Jess 21, 1862.) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 518 
ig оше of your readers st to some of your readers, Т enclose the account. | other respects. A model at the South Kensington | years after there will be first-rate chance s (I use the 
24: we went from Ain vs to the Cedars апд | Rose Show on ths 26th instant, will, however, explain | mn advisedly) e рану ро жн 2 om 
April 8 hours аң sH ai and other AT appliances adopted in the|rough it to make money at their business in Britis 
buck, а the trees that edite eat difficulty in| buildings now in e of erection more fully than I gg pon Kid-gloved Lone “neod not агы 
under ing some of them, "өре those on z abend can do. James Oil e he lumps ‹ of truth „аб саше down from Cariboo, а 
ШИЙШЕ Ot the oldest trees ike Chysis Linminghi. Tti is stated in your Paper Коң dis rict in B : iles long at за 
vill sides. 4f) tl With east, in suc uantities ast autumn, have convin 
gor at the — уе q^ d ч feet ; oli us it grows as freely as C. bractescens. This spring Jul ‹ 
EL . E ^ exhibited a plant of eem is а to om 40 ш 50 | of the gold up the Fraser, and, what is more to the 
Хо. 3. - ay ше DE disi flow dni expanded on itat one time, ied hx. in poni 
Хо. 4. Отана » good condition six weeks. gene рес ће ept | ther I may almo ost literally say, no farmers or 
LH Ss zi 88, 4, too warm; we grow ours in hio coldest iiim of "the (йн it їп i British Columbia. The field is open. Land 
yo. T. m о » Orchid-house, The temperature it gets ing rest | to be pre-empted for 160 acres, for a 38s. fee, and no 
Ко. $. Led tha trees аа | ranges from 509 to 55^, an throughout its growing pn t payment for some years. Soil good. Climate 
К was н ША ft, апа the sides of the | 27992 from 7 75°, with an abundance of water at st hea азб йу. Market dea pora unlimited, Price: 
fhe snow was 3 fet беер ап sie rs P nA the the roots and overhead, treatment which it appears to ^ "the and alon whole route of traval 
plateau very y steep. I am Ө. э Le 3 cA like, It will last in good condition in a cool room fabulously "high, the E. f gat drawback being t 
Cedar and D di x f the cl 1 n the nearly two months, if kept free from damp. І may | price of labour, which each man can bring for s на. 
tree growing about ne^ E «M thé d ЫШ КЕЛК р Ee e| add that Vanda cristata has been in bloom here for|So I leave you to judge whether a grower сап do sò 
- of the E the p eth the pner Vo ү "t last three months, Of 11 flowers produced this | well anywhere else. Depend upon it a good place in 
n сап . 
drooping Жы s. AED Е 8Пүегу Бтеед, ра еї псе March ире , generally Ойн 
ind ‚нер remainder of LA TS younger race | in pairs, e. somtimes silia. ы; ye ll, to J. A. | Taken att the Toy: Bogen: Camp, New Wesiminstar, British 
form B to 90 feet in girth ; tall Turner, ebury. nches, e Columbia, during the year 1861, by order ‹ s Colonel R. C. 
ишен n Poplars 19 DUCENTE Сакрат) іо ай асу А aie 
У ? | readers be t ад 
at 3 feet fro m the gro 
rather over 50 AU d the ud called the геа 
ers at Buyu ukdere, on the Вой аге all p 
reful tion led m 
at М.А js | 80 
u not yot 
confident Өр tas жЩ Мейыр of 
Mr. Ru othe 
t | this, asserted ^ well as others. Two 
ccessive winters pri d Аз Ja st I DS 15 taken u 
and kept in the Pini ase, but per: d by state- 
uade 
ments as to its mici H = the 18 or 20 patches of | 
e of d the border of my hardy 
P | The mean height do, 457 
The highest reading of the Baro: т, М 
corrected for temperature, ч ад ДЕ 30.565 9.80 л м, Feb. 4 
nt9.30 A.M. 29.943 
at 3.30 P.M. 29.889 
. 99.272 9.30 л.м, Dec. 3 
Do. 
