Mortality amongst Chestnut Teees. — The Courrier de JBayonne mentions 

 that in the neighbourhood of Baigorry numbers of magnificent chestnut trees 

 have been completely dried up this year, without any one being able to account 

 for the singular occurrence. The sight which these trees present, wholly de- 

 prived of foliage, is most dismal ; and what alarms the peasants more than 

 anything else are the ravages caused by this new kind of plague, which has 

 been also seen on a much larger scale in the district of Espelette. Even if the 

 visitation should only continue for a short time, the fine clumps of chestnuts 

 in the ravines of the Pyrenees will be entirely swept away, the produce of 

 which is one of the principal means of existence and prosperity of the peasantry. 

 Some attribute the cause to insect work underground. — M. 



Sale of the Estate of Bordlands, Peeblesshire.— The Estate of Bord- 

 lands, belonging to the heirs of the late George Hope, Esq., extending to about 

 2,700 acres, was exposed for sale on the 19th ult., within Messrs. Lyon and 

 Turnbull's rooms, 51, George Street, Edinburgh, and purchased at the upset 

 price of £25,000 by Messrs. Mackenzie and Kermack, W.S., for Sir James R. 

 Fergusson, of Spittalhaugh. 



Planting of Trees in the Camberwell Thoroughfares. — The Camberwell 

 Vestry seem at present inclined liberally to carry out the boulevard system 

 within their district, which has already been adopted in Newington, the 

 Borough Road, and other parts of South London. At a recent meeting of the 

 Vestry, the General Purposes Committee recommended that 388 trees be 

 planted in the public footpath on the west side of the Old Kent Road ; 24 trees 

 on the west side of Camberwell Road, extending from near Camberwell Green 

 to Wyndham Road ; 86 trees on both sides of Camberwell New Road, within 

 the parish boundaries ; and 60 trees on the south side of the Peckham High 

 Road ; the total number of trees proposed to be planted in the thoroughfares 

 within the parish being about 560. Mr. Hunt, a member of the Vestry, 

 objected to that part of the recommendation referring to the largest number 

 of trees proposed to be planted, contending that the Old Kent Road was not a 

 fit place in which to plant trees, but several other members considered that 

 the work would be a great impi'ovement, as well as healthy and ornamental, 

 and the recommendation of the committee was unanimously adopted. The 

 Vestry likewise approved a recommendation of the same committee to plant 

 an alternate line of trees along a portion of the centre of Peckham Rye, 

 together with the placing of seats, and that circular seats be also placed around 

 certain trees named on the common. — Builder. 



Sale of a Large Estate. — We understand that the extensive and beautiful 

 estates at Pitfirrane and Keavil, in the west of Fife, have just been sold to 

 Mr. Lawrence Dalgleish, of Dalbeath, at the price of £132,500. — N. B. Afjri- 

 culturist. 



What is Unmerchantable Timber ? — A case of interest to the timber trade 

 has recently been tried in the German courts. Messrs. Bryson, Jameson, and Co., 



