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T centre ; Lilies white, splashed with brown ; Roses 
5j 
IS gii whiteand red, and some shell-like, just tinged with 
id | s of brilliant magenta Rest Harrow 
al bright pink Epilobium, raising its y head 
's above the great grey boulders near the river's brink : 
le bers of ellow Pansies, 
g m sweet-s white Primulas, 
30 Such a harvest of beauty and colour 
| s 
T every ramble, whether up or down the valley. To our 
E ur 
| was small and sour, w 
- jumping out with alacrity to gather them, having 
hada dish of Gooseberry fool since leaving me gi 
so found nearer the snow, The bearers, 
i d roots 5 
Tie D Darn d #- is perhaps one of the best for 
Towers, an 
| enough there own with 
iles trotted. ih a ehe brown bear ; 
"a autious, and before he was 
hi 
ong the jungle. 
used as ys sanitarium during: 
S A is eetab 
e | the sea level, and the climate cool and salubrious. It 
was selected last year arest point at which to 
о ^ gn his return from 
were some 150 to 200 visitors 
_ Most of these build. log hits for themselves, 
expensive w 
2t 
d, according to size. o 
r tents ma case of rain, which falls 
avily at Sonamarg rg tharl at G 
"y and substantial little church was. built at 
proved st trong and water-tight. The 
ows are cov with herds of cows and ponies , 
ep. We were told that 
h 
Cais we ее "£V VuWWw pP Бы н Q 57 ON Jo 
now lies thick and deep, an around es be 
init. Bearsa 2s leo pos also come down 
E latitudes as the co eases above, die the 
for food becomes neun 
Sonamarg is on the high т road i Thibet, vA mur 
n their 
эж: fuere elc а ER EE E м... ЧА сма. 6 
„ће twelve-horned deer, are to be foun 
and ibex 
valley we met 
“ yaks,” others 
with ponies all laden ; they export E oe 
Which is cheap and b г grain from 
fee vire salt фене т Mni чө Жут Punjabi is good, 
Ia going up the valley it was yapim, to note 
varieties of trees; марнае to increased 
mp under the Chenar, 
es were 
he of " 
y rocks, stones, e snow. The bark of 
iras paper ; in Srinaga 
é and other 
with r ; th 
e thick wit 
their rooms, and as screens for their 
rain and snow wonderfully 
the sun. 
deoa think, as we did, his fruit the best i ash- 
ens one to reflect that nee Nature has 
been bountiful in the extreme, art a 
E ehan Ghi 
the pr rettiest spots in ihia there i ti for 
the ne А the lovely o £ Jehan (the Light of 
the World). visited an old temple which is now 
still visible it would seem to be, Fond those at Pan- 
dre Payech, of Bactrian o 
Proceeding by boat from Mà Фаг we eventually 
crossed a n [1 
Wulur or Great Lake, almost 
k Swift 
for the night at Sop 
numerous rest-houses "provided free for Ay apt pa by the 
pee of the Ma EA ah, and t Ж оп 
e broad, and here placid , Jhel um, 5 pre a; it 
is v leaving that town that the whole character of 
the river changes, and it becomes the rushi ing, sparing 
torrent which we follow the whole way to Kohala, 
which is only separated from British когу Ъу а 
beautiful suspension i built by our M OMS 
but of which half the cost, I believe efrayed by 
the Maharaja vi „н our boat Pairs amula, two 
somewhat steep took to TE, 
flower meadow ; than 3 miles of lovely undu- 
lating park-like t meadow is indeed refreshing 
the eye of one from the burnt-up arid p 
and the bright green is fringed by belts of dark Pines 
the ackground of 
eve ble 
Nunga purbut," literally the Naked Mountain, the 
third highest in the world (always supposing Captain 
awson's M a fict tion), here 
in comparison to had 
ut yet we noted. iocus four kinds of 
Sonamarg, b 
Monkshood, not all growing on the ow— for 
some we had to ascend another 2000 feet, to Killan- 
аг e was the deepest purple, growing up near 
m 
the Бый, another a dirty shade of blue, and two more 
ve light and dark, h 
e of the prettiest of the Ситат 
dis a em "Thistle, 
kly leaf, the flowers were most delicate 
just showing its fair blossoms above the ground as we 
were leaving the place, so no тен of veri its 
ulas were а d liant 
magen nta Lychnis with a whitish pt and тапу other 
flowers, of "Apa time fails me to tell to-day. Им Gi Fig 
Murree, Sept. 2 
STRATFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA WEST. — We 
are indebted to Mr. Harry J. Veitch for the following 
extract from a pee received by him from a gardener 
who emigrated to Canada last spring :— 
Pe over the 
Gulf of St. Lawrence, the scenes ie ie M and 
e up s quite enjoy- 
The shores on either side are “thickly молам "with 
by railway, and the whole deun is through fo for 
more orless. Here and there a rising village, with i is 
white wooden houses ar enetian ep 
seen; but ner 
scenery is 
absence of mou untains, but plenty of ater cand таса 
with nice slopes, but no пош ess except. Mon- 
treal ush.is full 
thot iv & ней дейс Gril wild flowers, as far as I have 
ortulaca is a great fayourite here, and repro- 
duces itself most vigorously The Petunia is the same, 
comi time troublesome to limit. Most of the 
common an o nd in gardens— such as 
hey are. orative has wr yet reached a ve 
high latitude here, though m sure it will in time. 
