1104 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. hormen 15, 1860. 
nurseryman, and gr randson of Mr. Vxrrcn of paper is very extraordinary. Amongst other t emer glass cases phos bewilder poe: d trouble to 
Exeter, is in the midst of the country, gathering | they make Tiit tatë waterproof overcoats and hats, | make the carpenter believ 
together the finest collections of seeds and plants | u paan po ocket-books, and | cases of Aya string them. y and cal ‘git, to 
hat have been presented to the traveller since the me Wht ey = England in in this m 
ime when lla brought — af peis of ture it, I fear I shall have 8 e difficu ity i SES DO pulation în a a this E. Dalek _ Bi Pratt 
hold of this, as hitherto thoy "hats alwa s haad to and politest le with, Hotei 
ooks, Calapoosis, and Kyemuses, those invalu- tie ‘Ailsivot; fort : Ay 
give any info. further Ee itis u, Ear 
able ble novelties with with which the Horticultural Bosat ¢ Ay TG d hope to be able to find o all | da 1| day ;” ‘OW hare He you going :” ow Pane do you aus 
try. about it, as I tk t would be most interesting. ee fr rom ; aa ‘ibe t is you name 7” “Give » me e but- 
ST. | EITCH, | Whe’ oung man, had already | jac quer and porcelain are beautiful aa aa ton ” &e. ngli sh b 
distinguished himself b e, “he diligent Spree i z expensive The poeple, as a race, are far superi They are very anxious fe ou. 
botanical studies at University Colle e, where gets in the East. sit down an sA aks tea ith them, an rad ion 
received a Certificate of proficiency. e is i IL Nagas cake Aug. 4,1 L860. —I have just been which I very often accept. The quantity of tea I 
well known for the excellent business habits that | informed that the Grenada orrow for Shang- | drink is enormous ; it is really delicious; serve 
ad A ana : : | hai t in sma h an nd 
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soon as it was ne Pgs that Japan was know how Tam getting on. In my last letter, dated | Me more than anything else after walking. The houses 
ee he eagerly soug means of proceeding | Nagasaki, July 24, I informed you of my safe pits in | are very clean and all floored, even the poorest, with 
thithe r. This was effected s some months a ago Gein Japan, and of my having obtained a room at Dita- bamboo matting. They have no furniture of any ki 
yl Couche Temple. 1 also informed you of my present | but sit or lie sig the matting during the day, and sleep 
on it ith the dditi illo The 
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wh stro ‘ongly recommended to the E gl Sites Shara by 4 e a stereosco’ a 
t he t ‘4 Sine ha een occu pie very curious ; scope an 
rahe ia Japan 3 ete a his passag 8° en ae 3 | over the hills in viii neighbourhood, as oie into | put a roll of paper on the top for the head to lay on 
shipwrecked at Galle in ett {fated onela at | eikeen gain spon Siete wn: The | yon u have a facsimile of a Japanese pillow. They are 
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ed immediately after 
: i SE are excessively civil, and in no one instance | very comfortable indeed and cool to the head. The 
e Lone on board; immediately ~ | have I met with the least hindrance; on ia sgain Japanese never enter their houses with their shoes on, 
wards proc a a passage at ARE ship, and | every one gives me nies ee eT eee a ancy t and | but leave them outside before going in, and put them 
after a rai passage Nagasaki on| seem pleased to do it. Igo about, with a 
the 20th of July, favie ‘vi d Hongkong, interpreter carrying my cases and baskets, e all times| I can give oF no description of the beauty of the 
Canton, and Shanghae in his wa y. His mode esty, of the day ; and more gy once I h ati | one ‘abou t here; we are riage rely surrounded by 
gentle manners, and as yet TL ihe never | hills and mountains, so muc! ch s that on on anes the 
his purpos eedily gained him friends: "ae at ae en Bel or in called ve any way; the Govern. f tł 
the pre esent ray pen is attache 3 5 the British | ment officers and the language are the only difficulties | 8e pk upon it, and then it bursts upon you 
Oela catablisheient’ at Jeddo, in condeqdenee Í karet preien Wi first I fear I can never | Once. The entrance to Nagasaki harbour is coendaeld 
f ‘whic A an ta to Pid one of the | Set over; the system of government consists so much by persons who have travelled in many countries to 
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other, it is impossible to do anything with them. mountains are covered to the very top with beautifal 
The language I am getting hold of fast, and I think | trees and shrubs, and you cannot walk fo or an hour in 
no ortnig i 
ed by 
a late number of the Times newspaper. Pitta: oer require i to make my way. Japanese is very _ Japanese ‘ladies are quite the reverse of Chinese. 
