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Jaxvanr 19, 1861.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 51 
оп the extent of the ы ses the country has sustained | matter has been "occupying. your pages, the quest stion | | procurec last autumn in Von Siebold & Co/s Japan 
lon my mind, ант. notwith- | Nursery at Leydei, where there is a large stock of 
n dn thou h on some 
e 
tunity of judging g the tre 
from California are quite eif but 1 dij 
be said of the majority of the 
p 
much doubt 
if the same can so-called | 
astrous accounts of 1 у 
ext three months w will very ECT enlighten us on 
these? points. The winter here bega set. in in 
о 
f have pu 
— et the im un enjoyed ed by yo 
ast quar 
n its predecessors 
large dern of young men; theg 
that the ү are not; the Ее eat сонун == the crying A 
i ati In the present ay ther 
пісь call oft 
айт active studies, that it is 
lnot every young gardener who he force of 
| characte r which RA put him e~ АН the "већ 
of а century, the proint тасё of 
е " 
| plants from 1 to 3 feet in height, some of which were 
lately sent home by Dr. Sie bold who, I was informed 
г со 
t 
| having — ecd slightly pro otected by 
late iain when on one pig а thermometer Ед 
ite vic icinity gist red —5°. Во uh e's long! й 
t.lonvé J 
о SUCCESS. 
earnest about the vag of December last, 
till the 24th, on the morning of 
eet from the ground, indi- 
A 15°, and qnt the day never rose higher than 
5 
hib 2 МЕ 
та alone lead 
с moral worth everý perken обу Чо feel ыш. к 
а goo rkman, раб how often is it otherw 
I Taro met with many, and I am sorry to say, peine nue 
till, who ean neither mow nor dig!a 
jm the evening апа 
wi till р, rone read zero, aud at daylight 
at —6°, and did uot get higher that 
with an — labourer. I "a find the greatest 
diffeulty'in endeavoüring to g — to trya — 
Ther 
fruit, ache able from one ano бнт; e 
casual observer, „50 that the — designa eee of mas. 
MM ré incorrect; and if Us 
vell ыбы species a new i 
det for the latter, as it is cert: ah: -— the C. берйн, 
of Siebold. William Gorrie, Ba ngholin, Edinburgh. 
Mottces. of A9ooks.- 
ud 
vie се of Two Years 
na y Henry кч мы 8vo. Murray, pp. 327. 
The circumstances relat urious pen am 
Perso Ii —2€ in 
and ad  describet by the thi 
da than 187, =ч two da ps and а з the 29th, ny, or чарда requiring і appli 
when the temperature was 7, а the very wogenial|there always were, and always exceptions, an 
previous summer, are quite uffici AS to Pet for n these exceptions must of AE n things being 
many disasters which will doubtless hereafter be | equat ould not for 
recorded. Andrew Dick, Sudbury- Hall, Der Ду ——|% moment. object to such а course as "Lingen proposes, 
On examining my Peach trees on w ln lfindt th be of very g men 
young wood is completely kille and that „even | the "e contrive t to get on without it, just as they have 
thick wood is injured 
e destroyed. Ышш: have suffered the e wor 
weh ig classes ; a gardener, to deserve the name, 
is pre- tener A a working man; few men of MM 
from memory only. ^ This is always to be recollected in 
its p "А5 erusal It appears that he proceeded to Burmah 
Evergreen 
tinuses, Common and Portugal Laurels, are killed to the 
of 
forit h 
ground. 
Roses of all kinds are completely destroyed. Tie e 
E gu. on the morning of Chri ristmas-day indicated 
hich was only 2° 1 
at that time I did к д, [s least i injury to fruit 
tree oc li Laurels and тентер С Oaks were killed 
|. Samuel S: n Manor, near 
main value as a meteorological recor 
"absence of the needful information re- 
bo th int eresting and valu- 
But as 1267 ог vor "se they are 
almost valueléés. ust surely unknown to 
me 
BL des that e variation 
Fern deu Ым ute of the snow, 
d, i much as from 3° to e 
Non vhs re the proper {ыга of 4 to 
5 feet from. the nd - е en. 
Pi. mas 7 МОЙ Жк. 
m the ground). 
is given at this elevatio, AM also 
on or near the surface of the snow, so much t 
I was mper PLE an instance 
е І ma 
which for LORI vA ird 
= 4 sò e wholly | 
re irai 
ert! 
which 
xc 9 үле... 
