- same region n with a 
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to Oregon. It is a material item in summing up the 
wealth of the State, a tangible reso 
to supply the wants of civilised life. 
riches of these eee are visible, and, unlike the pur- 
its of mi oe: ue need the use of immense capital 
for n 
ы rate of consumption how long will 
od last? In reply to this interesting ques- 
w 
r the previous year, From informa- 
Steine respecting the production of 
worked up in 
pickets, shakes, railway ^ telegraph poles, bridge 
]umber and so on, for and interior uses, the fol- 
lowing estimate is vett corroborated—for it is 
perfectly safe to assume that twice as much is con- 
sumed inland, and at other ports, asat San Francisco. 
an annual consumption of " 
600,000,000, after allowing 150,000 set 
down to the credit of supplies drawn from Puget 
Sound and other points, — а is considered that 
75,000 feet of Redwood pickets are used in fencing a 
quarter section of land into "бм fields, and that at 
feet will be required for the 
cities and villages in the State rely — mx this 
ac for сүз с, the of 
e. pions ew 
E las = do vit. this mier va is the increasing 
e of consumpti place 
че аѕ p influx of population, sy IO per cent, 
e hu thousand acres, 2 50 miles long, would 
ng the 
ps where none grow, 
River and Eel River the timber extends in patches 
many miles inland. personal ins shows 
tation to any place, until 
the building of railways, at vast expense, to open up 
mountain region. narrow-guage is 
along from Tomales towards the Russian River, where 
its real difficulties will begin. Donahue is penetrating 
branch from near Santa Rosa. 
But there is not enough timber there to supply a six 
months! demand, if required at once. 
If we estimate pi p of boards to each M" 
the 500,000 acres will yield 50,000,000,000. 
нт large, as every € 
n 
cutting 3,000, 000 of beer If one of the huge 
trees idi a sheer in falling a stump or 
other inequality it is apt to Tiv bali, and must be 
urned to ae the f débris trees grow on 
es, rendering their rura uncertain an 
Taking the annual consumption of the past year as 
the basis, and adding то per cent. for the increased 
yearly demand, we find that 20,000,000, 000 
of feet will "have been wor ed up in fifteen 
erry en 
| hothouses at Pont-y-Pool. 
ngland. 
, ment of the late Mr. De 
BRITISH NAI RU Bes —X XVIII. 
WILLIAM COLEM 
Мк. COLEMAN is known to the gardening fraternity 
аз а constant exhibitor of fruit, which is always of 
first- = A uc: his name being familiar to "ie 
who the prize Ht and being generally found 
well the front. ‘Those who have the privilege of 
his personal EMEN. know him, moreover, " be 
one of the most AM kind-hearted, and genial 
of men, T. a thorough master of his profession in 
every department. 
е writes, ‘іп 1827, at Rolleston, 
a vell kept an in the eastern part of the county 
of qe tud For more than half a century my father 
vator of fruits and v nd prided himself on 
his fine collection of old tor sedan lants, 
** Having attained the age of eighteen it was thought 
desirable that I should leave home for further experi- 
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Tad ere I first 
of the “aay disease. I (es in VW c9 another 
year wit through e of 
Messrs. 
engaged as foreman of the 
At that time Mr. Knight 
considered Pont-y-Pool one of the finest ом Tus 
gar verhis were under the os 
ond, 1». siet 
fixed t Зн 
closely to the old syste 
pem 
| peratures, independentl rad limatal кчө) es, Pine- 
years, This is more than — of all the Semis B^ e - eens, < 
порів, P aene cas extensively grown 
n the 
Redwoods on the coast, on a bas ars' syst — ана plants turned 
are dilated for the purpose "Y lig Senn oet of 18. Ink: pots into the fruiting ds produced 
i In point of fact, there are not its; but I ce see es 
i from plants twenty month > in 12-inch pots. 
forthe ter belt has been stripped so far inland in | This Was the —€—— A D Ba 
x — iau ihid m ants, a day stoker and one apprentice, left the 
various places that mills are working on logs brought with the la and returned with them 
from five to fifteen miles, for which they pay from 10 | the following morning. their absence, the 
15 dols, per 1000, Increase of population, with —— fei fell upon the Pate 4 My young friends 
more facilities for handling, will cr furth in mind that the one-boiler was then 
demands, pa ioni the question heading this paper will in ita i M. and fires tly kept me 
not ха ng зы тед. ose of us who y employed until the clock struck two. 
теше асч деѕ of the wan. ently inex- ** Obliged by illness to give up my tion, I was 
table forests oie = "Middle States, ei back- | advi о engage in outdoo I accord- 
oe rees inthe ingly gave up my favourite pursuit for a time to tak 
E mor that Black Walnut now costs as much | charge of a 1 staff of men er Mr. Marnock, 
as wood from H n the light of experience | who was laying-out a beautiful place for a banker i 
this lesson is made p not only will the dem | Carmarthenshire. I left in January, 1851, d en 
of commerce strip our Redwoods within fifteen years, | as gen т о Mr. Mackenzie, Crewe Hall, 
but, on facts has any logical | here I spent Mr. Macken 
Sequence, the. conclusion is irresistible that with the | was a g ener; he always kept his place the 
diminis ishing supply pri es will be largely advanced. | perfection of n in the cultivation 
Sonoma Democrat, Santer I5. | of Pines and vegetables. 
“From Crewe I passed on to the Royal Exotic 
Nursery in March, 1 My first intervier. v Mr. 
eitch was satisfactory, he received m great 
indness, and I am proud I aa ined 
a highly valued confidence and friendship, which 
lasted until the day of his 1 ted death. In May 
fine old place, beautifu Пу wood th 
a large flower garden stretching from the mansion to 
lake, 
o years 
рими, lightly cropped with Grapes, 
with bug, received "ary gem: 
t 
reached London Mr. Veitc 
of two first-class situations. I e 
present е сарту. and di on my duties on 
ay I, I On arrival at Eastnor I found a 
fine E tion of tris Conifers an 
ugh our English 
ed. The kitchen seri E altho ugh high 
of the by hills, 
erected for v 
attention to every departmen 
regard to the improvement of old Vines, 
assisting wi 
troyed. 
aving a great demand for Figs, I have tried 
any v seien under glass, but for a sae i supply 
тт, choice fruit I have e no wem pn ual the 
Brow n Turkey, which is the о only kin das aser 
ve received 
T which дө. ve induced some men үг сһапде, 
but so 
and so 
employer and his pue у, 
саа coul nsate for the the 
pleasurable performance 2 duties Which pe long 
since quest; into a labour of love.' 
AN EXHIBITION IN 
THE TRENTINO, OR ITALIAN TYROL. 
WE have received the following communication 
and Pro- 
ening 
which very little is 
agp ase s read by many with great interest :— 
From week to week the editors of the Gardeners 
Chronicle scum us informed on the condition and pro- 
res gardening, not only in Great Britain and other 
racti 
parts of the w 
with the state 2a horticulture at our Antipodes as 
th ving in Australia or New Zealand. 
i country re. 
ри state of natural history, mor | 
— in this the od nali pat uy e 
г sei Alps. 
The Tyrol is unjustly regarded, not only on you 
side of the Channel, but also pag ecc А with 
us on uri Continent, as an obscur ntry, 
mos 
fortunately men's min 
with politics at the present tà time а. render it pose 
о give a perfectly unprejudiced view of affairs, 
