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the communion shortly before his death, in the full use of his mental 

 faculties, and with the fullest reliance on the mercy and beneficence 

 of his Maker. It may most truly be said of him, that no man ever 

 led a more spotless life, and the annals of his native town bear re- 

 cord to his zeal and liberality, manifested through a long life in all 

 olfjects of public improvement, and which have caused him to be uni- 

 versally looked up to as a public benefactor. (iV. Y. Com. Adv.) 



[Mr. Prince was one of the oldest nurserymen in the country, and 

 from his estaljlishment at Flashing great numbers of trees have been 

 distributed over the United States. Mr. Prince was the first to intro- 

 duce many of the plants now common in our gardens, and his exer- 

 tions to add all the newest varieties of fruit will be remembered by 

 cultivators. Mr. Prince was also the author of one or two volumes 

 on horticulture, which have been considered valuable contributions to 

 our garden literature. — Ed.] 



Death of M. A. F. De CandoUe. — The last number of SilUmaii's 

 Journal contains a notice of the death of this eminent botanist, whose 

 works have been the admiration of all who have studied botany as a 

 science. From this notice we learn that M. De Candolle was bora 

 in Geneva, in 1778, of an ancient family, which, as long ago as the 

 sixteenth century, was distinguished in the republic of letters. From 

 his earliest years he devoted himself to botany, and in his twenty- 

 first year published his history of succulent ])lants. From and after 

 that period he continued to lay before the botanical world his valua- 

 ble works: his last and greatest effort was his Prodromus, which he 

 left unfinished at his death. (SiUima7i^s Journal.) 



Jllymer Bourke Lambert, Esq., F. R. S., ^'c, for many years 

 Vice-President of the Linnaean Society, died at his residence near 

 London, Jan. 10. Mr. Lambert was the author of a splendid work 

 on the genus Pinus. (Gard. Mag.) 



Archibald Menzies, Esq., F. L. S. <$'C., died at his residence, Lud 

 brook Terrace, Kensington Gravel Pits, on the 16th of February. 

 He was the first discoverer of many Californian plants, having 

 brought home numerous dried specimens, thirty and forty years be- 

 fore Mr. Douglas. Among them was the Ribes sanguineum. (Id.) 



David Don, Esq., Professor of Botany in Kinij's College, and Li- 

 brarian to the Linnaian Society, died Dec. 8, 1841, much regretted 

 by his friends and all who knew him. {Id.) 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR JUNE. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape vines in the grapery will now be setting their fruit. Dis- 

 continue syringing until the berries are the size of large shot; then 

 continue it again. Keep up a good temperature; close up the house 



