РЕВЕПАВҮ" 8, 1862. ] 
THE GARDENERS' onines.) AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
117 
iL In fastening the plant on, first place 
gioi num on the bloc k, an 
"i 
а crop of some iod It is 
рай, айашз а height of 2 to 18 
mu 
eis e numerous varieties, some in the 
- б zr the English. field Pen, and others similar do 
B 
ir pots or baskets, 
ра Тһеу аг 
off their roots, wash 
гт all Ње dini purposes. As fo 
wm. E also drie dan d gr 
ше; place th nd of the s ouse 23 are made. 
sik o not too mud light; "under this treatment mex Rape, —Grown for its seed, from which large quan- 
ITE 
юз 
blocks round 
m others, soy and other 
—BSeveral kinds er for food, and eaten both 
and dry state. Buckwheat, Hemp, Indian | 
, апа Tobacco ge also очна in Japan. 
Tug LABOU ГРѕтвіст is 
айы toy should be kept clear ofi insects, | bs eas, 
ER h soon disfigure the queas itis|ina green 
best kep ce e eret washing the leaves with | Corn, 
a sponge dum ean water, or fumigatin ing t the Коч use with | 
Бан 
tive partin the | 
est jeune every one 
somet 
В, ours of the 
| s | doo his or her в 
THE Aanrcv: n Japan are ve ery | 
о equal that of any part of the 
Ti principal fruits of this cater are 
Aor nates 
EM 
cT 
rm iw 
Citr 
rers iiti (very insipid) 
Melons (several kinds) 
i r Gard nin 
рашы D CAM Macro — 
eee a of ч, С 
г T ever m rd ol 
йена 
Chestnuts 
Persimons 
ow portes 
I do not 
ted, at least a 
int m this especiat 
e of some previ 
zm 
ll w 
white rehire 3 
thin 
| Pme or without pps at the failur 
attempt. 
In proportion to our admiration of 
pe гь will make n of it; 
ers in Ted sitting-roo and 
zm ring not atte ун he 
phia rui to these plants. 
by forgettin ng to consider that а ш re 
tle sam t flow 
any special — 
and warm sunny 
fecus are misled 
ed plan 
naturally ; and thus 
inst rations given tor the m 
ша 
А LE TS 
few. A plou 5 бета by bullocks or horses is some- 
times used for csi - aloo fields, but is no 
кепе , Matto eks and hoe e the common imple- 
ents h 
BER S ет: са Толы OF JAPAN, &с, 
VICINITY OF YOKUHAMA AND 
Pn s Nis ws . VEITCH. 
AuRICULTURE forms the chief occupation of the mae 
lower classes in Japan. Land is brought toa very 
high state of cultivation, which may be accounted dor |* 
Pad ways, viz., that xus country has to provide fo 
БР 
rto those in pom ad, d sed'i in the 
are employ ed for threshing. асове | 
к ер йш as those in England | g 
ils ai 
me dirai 
i шлу upon 
yt іста cde is also used for cleaning grain, It 
Т | resembles two fans 
handles. The grain is allowed to fall from a height, 
during which the dust is blown awa: ay bythe fans, which 
are о wor rked by ha nd, 
annually increasing population, and that all rents 
in produce. 
revenue of the Princes and other proprietors is 
. derived Nos solely from the landed estates. The 
47, 
| joined a piece of Bamboo at the | wit 
ants for н е 
m 
y time 
amellias are in some ways the very in and in 
others the most tiresome of all plants to grow. ТЕ із 
mortifying to see the buds drop off. Iis sis a thi ing 
nó wever "n has 
it would not do во more fr 
e 
rene that imos 
are the worst inei 
ges of 
tempera- 
for them, and that 
the mo st 
oil saturated, and rom si 
and the Princes. |, large Wooden war 
e "nme те me 
eing suffici e 
are very few. 
as ade n Rie 
surement b termed Kos, ite 
to уга 100 Eng 
le The J Japanese do not pay much Кейн 
ponding ing and rearing of animals, as they do n 
od 
00 0 Ко- Ku Речна 
attendants are La ur - Rice, во that little or | q Horses -of a 
ш money changes hands, 
Each estate i is surveyed once ог twice a year, when an There are no c. 
