our favoured Devonshire.

Quite a list of plants might here be appended to shew the degree of
mildness experienced in the Channel Islands. Many of them, although of
tropical growth, standing out of doors all the winter without taking
harm. Dr. Greenhow, of Edinburgh, while staying in Jersey one winter,
remarks in a letter to a friend dated January 21st, "I have now on a
table before me in full bloom, the following flowers--narcissus,
jonquils, stocks, wallflowers, rosemary, myrtle, polyanthus, mignonette,
and hyacinths." To these the worthy doctor might have added several
more, as the rose, violet, primrose, etc.

Snow is very rare, and usually the night frost is dispelled in a few
hours by the warmth of the sun, and the general balminess of the air.

For health it is difficult to conceive a spot where a more pure air can
be discovered, for beside the fact of each island having the benefit of
a sea breeze from whichever quarter the wind may blow, there are no
manufactories on the islands to poison the atmosphere with fumes
deleterious to health, as in many of our large English towns--even those
called country towns. On the score of climate and air, therefore, the
Channel Isles will bear comparison with any English county; not only a
_favourable_ comparison, but one that cannot be rivalled by them, even
in the south.

In the matter of hours of sunshine the islands come out a long way ahead
of even Devon and Cornwall, as statistics show that for every hundred
hours these counties can boast of bright sunshine, the Channel Islands
can show nearly one hundred and forty.

The cost of living on the islands is, taken altogether, less than in
England; but in the matter of house rent, is somewhat higher. Meat of
all kinds is a trifle dearer per pound than in England; but when it is
taken into consideration that the Channel Islands' pound is about
seventeen and three-quarter ounces of our avoirdupois weight, there is
little, if any difference in the prices. Fruit and fish are remarkably
good and cheap. The produce in the markets of Guernsey and Jersey are an
unusual sight to visitors, for the fruit is placed for customers'
inspection just as it is gathered, so that the plums, grapes, etc.,
retain their bloom and look a perfect picture. The fish is brought in
straight from the sea, still retaining its iridescent hues, and there is
no need to enquire further if they are fresh, as they, to put it
metaphorically, speak for thems