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THE LATE SAMUEL CURTIS, E.LS. 



"We regret to record the death of Samuel Curtis, Esq., F.L.S., in his 81st year, at 

 the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Fothergill, La Chaire, Kozel, Jersey. Mr. Curtis 

 was for many years the proprietor of the " Botanical Magazine," which bears his name, 

 and an extensive and enthusiastic horticulturist in every department. He resided 

 for many years at Glazen Wood, in Coggleshall, in Essex, for the conversion of 

 which into an orchard and nursery-ground of great beauty and productiveness, he 

 received the gold medal of the Society of Arts. 



Assisted by his daughters, and under the editorship first of Dr. John Sims, and 

 subsequently of Sir "William Hooker, the " Botanical Magazine " (commenced in 

 1787 by the celebrated botanist, William Curtis, the well-known author of the 

 "Flora Londinensis"), continued to enjoy, under his management, a very large share 

 of the public favour. About fourteen years ago he disposed of his interest in the 

 current issue to the present publishers, who have steadily maintained it3 long- 

 established reputation. 



Amongst the residents of the eastern end of the metropolis his name is well 

 known iu connection with the Victoria Park, the general laying out of which was 

 executed under his superintendence. His unvarying kindness and urbanity of man- 

 ner endeared him in a marked degree to most of its habitual frequenters, amongst 

 whom his name is still regarded as a " household word." 



The latter years of his useful life w r ere spent at La Chaire, the beautiful residence 

 of his daughter, Mrs. Fothergill, at Rozel, in the Island of Jersey. Here, amid 

 scenes of floricultural beauty, the work of his own hands, and with a mind intent 

 upon improvement almost to the latest day, glided away in peaceful serenity, and 

 untiring kindness to his poorer neighbours, the last days of this true lover of nature. 



It is given to but few to secure the warm and lasting attachment of so many 

 friends as the subject of this notice. Those who knew him best, loved him the most; 

 and it is gratifying to know that his last hours were soothed and tended by the 

 unwearied tenderness and watchfulness of some of his many chddren. 



In testimony of the respect in which he was held in the island, we con- 

 clude our brief notice with the following extract from the Jersey Times, to the 

 correctness of which all who had the pleasure of knowing him will heartily re- 

 spond : — 



" Few men have won more esteem than the subject of this notice. His 

 general disposition and his hospitality and kindness to all visitors, his unobtrusive 

 but unbounded beneficence towards the poor, had endeared him to all who came 

 within the circle of his acquaintance. For a long time past his health had gradually 

 failed. One of his greatest trials was his failing sight, which deprived him of the 

 pleasure of observing the growth and development of the plants and flowers to 

 which he was so much attached. He was a very warm supporter of the Jersey Agri- 

 cultural and Horticultural Society, of which he had been elected an honorary 

 member. His services were particularly valuable as a judge at the exhibitions, and 

 his observations were always received with interest and attention. He is more widely 

 known in connection with the arrangements and laying out of the Victoria Park. But 

 probably he will be best known and most widely remembered iu connection with the 

 publication of the "Botanical Magazine," in which he was coadjutor with SirW r illiam 

 Hookei-. We cannot forbear saying, that in Mr. Curtis the island has lost a very 

 worthy and universally-esteemed resident. La Chaire, with its valuable botanical 

 specimens, is the property of his daughter, Mrs. Fothergill." 



A SAEE CODE OE POTATOE CULTURE. 



I had my potatoes planted last year ac- 

 cording to the directions given in your 

 papers on " Profitable Gardening " (F. W. 

 vol. i. p. 225) ; and having had alongside 

 of those so planted some others put down 



in the ordinary way, with fresh dung, per- 

 haps you will be interested in hearing the 

 result. 



Fourteen yards of a drill of fluke pota- 

 toes, planted in ground manured the pre' 



