466 Obituary — Meteorological JVoticcs. 



the demand. Some most excellent brocoli and cauliflowers are now 

 l)roui.'ht in ; prices have advanced. Celery is plenty, and qualify fine 

 Canada squashes are not very ])lenliful; common crookucck may l>e had 

 in abundance. Apples have advanced in price; fine Baldwins and rus- 

 sets selling well at (juotations ; owiujf to the i;rcat crop, tiicy are not 

 of lar;fesize this season. Of pears of fine kinds, there are none in market, 

 now, except St. Germain's and Crasanncs : these sell quickly. The St. 

 Germain's are from j/ardens in the city ; they have long ceased to be 

 worth cuitivatinjf in the interior. Grapes are scarce, excej)t the Malai^a. 

 Cranberries are very scarce, and prices uncommonly hiuh ; the quality, 

 however, is excellent. Chestnuts are small, and of indifferent quality. 

 Boston, Nov. 21. Yours, M. T. 



Art. V. Obituary. 



Death of Mr. Drummond. — We have just received the sad news of the 

 death of the well known botanical traveller, Mr. Drummond. He had 

 crossed from Texas to the peninsula of Florida, with the intention of 

 ex|)lorin<r the botanical riches of that country ; but, finding the season 

 unfavorable, he sailed over to Havana, Cuba, intending to spend a short 

 time there, but died soon after his arrival. Thus the botanical and hor- 

 ticultural world have lost, in a short period, two of the most valuable 

 contributors, — Mr. Douglas, whose indefatigable exertions have en- 

 riched the gardens of Europe and America with so many rare, interest- 

 ing, and beautiful species of jjlants from California and our North-West 

 Coast, and Mr. Druuunond, whom your botanical readers will recollect 

 as the naturalist in Sir John Franklin's overland expedition, and whose 

 collections in British America were extremely valuable. More recently 

 he had ex[)lored the Southern States, where, we believe, he amassed a 

 collection of ujiwards of a thousand species of plants. After this, he 

 spent a year and a half in Texas, adding to his collection, and was an- 

 ticipating an interesting and profitable tour through Florida, when he 

 met with his untimely fate. — Ji. J. D., Neivburgh, N. Y., Oct. 30th. 



Art. VI. Meteorological Notices. 



FOR OCTOBER. 



The month of October was unusually fine, and accompanied with 

 but few frosts, and those very lii;ht. Vegetation continued in all its 

 vigor throughout the month. There were a few days of foL'gy weather. 



Thermometer. — Mean temjjerature, 49° 20' — highest 72^-^; lowest 30° 

 above zero. 



Winds. — N. two days — N.E. one day — E, five — S.E. three — S. six — 

 S. W. eight— W. four— N. W. two days. 



Force of the Wind. — Brisk, twelve days — light, nineteen days. 



Character of the Weather. — Fine, thirteen days — Fair, twelve — 

 Cloddy, six. 



Rainy, two — Showery, three days. 



