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of their more respectable nei 3 on dividing their promised to be very gay. ong Heaths, Eriea ; Queea, Gem, Watford Surpri n Sulpourea Terteota, 
ld aiman ey a oo and one of them struck Anns is a 4 bee new go & : it was raised it a Forbes, antimo ner rarities t that were much 2 
the i with an axe and killed him. He then despoiled | between E. retorta and Jacksonii. In pits were some with Susannah, Charles Turner, Lady Elizabeth, Sir, D. 
his murdered comrade of his gold (about 24 pounds) | hundreds of the new Sikkim Rhododendrons, and among | Dundas, Yellow Standard, Lady Dandas, Model, Walden Gem. 
and was packing up his clothes to depart, when | other things of interest we remarked a good collection of . n D. woes sa 3 by pratea 
the occupier of one of the adjoining tents, who had heard | hardy variegated plants, and a new Coe ee which gardeners (for which a Silver Cup, value 5, sane. offered 
the threatening language used by the villain, and suspect- | bids fair to become a first-rate border plant. | prize was awarded to Mr. Fowlis, gr. to J. Tytler, Esq., for 
ing ething serious’ had taken place, looked into the — Susannah, Charles Turner, Magnum 3 Trium pha ant, 
tent, and saw the unfortunate victim lying welte ring in FLO RICU LaF URE. Safranot, General Bem, s — William. For the best 24 cut 
his blood. He returned unperceived to his ere i his e ay blooms of Hollyhocks, produced by practical gardeners or 
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tl wards were made. might be expected at Susannah, Sir D. Wedderburn, Lady arke, Magnum 
then called for £ 333 r . — — season, Subjects ‘of exhibition were Bonum, Marchioness of Lothian, Sudley, Lord Melville, 
A number of the diggers had by this time collected on not numerous: Mr. gr. to her Majesty, a e Comet, Flying Dutchman, Aurantia, Conqueror, Seed- 
the spot, and it was resolved to hang him, in order to | sent a new scarlet ee nom teed Harl a | ling, Saiphurea Perfecta, Globe Claret, Gecerat Bem, 
deter others from the commission of the like. The culprit pale =e of with a — — — eh the pe individua flowers baig | veet C. Kert a on a, warded 10" painia. rate 
: -r lso fine, and evidently its novelty, however, $ 
evinced the greatest fear on the occasion, and begge — rey — — pao — Toll os chines’ having a strong (Turner 8), "Bob (Drummond’:), ohn anklin 
for mercy and to be taken before the Commissioner in | horse-shoe ot ei which, in about half the foliage, is s a bright See ee ide ae . blooms of las Ki King Raw- 
the most abject manner ; but the stern reply was—‘ You pink colour, the rest of the leaf being pale green, and all three net), 
li n reat promise. — Paul sent blooms of — — 
shall have the same mercy at our hands that you shewed colours singularly dist ributed on other portions of the foliage. 2 at al 
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Several Dahlias were presen r. Burgess sent Beauty =. — Rose, 1 Fri ce Albert, “4 which was very much 
your. messma rope was ‘obtained, and thrown | Grove, a dull yellow, tipped with crimson 1 ood in — , — ense 
over a branch ‘of a tree, and he was soon dangling | centre, and general outline, Mr. Turner had — 2 — clusters; a Certificate was awarded. Mr. Harrison, Darling- 
8 ton, produced a Seedling Dahlia of a rosy Hilac colour, and 
among which was Plantagenet, of which there were six blooms, » pe 1 Uing 
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murdered man was then terred, great depth of petal; the colour F 
diggers reading the * flan subline ó of the |in shape it resembles, but is sib ila 22 . He also —— a sag it chad E 5 — f — 1 Bis — 4 
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Church of England over his ins. re were at — — 3 ——.— ie — pale buted by I. Anderson, Esq., and othe 
000 present at “the interment, and the 
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attention and decorum paid during the ceremony had a az to many of the selfs.” Three blooms. were also shown — n received from Mr. Turner, of the Royal Nursery, 
iki on all present. The body of the murderer | Lochner’s Claudia, which has been previously described. : Slough. co Sle allele 
was then — * thrown into a hole, and covered up.” York HORTICULTURAL Soctery.—The autumn exhibition o 
— Society took place on the 28th ult. 1 
other fello tarred and feathered, and then | was a very excellent one, but the floral — artment would have Miscellaneous. 
