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аан nin 1 he vary | 
Mae d varm of these párts. 
Wien Me кишу eut down in July; 
Augu 
of M. Barral, o: 
eh 
of the 
or 
OMMENTS ON ENGLISH 
GARDENING. 
Revue ole for August, which has just 
Lo E. ome remarks ? which wp 
vill read. 
E eec dd dd e from 
of 
Horticultural Ville: 
England I must say som ething more 
es, W 
ега 
@атшв over. ihe magni ficen dici 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 181 
5 рачна 
specim 
ft 
Exhibition, ras now waitin 
Б for а ship large enough p^ onvey it here 
not alone in England that the qùali ity of "diis 
| vigere пег is appreciated, 
Douglasii have lately ' bee een in Chen the subject of very 
is timber, в - ream yek the International | 
he coast of - 
[size from 2500 to 50 ‚000 acres and “containing an 
aggregate area о of n early 112,000 acres of fresh water. 
| These lakes form the sources of many considerable 
rivers," two of which, the Derwent and Tamar are 
Ч 3.14 <, AQ eg » 41 РЕЗ: Нтоп 
tofa Н 
ing 
just 
pied а geriet чина ge Pick He declares 
itis easy t e sticks spars 99 feet 
long and Кот, "3 feet | in шь 
ваше 
asts constructed of à долеп separate pieces, as is th 
sual practice, when such great кую s are required. 
In faob, e: strength of a Vancouver spar, weighing 
g 
resistance 14 per cent. greater than that 
spar of the same size, costing 14,906 fr 
e | 12,000 kilos 
Quite 
persisted 1 up de. bad 
the sky of Great о and would Кез клн жш иаа, — FRUITS OF 
sim ИП they had descended in abundant 
wind also being 
some 
Tas —form 
o | sii na name жүзү is as yeb best kno early as 
la argeas Ireland. 16 lies about 120 йез south iof the south: | 
дар! Ї ; 
for 30 miles, These and eleven other rivers meander, 
acr d arsenal, ect 
h М. val engineer, has 
hem о feet high) and gently undulati ing hills 
w which in intersect the island. In all parta of the world we 
believe thes Ping wy true, мо “a ате there is the 
e flood;" and it appears that, 
time more solid, more light, 'and era a than the 
considering the віле е the v nd, its mountain se ueri 
and costing only 4918 fr. aper a 
of а 
Wellington, at the base of 
whieh Hobart Town is situated, rises to the height of 
4000 feet, whilst that of Ben Lomond is MEME 
be r mo than 1000 fee & higher g^ 
үис 
e ha? $ 1 
е 
water 
LONIES. 
жа са 5 УВА ioni E Land, by 
level бойні of the ders ү Мө А т it 
| affords the ns of irrigation, and gives at the same 
sin the ій of immense 
being required for machinery. Count Strzelecki 
wei en that the ipu from the үөү lakes 
ween 
above mentione able of irrigating all the 
tha AOth d AAth db f lat 6 de, Iti їз, therefore. 
bes s poured into t i eut: of the Royal 
ith as E а eagerness as if i 
Kiis of the sex wl 
iue pri габ Гаі а and take their cn in the 
tournaments 
The graceful contest after хри ны à great number 
e Pri 
d Cambridge and the Pr 
mM 
victory 
үче in completely 
ет to view without e 
poro whieh have been so aot rien 
ai which seemed to protest against Ted iieri. 
