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pant six inches wide, and as high as the top of the ays colours of the sun; turning off at a right angle by some ae where ry -_ an on — of ig prizes _— ae 
gricultu: mplements at the Liverpoo! eeting :—1. Ploughs « 
bh pre events worm s from wor king: amongst them I | current ofwind, Agen many ao! to leeward. ae To 3. Wilkie: for the best subsoil plough, 10 sovs., and for his 
have prep: Je s imagine, and was plough, 5 sovs.; to Hon. E L. Mos ‘or 
which ar (the 17th Aug J trong p , th g idea that we had penetrated | swing plough, 5 sovs. ; to E. D. Falkner, for his swing plough, 5 
vering the top = Ps and fe have Mat ¢ two | far be nid et whe was once tl ought practicable. It really | SOVS-; to Messrs. Ranso’ Ipswich, for their two-wheeled 
pad t rhe ese means ave always | caused a feeling of to steal over us all, in considerin; plough. market N-L., 5 Mr: J. Rowand, tor his patent 
months more to 7 ay’ S | Scotch two-wheeled plough, 5 sovs.; to Messrs. S: ‘s, Wil- 
obtain oe ago ped rh age and “ Seedlings | will attain a size our own eer ignificance and helplessness. Everything | Jiams, and Taylor, for their 2 wheeled ugh, 5 Sovs.; to Messrs. 
any I beyond w we see is ther ed in'a mystery reserve , Barrett, and Exall, for their one- plough, 5 sovs.; 
for fru. vajiaiee? 0 fathom. Durt to art, for the pes Bipathnces lough invented by him, 10 
ae on the a of to Strawberries, I may state 
tha t I saw about 50 po ots of Myatt’ s British Queen forced 
ring our stay at Lord 
Aucl land’s Groupe, (from the 20th 
s to any other sort : the beautiful colour of the fru 
and its good flavour, will make it a desirable ence 
fr fo rcing.—James Brown, sasehnygs to Lord Southamp- 
in, Whittlebury Lodge, Toweeste 
its larg 
Ageless CORRESPONDENC 
Hobarton, Van Diemen’s Land, Bi aps 8,1 —For 
the following aad interesting extracts from the pr rivate 
letter of an office 
of discovery, ¥ we arel 
ndebte d to the pindiese iA a Jim nd :— 
is burnt up. Lady Franklin is one to Kew Ze 
the Favourite, but is pe leek very 5 For our- 
selves, We have in ndee te most glori 
wonders, though it has ue very phar 2 og a, — We 
reache d fe 3’ south lat., and Se roncnen | _— ay ee ba JF 
5 
<a) rs h 
from observa. 
and S W.o fee 
e run phody gs wil sui ear ormous tract 
7 nd, a from 72° to 79° Ss. he; ; every part of 
ath than 
led i. 
an . rther ae hit sec = iscovered; and our 
ted tupendous barrier of 
fas ain 300 mi Hes Ee and ur intention was 
make observations on the actual site of the Magnetic 
te) wi 
among a stupendous chain ‘ ee tains, ¢ 
a 
oO 
the entire coast ‘is lined with enormous tabular masses, 
aii i ¢h 
ken line for In approaching such a 
coast, Peer arises sag chy ig chance of a shift of wind, or 
‘kin; all the 
“a gale, which would prevent our wor' off, when all 
ice would set has on the coast and give us what is called 
‘a jam;’ or ( as bad), we might find ourselves be- 
med, and frozen in, for the san has here no power to 
melt the ice—ey: ht of summer: wintering 
in such a latitude, Capt. Ross ahier args to be quite 
impracticable, as we s sho vuld be frozen fast, and ay ge 
d take ‘ ‘the pack,’ which should 
to north, and melt it in warmer water. a 
imbed us 
the Polar v bat sabe were astonished beyond measure a 
stupendous masses of ice, and their cs acrid pokes 
igure; they s, generally 
arse 7 times 
of range upon range o 
of 
= neve. with snow, except, indeed, where 
Ly 
and nethine & new 
2 S ad 
Cc. 
