32 Donn'’s Plan of thè Grand Surry Canal.“[Feb.

wonted depth,---it is not probable, that he can ſurvive. The trees having clammy, viſcid juices, ſuch as thoſe which produce apricots, peaches, plumbs, cherries,&c. are little liable to be injured by any changes in the weather. The termination ôf a wery intenſe froſt by a very ſudden and rapid thaw, is apt to prove extremely hurtful to the healthy vegetation of trees. Artichokesz winter-cauliflowers, ſáge, thyme, maſtic, lavender,&c. are gene- rally killed by extreme intenſity of froſt. Twill not lengthen out this letter, leſt it might prove inconve- nient for your inſertion. T am, Sir, your humble ſervant, WB. ————_—————— For the Commercial and Agricultural Magazine. Mr. DopnD’s PLAN of the GRAND SURRY CANAL.

HIS Canal is intended to paſs nearly in a ſouth-weſt line

from London, to forma junâtion with the river Wey, whence a communication may be opened to Portſmouth, by way of South- ampton, in continuing the Baſingſtoke or Guildford canal, the former of which îs already completed from the river Wey to within twenty miles water-communication now eftedted to thoſe places. À principal'obje& of the propoſed canal navigation'is to create an uninterrupted inland water-carriage from Portſmouth to the metropolis, as alſo to afford a general accommodation to the counties of Surry and Hants. The intended canal is propoſed tò paſs by, or in the vicinity of, the following places, either by collateral cúts, or the main trunk, this latter being to communi- cate with the river Thames, near the King’s Mills, at Rother- hithe, at which place is meant the grand baſin; from thence to paſs in a ſoutherly dire@tion near the back of his Majeſty’s yard and Vidualling Office, Deptford: from which place a collateral cut may be made for the uſe of thoſe two great national depôts 5 the ine will then run nearly ſouth-weſt( ſubje&Æ to ſuch varia- tions as may be expedient to be introduced after the aGual ſurvey), furniſhing a water-communication to Peckham and Camberwell, while, between the latter of theſe places and Wal- worth, a collateral branch is propoſed to run behind Blackman Street, near St. George's church in the Borough, for the uſe of paſlage-boats as well as barges, which. may, fſtatedly, navigate the line. This canal will, moreover, open a water-communi- cation with Stockwell, Clapham, Upper and Lower Tooting, Streatham, Merton, Mitcham, Wimbledon, Morden, Cheam, Ewell, Epſom, Leatherhead, Maldon, Kingſton, Thames Ditton and Long Ditton, Weſt-end, Horſham, Cobham, Walton, Weybridge, Byfleet, together with various detached places. ‘The whole of this immenſe water-communication, uniting ſuch populous towns to ſo great a metropolis, will, probably, not be equalled in the univerſe; for, independently of barges, the vaſt