The resu! ult of his missio n 8 of the aceno easy. e mode I adopt is to carry a book i away on the approach of foreigners 
interest, an f now pre- | my pocket and ee down words as I akt them ea the ey: aro. vory desirous of seeing you and admiring 
senting our P readers with “extracts from a letter for instance, on getting wet through one day Goring. a your, closes They all object to our emee con- 
to his fa mily, , in which he gives an accou f hi is|t thi ander storm; I found out the Japanese for ept them very ugly, and tell us to cut them off 
aily proceed: t 0 O 
mail. Tt will bate He that’ he will soon Lo iw been | as far inland towards the | centre of the |a beautiful gloss on it, auni is very handso y 
‘skimmed the cream of the Flora, and that those |i take great pains with it. Ladies have it dressed by 
; . a, hills and valleys to visit. The vegetation on the hills | professionals every aay ‘and often spend an hour or 
who follow him will have little novelty to gather. | y 8 wo ora E Th Tg gee A 7 
Thos w e shall again see the value of Drivito and mountains, the highest of mica accessible to ere e general form in which it is worn is 
Wee handy ni h far foreigners 5 2000 feet, is ver ried ; but at this | the tea- m, bu e bW 
mglish hands, and how ore | season of th o yerr | garej ig AEEA N ‘cath ing in flo ver, | days together exactly alike, always varying ita little. 
“cflicient it proves than missions entrusted to nets | I often walk all day and scarcely get more than 10 | The men are fine strong n 
Goy ernment s yei P specimens. ‘There are are man; poe É. ee than 5 feet‘in height. They are all — 
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a perii ripe, and I am compelled to leave them | quiet et and happy nselves ; you never see 
FROM Mr. J. a v venons LETTERS. yeu Sto from the north. — ngs vi _ win then the _ mea e gesait my -i 
ia Sieboldi is very common, severa of Vibur- ey seem to have everything they wān 
Ng Nagah Tuly 24 24, —I have much plea- num, Camelli ond. na rous pio ever ergroen ree: In | and live without care. European ladies and children 
P | the gardens hats ave picked up several nice ‘things, 
Friday ast, the u inst., % ete "Goal nt F of each of meow ibfore T leave for the north I will the wi tow: ê here two eee paa residing here £ the i 
hours { s send home a spec: med Ei e of one of the ` 
riage snugly ine iy ies : hese oie eae | The only Taine nursery near here is about 15 ts. The Japanese Tequenily bapti the AA | 
mountains covered to tho top with vegetation miles distant, and in a part of the country where children alo slong the streets and give them anything 
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Ne er there to bring me what he can find. All tha A if We ha ave war bes Y oia here S now, often 90° in 
~ hes Pa are obliging CS boat have hitherto obtained are potted and put away in s i wf ‘be, i mosqui very troublesome at 
thing y garden here at be Nor mple. I have Poiweta 40 | mg! when 
: am. , ea hacked vgs mth Sot dienly i with and 50 plants, and almost ge we. at Chelsea | bed ry y vee a awoke by cad I call him up and make 
in this place beyond the limits of the treaty ' which | While I am watering t hem, &e. ate for the) Dik. ratal ines of, thes Alpes asa punishment, 
extends about 10 miles round the town. On my pri sg vil ako charge of thew. ins Ae aba P potting a all from Exeter or Exeter born iay) consisted of £ able 
: I obtained a room | coincidence here at the other end of the world. 