sovs. 
of Nov- to the 12th vented by him, and ere the Hon. H. on Apne 4 SOS. ; 
est plough with a 2. Cul- 
Earl of Ducie, - his ley cultiva- 
B 
stage ne implements: 
to vate Ransome, for 
natural order, merge arm Th 
the Mosses, a fine new 
r with Captain James Rose’ 8 expedition 
ong Con 
stomum, Bartram, pe ae ik together with sine 
vi gee At Cam 
o Tree Fer grow 
ats with seven aditidal hinas and many Mo: 
ROY AGRICULTURAL S ETY OF ENG GLAND 
August 11th.—T. R. , Esq ta the chair. et 
entlemen were electe ase of the Socie 
nice sin: pity pestis bebe vara eatin ng whether ¢ 
‘ai 
Vv: is 
+ Garrett and Son, for their 
pbell’s Island . Smyth, for his drill 
w there | Messrs. 
ag mnt 
ehh 4 
The . Corn 1d Clean 
ame ie Aeneas of | to J. Cooch, Pe: od =, cleaning- machine, invented. voy the oy 4 
nt w see Cooch, 10 . Gors sh 
e-crusher: To Messrs. White and 
seeds, "si Sovs. 10, M 
Henslow should be m: f the mbers of. the | R. "Darkiaaoes for his péndulam churn, ry sovs. s 
Society as intende transmit s ens of year for | his double-acting v churn, 2 sovs.; toT. Ha ckvale, for his 
he cous 7 oes apn icine spe- implement for hoeing and thinning , 3 sovs, ; to T. Wed- 
Co’ 
t 
cimen: ariety, with the and leaves esoian. Each 
variety should be formed into a icatate bundle, Mes ak tied: 
a stick or flat board ; and the ears should be wra) 
prev 
= arn ni - many of 
Db rtained, namely—1, the 
ép sh and Bes nat where wn ; 3, 
to | Hallen, for th 
vs. ; to 
sip 
samie box, the whole — be carefully and closely packed, ts NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS WHICH ARE 
pcm veo their es —The 
of the nox: Winter 
ear Ghent, in 
prevent injury from mui 
.W.L. RK shibi ad 8 
had not been at that time .—The 
judges at the Liverpool meeting having recommended the 
0] eat to ied in the ensuing sea- 
erley. » hav 
try them compara’ tively on their farms in 
setshire, and Burrey, and to report the result to the A gered 
namely — Colonel Le Couteur’s “Belle Vue Talavera 
(eins or winter) Wheat grown inthe year 1840, on pear Dpisaa 
m his farm at Belle Vue, in the island of picts’ £ A gs 
manured for wheat with cues 
the acre, producing 46 to 47 bush ory 
Maydwell's **Chidham” white Wheat, grown in 1840 on a chalk 
soil o1 is farm of Hi Highlands, , near Leatherhead, Surrey (grown 
seven cart-loads of Lagann per acre 
Spee sed to constant disintegration, from the s of 
snow rolling ae i es ve their iets aad pas 
ing huge masses into the icebergs below, hich, when 
ale, tan alo ith 
he co: 
co’ 
ens it is Teipeestte for plai 
the whole time we were Woe the Antarctic 
er 
thermometer ‘ase above 32°, and very 
Tarely was even so high, yo not be surprised ; 0! 
ship the average range was 18°24/ (never below 
12°): of course it was m colder on shore. The sunis 
very powerless here: in , the sun i mmer raises 
the mercury  engeeaSal tat th 1008 a8 ép- 
ere on The ually unpro- 
ductive with the bed : its tomperaare eae bgo, and 
is the freezing point of s vr. When near the 
shore l have been p eve 1 cae y= some trace of vege- 
tation i e sea, but I am now con pee that in this 
i v 
pneitude * vegetation does not enter the circle. Emerald 
_ : bably th 
mor mit. The success of this prs lag: eogra- 
phic I scorer is really wonderful, and shows ‘what per- 
n do. 