The 
ааш ng h 
апа) л> labour Ves ise 
arts in this district. Everything 
E 
—"u 
5 а ке | 
| соп: 
i pe -— hot d d on a fros да 
id air and foliage carefully made damp, hil: the soil 
s the roots і is dried 1 mtoa cake. Whe en quite unfor orce 
ra 
ouservat 
approximate value is iow on the crop, and each 
hors 
A Bb tho harvest as ported from and into the interior on 
as boe 
he Oxen and Cow. 
n tenants are however they aro mites 
pas во much as those оѓ make of mi 
i 
ws aro also kept solely for labour, as | 
peri d "má Japanese, 9 do the ey | 
On first settling he 
—— dim 
uen Pigs ма both been introduced by 
отво. nations nt various times, but have never 
i thro 
not a Spot of ор these are s by the Japanese living some little 
n once Кайы," culti vation is dis tance from this 
f Japan are very few. 
rotation dnd crops are thoroughly Hm Foxes, tad is Do м з 
Аранов in this dist 
pe е great numbers of| Deer 
which are found alike home, from 
О The Fi 
drier situa- | the bids Я 
, 
beaut: 
which they make 
is superstitiously supposed by some $о be 
haga Bar M: is hunted for the Е 
of which the Japanese mak 
| their pens Мер м 
лы Dogs (which very much resemble wolves) 
kind are! necessary in 
ever put out to ‚апа 
ild anim als to overrun md 
ity for T means of p 
common an „Euro 
о towns, ER at Po t to procure Eigen 
THE VEGETABLES E DISTR ка or MA. 
—The коно of of vegetables i is keine great attention 
d чә. 
зз. 
id manu ry largely u 
tables to a а. ч; M Кете their univ 
of flavour to this c : 
ersal 
ті т 
we 
ughout the country. Neither|; 
Dee 
and Wild Dogs, are the only ones found | ba 
are sind by the natives for the ele is of their 
very common. "They infest hills in the деб of | to 
h 
sed а, „bring vege- 
want 
mos ie re. о ано do bet er in plar 
have known their go 
unfaded. 
соп 
pot to rest on, and just mh 
e air as without bein 
fres 
mbered, indee 
w. йү. gardening, that dry air 
of every sc f stem, and flower, 
eating upon a porous flower- 
precisely а аз we coo] water і in 
r use, 
po ot, not only indie tho E 
| porous bottles for 
ет of p nu m ing t the e roots half 
ed. Camellias are ps Heyn i in tea 
mistakab b I ha 
esso! 
in mahing ime 
Camellias, such as are n re w 
and slight continual moisture, the plants we exe in 
DM preparing slowly to Ко about Easter must 
be анун Prora drying, preserved fio sah ric 
of яр кер 001 place, if possible in а room 
wher 
The d Double White i is still one of 
w—-and the AME beautiful 
also tolerably freely pus ing, and is always lovely 
with its delicate notehed 
If the leaves need 8 се it must be done with 
warm water, and every drop of watergiven to fs root: 
ч must be also warmed. I have 
| make so great 
ms this is MAS M 
of s den 
the best plants 
Fimbriata alba 
al 
P beg nown. 
Hen TA са а ату а А like Camellias at the 
| pres sent season, standing always i in a double e pot, , £ and k kept - 
I 
Arums, several species, 
the roots of which are 
ten. The commonest 
шш of 
thin оо 
Cater AGRICULTUR 
ng crops. Horse man 
d, but the latter only in 
dem 
Biet з is 
Y 
AL CROPS or THE DISTRICT 
in China, The fields are 
If they. should stand ont on a plant stand a light net 
should be them while the room is dusted, 
as with tha tiny foliage 16 is difficult to dislod ge dust. 
On a very dry frosty day it is often well to sibilo 
the rede а Anis if not icm de in blossom ; апі here 
1 
s use, v ы сап һе HL Qut d i =з a 
B 
Tw TEE ; generally the latter, and 
а Bamboo, The young shoots 
Dein the plants at iced ux cut jt бойго the 
mE ві The harvest 
com- 
Fn RUIT it oai —The а of Japan ve very 
flavour. No att 
рца kinds. 
, It 
mber, and harvested i in| d tothe im 
ced lia in drills, 
"wn in e sai 
mund. 
[келиш pretty kinds, and both are no 
—————— 
"a 
TÀe Coco 
wn in this district. | скай чу апа wi proper. attention io the subject he kind of ані to which | this 
сабу. іп кю» and then fanned a little, so as to 
| Ке the plan 
pod: a little water daily, but . 
Seas ever stand ча moment in the saucer. 
Faded foren ано be cut m" ith sharp pointed 
hiemalis and E pacris impressa are 
d both w in flower, E, А. M, 
Corre ma den 
ut Palm а —The following is the 
has been subjected in 
