Јсхе 29, 1861.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
601 
they been protected from the cold rough 
— much, the result would 
ү Taking into account 
backward spring, ад the part of the country, 
g earth heated. 4. 
ur 
of your Correspond- 
E 
r la =з it Ал = -— 
Oaks wal suffered "severely, an 
quite killed А its severity. It is probabla: that à in no 
place in the kingdom have Hollies suffered m than 
wood 
be considered n and that it shows | Н. Grassett, Esq.; S. Gregory, Esq. ; Sir s dr tA H. 
C. “sq. ; ertz, 
readers’ attention | Y 
nd J. Lov Esq. 
r Ded ә Miss Ellen то H. 
T. Baron de Bru T. D 
Teoh Ko y ; W. "Currie, Mrs. M. De 
Mr. 
Sir а, 
Pad Alfred четте) Esq. ; 
Jun Esq. ; 
Вет, B. Gardiner, J. Girdwood, Е 
Ey i: Lady Heathcote, J. ндый: 
x Hobbs, 219" 2 George Hoo ooper, ner, E 
A. кел Esq. ; Ince. Mrs. Elizabeth ki 
р 1а 
Кул ыд Esq. ; 
Miles, | Esq. ; E s Mi 
Esq. ; Mrs. AlexanderOgilyý; Col. F. baro Major B - 
ell Scovell, » K^ "Manut. | 
Pn V € 
t, Esq. ; Sir J. Tyler, nm o per pae 
rrt y Willoughby D'Éresby, and J. Wilson, 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA, Ne —ТА8МА- 
NIAN TIMBER. —The Secretary reade extracts em letters 
Calthrop, Esq. ; obse 
.;— Edwar 
M. D. Edwardes, 2:8: Éntwisle, Esq. ; 
; Mrs. Lewis er, | M 
Н. |V which almost, any qu anti ty can be 
a d 
Ramsay, D. Reid, Esq. ; | į 
s that “its durability i in hous uses, when free from 
fi 
“ yp а found the Blue re - 
procured, equal to 
n superior fae it ona: account 
of the great beri hel can be obta For kelson 
deck beam s, ils diim and 
т. J. Wa 
Mr. Watson rema: 
exposed to th fi out the same time, I. have 
found to stand equal to Oak. Fine crooks for risin 
s, keel-knees, and breast турі for the largest ships 
П my ex- 
T! 
a coul doft 
rience in eh ose of colonial. bunt vessels I have never 
observed y ro 
t he had ананар ыт ќо ће 
n 
5000 
€ — T a magnificent ris covered" as | from 
pu 
Last | емсе 
l was entirely in the | he had 
ке salmon into” into рна The inference to be drawn 
the House of 
r beautiful coral-lıke berries, and 
o and of a course adopted. СА the Government, ^ 
th with 
sitiongh "their besaty had often Te told to me, I was 
t prepared for such a sight; b 
сЕ then w 
tent as they are reported to o have done in the Park of 
Castle Howard and its vicinity. Мапу fine old trees t 
occup, ir ick 
may be added to the list, 
pying open situations are quite dead, Da many others 
rd a D ubeelihy appearance. - The Maples |? 
wh hich a vote of 3000/. has rana the Legis inlata "The 
n 
| окы Value of Tasmanian T арыс ^ Inthat at paper 
hadmontionad-bhr 
m. im 
| particularly valuable,—namely that of the- 
the Str ringy Bark, and the Peppermint tree,—all three 
уо "a 
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= 
end of August. He отар ot 
les Ош, fr they and t MOST Bak Ag Lr ntea) superior to 
гасб iem a * jeter, da ted par 
ni Hoo t 
mber did not 
namely, that mox tm attention had not 
e 
nm Ге! 
reason why ou 
the. best time for felling the. trees, and t 
hana c of x inler mediata tely | 
after being f felled, Б % water, after the American plan, 
revent x: А а туё The ва it water by i its 
rally 
Bak ары ge T1 Bee dh D injured. to a very 
may 
expressing an opinion, "that he felt himself 
justified in commending our timber to t 
саттен and | builders in те —and had observed 
density excluded the 
inde bted to е etg ci 
grea! dm Dos 
а ^to th 
all purposes. to id "the. т is E d 
uquets 
ашау 
0 ree 
tried “ Phyllophilus's" mode 
common Parsle: instead of Ferns, but I “have оса 
тайна бова not like tiei Im ery nice 
mon Parsley =) its edges, and sent, 
itto my lady, ж {о ту наз ге it to me 
a small strip of paper. 
“Lady — sent for a кодон, not а Е? Ar the 
Gk, aud hopes tal this mistake made 
again. » 
s he does about дес 
I find 
' DASS the Pio у. : table. 
