im 
~ thick, just Bt ve the present waters! 
Jury it w. 
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fhadas 
gleam ` pri streaks of s SA ow on the xs tall black 1 
vast contend the si “et Ane ale 
| ragged rein of which, vark defod t 
g Dahlias come in 
at a later ots ~ 
ane Llydaw. is route is most instructive, especialy nst the| Pinks are now at their best, and we have seldom seen 
if the sides of the Pass have been explored before; for sky, may we ell seem. > till attem oe hopelessly i shaban. ae in better condition; all seem this season to be 
then to the watershed of Gorphwysfa, t i y t dim In ery s and | good dressing 
readily comprehends all the bined signs of an old phase of weather y ‘the | of rotten manure and a little road sand m are ee be sy 
glacier of the largest size in ate especial] when | lover of the iwotatainn oa apiet, erio hen tł 
habit has accustomed the explorer to detect in every | rocks Hatia eh } +e 6. z 
stage of decay igns left b “the glacier. As still paters letl kind ng pust 1ed forward. The pi aaiae 
already mentioned, for hundreds of feet p the sid x mists; or when the repisa rain, “or hail, | a few of the ‘bat 5, Viz. les Turner, dark purple ; 
the vall ll the striations run north-westerly along | or snow, comes driving down the valley ia bu t bes st OF faeanoe rose; Beautiful, reddish purple; Annie, 5 
= hills; except in tributary ney or occasionally | all, in a fine; Bonny Jean, red; Clara, red; James Hogg, 
+ great heights, where the mes converge side the roof of a vast cay ern, hang neha te a pan to see ; Jobn Ball, dark; osy Pp : 
ey som 
a little towards the Pass, as in the highet part of the 
ollow above Pont-y-gromlech, that leads up to Y 
Glyderfawr ; A on the hillside Er half à mile due 
west of rphwysfa; and a on the he 
they x 
directly west of Llyn n-Cw och, where 
d Nan a wryd. 
“Close by Gorphwysfa the striæ run across the 
watershed, as if at i its alist poin nt the pi ed np a 
adel and ice ha side 
do Ass. ds Nant 
eaucht 
Al 
fro behind t m pei 
of Saana, po fr aii in the che heeri ap 
tlie lake, 
of a glacier are so 
Lly 
cae the ow lake are moraine-like 
unds, formed of earthy as ier and ae 
now 
| and. subangular b ey which e gpa y 
op as it now on at ee snowshed of the upper a 
of ae tank t the cor gi rs the road at Bwlch-y- 
gwy ga Gap), sı of the s tri iations run | 
I first k 
| niger level, ere the chariniel of the e brook was le- 
“The ev n Cwm | ex 
daw that ‘tt is needless to oe ars vag ‘details, 
tflow of the the e|s 
up} 
w it, raised it to a stil 
‘sacri i 
rman, r rosy purple; ; 
enas those in pots were the only ones well in 
e followin e names of a few kinds 
E few pounds i a the construction of ugly c auseway. 
an 
ow, the once beautiful rowed islets of 
east yar west, a part o 
Nant-y-g wyrd, Where the groo run about 
On the Snowdon side of 
from oe be ys sfa 
uns 
[eye 
oses ensively 
and sy pi produce very fine | 
rock, Eae wit Heath and Grasses, a 
to » the mainland, nda broad ugly black rim ionia the 
e extent of the heii: yor the 
f that 
the mouth of 6 
es of the etei, they r 
nearly ‘due i east over the ed of the = groun na, 
he perpetrators of ‘this eg fie trage 
on the most pami scene in North Wales. 
BOOKS RECEIVED.—. 
into Nant Nik tad 
Nos. ii cate 6 « of of thie second series (No. 5 
p 
sier, Diagnoses Plantarum 
es (Agnes’ Y Plain or Fat) and on Le 
of the ridge of Gal gprs = ret (White i, Tiveraly 
aa 
—Ure’s perian of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 
Part IX., con taining among other matters, articles: on 
‘White Hi ee fis the 
strike S.E. and S.S.E., me urvin a rA 
1 Baal the 
S. and S. W. aie strike fairly aoc the banag Md 
— Moores. Floral Moyet No. 3, contains figures of 
Vol od 
western side of Lly: a eaS and tite across the 
miles in le g flow ed: Caer from at 3 the peak 
of Snowdon, through “thevalley of Llyn Jay aw al 
Cwm-dyli, os rated h astream of ice, that, when 
the glaci Wales: were at their map pore ded 
from the avert of the top of the pass 0 of aonan 
and Pen-y-gwry pa wh, i 
Ory Sten 
ing the “aceummlat o atti 
rep ted s 9 
of a large part of the broad mountain slopes that lie a 
d contains the history ‘of vultures and e 
yellow kind, much like R. -Brookeai 
‘'ydæas, and a crimson 
ia’ colour. P 
eanum ; two 
hybri 
“Camellia of a singlet | 
soil and climate seem to suit them admir ably. The 
during the late severe winter 
j were varieties on the Manetti stock, and such as were 
very tender, Those on Briars escaped. 
