96 Obituary. 



season of the year, the different varieties of broccoli are to be observed in 

 such perfection, and in such abundance. Already, also, are asparagus and sea- 

 kale in good supply, and certainly very reasonable in price. Forced rhubarb 

 is also [jlentiful ; and some French beans have been offered. Of savoys, the 

 market is deficient ; but coleworts, cabbage plants, Brussels sprouts, and bore- 

 cole are liberally furnished. Turnips, although not plentiful, are moderately 

 supplied ; carrots, very generally ; potatoes, as yet, come to hand freely ; 

 onions, also, with all the minor articles, as usual. Of fruits, generally, the 

 supply is quite equal to the demand, which suffers, with the vegetables, from 

 the previously quoted causes. Some singularly handsome specimens of pine- 

 apples have been recently furnished, but could not be disposed of at the very 

 low prices quoted in the list. There are but few pears now on hand ; those 

 mentioned constitute materially the supply. Of apples, we have abundance, 

 of excellent quality; but few importations, those principally from Jersey, of 

 the common varieties. Until within the last week, oranges have been scarce, 

 and much dearer than at present quoted : lemons, also, have been scarce, but 

 are now more plentiful. Foreign grapes have come to hand in great quanti- 

 ties, and of excellent quality ; many of them have been forwarded by steam. 

 Nuts and chestnuts are not so abundant as usual at this season ; but several 

 cargoes are immediately expected, which may reduce the present prices. — 

 G.C. Jan. 21. 1837. 



Art. VIII. The London Horticultural Society and Garden. 



Mef.TISG, Jan. 17. 1837. — Exhibited. Primula sinensis, with double 

 flowers, from Mr. J. Henderson, of the Wellington Nursery. Varieties of 

 Primula, from Mr. J. A. Henderson. Renanthcra coccinea, from S. F. 

 Phelps, Esq. Oncidium papilio, i^uph6rbi« splendens, Lechenault/« formosa, 

 E'pacris campanulata, and E. impressa, from Mrs. Lawrence. West's St. 

 Peter's grapes, from Mr. J. Paxton. 



From the Garden of the Society. Plants. Echeven'a gibbiflora, Calanthe 

 veratrifolia, Rhodochiton volubilis, Lithospennum rosmarinifolium, Garrya 

 elliptica, Chimonanthus fragrans, and C. f. grandiflorus. — Fruits. Apples : 

 Royal reinette, London pippin. Court pendu plat, Baxter's pearmain, Dutch 

 mifnonne, Herefordshire pearmain. Pile's russet, Haggerston pippin, and 

 northern greening. This last sort keeps long, and never shrivels. — Pears : 

 Easter beurre, Beurr^ ranee, Dowler's seedling, Bezi de Cassoy, Rouse 

 lench, Bellissime d' hiver. The first three were from standards, and had 

 been kept in white sand, a method that has been long practised by some ; 

 but it may be proper to state that the flavour is not so good if the fruit be 

 packed immediately when gathered. This is probably owing to the fruit con- 

 taining at that time much watery substance ; which may be eva|)orated by 

 laying the fruit some weeks on the shelves. The sand should be well dried 

 and cool, when the fruit is packed in it. 



Art. IX. Obituary. 



M. Persoon, the learned botanist, author of Sj/tiopsis P/antarum, and other 

 works, died lately in Paris, at an advanced age. He had enjoyed for some 

 years a small pension fiom the French government, to whom he had sold his 

 magnificent herbarium, the result of 30 years of research, and which was 

 more especially rich in cryptogamic plants, (llernus, Nov. 19. 1836.) 



C. M. Fischer, the curator of tiie Botanic Garden of Gcittingen, died on 

 Dec. 19. last, after an illness of several months. He was a scientific botanist, 

 an intelligent cultivator, and an amiable and much respected man. — E. L. 

 47. Eaton Square, Piinlico, Jan. 4. 1837. 



Died at Edinburgh, on Nov. 2. 183G, Mr. John Hay, garden-architect, 

 aged 78 years. (^Eilin. Weekly Journal, Nov. 23.) We should be glad of a 

 biographical notice of this worthy man. 