wget, by their gracefully drooping bunches of 
чш H БА БО CO ойшы a series d, 
English garden 
үг т mm to "омо them 
[x 
o 
iab sight зві nced as 
Tam not yet tired o of айак ien Le Veitch's 
marvellous]: 
"r^ 
. ünder 
A ish gurdenors now hope to dis Eu 
| Lm int sun s reden edits | dieron degree W the Yat 8 is soil, whicli is greater than in 
cer c `Саре Heaths, во orn 
that the plant seemed almost ashamed o 
among the dessert as to offer to th e 
d s ar the fruit, but the very orchard that 
of Roses which took placé at the si 
Sp e ^3 I Sangerm — 
è brought 
vithout either wind or rain j es 
в 12, 000, 
about as 
uth 
в0 
аге - the north of the line; and as in general climate 
be 
capa 
adjacent py available for cultivation. The soil is 
may be inferred from ihe magnificent 
south from the equator as Italy 
of qos ranice, part of " Bpain, "Portugal, Y Turkey 
timber whi ich it bears, as well as from the pp kien 
of grain ahl fruit which we see in the Exhibition. 
*€ No eodntry," sàys Count Strzelecki, * reminds the 
traveller sô mueh of by old one as [Tasmania] Van 
to le rably well estimated by this dis ance, we 
Diemen’ 8 s There the comfortable m and 
whom were the д 
АІ uf pleamre grounds, g а 
paa sultivation many of such vegetable productions as orchards, p pee gon , and peomibibdy- "aid 
tain рег i e 
y forming as 1 e the enia EH өлгүн" 
ince Napoleon, Tin a 
uchsia 
а its lost popularity. | 
motio 
г, ER! 
cut of from. ever r dmg ien byi the aptis: hom he | beauty i in "оаа and Seotlan 
Ваё with all the natural Тааны which Tasmania 
he 
м shores, mpared with those that not 
b E 
80 favourably "situ: ed. migran ts are interested 
1 climates. Tha: 
e succeeded | 
com rola to an be 
h it зу в seems to delight 
, it cer шту W mot a paradise as regards 
frui й Backhouse" 8 ereat * Narrative of a Visit 
ie the ҮРҮ Coloni ы» ? reference is made 
ots 
a paper 
es r. Ross, on roots and other indigenous 
deest ы the colony. E That account," says Back- 
ho use, cr ith : atte ШЧ А Europe from the remark- 
w of th 
of the one u А con nsideration will be corre etly u ew 
&tood as торни temperatu ature from the LE sue 
Fa of t 
these е" ES any 
| fruit suitable for dni subsistence. . In this especi ect the 
-€— Mr. nd and Mr. 
new triumph, 
E ublishe the apers an oceedings 
oyal do iety, of Tasmania." The means are deduced | н of the known world." The eR н 
А 14 years' obi ions at the Rose-bank Observa- | as enumerat: ted by Mr. Backhouse, are so few at Ж 
f | to оту. „Аз winter — is summer with u teresting to TN notice t them ha "d 
or the sake of каду comparison. are Ad E wi an Bramble, R acropodus, Whi 
other han 
Difference of | hard. 
has а sweetish red fruit, but ue pe re large and 
Я finest. frui 
ANIA. | EwGLAND. jte bee yan nianus, the fr ich is large, of a fine red colour, 
lid they looked asit they v з F Јај " e x s Mean | pain. | lower (—): Сеше а Mk Y resem а N EA e тн 
were proud оЁ the skill o temp. . ranberry. Other species, the fruit об which may 
countrymen, The pearl of the exhi be. 1 da and d 
Жм inii 4 Lily жа d я тавы ч i F inches : b eaten, are the ваше ria Лаврі а an G. antipo а, 
ade perfumed gardens of Yeddo, neither must we pe e i 1-4 b (IBI Richei, called Native Currant, the berries of which a 
The ум variety of Lapageria rosea. | Sept. . P |Mar = ue Р small, "white, and of а Ee flavour; but a тен 
нй was worthy of the flowers. Тһе | October P 4 1. naturalist без! Riche, was lost for three days on the 
келүү Corin mig тет Desember бз © n 1» kx p d dy up A iá Holland, and piel Polygoon 
ed ono specimen m атаа өт Аай У = j $ 
Е including the pt wich Hohi k Hë Maroh ^n HE M uc 7-7 t Mitis e er а. М-Н 
tbt Ayple France was represented by last year's fruits; | May .... 1.50 November 44 | 22] + crophyllum, called also Native Currant, as 
MN Figs, E cots had Jun 1,78 39 | 1471 + кона Dc eri; Ех 
à at ti н : ап stri 
ul the velvety sppeuraneo of their akin yadi yoi] 222-0 ее lir юзу зым | жаю | у рш adds, “Tn dosing he list of these 
"8 "e them so fresh, that it| It w ETE seen from uia arit ut the му hottest prp pans mi here e d M Wee 
{ i were waving beneath the months, Januar em Feb ,in а are воше- | can in any way be rendere e efor the 
ыт Ц &nautumnalsun, But what astonished | what на than d rJ i i z August, the im hottest of iL E d of them is Е nct value to be 
whist the Chi Anything, were the marvellous Peáches | in England ; but M Jat è years the mean of these months | | worthy of the pe of t he agriculturist or the 
А һаз proved. o at than Y formerly ^ Tasm че ia, and | horticulturist." 