Although not in bloom Chinese Azaleas deserve a 
or wi hey are for the most part large fine 
lants in robust health, and perfect in form. They 
have only to be seen to ed. A very large 
stock of Carnations and Picotees is pire here, chief y 
in pots; all promise to Pe ee oe in bloom about thé Tasi 
eek of this month. occupy a e amount 
of £ groan 3 they are utat to hasten 
heir blooming season by stirring the soil about the 
aoe mss syringing the sa over head in the 
latter par the day. Phlox ie a class a Jate- 
flowering Hats of great beaut; a 
re grown in great 
variety, and together mg sos dagger will i well 
bril 
History, Part XVII, commences a som me are and 
Y Glyder 
of I consider that the resu 
this was to acia a mass ofi ice n 
not less than 500 
shed at Gorphwsyfa, 
for without this Leannot account for the longi 
ei Stitiong running along 
1300 fee t above its bottom, If this s hypothesis 
be correct. 
alt of hig 
feet | may from tim 
fe ub a 
lo 
the sides of the Pass of | flo 
e be seen in ies here, these 
or put 
rists? flowers. ge aa 3 nds o 
ron pocas renarlable for ‘their b ore nd Clyde, 
the mass issi down towards Nant Gwynant, being 
so thick at rr ai he | that he surface was higher 
than the bro und between Llyn Tey in, (Teyrn, | E 
g T 
y on its | northern 
, Desdemona, and Prince “a 
Prussia, os we! 
n Memora: ` 
Roxat NURSE g orii Al Whe n the} g 
habit“of visiting our great exhibitions fave at | s 
>| Nordm 
i soniana, ae. Thuja aja gigantea e 
worth inspection early n po nth, Fuchsi s are now 
fully in bloom, and produce a fine eae ame ong these 
litt ttle i impr rovement has taken ile Jatély, some kinds 
ll along house, a nd a 
We also ian a pit fall of the popular s aaa 
de of the most showy plants of recent 
Out bal ha were some fine coniferous plants ; Abies 
Cupressus Law- 
ach occupy large ams 
e also other hardy 
whic 
and are g 
and po a ki 
and bis h tly iraki y i r 
an ght grea ly may 
here neglected ; we observed a ree quarter of ters 
Bix out for trial. _ These heao e Br kinds 
eek 
qi 
PRAT Tight colon: tods Jara 
, dark; Prince of 
ae BREA le ; Czar, k; cad 
auty, rose with bla spot; 
stern Bea ck y 
Cuiinte: ng, rose, were still i im fine bloom, and conspicu ous 
ti Peacock 
Dro us, were ” particu larly 
ery "varied in colour, | large, and effective. 
them 
o be very dw: ae ya and prolific, ah bo } possess 
Gualitios similar Ka that of the best Iate Marrows. 
Several of them have been sen p5 to e r of thè 
Horticultura A Soe jy for trial, oubtless soon 
be reporte! 
Among Strawbditės, by far the est ripe on the 
occasion of our visit was Oscar. Hiner 
wale, War 
m Elydaw 80 high, t 
auc 
equal ly 
Cwm ern 
bank on Gallt. ewes ae the ice over the 
ridge south- and then Chad i und to the 
“great at rsa of ‘Nant Gwynant. 
the de 
depths of 
mong these Captivator, 
eae modestum, B 
depths o 
li by the waterfall, an m undereurr ent of | ice 
po et ti ‘mountain, I cann t determine; but it 
needless to have recourse to it, late the strie 
subsequently ha 
the 
ve been produced by a 
Il might su 
diminished. glacier, t eo in the latter days of the ice Ps 
flowed thr hrough 
Pin the waterfall of Cwm-dyli there ai 
s 
ity 36 
operations of the culti- 
isa mistake. The secret, if any, lies i in | 
unt of skill 
Pasha, Filbert Pine Aa h superbi, 
Miscellaneous. 
Canada.—We find the orp eae in Dr. Leifchild’s 
address to the Horticultural and Electoral Division 
Society of Kingston (Canada) jit be has been recently 
aan in which ewe grow are light, 
Ni th 
dry, and well ventilated, 
bai every cagricultarist 0 some extent to be 
the valley there 
there are numerous moraine mounds, some- 
ude lines, some of the 
crowded. 
The las 
{ 
ught to 
horticulturi Indeed, res Ki be no doubt if agri- 
culturists would „but de vote more of their time 
4 
ards in di a Half | 
n Te 
times biosi on wh the ih in r 
S.r SRAN 1 1 ie ÈL 
ice, ‘ait 
g them: cu. e 
AR sA Tiya Llydaw, ‘e 
this wonderful valley bare ok te MA patent ot | 
rather a mile in green | J: 
colour (about 1800 feet above the 
os ny Tying mg, obliquely 
‘ound ji the cliffs of iveda, O "Crib godh, a 
Pen Wyddfa, seamed with vi hite quartz that 
, the rocks 
t bosses of m 
length. and of a 
SEn iico soms SFe of e Spring, F ste 
0 day 
le bedding plants wonderfully. Calezolaris arenow 
n bloom; th used here are aurea flori- 
em ae it 
peer 
and Madame Char- 
their own interests and add to the value of their pro- 
piia, Sa earo Coada eita t 
is psopiin 
of a coun 
‘hater fr be 
kd bao. yy 
and | gations. spent 
and some d sit ge pean od 
fe that oe pies of pa rt mig ge 
formed pretty beds; Ver-| will give place to ii 
to trim-built 
