1 1 2 Obitumy. 



at all described. Perhaps some of your correspondents could give infor- 

 mation on these points. I would farther beg for any facts relating to the 

 growth of Indian corn in any of the West Indian colonies. I am persuaded 

 it might be most advantageously adopted as a main crop in very many of 

 them, either for use as a grain, or for the manufacture of spirits. I, however, 

 fear it has not been attempted in the large way. — X. Y. Jan. 1.3. 1829. 



Art. X. Obituary. 



Dropped down dead at his own door, in the presence of his wife and 

 child, on the evening of the 28th of August last, Charles Davidson, gardener 

 to Laurence Jephtha Marshall, Esq., in the neighbourhood of Clapton. 

 Mr.'Davidson having been above a year in our employ at Bayswater, we can 

 assert, of our own knowledge, that he was a very good gardener, and of 

 orderly, regular, and respectable conduct. Never having been fortunate in 

 the world, he died exceedingly poor, and we take it upon us to solicit from 

 the humane and charitable some assistance for his widow and child. What- 

 ever is sent may be addressed to Mr. Mackay, of the Clapton Nursery, who 

 will see it properly applied. 



Died, at Dublin, on the 15th of December last, after a long and severe 

 illness, M?-. Alexander M'Leish, landscape-gardener. Mr. M'Leish came 

 to England in 1809, and after laying out a small place in Oxfordshire under 

 our directions, was sent by us to act as foreman to execute a plan in Nor- 

 folk. He remained there two years, and afterwards came to London, where 

 he employed himself in studying drawing, geometry, and architecture, and 

 in pursuing a course of reading on subjects connected with taste in rural 

 improvements. About the end of 1814 he went to Ireland, and commenced 

 business as a nurseryman and landscape-gardener. In the former he was 

 unsuccessful, and incurred debts which he had only been able to pay off a 

 few months before his death. He was a man of good taste and judgment 

 in his profession, of great activity, and of inflexible integrity and honour; 

 but, unfortunately, was very frequently laid up with bad health. He lost 

 all his children, and has left a widow bereft of all the ordinary endearments 

 of life, and so destitute of the means of support, that Mr. James T. 

 Mackay, Curator of the Trinity College botanic garden, Dublin, and a few 

 other friends there, have set on foot a subscription for her relief. In this 

 subscription we most sincerely hope a number of our readers will join, 

 and convey the amount they can ^are to Mr. Mackay, or to us. The 

 smallest mite will be acceptable, both in this case and in that of Mr. 

 Charles Davidson. Direct to Mr. James T. Mackay, as above, or to us, 

 through our publishers. The list of subscribers in both cases will be pub- 

 lished on the cover of the Magazine, 



Died, at Paris, in his house in the Jardin des Plantes, M. Bosc, Chevalier 

 of the Legion of Honour, Royal Academician, Member of various Societies, 

 and Professor of Cultivation in the Jardin des Plantes. Of this excellent 

 character we shall give a biography in a future Number. 



