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pt the lip, large and extrer mely showy. In the same ; in the way of the old Lucia rosea, but in all respects a; of Wales, Myatt’s Surprise, Kecns’ Seedling, Gata 
3 group was also a fine specimen of Stanhopea oculata. great oo alg on that kind. aoe Scarlet | Elton, B: British Coenen ae Arthur, and Hautho 
Collections of 6 Orchids were contributed by Mr.|Geraniums we noticed nothing very n r striking.| Melons were plentiful. Among the best were 
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q . to W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., Mr. Green, and | Of Seedlings of or: ies y kinds a full re rt "of most of Windsor Prize, scarlet- m Mr 
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of Bearded Lady’s Shipper. A m eae aile Calceo larias (shrubby) ora not so _ at this show | Egyptian, green-fleshed, from Mr. Sparrow, Moor Park; 
m filiforme, Cycnoches 1gesi, Reorolg; s they we ere in June Aig nim however, sent a Kd sar eat from Mr. Bousie, and a small green n fleshed 
-biam Blomei with 5 fine aiee of bloom on it ; Odonto- | charming specimen of aur red óriiinda; on the end of ph La oa -n = ing ham: 
lusii, still somew what scarce | every shoot of which was a per rein biaha of flowers die, showed as ma Eae 
um Dalh pien om mao bi é This is truly a: first class variety, and well suited for 1 ra last mma + Noor Park Apricots from a in his 
) enara remarkably e ren e fo iage te’ ere pig one oe culture. rchard house. They were ripe, but ai, a arami 
or two good collectio: vers n best came from| Among Petunias were some with curiously variegated | prion owing he stated to the tree having been per- 
Mr. Parker, of Hornsey an contained some noble} flowers, ‘and Mr. Watson, of eee ane showed his mitted to carry too heavy a crop. 
Dracenas, the Ba ge ge sa Pesse Yuccas with | double ‘purple vey which are large and very showy. Of Plums we only saw one dish of Jefferson. Mr. 
ea U. d-sh agta DENARNE, TE p pae ctions of FRUIT were numerous. | Iveson, gr. to oe Duke of Northumberland, showed 
reylanica, with mo a dag ot i eayes ; various | The best c m Mr. severe 3 gr. to the Duke of! fruit of Loquats, Gamboge, and two sorts of Citrus, viz, 
- Kinds of Maranta, Puya Bonplandi, Die enbachia picta, Sutherland 1 at “Tren heen contained Hybrid Cash- | Aurantium ye Medica. 
- eof the larger kinds of Pitcher plants, Palms, Aralias, | mere and see! rid rele seg Black Hamburgh = 
 Ctmns, Rhopalas, and Philodendron pertusum. Mr.jand Muscadine Gra apes, aie and Nectarines, z 
4 Catbush, of Barnet, also showed in this class handsome Tapaa s Prince of Wal d Sir: Harry Strawberries, Reviecws, 
plants of. Cissus discolor, Marantas, Caladiums, Trades- | May Duke Cherries, two Queen i ore and Figs. 
f discolor lineata, Aspidistra lurida- variegata, | Mr. Henderson, gr. to Sir t; Barto enn rape asis of Diskin s Scientific Men. By Fran- 
| Hydrangea, Dracenas, and Begonia Griffithi. | Keens™ seedling Biraoa, p rine,| çois translated by A Admiral A» the sar” 
Mr. , of ee showed « a group of hardy | Atkinson’s and MéEwen’s Scarlet shed “Melons Baden Bowel, and Robert. Grant, London, 
apis re nts, w ~ were oe =e much admired. Muscat Grapes somewhat unripe, finely coloured Longmans. 8yo, pp. 
