174 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. —— [Mano 6 i 
Jeford. the foot of the range of rock. | There is scarce! 
— oreo sgh ore a “n criekota Me r| | Hore wo peewee a a ittie beiro noon started f for pr one 
A xda-crowned pinnacle. It was another mile to t o 
irds:.—I have succeeded admirably in the “ Humane Pia aeli mdt ds be pean a mos ia pan oud i tanas cent, 
f iMi š p i “ T more than ordinarily fa 
o» a ogee ast Sg ay ae repaint sctpoateed heat of tb the Panbdday, sur , from which for the spose J 
a sly ve ag but asino rds sa | half of the ascent, there was no par ion, the. bare rocks | which I own 
Sp stake the bait, I should be ly oblig intensifying be = by reflecting the sun’s rays. i. the } 
he wot g an equally efficacious plan ol destroy- | | summit, em é pal peas is —-= a oe know Son gone gulti tivated ted for y very orgy. 
i of whic 
tng ee aes ier whales | the + 520 yard s spare is Aia n 45 ree igh. The pagoda is built of would le Tead one to believe t that it is it is not ne ie te 
species'which f th last two winters eve pieked out | briek, a all te pagodas i eee plastered over fe look | It certainly does not grow — gud od luxuria ae 
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sherry pe l a hat ‘side, the south western, is perpendice ar in its 
( he r trees. I I ho that = pon romised aphis powder Í 5 whieh o on height of 2000 feet. The immense labour which it must | f 
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t to the brieks with which the pagoda is built | in 
do without thi f s0 m: oie birds. A Subscriber | have cost enneny t k des: be Imagined, as wel the — w eT 
d tting it atso great a height. e conveyance o! not 
poe Constant Reader. 1 i ated s of those tte | | Spouered ivernatinny 1 the summit must have been nothing, | Seedlings are very diteult to obtain. ootis however 
Di rhs a op Batatas- — ar an some compared to that ae = bell ome 3h fook high and of areas gea by taking poh na 
} | thi skness and weight. e view from this point is ex ely 
some of the mee eight se The | fine; in fact, if T dia not wish asau falling rome me mc 
p ore delicate, | neyed expressions o! iewersfrom mountain-tops, I. wou 
flavour and rÀ vrn wesi i - ry good, tho P Potato | ao — pe mca a nT A t hei ghis paad gene- a 
and I she ould su suppose =» on re eck, | Tally sees a continued succession of hill behind hill and little 
and j pees Scere Ty be a eit h vars ety. else, or looks down upon a ee wow ge i an 
both baked boil —_ t variety of natural features is mos ing. 
/ this the isolated character of the rock gives. all 
both "H joi and t thea oa mE in pieces (wich. was} å dos adranta ze of a view seen from the ares of a egg of the forgotten ? 
n ht and | e 
a severe trial in the —? ocess) it was light an ight. Thereis no near objec ect to pt the view in provinces o of China, which are as little known Į 
floury. I believe the secret of its suecess is culture, Yaaa ise tion. At your feet is an maedo valhaviel plainof great | an: part of the sour are the native habitat aree mei jrin 
deep Moie = abundant nourishment, e tio soil | fertili ty, stretching away N.W. and S.E., as far as the eye can | It would be'extremely interesting to ascertain the 
4 and Constant Reader. ach ; but not presenting the pe monotony of a plain, for it p a ai ion 
see rin By ee tar are led ini hesow (ia dotted over with dethohed. a en of pra deat rock g fet 
asometers V. veg would be g above men a in eve ape and si ) 
if a gasometer placed within 30 of a large od 2000 feo ; n height. Thei ps cto m is erary oma È pennies or eS, 
garden where there is a range of hot-houses, forcing ft be js slg tiko pales like isanda MatoAberisins eet ae da kher Hou ‘tine St veal 
ita; di, would be injurious tovegetation. A: Subseri er. | on videno ` ‘thet this vast plain was at tee ne an| court, Ver, in the the Pe: The following 
ap likely. | — gulf, and serze oo ae ap gy pn Fellows; vere d 
or Melons.—As most le will soon be} =) the foot of the rocks then was by a ia y 
; nearly all have inmense cave pai thair bano; gri h. pene Lang a Mrs. Wykeham Martin, Leeds Castile, Maidstone, 
commen “Milon growing, a few word the Nett of the aaticar of the saa. and aie ti R. Cappet ; Mea, Harl pan Middlesex, 
ould recom may not be uninteresting. | masses of ae cong! loners The soe nee oft thie: inhabi W. B 
Ou best a in this: quarter is of a rather light and | tants con this, fi i 
haract ich partly acco from. the Bea ean aa their names the p propinquity of the 
y er, which ly unte for acs want of sea at one time; as Ch Te Middlezoy in Ja Som tshire 
s one time. One day; as T was lamenting overn | peat moors still speak of a peculiari England. ButI 
y ill luek, anold pen p to pay me a | must not forget the little dijat for ich F climbed this 
id; “ Red -A e — naa ay? ther it you d à 