The lowest do. 
t f Air, in shade, 
one mot MB MESE ern bed last winter. Бае асобе Aer yt 4 ^ JS July 9, 1861 
believe this is the case, the girth is quite 70 foet; some үте are entirely vinten, bs rn est wholly useless, not | Do. do. do. at 5.30 вм. 810 July9, 1801 
cf the stems however are much But Nod is e having put forth more than one or two feeble реч орут. of - in shade gs 
dificult to make quite a correct prr а ее А at 9.80 . «cd 
Cypress pant st tho hend | of “быны. fomb & юан x m or three inches up to the оннан time. | Do. do. és as ous м. 522 
ч 9 r 
Ee o s 10 feet 6 inches in girth, a era Wu Pine Timber.—I was greatly pleased with „your чазо m а аа ч m 55 
[ше with was at Вес, 11 feet 6 inches; it or Fir timber; I only phe. ter variety had been Nimm Ширин Hu ond Gram 1.000 eden 
was quite flourishing and apparently growing fast, experimented on. At this place I Ме charge of а | Mean do. do. at 5.30 лм. 764 
Аћа near iy, is an evergr , consisting of ther large Pinetum, in whi хе are specimens of Do do. a : MIO DM. Seir: 3.80 pA. Jul 
firo stems from the same root, Ei " in girt good size; for examp! nticola is upwards of prid d pé rdi 
the other 23 feet, both stems а Hal low, but the to Ж? и РР TE cistern rometer is abont 54 feet sio the level 
в} ourishing and the foliage ш it is not S 40r. d 
quite th r Ilex, the leaf being larger and 
more pointed, an Ride Tom nearly twice the size, in 
way, Fairlawn. 
—In Miss Beaufort's (now Lady | 
Strangford, Г) “ Egyptian Sepulehres and газад 
а 
This [е has 
ver Show а single со male catk I 
the quality ЫР the wood t his. M толани good P It 
ha as оре good property, and that is it makes handsome 
and ligntning occurred on the 
8 | and 29th A 
Shrines,” the f 
describi ing ау visit to Bet ed deen i in Lebanon : —° Укен 
va seedlings. The Deodar has „also shown cones, but 
the Pi is 
the ba 
All the observations were made at 9.30 A.M., and 
р.м, daily Шау Ын the year. 
S here were —— frosty nights in April, one on the 20th 
May, and the mmenced on the 20th October. Thunder 
27th May, and 5th, 21st, 22d, 
Table showing the depth of rain, the number of days 
which "i "T се mean viri and mean temperature t 
the Air м., and 3.30 P.M., and the lowest tempera- 
ture on the е in each pot 
Lilies, G iums, &c. Among them we dee 
lendid de Dirt sweet-scented Moss Rose of a fine ddp 
lemon colour, which would make glad the heart of an 
English gardener?” I have АШЫН imagined e. 
low Mos 
gardeners; itis possible that ke is lady may ha hare iem | 
seems to be close and enthusiastic admir er of pon 
ke um 
in a narrow valley, about 400 -feet above the It 
песе favourable to A * id of tasty Pines and 
rest tre = pene nerally. C. s Taylor, Gardener, Cul- 
pm ni ry, G. go ^ 
Syringa Emodi.— Some of your readers may be 
ee to bé their ЖҮ direct ed to this small 
ее, 
їп all its forms, 
inquiring more into, and at the present day access to 
mp non s E zl I dint help Iis that 
na 
dei is hardy, of a more ао 4 апа Vines ir 
Li Its leaves are psi 
Mi iare colour, somethin T thos ek Rabie 
Деш ron. The spikes of 605 5 hi , pinkish- 
ids те with a richly sweet iP агт Н, аб оѓ 
the Heliotrope. 8. 
— бе merous с onde 
may Б wu "the way of m gem 9. did 
Woodcote. [We regret our т inability to throw Tight c e| Par Oea T Vines iF pi arefal fully 
w оен ні ор -J employed, but not as he seems to have used it, v 
— he remarks tms have made | 
achine” are I think correct. |; 
А um one in use here for these last two seasons, | 
c 
“ giving a liberal top-dressing, and 1 forking” te borders 
immediately afterwards.” That very 
un ndesirable effect. of Mn 
ng the | debe con- 
destroyi 
It has been sent to Leeds this spring to be | 
refitted. but I can яг по зк ence in the make or 
strength of the chai b and although fitted with two 
in rt- 
near the surface. s Mr. 
