рєвипдвҮ 8, 1862.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 119 
Giamnel. Ts it any wonder, therefore, that in a favoured ne effects this object. In a sitting room this condition, that when - ved it reverts » | the original 
былк. Ts it any won I not be о. nor could EE afford| owners. Sir C. Eardly does not, I presume, ks to 
spot lik Ee. But Crom is not a fair example as все а space for а plant-case. perci there are e" rise in W. тууй to the e agrarian qua: Sa rel) of New 
shoal mildness of the north; for it possesses many | many persons via could not devote sufficient time ог | Zealand; but his ideas, if carried out, certainly will. : 
p er the majority of places ; the gem means to the care or erection of оттай апа іп The chief of Abeokuta has denied his treaty with 
Е агу PM his rer the plant- -case must be useful ; but 1 Messrs. бае mpbell & Delany, declares that he will 
ground h d [че and b eautifully sheltered at e every y | should ва t | riting eie to En rw law, but that he 
is ay M a. and large timber trees; the s bed by * E. A. M.” would be nearly as ; large will havo. d m do with m о соте to his 
ri | as | Ё Е, А. r Dublin. | country indepen ud of all кеси, This is surely 
mis ың f ont p plantations, may, in some measure, add What hne Z Seed are sufficient fo e Gar- reasonable, 
e freshness and healthful туа Шр аге во | den.—Many who ardens of aep extent | “Don’t believe the fine reports about Abeokuta. It 
LE. p CK in more exposed situations in-the | under their Pide, nt нее and І think with |1в а filthy hole. The Alatu, who calls himself king. 
жї. ear testimony to the fuod oft e| sufficient reason, that the вув вбе еш айо opted duri iug the | receives. you in a shed well plastered with Mei dudg 
beautiful «Ая 15 feet high; а alluded to by your w years by Indigo leaves; he has not the state гиф а Hindoo 
when there lasts owling | garden Seeds, is liable to каЙ employers. Through Banyan. The e onve rts are about 800 number, 
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said, ^ It's just 19 years—I speak from DRY. sinos n thus :— comp lete Юлын for a large Gar- | There is no humbug, however т, t Cott g g 
1 anted that tree cde this little nook.” Wm. den ;" or, rp lete Collection for one са е year’s | The whole of Zumbu, which in f extensive sense 
m. phrys, Esq., Ballyhaise, Cavan: supply, 37.;" without stating what extent of garden | means the land bounded N. and E. by the Niger, S. 
Broad Beans. n yog give a friend « f mine at this will stock. Some employers нс те very little by the sea, and W. by the Volta, would be one vast 
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more fortunate at Kotree. Now I fin tha t ее аге дуи ing. After "Лев eaving dep I got the loan of the 
four places of that name in different latitudes between rdi pn rh t know to prevent uy Bioodhooíd and proceeded to the Nun. Afer wed 
24° N. and 284° N. But ec бш ^ perdi would кз үе Aen ries and their em-|old Mr. Crowther and се ateh | of missionaries tem 
абі the question ‹ of suitability of climate rather than ployers, I may state that а 3/. collection of seeds is — fixed "at the та uth, w Akas 
le. fficient for a garden of about + ап acre, allowing a The 
you would much oblige me by giving me e gener ral argin for accidents that will sometimes arise from s has spread far and с, ны, at Аас Riv 
idea of the nature of soil and locality eb suited to | various causes, such as Ый. insects, 64 Es Нон I went up to Brass Town, в e 30 miles n кеден 
their riety ou rs Year B has three 
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consider more likely than another to succeed. Тһе | таібегз is a table of seeds required to vx l aere | tolerable stockades, and can mount 50 guns, but they 
best chance I suppose would be not to send out at|of kitchen gar de en, and as it may be useful I have|are all placed upon the und, and rockets 
copied it, viz would cle ki асе! 
