OctosEer 11, 1856.] 
ariaa to the plan, One might work out Carabidæ, ; 
another Cureulionidee, a third Muscide, a fourth Hemip- 
i of it ; and so on. 
e wish we could think . that Mr. Dallas’s new book 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
appreciation of picturesque form, which are seldom, wood. At the end of th rrace, again, where the 
Mrs in an amateur, but which d and | distance from the ena ad the Ceca gan gpd to a rustic 
| exemplified in a very striking degree. Ornamenta walls, | root ets would render wall inappropriate, 
or alls covered with We or = climbers, Ye ew, | a terrace ba nk of Grave is substituted. „Trifling as these 
dare hope to find it so. In fact we have not yet dis- 
covered for wh at sort of ope iti is 5 destined Of what | 
ntomolog ely have 
em edges, ig a ar 
wood or stone, i 
a general system, which is most faithfully and happily 
passa or cavern- liki 
sy ses oar 
Con 
mal a ways, 
S, e, mounds of = rook- 
1 with 
large er or 
y we sur 
enough aT which tell what an inse a is, ior to 
distinguish Coleopte: ene Hemiptera, Diptera, &e., what 
anges are through which PE creatures ] pass, 
such other sdpennael facts as a mere 
dering we maay Ee of departures from good 
ntinually met wien i in the gardens of 
s must yy be added, almost 
f aided efforts 
aste Aah we 
this co untry—and, a 
pain ie r groups of shru of the means by | t: 
which these changes are aa? yee Hollies and 
Yews enter largely into | the | materials by. w. hich t 
eurs—it is vale mores sy catalan an 
hh. 
mate 
obtained in ya rates els the = lodge rons of the instance of this kind, in which the hig hest pi ractical 
h 
to 
withho iit of Mr. 
eption of his phy which he 
ree ig is unworthy of subj 
make assu 
country, and h skilful 
g 
|; £ pes, y very carefully kept in view, lt is “understood that | lr, 
WIRE ER : 
hy gely t } R 
| 
the P 
lace. arrangements of ‘his place without other 
From the scrupulous attention 
t 
ea in 
which has been he friendly aid of C. W Cooke A oo 
Such expressions as “ J e rance sure,” “un f plants and the parsers of A. R. A., the Ferns, Kensing ton, from whose sket 
fortunately for the eriy of this part of our story,” | the surface of the ground, and the introduction 
“subject to th ful imputation of dryness,” are | accompaniments to supply them with the ssar y Is | - E. Kemp. 
ot the language of are a rather belong to what | conditions of successful growth, another important (ody exacted) 
. Dallas himself deseri € that charming light- element of picturesqueness and diversity of view has — 
ness with which many po ae i dil d, which is that of bringing different kin 
their _Seanty materials.” y% inl and with the | of plants together in groups of the same or kindred Miscellaneous. 
there is good promise | sp at suecession of fresh objects, in e Mauritius.— mak are happy to announce that 
for future parts. su t ihe , and bearing sufficient resemblance Mn Tuchan À gory ed the porao appoint 
Sa o each other to prod arked effect, is thus ee ent of M. Bouton the Museum of 
n Mem randa. 
D wt re EAR CONGLETON, THE RESIDENCE 
F JAME Q.—Situated on the northern 
ee of Stari, in an undulated and compara- 
as rator 
Natural History at Port To. vice Professor Bojer 
sed, 
aryi Pa ‘ma ie Farrell, F.L S., &c.—Early on Monday mom ate is 
f September, died, at Great Yarmouth, William Yarre! 
yet more notable characteristic of the gardens at pete t three years ag zo some premonitory symptoms of indisposi- 
Biddulph Grange is that each of the many parts into tion had shown themselves. They made little impression, how- 
ively cultivated ai % with some hills of mo derate which they are Veco mips pr pang in uate and has | ever, on eithe atural cheerfulness of disposition or the 
r ees ng | #ctive intellect of our departed friend and naturalist. Howey 
on inh CO Pate Fes n the 3d of August last, as he was returning from bagi =. 
r light giddiness seized him, and he felt himself for a moment 
of Biddu! anh Hall, with a Stats stream | a general and passing ai which a gra * addi- | unable ea PR eed. After a short wean Aa moan home without 
he attack, how 
n: 
of the assista 
yea 
ming © djoinin valley, there is nothing in | tional growth in the shrubs will soon correct, T 5 ti 
he position or E a Srp this place | house or other essentially different parts of the place, sithongh vie fa a it himself eoustfained to decline Invi east 
vhich pia at all take it o he range of an or- eit any d points yield the best views ot the | A few iay rhe we his death he appeared at the C of the. 
