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Tadi 4 us worker, in comparifon with whose magic wand that 
Societies. Koticeg of looks. w wielded Dy the pen aeina of old was but a contempt- 
A i air, ne ome if not entire disbelief, neo very 
Corracers’ Horr SHO SUDBU M. ag Verdier Fils ainé has sent us his Cata- nerter follow such an announcement. the 
gcrrotk.—This in tarea orhibition took place in the logue of the Roses -a other plats o clint by him | chemist is a mph man ;—at his bidding, i bth 
_ (orn Exchange, Sudbury, on Tuesday, Oct. 13. It is | for cabal in "the Rue is Ormes find in | disclose properties and assume appearances stranger 
~ egnnected with an Agricultural age for rewarding | it w Roses, recive in pri ice te 5. pees to than the wildest dreams could imagine ; and it is one of 
z and labourers, which is in a flouris con- | 25 rent with this rather important notice—thatfhe | his especial merits and triumphs, that by combinations 
- Gition, and distributed on this day about 1007. in prizes does not answer for the exactness of the characters | which may he almost enmare aj "a is ahea 
athe deserving peasantry. The High Sheriff of the assigned to them, which see rest, he says,|to make his k mijer ap o the 
aunty in the chair. The President sbi e Association meted upon the Hil? know of those who have sent Pe he Oke of these ae eset tas been 
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_ ġthe respected Chairman of the Quarter Sessions at | them to him; he knowing nothing about them. mplished within er last ma Cae ropping 
| Chelmsford, R. C. Barnardiston, Esq. ; and the Honorary | In additibn to this, he offers for sale 825 sorts of this metaphor, candles of nost site ‘trans > 
f secretary the Rev. Edwin Sidne or some time at/| flower alone. Nor is his er lin ce rich in other | rivalling the best w axclights i in brilliancy of combustion, 
$ esch anniversary there Fiki been a show of the produce | things, the catalogue containing above 170 sorts ofjhave been produced from the bogs of Ireland; and so 
| ofthe cottagers’ gardens, and the amount of encourage- | Phlox, 169 of Tree Ponies, and 172 De swered t 
| ment given oly “ead: them to be brought to an extra- | Pæonies; of these last he offers the yellow Witt-| on avery large scale have been erected for the purpose 
perfec y of the ladies and manniana at 3 fr. each. z manufacturing parae from Peat, which are expected 
ee no the vinity pte attend on the occa to realise a goo od pre and to be of great benefit to 
$ son, an he prizes are presented tó e Pharmaceutical Journal, a most nian monthly | that part of Ireland mah they are situated. I was on 
| ther ty no vite e y aa a E. Sidney. Between Tan pas by the youngest and most-vi enon my way to visit Lord Rosse, at Parsonstown, when, 
50 po > p for vegetables were distributed .on this | Ot Our M Q al Cor rporations, having reached a5 y mes, kga = z= ar of the existence of these Peat works, ` 
day with many kin d rétanitkx by the worthy High the Council Dave issued a complete Index to the ae I devoted lay to their examination. They are 
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Sheriff, F well indeed were they merited. The objects | Work. For this they deserve public thanks, for although | situated at Kilberry, about eight miles = Monaster- 
exhibited were regarded by all who saw ae as | each volume had itself a good index, yet the incopora-| evin,”and four from Athy, and are very accessible by 
E i ecimens of cottage horticulture. The | tion of them all into one revised and ra pre = is, | means of the Dublin and Athy aire “But, before 
d Potatoes were extremely good, large, clean, and eatirely is exceedingly -atian eree to its numerou: ¢ er, what I saw, it may be well to say a few words 
) ease. ealised large prices for seed | $1Ves us much pleasure to add that the seeds ‘atta ial respec the nature of bogs. These Irish fuel mines, 
afterthe show. Carr d Parsnips were of marvellous | Of its accuracy has es perfectly satisfactory ~ "e ithe a y have c: chiefiy n as fuel, are 
size, someof the! latter Taig about 18 inchesin length and ated to extend over 2,900,000 They differ 
of a ality. There were about 12 bushels The following trade catalogues a wey cas peer in helt kuit nature, bane: gr bref soft 
of Onions, and parcels of 24 each as bright and beautiful | Wood 4 Sows = ars gt pre aa on ental | and spongy, sometimes firm and hard. Occasionally 
magined; and Seri, Celery, and Trees and Shrubs for wn at | they undergo great and rapid changes, and, with little 