visit. He said, “Growth Instead, 
ate of oing $ om mice hy length vith pond- on the north side, holding on to Grass and branches 
pir = to - ite that isev ox apparently formed by the falling forward’ of a large mass of 
and Pale turfy parap in oe In Haan oele Taanga pe mene of the grotta i Sin ta het ctt ae meg 
à aa ng groun edn you step, and just reach- | H1 e a 
succession n-pits, I vent ge use paga scrapings ‘alone ing the edge of the rock above you gather the little Adiantum. Duke ee WWelington, w blash with 
A ar) It appears T grow in pure lime, “the result of the continued fo: d bells, 
alone, i lt may say with success; indeed; it ase and dropping of the rains; it’ is: tolerably abundant | OTM yo One of tif 
would haye been dificult for the most acute an. the este a few feet, agri Wondisiaelty par oven grows 
observer to have pointed out which wasin the greatest | 0 the caster ern., proci nop A gn, so, Magy 
health “and vigour. Ev person who sa 
m is Cheilanthes farinosa in abundance. A 
them variety of pretty annuals: covers: the roc or 
inaccessible about i 
KE nn very 
for this is comparativ conten climate. eee attaining a ee ov some instants of on 10 to ean feet; in its 45 
Also 
would recommend the above co I ma = 
tha g g not alwa; a 
on this or that compost bein reds Melons Tike coher | branched with bright Eades Sarai 
plants ery out for air. Fresh air must be admitted on 5 ianya large ee l flow 
all favourable opportunities. Indeed’ I give air night) ment to the rocks. were eer 
and day when it can be given judiciously. J. Ri 
another ees which Til tne Teas, much 
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—_—_ i Doinew- Eten it wil vation in our 
One bright blue Exacum was highly ornamen 
Foreign Correspondence. tu ong the rocks. The. moming. of the next day was 
Movtaetn : Nov. 25, 1857.— Extracts froma Letter | Shen’ in a curious i ara k, from 
to Sit W: el €. S: P, Parish whence issues bright clear like: 
í; m. Hoo from . Parish, ned , Hole, in the Mendip hills betweon rete and (haddan 
ou can anA oe difficulty of drying plants here mge is here q cular, and at first 
in our rains ; and it is in the rains that the greeter: number sight appears er t an ascent is’ never- 
Har IMOR? CITAN DINGI TUR AEE, st | theless practicable. the st 100 foot it is sufficientiy easy, 
innumerable atifal ones, only ramiam Aee Gria Sar 
are 
season, leaving om rocks afford 
no trace of their existence after a month's sun. In about five comes the dim ty, cod sec a a ` a portion of the face of the 
montis, with the middle of May; we have had this: | Tock is here reached, up which mbing, unless 
of 200 inches of preia Farian w and'some tenths | Will trust to a ion E sae ate 
of whieh fall in August. This will show you. that even going | Which have been cut off; leaving about 2 or 3 Sd 
pieced ae yrs ae ai matter, for the country is: under 
1 add’ to this that we live in wooden houses from which | Yu step on a narrow ledge a foot wide, along which you 
ge be.exeh the temperature fora short distance, holding on to: the with your 
not admit. of our having I have casa another boo, and : 
meat tak Sadly scene eral Mee Sheet Hessen to hollow called Pong Y hich 
sare into a ‘any 
n ao = to = mile or peas in diameter, surrounded o: Sipe ars sig TA 
hand. You will be glad to hear that t have | 80me instances 1000 feet above you. The hollow is filled with 
ria Th in excellen y tion p Ke jungle, ar and among it are some trees at least 150 feet high, 
FA. Parishid, à very species. —W. J.H). Some aecount cy erigens d rich. — on Sag bare rocks, and no- 
ot ed dian) aie I found it may not be without prai ass, two ~~ rs ago I foui Megay i 
from 
tet. nd as 
seen So of it as the T he twill ney, dey: T think it is well worthy 
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int: ‘fink flowers ohian. fom ihe. bese anome apiko 
mania across prng a line i in length Joint pseudo-bulb. He 
it starts suddenly up out of the midst mense alluyial | great abundance, and PS s TA 
plain, ands attains end the height of 2000 feet. It is onl 
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summit to the in below, may be 
without much and labour, and-is, as: you 
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hhad caused apa teag ai ‘the fronds to fall off, and. 
mens which I gathered were lost on the: descent: 
me to home toni to.reach the rock in September of 
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ri tae figures of Gaia tf of every size, = tw vi 
‘themiddle: of November, w. the: river had’ subsided e miniat stuck against the side of ocon 
ri ; Jang every available ledge; for here seen These 
ver; 7 te spo 
a. very Je kind; 
Teale single cs Diebitseh. S 
I crossed the rivertoa aima kaw leek, from which place 
a pleasant walk of 4. “through jungle brought us to 