ducked accidentally to death. It is, = aby under- rose manch hetbar week ea AE, abe Dahlias, Holiyhozks, Victoria Regia,—Th ismagnificent Water-Lily has been 
thst mee otont page tthe 3 — — b pr Pie — to ibe a a of — — cultivated with much success by . Buist, 9 “ 
of English Ja law i om ‘ficiently maintained. This book is | in — —— n very dost ila Dahlias (Nurserymen), Mr, Ed. delphia. We visited Mr. B.'s nursery lately, when it 
well wo: ig ward was first for the tray of 24 blooms, with Queen of Lilacs, was expected one of the fio would be open. It was, 
Labels for Specimens ~ Ferns. By Thomas Moore. Absalom, Blanchefleur, Biack Diamond, Crocas, sit R. Whit- however, only partly open, but there were several other 
— . 7 — useful for those who take a iaie 3 in — tington, Bar! — ike Marchioness = ‘Cornwallis, Hero, flowers about to bloom. — Buist has had no difficulty 
of their sles They are — ‘of. Worcester, John Edward, Gloire de Kaine, Queen | whatever in raising the plant, the seed havin b 
plan as 2 Lindley's Labels for the 8 nia of Dahlias, Bl Dorado, Mr. Seldon, Duke of Wellington, Sussex pianta oi * 29th of Roat last. It has thus attained 
three qusrto leaves. Hero, Magnificent (Keynes), General Fauchier, and Duchess. aR 
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les essr rs. 2 — were first for 18 blooms, with Duke o ts grow withou mf Bivins f si trouble, in 
Vellington, Marchioness of Cornwallis, Crocus, — me a little over 25 months. American r. 
hn Edward, Queen of Lilacs, Black n El Dorado, Writing Inks. It may be stated that, as a 
Garden Memoranda. r. Seldon, Sir R. Peel, Queen of Dahlias, Magnificent, Dake ME. ea 
f Cambridge, Absalom, Lord Mayor, aud ot — Twelve 
M Jackson’s, Kineston.—This nursery, which Bloom me —— 2 — — nn Admiral, from the i ution of creosote in rectified spirit 
is about a mile from the New Kingston station, on the | Princ af so Mrs. C. Bacon, Mr. Seldon, . — Gieuny, of wine or py roligneoma acid is the best preservative of 
South- Western * has long been celebrated for — Dane Croft Hero, Fearless, Negro, Earl my ink from mouldiness. Ph tical Journal 
its valuable stock, comprising, among other r things, fine . ix Dab — 2 * 2 2 Cape Orchids. —The gy eae Orchids deserve more 
s k ple Standard 
collections of Orchids a 3 On the right of the Hansard, Yellow Gem, and Admiral. Tuniso Fancy Dahlias: a passing remark : the numerous and 7 
entrance is a show-house out 40 feet long, filled with st, Mr. Edward, with Princess Charlotte, Flora M‘Ivor, Ki — ful; my ion there are many here but little 
beautiful; in my opini 
8 ishei,, a de Maroc, Miss Wara, Laura — — 8 ; ; i 
owering plants, amon — until very lately, the 225 Merry, Alfred, Lola Montes, Viscomte eye Ressiginer, inferior to the most showy of the epiphytous kinds. 
different Japan Lilies have been very gay. The same arine, and Mrs. Hansard; 2d, Messrs. Backhouse; 3d, | Shall take care to forward a good parcel of roots, and 
house also contained a good show of Fuchsias. Between 17 Clark, with Gaiet y, Miss * Mre. —— oe, Lasy then _perhaps cultivators may have an opportunity of 
this and the other glass houses, at the other side of the allum, Empereu ay ~ * . ped „ Lady judging for themselves. In the meantimea description, 
‘nursery, is a straight walk, on either side of which were | Comte de Flandre. In class —— among tl the single le Blooms however faint, may ariki some to give them the atten- 
there was nothing worthy of notice. Mr. W. tion they so well m Fancy then a plant with 58 
Araucaria im ricata; pare seedlings, Ther t a 0 hr rod ein asi e 
as 5 feet hi 5 and wa fine ith aches . — a mson variety in this tray called Come, ich is a of rs 3 chara iste — is o those at Sacco 
to th Sh, 1 rane. ow. —— flower. The Panels were av poor indeed. Messrs. p W * 
e soil. These plants are ke m] n pots for she Backhouse showed a tray of 24 China Asters, which wer labium plots s y ; vio en indeed measurin "ape 
22 — sccommodatn g persons who may want beaut ful: the flowers were large ànd. full, — petalled, wee length, of a bri man salmon-colour intermixed ? vith 
pe Y of waiting five 1 — poor ER a. * obtained the r ae for | bright a yellow. Another with foliage na pa a 
or six years fee th thait: patens on. Of the value of this 8 Feder e Meß, oy Ma 3 nodding head of some 20 bright . 1 
plan rnamental p i Med f cullate li 
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rable le , with a table in the centre e Verbenas were barely passable. In the plant department | flowers, ihe ya Morhed and lined with purple. : 
on either side, fllad with many choice — ——ůůů ů . — anane aree mith Puri as; bearing the ip ik of some robust Epidendren and 
ked Calanthe vestita, a Cor Kossuth, Pearl of England, Voltigeur others whose white and pink blossoms at a little distance 
what scarce Orchid, Post one of the most useful for Seated 3a, ars. Bainbridge — Hewison, with raat Fre Keen are easily mistaken for Hyacinths. Mingled with these 
— y long spikes of white f ary eee Smith, Don Giovanni, Lady Dartmouth, and Peari, | is often found a plant not less curious or beautiful, which 
