уоту 5, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
_ A VISIT TO AN INDIAN GARDEN, 
j ILST recruit ing my health after a period 
eas, it has been my 
e to meet a 1 n 
Kewite in the person of Mr. E. Little, who is in 
charge of one of the finest gardens on the west 
coast ^g EN 
Ih 
n days gone by, when visiting 
коеш, exhibitions througho 4 н country, 
Е. and here, 
B B Indian garden, the lofty Il ved and 
with the delicious 
n 
n 
à esidence of the Governor of 
1 & fine building about 120 miles from Bombay, 
tose to Poona, on the 
| Sweet-scented Acacia (A. eburne: a) and the sandal 
3 wood (Santal lum album). 
this district lasts from three to four 
CHRONICLE. 
1 
THE metimes lon Next to the 
> > a was an Orange nd in whi 
Gardeners’ (Ehroniele vos ое treos the picture ot heath, fou 
five years of ag to 18 feet high, 
No. 1697—SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1919. fruiting for the second time, the fi p hav- 
ing been pi the ious monsoon season 
TS. ese trees were planted 12 feet apart, and were 
Alium fistulosum, the | Shirley ppie t i i Y 
Japanese Leek... +. 2| pleasure gr. ety 279 Pisa оп ime., It was uz le that, the 
: E men ihe- dore -land settlement 8 ts, although green, were qvite ri 
_ Cider ior farm workers or 7 
1 Currants, а home Ruben. pase ustarl Apple was next ticed, ot 
1 9 for dried di on me Ot. of London Rose .. a 2 . health. The ground is laid out by division into 
j гш, d and stoc orticultura. u SNO 
ра ze tional Ro: зок Ó Tor xS E purposes, the water 
orists' Bulletin ational S --12 ning along channe as e squares r i 
орет foes : 4 oyal Agricultural ... 11 = Б h or sq e Pies ng 
do Ms ore ор th 1 Royal Нос! .11 War, att my vis е gro 
etherlands  ... Ko; nm dom б is rbori- 1 
EE ИКТ o is as not p ited, кири the lack of rain. 
sss of... bor 8 st. "Duns cae an’s “Floral Xi The principal le grown for the 
ardy flower border Fe -F В 
Indian аай to Southam mpton ' and © Е п, Octob r-Kebruary, эге abbag " 
V» s "ad 1 Windsor, Бос s .17  Cauliflowers, ver ts, , Leeks, Celery, 
E ia a onica г ana dis- е 
шене 1 ES cre За trict R зог. ЖЕП Oa ear" ti alads. Very uropean vegetabl 
de ае ы die 18 Quitar ; available in = Set. durin March, April, 
- ur was owe 4 o n 
Font xd Timber, dry r n H May. From the end of May and onwards 
a Adams, АЕА 18 Trees and shrubs 2 Peas, Beans, i and and, if rains are 
: in cas ables— 
E Potatos, mart lisaa ed 8 tU Pons too heavy, Cabbages and some members 
- y, the Week's work, the... 6,7 Vegetable Ma family are grown. c у 
T MM В ен. 2 _ str to it was very difficult to ‘ood 
{ Proline es the 7 Japanese Leek .. --- s $ ` crop of Peas from high-class English игы but 
3 Dp сере у Te Pleastire ground ym е : а oe en yee in the neighbou 
e, Mrs. Bryce end Ала е 
Kose, Mrs. Charles Reed — : {6 bore ual in злот pen 
e, Mrs. John Lain 0 mi 1 жер Y e 
елор ла ui EE БКО УРЕН NUN BELA acclimatise ma equat Pig omes English varie 
groundwork of dwarf Roses.and Violas 4 tes in quality) to an ye in England, whilst 
side by side a r of 
variety, a Aw: Engii 
costing Rs.60, equal to £4 sterling, was a com- 
plete a. 
