AN ENGLISH JAM farm 
]U8 well known l:hnt, UuM>l».u.l',,«-ot ,Vua 
trees extensively i„ ,n.,,ln.v.ls, 
nunilypractieccl in this eonnt,.,,, 
Fuller, has always in.,,,, dis..,n„ra«e,l’ hy 1,^ 
land owners of tireat Hritain. Tiu-rc \ Z 
some eonnties in ICnsian.l that i.aye hoe i 
noted as exceiient fruit regions for the nast 
500 years or more, hut, as a rnie, the owI,e;..s 
of largo estates have cneonraged the raisin-- 
of grain and meat to the exeinsi..n of -n-ir 
oies iike fruit, which are nsnaliv looke.i noon 
as luxuries iustead of aetual necessities Ihit 
the great progress in fruit ta.iturc in tiie 
United States, and tlie ammai siiipment of 
green, dried, and prosorvoti fruits to Ihiglisii 
ports, has had a hcncficiai ellcct ui)on our 
Englisii cousins, and some land owners have 
for several j’-ears been eneouragingthe|)lant- 
ing of fruits on an extensive scale. 
In the Pall Mall Gazette is an interesting 
account of “Lord Sudeley's ,1am Farm,” 
which now comprises 285 acres of arable 
land, near Toddington. The fruits ])lanted 
consist mainly of Plums, Easpberj-ics, Goose¬ 
berries, and Currants: -111,000 Plum-trees 
have already been i)lanted. O C Stra wljcn ios 
five tons were gathered iu one day last sea¬ 
son; 300 pickers are employed during tlie 
busy season, and all the fruit goes to a Jam 
factory near by. The proprietors use all the 
fruit raised on tlie farm mentioned, and pur¬ 
chase from small fai-iners and gardeners in 
the neighborhood. At this factory tlie bot¬ 
tles used in a year cost about $5,000. 
The land upon whicli tliis friut farm lias 
been established, required a great deal of 
preparation before it was ready for the 
trees and bushes, such as draining, leveling- 
fences, burning of clay, planting liedges for 
shelter, etc. In addition to the inside hedges 
planted to protect tlie small fruits from cold 
winds, we are informed tliat the entire farm 
is surrounded with a row of Canada Poplai- 
{Piipuhcs CanadanpU). If such screens and 
hedges are needed iu tlie comparatively mild 
climate of England, the.y would certainly be 
beneficial iu most localities in our Northern 
States. 
Another adjunct to this Jam Farm wortliy 
of note is the addition of an apiar 3 ^ It lias 
long been claimed that the setting of fi uit 
is greatly assisted by tlie visits of bees to tlie 
blossoms, and in England it is said to be es¬ 
pecially true with Plums. Tliis apiai- 3 ' con¬ 
sists of 165 hives, under the management of 
an experienced apiarian, wlio tliinlJS tli.it 
under fair treatment and in favoi-able sea¬ 
sons he will obtain from IQ to 50 pounds 0 
honey from each hive annually- 
GEEENLAND VEGETABLES. 
One should hardly expect that any cu 
tlvated plants could be grown 'in so hig 
A latitude, yet, according to the/^s ,. 
ment of Dr. Rink, some of the Attenn 
that have been made in Greenland 
vegetables have been tolerably success - 
At the Danish station of Godthaa C - 
•Aide 64°), close to the open 
liadishes, Lettuce and ."‘ted with 
the only plants that can be oulti < 
Ahy success. The Turnip, indeed, i 1 
. Cabliages 
su rcely wortliy of the name, but aUwo is- 
' sti^ons up the fiord, about 30 miles 
< th oi Godtiiaab, tlie efimate is strikingly 
Ill Turnips always come to 
pertcction; Carrots prosper well, and attii 
Alairsrze; and Cabbages, 
devel 
un 
, thongli unable to 
lovelop tluck stalks, yet produce tolerably 
aige eaves, wliicli tlie provident Danes 
stow away for winter use. 
Attempts liave been made to cultivate Po¬ 
tatoes, but the tubers never attain a 
larger tlian marbles, and 
and eaten as curiosities, 
favorable circiimstanees 
size 
are only grown 
Under the most 
green Peas only 
in-oduco shells, in wliich tlie Peas are barely 
recognizable. This is svithin tlie Arctic Cir¬ 
cle, or at least on its immediate borders. In 
South Greenland—the site of the old Norse¬ 
men’s settlements—horticulture is practiced 
under more favorable circumstances. At 
some of the posts, in about the .same latitude 
as Christiana, good Carrots liave been pro¬ 
duced, and in a forcing frame, .Strawberries 
liave grown well and yielded fruit for sev- 
ei al 3 iears, but 11103 ' afterward died, owing 
probably to tlie severity of tlie climate. 
At Juliansliaab Turnips often attain a 
weiglit of more than lialf a pound, and are 
fit for the table iu the middle of July. Ead- 
ishes are fit to be eaten in the middle of 
June. Eluibarb grows jiretty vigorously, 
and can be raised from seeds. Green Cab¬ 
bage attains a good size, but never the uor- 
nial taste and pungenc 3 ' of the vegetable. 
