Jory 21, 1860. | THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTY, 
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PLANTS OF “CABBAGE, SAVOY, KALE, BROCCOLI, none re qui good seasoning, perfect caulking, and|it was according sly proposed to place them 
CAULIFLOWER, ari — asonable wectiletion: to secure the wood fro m dry | under the a p 
nd d 
OHN @ATTELL begs respectfully to inform the | 7 
J public that ni which be wili aay of Plants of the above rot aa re a Fr spay their great comp a for Moulmein ` in 
| forward to order on receipt fluid are not so readily injected with chemical | render them more a viii 
aie yable h i t ft if e i 
pe ee ge apie” a 
a view 
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per 00. Ago, 104: per or Cattle Cabbage, ak is eeciaioesliy attacked d by large larve | ie ee Hee under which the Travancore 
le i the 
3s. 6d. per 1000. Packages containing plants to the value of which eat into the heart, but not to such an exte nt | forests are cut and replenished by pedi d 
jl. and upwards will be delivered, carriage ares, go janice, as to make the’matter of much importance. Now ji investigation therefore necessarily comprised a 
at 1s. pEr eck, ‘Sond Betablis ifan oun ‘a mee E 
ry an eed Establishmen: es! 
TOR OF SEEDS AND ANTE REOUÍD, dency in the process of. seasoning to split from | reports, one on the 
TICULTU 
A COLLECTOR » 
HE OR RA L SOCIETY |the centre to the circumference, but this is didein | other on the Sitang wal other Teak forests of that 
of $ 
d iar wi rden Plants, w d engage oh t 
Fn anarai by Lotter oy, indloning testimonials, | ARid into the heart of ¢ log, en the barren oaks 
f tho Horticultural Society, 8, St. Martin's | growt! ungi; or ition, which a most | cultivated for fod pe "her r pur 
m positio! 
ve fatal. There is aadA no help f for this; an The Teak in the 
e main point, therefore, is to render all as water- | Teavanoo ore, grows either scattered or in groups, 
Ene: Gunners Chronicle, tight as possible. | but never forms large con 
second timber which we mentioned as of in which it is the 
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way. and then a tree will be found cupped or shaky, a | inquiry into the habits of the Teak and a possi- 
Seod of Cattell’s Reliance Cabbage may be had free by post odidin which cannot always be determined | | bility of its culture. T 
he logs are sawed up. ‘There is Earainn a n- | JLELLAND’S gong dn = 
hern Forests of Pegu, the 
Mac 
comprised in rhs long 
— i 
egu forests, as in those of 
ntinuous forests, or forests 
predominating wood, The 
TURDAY, JULY 2 wii importance is Indian Teak, which has the | seedlings though they attain a height of a foot the 
i mo fro irst yea i hich acco 
Tuespax, 
Tuurnspax, — 
we i zN Rand priii of eaen 
$ ger- 
) gud Ballot for Plants) South e Bombay for example, which was built in a oes readily, but when they have got over 
26 { Hort ortieutapal(Pigral Committee) Ss 1832, and is now at a mb for the purpose | ¢ or five years the wW so rapi 
s Place essnee Noon 
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lies of timber to dock- |0f Fungus, so far as harr i’ soe where d borre meag deep gre: 
Sg: sciagura ar, pesia PE ga d — had been removed. It is not indeed to | deposit 10 feet in thi anon resting on laterite, an 
tified deposit 
ds m : 
fndian Teak, though there are others, as Green supposed that all Teak is equally free.. We | unstratified 
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mppeTaiegmee. Se Marine: Ta if water is accidentally admi their rarity in certain localities, as the 
Th 
injures ey They grow 
andy soil, forming a deep 
of uncertain depth or thiek- 
Heart, African Teak, Mahogany, &e., which are have, for example, a Moulmein Teak in one of | ness lying on slate-clay an i p 
a &e., wh and sandston: 
eat importance, especi the first; which is the gunboa md d on the in Thi but affected depressions and folding round the base of 1 
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one-tenth, and after all that can be contributed b ans impo: once of enable sie ‘the increase of | tending along the course of the creeks and rivers, 
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Baltic, Italy, an 
of Oak from the countries o on the Te ak-built r ips was recognised as much as consist of rich 
si 
merica, a very ia 
plai n e 
ere was serious opposition | river deposits resting on laterite. It is here alone 
th i 
and J 80, g 
sa left for other kinds of wood, without t taking arising from atid parties on the ground of|that water is procurable in the dry season, 
n various materials which |impolicy in angloying rs- built oe in the|and where the chief population of the country 
i f th India’ an: i Tha wi i i 
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work of the ship, or into those parts on which | “‘ Quarte F Review,” Octobe, 1813, it is stated | penetrating down 
n ee 
the npg tesa of the structure a age expressly: “Our immediate reliance for relief|the laterite, and is gen 
The supply from our own forests ees, | must rest chiefly on the Teak of India,” te the | derived from the fine so lable white pisay of w 
cý 
RRE crooks adapted So ‘Shipbuilding, is|real value of the supply has been duly appre- | the upper bed of laterite pas consists, but is, 
hi The Gove: i i all has not | notwithstanding the colour, quite 1 
daily diminishing. forests under ever since, thoug n 
a better system of management rant 5 have done ae done that might have oo gpa A The i 
ag 
ong as the system of lopping and |securing a permanent sup 
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snagging was prevalent, and the different a ot ection to the use of Teak is its is its fealtiaty to however in every 
a complete ‘ 
ost valid | completely without roads. 
