Aveust 25, a 
THE GARDENERS’ 
moment wh 
would get thrust down ; 
tator would expect i 
e,of which nothing is known in this country, dese 
ng 
rves as 
long a notice as we can possibly find room for, It 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
Orange groves, es, accordi ing to the extent of fruit- -bearing 
| trees ‘and choice Tm: some of the dealers 
Vine ha ve 
ttained ual to that 
portion of the ms ie The PEN oha of the N 
ca 
e. NS Wal 
Orange p i a } Shere. ig r, Ric hard 
Hil, whose | 
nF yt according as they co 
S the scen 
Sro 
5 
miles 
T Phi at the i ag On A z Mhe grounds 
ne was bea tiful ; 
ng ‘oom 
eading confusion te rad all 
alk overturn articles. I have ani seen 
them elevate the h paa ard objec ts above or 
around the em, tl 
mass 0 brig 
foliage, studded in all cis Ses golden Isios 
ruits, and redolent with the of the flow 
Ths situation of the 
| land goiti slopes down to a well.watered 
f th s 
radually r rises again ; 
PPE 
ayi gf 
sis 
common varieties; they are retailed at the rate 
1s s. the dozen. Mr. R. Hill has al ieir, 
during this year (1858), ga aia red, and eid I tor araecte- 
teh me i consump , 40,000 ranges, 
i 1.4 
aspect that tee delicious “though shrivelled 
Anstatia Oranges shown a ror two. ago at one of 
e Horticultural Sanak sip: Bae at St. James’s 
re from some New Sonth Wales Orange 
t. from Adelaide, as the exhibitor had 
Bu tw e must pause. Andin a doing so expressour great 
letails, which 
ito play with tal 3 oe and ticklin: 
with my finger; they seemed to be delighted, Ead 
their. mandibles, biting playfully a 
movi 
en wet, | f the 
+ care tints of te Orange trees in the 
t] 
trees are planted. At the entrance of the garden I 
would ay ka it quite a work of reference, should have 
remarked some fine Lemon trees, Pi 
ntras eir leaves and deli- 
it, with t} 
been rendered Set useless in consequence of the 
entire omission | an In pe If ever a book stood in 
+ da 
'y full one—it.is this. 
eir vicinity ; the tl al ell Pe 
ld cl I anches of these fine Lemon trees were so loaded with 
de T intere ting to watch Fa engaged Te a the | ri i fruit as to require the support of props to preven í Gar rden Memoranda. 
marya of tl a toilet, by which their coats fiin thor, sa breaking down. Pe, _faetance of the ced te Garpens.—Although the Chrysanthemum 
an increased bright and g i has pita Lee Ae nea of 4X a fe aR T be tly said to be the towe er for which these 
laced them in a pan of de Ea Map they we t ag oy sd latter any Berea aad c te es the Yola of 
get out after being there only a short time; but when Hangs the pica me a ety flowers to convey to í E SRA ini Pit a a E i: pme a rives 
the water shallow, with a turf of Gr ed in| their hives, kept upon the grounds of this plantation i ae be Ma Pee: dcr Ha ae ae ron i sees 
one corner, they enjoyed it exceedingly. They would| What a combination of auty this scene displayed ! hits reel ee aay i, Eee Rectan F AR st p md 
sport together, attacking | one another with, their what gratification it afforded to the senses! The air we fa" hes iad a bette splay ann 
Thandibles: with delicious odour, an d the trees | Pe has ha this ‘season, and his ees, rg 
1 
their gambols; and afterwards, when tired, gat o 
the. turf, where they pet lio combing naii 
until the fur w. . Itw 
me 
ing t, overturning and seizing o 
pei with "their mandibles, a = m we midst "oe | 
their fun and ic, clining to 
st 
q 
to | around were loaded 
Tha Wend 
air to do him equal credit 
inter flower the Christmas Rose bl 
Sar 
the tnya mee had obtained a ee 
hat on the ches ed oe sa 
Piia. The he (num oe *900) au a e 
me by their healthy ret appearance ; and f 
whilst 
E Ta uch 
the smaller k and F observed re th eat on the = 
gardens, and later in 
freely. Next follo es of 
eii which bloom Sezame veh and intermixed 
common Primro: es make a displa y- As soon as 
E 
Virg 
ginian Stock, which together ae “other annuals of 
un frolic, coolly inc side and 
dorata in themselves in the ante anner im 
able.” This ri is accompanied by a sve 
coloured plate 
ty hich 
g luminous oceanic appearances, 0 
pera 
account. In Sydney harbour h 
oy. the presence of Salpe, Cleodora, ont 
“In m pd species of mee: only a nirki Etg ing 
ae on the slighte nd ranges 
w them and 
k strew 
his voyage out the author studied the cause 
he 5 ves a | W; 
d | tr 
had been bestowed upon them. The mu 
es. It was appre i in r:—À 
ayer of the bones was placed in the oe ee pr ies 
then a layer of ty a ery the liquid from the 
me ed over the wh ple. 
boi Hing. fo were shment 
This ure w applied ev ry five y years, and t 
as dot 
ay toe nat ‘the surface cx the bo ody, f: 
capable of 
little pia osity is is 
ming weaker, 
a © specia ol 
ome 
organs to which the sels of this 
fight Ai, be EPAR and that ps will vary at di 
seasons, or in certain states of excitement of the 
animal.” 