ss 7 the true 8. Pole when we were brought up by the 
as to E., where there was a fine vol- 
@ poutine fire and smo oke i in 79°, and about 9000 feet 
rn covered all over with eternal snow, erg just round 
bi where the heat had melted it off. I can give 
ially when there was any yfine 
: ad +By ¢2 ty Sau = the 
water and sky hath as blue, or rather more intensely bine 
than I have ever seen them in the Tropics, and all = 
east one mass of beautiful peaks of snow ; hen the sw 
Sets low, these refiect the. most epee tay: ts of pote 
yellow searlet.. And then to oud of 
moke — with flame fiatag fou th the pe 
fect column; one side jet-black, the other reflecting the 
be se ot on cane the mame oft of ce Setting Sun. Mr. 
exhibited Sowers of a atiful seedling Loge called Hope 
umphant; its colour wa deep Fone, and its form 
‘a are fark the. peace! et ge eons of 
the abov: ion was held at the Fain Gales 
EITHER Sora Sou ORNAMENTAL. 
EPIipENDRUM PHEN 
Bpiphyte.) J—A noble wpe 
seud 
and out. The lip is nearly an inch a half long, of the clear 
bright violet of Cattleya labiata, ith the same deep crimsoi 
veins ins in the middle; it is much undulated, and of a 
i is si 
iad Reg. 
Er1a c ALLARIOID Lily-of-the-Valley-like Eria. (Stove 
Epiphyte. Ss This one po at Nast Fuaigoet ore by Messrs. 
Loddiges. It has small whitish flow 
oad ted 
f br 
species proves 
sie gaan Oe SRECLOSA. 
PE aghast is avery 
the aa 
ripenapenmreiee = 
colour ts lac, at th Se fo euiovins 
mt the tu’ without, 
and streaked with lilac.— Bot. Mag. 
Golden-haired Physian’ 
rae Seas poe gra both 28 and the flowers are 
stightiy ey tA near the throat, greenish- white, ‘el, and 
fragrant.—Bot. Maz. 
geen Penge rsa org 
f all Pern 
where. It is one of ‘the mast beautiful o: 
Knight's irone Mi , ‘King’s- peat, ‘Chelsea, —in the Orchi. 
daceous house there is a ‘specim men of Houileti Brocklehu: rsti- 
ana coming tate flower, we believe hs in this 
a also a strong plant of Miltonia spectabilis, ing 
oticed a magnificent CAttleya Harris with six fine rosy 
cellent. blossoms fatly ad rained over the roof of this 
ee use is Passifiora Londoni, in company serge pomea Pi ote —_ $ 
and Landed Associa- e latter has almost. finished flowering fo the the 
f the members of pacer supplies its place, and is now tbondas antly its 
King- { ele gant crimson blossoms. cio on ; la ae ower 
ni er from 
nt 
serve: 
om the oe siaees- 
t be 
ion of flowers which are seas 
it ¥ 
ear, electing off ed, id “t lan aring: 
The duced, and bani 1 the 
the usa, routine of Agony te’ peeadcsiest Bie fo Oe Se viivees | © pon smoke well, as we can tg testify. It visa a neat Cape 
be society Snurserymen; and farmers; and for the | of Good Hope shrub with yellow flowers, and from its dwarf Bahit 
charitable relief of decayed inepabers of their families, either by | well suited for window 7 aners al piekieg a Lisienthas 
monthly allowance. Mr. John Wilmot was elected | Russellianus had produced their fine ae purple towers, and a 
poor! ae for the ensuing year, and Messrs. Adamson  aret Mam. | large Brathycome iberdifolia aes ie ‘a const thickly 
Geno were re-clected, the former as treasurer, and the latter as | studded with blue st The tat s the finest annual lately 
secretary. Tht other business of the society having been dis- introduced ; when aan is found:20 bees ae 
posed of, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the | tient of water, Semen it soon. salons — well-rotted 
meeting adjourned. Be ices S 2 ae earyyas it will not bear 
