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  2. Below the Northern Coast Range.

    A large tract of the Coast District of which little is known is the stretch of country situated below the range, and between the Macleay and Clarence rivers, embracing a land journey that is seldom undertaken except as a matter of ...

    Article : 2,489 words
  3. Rust in Wheat.

    Sir,—In July or August last I asked you what were the properties of alum. My reason for asking you was because I thought that the presence of alum in the land where was sown was the cause of it not taking the rust: but now ...

    Article : 395 words
  4. Abutilons.

    The time was when this genus of plants contained but very few species worth cultivating, being chiefly confined to the pretty A. striatum and venosum; the former of which is no doubt the type of the variegated leaved varieties, and the ...

    Article : 593 words
  5. Agricultural Items.

    The usual monthly meeting of the committee of the Tenterfield Pastoral, Agricultural, Mining, and Horticultural Society was held at the Council-chambers, on Wednesday evening last, April 7. The treasurer reported that up to ...

    Article : 481 words
  6. The Point Blanc or Sugar-cane Louse.

    The following interesting paper on a subject which is of great importance to the sugar-planters of this colony is the work of Mr. A. Macpherson, of Brisbane:— The Point Blanc or sugar-cane louse was introduced into ...

    Article : 807 words
  7. Horticulture.

    VEGETABLES.—We have seen it written that, as regards vegetables, the public are the slaves of gardeners and green grocers. How much at the present time the dictum is applicable to Great Britain we are not prepared to state, but ...

    Article : 1,124 words
  8. Garden Notes.

    Many of our inland friends will be considering what to plant in the way of those fruits termed English; and in particular referring to Gooseberries and Currants, we may remark that they, at least for private gardens, should not be ...

    Article : 487 words
  9. The French Vintage of 1879.

    The gross production of wine in France last year was only 25,700,000 hectolitres (565,400,000 gallons), or 25,000,000 hectolitres (550,000,000 gallons) less than in the previous year. This enormous falling-off—nearly one ...

    Article : 304 words
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