216 Obituary. 



Chimonanthus fragrans, jSTelleborus odorus, Azalea indica phoenicea, Acacia 

 armata, Cineraria Petasites, Aniarjllis pulverulenta, and camellias of the 

 kinds splendens, carnation waratah, Dorset/i and aucuhcB{o\\2,. — Fruits. Ap- 

 ples : Conquest of Wigers, pomme violette, rouge d'hiver, Lucombe's seed- 

 ling, beauty of Kent, winter peannain, Pile's russet, grey greening, royal 

 reinette, Dutch mignonne ; and the following kinds, which are recommended 

 as sound keeping apples for kitchen use : — - Northern greening, white Easter, 

 Pennock's red winter, Brabant bellefleur, Burns's seedling, Devonshire Buck- 

 land, Rhode Island greening. The white Easter is " a tall handsome apple 

 from the Continent, originally with the name of Blanche Paasch apple." Cut- 

 tings for distribution of these kinds of pears: — Emerald, Comte de Larry, 

 Eyewood, Thompson's. These are all hardy, and good bearers. The emerald 

 equals in size, and fully in quality, the glout morceau ; ripens at about the 

 same time; is of Belgic origin. The Comte de Larry is an earlier autunin 

 kind, nearly middle-sized ; very rich. Of the Eyewood there is not much 

 known at the garden ; but on the authority of Knight, by whom it was raised, 

 it proved good in 1831, when all the other hardy seedlings did not possess 

 their usual excellence : hence very valuable. Thompson's bears considerable 

 analogy to the passe-Colmar, which it resembles in its very sugary and melting 

 quality ; of Belgic origin. 



March 17. — Read. Further observations on the cultivation of the grape 

 vine by coiling; by Mr. John Mearns, F.H.S. 



Exhibited. i?hododendron alta-clerense, from Messrs, Young, Epsom Nur- 

 sery. Chenopodium Quinoa, from A. B. Lambert, Esq. A new variety of 

 O'xalis crenata, from Mr. Henry Groom. A seedling camellia, and a seedling 

 camellia designated pendula, and E'pacris purpurascens, from John Alnutt, Esq. 

 Magnolia conspicua, Mrs. Meyer. Acacia dec urrens, /inifolia, pubescens, stricta, 

 and species nova; and two kinds of camellia, from Mrs. Marryat. Camellias 

 which had grown in the open air, from Mr. Glendinning, gardener to Lord 

 RoUe. Seeds, for distribution, of Jcacia lophantha, from the Rev. Finney Bel- 

 field, F.H.S. 



From the Garden of the Society. Berberis Jquifolium, Jmygdalus macro- 

 carpa, Ackcm dealbata, Leucojum pulchellum, Poljgala cordifolia and grandi- 

 flora, Pulten3e'« c?aphndides, Cand611e« cuneiformis, Goodk /otifolia, E'pacris 

 attenuata; and these varieties of Camellia japonica, speciosa, alba-plena, 

 and waratah ; Oncidium papilio. Pine-apple : Hesketh's No. 1. Cuttings 

 and seeds for distribution: — Pears: Beurre d'Areraberg, fondante du bois, 

 poire Neil, Louise bonne of Jersey. Apple: Brabant bellefleur. Seeds of 

 beet of the kinds red Castelnaudary, yellow Castelnaudary, betterave jaune 

 blanche, betterave blanche coUetrose. 



Art. VIII. Obituary. 



Death of Mr. Douglas the Botanist. — At a meeting of the Geographi- 

 cal Society, held on the 9th of March, Captain M'Konnochie announced 

 the painful intelligence that Mr. Douglas had fallen into one of the pits dug 

 by the Sandwich Islanders for the purpose of catching wild bulls. One of 

 these bulls was in the pit at the time, and gored Mr. Douglas so dreadfully 

 as to cause his death. So horrible a death, we believe, was never before 

 encountered in the cause of natural history. No man ever introduced so 

 many beautiful hardy plants into Britain as Mr. Douglas, and the botanical 

 and gardening world has sustained the greatest loss by his death. We trust 

 that Mr. Sabine, his early patron and friend, will publish some account of his 

 career from his first coming into the service of the Horticultural Society. 