A patch of Potatos had iust pas € en à 
very pam crop was noticed. Thes anted 
in "July, so that they were mes reri ae 
planted. ‘Tl , I was cope 
was E gdi БЕДЕ, which ca a bla бөз 
clos P os skin. Tomato: ым ead e 
out, t ind the plan а frvit in eight weeks sime 
planting out 
Many ve gea have to be grown on ridges 
during the rainy season to raise them above the 
water on the "land as it rains every day during 
the monsoon emos sometimes three weeks at a 
time, and the e land becomes water-logged. 
One very Ет fruit tree was the Pomelloe, 
g an enormous, Orange-like fruit as large 
as a man's head, with a reddish flesh, thick pith 
inside the skin, and flesh of bitter-sweet flavour. 
noticed the so« Grape-fruit trees (a 
supposed cross е the е апа 2 
Ms Papaya, growing on ingle stem. feel 
ripe, it sometimes 
The sweet UN ie Tight- skinned vsu is 
he bore in 
ken) grown, and the trees fruit all 
f developmen tiéeable tha 
ee trees were fruiting right down the st 
the y d are forced into 
fruit » ning ; anges are allow 
get dry at the S бат pie gaia root-prun 
Ык Ames I was greeted 
ce; the plants 
Bicis Mr. Little гу me that the 
lowest temperature (Januar, ebruary) is 
about 50°, whilst the hig perature (middl 
of April to May) is a ү; shade. 
Of the uncommon vegetal a, Brinjals, 
or Egg-fruits, are similar in size and shape to 
the fruiis o ora edulis, whiist pu 
Fingers (Hibiscus esculentus) are used for cook- 
ing Mp "da are very common сечи 
The whole of ae vegetable garden is used for 
experimental and demonstration purposes, Som 
English vegetables, such as Parsnips, give very 
poor return -beans rarely fruit, whilst 
Scarlet-ruuners never set their 
he Mang ve comprises very fine 
The two best v for fla , Alphonso апа 
Pairia, were planted extensively, the trees being 
40 feet high and the e ough. Grafted 
kir never attain tl ass ings, but 
latter cannot be depended upon to produce 
тае ор ы. fruits. р th 
rs bout 12 feet high by 8 feet 
through, which gives a ea of the rapid 
growth of vegetation in tropical itri 
Pissing о: rı the vegetable and fruit gar- 
rit 1 cam t the lower den 
covering an of apte ten Scr е 
of collet уч tropical specim 
borders and shrubberies —! гая а pi» 
of Delon viscosa a Plumieri. 
The first thin ng I noti ced was a collection of 
d a gi dre x to eight fee eet, high 
ug бае т specimens of hor- 
^ rds furcatus (a climbing 
species) in full bloom was a very fine specimen; 
the lovely primrose-colour pisci with a 
chocolate eye, gave a fine colo effect. ext 
his was a true, “артан climber, iioc] very 
wn for decora ativ 
d the e th 
bere odere skill, 
border toi 
ex long od three to four Mee , was 
magnificent, t the p as delicious, 
the hors im a truly ital scene, with 
Pru waving overhea 
us furcatus, 16 feet high, showed the 
Sas nature бы s Scre w-pine. There was also 
fine Cassia siamea. Bou gainvillea 
giabra, poema 70 to 80 feet high, was in full 
loom. 
к 
ezia nobilis, an чт “= үм 
with golden veins on the leaves, pretty. 
A long border of ems non in “fall flower, 
eight feet through and the same in height, was 
СЕ This "hórder © ad a background of 
Oleanders in ана There І noticed р ш 
Wightii, pre 
of more ind тена ind very ate 
for florists’ purposes. 
In open spaces in this alone flowers as 
large 
о 
, but they were not in 
oom ti my visit. А Lily 
оі а blue ie of N ymphaea Lotus, 
blue pe a 
е. 
vely Hyacinth- like rfume. es 
ae Мба: variety, which Mr. Little d 
me originated local 
and almost amnion: in outline. 
