VIE any. I. . —.— 
THE — CHRON 
. 
y wx e a 
n Dou ble 
eat 
; — — self- 
sown plants in autumn. -sown annuals are 
0 wing fast. Collinsia 8 and EE 
—— will be the n eit annuals in T" r. Lupinus 
0 the winter, and remained in flowe 
a b is month (hs we date 
pow ; & secon 
wing s showers cg hot 
rmy, With a very sharp fros t in the 
dne severi delightfal days may suc- 
a^ sd — 4 vegetation, 
ing "Chey 
are swelling fas fas t 
be seen e he only tw — 
E which the sap Mut appear to be in MC are | 
2 Walnu ts y^ ok English Oaks. 
is common for go 
rain es the humidity of — 
ave becom 
* imm These are very see 
S Pyracantha berries, 
K adi germ in very scarce; Yew 
an 
g 
dron, doubtful; common Berberry, , germina ro 
ue Gum seed (from Australia), germi- 
n ing 
ree, 
corns 
erminated in 
al 
; hun 
Ə 
} centimètre, (four tenths of an inch) has succeeded q quite 
| as well as f 1 y 6 inches). We 
re of 8 that some kinds of ornamental shrubs 
may be a 'eated i in the same way 
izet, of Écu 
mpor- 
spring ar 
appear’ shove ground ; 54 the tw 
ery ceri just after being so 
nick-nacks will end my list ; Forgot- me- 
Not, mixed Pæony, mixed Pansy, ihe ofa uricula, 
only, ‘andj just 
last were M 
few more 
$r 
| out of Europe. 
S | $ i The 
ran that 
tio ve this „ estab- 
> EX be the 9 of Mr. Chas. 
the most important gardens 
visitors to the Botanic pag had long re- 
and rock. of abont 
ope eration ; neverthel 
upon | mey vote from his 
Parliament “having been obtained, the work is rapi 
approaching completion. Eight large lighters 
like r naturalised. fruits vegetables, es, and f flowers 
pate Ear 
a 
Green Peas are thought as much of here 
= on Christmas Day as roast beef and plum pasting) 
gland. 
3 
and a of the Valley. Seedlings o all these ar ae have been, and continue fo be daily oid ia. in 
coming up. E iss „ | conveying to the garden the E muon the dredging 
The is, to a oad 
Me expressions p misery, but now it um ceased to be | extent, composed of the soil ra down during hea 
the fashionable complaint since "Wis rrival of “the rains 51 bu nei ts and lanes. The 
hbo 
wit 
uring 
| is largely intermix h sewage — which on ex- 
of plants. At the commencement of the work, hs- 
te erous weather impeded the e reclaiming process, as 
ae 
ived in g 
ited to thei ving been N 
k inte — between the 
aen with dry cha! - 
indeed. at the very spot wie I now rent a 
and À of an acre of land ready for the 3 — "i 
1 family on their arrival ngland—at about 3 feet 
deep from the surface are — t she of trees, the 
i ce of pde -— be well i hey | 
ppear been — up on the plains — 
The land around me is a huge i kind of 
tree the 3 trunks may be is hard ki tell. 
* Fat earth? is a very appropriate visa for the top 
spit of this tog: I was very much struck os summer 
with the cereals on it. Their stra raw or stalks on the 
average were the height of a m: 
: ur and of a 1 salves 
: very All 
| Kindi ir * en grow rapidly on 
the Brassica 
s 
e | Garden and agricultural seeds w Veo rr in excellen! 
condition when received. William — Christchurch 
| Canterbury, New Zealand, August 3 
spurs from 
| them be Shortened to lengths ol from ki to 1i inch, and 
thr upon the This difficulty was, however, 
ov ercome, 8 the 
eri 
vote, with a view to the w 
T BUD — still further, so as i prome- 
UnSÉRYMAN, CE. | nade near the garden 
Fon ‘the dei aight years we have petat. graft ing We are further informed that the Governor has set 
blossom buds in order to cause barren trees to | apart 2 acres for the growth of Conifers alone, which 
fruit; and the results have oda been satisfactory. | the Australian climate seems to suit, and of whieh a 
In — peii to extend the practice, we ca 0 niser considerable number of species has been already 
Cm an give some explanation as to the f | introduce 
— TH the date of ihel last letters from Sydney Mr. M. 
x the —— of the month of August, cut off fruit | as preparing HET: V na pation to.the 
trees where they are too numerous. Let furthest advan ee towards 
passing through districts which as yet Eu bot little 
The Early York very true to its cha- 
raeter. t 
ey | budding. The 
branch a T cut for the recepti ion of the scion as if in| 
graft should be . — —— with — * 
| ting or — — — there is alwa: 
upper part of the and with ih grafting 
clay, — or LO vem In the rii 
the fru erted will mre and fruit 
as wel A i dte had uari beem removed. Frequently, 
indeed, the fruit is much larger than ca t on the tree 
from whic hthe 5 retaken. 
uch as * 
Will form panas es ina d shorter 
time comet in Englan next s er to 
. some turves of this o og for "fuel, and stack | tbem vn 
in a place for winter. It may ought that 
are quite enthusiasts out here when I relate that — 
f v. ell wit e on the Aspen. 
D ri t last. seven years great efforts have been 
without good success, the long sea voyage gen ally 
destroying their germinating and vegetative | E 
iari rig eee aid even on the main — vie y hand- 
some fruits are in this way produced. These fruit — 
point on examination generally turns out to be b 
About six weeks ago 21 large casks of different kinds 
of seeds arrived from Bngland, m meae pi aed 
condition, vith the exception of Po and Com; 
Laurel Scarle Psd. T Runners, which were per- 
5 earing properties in succeeding years 
and if an uce a wood eae it must be succes- 
sively pinched back in the 
will be seen that by this system i it is easy to u 
euet buds which have been in pr wore 8 
those on trees which have. ‘to = transplanted, or 
wary eye Siola 
the 
in a sound state. 
which the different seeds 
were receiv n mire — were sound and good; they 
were 
[5 turned ^n nds vidi ier 4 no 
pent 
to account ; those fruit 
his operation is — 
the flow of sap j is | declining, for if . too soo 
d endeavour | n 
nch, and | 
known, for the purpose of i — into the causes of a 
disease among cattl r. 
A Lime Tree.—Poor old thing! is that 
all you have to say for yourself? C. fin 
| defence of your quality than to say that you are modest, . 
| handsome, old, an: uri 
to shelv 
| some other een of the 
| spoiled, peti ceited old lad; y would have compared 
| Las bet to ist w A or Been spiteful enough to 
at len neig! We too are tre 
iberty ^t abuse eve 
universal world, and 
tishers 
may be good enough; if th ey like you t iem deed 
n | you, and joy to them for their choice. But t don’t turn 
sown about three weeks since and are now 
germinati germinating like the Apple 
ass begs: — seed, 
— se t thei edges of thebark can e -raised ; iai 
ess to add that the bed 
cc. gon 
ere have you the rip c 
air of the e great Oregon jalina. which out 
the whole field E but the Plane tree that Tus 
And what 
under t are you 
| dirty yellow leaves at t a time w 
canvas bag, are 
i the ak — Elm-chate, wich wes 
appear 
ting 
ago it | an 
ve 
u, a hu 
g 
h 
variet 
very prod perfect]; 
2 well, and produce. every year handsome and very good 
foe of Gj W. 
ir majestic treehood. ; 
or Virginia, d or Tennessee, Mi 
n 
wb mà 1 Platanus orientalis, 
LR ep the 
at us splendid Black 
beri pps 805 b e sod d geh of 1, "yore ven lue you a 
