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It has no pretensions to be considered an ornamental 

 garden, in so far as its walks and arrangements are 

 concerned. Narrow footpaths winding about in all 

 directions amongst the trees, and little terraced 

 patches for the cultivation of the different plants, are 

 all that is to be seen in the way of arrangement. To 

 introduce the useful and ornamental plants of other 

 countries to the northern provinces of India, and to 

 gather together the productions of the Himalayas and 

 send them out in all directions with a liberal hand, 

 seem to be the principal objects for which this garden 

 is maintained. And very noble objects these un- 

 doubtedly are, and well worthy of the enlightened 

 and liberal Government that supports it. 



Our common garden-flowers seemed almost as abun- 

 dant here as they are in our English nurseries. Pelar- 

 goniums, fuchsias, pinks, dahlias, violets, mimuluses, 

 &c, were met with in great profusion, and at the 

 time of my visit nearly all were in bloom. Many of 

 our English fruit trees and bushes had also been im- 

 ported, such as apples, pears, plums, raspberries, &c. 

 A quantity of apple and pear trees had just been 

 received from America in a novel manner. They 

 had been sent out to Calcutta in ice by one of the 

 vessels freighted with that article ; about one-fourth 

 of the original number had reached the Himalayas in 

 good condition. 



Amongst Indian fruit-trees I observed a number 

 of Cashmere kinds, which had been introduced here 

 by Drs. Eoyle and Falconer. Dr. Jameson had also 

 introduced apples, pears, plums, almonds, &c, from 



