OcTC'rsTi I. iSoc,' 
THE TROPICAL AORICULTUR’ST. 
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S-Ovi'v Sv'u„ — Theri? i? an iaterestiiK rsr seraph on 
this 5ub;'sot quoted from the The 
only question is would lurir.s thrive at sea level in 
the txv'pics. Von Mueller describee the white liroin 
as comni 'a so ct'antries on she Mediterranean Sea. 
.-.I.',- •! t\: Of .;■ ! o-:':<,'. which is re- 
ferred to Califomia.he writes ■ — 
This has been nse»i there for roo'amation of sand, on 
accv>unt of its lone tan-tvots. the Otter baviuit been 
traee.1 to a denth of 2o feet, while the s^•‘ms wert' onlv 
? feet hiph. The ceriuination is easv and the cro'vth 
rapid on the .sand-downs. F.'r .aidiuji the yv''uu>: 'nv'- 
ines during the first two months, to itet hold of the 
Mnd. barley is sown with them, as the latter sprv'nts in 
a few d.ivs and holds the sand in the seoond week : the 
lupine .subsequently covers the sand with a dense 
vegetation in less than a ye.ar. 
And of the lupin speci.ally referred to. Luvi’iuf 
r.ilt'.ii. 
The Scented Yellow Lupine. Countries in the vici- 
nity of the Me-titerraue-an Sea. C.au he itro'wn in 
Norway to lat. 7fC .Sohnebeler"'. This .antntal .srsecies 
is prexlomiuBUtly in use ,as jjreeu m.annrt' through Middle ; 
KunH'e ; to improve sandv soil, it is the best of all yet i 
test< d. .and will do even on ciwst-drift.s. It can .also be 
employeii like some other lupines as a fodder-herh. ■ 
green as well .as for hav ; some lupines are .al.so very ■ 
valuable as pastmt'-herKs. I.'\p\ne-soe<l.s are \A'ry j 
f.atteuing. when used as an addition to ordinarv fodder, | 
and are in this respect vprito equal to oll-oake. while 
the {.iliage is said to be not inferior to that of clover 
and more bulky. Nevertheless some Ivipines li.ave proved 
poisonous to sheep. A''ont i'O lb. of seeds are reqnirt'd 
for an acre. Langethal observes: •' ''That the Sainfoin 
does for the poorest-limestone or marly soil, that tho 
Ye'low Lupine c.arrie.s out for sand-land ' t.npines 
are not adapted for wet or moorv cronnd, nor fvw 
limestone formations, where most other leguminous 
fodderplants do well. Mr. .Ihvseph Auirnstin spe.aka of 
a yellow-tlowering lupine, which sometimes in the 
.\voro.s attains a height of I- feet in thria? mei\ths. 
Plants native to California ought to succeed fairly 
iu Ceylon. 
.VOKiori.TrKK IN d.tVA is thus notiood by 
a writer in the Pioihvr; — " The hamlets look 
like green islets in a sea of goldon vice. 
Immediately outside the ring fence which has 
been described commences the rice or other culti- 
vation. Not a equate yard of ground seems to be 
wasted, and the care and evident labour with which 
each bit of slope is terraced and supported, the 
greatest area thus being obtained for the rice crop, 
is most admirable. These terraces are carried up 
the sides of tho highest mountains, the mighty 
volcanoes themselves allowing tho cultivation to 
creep up within what looks a dangerous distance 
from their craters. The water for irrigating the 
crops is brought from the hillsides and is unfail- 
ing. This enables the oultivator to get two rieo 
orops off the same field, and this staple appears 
on the village lands in the month of April, in all 
stages of growth from sowing to harvest. 'ITie main 
crops are rioe, Indian corn, boans, sugarcane (eigl\t 
kinds), ooffee, pepper, indigo and tobacoo. Puring 
tho past three years a blight has affected the 
sugarcane, stunting the growth and soriouslv dim 
inishing the outturn. Tide has bo on a sovoroblo v 
to the factories Uice is still an nrtiolo of cxpoit, 
so that, in spite of the enormous inoroaso of tho 
population, which now is said to reach Iwenty 
millions as ngainst five millions in Unlll -s' lime, 
the island more than feeds itself. Tho oocoa ivee, witli 
its b autifiil bl 'ssoin-' and fruit, both on (he tree at 
tho eamo time, is 'o b found in many of tho peasants’ 
gar.lons, ai d the coconut and tho sugar palms abound. 
All the Imiian fruits are to ho seen in the ba/.rars, 
togothor with tho dorian and tiro mangotloou." 
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Ntlon TO tho b'h\w^ of othor tr>yv< ^ Vho 
Cc'rorAl UAturo of tho Sy-'U bn* vb-% rk *^ny\ 
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sfoni-i out \u ^'I'of, r-t^siuc M'oTvh 
o>irht uixlo< ftk"*'.' tbo <oM\o t^uo or\'bAVyt'« 
'U tho »* 0 'h^i<h <oU. V'iij'i jjrv'w 
wih^ bv ♦ho tr<H’s bo^VXUi; pro''rto 
orv>i'.<» Xow wo ,‘XVt' wit^'huty jOUOxxc t^ 0 irv'T'^tour' 
S]'vu*:4 t''f tho n:xrbuh'* K*»U'^*0'» Hav\u>j o'''<’ 50'1 thnt 
UAtnrb'l b^rrior yh’k'JiVU'hnt iut ' tho Iom'I . 
