96 KALM'S ENGLAND. 



a number of Larices, C.B. [European] Larches planted in 

 his garden, some of which had come to be planted in very 

 good garden soil, and [T. I. p. 402] others again had to be 

 content with only a very meagre soil. When they after- 

 wards began to grow, those in the meagre soil had 

 commonly made double as long shoots as those in the 

 good garden mould, tragards jorden, and looked very 

 lively, while on the other hand, the former, which stood 

 in a good soil looked quite drooping, matta, as though 

 they where obliged reluctantly to force themselves to 

 grow. The wonder -worthy laws of the Allwise Creator 

 in respect of plants are proved by this, that the meagre 

 and poor earth also has its special trees and plants, 

 which flourish well in it, but thrive badly, vantrifras, 

 in what we humanly speaking, call a better soil. He 

 said he had found the same with the Cedar of Mount 

 Lebanon, but as I note that he has entered this experience 

 in his work The Gardeners' Dictionary, I will not now say 

 any more about it, but refer the reader to that work. 



Chelsea ar en liten Porstad eller By. 



Chelsea is a little suburb or village, situated a couple 

 of miles from London towards the west. The river 

 Thames runs close past Chelsea, stryker tatt fdrbi C, 

 on the S.E. and S. sides, and on the other sides there is 

 nothing else besides nurseries and market-gardens, of 

 which there are here a frightful number. The place re- 

 sembles a town, has a church, beautiful streets, well- 

 built and handsome houses all of brick, three or four 

 stories high. I cannot "just " understand what some of 

 those who dwell here live upon. Some have small haber- 

 dashers shops, but that is not saying much. Publi- 

 cans, innkeepers, coffee-house keepers, brewers, bakers, 

 butchers, and such like, can here make a good living ; be- 

 cause a multitude of people from London in fine weather, 