Se actin Cauliflowers were very ag They were | Maresfield. Mr. Tiley of ‘Bath e certifies ‘to the ‘Duchess | warning, swell and burst. A remarkable case of this 
_ remarked upon as admirably grown by the gardeners of Norfolk being a first-rate Pot Rose for early forcing | kind occurred in the autump of 1885, when the Sloggan 
t. An interesting portion of the exhibition con- | 9Y for greenhouse culture.— Catalogue No.7, of Bulbs, | bog, in Antrim, which occupies an area of 11,000 acres, 
i Belo ret of E AOT. ran, m baskets of cottage | $° old by John on This contains some very ery excellent burst. The bog, at the point of rupture, was o 
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ined Gourds, Celery, instructions for managing bulbs. renee trade Nursery | to rise gradually during the morning of the 17th of 
Onbera, Tiina, Eie, Cabbages, C walt List of Jolm Stewart & Sons, Dundee.—Deseriptive | S September, until it attained a height of 30 feet, when 
flowers, Grapes, Apples, and a variety of cut flowers emer tal of — eos sold y + himm a pie g Sons, | about five in the oat a loud noise, ae that of a 
One ned pital and he o evin, near Du pok jong f good horti- rashing wind, was and the mo 
sid eager tained seven cap f his AN D last year i cultural varieties suited to he climate of Ireland, with | eaj 3 ng dischar ged a sii ‘quantity of mud nd “wating 
of manure, of which the discreet use well useful preliminary advi t. oven co The erupti os te a eh Su ae eros 
him. T e best wo we e m e o ember, ovi owing th the 
prizes, and ‘a a he exhibited would have been Garden Memoranda. distance of many miles, and doing incalculable damage.” 
consi cellent in any show in the kingdom. It) Messrs. PAUL'S a CHEsHUNT.—It is well | LHe 10ss of property would have been much larger than 
— most interesting sight to see these poor people Eak that Hollyhocks as well as b Roue are largely cul- tage pnd oe sed Parr Panty prey tend moot ergs 8 
Dir ee ated here, and that Mr. William Paul has spent much | fo") hn pai nA aar 
. ries, by So e forks, £ pades and watéring-pota, iira and labour in the improvement E an Seip rnin paisti his s which Pegoet ne achat note ee om Apae. Í 
ered e om; farmers showy class of plants, Our object to direct ; ption 
ition.. One or two gentlemen also sent some fine sttustion to a valuable feature in the Hollyhock direct | consed, which piperra. rat Haea Dr 
I roots, and diege pti there were some of Mangel Mr, Paul believes he aat an poin Se the ro a 20 arr below "ind pom tes 
Sea es Son 20 Thy So Se aen frome stages an irine o ig fag evra ad with, ay ge eral 2 But “hobrever Doar OR eee 
: rie a disposition to push small spikes of flowers from the in y ; r 
ens of Turni: 0 a fine plant ; Ck tity tance callec 
ion kerker ienn ir ma os hase of the F p mara a ea aera, piper and Me Peat, oi pf aye verage thickness of 25 feet, nowhere less 
nce of the room. The chief object, however, increasing "ES in that direction. This he has aa ms grits See 42. ov pene mags: 
the Cottagers’ Show. The appearance and manners Ri EF: agen teriaily in appearance and pro perties, in propor- 
| poor exhibi number of plants was selected and “ seeded ” fro tion to the depth at whieh | it lies. The upper portion 
the effect of such a happy way of filling up their spare to year, taking t the see eed from thio wittel: E ce 2 apr amare fibres, chiefly of the sphagnum 
hours as attending sien to their p affords abundantly a second t in preference to those which ch | palustre or bog m s, considerably decomposed ; while 
them. The parish of Bur es gives great en couragement | qid not ; the ai is gas f erai —Early in June wkend” low, the colour of the Peat changes from light brown 
to its poor in this way, under the auspices of the Rev. | the flower spikes had pushed about 18 inches from the to black, em the substance is much more compact 
| Athur Hanbury, and it may be questioned whether except. one, were, cut ollately Bacar assum 
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ppt gardens there. a -of tables ex- magnificent colamn of i and grew 8, 9, and/"P black shining 
tending o t th end ‘of the” db Com x: fin sme instances 10 foot in height, By the end of J aoa i 
skill, for this and other | ‘B® Cropped, whew che spike. was Eo oe rent of lime, na 
Parishes, as a Waldingdeld, ormat noei level with -= n mo grote aa = and they also stated tha 
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ing like a shabby or inferior example this operation had been ormed, the young n aking es. 
