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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 12, 
green, were sown in ground kept prime moist, 
and shielded from the direct action of the rays of the 
m these unripe grains 
an observation would 
pont so o guey sown would 
ate frosts. It would probably be necessary 
to preserve the young plants in an orangery, or similar 
situation. 
 Peas.—I have germinated Peas weighing pera 
Th: 
have prod 
a first Soon er from those spru 
eas of a fifth of the normal weight ger- 
ated, bat the young plants were Tae and their 
was slow. A end of five 
ae acquired strengt rÀ 
produced flo whl and fruit. Of the sowing ‘of the seeds, 
which were only one-twelft fth of their normal weight, 
ate, and some diedafter the com- 
which sur- 
own, some 
they acquired streng 
the bok of autumn Bom arriving at 
MARVEL OF PERU (Mirabilis otek Tepi of 
half the the normal weight have germina’ fe The plants 
were only prevented by 
at the normal end of 
z 
ised from mature 
PERSICARIA 2 Sa ttiaitade): —The unripe 
se 
I do not wish to arty ie eager wr ig rei 
e may 
or agencies, and must develope = 
The time at which the fitne 
encounter e 
at first wi ithin the fruit. 
for 
ffarant 
species. ~ In certain plants this aptitude is aba 
in others it is late, It seems also that the character 
e seeds ¥ eS. 
1 even unhealthy, 
if we come the 
s themselves. 
provide with albu- 
moist. Their 
and slow in others ; 
re for aa es re and 
f viem i , the con- 
ome = 
CA of good and normal vegetation differi in different 
lants; and each species has its physiological distinc- 
ons as well as its individual form 
There i now much caltvated im this 
of ‘mental ex , and was 
Indian sen has 
yasai ied in the form of a report. f: 
# Aapee e the Administration of the Forest Depis 
ment in th eral provinces erasi the Government 
ccu 
- of India 1872-73. a e occupy two 
_ volumes or or parts, but it is the first er which con- 
mo us and from which we 
ine onthe most in snc Ren 
review of Indian 
the value of the fores imate and 
wi moisture and prose ase 
e supply of wito in springs, streams, 
i and even n rivers, ad also in regulating the distribution 
It is t 
se ig allude, 
lac 
just geet gun to 
Sia utilisation of h 
an ay n ut of 
mention that one rae oe Naps which has 
s the more 
to their direct rere we shall Stee more 
dh m 
remost of whic edru 
Sal rence robusta), and Teak (Tectona 
tion to 
who have ravaged withou a 
the ani that Nature had been voting up for us 
with centuries of toil. 
The Deodar or Indian Cedar Agr Soe is 
a closely allied ana or per only a variety of 
C. Libani. It differs in havin Tonger Aelii ipia 
are more distinctly thie: sided than they are in 
Lebanon plan he scales of the cones likewise fall 
te es are lea in the latter 
e middle altitudes 
ide.” t njab t of v ea 
importance, as it is the best building timber be 
obtained, Sal and Teak 
considerable expense, and ther efore u 
recon purposes, he ‘North-west 
caes owing to its lightness and the facility with 
it can is used chiefly for 
bln sleepers—Sal, being the prine ipal product, of 
In the valley 
e t be 
remove, or in the protection of the =a after it is 
remo is rapidly causing these fine forests to 
disappear. 
The Sutlej Cedar forests are the most TER and 
Aone. in the Punjab ; though the T een 
or 
hay ait trees hav ng acta so 
The largest T on record is on t , having a 
girth of 42 feet. As a rule the ent rae not pes 
under 4000 Eet, nor above 9000 fee! ugh at tim 
it ascends to 10,000 feet, and even a E Set, 
cold season, and 65° to 
it best. Drought sarad it very much. Itis me 
absent from wd regio and its “fat of growth is 
much ee by the ra infall.” 
In North-w t India the ae pede. A 
in native ] The 
eral 
as we icea 
Webbiana, Abies Smihiank and Pinus excelsa 
in of the two former 
there are vast tracts, far ex ein in ro aces of 
ostly occupy the higher r ' 
and P. nd up to II, feet, and 
anen higher. The of Pinus excelsa is the most 
Mey sme next to ee Deodar, and that of A. Smithi- 
ana or indoor — ; it is white and 
easily sma Pinis longifolia t wer 
Jogo Cantal feet, and its 
ne od plahi boag ae e equal to those above 
a most ig ie the tise: 
it stands among granite blocks on cin ann sg os 
mais stem and dull ee foliage contrasting wi “she 
deep g oe ssy green o f the Ilex, with which it on 
SOf deciduous trees there are man’ a Cedar 
localities of which are g 
e woods 
known beyond the neighbourhood in ii ieren, 
Amongst these may be mentioned the Indian Horse 
Chestnut 2 bios iea i ay Bird Cherry (Ce 
t, Rhododendron a 
nuta), so 
and sahil ny ies idee: 
Q. incana, a ; i 
distinguis shed 
m ET a mm ie 
and sinks 
-kno Eur 
adaptability for eheide cabine 
the wood is white and cia se me, but as 
trees hirit: in age, and produce bu 
ood becomes darker and deeply veita: The 
wood n this coun 
conna > Be bein oa imported into 
the plains chiefly fro m the seeds a 
fine oil can also be a ga alike for culinary : 
purposes as a as for paintin e 
rests Ce robusta) occu 
f country than the 
a 
lower none of Benga 
In the North-western provinces it forms 
Dera Dhun, Kumaon, 
nce bore 
lower slopes and spurs 
Pines, other trees, such as Cedrela Toona, 
Sissoo, species of Pentaptera, 
Nauclea, occur, In the Kumaon f 
trees, apparently of ohn ago arè 
of them being to igh, 
irth. Mixed with the Sal i in the S 
at an elevation t, are to 
Quercus lame i ias, Ches 
Walnuts (Juglans regia) ; i 
be above species, Gordonia 
sides the 
sb tree, Cedrela Toona, and a specie 
Fic 
aa ae: of the sil Assal 
the principal trees are 
iapa fi es belonging to 
ugenia, 
elastica. Many othe 
as Michelia, Albizzi 
Dillenia, Vitex Dipterocarpus 
Garcinia, c wad D 
hard, hea 
> it is even stronger 
supports to buoy it; its €x 
mostly paliectedl by land ca carriage. 
; To be continued.) 
Florists’ Flowers: 
