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MR. REGINALD FARRER’S SECOND 
ON IN ASIA.» 
idge 
T Fort,i imme- 
east, there are v; 
ing, a wok Perhaps the most 
pawshi Bum, which closes the 
ph Spring and 
its ant line -of 
all bare ds brown, ааны sug- 
nee prise alpine law be covered 
P 
flowers later; it is Ko as ren i fine? 
t they s 
develops tha een to me smoothly 
green ‘indeed, with a uniform dense vesture 
of boo-brake as high as a man, and almost 
impenetrable. housand feet of the 
climb to the ridge is entirely clothed with this 
vegetation, and the various a: g 
ribs forest and jungle, that only 
ati rete. 
no trac r 
promontories, the d forest above, 
through jungle of tall Bam above 
that, and of оо up towards the crest, 
every step of the way has carved out 
before one can h at the ridge. It 
will not be wondered at that, from the valley, it 
. takes three nights of camping and three hard 
days of going to attain the dle under 
Eu. — 
am er stale to sen y eene of finding so 
little of irl in thes 
little of intere pet 
ones, ый 
lowland region 
even с Ne рн 
actual s its а ach 
the treasures 
,000 
articles spen TX got 
une tee $ 
T та cp October 18, 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CH RON ICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 22, 1919. 
the valleys yield Lilium ‘ie ины шава 
and occasionally a handsom { 
scarlet-orange le Otherwise there is nothing 
but Edelwei à rare appearance of an ugly 
Zpipactis A little зо and. Epilobium 
pipactis. 
“езунин эр ta = ession, iu 
the | 
az 
ers. ut the и р аддын holds uni 
ANR than the litt Ophiopogon, Кр 
flc wer-spikes pr pied Vire ien gg yrola or Lily- 
verhea he big tree- “Rhodo. 
Up peak 
continues; its piter pin ру up ihe NUN 
fa i a: 
bund specimens of t /ofn-tree. Just bo 
this, however, a new Rhododendron has given 
zes the cli This is a t ty, but 
о very rare and in so limited an area, 
that I, believe readily in oo 
нач Aisa ci that I shall ere long find i 
elsewher better abundan 
yellow, nd 
оа wi 
r association 
still tightly sh ae and 
When the tall Bamboo monopolises the ident 
going becomes con 
Р the go 
siderably easier, for it grows in big clumps 
through which one can al comfo; oils 
thread upward over the k silence of the 
woodland decay, beneath la safe interlacing 
canopy of green, high overh The tree 
Rhododendrons here occur, indeed, but not 
so abundantly as o ass; e 
it = i at 
йер: calyces es serve the 
he 
lower Slowly continues the arduous climb; 
high point over high point looms down upon one 
dimly through the misi, and it is all pure guess- 
work as to when one has topped the last, and 
actualy attained the Ridge. But when reached 
the reward is mstantly before one. Reginald 
Farrer. 
BUSH _ APPLES. 
SEEING that hardy a trees of all kinds, and 
Apples in ticular, are being planted exten- 
RAE кы E ason, the following remarks on bush 
pples of interest to intending planters. 
ess of th pple is one of its 
greatest me and i eeds in most solis 
ё districts. anters hould, - however, be 
careful in their selection of varieties and choose 
only those that are k л б in the par- 
ticular locality. ‘App might more often 
be substituted for other 
exhausted and unprofitable ршн ‘should rol 
laced b ung ni of superi 
The bush type i is one of the most suitable: forms 
of Apple tree, and when the planting of suc 
rees 1з carried cut in a proper manner they изү 
be relied upon to give g т Smal 
rdens generally offer suitable protection 
from winds, and e t soil an 
careous loam ld 
the soils moy del niea by mixing with it 204 
turf, burnt earth, and, in Ф; light 
ground, ee loam. be pro 
vid i 
plant it with Potatos t season. The es 
TE then grow healthily ui “vigorously „Ше 
Е few mye ars, which is im As a a 
pra se arden soil is ed pt for Apples 
and needs but little шг: 3 
fon ани 7 а. be 
ut inds. out the 
irs ig а. the trees, which should be put С 
or 12 feet apart. Make a hole tä toet. i path 
d eet deep, ok m thé soil at 
y damaged roots with a sharp 
bw also 
is not conduci An exam 
tion of the stem will ding pers e eoi the trée 
was planted in the nursery and will be a guide 