Cape Heaths were shown in good con aay: Messrs. | Black Hamburgh Grapes, a Queen Pine Apple, | This is a trenslabion of nine éloges, pronounced by the 
. Hs Williams, Whi Rhodes, Hart , Har- | Noblesse Peaches and Violette HAtive Nectarines, and | great French astronomer, Arago, before the Academy of 
Taylor, and Green. Among the diffrent viitian May Duke Cherries,. small and apparently not quite | Sciences. Each éloge is a biography more or less com- * 
__ were tricolor Wilsoni, and other sorts belonging to that | ripe. Mr. Dawson, gr. to Lady Cooper, furnished! plete of the person to whom it relates, and when we 
_ dass;-metuleflora, ceo sh ree wh acre depressa, ven- | Peaches and Néctasines two Pine Apples, Black Hàm- | say that the persons whose lives: and scientific writings 
tricosa grandiflora, Cavendishi, Bergiana, ampullacea, | burgh and Muscat Grapes, two dishes of Cherries, Figs, eA dap e and agg oe on are Bailly, Herschel, La 
i stale, Massoni, seima nana, getmmifera, and | and Melons. Mr. Munro, gr: to Mrs. Oddie, showed a ter, Carno alus, Fresnel, Thomas Yo 
- tortiflora. collection which we understand was disqualified because and V Watts it t will be ai once perceived ie such a wor 
4 uae Cacti were ther Sa by Mr. Mortimer, gr. to}it had not a Pine in it. An -- however awarded a | from such a pen must posse ll degree of im-., 
- Robert Scott, Ade tay’ and Mr. Green. The | prize for neatness of ok the different kinds ae as. well for the secu ue as she the scientific 
_ sorts, which were beautifully in bloom, did not differ | of fruit being in pum me an Pie n Sphagnum in : eader, 
much from those formerly shown by the same ex- | box which contained the me rh ire Bk differ “The interesting Dioerenhy, Pyar the whole i is. 
hibitors. fruits were unnamed, and therefore una hie PE” ceee Bailly’ s. This emin 
Bie mie ct furnished in tolerable abundance. By | more a to refer to them. | whose name owing to his peo te ne during the first 
collection of them, however, ca me from Mr.) Pine cbr sie were numerous, and reer F of Pim re- | revolution is familiar to all, was remar. no 
a e i May baptis markable pi ms the 'exception from | less for high scientific attainments than for the 
ibe TA —— oe oe erage oh | TE in eon weighed, an oversight rep ork: talents. Having failed in early life. 
Phare road e a, gio isplay. e only which we trust may be remedi ext year: Mr. a poet he turned his attention to mathe- 
Or dsp st em was they were too much alike, | had two Queens, 5 Ibs Beso bosit AAiy kn i and mfe and soon showed great: aptitude for suck 
Í plants some were standards see parasol- | finely: aces Mr. Brown, g to Mrs. Vivian, had also studies, and in particular fo r astronomy. His astrone-. 
beet PEE gee et wn plants seemed, how- | an admirable Queen, as had. ‘ilo Messrs. Young, Wil- | mical labours and gradual ascent: in cag Wels of scien- 
per dmired. liamson, and Rbi The best Providences came tific men are traced at considerable. length, and his- 
Bap ere plentiful, and well selected, and as | from Mt. [en who had fruit of this description | great work “The His er of Astronomy” is re 
Peal: | h admired. : Boxfuls of them came from weighing 10 ese peg One of ‘them was, however, a| with candour and admiration, and without any fear lest 
4 Nears Panl, ne, Francis, Epps, Rutter, Williams, little pn Tiad r and the other- was beginning to decay | Bailly’s merits as a mea student of antiquity 
TY; we i and Taylor. Among the different’ at’ the base. A sary pawi Robinson, and’ Jackson | should suffer from his now exploded theory, that the 
_ Varieties exhibited were Vicomtesse Decazes, very fine ; i showed : Providences. A good Enville came | modern Eastern ed the descendants of a people 
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Piw Ls in, Gloi ij om Mr. Dalrym typool Park. ronomy in the modern sense of 
brilliant acaujsst; pe PHébé, Lord. Raglan, truly a coe nne; weig 6 lbs, was contributed by Mr. |the word. But, Bailly had other work besides the study 
a uisition which no collection can be complete Bailey, Shardeloes. Good Pines of- other sorts came} of astronomy. He was one of that celebrated commis- 
