ned so
great a size I would not recommend their being transplanted, because
let it be done ever so carefully, the roots must receive more or
less injury, and should the injury be great the death of the tree is
certain.

The smaller ones on the contrary are much stunted; this is caused by
their confined situation, being completely choked up by the rose
trees, which prevents their receiving a proper supply of light and
air, so necessary to vegetation. They are also planted too closely,
and, as the plants are still small, by availing yourself of the most
favourable season, and using great care in the operation, they might
he transplanted with safety, and should then be placed at a distance
of not less than six feet apart. The difficulty of transplanting is
occasioned by the depth to which the root penetrates, as it
generally grows downwards, and in a large tree is principally in the
subsoil. The larger plants should be pruned of their lower branches
to allow a free current of air. This operation is generally
performed in November, but any time during the cold season or before
the rains, while the plant is at rest, would answer: as I have no
knowledge of this climate, I would leave it to more experienced
persons to judge of the proper season. To conclude, the plants are
in a very healthy condition, and had they been in the hands of a
cultivator, would now have been giving a very fair supply of
produce.

The small sample I tried was of a very good flavor, but on account
of the defective manner of manufacture, for want of proper
materials, no proper judgment can be formed." (Simmonds's Col. Mag.,
vol. xvi. p. 44.)

Report upon the Tea Plantations of Deyra, Kumaon and Gurhwal, by
Robert Fortune, Esq., addressed to John Thornton, Esq., Secretary to
the Government, North Western Provinces, dated Calcutta, September
6th, 1851:--

KAOLAGIR TEA PLANTATION.

1. _Situation and extent_.--The Deyra Doon, or Valley of Deyra, is
situated in latitude 3 deg. 18 min. north, and in longitude 78 deg.
east. It is about 60 miles in length from east to west, and 16 miles
broad at its widest part. It is bounded on the south by the Sewalick
range of hills, and on the north by the Himalayas proper, which are
here nearly 8,000 feet above the level of the sea. On the west it is
open to the river Jumna, and