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qr. d Pd т , ^ placed in vice not mem DN At times, I have had to lift my feet on to | * Ba —'Yes 
in. all, a single oret, Е “эү "е ds terminated the main | the saddle, there bei eing barely room for the horse to | into, own I oso tiw 
of the spikelet. s floret had an outer whorl of | pass between high masses of rock. Then there were | doso; but if I vd z ОП m a fa i e) custom to 
m" pales, placed dis Е opposite each other, and | passes to ride over, formed by the granite mountains, in | oven, 1 could cover him with а crust and pnt qe o 
resembling the ordinary outer pales; within these, I the Bia. Our horses | the hot stove, when the n 
right angles to them, were two more, precisely ге- | have stood on many points, + where we could вее е e plueked out, ad child would be perfectly E 
sembling ordinary inner pales; and within these again | water оар апа о? probably 1000 I menti ioned the c circu umstance to a friend in this t sy. 
mber of thin some of which | just imagine me of these places with a sid bh 
had more or less the appearance of stigmas. Thus, in | saddle ! " their children. Tiere is a particular disease they have, 
' 1 1 їп be society into which ter were thrown | it is said, can only be removed by baking. А crus iu 
the ordinary structure of Lolium occurre ere was | was sometimes very droll ; E following is an account of | made of Rye- 
an alteration in the form of the te spikelets; they were a ball given in енн of Mrs. Atkinson in the same way asa fowl in a pasty, leavi 
arranged in pairs, n each noteh е “ Having heard that some of the po wives had | aperture for the child to breathe through; then it is 
rachis 11 e flor ived, I thought it my duty to e the em, as is placed in the oven w vith its Чоо r closed, but only a few 
were disposed in ien is бе cmt the pes dae pili in Siberia, but was told our ttl ЫА 
inner pales became more ог less fused; the inner parts | was needless, and, indeed, he е а I should be spar red for further extracts, 
the florets were multiplied, and changed to scales, | not; that a building was being temporarily erected in гайн vise any one who wants a few hours’ amusement 
which exhibited transitional stages between scales and | whi ch he intended giving a ball to commemorate his &, get the book and read it. 
stamens; Ње axis of the spikelet was bifurcated and a | arrival as governor or priestoff, and in honour of us, and 
peculiarly constructed floret occupied the angle of|then I could make t јана rof theladies. To 
divergence of the two branches. The specimens ай this arrangement 1 readily consented. Тһе house was Garden Memoranda. 
elong lium perenue,—2. “On the species & at length completed, and i ааль sent out for| Олк Нил, East BARNET, c ia NOn QM RESI- 
a 2 eig inhabit the seas Japan," by Arthur | the same day. Having but one dress besides my travel- | DENCE OF CHARLE в Young, Ево. етан 
Adam ling one, I drew it forth and prm with dis amay at в | time this place was үтен d the size a nd g ү 
tumbled appearance. I had a small iron with me à Vinery oy th: at 
AN Mox в Socæry ОЕ BELGIUM : Annual Report tunately, the only one in Kopal, so I Заара с x ster of Black Hambargh, weighing. 8 lbs. 6 oz. fas 
— Tent Pullication, — In 9 there appeared | Cossack to uud fro to the kitchen to have it heat on. 1843, p. 825) 
for the "frat time the destruction produced by the | Thus, with a flannel petticoat for an Horhe b bla ue exhibition of the Horticultural Society, in whose gar rden 
Scolytus, the ВЕ of baci were not perceived till | ą box for a table, I managed to make it decent, 1836. Since then, however, 
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attack Pear та Та cu am up one of the trees the | уеге bidden for 5 o'clock, r host begged of me eme the last 10 years or more the garden has bee 
inside was found entirely perforated, and individuals | to рег eady earlier to receive Aron ау visitors. In the |let for the growth of Hr ith and fruit for market 
Scolytus were found measuring 6 centi- | midst of my dressing a- bonran (a storm of mod. and am lately everything has 
е. snow) arose. I was obliged to rush to опе side of the repair. Тһе walls, which. идо ar to € pi well 
Various remedies е н tried to destroy їз | tent to hold it d candle was blown out, leaving built, are xk in get condi tion, as are also most of the 
hidden enemy. The s have been stripped of tkeir me in total darkness. las s; but 1 
but yh o the inner Hind, and wa shed with milk of lime ; “Mr. Atkinson ran outside to call the men, who were | trained а е all but i E complete wreck. Since it has 
and running in all directions, as the f its present owner, iion 
А. ich was received from Scotland under the name of | kitehen, with all the Sjeliencies for the coming feast, Ше vie of improvement seems to be actively at work. 
