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LUCOMBE, PINCE, AND CO.'S NURSERY. 
employment of animal manures. * » * There is no spring of activity among the ahorigines of these unhappy lands. * * * 
Whilst deploring that past exertions have heen retarded by the indisposition of the natives to adopt the improvements of science 
and the suggestions of practical men, '"which they foolishly conceive to be unprofitable innovations, 1 there is ground for consolation 
in observing that the results of 'persuasion, patience, and perseverance,' are visible in the improved face of the country over large 
tracts, as Mysore, the Ceded districts and Southern provinces, which have been longest under our rule, and in which a cessation 
from war has enabled our resources to be devoted more assiduously to the triumphs of peace." 
One of the great obstacles to agricultural improvement and the extension of cultivation is believed 
to be the "want of proper fences to protect the growing and ripening crops from the ravages of animals, 
to which the jungles give shelter. " From the time the grain appears above ground till the harvest is 
gathered in, the ryot has to watch his field. This watching is difficult and often ineffectual, and 
hinders the farmer from extending his operations. Great devastation takes place annually from 
herds of antelopes and thousands of heads of cattle, which migrate or are driven from place to place 
in particular seasons." Truly important indeed is the preservation of the crops of a country richer 
in its agricultural resources than any other in the world, and yet a land in which the piteous cry of 
famine is not unoften heard ! 
In suggesting improvements in hedging " great attention must be paid to the question of local 
applic ability, " and the many opportunities which Dr. Cleghorn has had of becoming personally 
acquainted with the different parts of the Peninsula, enable him to judge well of the agricultural wants 
of the various districts. Certain tracts in the Peninsula, he says, "present botanical and geological 
features strikingly dissimilar: 
indeed so complete is the contrast between the extreme 
sterility of some tracts of the Carnatic plains, which exhibit a painfully barren picture of desolation 
from the total absence of wood, and the luxurious arboreous vegetation of the Neilgherry slopes, which 
the researches of Wight prove £0 possess one of the richest floras in the world, that no two countries 
in Europe display more opposite characteristics," the climate of the former being remarkable for 
excessive drought, whereas, in the vicinity of the Malabar Ghauts the atmosphere is heavily charged 
with moisture, the fall of rain in a season exceeding 120 inches ! The Cacti, Agaveae, and Euphorbise, 
from their peculiar structure, are best adapted to arid districts ; while the Mimoseae and Csesalpineae 
require more moisture and thrive better in the colder parts. The Bambusece and Pandanese prefer the 
deep soil of damp valleys. 
We cannot now follow the interesting descriptions and historical details of the various plants suitable 
for hedging in India ; and we shall therefore conclude by quoting a bare list of the species, which is 
interesting in more points of "view than one. It is highly curious that many of the best hedge-plants 
are not really indigenous to India, having been originally introduced there, although now thoroughly 
naturalized : — 
I. Sedge Plants. 
Mimosa rubicaulis, Lam. 
Inga dulcis, Willd. 
Acacia arabica, Willd. 
concinna, D. C. 
Vachellia Farnesiana, W. <$■ A. 
Hemicyclia sepiaria, W. $■ A. 
Epiearpurus orientalis, Blume. 
Jatropha Curcas, L. 
Pisonea aculeata, Sox. 
Capparis sepiaria, L. 
aphylla, Sox. 
Opuntia Dillenii, Saw, 
Agave americana, L. 
Euphorbia Tirucalli, L. 
antiquorum, L. 
nivulia, Such. 
Csesalpinia sepiaria, Sox. 
Sappan, L. 
Pterolohium lacerans, S. Br 
Guilandina Bonduc, L. 
Parkinsonia aculeata, L. 
Poinciana pulcherrima, L. 
Scutia indica, Brong. 
Azkna tetracantha, Lam. 
Gmelina asiatica, L. 
Balsamodendron Berryi, Am. 
Toddalea aculeata, Pers. 
Bambusa aruudinacea, Willd. 
spinosa, Sox. 
nana, Rox. 
Dendrocalamus tulda, Nees. 
Pandanus odoratissimus, L. 
II. Ornamental Plants forming inner fences. 
Lawsonia inermis, L. 
Lonicera ligustrina, Wall. 
Citrus Limetta, Riss. 
Morus indica, L. 
Punica granatum, L. 
Pedilanthus tithymaloides, Poit. 
Vinca rosea, Willd. 
Phyllanthus reticulata, Poit. 
Hibiscus rosa sinensis, L. 
Adhatoda vasica, Nees. 
Betonica, Nees. 
III. Plants used for edging garden walks. 
Heliotropium curassavicum, L. 
Rosa indica, L. 
Graptophyllum hortense, Nees. 
Gendarussa vulgaris, Nees. 
Gardenia florida, L. 
Allamanda cathartica, L. 
Rosa semperflorens, Curtis. 
NURSERY CALLS. 
Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co. 
BEING at Exeter, some short time back, I called at the nursery of Messrs. Lueombe, Pince, and 
Co., and very much regret that my short stay in that city precludes me from giving a more detailed 
account of what I should call the first nursery establishment in the United Kingdom. 
The ground, a fine strong loam, and highly calculated for the purposes in which it is employed, 
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