pranvany 13, 1858.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE 1 
h ia pri 5th. General Simpson, | du genre Buffonia?” by Prof. Fée, of Strasburg, com-| the European, and eve 
wort ig clue arg rather small municated by Mr. ae. Mo oore, F.LS.; to which was | States, it iat mone a 2 “antapi a 
dantly in autumn, an is | appended a “note M. Fée’s communication,” by ambitious _Spir rit it pei calth 
he way of never oe anging colour, J.J. Bennett, Esq. ‘Secretary. M. Fée negatives. th 
ose in g his paper. 
aithough not large size its colour will pated reer isboer, danger, pe i excitement, and never 
of a 7 emigrated. 
atone it into any collection, however small portion of ‘the population; for they are decidedly 
E to an r 
i t, Falkirk. K a superior in every respect to their brethren in the other 
ge Dorwards Hall sigs ae FAR in 1857.— X otices of Books, States of the Union R alifi it remembered, is 
3 eh (1 az Fans a no slave State. cw? Chinese, also, quiet and tame as 
E ; O95 sites si eich st ~- 1.28 ork for the arie they usually are, soon cau ht the hard-working, 
i 186 a a4 afs ae, i et Capital a and the minai with views energetic, and ent aping spirit of the Americans. 
P Ti Nagte 7 E “ew a ings oa nery. By Ernest Seyd. ovo; The i ceed ement in'the moral condition of all classes 
i z done: Va ib Sages mer, pp. is very great. All the gambling houses and ai dis- 
lam aras we can judge this seems to be a trustworthy | grace ful p s, with accounts of which former descrip- 
.. 10,92} Total.. .. .. 21.76 | account of a country concerning which little that can tions of the count sobs na teemed, have igen entirely 
be relied upon has hitherto appeared. How much mis- | disappear red and a ce discover ed are prosecuted 
representation and exaggeration prevailed respecting ith tl t of Drinking saloons, 
orf ett eg Cali: forni a only a few w years ago many an English adven- ke., are under the mast of ree police, + must be 
wont = tur t; so large indeed were th and S: an Fran icisco s now, both 
fr mids that at Jae to believe that trut} y night d d a i li dd 
: Feb. 4. F. Booth, Esq., M.D., Vice Presi- |an article not to be paa in that country. When | as any city under thesun. The relia ous welfare of the 
the chair. P. Squire, Esq., was elected a to this was wariy y the | inhabitants is also duly and properly cared for. Not 
n The following papers were read:—1. A va ds known under the name of meen, only San Francisco, but also every other city and 
shell-bearing molluscous animals, with reference | it becam ourery one’s dai to deter emigrants from | town, has ample. amount of church accommodation ; 
and form,” by R. emerik . 2. “Extract | repairi ing to a scene set characteristic i whose popu- | and some of —_ buildings are most magnificent 
letter from Mr. Barter on pron Series lation med to be indlin ng, 2 robbery, and foes te structures. These cities now on on a as 
dutel Rabha, Sept. 29, 1857,’ partan of thi ce Com- quiet and onana an — as any place in England or 
j „ Mr. Barter describes the healt of his party mittee failed to rora Mr. Seyd aimat Pariha to nest aes geo es. In educational matters California 
Be hai h as could be wished. Feve conceal or even > ee, a for po then happened. sera d proportionately more advanced than any 
1 had been about four weeks his own wo ords :— country. Free schools, many of them magnifi- 
or wig the Europeans, with one excep- their 7 truct f brick, abound in all parts; and 
x heya own attack had been trifling, | and re cared little al not a mining or farming settlement 
ness not to be anticipated from | dition of t the magr amga and when at last a pease | withe ie its free school. ese are suppor con- 
w pe an Baposition Of the original number of | of some form was established, Bes committed the | jointly by the State and the county or city where 
Europeans e expedition, one only, the great en of once mt — and of thus taking | they exist; the proceeds of large districts being 
mate, a strong thy-looking man, had died. ,The| part in its erection, so grea s their indifference to|set aside by the State for that purpose. Family 
seamen had suffered equally with the whites. Dolitienl air. life now presents itself in California under as agreeable 
~ Both before and since his attack of fever, Mr. Barter “The görende e BESEN 2 a ji apse extent | an aspect asin ngland, oranywhere else. The suburbs 
he had enjoyed awntertipto d health, th ough into fees aa srr ant ee very ¢ e gamblers, | of our cities abound in villas and other handsome and 
on shore. terete en persons who | delightfu ul resi dences, furnished with unnsual taste and 
ed to sun, rain, and Sg influences. “Quinine ought to mee yey ex tle ded from any ticipation i 
tad been taken daily, and no doubt modified the| it. These parties held the offices of “trust and in Such are the statements made by Mr. Seyd, and 
but Reem sedate the only European | fluence, and it may easily be imagined that they nite | eon they may be a little. ove ercoloured they pro- 
the first refused to take it had | the best of their sateen nity.” babl ih 
e tever. . Barter mentions t the} Under = conceivable deretara shat ces could s from ealous advocate. For that reason we have 
list of his collection of plants now reaches to | government last ; human patience has its limits | in ail allowed them mare -pace than can usually be given to 
ered on the coast and in the river, | times aa countries s, and in California it was They are, however, only pre reliminary | to 
wood, fruits, &e. an | exhausted. The har of come country being tl tof hi 
» he found many patrons not repressor: of cr ime o course was open to | into the condition of gold mi ning a and other mineral 
poe > ower preserving plants, damp aloe, the Pe a with the armed | se Californian ecommerce, the value and best 
Violent rains and wind tornados on deck, sometimes hand Matters were pami to a crisis in May, 1856, appligation of capital, the agricultural resourees, and 
re: aie result of the gece of ae. In the tl e prospects 0 the 1: murer, mechanic, domestic 
‘the river, shake off the yoke—not of -their fellows in office, | servant, and other classes. His statements are illus- 
el! 
