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likewise been reared in great numbers: at Toulon, 
on wou estate of M. iia on, an m ek 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
deseo it describe the scenery as beautiful beyond 
of Sm Sg 
Lamo 
referring to a map of Japan you will see the 
Bis I mean. We leave Nagasaki 321° N. 
[DECEMBER 22, 1860. 
Endless varieties of plants can therefore be had in the 
wns Ceres: and othe ers I 
s I go 
town: 
natives 
aan 
p oO 
pr 
two Pinuses 
worms A axtalious coe: ë Tic the it | the > most southern i part p? oe Island of ‘ ‘ie nsin” sn i of our Scotch Pine grow 
dition of the atmosphere was very unfavou rable, lat., oe the straits se ad re, ikewise e Cryptomeria japonica, but the 
any Pat tet ot h of Mi Tan Dimen,” and A ee ies are scattered, and apparently not 
an is now fully ascertained that the new to the Shi rrinda ‘Sea 34° N. lat z course sn lies plentifal 
worm gives a profit of cent. cent., and often through the large islands 
uch more, whereas the Mulberry silkworm is| o¢ Niphon and Sikok to the Island of Awadsi, N. lat.|_ No. VII. Youkuhama, near Kanagawa, Sept. 
reckoned very successful when it makes a return |34}°, We then again enter the Sea of apan, ro 860.—On the 19th inst. I received your letter up rs 
of 15 per cent. on the capital employe e|the south point of Japan Proper and the Island of| the 9th July, and I am much obliged for all your 
silk the atlante worm rs essentially | Osima, lat. 383°, ran proceed to Kanagawa. | kind expressions re pecting my losses by the wreck 
from that of the Mulberry It is The immense number ands s met with, and the of the Malabar. I have got on very well noed s0 
an inferior quality, well ada “for coarse | continual proximity of the mainla the Tage: J hings I really cor er gretti and 
fabrics, and can o competition w thi l Pea ook forward rto 
The cocoons may be prepared b 
satan whereas the ordin Bee si 
uch skill and care in-dressing it. The new si 
form an excellent 
which France annually hepsi 69,504,000 Hia 
from the „United States. M, , GU ÉRIN- MENEVILLE | 
or eynthi tane 
with | of the voyage, 
t 
ry at all, m 
tages; the © only Soar is is, , that I ig Ea iwy lett 
k behind. ‘Sin aaa 
substitute for cotton, of 
I should very much my prei thi Spion 
Zambra’s instru 
shortly | receiving the box 7 have so kin dly sent me 
and I; — r myself aaea fo 
ince I ar: o let itara, 
hi app a och ner our getting 
them, Two hree mails ise og ping at Shangha 
for us, but a at with the almost entire cessati 
business transactions there, and the great 
? 
= order to. distinguish it from the other 
“He is cep ee the best 
promoting th 
means 0 
kind in | 
n and manufacture of the M 
on of | arri 
of | inst. 
nd on gi 
= arrival I shall be quite set up and have everything 
require. 
| aak letter of September 2nd will have apprised 
u of my arrival here, the Cap: ital of repen, and of my 
Intended trip to Mr. 
‘ore, quite unable to 
ni t the cit outing r the people. 
We beliey arlie 
T: Rori 
ERFORD 
pie 
information miie 
- 
about 17 miles to the sout th of J 
ay and a 
gret, however, , to say tha 
to send you by this 
Bobs ; 
| the only Toalich resident I understand in the moral 
is the Consul-Gen eral, Mr. Al 
opportun 
ity of 
e town, &c.; and I sea therefore great 
you. by 
Lown to have it ready for the next, but I sen ar sate? 
the vegetation of the ae 
il | we — through, and also a Japanese map of t 
s 
SATa se ve collected seeds of the Fusi Yama mace &e. 