Luminosity, however, i we — confined to low forms oI 
rs 
T 
was Eaa fon that the tree was coarser ane 
after being manured, but soon improved, both i 
genoa kathy appearance and quality of the f ra 
Powdered charcoal L mixed with the ae at aaa 
h pat also, increases. their healt} vat 
7 mpi at A priid 
but Holly 
the 
i different kinds ‘keep up, for a town 
of floral beauty e 
en, a striking 
o; 
they ha je whe 
siderably impaired their bea n their present 
| condition, a er, Oe are still worth ins inspecti 
Conspic mo m was a pretty bed consisting 
fe Scarlet iu Š i e Agerat m, China Asters of 
different colours, Pry Cantata ‘any white Ver rena, 
the whole edged with the little blue trailing ] Lobelia 
f| combinations elsewhere were generally striking and 
d be autifnl, 
Giove and scarle b flaked Carnati tions sy ac 
es; Stock de 
ap 9 f 
und | par E m 
abiat hot sete ee 
a failure this 
| do Peer plac a sent The 
last pee sore a the summer and 
have been 
mollusks; it also occu ong sharks in the th 
called Squalus fulgens, hic mming Tiroa C- 
onta brilliant phosphoric light, “and since it is ping ood tiveness. : from inches | 
predaceous, and evidently of nocturnal: habi was aa found amply suf- | 
perhaps indulge in the hypothesis on the i ihe ficient. ure is considered effective on sandy 
rescent power it possesses is of use to attract its prey, and Fa soils, and the benefit i is felt for many years 
upon the same principle as the Polyn esifin itt but 
and others employ torches in night-fishing.” Grass-lands are very beneficial. play may be ‘used 
__ Nor does luminosity occur sea a alone, “This 
q ar 
ae into dust, m else Lig an nieces, small or 
ondea t o hea 
ee se amon: g some of the me i plants. There is 
one, css ah pags Po Agra acy tars nt” 
or to a person unacqua 
enomenon a th e vegetable kingdom, the pale, 
livid, and deadly light emanating fro om it conveys toj“ 
a 
devoid 
h 
according as. the effect is mme- 
date or gradual and prolonge ve P y 
gir eper 
Ae of the different, varieties of Orange 
prieked o out pg ne four 
and a tle Wine ge dung, 
still ‘eee: yay sar taking 
care not to let them chive: _ too much water. In 
darin Orang n tree, agren of which 
coe aot 20 feet high and 40 feet in the cir- 
f|cumference of their Teafy” branches, ed yielded | 
annually 350 dozen each tree, a the more common | 
varieties have > produ uced 280 RO des 
during w are er ea j 
they sh of flagging. In the end of 
| February they a are e planted out into beds in which they 
intended to bloom; -i m frost dies them no 
wiht of me are wintered in cold 
hich k min snp 
8 Seale Gerani 
of seeds, or “has, : Bp T 
ways esac “this isa big analy variety, ri is 
ded as 
frames and so ; but as they are liable to 
| BY ada pof all are e kepti in vay state as ad punni: To ake 
roome plunges 
precar ious and shy-bearing tree. 
usuall 
as can’ 64 ie 
1 
causes no little de gree of t weak minds, or in 
those willing to eli ieve in oA natural agencies. I 
Jae paca gtbered wd ph a and on placing 
m found t 
ay pend u 
tl from it; said vi aaa he exper ye gar. 
panes ap and Popagtor ai the en and each tree 
aot 100 dozen 
country is 
upon | 
them all in the gro ound in pots , a pra ctice whieh in 
some measure checks their growth, and induces them 
to bloom m 
plant 
y | Ageratums and things o 
t cuttings are 
th bl t bei bl t 1 othe even as late a og ohera and wintered ina col 
5 povr Mont md eg oe the | w uncertain, ne ossoms no eing a bl ie al e Pah fare ira tobe ai ont this. S s 
Becoming fainter on on ‘the second, disappears | tion is often destroyed. ex- ell ‘established or theya i z 
mies tre iti tended. cultivation, a 2 epee Haw Pate 
h a eager al kingdom we find much | Oranges mg mulchir bee 
i re tralian plants that vil a higher price in the market than others Fon i Benene 
interest th he r os gy De. Bennett describes among other | 3s. to 4s. the d dagat ‘them odie. 
remarkable species eian oabab, one of the | their more limited production. The ex ste gies M, 
Ls ki of trees, of er h he gives x clever sketch by pa with peepee ect apart; many of them “The pinch: 
itch from an original dra’ in the Kew Museum; | trees being about 2 t present requires g 
and the Tree etle VAAN gigas) Pomi 120 feet from 18 to 25 feet high Gir latter with a Sa [at off wh present ip ring 
high, rising from its base “by a series of buttr of | of branches of ane ioe oe en a er ae dele Pi ter of thinning is ire In ths 
ly re outline,” and bearing leaves 15 inches | spot was. charming; the light of a bright satiny day , however, great care must be taken; for 
broad stinging virulently. speaks of the | was playing over the ‘Comey w ae a britney a t k a is waa ea week ales, 
noble Dammars growing in the Sydney Botanic | must have aroused the most apathetic to admira or the com be — ot oe kame rn steady hand. 
Daan Ta arisida ne of oore; of the | the luxuriant scene. E E Avstralia to| An objec to meh nese poem rA 
porns Sn the colts the Chr ong ag oe de) the who es i the produce of a plantation, and mora aent under erie itt isrepo Wises ea pit 
Australia as the Holly bush is | gather the fruit as sere for ori bees iron railing, eel is ay ~Mapethor by means of 
et and of erat variety dl of other plants, colony. From 507, to.1800/. are t hoops. It is dead, however, and has been so for there 
The paei given of Australian a Orange cultivation, 
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