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front of the dwelling-house MoOmcd with a pro- 

 fusion of roses ; nud at this sen sou of the year so 

 abundaut is this elegant and fragrant Hower in 

 the colony, th^ we may term it a *' Land of 

 Kosfis*** as wH as a knd of pren^f piDiH 

 stocks, and otlier European ilowers, m ad* 

 ditional lieanty to the scene. 



Some portions of land were laid ont as vine- 

 yards,' much attention being now paid to the 

 ciilliTation of the vme la ^e colony. In tiie 

 garden a number of gooseberry Imshes had been 

 planted, whieli were in flonrisliitio- condition, 

 and loaded with fruit : it was considered rare to 

 see them so productive near Sydney, altliougli 

 ibsf Itotm iOEtd imt ibbuiidanfie of Ihiit in the 

 Asg^l&md Bathnrst districts ; but here it was 

 only one part of the garden tlint was favourable 

 to their growth, Ix'ing that where tlie influence 

 of the mil was not too powerful during tiie hot 

 sun!^^: eai^ has a&o ii&m tsk^ to #Mt^ 

 the bugles,, hy small sheets of bark placed upon 

 sticks at some elevation over them, gi^^ng a pro- 

 tection above, but at the same time not covering 

 tliem so much as to cause any deprivation of 



the vivifying influetidaof %ht -or moderate mht 

 heat. 



Mr. Harper has lieen trying a great \'ariety of 

 foreign grain on diiierent colonial soils ; among 



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