try gentleman’s ence. Biddulph is a | regio which they belong and of the coun iry gene- | Linnean Society with his usual cheerfulness and , 
quiet little es about three miles coos Congleton, | ‘ally, ud the effect of the ‘wager E hs windows of P EAEL het A ran a er ae, % 
on nip high ro oad, from this to to e Potteries. | the en tertaining roo ms of t e house and from the ter- | and went to bed on Sunday with the anticipation of a more - 
pace or ra water, or | ordinary shure of good and refreshing sisop-his appetite 
from the church, which is a pia pi old structure, | the tops of the shrubs and trees which clothe the | bis spirits good, his strength dimeer oF is Tei ee ee 
aiigty situated, and wen supported by Yews, | grounds, D he got np and unlocked the door, in order that assistance, if 
&ec. Mr. Ba te eman’s grounds are at present | harm oniously with the l I required, might be obtained without difficulty, On returning to 
boun th this branch Toal, which it | more pie op finer.” “Th is will be at on recog- (reha the Aakaru poder and he Gpe r ppa ae 
5 
is intended jet ivert, so as to put t the gardens | in the | nised as Sy, high a achievement of orth for 3 although ng without effect. About half-past 12 on the Monday morning 
midst of a small park, w with a PP expired calmly, and without pain, te ie ee 
the or, yrs rnpike road. The entrance and offi fi „and d t afford vistas wia Sanem aes to his friend and axepotor Aip Fon omiy v 
E k as, moval his remains t on, and thence to 
are yet in an mee and Seana state Hertfo rdshire, was effected. Here he was the last buried of 
al parts of a phase 
ladee nf} M 
from the chief windows of the Kaan tho eye travels 12 brothers and sisters, a father, and a mother. In September 
1 
. an Mies, oc ete appear to find 
chief occu occupation and am pers ony rage tin ing 
the progress of t the facies ec na nee thes 
carried on | deliberately, and as if to pion g the in tër reek 
854 ells transferred to the album of a relative the lines from 
there neongruous which form no un- | Wordsworth,— w First and last, 
med pent Fani ian to the iey and hills oe i iest summoned and the longest spared, 
ek earl 
ae deposited,” 
adding t na t this was what he wished to be his e pac The 
immediate panan of death seems to have been d isease of the 
It sho uld be men tione ed also, in this reference to 
distidetive harisi of 
f the place, and to the general harmony 
The property has been in Mr, Bateman’s 
heart, the previous symptoms of par: vee 
di 
about 14 y 
rs; and 
m a and the grounds, for Bo 
with the whole, that, thoug h the nnected with it. No autop: psy, t 
a i of ied in his 73d year, being 1784, in treet, St, 
sed penta yet x pang Lou hs father (in partnership pág his incl) wa m a 
nt. 0! e busi 
transition from one kin 
the 
even the most s, which gly serv 
show what may rbe poet by a wisely directed skill, 
p a due regard for the habits and requirements of 
The climate is a wet and cold one, and the locality | of 
ce 
f plea 
tea Pha ihe transitions aA a a Lite Rydse Siret being une af tae NU omia ts Bi 
rally seem appropriate, and in accordance both with the | quiet and simple life. For man: the house was familiar 
d yet} scene left and that which is to “he ente: upon ; that | toa rali ts, and to pidiens.s of Faak from tempan teii 
not to mention forei; rs, to whom reputation f the 
e saout there is no aonspaade f sham or about any of poudant Hva BOOI EISE tae wolii aaa wh 
contrivances; and that all the various depart- | it without being struck by the kind and communicative manners 
ments are so ly a e ie ean connected with | of its h ate. A few life were spent as 
each other that an round the | a clerk in the banking-house of Messrs. srs eres Farquhar È Gn, 
lace in two or three Aare „ each exhibiting | °* aein] ee ahaa venfeit 18 her Aara eig- A krea ene, are 
entirely new pes baie appearing re be quite inde- bly è DINA, re so even than scientific meñ- 
acqua aintance with ise general, so proverbial for the uneventful character of their 
in | thea lives. As a young man he was fond of shooting and angling, in 
is sia much lb Trgi ally 
e for of w u 
iC 
west and east, fro 
ticular, violent wind 
li communicate with t pier general walks, espet 