because they ors been clected, whether rightly or | trated with some excellent.sketches of scenery and 
sore ater 2h the murderers, ballot-box stuffers, roppen -of Californian: publie buildings. For 
t Th ion sie ge j 
of | the large body of informa 
1856 are matter - E Suffice it to say, that author a —_ points the reader is referred to his 
um | the mob, as i y the law-and-murder | v We smily = out a few of the -details 
journals at h rites wim orant “papers abroad, con- E peni to cultive 
m arr i itself in ina manner reflecting the eee eredit| “As regards nie esti eof production per acre, our soil 
upon neran They o: iaeiae about | surpasses that of any other in the world. Small as the 
6000 m infantry, cavalry, and h maar kn and | amount is of our improved lands, we already raise the 
all fly “eqvinpet and entered upon their A wr fa eagle to feed our population, and to export a large 
labours a firm determination not to flinch * urplus. We excel Rigs other of the States in the 
the fulfilment of these self-imposed duties till hone produetion of Barle The amount raised this year is 
essed | and. a > had been re-established. more, at £ present prices, than the entire crop of 
e ble and trebl in 1850. We are also the first 
were ampse others the ee 7g most dangerous| Wine is destined, ere long, to be one of our staple 
ce paes that ever infested a community, many of :them | articles of export. Our native wine already bears a 
> mixed = iron, there- erers, borne convicts, &c., were banished, onl higher price in our market than the imported arine. 
ie eG to sui pr ieste forbldion to return under pain ‘of death. ‘The.com-| The Grape, in all its varieties, is better adapted to 
b h occupied nsive tracts, | munity became lightened of these curses, and enetbell | soil and climate than to oy other, as the average vield 
AE offered them for | more freely. In the face of the miserable efforts:of ‘the | soared Vineyards pire mployed in _wine-m 
y show. rtain t 
+ 
r | ngin abuse of the so-called. law-and-order "press, ' the wine w be weed here in a — years in such 
Vi h 
. Cali 
labours without any more Aioolia othan that:of | fornia isat this , also, the ninth State in the 
the four or five eer ugh-paced villains strung up, as anaes of Wheat she produces, and as early as 1853 
ioned abov ir power otatees. We raise 
| raised. 
and disbanded A “iai California is now enjoying the: 2 ery large amol omnt of stock, and no State has. greater 
great benefits of this well-timed and judicious move- sy production cf 
ment, courageously entered upon, and unflinchingly | stock. I see „ also, in act that large sums. are 
> gee in.” ; b o be expended bysom some of our:most-enter- 
From this time the state of California has rapidly | prising citizens for uction of the improved 
‘teen: It is said that two years of security for | breeds, a token a yr shal pali hotly take that, prece- 
both | industry have sufficed to ‘bring the Pager into a | dence sg oe soil and climate entitle us. It is 
ond dispute ‘that spra is no soil or 
is intended to nS ar ys rs of em t 
grants were, în order that asosi may be or wea in as neat abundance and variety. Our markets are 
secondly, what'the real prospects are which may now tl 0 
be regarded as certain by those who wish to try fortune | fruits, as, the most favoured sections of the Atlan 
on the shores of the Pacific. That California is rich, tates. We particular i fruits— 
large | fertile, salubrious, nt ge of its gold mines, is | the Peach, the Pear, 
the | notorio usly true. Good rmment t on the one hand | excel in fruits that are ear! 
| Bae. singe theotherwerealone required; the former | a few years we shall actually produce : 
seems to ane the latter is an article Rann Laratns, Drangen Peake es, 
fine- | without evra prosperity be impossible in | the present import of these articles in the U 
eo —amounting to over three me 
The eona by Mr. Seyd of garden produce 
) unequalled. 
seem an almost natural consequence of its position ; Sal “A Ser by Colonel Hall of Sacramento City, 
i oat first especially hat difficult of access + weighin Ibs. A Carrot weighing 10 Ibs., measur- 
gies cme ms € 
about 40,000. 
r are citizens of the United States, Mexicans, | dneing community.” 
5 SC. 1 and i of} | 