vns Morón "€ he late zem borders, why did it not 
do so in the early o ne? » No doubt it did. He at the 
e 
hich might be | ty 
Cope, "i it killed the 
med now, еу are showing de x weakness 
essrs, Green can make a chain sufficiently strong t 
е the strain, I thi 
superiority of their machines, the fric 
diminished as to lessen at least one кс" , to 
I ought perha: s ks thatli miter pe 
e 1860 pat 
f aas Pes bei g 
of the horrid clatter ос rid of by doing away ido 
it rerom the winter; this would soon the low 
roots to push die fibres to the top of the n 
the w hey would meris Ё e Zu 
xi may mention, 
many proot d diy on ard tho pee ficial 
effects of bottom or root heat, a эл which, in my 
n4 
Thermometer. 
Inches. | Days. Mn n 
Y- | 930 | 3.50 |М. on 
А.М. Р.М. Gi 
Janus 190 15 .904 33.9 85. 10.0 
February . «| 5.485 1 .879 38.2 49. 220 
March 8.270 1 .788 42.6 4T. 25.0 
e | 5.265 |. 1 48 48.1 51. 29.0 
e| 4.575 1 ‚718 53.6 57, 31.0 
гй 4.770 1 738 59.1 04. 97.0 
July 0.390 678 01.8 68.9 40.0 
August 3.180 .148 64.0 68 38.5 
Beptombor 1.075 .T97 59.9 64.4 35.0 
6.145 .915 48.8 50.9 25.0 
one 11.620 23 .941 99.1 40.6 22,0 
December.| 7.52 .910 34.2 85.2 11.0 
Rina z - 485 | 104 — 
12 days when рача гіа м was 8,5 5 when ё $3 Y. 
9 im Wi poem N.W., 14 when N.E., 64 when E,926 w 
8,Е., and 32 qua calm." 
The greatest fall of rain in 24 hours measured 2.150 inches, on 
ear 186 
in 1860. 
Shows that 6.065 inches more rain fell in 
Rain — 1800. 
fell on 13 more days . 
The mean E e barometer . 070 less . 
The ЕС amou! humidity was .008 
18061 th; 
. inl$ 
greai 
The че temperaturo of the air in shade Р; d 
was 5.1 greater 
The absolute limi! miting nights of frost wore nearly 'at the same 
date in both years, 
In the four winter months, re fr March and October to 
December, 41.230 inches of rain fell in 1801, and 40.586 inches 
g 
very Оше} aiat ы 
Prede the fiction, A few minutes' trial of machines 
ad | у opinion productive of more harm than go 
tends to ublic ; such thi 
abo out erecting early forcing houses; for certainly 
il are complete without 16. G. Smith, Liscard. 
Foreign | Correspondence, 
EMIGRANT den COLUMBIA. 
New maa April 3, 1802.- ае в a Honos in 
н hs 95 Рарег и 
І therefore enclose an abstract of meteorological 
of 
f observations оа us the Royal Engineers at New 
ter, 
We: stmins Columbia, for the ӯ year 18 61; 
meteorological er for|and 
British АЫ ог х smaller colony of Vancouver 
in y 
In t months 19.255 inches fell in 1861, and 
13.884 ће 21800. “ог : атут quantity of rain 26 inches fell in 
January, Nove December, = each year. 
The рге of the wind 
years was E. an SEC 
— | June was the driest month, and August the warmestin 1860. 
ч was both driest and Warmest in in — 
There was floating ice in t г River opposite N 
Westminster Pe p nai cm Н о increseed until 22d ede 
navigation to the 
not impeded. There was no ice in the 
The observations were taken bu 3à C P.J. Leech and 
Lance Corporal J. Conroy, R.E — 
R. M. ло Captain В.Е. 
„[Тһев e observations enable us the elimate 
need not fa 
ber B ане in the си 
place in previous years. Its accuracy can be 
дроп. Some of your readers ша; 
e the Cascade Ran 
-— 
to compare 
f "British Mao weird that al бете at home, and 
thus to draw suc! a 
a 
semen We shall. oon pat tho оао 
positio: e barometer above the 
н of the sea at the latter el therefore Мач 
le intervals of settled weather must prevail. pens 
er rdi it iui be considered i 
be omitted foit ўса readers 
During this year, next year, and for two or more 
iw it appears that the lowest indication h in the y 