egetables о мее tà bo abundance, 
road ions d: аа do well from what I 
cene seen and heard. ma and Mont d'Or are 
the onl P Bits cultivated ie. any extent. We have 
CF wild fruit of all kinds, but not so of the culti- 
vated sorts, Apples are are abundant and good through 
anks of Newfoundland and in the |i 
but so tough in the skin. P. goes and 
Currants (red and white), Raspberries, Stra 
Cherries, Apricots, and Nectarines, are ve 
Peaches are very plentiful i in places; Squashes 
Citrons, and Cucumbers— the small 
ts depredations are wonderful — it eats the 
n m 
Potatos down to the very eart 
Forestry. 
PLA venen FORESTSIN TEXAS. T A. McKinney, 
of San Felipe, Austin County, Texas, tri ibutes 
some very interesting facts in van i: timber culture 
upon the hat State. est lands 
have a very тэк сии supply of timber, ten for fire- 
wood. Тһе soil of these vast savannas possesses all - 
the elements of perry fore st growth, а ind yo 
planted would h 
te 
ese the first is the a 
prairies, t the dry grass fu 
ual combustion of all mapan tree- 
рна псу of these lands by a regular (ЖН isi: 
lation would Aerei re ifficulty. 
tacle ee -culture is found ій the 
ravages of cattle: “They а ето to eat the young 
but use tant the 
as a mici er-irri 
of "ii зу siii, and other troublesome { 
They seratch t ‘themselves ns ery rock 
and shrub above groun or puts down 
li 
SUM мала 
bushy tree, which 
which is covered with ha 
the attrition of animals, may yet be found available 
as a hedge plant. It seldom grows more than 20 feet 
high, has short, crooked trunk and limbs, and wh 
unless 
apparatus of the virg and suggests t a 
m berum us e case of the black 1 Prem ing a 
would have the same effect in inducing germination.. 
Monthly Report of the A merican Department of 
Agriculture, 
шш of Books, | 
E July and A numbers Engli 
edition of the Лента n ort vh which h ve dvd 
i" » comprise colour 
bells, iature Croton with Lng narto oy pana 
lea vi slow ou on the disc, green at the edges and 
Taie the points, and with short iol leaf-stalks, It 
is stated to be a cross betw is i 
C. cornutus 9, is an exceedingly pretty dwarf 
form, which wil be pop for decorative 
purposes if it A: ld prov ood т. 
Epidendrum рап m is a cool-house Orchid, 
latu 
minal panicles of pink flowers. 
vem æfolia is one of M. Roezl’s discoveries in 
MTM. it is of Epid ааш habit, and bears 
es, I6 in va in TR ; 
m 
of O 
flowered, so that its cma status is un. 
f the Lonaon and Provi 
the title o ncial 
weekly pul ublication, at 
o bei ly, 
—— Under 
Піса Newspaper, a new 
yer Psal ee вее to о doubt, meet 
d which il if conduct no dou 
c iride a numerous bod уй east ami 