and the care on getting the vari ts and eyes from the base and sides of th ecm m the e p- rezinen becomes evident. 
r the show indicated.a fiower-stems which had been cut down i g Boedi tiit naa 
3 ian part of the humble ees = e don ard nsibly excited, and flowered ab tly a second time neat Ren itr og Pe 
r i hy O mber and October. A great many pl i ; 
Bardens of the poor: by such a stimulus as is here been treated in this manner, sod the effect prodnoed. by |S * S meting Pent Bator | 
: rian aad neon prizes given | them was all that could have been desired. Many of) 9; added to it, till the erste becomes a black amà thin ; 
Se in the presence e and gentry of them bore six or dpa spikes or spikelets, formning | nid not spontaneously rise in : 
agement, — remarks, and friendly encour- el t cl feet in height, ra 9°. jt to ted up to er 
is produce great z w t| were pau very showy. The blooms individually were point. The mixture is then kept for 12 hoùrsor more 
resorts of iep d freq eq rm and sr to sb u summ väik aiia i ge 
lant over ev meg ns andia happy at home, Vigi bab analler. ‘To iai nig, “oil will be be found floati i . This is to 
: road at À in wr sann it Saee now be adlded ag hes Hollyhock ; pekere £8 eg car Rý ‘poured ‘off e ca iy, parlie an 
a | : is span tone ape bet n i > add that the name of 
Bice cor te et at ve tons me ne Sinem me il eprom og 
: TEN : Sg: RRE The kinds in whi is tendency is apparently m i pena kria i: or wank ak 
: nok emg ee soe en res ge in their strongly exhibited are Avalanche, white; Bouquet de canter her om ripe asa on . — joensen, =H 
‘tthe dinner of the anniv hich took place after 1107S pink; El Dorado, yellow ; Lady Franklin, pink; | however, veadily dissolves in oil of turpentine and in- 
Slikon, Aana Ei ehrengly adrocatodraiiting | ee eee Dieks oe ae T eeens | naphtha Prora this aseoaht; it is evident thit IE Eua 
remarked that he strongly advocated allotting | Primrose Perfection ; Queen of 2e Yellows; ome! es mn tery i i 
the youths of the several parishes 
to age OF | Morn: Waterloo. ec} ed; White Globe; and se can be made to yield paraffine at remunerative 
i pr at tc ah 3 da gronn J : a gs at é nea a new and vast field F commercial enterprise is ah’ m 
20, or till 21, pisces of garden ground with omy not yet n ; eral e a ; | : 3 
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= A poor man, attentive to his religious Pag t aoi = ed by | manager of the —— 
in his fami a neat clean ae 
nicely tilled plot of e , if he ai ae ie ae NON m} — 
oyer, need not other lot. Th Miscellaneo furnaces “a 
the et keti on Oct. 18 fier Peat and Peat Charcoal. It would probably startle [each capable of cee no uae than 25 tons of Peat ; 
their manners were also very superior. | many pir tore in Ireland, were they told, when travers- | in 18 hours. When fi the 1ace tea se : 
be e and aes: ing vast a oe ak that country, that those dreary | a fierce hot-blast being driven through the n ar cae : 
the hope that they will be more and more : places ma be converted into shining | ignition is rapidly effected. The smoke evolv sore a 
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Gy that ot Protas Bero ight, which wil Sit not that chemistry is a marvel- | furnace to a condenser. The magnitude of thi: con- 
