400 ya's om 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. | [SEPTEMBER 26, 
requires to maintain him in tolerable comfort, and he 
on for hire only when it is necessary for him to 
"it i is evident that the sped yy, by which Jamaica 
again „to attain t 
rmer Page of work- 
d when labour 
dings of any 
either spent foolishly a py taken to Fanlidhd, When 
was abolished, all 
ing estates had to be Alicin d 5 
beca 
ARa enormous 
"E _ cultivation as an 
o doubt that the 
er 
increase of acreage aider cultivation. The ir by the 
small and diipront aie sugar estates th out o 
culture has been more than ar ce ced bft the 
i e cultiite. he e cultivation 
es to some y mere clearing of 
the = ground c of bitih. the best of. all the natural grasses 
~The fruits which fi flourish usly can 
be equalled in the best parts for the old world, whet 
ty, 
excellen in great abundance; the 
te and Shaddo ce, the Vin 
ard ! ; Straw and 
reser have been introduced by English AiE, 
but except on the tops of the hills they attain no great 
perfection 
In 1789. Admiral Rodney captured a ae ship 
from the isle of Bourbon, which was carrying a 
valuable go of Orie ental Aena wets these h 
generously printed to the island. The j hive i since 
MBit ated, pe the cient iis be said 
be naturalised. The > is one o the finest 
of the East Indian fruits, becom 
ful in Jamaica as the Orange. Te is tly 
eaten By the hatives as a TER, bat in Barope it B 
scarcely except in form of presna 
: ee isg Like the ean it is a large e ea 
f, 
in the a average of the varieties, = which there are 
many, about ve size of a goose’s t the 
fruit is a A 
: eties it 
vecne that the prenas be imagi oT by Siege o 
have not tasted that choicest of Nature’s delicacies 
In the ae the pulp there is a red large on 
blin a Peach, to which ilp 
$ “ 
part eget down to the bottom ; when cool the cask 
eaded o et on and is then fit for sale: 
rating, agreeable 
mečih one. The pulp is 
grateful in fevelt a and inflammat 
aa : 
Peiharth E has a sharp, Bens 
acid taste, steed bys a 
peculiar] 
ti 
most ee Mie age in the world” ; and a vessel in 
to Otaheite, under one of Cap- 
consequence was sent p 
tain Cook's fice to procure a supply for the West 
Indies. his expedit has o oned one of the 
most interesting narratives of the adventures at sea 
that has been recorded, and every English- ere 
person I well acquainted with the account of the 
mutiny 
who was yet adele w with his companions in mid- 
ocean, T repid heri isa foiled in this 
attempt, afterwards succeeded with another vessel in 
transferring a great n steak of t trees to the 
island of Jamaica. For eight months of the year the 
Br prh continues productive, and such is r 
rees will suffice for 
‘hii’ $eke ly supply. When to Se is seal till 
the outside As charred, the nsi 
ans it is m with 
the negros it is not so highly ahaa W as 5 the Plantain 
Wak co 
“ie 
n Oranges, Limes, Pin 
al oiua here of a 
n any part of the Werle | a = s 
faite, all producible in any quantities, Jamaica might 
ecome in a very short time e capable. of eae an 
export commerce of immense value.” £. 7: B. 
(To be ‘one ituedl Y 
Home Correspondente, 
Dianthus a A gigi -= 
ting the. old. ie When I was lately 
visi ing e0 astle alais r 
birth liam thé 
Normandy iie, 
1 Was tauch 
ing hoe 
it is 
astle, 
y Bishop 
liam, and 
ht 
Kensington with Peas and Cauliflowers bai 
would not be ie ae ey age we pry go 
r your read ew Ferns can compete wi with 
rst-class Parsley, pe ine Palm have we that can 
math the hace Fennel in general appearance? Such 
eneral appear; 
ing the case why should these things not be gtown in 
ight be made 
atid aa ants, 
managers and exhibitors mast no el 
in their arrangements. Eps. | 
r no propo i 
bole, though this bran ches Tiel at thee Sui ; 
eae E trunk, if standi para 
uld be conside 
me eleton 
; This venerable “patria o 
age seems, how to making its lasi 
instinctive effort to per petuate e race, by pr wing 
it Wi 
business or pleasure might b ing i pa our pictures 
locality, would pre us their opinion. about it, and 
whether it is usual anywhere in our island to find 
most venerated of all our indigenous ever, 
ro a seas * ae ree A: Gods vin, The Ri 
» Ashbor 
Cle 
uiry jeanet 
q ng the 
climber, 
ia 
, I hasten to say that it is India oid not 
Europe, as inadvertently stated in my not 
plant p- ki ao distributed in India, 
froni the Indus to ol Bramaputra, ascen 
altitude of of 124090, in me = ces. My t 
to yo for pointing out t 
d I cannot fi ~ eh it i 
ible practice to put such questions wher 
exists as to the accuracy of ter 
‘has ritten. y supplement my pr 
with the fact that this plant was in se flow 
h t 
spore ril ey spat The Writer of the Notes 
all. 
e Horticultural Labour Difficulty.—I 
“hoped, —_ redding your pa ng m pa 20 
the above, and ae for ne 
apondent to have P iaia 
take up the subject | a ae as “their opin 
ut was disappoint readi he follo 
numbers to find no à t 
one had vé 
that 
Te men that ema 
o get well acquainted w with 
; the case 2 fequenty being that as 
a little used to th 
a 
with a 2 15 premium, I consider that < the two 
