184 Domestic Notices : — England. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Domestic Notices, 

 ENGLAND. 



Presents to the Public Pa?-7«.— Earl Spenser has made a magnificent present 

 of deer for the nse of the Royal parks. They amount to 743, comprising 

 selections from the most approved breeds ; and they have been distributed in 

 the several Royal parks of Windsor, Hampton Court, Bushy, Richmond, and 

 Greenwich. (Thirteenth Report of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, as 

 (Quoted in the Morn. Chron., March 10.) This example of public spirit is highly 

 "■ratifyino-. We have no doubt that, as the landed proprietors of this country 

 increase in intelligence and benevolence (and the progress of the latter will be 

 greatly accelerated by the education of the people, for intelligence can never 

 properly sympathise with ignorance), they will present portions of land to towns 

 and villages for public recreation ; strips along the public road, to allow of a 

 margin of turf sprinkled here and there with trees, and so on. In ages of igno- 

 rance, the wealthy gave to the church ; and why should they not, in enlightened 

 times like the present, derive satisfaction from giving to the public, and thus 

 promote the health and the happiness of many thousands ? [See what we have 

 said on this subject in Vol. X. p. 336.] — Co7id, 



Open Spaces for Exercise and Recreation for the People. — " Mr. Hume," in 

 the House of Commons, March 9., " moved a resolution, that, in all enclosure 

 bills, a provision should be made for leaving an open space sufficient for pur- 

 poses of exercise and recreation for the neighbouring population. He proposed 

 that this should be one of the standing orders." The resolution was highly 

 applauded by several honourable members, and unanimously agreed to. (^Morn. 

 Chron., March 10.) We greatly rejoice in this resolution, and have no doubt 

 that many men in the neighbourhood of these spaces will readily contribute a 

 few trees, so as to render them ornamental. — Cond^. 



The Flora of Britain. — A paper was read at a meeting of the Botanical 

 Society of London, held Nov. 19. 1836, by Mr. Irving, containing many facts 

 relating to the science of botany, and the results of observations made by 

 him in its pursuit in the neighbourhood of London. We select the following: — 

 It appears that the number of species of plants found in Great Britain is about 

 1500, of which about 1000 may be obtained within a circle of twenty-five 

 miles round the metropolis. Mr. Irving had himself found 670 dilFerent 

 species within two miles of Hampstead, and 900 jvithin the same distance of 

 the town of Croydon. The neighbourhood of London is considered the 

 richest in the kingdom in the objects of botanical research ; and the inhabit- 

 ants of this smoky city have thus every encouragement to pursue this delight- 

 ful and healthful occupation. The 1500 different species found in Great 

 Britain comprise all the species existing in Lapland and Sweden, with scarcely 

 any exception. They also comprise about three fourths of those growing in 

 Germany, which is computed to contain about 2000 j and about two fifths of 

 the species found in France, which is said to number about 4000; the south- 

 ern provinces bordering on the Mediterranean, adding greatly to the variety of 

 the vegetable products of that kingdom. {Morn. Chron., Nov. 19.) 



A Botanical Collector has sailed for Madeira and the Canary Isles. — Our 

 readers may recollect the advertisements of Dr. Lippold on the wrapper of 

 former numbers of this Magazine, in some of which he proposed giving lessons 

 in German, French, botany, the classics, natural history, theology, &c., 

 for a shilling a lesson ; and, in others, he proposed to go out to some 

 foreign country as a botanical collector. Through the exertions of a most 

 benevolent individual, and an ardent lover of botany and natural history (W. 

 Christy, jun., Esq.), Dr. Lippold has at last been able to accomplish the 

 object which was nearest his heart — that of going out as a botanical collector. 

 It was proposed that he should go out on a subscription principle ; the sub- 



