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CHRONICLE. 
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THE “BOCCA D'OCA” GRAFTING 
OF THE ITALIANS. 
is described in the last issue of 
Fr, Lucas. The wild 
Tais method 
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upper bar 
bar into the wild stock between the bark and 
the wood that the bark of the wild stock and the cut 
face of the scion are together, and the wood of the 
wild stocks, a second one the scions, w whilst a third 
wild stock, and covers the 
graft with moist loam. aft 
to 250 plants in one hour, The best time for this 
mode of grafting is the spring. 
INDIA, 
Tus Agri-Horticultural Society’s annual flower 
show was as usual held in the Society's gardens at 
Her 3 
various exhibitio 
show, and received i the most ae. the Countess 
countrymen will nde his example 
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FORESTRY IN NATAL. 
Tun Kew Bulletin quotes a paper of Sir Dietrich 
Brandis on thie subject, from which it appears that 
the Government, after spa v a fair start, has 
auddenly abandoned the ente 
atal lies between kaun, 285 and 318. The 
climate of the coast is almost tropical, owing to a 
from the 3 Mangrove trees 
is usually at 
at 2275 feet above sea- 
The 3 is bordered on th 
Drakensberg, a mountain -= attaining 
altitudes -n exceed 9600 feet, 
Natal 
from Transvaal, the Bonk 7 — State, 
yen — * mountains form the 
boundary of the m South African plateau, 
— 5 drained by the Orange River and its 
Natal. & ia scantily populated, containing 18,755 
square miles, with 532,000 inhabitants, of whom 
38,000 only are Europeans. Most of 
English, who came by sea and 
but a few are descended from the Dutch Boers who 
came from the west in 1838-42 and founded Maritz- 
burg. Natal has been an English colony since 1843 
when the 3 only incisie native in- 
habitants, but t rapidly to 100 
in 1845, and to 260 500 in 1883. 
They are mostly 
Zalus in the north, and Kaffirs in the south of the 
ORONY y. 
From the coast to altitudes of about 975 feet, 
with an average annual temperature of 67° to 71°, 
the piace rion of numerous species belonging to 
the tropical fi are more than 
30 to 60 feet high po 3 ng might be made of 
them, as yield SAL timber. 
a -m al ‘the coast] forests are now 
private property 
FIG. 66.—BoccCA D'OCA GRAFTING. 
In a central zone — in wore between 
profitably with short rotations—24 years, according 
to Mr. Nee * is, however, probable that most 
of thie area will be cleared cleared for 
The present area of the eg, and Acacia oreste 
is estimated at State forest, and 
. 
I ͤ nts Raat 
— a temperate climate, and an average 
en ee region, Of these forests the State 
possesses 54,000 acres, and acres are in a 
territory assigned to the indigenous reer e. of 
the country. The Government has dec 
the mountains the action of the Forest pedara 
will be restricted to the State forests, They con- 
tain many species; Podocarpus Thunbergii and P, 
elongata, both known as yellow-wood, are the com- 
monest, and their wood 
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ansport prevents the profitable working of yellow- 
wood, Amon e eee e two 
moat valuable are J; 
wood, an e een laura 
beantiful tig — pre is hard aud 
tough; and Sneeze- ap e- utile, an ally 
of the H ee hese woods are also highly 
eateemed in the Cape shane especially for cart and 
waggon “making, sa and can be w 
from these i 
Owing to the 
attained i 
ee 11° N., at an altitude of Ta feet eck 
a-level. 
“Ta the higher latitude of Natal, a similar climate 
to that of Arambi, is ae at 2 t abo 
level, and, according 
Eucalyptus ee 
iderable pecun would be 
— of the 0 ieee Beere yield ap 
timber, and especially E. rostrata, the Red — of 
Southern Australia. 
tate is clearly called upon to plant up 
a sufficient 1 of the State lands. — 
states land necessary for these p 
now be — cheaply, 3 Mr. . 
commenced planting operation This useful 
e is now abandoned, tag a to want of funds, 
and the plants in the Scate nurseries wil 17 de sold 
E acalypti, several Austr cacias 
succeed admirably in Natal, edie . decurrens 
and mollissima; their bark is rich in tannin, and a 
plantation of 1200 to 1500 acres of these trees has 
y a priv mpany. Near the neigh- 
uring Transvaal Ae, reer trees are 
0 large 