Тата ; Compound, which, diluted with a certain | was being nearly swept away; at last, with ropes and | Old trees have been cleared язу. арі new ones now 
beams of wood, it, as we sell as our tent, was secured, | occupy their . places, most of the glass houses have been 
ie. mens pone caused by the Scolytus, and With some difficulty I got a light, AER resumed my furnisl boilers and heating арине», 
даша "them. Signed: Le ел» А. | dressing; in а meantime I received three notes {о | borders have been remade, and quarters trenched, Т 
Bivort; Le Président, А. Rog [йа sten opera tio the mansion new win nre being. added, and 
aving DE eis myself to the best of my ability, | pleasure grounds in character with its improved 
š * we MUN ; it was only three таҳ, for all our tents | appearance are we believe about to be laid out. The 
323otíces of Note: мі been bodily mcved to shoy ану. of fidis house. teputaped unn Hill Gardens may therefore now be 
нн чад. Tartar Steppes and thei itanis. | recognisable; indeed н зорй о see himself. Then "he mansion is pleasantly situated on the 
y Mrs ~ Atkinson. (Murray.) Small 8vo. м was his bs 3 d, a Kirghis, by name Yarolae, the hill, overlooking ап extensive and rhe vallis 
try | the grandest man in iis place; ss wore а magnificent | and backed up and Ажы by Oaks of unusual 
is not А а very unusual occurrence, but E necos- new dressing gown, а тер shawl roong his waist, | vigour, the soil being apparently very suitable for the 
sarily fatigue, and novelty t silk c red boots; altogether | growth of this particular kind of tree. То the left lies the 
that an account of her adventures cannot fa "i to be he nhe And felt, anak kitchen garden, in which m alterations just recorded 
ead with interest. 'lhat any woman could be found * The m had wooden stools placed round; аге being skilfully фео ub by Mr. Richardson, Mr. 
willing ее e such a donet s кузы astonishing. ирме vind: been several days busy preparing ed Baring Young's gar rden 
However, here we have a most fase ting ассо! of all | of it a few xs s we Me w Mot rri pen 
pend ler ал. а. groun — were covered over with a аек hi two lar rge late Vineries, an мегут of these are 
wherever he Yent, shared his fortune ог misfortunes ав an nd serve edu sofa. This bei ing the din of honour, Eee ys rer TAM 
the case might ard уу; 4 | duc gai ovs wall has Берю 
ships үөт to epe a Jm Mrs. Atkinson rien) made their appearance. pla: ag Ве "alter sorts a desse v. gena on the 
from eof a Rus n gentleman in St. Pet “ Yarolae’s bearing was usually calm and dignified, | north OD Cherries, a n the west, Plums. The 
burg, rn йшй мй with her husband ni lis but hearing the wail of the camel he became quite | bo; rders r these h ш елоһей nearly 3 feet deep 
journey across the Tart ar ste ini Their travels did exo cited, and gi рр a caper, he said, * Here they are! | and and this want of 
being dra t inf i d pai mado h down stairs, He shor tly accommodation elsewhere, b 
over macada sed roads, r fi la p by o ladies; and walk in ng liko a prince into Алор Tlums, have еМ planted 
t ce of 3b Кие CM "rem Ga ge, Jefferson, Woolston Blue Ga а 
Lou тоша them at nii but partiy in eva thunder, Мыны Ismaeloff and Madame Tetch aree o" variety, Angelina Burdett, Coe's Golden 
drav ry more к ver the roughest, wildest | The contrast between them and the gaily attired Dre) р, Reine Claude de Вахау, and lekworth Impera- 
then on horseback, actually Kerghis was too striking. The former lady was a saucy | trice. а arines consist of Violette Hátive, Elruge, 
