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j. fimbriata, C.j. imbricata, from Mr. Chandler. C. j. double-striped, 

 C. j. fimbriata, and C. j. althajffiflora, from Mr. G. Glenny. English 

 seedling camellias in pots, from Mr. Chandler. Baskets of cut flowers 

 of Chinese camellias, from Mr. W. Wells, Mr. Chandler, and Mr. 

 Donald — the latter of which were produced in the open air; and of 

 English seedling camellias, from Mr. AUnutt, Mr. G. Glenny, and Mr. 

 Chandler. 



Extras. Camellia japonica double Avhite, C. j. Chandleri, C. j. con- 

 cinna, C.j. althseaeflora, from Mr. Chandler; seven seedling camellias, 

 from Mr. Allnutt; baskets of camellias, from J. C. Palmer, Esq., and 

 W. Wells, Esq. 



A large silver medal to Mr. Chandler, for the best three Chinese ca- 

 mellias, in pots. A large silver medal to Mr. Chandler, for the best 

 three English seedling camellias in pots. A silver Banksian medal to 

 Mr. Wells, for the best basket of cut flowers of camellias. A silver 

 Banksian medal to Mr. Chandler, for the best basket of cut flowers 

 from English seedling camellias. — (Gard. Mag.) 



Metropolitan Society of Florists and Jlmateiirs. — The following 

 were the subjects exhibited for prizes at their last meeting, viz. the best 

 six plants of Orchidece, the best six stove plants not orchideses ; and 

 similar numbers of heath, geraniums, other green-house plants, calceo- 

 larias, hardy American plants, hardy rhododendrons, hardy azaleas; 

 the best twelve hardy and half-hardy dissimilar varieties of heart's-ease; 

 the best one hundred do.; the best twelve tulips; the best single speci- 

 men plants; and the best thirty-six varieties of cut flowers. We insert 

 the above to show our distant or future readers what the rage now is 

 for flowers and flowering plants. — {Paxton's Mag.) 



BELGIUM. 



Louvain, Dec, 1835. — We have had in succession two winters with- 

 out frost, and two summers without rain. Thirty storms have each 

 summer threatened to burst upon us, but, every time, their explosions 

 have been prevented by the electrical conductors {paratonnenes). At 

 length the storms have gathered in regions so high, as to be beyond the 

 control and influence of these conductors, and have burst forth, sending 

 to the earth masses of huge hail-stones. Before the introduction of the 

 metallic rods, we had, in summer, at every change of the moon, a storm 

 in a low region of the atmosphere, attended with an abundance of soft 

 warm rain; these rains are no longer known. 



Our University has been suppressed by a decree of the Representa- 

 tives ; a fi'ee Catholic University is established in its place. 1 am sent 

 to Ghent, twenty-five leagues from here, where the University is pre- 

 served. The gardens belonging to the house which I inhabit will share 

 the fate of my great nursery, — they will be exterminated. 



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If, in the verification of what are left me, I find that in pears of the 

 first rank (I do not speak of apples and other fruits), my losses do not 

 exceed from eight hundred to one thousand varieties, I shall esteem 

 myself truly happy. I am driven anew from two of my gardens; from 

 that belonging to my habitation, and from a very large one, in which, 

 at the destruction of my nursery, I found a refuge for most of the 

 things that I was able to save. The first, with my dwelling, has. fallen 

 to the share of the University (Catholic), which has taken the place of 

 oui's. The other belonged to a suppressed convent, which has just 

 been sold to a cloth manufacturer. I am myself expelled, and have 