as rewards for political services, | splinter in mm, and the virulent character of | the rainy season c 
wh “ could be expected wpa Sak M have the wounds caused by the splinters. Authorities, | which the trees can be .. A mode of culti- 
€ work of waste and ruin ” in any | however, are not agreed upon this tendency, and | vation is employed in the hill districts which is 
ggested to us S by a scientific friend | e ely injurious to the Teak forests. This is. 
server e estate P 
But little = 
iw fees class Baltic Oak which | that supposing it to exist, it might be greatly | known in Pegu and other rovinces under the 
n fashion from its excellent modified by the use of a Gutta Percha lining |name of To wii p as i Ee, 
qualities os cae and other work which | instead of falt. MacCrettanp, signified ea er same ground 
ired the i i : 
est materials, is now ho ag into| Whether this plan, however Seas owt practicable or t be cultivated twi 
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and ra 
of. ge 
isra, yi Possibly rapid t by bipes its s quality sses that of Moulmein Uii being felled vtede, ies 
surpa 
the same species. The Italian Oak is or the neighbouring districts that a few notes on sh með A 
is, we 
e believe, a ipali t the subject will not be considered out of place. | to sun 
Quercus ce At least, the Oaks ipag |! rare i 
o 
ur own observation from a 
ing aiast of 
ay aE E isht an ie edling | producing 
ches ing 
"Italy appeared referrible to this lazes Aks The ond year ar it springs up to the | this seaso hy foe 
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cies, a ght of 3 or 4 feet, “atter ich i goes on in- timber to ashes. 
e foliage. 
Planted out in re 
any of | on Oaks ere been | creasing vipialy, á and bears seed i 
dell the 
i “Teak is a tree of fog ota ree + gat i the | suooeeding rains, when it is 
Soil. st year ay pen 
neig woods, : igh 
= too tender for sees cold olay — of the Midland | 25 feet or upwards. It is for the first four or iiad f and the 
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eclim: FAR in this countr ae s to | the 
in ip _ supply fr af oe except possibly i ASE to forest from fire and the unlicensed | Sometim 
; cris in f the There no acci occur Teak | It is 
ie of the pa po a its fa 
peg that there ae os some proposition is paica a diff 
for planting Ttalian l alabar about 
Aa a p years’ | years, while the plants are liable to suffoc: 
in por and a Ae ier from long Grass and Bamboos, that cultivation S 
unties. 
im een “att ‘its 
acorns o; ge scale in e | Mal 
of our forests, of the result cy which we Range: aa | nee eee which. th 
Oak 
pipe but it is so impatt of damp tha that i its merits | gested for the conservan 
th 
ae Md is ish impaired. Many | duties was 
Of the American Oaks, th the White Oak and Live | and the sacrifice of tho 
ak are the only species which seem = much im- | timber up to 1848, at length foe the 
e former is so liable to warp or | tion of the on 
pera Pasd ti tek America, 
h 
i 
. The. Moulmein forests 
bee White Ont beth cin pr Tie Sige na on the eve of pete ae 
ae. “oneti AES proposed too late 
esia ak country, is respects | though 27 years E Ne pira iron Mi 
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po fixed 
are not of a high order | The importance of the Ipak ago oe A 
but they | of its growth when it has attained a height of y at is ya is 
any 
trans oe or furt 
will not afford anot 
round. After that, all that is Leni is | process mut be der 
a little Cotton 
THY 
very |1 e e growth of Teak | A portion of the forest is diid té te extent of 
that | is so evident, — the Indian Peninsula, a acres; sometimes iah more, un 
oiee 
the approach of 
fire 
which is a co: 
m the burnt surface 
siat h miga Pern aa It requires no 
her care, m tt p hrga omen 
r crop, so that the 
vory year in a Perec ee. 
is sown with the Rice. 
are subject to the growth of Fungi,| itself on the notice of the 
| Nothing can well be w 