altogether about 25 kinds, or. are now d My 
very 
cocoons as of the raw and anA ie es, ‘through my letters of boson to ‘that pak ht a were very few, [a on =e Fick ‘hom 
hopes, 
silk. Unfortunately the pupe were all dead. | gentleman, that I may get up to Jeddo a short t them in 
Suggestions by the ‘late Mr. MITCHELL for the ti as Woy t allowed to go off the main rond, mày you 
“better transmission of pupæ were sent to Mr, e herewith a numbered list of the plants | may ancy k could not do much either in taking notes 
pup w i 
but bat ve not know whether further |I ive collected since my arrival; the greater pa on or co sarc 
experimen nt was en the Great Exhibi- alre d Bais E return here I have been principally 
f 185 1 Ea iri h X l p f silk and E pe all and erected Beniboo ë adi g after mee ; the a packet of 
: oe öl took p ace t i Tur es 0 a Peet jon “against ‘the cold rnc tap Nertiediinta "Mina apart of my 
: the 1 card Aas ait Hoe in th aren are in very good mien e eeds sent are the Ag on igs of one Basser T and I 
| : exhi re y e that ice, who | sen em home to you that have ripened. 
“orien mia piu e the box a ing t al en charge of them, will do his best for z isa ro Fe wil ha its ~— is ope shal be idal. 
rhe een recovere ery good glass- |I am sure i rive in Europe. shall be very 
pams asg Saat to" to jodiya been mislaid, and if so may | e i for | to be | glad to hear you have festival these seeds safely. 
dia he samples of | finished ‘by the time I return. The ‘few seeds I have| My mo einents at present are as follows :—Mr. 
arance of nankeen, ected here I shall take to the north with me, and | Alcock, who is just now the baths in the 
ng, ial bh not have mail. The seed of the two |country, dly invited me to stay with him on 
Naas, F tripes I ne eo eae — Jeddo ; this will tring for Hak e of 
‘may |) aiae > add that the later ae = e 
fate” on Which the worm feed ‘season. northern port of to foreigners in the 
I have succeeded in getting ‘specimens of ‘the fibre | ordina: way. "The o ortunities m etting there are 
Ailantie ecane, one of the hardiest of trees, | nd wood of the tree Ae pF tg ae Japanese ike very few, and w a e there t might siek Tii 
os sg paei in Jeafin ng in this country, their paper ; no flow r fruit can be obtained, I befo ore I could return ily it 
have shown the hbo is Wilford 
rounity 
however at this. momen 
be the “ Broussonetia papyrifera.” 
and pra the 
offered, r 
circumstances I havi s decided on` going there. 
"EXTRACTS FROM MR. VEITCH’S LETTERS amer leaves this ig onda re, 
ee ON JAPAN, ' No. VI. Youkuhama, near Kanagawa, Sept. 2,1860. | remains four or six days, and returns direc here; by 
K my last ANETE = Nagasaki this means I shall, I hope, be able to obtain many seeds, 
(a pte ete ey? m the 23d ultimo in Her Majesty’s war steamer | take d view of the vegetation generally d 
‘agasaki, August 13, 1860.—Since I wrote Berenice We ha a. beautifal: P Ati the | Hakodadi, and return in time to visit Mr. Alcock. 
on the 4th Aue from this place I have received led t hor fora day and | Tn order that no time may be lost ap de 
from Englan d, no mail having come to hand; 5 a typhoo was raging furious! aby. The Ih tf pts the try coll 
‘have there “ot no letters to reply to. Since I las +] tip throug the Thlaniā. a See Shaa very fine ; I longed to (Zo be continued.) 
