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  2. The Garden.

    AMONG the various useful palms, Attalea funifera and A. cohune are worthy of notice. The former produces not only the coquilla nuts, which are used in turning various ornamental and useful articles, the ...

    Article : 1,058 words
  3. Operations for May.

    FLOWER GARDEN.—The rains of last week will have completely damaged the flowering properties of our autumnal blooming plants, as to render them unsightly. The chrysanthemums, which were the objects ...

    Article : 1,463 words
  4. Victoria Nursery.

    THIS nursery, which is situated on the Canterbury Road, Petersham, has now been in existence about two years. The proprietors, the Messrs. J. and W. Gelding, having removed their stock from their ...

    Article : 814 words
  5. Novelties of 1870.

    LAST week we reprinted from the Gardener's Chronicle a brief review of the principal hardy and greenhouse plants and bulbs exhibited for the first time last year, and we now subjoin the concluding portion of the notice :— ...

    Article : 1,662 words
  6. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

    BY way of Mauritius we have Natal news to the 31st January from which we gather that the finds of diamonds continued to be considerable, though at Natal there wm little enthusiasm as the fields were attracting too many ...

    Article : 402 words
  7. Botany of the Blue Mountains District.

    ALTHOUGH this is not the best season of the year for visiting the Blue Mountains in search of botanical rarities, yet there are some interesting plants, which may be noticed even now in flower. During a hurried ...

    Article : 911 words
  8. MAURITIUS.

    FROM Port Louis we have papers to the 13th March. The following is extracted from the Commercial Advertiser:—His Excellency the Hon. A. Gordon, the new Governor of Mauritius, arrived at Port Louis on the 17th February ...

    Article : 247 words
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