THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 173 



one hundred gentlemen sat down, including Henry Pownall, Esq., Sir Joseph 

 Paxton, M.P., Mr. Alderman Mechi, Colonel Wood, II. G. Bohn, Esq., Mr. 

 Charles Turner, Mr. James Veitch, Mr. Hugh Low, Messrs. J. T. C. Lee, Mr. 

 R. Godfrey, Mr. R. Glendinning, and others. In the ahsence of Sir John 

 Russell, Mr. Pownall presided. A liberal list of subscriptions was announced. 



Before Lord Stanley quitted office, he ordered an advance of £1000 towards 

 defraying the expense of an account of Australian vegetation, and Mr. Bentham 

 has a commission to prepare it for the press. Among the important books 

 lately issued, we may here call attention to the publication by Mr. Bohn, of a 

 complete account of the Conifer*, from the pen of Mr. George Gordon, assisted 

 by Mr. Robert Glendinning. The work is entitled "The Pinetum, or a 

 synopsis of all the coniferous plants at present known." It will hereafter 

 claim a fuller notice in these pages. 



In the list of forthcoming exhibitions, we call attention to the National 

 Dahlia Show, to be held at St. James's Hall, on the 23rd September, and for 

 which subscriptions will be received by Mr. Turner, of Slough, and Mr. 

 Keynes, of Salisbury. 



Stoke Nevvington, which is as famous for dahlias as it is for chrysanthe- 

 mums, will have its exhibition of Dahlias, Hollyhocks, Asters, &c, at 

 the " Hare and Hounds'' Tavern, on Wednesday, September 1st. The 

 National Carnation and Picotee Society will hold its fete, in the Park 

 at Moira, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, on Wednesday, August 4th, when 230 

 guineas and four silver cups will be awarded. On the 5th of August the 

 Pomological Society will meet to award premiums for the best seedling early 

 Peach, and the best seedling early Apricot. The Horticultural Society of 

 Edinburgh has announced the annual exhibition of Hyacinths, to be held in 

 March next. 



It is our painful duty to close these memoranda with obituary notices. On 

 the 13th, at Bayswater, died Jane Webb Loudon, widow of the late John 

 Claudius Loudon, in the 58th year of her age. Mrs. Loudon had, from youth, 

 accustomed herself to the use of the pen, and after her marriage with the 

 eminent author of the most important horticultural works of our time, she 

 devoted herself to similar pursuits, and produced a number of works of the 

 highest merit, on botany and gardening. 



Another less eminent, but specially entitled to a tribute of esteem in these 

 pages, has been taken from amongst us in his youth, and, in recording the 

 death of E. A. Copland, Esq., of Bellefield, Essex, we desire to express our 

 deep regret for the loss of one who had engaged our best affections as a friend 

 and brother. Though so young, Mr. Copland possessed a mind richly stored 

 with knowledge, and was an enthusiastic lover of horticulture and of kin- 

 dred refining arts. He was an assiduous and valued contributor to the 

 Cottage Gardener, and gave his best of services to the readers of the 

 "Floral World," besides being the author of several works on subjects, as- 

 sociated, more or less, with gardening. His best knowledge was that of the 

 way of Eternal Life, of which he has now become an inheritor, and, perhaps, 

 instead of regretting, we should permit the reflection to turn our mourning 

 into joy. The following memorandum has been furnished to these pages, by 

 the father of our departed friend :— 



Your readers have probably observed the signature, "E. A. Copland," to articles from his 

 pen _ p . 85 (Garden Plan), 109 (Rockery Construction) ; and the paper p. 138 (Floral 

 Pyramid), was also contributed by him. He was a young man (22 years of age), of 

 good abilities, and was intended for a civil engineer, and, as such, went out to Brazil, 

 in 1855, but the Almighty disposer of events had otherwise ordered, for, after his return, 

 symptoms of pulmonary comsumption showed themselves, and for two years and four 

 months, he was laid aside from the pursuit of his profession. Though sometimes better, no hope 

 was ever entertained of his recovery, and he finally sank on the 22nd of June. During his 

 long illness, he employed himself, whilst able, and afterwards with the help of an 

 amanuensis, in contributing to various periodicals, and he also published some tracts. His 



