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  2. Forest Culture in its Relation to Industrial Pursuits.

    THE following is the first portion of a lecture delivered by Dr. Baron Fred, von Mueller, C.M.G., &c, at Melbourne, on the 22nd June last. Dr. Mueller, in a letter to a gentlemen in this city observes :— ...

    Article : 3,845 words
  3. Sugar-Growing on the Lower Clarence.

    A FEW weeks has made a great alteration in the sugar plantations of the Lower Clarence; what were "miniature forests of luxuriant growth" are now nothing but " broad acres " of seared and yellow " trash." The cane cutters ...

    Article : 1,016 words
  4. Tobacco Culture.

    TOBACCO planting, observes the Melbourne Economist, will now be carried on in the early districts, and the sooner this operation is performed and completed the better ; the smaller the plant is transplanted with safety ...

    Article : 653 words
  5. The Hive: or What should Hold the Bees.

    MESSRS. Kirby and Spence think it probable that eggs which produce females are generally larger than male eggs, with the exception of the hive bee, in which the reverse takes place. Huber found the eggs of ants of different ...

    Article : 427 words
  6. Silk Culture.

    WHATEVER be the fate of the silk culture in Japan, whether it follow the course experienced in India, China, and the other continental lands to its west, or escapes from the frightful risk to which its reckless cultivators have ...

    Article : 955 words
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