atmosphere ere (dense fog, for instance), t 
be gam а trace of difference between | 
ture on the ground and a 5 деч. apiid ; but 
om ear 
E 
e 
: is far otherwise clea when 
ation is E e 
e 
- 
Show, or t from the 
‚ probably th t 
буга ground, probably y regie would ke been —13*or 
1854, but | tha 
e 
mina attaine 
ubsequent observa- | ami 
8.20 ont 
.|praetice improved, our facilities and 
numbers are ЕЕ. — Still the question 
opor 
mains — h lligence in proportion 
— our you; et й, "Эден Rood Ashton, 
Jan. Pe me: hat I do not think 
the sys tem-of **Linager" in thé least too hi ^ 
E réquireme à there being nothing in it tha 
znglish merchant, that he was well receiv ved at 
erite 
Wa 
p 
| € to study the manners of a barbarian 
e of'the narrative, will find in the pages о 
ше : de t supply of anecdotes. 
quote a 
Alli Moro —* Bathing in the rivers of Indi 
x times р hazardous and foolish practice, ir рт in 
Irra а which is teeming with alligators of 
Bere whom 
They are often known 
i attainable: by men of common intellectu al to take an from the stern of his light canoe, 
| ment. '* Fi нар. voran even need but a little берсене Чч as dt is almost to the water's edge by his ow 
«ыд! су and a er direction of labour, | weight; offeri 5 a n d той these ravenous 
and e exe p а man is willing. xj pos these ће ought éféaturós. Г ha n them at times basking on а 
stand a ttheé bottom of the list.: Every sensible person нйн bank, apparently asleep, Ж their honid ja уч 
шейни that the present System of obtai situa- open, and distended almost to a right ang 
ow is a rotten one, having mere interest as its basis, Thè КЕ say that while the zs indulging in 5 
шеп who trame “rul "| way, their Datibous аав ытаа “the warum 
; z4 79 ten put € abounding on such Р od M, s ана 
TU way for — met pes атеш ав n their mouths aré well lined with е а 
"third class," 1 вреак feelin igly, for m ех] ingie sapni securés the pr is is поб аб all i 
rienee, I аА не system < mite of support, | probable, and mrüst form rather a pleasant mode = 
as" салаа a system which is TT -€ | king 4 заш dessert after а glutting meàl of putri 
A few years after, when my boat was once 
M ging erp ls down is — i n the men 
who prefer the old = сыг о tin 
nursery: will be at li io suit: неча: рой all Il the| 
same. Now, *Linager" is the father of what I 
consider to be a system, ооба һе поб ish a 
few remarks that might be of service to his more 
ignorant brethren—remarks s as are offered by the 
* Civil Service," for ins ndidates ng 
tance са 
examination, showing not oily what they must know 
as a branch of study, but how much they must know 
either prs or teo 
from my gun 
doubt he died; Mor the alligatór бн ховун feom а 
severe wound." 
Prison мойны е 
instance of superstition 
he s 
in 
esl nies to 
But e most ridieu. 
* Father? Moung-lah was responsible for 
his safe custody, and was їп terror lest TE bird should 
9f it; in mathematics he has already done so, I not 
follow the same course in relation to botany, vegetable 
hysio| бо. ? =й, showing what it is - really | sh 
uire, in ег аё а man trying: 
pass fo m ht not beleftin Sx arit 
Qeon 
estimation be s stopping point. T eir 
| руна ору, &с. int y ^ тпай m 
ave a decent now edge for all on- | 
purposes in con 
de 
m3 with urs ing. ш“ 
ing gardeners he sto; 
indicate to us 
et hor A scr various ала апа 
udy. shirema 
about nátural history, but i unusual ^ ig 
for hares or rabbits (еме s E © p 
tended toal tries 
without fail the level at' the [metra 
laced, otherwise our com mparisons, in a scientific "m 
c € - Backhouse, у 
"We cannot crowd asce 
ты stations where 
Du" are ume well kn 
e 
g very i 
is iiy thing required mor than is шы: Ше hy. Едер 
have had it eaten off 10 feet a 
an old vl in this Ж йт) gentia 
with Ivy, has had it eaten off 15 pd fróm the ground, 
where the ICE der stones assisted the animals in the | on 
=. а. 
Pa- your last Number you 
s specimens of —: 
pei * very much more glaucous оп! 
menton on that 1 A. eitch? 
drupacea (Siebold) 
the фо; side т РА 
| culti IN ый d des 
sadi i e descri ption of Sieb 
old's 
xem ра FOU s short-leaved | 
s pass 
the ӨНӨ ме the dept 
one 
eaves De the Ene ad in| the 
take vwiug in the ‘course of the лай The sagacious 
o 
round 
rm d e itto the floor also, As енн thus 
urther 
ubtle 
to the floo: 
I One 
ead Gulliver. 
E 
|| ta pass p rings, € SUIT ü 
ill the 
ered 
mne а creature, and if it 
attempt to fly, he was to bra t as itr Whi le 
c. 
species, б Fortuni f femina oft kiemurat 
* The Pinetum” has in анама) ы be C. drupacea | 
men actuated by a pupil spirit, 
p rr 
is ! of Siebold, Enclosed is a sprig from a plant which I 
all their precautions, aa to assert his own ability to 
elude them, as he fully iutended to do in due time 