for months at a time. imagi is, Hoc 
rare D. ö g : i exactly that 
Veitch. n was i J Hon. P. D ith Prince Arthur. Tho d with ite; i ir 
JJ... ̃ ̃ ,. fengi batita wo ge prs Wilte Dorens 
r 1 ; * crispum, tables spacial t hat — almost previous show in this city. 22 8 Š 
TO! nice example of A. maculosum, Vanda om AnD: aa ee a ann averaging a inches in diameter; it is usually 
tricolor, and others. These were all suspended from the | th e United Kingdon, n whieh has been already 3 found — ireo n a 15 stle. With regard to the eulture 
roof in baskets, and were ing luxuriantly. In the page 615, took place in the garden of the Caledonian orti- of African terrestrial Orchids I would observe that the 
ý ante of —— Society, Edinbur B on the 18th ult. Alth — n 1 f is h h h 
» A toglossum e were | wea occasional te had age somewhat detri- soil ancy the nighest approach tot eir native medium 
beautifully in bloom, together with Miltonia Clowesii, and comet 6 * and Holly ocks (the season being rather | will be found in the black alluvial mould of marshes or 
others. At the end of this stove was a collection of pni for a tay latter), still there was a e a splendid d — of these | water-meadows, tem with pure sand, which enters 
‘variegated plants, intermixed with Ferns and Lycopods. | n arf Lame i Hani; pog largely in 3 composition on of all the soils here 
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Among the former were some of the beautiful variegated numer of a i . 7 asionin Talat arch ene on we have nothin 
ane 3 f, ` æctochilus argenteus, È inter- — the rea EE the priacipal prizes were atie pad there much decaying vegetable matter present 
a ophy, wa a very 3 e Steen: i (Silver Cup, value five t n wat Y | these apaes re : ae vi : 
‘ful species, being more than 2 inches long, | gained by Mr. See urner, of Slough, whose ed | coast are subject to a long period of drought ; and unless 
ofa dark colour, with a won eta orange and green | beautiful blooms of Plantagenet, General Fauchier, ane . specially marked as the inhabitants of pp this fact 
the centre, and ornamented with a beautiful gp Genet Princess Same gi nasag pe Glenny, Mr. Seldon, Sir will have to be borne in mind. The 
, Andr P: „Bob, Mis 
. These are all grown under bell Marna, < „ eaten Bank gs » Yellow Standard extends from April to Octo ber, and fe ts two months 
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lants, among which Nepenthes distil- | Thesig y Eleanor Catheart, Sir R. Peel, . few perfectl d be cases but beneath 
mig, 1155 in a pe trained f Versailles, fey Sir John gomon; ; 24, Messrs. e th n ER be bject agtn 127 it 
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. The next house inspected was an her 12 blooms of Fancy Dale 0 2 en not for the shelter afforded by the thick vegetation o 
one, about eet Jong and 12 wide. It prize 8 2 to to at Airp for the 8 following. bor sorts, the | herbs and Grasses by which they are surrounded. In 
c warf Cacti and a few Orchids | Ploome being we ize :— Elizabeth, Mrs. | October the rains begin at first but sparingly, dews how- 
. ates third n house, about the — * N „Carlotte, Miss Compton, Lady Ar ever are frequent and heavy, and in November and 
' and Ferns ;| Lavington, Miss Ward, and Empereur e Maroc, 4 41 =r December the ground mes saturated; January and 
. was a —— ver of Odonto- A 1 produced by practical gar s | part of February dry weather usually prevails, to be 
„ growing vigorously and flowering De ett ce we eee eae i i rise an amar — ded to narei by even more wn than before. pe of the 
Messrs. J; MAEN cultivate this better than | Beeswing, Mr, Seldon, George Glenny, Sir F, Bathurst, Duke | terrestrial Orchids bloom at the beginning of each of 
grow it in a pot with peat and good | of Wellington, Sir Charles Napier, Gem of t>e Grove, Marchio- — rainy periods, and by ‘én end of May he Nee 
coolest end of the Mexican h ness 8 2 R. Whittington, Alice, and Princess 2 such as are deciduous wither and di 
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with it: eee ; e Radziville ; Mr. Stenhouse, Dunfe: rmline, The best six 
5 were Cattle ya Aclandiæ, C. marginata, | blooms of 1 Dahlias, produced by ag gardeners or | temperature need not be high go Pre as I frequently 
pumila, were on blocks Sen ; we ag {oats Å * al eae asard y Mr. find the coast plants running b to an elevation of 
tenbouse, wit rs. Shaw Lefevre, Mrs, ana Miss 
Biachmore sig Horner, se sche Rana AEG os ee 2000 or even 3000 feet, ~~ rae this 3 sharp frosts 
the best six Dahlia blooms, produced by — er are very common in our 1 ey that 
g kag prize (Fifteen Shillings) was awarded to J, Mood, | greenhouse treatment, with thon Wo Ui durt frame at 
for Beeswing, Queen of Dahlias, Sir aa the commencement of their growth, will prove all that is 
12 spikes of Holiyhocks produced by nurserymen, | T rete 
the Silver n pae 833 was awarded to gd A. Paul and | With bulbs, during the torpid season. Plant’s Ex 
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