i of the gro 
for another ` party rosistering 4° or 5 
| od se rost, oe 
tgs te 
eyre ' 
£ g i 
R 
H 
: sgh ere, was a 
January. 7, 1860.] 
tected by patent, for | his own use, although very justly 
yes it? Or can Negretti and Zambra 
d u pep: I nany tak e shelter 
+ 
from | 
rchard- houses, 
a pe is ip saig Paxton’s wt tho Aea 
ne ifer, Das published i in his book 
uses for their 
Shigngines similar directions were published i 
Gardeners’ Chronicle respecting “the new portable 
esi Konnat hothouses,” I am ee 8 to “tegen it 
me sefnl to “small people,” a ould n ot 
= 
+ 
the. o 
of a walled garden, 
2A tA Little Ne Bb 
e, in the cen 
ould influence Nt so muc ch, 
Pa rk Gardens. 
F 
| observers pheniad not oore themselves © 
| misun: nde it ood. ve suppos: 
that 6 A an inc aa PAA pie 
ture. The indications of the rui eear ii should 
| always | be st piedi the es of its scale, an not 
in Ar eee in its a among the poorer or clases, a a 
few pots of flowers i in the open court ; and amongst 
gentry 
where i is Aieginy ed some dwarfed Fi, 
da 
k of ‘the raiding, 
no bigger than 
degre 
oak of speaking of 27° of frost, 
us to inventor or 
eans aims injurio 
o L., Ireland. 
mmy, who lately 
giv 
by 
introduce new beer ieties of os 
curious and beantif al fea ¢. Ireland. 
Wea ther at Weybridge in 1859, 
Wind. 
On 
Prevailing 
Days. 
Mean height of PROD, 
Winds. 
—— T 
eches 29.8651 
sen Bo eight 
-| inches. .0029— 
her- as 
report should sii 5° above zero of Fahrenheit’s aaa ae 
eign gn Corres espondence 
For 
WELLINGTONIA.—(EXTRAC 
the | 
g trees,’ and mey 
Dirie a tree 116 fee 
et high! There are seve 
Eor of a all on the western slope of the Sierra 
Nev: and all about the alti itu de of 
trunk again, toe 2 4 © them 
| like py tall masts, The 
varies of wet days, 28... 
Bighes-¥ Winds Number of days sities 
inches .31+ 
` 4°. 95+ 
«| inches .0975+ 
Range of Tormornetor 
Jan. 9, “Barometer ’ highest, 
inches 30.72 
a 
November 1, A 6 
mber 5 
nches .21— 
equal 
had. 5 equal 
uenta 18, Thermometer 
i og (in the night of > 
er OMY Ee, or ae SI 
Barir artropps, Weybridge Heath, Jan. 3. 
Frast would tend to s 
W. F. Harrison, Ba 
The 
H 
ffolding round it 
higher t than a ‘go teres sized Cauliflower ; and a 
fu 
gigantic size 
the 
TS A Tioira FROM 
Lorp RICHARD GROSVENOR) San Francisco, California, | 
j n a trip into 
s 
feet above [parterres of o country rien 
their p 
n ma 
n the usual wig ih in ps set upon a flo re 
This 
, rising ie 
few care- 
ully-cultivated nee whose flowers a 
the grou 
be transplanted, "not; 
» bu t in 
ia the fess 
up’ with miker 
age to resemble 
igs ee 
a 
stand. 
finest second-class cities er the 
Pleasure-grounds. In the 
ade to grow hid 
Ae all one of t be 
ire has to show 
Tun Haura o been to 
valley ca ed the Yo. © Hamite, which: id hardy pes 
— ori in a Miaplcad, but is Getteri it a most wonder- | 5 
ful piece of seenery imag ina s valley is about 
10. Spe long o 1 jiras , the sides dicular rock, 
3000 to 4000 fee t highs and entrance only possible at 
two points, by a most nd road to travel, of course 
only passable to horses aren and y 
for them. The i are white granite 
t 
Si 
otis Whe logan da 
Chusan, 
+1 
more ingeniously arranged : a op 
the 1 rock-w 
ee of 
chind it, 
rou A be 
vga by 5 bess paige of stone 
om 
adjoin ; 
ttice-work, arem you toa 
our troopa were occupying the island of 
this spot, sit uated w ithin in. a rene ge walk 
eat. 