- this to Ъе а 
; to] ге fr погопг! 
qm cellent favor, em last season, E" ii of Blu 
Р bt 
with T Leaves. T have | Ва 
I therefore conclude — 2 Correspondent 
from 
nces. In capability of resistance to the 
moisture, especially in the 
|16 жең ot to be surpassed. 
gate sin, which had been on 
5 
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в: 
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et 
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ч 
т ё 
б 
"d 
D 
ip- builders, in Wing | imber 
had 
i 
case of | to add 
England, to 
E 'Tasmania, and 
the. Hobarton 
he timber was attacked by insects, ei пае а but 
beneath the E wood it would havs been -found in 
sleepers | 
-— Dad di 
I ren to discard all | other M and w nothin 
ИК Prince of Wales, n the 
vnicn 
Il len very heavy. I 
mtl dcs the с а ав 1 find that. y leaving them | 
crops. W. H. 
full length I get mtn i 
- Sotíttits. - 
t e dh s . dist; then 
"че тиф tc the timber rpm 
Admiralty in 1851, he knew 
and the portion: 
rse decayed,—and ns ap- 
Ciss 
gra bal usl y. 
eoe] ре ше: fe of t 
вау. For керө th ublie journals, poli i 
and scien ; Заа sh extre: 
pet it has been the їс of conversation in 
season. 
з Ж been 
0 eed, 
Rc A. ur Ar т а f Natural 
ing wid Нов JU P ur ais een -— ике uite un ud use, lt ought not to have been sent at ich Mr. Da "аа жашым i einer pers been 
Mr, W. Аа Р, p ich One of thi call VAL. all _ Не spoke of the value of the timber of the doubtful in the minds of some ther.he-hadivek 
E. aedilis u€— i иез ЭҢ Medic certifioate, an x 4i а Фуа € боемур!ов Кн Ысы сө d the | seen ап African fo Suspicion of the trustworthi- 
another. form. of it; B. maculata ei dim m-topped St tated th Swamp | ness of his statement could hardly fail to be excited 
tion. This dini 1 = mor Gum (E. viminalis? is екін ап ык Тат. wood for | when it was remarked his il figures of 
R. Manglesii, but is ibit. with үре flower pa ings m. ча gles, was ph unfit for ship- юре. ani were unacknowledged copies of well-known 
e ati va do: t red ап t from a letter from | plates, that the map of his ams ge во vague that 
florets is also stained with a deeper ro 5 с“ Gun ^ seda a "hat the best de їп | іб might n dra wit ing a slave- 
the base. The variety alba differs ys, | his opinion, for. Telling our timber was “from Jan er's сооп, and that the pictorial representa- * 
flowers, and forms a pretty n eddie called | I9 Мау — that is to say, from the time when th ег | tions of his adventures, which no white man had 
p is ha aal ui Soweted- and heat checked all growth. until the first autumn rains | wi un ly made “ to order” by 
Jess expanded, as rem on this occasion; the 1 Msg axo n comp bns cd ei gite. t or must it be forgotten that 
мә аш di m R. lesii, and the | "9% the desirability of having the timber of all „our custom of d the-Atlantic- to - 
disk is of dark bronzy hue, giving a xe € uropeans has produced its natural consequence 
nce to the rosy-coloured blosso It * the Blue Gum had been lauded at the expense of the | by creating disbelief in all American tales w 
pretty plant, but less showy than the аР А d other species of Eucalyptus. saw a pump, made of | cannot be authenticated Mr. Du of 
Es dido avardo E Dien valled Stringy —— had been down for 20 years, and | Ameri extraction, és e e this аас from . 
own from e ne to mos 
| been presented by the ‚ Lee 
s ms d like. 
i, al ined- 
А - EM .gen neral 
иш an elegan ted- 
shrub - ‚ Brazil razil, and a vari dope 
ens, all from- Mr. Ball of Chel 
han ndsome su summer 
from Mr. Turner of Slo to 
Ладу ow sh nd ue Mr. e Ear Slough. 290 
7 Earl of Ducie in the 
Chair. v die Gi aon X llowing were elected 
of ward Alder, Esq.; F, Bailey, 
2-Е. Barber, Eeq.; Mrs Мана Ө. Hellen, Lieut-Col. 
J. Е. Braby, Esq.; Mr. Brigden, Mrs, Brooke ' 
А-0 but. has cedi 
decorative fol oliaged | есу 
e were severally -3 
a piece of wood 
Stringy 1 Bark “ would not be permitted to be ranked as 
to Blu e Gum until it had. been fairly: pred to 
paper 
о, "Y ME preven 
* that ot tie BI of the Stringy Bar 
ue Gum, rather more open; but 
жа 
AE 
ts from а 
James Mitchell, Heidi & Commissariat бален 
Hobart Town, “on the Ü value 
hich | for two degrees north отт 0 
for collecting objects af. eg Pe 
years m peer omne 
