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and there; as Marigolds, Stocks, the Leopard's -bane, Michael- 

 mas Daisy, Aster Tradescantii,the Aster tardiflorus, and others. 



Nov. 2.— All-souls Day. The large or Gansel's Bergamot 

 Pears ripe, but hot very good this year. The Geraniums and 

 Myrtles still flourish out of doors. Polyanthuses and Daisies 

 are in flower, and a few of the common Primrose. There is 

 also an abundance of Chinese Roses. 



Nov. 11. — The Swan's Eggs and the Crasane Pears ripe, 

 and of very good flavour this year. 



Nov. 13.— It is observed that most of the Apples in the 

 loft keep very badly this year, beginning to rot much sooner 

 than usual: they are likewise infested with a small worm, which 

 leaves round black foramina in them. The sort called Red- 

 streaks and Duckbills keep the worst. The crops of this fruit 

 have been very scanty, and the price of them is advancing. 



Nov. 20. — Weather very wet, and the marshes flooded. 

 Large congregations of rooks and daws, sometimes accompa- 

 nied by starlings, begin to be frequent, as is usual in autumn. 

 The European Tailpye, Mecistura vaga?is, has several times ap- 

 pealed of late in small flocks, wandering over the country at 

 uncertain intervals, and performing partial migrations. 



Nov. 21. — Weather warm and showery, and the ground unu- 

 sually wet, with a flood in the marshes of the Medway. While 

 sitting at tea, we were surprised by a sharp, sudden, and un- 

 usually loud clap of thunder, followed by a violent storm : 

 it did not clear the air, as we at first hoped, but has ended 

 again in settled rain, while the floods in the meadows continue 

 to increase. T. Forster. 



LIST OF NEW PATENTS. 



To Joseph Apsden, of Leeds, Yorkshire, bricklayer, for his improvement 

 in the modes of producing an artificial stone. — Dated 21st October, 

 1 824. — 2 months allowed to enrol specification. 



To George Dodd, of St. Anne-street, Westminster, Middlesex, engineer, 

 for certain improvements on fire- extinguishing machinery. — 21st October. 

 — 6 months. 



To George Samuel Harris, of Caroline-place, Trevor-square, Knights- 

 bridge, Middlesex, gentleman, for his machine for the purpose of giving 

 the most effectual and extensive publicity, by day and by night, to all pro- 

 clamations, notices, legal advertisements, and other purposes to which the 

 same may be applicable, destined for universal information, and which will 

 henceforward render unnecessary the defacement of walls and houses in 

 the metropolis and its vicinity by bill-sticking, placarding, and chalking, 

 which latter practices have become a great and offensive public nuisance. 

 — 21st October.— 2 months. 



To John Lingford, of Nottingham, lace-machine manufacturer, for cer- 

 tain improvements upon machines or machinery now in use for the purpose 



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