wilt gly the effect = isolation of parts is be attained and the gun vee £0 x ee 
b me to t downs of wo te arr or 
nh oe pane r Fah, es ete a eS that fields of he open (Royston, the erred r. Wortham, 
Painia amongst 
d e de, 
tained in the most 
= erage td — Mr. Nash),— sports- 
an example of the correct feeling which has no feast vane that exceptionable or equivocal personage 
ie >a etated the general arrangement but defined paa p $ ing character. Some were 
ds aa 5: mar but Mr. “spot ‘ongh oie it opa to have done so, 
Traci 
hich 
eni okana i nae pr as nd their | the smallest details of these gardens, it may be well to awa oars il by 
Positions adapted a them with a iaket study of thei y he g fi niapi eaaa Der neo pap rer oy Hoare ser 
Wants, and a 1 lop- | cipal windows, i direct paar perhaps, than the unmixed k 
Ment, whi pletely by surprise. | ti a aa E } beet liar to | those of Isaac bleaa ag ge rather Se ore of 
In fact, the leading idea which seems to bave pervaded | itself, Terrace platforms, ornamental walls, idors, othe cecrrenc a tira Poe oer rice 
the mind of Mr. Bateman in the acti Ve such a mae age in complete agreement with the sty yle of the ears i 1824 and 1825," p i in: the ea- 
marvellous ity of surface throughou place, | house, trim he hent elaborate parterres, stone edgings Sournal for March 1825. Ta 182, ns on 
has evidently he pre ion oiri a Mand 4 r pl lants t that blend well with architectural Transactions; and tn tho anne peu trl aH the Moval Boonton 
congenial home for nearly all the hardy m full Ey ery | tr ` change in the plumage of some Hen Pheasants” 
the great plant family w. oF — curiosity or taste H eee of level is broken by steps, “and by terrace Maen This pate ae him, to say e least, a tapsa stendi for T iene, 
manhas discovered ‘and ted. And i this aa is | or banks of Grass ; blocks to ig ata seat se tis Er oe S| cert His Rane however, ene i ice eae on Tis Gene 
80 prominently kept view, rire f ck istic pl laced at tk | r the new and more liberal 
able delicacy s pee for the ities | b f the diff t fligt f st traigh tk “Ni trade was agnist him Unis for en! was offered 
of i ltł A him. He looked, however, to adv: years, and declined the. 
Plants, in uding soils and — as well as e ne hat man fens ot pee ens a 
Peculiarity of situation, that no experienced ol pela’ ways and arches are apie Me ced, which, while re win) his el Ak i kive pressed upon hhii 
who d the i is ever likel ¥ ira ho oo some other object, give length "and character His last se a paper “ On the influence of the Sexual Organ 
may round the p y ibe ject, gi 
Sight of it, ta; and the amount of finish in all these details | in rotten External Character,” in 2o e Journal of of Proceedings 
is, then, is th from the h house, | of the Linnean ay matning aon the presen rai oe beng 
imberless irregularities of surface into which ae and their importance as compon hi SE in a 2 a Š | trate, Mis or ot PEER. magna Histo 23 E Ea 
} 4 ot o! 
grounds are ‘broken up, and some of which ued be | scene. By w ay of illustrating this fact, of whic it of Basa, ri a -a St geo ny. nd tapas 
their rs owe jit on A be observed that i in a terrace walk which passes | fe ibarian to the nig ot Bedford, Mr, Matin, pth friend, 
Two leche consequences haye almost necessarily f the house, and ascends by a n| most intimate of Mr. Yarrell’s old c | companions, and me whose 
arisen out n the adoption of the rule of action j l t death (a few months previous to ) he deeply’ elt. We 
Se N 
oa da +h A 
3 y 
W, 
which masks oi ose was, the pianinie its of Mr. Yarell, tic el gree 
f t And the widen 
inently t 
, and pep aa in 
fal 
5 
lad } bni 
art of the offices. d 
? P 
A 3} 
they we He loved society; he | 
its | well; pony ‘at one time ofl his life nan a 3 tc attendant at the 
tion jini an unusual 
ae kai ry Taa theatres. It is bea then, only a cll to zoey that he is 
Scenes, each of which has a character of its own. 
ee these two “ee ra in a 
ould be 
E, manner | with stone ‘gio br it is ie Aan as being part 
prom 
social ah ied geni temper, warmth 
of heart ‘(exhibited in an extreme pares for chitareay made 
enade, cased entirely with | him loved; even as his simple and straightforward independence 