and: the > tops covered with few trees, tiio whole having 
‘the 
Recent 
uniformity, ge 
T with the 
a er ae ae 
now 
and co ys 
roe pte at differs t places were you to mator 
roper position ga in whi ch the thermometer should 
| ri unning in their anci but 
making waged Resist waterfalls 2600 re Beh, of ei 
however I could not see much, as the ey were most 
tion to the officer 
vealphy. China Baman), 
s and others, nA the proprietor (a á 
poser red ieh the dail 
2 Hearolly supplied to ors, and, 
a got is left 
June, 
bes aed and the utions necuss: weed to preserve it 
from disturbi dene if I} 
mk 
o quarter ote 
ine inne nees. For in 
sate pendia co 
” 
° higher if his 
hun a brick wall just under a pro- 
jecting eave or coping, without sae aan that this] 
climate is one whit. bett ter than in, the 
them d nk the time. of year to see them i in their glo oy 
i It is 
Pash 
oat journey « on horseback from any sett 
only a vel by, itis butt little Known 
if ever do make 
there is o es rtin [s 
se 
road for carria ages wn to the val lley, ev. 
| all parts of. the siete will go to see it. 
river run makes a 
from | 
iii: 
cy o , an 
cannot help thinking a great want of un ity 
here, which Bag fe have ae ething to do sa the start- 
ling registe n your eee It. shou > fee 
known, therofre t that Seis 
at Kew “ho ae — ang I Lew ee Pi 
instrumen Aer yee think—and with -o 
strument 9p f verified a se eaten ge 
ropos of this, I may say. that f 
Negrett Per mats self-registering rera 
always 2° wrong by my E 
former anes a lower 
fete Semi ge 
hea avy einen 
instrum are 
p -s also | 
are } 
iret low temperature reco 
Iam much aena to attribute of this 
kind; for here, in this northern sy nae hermy 
the ei was but 17° on the teri 19th asap ber 
is scarcely credible hould ha 
ig 
ee e 
ait piraye 
was a most wonderful. 
erat t chasm 
balor, ete 
every 
The Merced 
as 
to 
se] 
valley, and it certainly a 
4000 feet 
at homo, 
with the servants for their troubl 
dha t has thus been mik it will 
tood. that the gin 
whic 
pars per pondicalaz ; on on beyond, Pa 
large. Firs 
e | fime: trees ghan ani beyond again the w white tops of the 
or the nteresting extracts we are 
indebted. to er the Sina ihaneee of 
Westminster. ] 
Notices of 800ks. : 
Pictures of the Chinese, drawn by themselves. geas 
wealthy Chinese in the south p "poses Srde 
ter pretensions, 
heeii te 
ya oye ogra experienced in 
a R. H. Cobbold. Small 8vo, Murray. 
means of 
mape. picar araa costume Enearings n of 
wei i iaai hom Archdeacon C ear 
= an opportunity of “becoming acquainted Gii 
eee of eight years at ay The ) figures “are 
t of his country. 
Pinan e barbarous 
_ registered by 
ially upon chi 
oe 
ltr has is made the subj 
description. i these we bo 
Eac 
sa of a plate a 
iviners, street 
ilors, 
barbers, ta 
| Rev. John 
| of Mr. ane useful 
the mos ptr 
a | people. 
ts of Mensuration, by.the 
werin now forms a part 
be found one.of 
an as dak books for young 
he Element 
nter ner (Long) 
School Seri 
A new edi 
rriers, 
o 
especia 
onday Te 19, then he registered 
bite on 
the 
TRS OF 
pe haisi wae el 
pooomag who. writes in a very pt 
terre by 
seen by the etsean jia gives öf Chinese ortini 
5 
E 
SEE 
a 
iin 
ee 
repre agi sre 
Can being iliak help E 
24 miles only north fiom 
ee toi He 
* 
ny Weep "arr 9. nearer pr m= 
aage, a8 recorded in y your columns for that 
o 
Obuarvers: 
Le’ 
oot een 
upon “that clay-capped | of the Eastern 
“The Chinese m. 
arying. accou ante wy 
a strange peop 
are aan of of thc men different 
“over: estim 
with a- f 
ground, which is tong? og 3 with great care, 
gees 
lam iron fe some: 
all of mh ve = veined or coloured leaves. 
essare to b 
change ilistreciara that. we recommend to gt pe po toa of 
