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ryat, F.H.S. ; 6. For an Enville pine, from Mr. John Wilmot of Isleworth, 

 F.H.S. ; 7. For queen pines, from Mr.Wm. Greenshields, F.H.S., gardener to 

 R. B. De Beauvoir, Esq. F.H.S.; 8. For melons, from Mr. John Wilmot of 

 Isleworth, F.H.S. ; 9. For peaches and nectarines, from Mr. John Mearns, 

 F.H.S., gardener to the Duke of Portland; 10. For carnations, from Mr. 

 Hogg of Paddington; 11. For heaths, from Messrs. Rollison of Tooting; 

 12. For English picotees, from Mr. Hogg of Paddington; 13. For grapes, 

 from Mr. Turner, gardener to George Byng, Esq. F.H.S.; 14. For China 

 roses, from Mr. Stephen Hooker, F.H.S.; 15. For miscellaneous roses, from 

 Wm. Harrison, Esq. F.H.S. ; 16. For balsams, from Mr. John Green, gar- 

 dener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart. F.H.S. ; For iJelichrysum sp., from Robert 

 Mangles, Esq. F.H.S. 



The silver Banksian medal : 1. For heartseases, from Mr. Wilmer of Sun- 

 bury; 2. For peaches and nectarines, from Mr. Bradley, gardener to the Earl 

 of Arran, F.H.S.; 3. For cucumbers, from Mr. Seward Snow, gardener to 

 John H. Palmer, Esq. F.H.S. ; 4. For currants, from Mr. John Wilmot of 

 Isleworth, F.H.S.; 5. For black Hamburgh grapes, from Mr. R. Clews of 

 Acton, F.H.S. ; 6. For grapes, from Mr. Andrews, gardener to R. Patterson, 

 Esq., of Blackheath ; 7. For bigarreau cherries, from Mr. Jarvis of Turnham 



Green ; 8. For melons, from Mr. Davis, gardener to Strange, Esq., 



Upton, Essex ; 9. For perpetual roses, from Mr. Rivers of Sawbridgeworth ; 

 10. For roses, from Mr. Wilmer of Sunbury; 11. For picotees, from Mr. 

 Wilmer of Sunbury; 12. For pelargoniums, from Mr. Gaines, Surrey Lane, 

 Battersea ; 13. For balsams, cockscombs, and georginas, from Mr. W. Cock 

 of Chiswick; 14. For a miscellaneous collection of plants, from Kr. Redding, 

 gardener to Mrs. Marryat, F.H.S. 



Art. VIII. Obituary. 



Died, at Armagh, June 30., aged 42, Mr. James Elles, gardener to His 

 Grace the Lord Primate. Mr. Elles was a native of Yorkshire. At an early 

 age he was sent to a grammar school, at which he read the usual course of 

 Latin and Greek, which, in after-life, assisted in placing him at the head of his 

 profession. He discovered an early attachment to the profession of gardening, 

 and, being a man of studious habits, he not only became a good practical gar- 

 dener, but also an excellent botanist, and a successful cultivator of flowers. 

 He contributed, under different signatures, many valuable papers to the Gar- 

 dener's Magazine, and obtained the prize offered by the conductor of that 

 periodical, from a great number of competitors, for the best essay on " Cottage 

 Economy." He had acquired not only a theoretical, but also a practical, 

 knowledge of many branches of natural history, and was, we believe, the first 

 gardener in this country who used hot water to keep up the proper tempera- 

 ture of hot-houses. He lived as head gardener ten years with the Marquess of 

 Bath, and upwards of four years at Armagh. In him society has lost a 

 valuable member, and His Grace has lost a servant of sterling honesty and 

 integrity, one whom it will be a most difficult matter to replace. He bore a 

 lingering illness with Christian resignation, and died in the full hope of enjoy- 

 ing a happy eternity through the merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

 He has left a disconsolate wife and four children to lament his loss. (Newry 

 Commercial Telegraph, July 8. 1834.) 



We can add our testimony to the great moral worth and high professional 

 eminence of Mr. Elles, the loss of whom we deeply deplore. We sincerely 

 hope that the archbishop whom he has served will act the part of a Christian, 

 and be a benefactor and protector to his widow and children. — Cond. 