Davi i examine. i 
ean den blooms shown in this instance were large | from Messrs. Davies, Rattray, Beale, and Temple. The|sion appointed i i 
: a of a glowing searlet. Another Rose re- | last’sent'from Dowlais some finely grown Queens. and report upon Mesmerism t 
4 —— high colour but by no means ble Grapes, though plentiful, were a as a whole -| ing the brains of. Europe. In 1784 the report 
j which Mr: | rate, only a few of the black sorts being sufficiently well | of the commissioners appeared. “Never,” says 
| Francis ueminot, of 
f velvety. cri g boxful. Victor Trouillard, a| coloured; and many white kinds were barely ripe. | Arago, “was a complex question reduced to its charac- 
3 pe “y Crimson, was furnished by Mr. Standish, Of baskets of 12 Ths. each there were no fewer than 15. | teristic. traits with more penetration and tact; never 
l ‘were the gems of older date which every: box | Of'these the best came from Mr. Hill, gr. to R. Sneyd, | did more moderation preside at:an examination, though 
Grit ape these may be mentioned William | Esq. Searcely inferior was an exhibition from Mr. | personal passions seem: render it impossible; never 
“sand Madame Vidot; the last and Mrs. Rivers Phipps, gr. at Highe lere Messrs. Henderson, Orpwood, | was a scientific subject treated in a. more dignified and 
i there was again but little. Messrs, Veitch | 3 being: extremely well ‘coloured... Messrs. Wood { pou nasa.” “ths ‘animal 
Taunt dolabrata, an Aerides in the ‘eit | ana ing y eer ee ; did ‘iikewi i 
q mount of: colour. in it, and | Messrs M a. Mr. M. 
ro iiaia. Mr. vp rebi pinay Henderson and Mr. Hill had each a dish of beautiful | m e à 
: Negundo; Mr. Matthews (suc- | Black Hamburghs, and scarce! MeN inferior were bunches |in the imagination of Mesmer. and ‘his adorers. M. 
: Groom. of Clapham) fine plants of | of me same wiar from Mr. i i j like 
xcelsam; Mr. Smith, of Hornsey, one | H 
corolla d Fuchsias we hi he | also t every i to the p 
and the | Messrs. Tarni rept and ‘Taylor. The best Sweet- | against it, he concludes his remarks by ledging 
water came from Mr. Hawkings, and Mr. Bousie, gr. to | that:although the report of the French Co i 
an| the Rt. Hon. H. Labouchere. Messrs . Wood : and Phipps | destroyed Mesmerism it cannot be appealed to as an 
is | had also good fruit: of this variety. Mus S lly au thorit mbulis' y not 
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wanted that fine golden tinge w k omimrod i even dreamed of when the report 
them perfect. The in this respect came from Mr. | | rae. a by Bailly whilst on the 
N int of merit were his: being employed to: reportom: © ~ 
bull, Frost, and ht ee of combat J 
Dods. Some vontignans came from Mr. Drewitt, hangnem era ek a the old 
gr. to Miss itt, a ME, M. Henderson. intramural shambles were replaced, by the present mag- 
ey in pots were furnished by M wi Sage e to the | nificent establishme ich Paris is 
Duke “of Notthimnaberland at Syon; “Mr. F , gr. to| In 1789 Bailly was tak foetinataly rom into io peliiai 
Miss Coutts; Mr. Robinson, Mr. Senko, td Mr. | life, and was el arsar Mayor of Paris. His administra- 
Smith. The sorts were for the most part Black | tion as om indi¢ated the rightsof those whom: he 
‘| Ham i represented ; his herculean eftorts en provide a with 
Of Peaches, the best again-came from Mr. Snow, gr. foodat a time-of eat scarcity, his struggles 
Earl de Grey, who sent most heii l specimens of | a collision- be 
Violette: Håtive and Grosse Mignonne. Searcely inferior | loyal conduct w 
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nie ; es ` cam | the 
th good for Jaly, Wari with one. wane Miller, Frost, Tegg, and‘Munro. Among these! ti 
$0 fine as ere in June. | w Set ‘and of Nobles mone and |: 
‘admi Violette Ative Nectarines, of Noblesse an Grosse | groat ability: : 
Pome The éloge-of James: Watt, the tn ofthe rene 
were furnished by Mr. Taylor, of Brentford, | a eaii wall Se wn in this ¢ j is 
The former had Black Circassian, and | deservedly prized for a sds aa iian ef 
Mitchell ae Eltons, | t ji ich 