At .Jakobsliavn, in 09°, 13 m.. Dr. Pfafl' used 
to raise a few Eadishes, and the locality be¬ 
ing sheltered, the tiu 3 - ]jatch of earth on the 
rocks, which iu that remote place passed for 
a garden, produced “crops” almost .as luxuri- 
aut as Godtiiaab in the south. 
THE NEW SOUTH WALES NATIONAL PARK, 
The Goverunieut of New Soutli IVales 
liave followed the example set by the Amer¬ 
ican people iu reserving tlie Yellowstone 
Park as a ground to be kept forever in its 
pristine state. The Austra lians have resolved 
to preserve one of tlie finest and most pic¬ 
turesque portions of tlie coloiqvfor a national 
park. Tlie latter is situated in tlie Illawarra 
district, and embraces an area of 36,000 
acres, liaviug a frontage of 7);, miles to tlie 
Pacific Ocean. The paric generally may be 
described as high table land, from whicli at 
numerous places excellent and extensive 
views are obtained of tlic ocean. Port Hack¬ 
ing, Botany Bay, S 3 'dne 3 '-, Bandwick, etc., 
with deep gorges and ricli fiats, covered with 
of the purest fresli water. The high table 
hands, to some extent, consist of tlie conipai- 
ativel'y barren, stony heatlis, and of fair to 
o-ood land, the latter in areas suitable for 
forinatiou of recreation, review, and eu- 
camiiment grounds, or of plantations of or¬ 
namental trees, etc., and readily accessible, 
situated at elevations of from about 3o0 feet 
to about 900 feet above high water mark. 
'J’lic valleys of the principal water courses, 
notably of Port Hacking Biver and Bola 
arck, Are to a large extent covered with 
rich folSgc, including Cabbage-tree and Ban- 
,„lo Palms, Tree-ferns, Christmas Myitle, 
“ other liaudsome shrubs, numerous large, 
and othei vVoolybutt, Tui-pen- 
above the confluence of BolaCreek with Port 
I lacking Biver,to heiglits up to nearly 200 feet, 
and bordering and adj.acentbeautiful streams, 
having occasional long reaches of deep, 
shaded, pure, cool, fresli water. The park 
will be made easily accc.sslble from Sydney 
by tile Illawarra Bailway, now in cour.se of 
consti-uctlon, which will tr.avcrse a consider¬ 
able poi-tion of what maybe regarded as one 
of the finest public recreation grounds in the 
vvorld .—Haianlljia Amerimn. 
CHINESE GARDENING. 
A correspondent of Vick’s Magazine gives 
an Interesting account of how a Chinaman 
gardens in Georgia. He says: After AIi 
V'ut Sing bad jirocured his seed of Cabbage, 
Tomato, Melon, Cucumber, etc., he immedi¬ 
ately began his process of preparing them 
for the soil. His exjieriments witli each of 
the above named seed were tnil 3 ' interesting. 
For one week before he planted them in his 
cai-efull 3 ' prepared mellow soil, he subjected 
them to a curious process of soaking and 
bathing in a liquid made with water and the 
sweepings of the fowl house. He would 
carefull 3 ' separate eacli variety of seed into 
parcels and .suspend them in a glass vessel 
(candy jar) that was half-filled with this 
liquid, and ji.ains would be taken not to let 
the seed touch the liquid, and he would let 
them remain for six or seven days, when 
tliey would be swelled to twice or three 
times their usual size; then the 3 ' were 
planted. 
His vines of Cucumbers, Tomatoes and 
li-isli Potatoes seemed to be his pets, and 
were planted under the eaves of the house, 
wliere the rain w.ater would have fallen upon 
them if the wily Celestial had permitted it, 
but such was not the case. He had con¬ 
structed a tin gutter, made of thrown away 
oyster cans, whicli conveyed tlie water to 
barrels, where he wanted it for laundry' use, 
and not to fall upon ills bed of vines. But 
this tin gutter served a double purpose; 
wlien tlie vines had begun to run, small 
liolcs were punctured in the tin gutter and a 
mixture of water and fowl dung was placed 
in tlie gutter, and a gradual dripping which 
descended into the midst of the vines made 
tliem grow like “wild-fire” and produce fruit 
abuiidantl 3 '. A trellis was made of twigs 
for the vines to climb upon, and by this proc¬ 
ess the amount of Tomatoes, Cucumbers, 
Squaslies and Melons that were grown was 
miraculous. The vines were the largest, the 
healthiest, and most fruitful of any we have 
beautiful foliage, bordering running streams ever seen. 
His vegetables commanded a premium in 
tlie market, and were noted for their size, 
fiavor and freshness. But All Yut Sing was 
too ecoiiomicai to eat the fruit of his own 
labor; lie would sell his choice vegetables to 
the epicures at a nice figure, and buy the 
stale unsold lots that were offered at a dis¬ 
count in the market. 
SHRUBS IN BOTS. 
Hard 3 '- shrubs iu pots arc frequently used 
iu England for indoor decoration and the 
ornamentation of balconies, verandas, etc.. 
The 3 ’- ndthstand a great anrount of harsh treat¬ 
ment, and a good, healtliy shrub is certainly 
more ornamental than a sickly, tender plant. 
well-gi'own 
