenced under th “the a 
anuri n London | Enumeratio plantarum Zeylania by Mr, Taw 
of guano or mineral, rena an pr Korea wh tape will be colle edd 
tion in 1857. Two gardeners aiken "Bro OOME wharewhh to it. yw would think that 
and JOSEPH Dats, have changed z whole aspect, | don Squares were inhabited by paupers. energy like ii In ie a Exec s ae 
Mr. Broome y w we not paas That soot is | a formidable enemy to London sage we find the following important o 
last week (p. 92), tells “ that hese fresh from | gardens cannot So it is to human con- ion: s" 
the co easty; he first oian on his duties he was | stitutions. It covers our skin, closes our pores, | ‘I am happy to think that the Colony is bes 
for the difference which exists | even finds its way intoourlungs. Butit as been | nin g e ga i tAd the advantages that may } 
ipy eae in the country and | discovered that water will wash it off; that it) derived from such an mene as thie 
in large towns ; those which in the pure air of the | need not accumulate on the skin; and that if it is Peradenia, when placed under the directi 
former “a almost spontaneous! would, not- | washed away we are none the worse for its having | scientific and practical man. I ett j 
withstanding the pains, bes! towed upon them , | soiled us. In these la atter days baths and wash- | advantages may be increased incaleulably § 
barely for the poor; and with | giving to Mr. Tawarres the means of worki 
of the latter. His peevions experience availed ood effect. Sappos e we washed our plants. They | upon a more extended scale; and I have æ 
i g ave skins as we have; their skin has pores | sequently great pleasure in communicating to 
piii he set about his task vith | through which ~ breathe ; and vi we did but Cou neil a pla an s ubmitte wits bet Go vernment 
po gn ae wit Sgesy and perseverance, | keep them clean a garden inquest could never cipate the h 4 
by a complete trium h oon a vediet of “died from aoti by resulte; The establishment Ber has be 
pores pin difficulties as were not insuperable. ater is all that trees require to be|s and pin extent. that le 
What Mr. Broome has done others may do prone aa N from the skin dis aaie vash kills them. il ca ie tet oe if muhia 
more completely. The banks of the Thames, in | A little labour, and a go engine would put | been ett, air orien ing these drawheih 
the centre of the densest part of Lon don, and | an end to all complaints about Base. the Coun il wil, I alik, feel with 
facing the most smoky, are far from a gama Water however is wanted for another reaso infinitely m e will be e by the aid of 
It is not soot alone that kills the anes of i liberal ity. 4 conser the head of the dpe rt 
ment. Compared with the Temple Gardens, such | London Squares. Deepen of the soil and dryness | whose high standin 
sere Bedford, Hanover, os of the air must also be taken into peers at tesit nised throughout ite to 7 fe oa ander 
eley, mn and St. James’s Squares, |in the latter half of the year. The huses by a salary of 3007. a year; while, if he be rems 
or the gardens of Gray’s Inn and _ Lin-| sewers and drains which surround the whole of our | nerated in a manner more in accordance ith bs 
eoln’s Ian Fields, are e: a - desert of| London Squares fare off rain so rail at | worth, the Colony will only consult e 
brick and aur The tnae. the hard earth in such places easily loses ie interests, by enabling him to carry out tho 
able obstacles good iiia, hat e | teresti i which. have of l 
Mr. BROOME can eu in his dowain, others may | system of underground irrigation is imperatively attracted so much attention F 
grow with far less difficulty in those more favoured | demande d. How to su ribs ged ply i a the me ost inex-| « The Superinten dent’s field of operati ions t s 
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for an enumeration of the sorts recom- y bange sof the atmosphere woul be remedied by peng be adyantageously enlarge, fue it 
mended in Mr, a Eee ye. it the ablations necessary écessary to re oot. But again | island. There are many, important a 
would be found easy to fill three ti much | wi met by the Danga that the ex nse of | mj i apon. 