Wrote, my ti e has been employed i in wanderin g over} get on shore amongst some of iha islands we assed ; Aiii ai 
‘the hills i g = ELER fortunate 
ens ‘On the whole I aa succeeded | in emg nn nce with Mr, Keswick, the repre- 
as well as I could expect, I think. I am daily satan sentative of Mess! ardine sent Co. here, to whom I | ee roe ena on ewan HS 
up fresh therefore defer sending a final | bro sorrel letter oF bag gama from their house in| ~e Für YAMA” (hE beng Pee renee atit hot 
list until Tam about to leav I send you home by | China. On my arr one infommned that Mr, Aiegok |. a eon are tlie Seon OF SEPT. ra ts JOHN 
i il vid Southampton, a small b x > was. coming Sond edda on the 2d (to-day) ma st ai 
: bout to start for the great m ¥ 
lick 
i: 
apan: u 
i 29 do. seeds of 
G. VEITI 
vegetable seeds, 26 Yama,” on THE nijat of Japan is remarkable f 
herbaceous, plants, ne, and trees, 6 packets Ferns, — here, an him to inform Mr. Alcock of immense variety of trees and shru growing ica 
pi unable to give you any descri ny ion of these arrival ; and last ‘night T ze delighted the length and breadth of the land. Three 
See having | nae thera în flowe an invitation from Mr. A. company tes rs "be | ‘ourths of th be sai e evergreens, giving 
succeeded vhich | dy dayt ‘break : you may fancy | tbe country a selina ing appearance during the 
may on sean Sar I 4h ink Th ita how I jumped at this pbs in | winter mo 
The E ana araka Pes sane our trip 
ean nan Eien on Japanese. ese poni: 
c and I believe it will take us a'f à is probably second w, no. of general 
Ess a, ed rr es ai “eas os s t st alley othe iin 
. pa ‘them ra prosents am wind | = This mountain is to be 14,000 feet hig jg | Summits i ‘one ¢ Juxuriant trees an 
nd rain rain in a colder months. wins | Supposed by the Japanese to be of | Shrubs. Sot ee ‘which we met 
asl exp go there every year, and one year in 60 + ene of , Oaks, Ma Others of 
splendid things there: ‘The Fern senda A end eet females are ae m go; this happens to be the | less d Sa Beech, ime, Alder, Chesnut, 
here must be m nearly hardy, ifnot Tee SO, Gleichenia 60th year. a a will be 28 in all, 8 Europeans, | &e., give a pleasing variety of foliage, The main roads 
ichotoma grows well Ai e, and ;would, Iam sure, do jand 20 Japan ndants, interpreters, &e, a ae P EEA wae matey a ig gre with Pine avenues. 
Gat an our Ha ardy Fer a be the first “foreigners ever perinitted to These e ea 4 of. ” iad 150 to 
EI or ascend t ountain ; I will give you a fal 180 feet 5 “hee Digher b es formin t 
No. V. Wagasaki, August 22, 1860. — I am account of the ay return here. The | covere red arch way. The spies effect tin thus preduoed 
glad to inform you that I ‘have j t l ill allo to } 
lent opportuhity of proceeding'to “Kanagawa.” The the “Legation D, and I ‘hay thierdfore to thank Cryptomeria japonica (the le of Tagan} must 
r steamer Berenice, belonging to the I Alcoe ky very incorely for Harta kindly appointed ap heats be placed as one = the. finest trees found 
Pi leavés this port to-morrow at daylight, and I} (pro te tanist to her come Ma ajesty’s he a it grows throughout the entire 
Re ain to go up in her. | Legation at Jeddo:” and as you may imagine I at| empire, attains a great height ad peste! nce, and 
This opportuni my arrangements capitally, once aoa s inches taller ‘on my appointment. From | in in point of beauty is is truly E Amongst the 
have had ins airy here, whieh has enabled me to | what all be| wany splendid fogs nos we met with, Inoted the 
See almost all could wish, and I think I shall get to! ee $ a ar fine things, and I hope a goodly | fo iias besi being the most striking :—tst. On the 
at ae season. The course es 
Boone is of ie iteslt a great inducement for m 
ace the present ity. 
uantity of see 
IT 2n3 
pee. Wego rongi the 
the e voyage. The few who have 
‘owing 
ae certain w hk T pov ae evn il oe 
gardens whieh I never see 
inthe i 
fere at 3'feet from the ground. 5 
x kaa is probably the finest Conifer in Asia, after. the Deodar. 
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