ture, however blind man maybe to its arrangements. 
The traveller may proceed under the same parallel 
of latitude, that is, at the same distance from the 
sun’s apparent course, whilst, ascending moun- 
tains, he may escape as it were, from the torrid 
summer — parching up all below, to genial spring, 
with continual verdure ; and so proceed through 
all the gradations of temperature and of vegetation, 
till he reaches perpetual snow — everlasting winter, 
the void where no plant meets his eye — no animal 
relieves the awful, the perpetual silence of the 
dreary expanse. 
One peculiarity of these intertropical mountain- 
made seasons is worthy of remark. They are ever 
the same. Here the vicissitudes of the seasons 
are wanting. The upper regions are always cold, 
the mountain plains always temperate, whilst the 
lower plains are always hot. Malte Brun has 
well said, “The summer, the spring, and the win- 
ter, are here seated on three separate thrones, 
which they never quit ; and are constantly sur- 
rounded by the attributes of their power.” 
The Jaborosaintegrifoliahas succeeded admirably 
at the foot of a wall, in the front of a greenhouse; 
having been planted in 1845, it spread and in- 
creased in 1846, extending its under ground stems 
and producing abundance of foliage and flowers. 
It delights in a sandy compost, which gives it en- 
couragement to extend its roots ; and if kept in a 
pot, it should have sufficient space to admit of free 
growth. Like the majority of plants, in pots, it 
will be benefited by the addition of a portion of 
sandy peat to its compost. 
