96 Obituary. 



advancement of these noble objects must necessarily lead, will teach us all 

 how to 



' Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, 

 Sermons in stones, and good in every thing.' " 



{Cork Evening Herald, Dec. 20. 1833.) 



Kilkenny Horticultural Society. — Nov. 7. We are extremely happy to find 

 that a horticultural society is about to be established at Kilkenny, under the 

 auspices of our scientific and much esteemed correspondent, Mr. Robertson, 

 nurseryman there ; whose valuable papers, both in the Horticultural Transac- 

 tions and in this Magazine, must be well known to our readers. A newspaper 

 {Kilkenny Journal, Nov. 16.) has been forwarded to us, containing the rules of 

 this Society, and we have no doubt but that it will contribute very essentially 

 to the promotion of horticultural and botanical knowledge in that part of 

 Ireland. 



Having now given such slight notices as our limits will allow, we cannot 

 conclude this article without reiterating our satisfaction at the very general 

 increase of horticultural and floricultural societies ; the rapid distribution of 

 new plants ; and the great improvement which has taken place in the gardens of 

 cottagers. Our indefatigable correspondent, Mr. Saul, informs us that the 

 largest gooseberries grown this year are the Red Wonderful, 27 dwts. 17 grs., 

 grown at Ormskirk, by Mr. Ralph Moon; the Yellow Gunner, 25 dwts. 

 2 grs., at Chester, by Mr. Coppack ; the Green Peacock, 23 dwts. 4 grs. 

 at Houghton Lane, by Mr. John Wood ; and the White Eagle, 23 dwts., 

 grown at Hooley Hill, by Mr. William Williamson. Mr. Saul adds, that 

 the largest gooseberry grown in 1832, as he before stated (IX. 98.), was 

 a green one, Bumper, which weighed 30 dwts. 18 grs. (above an ounce and 

 a half) ; a size which no gooseberry has this year attained. Those who are 

 desirous of seeing more minute details of the fruits and flowers shown in 

 Lancashire and the adjoining counties will find them in the Florists' Gazette, 

 published annually at Manchester, price 3s. — J. W. L. 



Art. IX. Obituary. 



Died, at Kingsmeadows, Peebleshire, on August 28. 1833, Mr. Sherare, 

 aged 78 years. He had lived as gardener at Kingsmeadows 33 years. His 

 health had gradually declined through the last eighteen months of his life, and 

 he expired without, apparently, suffering much pain. His son, a young gar- 

 dener, who has a good knowledge of chemistry, and is one of our most 

 promising correspondents, after stating the above facts, adds, " I have now 

 neither father nor mother, brother nor sister : all are gone to their ' long 

 home;' while I, the youngest of seven, am left behind to mourn their loss." 



Died, at Brentford, November 22. 1833, in the same house in which he was 

 born, Mr. Hugh Ronalds, nurseryman and seedsman, aged 74 years. The 

 Brentford Nursery was established, nearly 100 years ago, by the father of the 

 late Mr. Ronalds ; and it continues, and we hope will long continue, in his 

 excellent family. The late Mr. Ronalds was a most amiable man and a warm- 

 hearted friend, and was enthusiastically fond of his profession. He was well 

 skilled in fruits, especially apples, as is evinced by his Pyrus Malus Brent- 

 fordiensis, beautifully illustrated by drawings from nature, on stone, by his 

 daughter Elizabeth ; and he had great skill in raising flower seeds, for which 

 the nursery has been long celebrated. From the ardent admiration which we 

 have heard Mr. Ronalds express for Pain's Hill, Esher, and other fine old 

 specimens of modern landscape-gardening, we are convinced that, had he turned 

 his attention that way, he would have displayed superior taste in laying out 

 grounds. 