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tumn to send out as early as possible the then | Peas, 36 qts. Beet, Silver, 2 oz. After that we went to Fish Town and surveyed the 
lately ripened seed in their pods. Diss. [Broad Beans | Beans, 10 qts. Leek, 4 oz, ет which will поЁ admit а steamer; to- 
n all t; 
80 as to be read Rad 1 
season, We should provide Mazagans and Long Pods.] ЖЫ; КЕ Kales, 4 oz. Mustard, 14 qt. to су now abandoned by the natives, who ignore 
'0011$.—1I am much Led with Mr. Ingram's Cabbage, Red, 2 oz. Cress, 14 qt. the simple act of “ shoreing - " before ee come to 
remarks оп Mushroom hou and I fully conent in all P d Drumh eid..? o» Pu teret do Don the Hind deposits. Thes intend to purchase as 
he has said оп the 2а ye E open eds and Onions, 12 a Potatoes, early 4 bushel | the dry season is coming an e are now in the last 
places of that sort, no gar rden aoa 8 ол. : Potatoes, late, 3 di | and fiercest burst of the rainy. І. kei d Dy. 
p up em Turn white, 16 oz. еа гечи peck ганаа Po Peak and i 
To have t uch places in the present age Талир, yell аа дао, 4 ДУ йй | The latter, if the жа Es ay tolerable, э yit supply 
of E. is-not v S iine to gardeners. | Spinach, 8 аш s Sweet and Pot Herbs, 6 oz. де reat want—a san healthy 
What We have he dh is rather better than an open she d; | Bee! e Bed 4 oz. #* ж 3 "| spot between Teneri ifo "ri аве Жы d Hi we have 
this р Ape M шр rather spawned on the| Fumiga t at Lagos prm dim of the tem 
24th of September last; on the 30th of October Mash - a iid P [== аў which will поё fill а | Vill be required.” 
| rooms made their Rune. The bed is 16 fect long | dwelling-house х ith the nuisance of burn e; shag. ч 
and 4 feet wide; iiu from our vegetable book, that | have a conservatory adjoining a library, and — 
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have been gathered. "This was the second death; and so penetrating'is the smoke, that ie. эы Mm. BUNNEY’S NURSERY, STRATFORD.— This is 
rixa since the middle of February, 1861. In the | the next room. m, but all the sitting- metas are filled with of those establishments, of ien ere are ей Tí 
Mr. Duncan (the gardener) tried Milltrack | the coarse, nauseous scent: of the tobacco. R. Z. M. f London e certain n "d 
"wn, the produce of which surpassed that of the|  JMushrooms.—I о ushrooms last ts are grown by thousands ir the supply of Cov 
simer bed, Jur cook considered them superior to any | week wei ighing ^ 12 OZ., pae жые divided there Barden "and брае metropolitan markets, Large ecd 
lehad seen since ho le rance—are French Mush- | were 35. fally developed Hebrona Whe, hed on | аге full of Pelargo niums, long ranges of pits are occu- 
rooms, therefore, better than those grown іп England? | which these grew was spawned with natural spawn, | Pied with Cinerarias, China Roses, Acacia armata, Cape 
Mo] W. P. R., М ЕУ Hail, 6, Ё generated in a heap of turf and mang re. I haye | Heaths, Epacrises, Cytisus racemosus, Cacti, Ledums, 
any.—Is there any г ipt for | forwarded another bunch from the same bed for your | Rhododendrons, Magnolia fuscata, and plants of that 
таа ng tay ч making it more dex for | inspection. R. W. C. — could 7» finer at this | description ; and stages of larger houses contain multi- 
ашу houses ? If t e is I should like to be made | seas tudes of Chinese Azaleas, New Holland and other 
j S inted wi Аш же 7d The Dwarf Coco-nut. greenhouse shrubs. But the glass houses in this 
ў is is at present so much Paper of the 1st inst. шө йаг account "f the | nursery ‘аге not wholly devoted to the production ot 
| patronised, and Wai as Ps (bs „бог , having our rooms |flowering of a poro ca at Sy n ume in the | such жеи гч b e just been named; on the contrary, 
ма with plants is so Garden of his Grace the Duke P'Nothunterind) 1 e is filled with Camellias, great trees 
A A ог two on the e plan I adopt, 7 which thought that Pv following information might not be loaded wi vita fower buds, which, when open, must make 
ү me the eratification of having а constant supply дер table. From the description I should suppose | e display, and various stoves contain Orchids, 