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s ees and lee — onde a hah and if it it saat I shall beh a few to be eads by 
; š ; = time I return from the north. : 
k gas p Ree aan gs aS pes bs: the Ihave been ore aoc of Japan timber BOTTOM HE Arat AM. 
anda Mr. Templar. I consider myself very fortun: tə trees growing in this neighbourhood. I have obtained SUPPOSE a furnace and bo er (placed.in a hidden 
indeed to have fallen into such qua ae and hope to 33 named kinds, and hope to get a similar collection | 
ost of t toj? oe vadadi: of steam, and an iron pipe to “issue from it conveyi ing 
aut the temple large ga rde et chat a me being the first collection of the kind) tne steam, to os Blo 3 ie unde oe surface of oe 
pel Fp for isting wogeties the I have now been here just a fortnight, and since my | and 2 
It is just now the summer season, and consequently arrival there has been no mail fon China ; a 
groun a port 
with bell-shaped "draining pipes, a or 3 inches in 
‘= ot eee I 1 havo E e i aS y| dia meter, in parallel lines, 3 feet under e, ae 
= ak the DLM T ob and fad “ty eons vies rth sir Mow sino Tea re has Beri no opportunity of going to the | as the sem Ai e th te ike od 
any trees grow of which I A ae ee ds, and S jrin aiai came can employ 14 or 15 m dra rain TA iha e be perpendicular f pipes 
i an valves 
offers ; at present there is no vessel bound for th opportunity ‘of oan on to secu current of E wean to be kept open, 
north of vegn = we expect one in the course rat . No. shay pe ug, 12, 1860.—Another vessel | or more a teal es by a small wisp of hay. Let the 
two or three w repasa this Tn to-day for China, I take advantage of | steam be kept up, more or less, at such seasons of the 
I have already picked = in an old ve ype garden | an o; y which but seldom offers here just now | year and at such times in each ay as experience and 
one or two nice plants, which I think will prove to be | of pines a me letters, I have been for a long ns the objects sought, might directe 
good Arid from what I have seen as yet T think apa pct Be my letters Lange newspapers. d be ae cage of such an action of steam 
there are many good evergreens here, but no Conifers | mean of c cation are eny r at present on the saben and u r soil. Wo uld it no! ot A 
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filma rather find them Eor ‘than here, ‘os T foie th ey | latest news we have is May 26. ‘T have now E in lated and controle ~The steam would Derinti tbe 
d p n to Jeddo as | Japan a “little more than three weeks. I} a certain _ extent, : and the water water would 
oon as an opportunity offers, and then acute on to | irta se 10 feet by 6, in a Buddhist temple, esta run off in ns pipes, v tthe 
fakodadi. As the winter sets in early in November in | a Chi servant ; and ‘havi ving become gaise a £- | pipes het ‘themselves get hot and commana am 
he north I shall be able after collecting at Hakodadi| tined: e he peculiarities of the people, I am as com- | dry hea’ subsoil; while e the m cael s 
erk of Corife ; ibl . The | would 7 iets each junction of ped 
hen, coming back to Nagasaki, e my collec- | priests ss very kind to me ; they take pane interest | e earthen pipes, which fit into ay other, <a are open 
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e able to get a good many plants suitable for glase bringing me some novelty in their eyes. I always | subsoil and reach the upper soil, imparting a mo! 
ases. And I hope to send you some seeds of n receive S heir ecm an thank them very much, | heat as it went, and it would create a moist and warm 
_ hardy Ferns'in my next letter; but they are not pe although I generally throw them away afterwards. The| atmosphere above the surface = the ground. 
, quite fit. aa great ques is, the degree and proportion in which 
oA The Japanese are very industrious and clever at ie eee Soh fotos a fully” described Di ail these things would a K psy he the ad 
oe their work. ‘ beet a make different articles in} Kæmpfer (p. 466) in his chapter on Chartopceia japonica. action would be considerable and susceptible of being 