xe ї 
Slowly at Lees iet eie of Europe were introduced, 
Mr. Г о DT a d August, 
pones wn. 2^ Or ач bs: Medii) n never | 1832,90 entom ш сай рон AAE vit is 
reaches the Е point. етене bs De | iti lee residing at Laon roman es Ее 
псе 
8 not 
can be obtained, | the climate. 
C 
6 
be 2* or 8° of fros We are informed country 
gan that the solitum peruvianum stands the (ча МА and stowed in. the p, bottom of the ship's 
Town; and as every body | hold. — The Ribston Pippin, French Crab, Golden 
t is, there | Harv 
ms and Fuchsias without ап; 
elargoniu 
pro pere "ga large үкү All plants of t "s паи 
регабе 
of this. vitu that months EN 20 t of su 
io have orchards and | as ini similar latitudes in Europe; butthe hardier fruits | scions is 
LA А rec remarked, the deficiency of per them from [ey 
Chronicle | do well br steam 
Heel у moéphetie ted for to a considerable | the use of Wardian cases, the introduction of ne 
isle. 1: dea | countries where i s cooled "down by severe winters. | 0 
^ lete, = my duty would 
TE "P rget Kew and its|v 
з ааа к ^ n Ae tw hotte 
he 
АК he SH v н) Island, we 
al Society а 
Lor ud 
idst of = parterres | 
à still more admirable 
ér ау жег d fruit- 
Sor EE 
ked the eH f * 
D» M. work we find the юше 
:— ч Was oceuj j 
w well The heat of the E Cotton u plant some fruit-t to 
ficient intensity to ripen the Grani e ft other He had ous ht the trees and 
upon back, on iles, to 
в а 
fits to the most distant colonies is reci a tette 
LEM v compared with what it must have ` 
Ati 
T and a hn Vere ion. 
jT a TM od on the Vegetable products exhibited by 
to moisture, н 2 ы be observed in the | T ja we are informed that there are now in the 
s [pigs I that on the e the fall of E D colony 120 varieties of known . les, including most 
ery cop n the month timed iately preceding the|of the тїз cultivated in and America. 
o ет ohal This is ced for ч sow ba h of | The delicate Itali le Male Carle, will grow and 
c | crops; then come two rather dry months ripening, |ripen its it without the protection ofa wall. In 1860 
In à pamphlet on “The Produc d Жоон of | Tas nania exported 18,810 bushels of Apples.at prices 
e | Tasmania," b een Whiting, Esq., Secretary to the | ranging from 5s. to 15s. per bushel About 60 sorts of 
International Commissioners id ко, d » S Pears are cultivated, and Tasmanian Beurré Diel Pears 
si e- | have been sold in Sydney M 7 . each. Doubtless 
at “the central p of 
Jand, 
the island co 
averaging at least 3000 fee е. the pe sn fis s 
sea, on which [table land] are seven lakes, varyin 