space, after a few yearsof ccna ouleivations | water i is insupportable. Alas! poor Laidak. and might take, cognisanoo of, and ropa u t 
se "reality the obstacles to the decoration of|its | ript erished inhabitants. They could not | consis tent with, bat at rather a relation told 
aeons Squares with a constant —: ffr esent duties hese may be inclu i- 
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two, and n no more. The first is the want Sof | taste "iteaerarthes be op that the fe Ghore i es g the forest an ae 
in London gardeners (?), the second the| of some of ioe ae have anti re pans ture conf Gt oe ‘ana bili rd 
za of London people. In no city are a e taste to take up this question, dad cht t | these districts being benefited by the introdu 
or gardening’ Ny erie great ; in no ers are not the only class that loves a aims ipti ts; and Be 
ess profi fab employed. — Lon- Ift they will only select some really clever ‘intelli wid ertai nag ith some ere the varians È dig 1 p 
‘Paris we sia om ol Page c gene y Valu 
gay with green lea a smiling heir | in the present remarks they cannot. sha ae 
er a it card io bs “Sea te tha a For san es ey me er ona ay say with pe clad à disposed of, of, and to what al “i 
improvement ess. But it is | PEARY’ i Dorade 
not the less our duty to point ar possibilities. The truth =a ere eg Sor SRN e changes recommended in the Pergi 
ings sbove all others render London That any purblind eye may find it out.— 
RET A hi « Baelen, so shining, and so eviden: 
a aaa gpa; : ny pre re em exhausted ee | That it will glimmer through a blind man’s eye. 
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sek a i taney of “ha eg Money, ai ded Tue last mail beings highly satisfactory intelli- eaeh of plants and seeds between © je 
stit may be s ar imay bi sen eee gence ralan p ss of THE PUBLIC|and Java. ey announced that ™ 
by Laoag VERNMENT ah IN CEYLON. After half a | Tuwarres would be rsonally welcomed in jar 
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bag a presence af water Be aioe a berg! of neglect 5 mismanagement it fell at | and that he might Pus obtain for Ceylon 
stir San vo be called difionlt act FERE under the superintendence k. the late Mr. | Quinine plant, which had been introduce’ =) 
nthe Shon Aa eae ere a most causa and active , Who laid | Java at an expense of 10,0007. Sir HENEY H 
bushes something to me epee: here Sadi 1 | the foundation of the measures that 1 have reno- said he _ rstood the Council, in voting 
ine tly washed they would retain ther vernal res: the feet ee own work Me ti pa the fixed establishment, to 260i 
gg kasne Angh —_ of vigorous life | who now holds , has proved in Mauka iad thet an, “ficient body of be ite Pe men oa 5 
not only ar. they refused all artificial ial food, Foe by iW ona: and the “Cex lon Gorom, we | readily , foo ea 
are even deprived ot that which Nature furnishes | substantial oe a R only now remains for the Colin wet 
-M accustomed nourishment. san TO improvemen! q nire cP 
leaves; in leaves are deposited the Senate ee gta ro bs a e garden shows that it is | bringing about these ri y great object © 
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fatare growth ; those alenon dee periodi now, in sh over ery respec 5 in good working | cannot pone that Mr, Lanovcnene will re 
vein fresh and vegetable seeds are co: ; ‘ 
stant] n- j accede to them. In that case an inte 
absence of man they lie Ps gt ground decay, and gated orate a oe at publi Sio jela na Anglab Serjent mayan NEN — 
= earth > be seized upon again | the Vanilla, till lately sold at 2s. 6d. each, is now ia Tie 
roots when recurrin reer! mands rele to 6d. e may ex Aina TIE gran RDENING. : f 
neatness’ sake, this their food is incessantly carried | th ‘ : p rts from | accomplish n te i 
rsy Lo : e island. Attention is bein rect ted accomplish or attempt in the legitimate “re 
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