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Two neru Straiuherries, raised from seed by Alexander Malcolm, gardener 

 at Damside of Gilcolmston, near Aberdeen, and for which Mr. Malcolm 

 received the silver medal from the Aberdeenshire Horticultural Society, are 

 now on sale by the seedsmen in Aberdeen. {Aberdeen Journal, March 

 18.} 



IRELAND. 



Mr. Drummond, of the Cork Botanic Garden, has gone to the settlement 

 on the Swan River, in Australasia. We hope he will frequently let us hear 

 from him. — Cond. 



An Influx of British Capital and Skill will, we have no doubt, soon take 

 place tol Ireland, and, in less than half a century, change the face of the 

 country and the character of the people. There could not be a better time 

 than the present for a capitalist to purchase land in Ireland, because he will 

 have, almost immediately, a rise in its market-value; and, in a few years, 

 from the introduction of improved agricultural practices, an addition to its 

 real value; that is, to the useful articles which it is capable of producing. 

 Various manufactories might, doubtless, be conducted in Ireland at less ex- 

 pense than in England, from the low rates of labour. The first and grand 

 principle of permanent amelioration is, to introduce and spread every 

 where, and apply to every male and female child, a thorough general edu- 

 cation. If this be not done, an influx of British skill and capital will give 

 employment and prosperity for a year or two, but will end in producing 

 greater misery than ever. 



Growth of Tobacco. — It was known to few (even commercial men) that 

 tobacco is extensively planted in Ireland; but there is no doubt of a quan- 

 tity having been grown and saved last year, on which the crown did not 

 receive one farthing of duty, but which, if foreign and imported, would 

 ■ have yielded 140,000/. to the revenue. No duty is attachable to Irish- 

 grown tobacco ; but there are great doubts as to its legality of sale, and 

 therefore, it is conveyed under covered permits. The growth is absolutely 

 interdicted in England. Now, that the prohibitory laws are no longer 

 necessary, it becomes of immense importance to institute enquiry, whether 

 all the tobacco used in Great Britain may not be obtained in Ireland, with- 

 out giving a preference to our rivals in the United States of America? We 

 have before said, that the growth in Ireland, last year, was, as to revenue, to 

 the value of 140,000/.; and we are informed, that so profitable is its culti- 

 vation, that, in a very short period, a quantity to the extent of 700,000/. 

 revenue (or rather sacrifice of revenue) will be raised in one year. {Liver- 

 pool Chronicle.) 



Art. III. Horticultural Society and Garden. 



November is. ISSS. — Exhibited. Plants in flower of Cactus truncata, 

 from the Comte. de Vandes, F.H.S. A white Spanish Onion weighing 

 upwards of a pound, and specimens of the Orange Apple, from Mr. William 

 Wilkins, F.H.S. Montserrat Pine-apple, from T. A. Knight, Esq. F.R.S. 

 &c.. President. Old black Jamaica Pine-apple, from Mr. Henry Burn, 

 F.H.S. Kiss-king Apples, from Dr. Camell, of Bungay, in Suffolk. Passe 

 Colmar Pear, from Lord Farnborough, F.H.S. Black Auchan Pear, from 

 Mr. Alexander Stewart, F.H.S. Swan's Egg Pear, from Mr. John Maher, 

 F.H.S. Pound Pear, from Joseph Cox Cox, Esq. F.H.S. 



From the Garden. Twenty-six sorts of Chrysanthemums in pots, 

 thirteen sorts of Apples, and seven sorts of Pears. 



