188 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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Admiral Fitzroy.—I am, Sir, your most obedient 
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PS.—It is not improbable that grs through 
the market-gardeners alone within 20 miles of 
London a оны a. mone н ниет е 
clubbed for such a purpose as getting a stock of 
the genuine plants ; or wo ры за some a 
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potatoe plants as a ipeculation? 
Quotation above referred to, 
“Admiral Frrzroy, on ae invited by the Pre- 
те de express his opinion оп the paper, said 
that e region to which their attention had been 
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well suited to the constitution, habits ‚ and pursuits 
of Englishmen. The western side of the southern 
parts of South America embraced some of the 
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country also Pes three different kinds of 
tatoes, € than any he had ever eaten at 
me. Не only surprised, considering the 
deterioration Hrs the о plant in England, that 
some adventurous Englishman had not been out to 
this region to procure a stock of fresh plants.” 
Тнв LONDON AND Ілѕвох c Woop Cowraxr, 
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28 ae Thames beers Le C.: 
London, Sept. 
‚ Murray, Esq., Assistant- Stay ta 
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By this pus Isend you a sample of Virgin 
Conk” ‘which we have imported with js cork ми 
g it would supersede other articles for 
ornamental or grotto work I lieve it is the 
н of the kind әр to this country. If the 
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a faint idea of its picis generally, as there 
are some very fine and thick pieces taken from 
trees 400 years old. 
am, Sir, yours very respectfully, 
Samu, OLDFIELD, See, 
Kensington, W. 3 
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Тихт. — Major G. Rhodes some time since 
wrote d the deitas STANS complaining that 
in notices appeared of the Society’s he. 
ent, гаа Fowke had been reported as 
ventor or contriver, whereas its prineiple 
ly i аны by him (Major Rhodes), ne 
pre viously inve y hi ( is wie 
forw: arded for the purpose. 
Alth 
ugh this was a mattor which could have 
little шоа to the Fellows of the Society, i 
paper would have been published. for Major Rh 
satisfaction. But the same principle reg 
h hould be submitted to Captain Poris, 
and that any reply he might make should 
p d ent acco 
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mitted to him, and he has returned a reply. E 
The length of the two papers, as well as t 
press of other matter which cannot be 
paag carried out. 
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the Museum of Patents, South Kensington, а 
coloured lithographed plan, illustrating his 
stems of Tent architecture; and Major rd. | 
had 
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cuni eredit а himself as the original inventor 
such stru ructu ба clears himself 
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