ко from December until the genial spring ushers | it to of the variety called in South India “the | Ferns, and other plants remarkable for the beauty 
many welcome plants and. shrubs which furnish Micibar Coco-nut." This is poqnlinr i in жап fruit in | of their аре, Among the last are variegated-leaved 
Moms. Ms eut em AF ч uon n I e my | de йш year, while the common Сосо Palm does not | Begonias, Marantas, fine plants of b rcr isi mag- 
with s specimens o E. Jo Ps son, A.M., Curate | nificum, Phyllagathis eorr andsome-leaved 
Reden Таоа ps, and Lily o of the Valley, , which at this | o Blürenonton late Missionary of the Church in Melnstomad, 'Theophras Pob. E и 
| mgg ee th I g 
small 
by all w em. differ kinds, Cycas, tud i ew Palms. Amo 
— Min Кы: ы n ouse heated b a x stovo, and шаны d Orchids. of which ey is © b pae dcr cum, - 
ep pots EN. the vae ed are at ges ower; but several exhibit signs o: 
Plants in succession ; ME та af ui a Foreign Correspondence dama good growt Of Anæctochilus there is a nice caseful, 
г Лет ень 80 that al Ж, seldom 1 S "ue We have bee dq avoured with a copy of e fol the leading kinds. One pit is set 
the e rays of the. € In Oeto obtained oving most interesting letter from the rv T apart entirely for the growth of Cape Jasmine and 
€ bulbs, «е, and had them potted сла rer and | Соттох COUNTRY IN ÀFRICA {о а gentlem other Gardenias. It is heated with hot-water pipes, 
3 Y 2 bed and co i al as [om one of our Publio offices. In the йин. uncer- and contains beds filled with tan, in which the plants 
five t them remain under earth for about tainty a Ne Aus: places whence ари of plunged; thus circumstanced they soon make fine 
"EY and then placed them in a cool frame, and | can be о feed our manufacturing | plants, and bloom beautifully. Cinerarias are also 
lort time T pa them into the greenhouse, | demand, I tements in t is communication coming nicel е flower, as are likewise пваа 
Soon began to show signs of bloom. | Н . and the spring-flowering variety of E. eilis, two 
ofthe Y, x of last month I had а very fine box of Lily deserve th hos ti us d gue es : чола кшн. extremely useful Heaths for purposes of early decoration. 
; ey in full blossom in the SE room, W. tl tton ies Ay in blossom in the Orchid and other warm 
Тее With my namesake ^ «that a Africa are perfectly adapted to hou whieh they pd 5 Ж tle amount E 
аы Or less эше, air, ix) ligit t e ery | А н апі ke the only obstacle to its cultivation бы ой quantitie et СЕТА armata, which a 
loses pend the difference betw noe of sufficient European orce to put | loaded with flow r buds, now melena ала 
ч; + уйо 3| do vs do. „petty ү wars of extermi nation carried. on | to еы t em i ^d beauty; in point of real usefulness 
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as me yio of e or flowers n | Rass RIVER, Dee. 1, 1801. Out of doors among mear shrubs, of E 20 > 
з ы if you possess the advanta ge o of * Since. writing to yo E T visited Abe okuta in com. |a good collection, we iUd «0 me fine bushes 
опе” › and a nice growing atmosphere. | pany with and the following letter is the | Andromeda floribunda ` and of eed Ancubas, a Med 
bat “to” a Cannot indulge in a miniature stove, | result. Enaren colonisation has been projected, which is stated to bav oca eatly injured here 
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1 greenhouse heated by a stove Ea Campbell has had X kind of 
ein peg. Pr better than any amount э саге [ for him. I observe, too, that Sir C. Еага1 Miscellaneous, 
li to ч t ing room. "The great desideratum | has bee а он that land is in common. Nothing| Britis ish Columbia E Vancouver, Paket а. partial 
pu he air cells or lungs of the plants free s] * ‘further from the truth. The most powerful chief interruption in the regular steam «communication 
бе them a ré, „andina greenhouse you can t alien and in perpe nity; ; even uidi between San admo: California, od Victoria, Van- 
8hower-bath with a syringe every morning, yg couver, being calculated to deter many intendin ng 