ini in the saddle for. degit gether. When indulged | faced old body, with a bright shining skin, a clean dark | Downton, and Pitmaston Orange. Of Peaches there 
by a night of repose, the nin. frequently passed it in 1 d cotton d a white collar which reached to | аге Noblesse, Red Magdalen, Royal George, Violette 
the open air or under a tent. Тһе book is so full of her shoulders, a white cap ү a very full border, a | Hátive, Bersiogton, Téton de Venus, and Late Admir- 
—À each one equally amusing in its way, that and brown worsted gloves, completed | able. Among Cherries there are Reine Hortense, 
is rather difficult to make dese selecti A owever, w e|her attire; Me companion, ч small person, һай a|Bigarreau, Elton, May Duke, and Black. Tartarian.- , 
give t e the following. extracts as a specim ihe e style andes ази е instead of the shawl she inl m "ras n уа 
6 mant] med with lace. They cam eu to me anted. with bus ү ut гы а present 
< At 5 o'clock the horses were ready for our departure. | эк этии me viae ш гЁ р dE with Cauliflowers, Pea ns, Spin крана and 
All the women had turned out to see me. of... side of me, without uttering a nk Yarolae ОШ насан Caulifower Заар TA been put 
had no lady | was again off; the next visitor was proclaimed by the dn — weeks ; but dire КЕ тайе ийе 
пай ever attempted the journey ES Ther re were | roaring of a bull. The door was thrown open |progr o less than 8 ‚10% and 1 frost havi 
Kalmuk women living MOM. but they had never very г and *Anna Pavlovna? was announced. fat b m experienced Mere. For ihe анін сторз те 
seen them. In the early part of the day she had My gravi this ti 1 ы and more so as I | Peas, Sangst 
offered to let her daughter dd to take care of me; | glanced аі the Bar His fac M пене; ће | | been Кк. d tl b led by Cl 
nbi. g in, a healthy strong went forvard to dite Anna by the hand; her deep i 1 
girl some 35 summers old, she adr refused (to my gh the room. She ment is an Apricot ei ypc of re Ta: k d 
delight) to move; the mother tried to pst and was к ч die oman, dressed in the rhe ian peasants’ Ship pley,t 
did she —it was of no us and I w left in | dress, a of the. br нь and most Pili, en to be excellent. Underthe wallsin warmsi ituations may 
p | d ounted our horses, I riding e» основе, colours, Жем ы ort, and round the bottom edged | be found Brown Cos Lettuce елы which, however, appear 
uS у that I took from Moscow with me a | with pink, about two inches deep; a pair s strong | to have an un dich lispositio run this season. 
bue „saddle, which I was occupied one day in | shoes with md pos stockings, and bound round her| Аз regards 2 
He dom det Ure when Colonel Sokolovsky entered. head was n handkerchief. As you may |sents 
a eet FE ng to do with it; my | imagine, хз was err n but what an arm and hand | 
a ply w ні ep rm E xe ‚опе, and | she € 3.8 semet to к нй апу > - 
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id pe en leg in the mountains, But, t? то dd | to the difücaltios e of aer oai in 5 wild|and it 
— хуб, Fe seriously pa „уоп cannot go with such а | regions, Mrs. At tkinson became one V чым а фарру Potatoes 
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, and yo mine till our return ; and thankful | Siberia atis is mentioned by pie roe Lu parendum 
iH did so, otherwise I should not be here to | Pie. “This came under my notice when | 
tell the tale {о ош narrow escapes. At times, we have | Alatau was about two months old ; ће was 5 
ledges of to ride round, а сыи one day when my visitor а 
saddle, my legs would have been crushed to pieces or | to have a storm), but she propos 