wo loixvo tho rouj?h-K'xrkorl AOvt '^'tlv silvrw 
K'xrro^'i of tho w^u.b> ux tho ro^r. uuvl k orU ijuux** 
with rO’’>ih vNrk'hyrov o 'uxxxxo'U'o tv' U'i'ov tthrux 
isolvo-i. Tbo oul*"' soil j'oo-' whorvt, ' ''t stf-uxoo 
tv'> <av. u'thtHXijb tho v't' Wosh'rx' V'X'*t'*j%U.A 
oulv — «'\‘U'tlv »'uo-f- x\^h that v'f MoU'v'vu'xxo 
ouo^tjY i'i l.voV'Uijr to r"i^ ' sutVioiout fox* h'ortl w-tixt-* 
At S tx. !U, wo lo *"*0 )v'YOVh'V, l»x\vl UVO N 'Ot\ SOO 
-south ovor tho Wo-it Austr^b\<xu T «tx ^ x"* ^ux^''xxxv ■« 
f\ou— uiih'sof r:\iUv}Xw with its iVOvHhtVH^ jXv'xv-'’, Ihi'^ 
uudoubto^K* tho Isrv’ost ^>U'^ svix^b-’-xto \n Aush'^Us, 
Thoro i-» ph'u*v of ooon u-s 'i'' -■'orvxh jxrouuth " Tho 
Kutf of tho wovib^ *nh'o\ titlv to U o<to("x 
Austpsh'', br'O’Miso oxxt oT ;\Oi> u-stvxhiXXX SU’'0X0S ixt^out 
tvvO'-tU'r»1-» '':xvo I'oo'i v<'oo'^^o»^ for (bis toTif '''v, i ht' 
most oousoioxious i' K'Ut'JU vulijuvh^ o xUo4 
r^si'horrv isni "’ooil. for wliou its .bxvU-br'wx' tiuxl'-'r is 
workoii ;x sv'out i;q otV oxnotlv Ukotbixt ot tho won. 
kixowix prosor\*»'. (>no of tlxoso troos «t dishittro 
rosomblos ;x bnUoou without ;x o;xr, hA'*’UiT ^ orowu ot 
u^TVO'v liiybt-oolouroil louvos, suuuortott by x'txmorou-J 
loxxff stoms brAnohiru? fronx xxo^r tho urouxxtl. At ;x ■ 
si»h' station, T o\;xxxxxuo ouo of tho stoxxxs :xxx»i thio xt tx 
porfoot coxi*''orv)»tox*v to” hoboxxs. Ouo |xiooo of b;xrk 
ontythp V Cxn.,\\hiob \ suhso«;u*uxtlv stxbmit toil t ' u 
Hob»'txoh'ij'st', su]xp’'rt*'4 txo Iosm Hxuxx oioht vtxnotuM 
INTsuv v'f tbo isxxx-'YOo t trros. wlxirb nro jxhoxxt t'ut t ' 
t'!0ft.hioh. bo'xr tho xuistlotuos. thx fobstxlo ;xuttx''xx( v 
T loiirn tluxt tbo sw<**'t litHo swjxUow l>ioix'uxxx tot'ils vux 
tho xxxistU'too borrio.s wtxi'u tUov ‘xr*' iix so>'soxx. tht** 
tixrvl vioos in ovorv othor nwrt of VvistroU^. b’roxxx t ho 
jnm-woi'if. wlxioh iovorv vhirublo. MrtokfoUown ixx^xxxxxifxo- 
turo tboir wtxxxxixxorss uuif t'O 'xxxoruncs. whi)o u 
tou#?1x xmxUoo, wlxioh thov onU *' ixxfxrUxoH,*' xo stixto » o 
for slonvfor sx'Otxvs. N 'w juul again wo gel a jlmm-.e 
of the pendnlont foliage of a small saoilal'voi'd lr<'i> 
(b'dii.'iifllm (•i/giiocHoi’l All the inarko(aldi> «pooim''mi 
st'om to h(\vo hooTX out oyorpt »'»' itvo txixoU hhu’k 
whonoo tlxoy (irt' otv”*o t fu M\o «ti(Vt'vox>t rnitw-xy MtiX.''"”^ 
whox'O thoir WOOii of friX^/VlXHOi' Uf'V tu' ou 
'U rn'ut Imfxx"*. T* is v'xhiotl :xl ntumt iS pox* h xx 
Pupixxt? iWy'iS X;i;ko"r> worMx wtvs oxportoit t' t'li’iM, 
wt'uro i^ is iis ri (,» l>urix ixs 
ivto’s. T iimti'rstix u ! n o«uux'''uv io ut'out to x" 
fn>m thoxvooif. as s'xx'h’xl oM if* frx'u’U'utlv u’^o4 tv'r xxx'’* 
vho'xxst nurxx'sos us w. tl nufor t>t.Muhxxvr ixx t'"' x'X'xxxului'- 
♦ uro of pi'rfuuxoti. Tlu' ssmtul woott tri'o olosoly ro'U'i" 
txti'rt ttuMpx^U'h'U"'s of X intivri^. 
* At'siint us *‘shf'osk‘* is (M'«' yri'V-ittru is outh- t 
silk I'ukx th*' torm *♦ h' of wood ' is titiU wi'X"!'' 
drivxtxr M'*. llounikt'r H-struaud r X'i»*'ty <'t fx'U'" * 
tilono ttxu tb'oavt'uu*' ('f ou«uut »u«M whioh It'ix If b' * 
loimxtio AsvIli'U, Uint; \v(is t lu' torm wo ho'xnt apt' 
hy tlxo AuNtvftliuu colonistfj to tliiH ijraox'txxl piuo-nx*' 
troo.— Ki', l\ A, 
