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FAE GARDENERS CHRONICLE, 
[DECEMBER Y2, ies j 
THE FARM. 
SMITHFIELD CLUB SHow.—The seventy-seventh 
annual show of fat cattle, held under the direction of 
the Smithfield Club, opened on Mon h 
usual five days. regards the cattle it may be said 
that of Goikola oking animals 
even th i 
of primest 
specimens. Herefords have only twenty tae 
i class for heifers and that 
for cows having bu ies each. ort- 
ve classes; and crosses (all of which were of 
Shorthorn m one side), have “oe n 
entries in ers classes. Highlanders and other horned 
Scotch breeds have ten entries, and the polled Scotch 
have six. “Trish cattle ha 
are Shorthorn crosses. The East A 
cattle have six ve mens, T imals, five of either 
sex, appear in two classes for pi kn 
Devon, d'it gnate mer ussex, are the 
characteristic feature of the me 
hor thoug umerous, are of 
excellent quality ; from Mr. Wort ley! s big 5-year-old 
ox (which: is probably the paast karake since 
Mr. John Day’s by C. 
p for best female, in spite of her 
or want of Adail —— of this most herent 
breed are admirably s 
e coo ae uniform as the Devon 
classes, and a inferior in quality of flesh, though 
with harsher hair, na they were decidedly superior 
in size ; there w 
ampi 
a piece of plate value 4 e exhibitor of 
best beast in the show arsin stock included), 
won by H. the Princ Wales, of Sandring- 
ham, King’s Lynn, A orfolk, al a very handsome 
white catia heife 
ver Cups, —A cap, am 652 50, to the exhibitor 
of the best steer or ox in the —Mr. James S. 
Bult, of Dodhill House, Ki ey Stam 
cup, value £ to, to the exhibitor of the best 
heifer or cow in the classes, wri iy ichard Stratton, of 
| President ri = por ly spoke 
f the 
the Duffryn, Newport, Monm 
A cup, value £40, to the rabies of the best 
Devon.—Mr, Trevor Lee Senior, of Bro oughton 
ee reer ey 
cup ` ios te, tine: exhibitor: Of the. Best 
horn. —Mr. Tames * S. Bult, of Dodhill House, 
Kingston, Taun 
As usual, the saw grense “for implements is full, 
and the display is of necessity of a very mixed 
character, 
: The tinis ented sas the seedsmen are, as usua 
one of the arts of the exhibition in 
Globe. 2 
we have seen. Their stand is in the very front rar 
of all that is surprising and praise wori Y in this 
ment of the show, and their great Mangels, 
grown ee cle Mr. Donal of Cork, seem to be the 
t of 
essrs, Seton; with the —_ à ——— pro- 
as we may call them, whi o charac- 
their arrangements, - SS ceetioe 
BSE EAE wl scene areas of 
Te 
bite of the defi 
| one without extreme provoc: 
witnesses who k 
Cham: m Tea Golden Tankard, Berkshire Prize, 
and oth and Intermediate Mangels, divided 
and arc ities Eo over by rows of Kohl Rabi, the vacant 
aM being covered Mt enormous Potatos. There 
e also Onions, Carrots, &c. 
SMr r. King, of Colc hester has a ae fine stand of 
very neat nge Globe and Long Red Mangels, ig 
Aptek is a EA s very capital es vile and Swed 
of Leicester, show great Globe 
aci iii "Swedes, i 
grasses, &c. Messrs. Alfred H 
Wilts, exhibit cn - Rg ene small AS some of 
the very best roots anywhere in the gallery, a few 
mn Mammoth Mai els, one of which is probably 
[e] 
Le 
Oo 
~~ 
also tet excellent white Carrots and 
Here 
käitas Kohl Ra 
Obituary. 
M. LE COMTE JAUBERT, whose death was an- 
sanceli in the Paris correspondence of the Timesa 
ke r in 1798, was 
M. and 
to the Orleans koen throughout, 
His last visit G this country, w 
occasion of hee paei of Queen os aonb h 
widow of Lou ilippe. had the ee er 
of conciliating sit ensuring the respect of all who cam 
con with hi Fo the 
as 
o inguished, Mined; and beloved 
rheit of the Cheva * all sections oft se Assembly 
warmly endorsed his w ords. ount Jaubert was much 
loved = os nch botanists, and wi teak for he 
never an i mata fon favouring their 
scientific. interests. Pe se at ee ubert is 
f tal Plants, 
in five folio t rate h 500 plaidy  eideenidbea 
wit “3 Se Sein M. Spach. French 
in conjunction 
science has too of vty Mecania -like m 
to feel the loss of ove beet 
as has j just pardan way. 
men not 
lished and amiable a man 
Law Notes. 
A GA NER FOR THE BITE OF A 
Doo (Bloomber y County Court, Dec. 4). —EVANS v. 
Lioy piaia in this action, a gardener, sued 
at Haverstock Hill, to recover 
sum of of £25 f for 3 injuries he had assy from the 
endant’s d Mr. Williams appeared 
r. Willis for the defendant 
e 
that on entering upon his duties at seven i 
morning, he had occasion to go into the defendant’s 
premises i f e tools which he re- 
quired for his use, when the defendant’s dog bit him 
in the leg, in consequence.of which he was for several 
from work and was obliged to 
ch suffering and mr considerable expen: 
as called, who ae con plaintiff was 
unable to os his avocation for several weeks, and 
from sltetior danger. The 
: ’s attendances ces were estimated to 43 125., 
had This was the plaintifi’s cme. Mr. 
— we grime ‘ated that the dog in question 
ith whom his children 
apes and would not hurt any 
ed aire 
was a mo: 
were > the ‘habit of oie 
new the charac the dog. 
further icone that the plaintif brought this 
action e he had summari pem dis amerma fro 
the defendant's employ for gen 
nation, — earned Ju said that this di did not 
appear in ped eei and that therefore he 
judgment in favour of the defendant, unless the 
plain ould prove that he knew the dog had 
therto been a vicious cur and had injured any one 
was 
ne say that such was the 
Mim, sana 
we had seen at Windsor were fe pres ngont the lawns. 
re and there detached houses for 
He has also 
but few places. In the centre was 
basin of water, with a fountain over rie 
ich 
man seat Was te the 
sat 
ayan (Persian h 
arana eae = e), a 
of the ne of the bui 
but of which the 
Larch 
se ai full of blo oom, and with all 
oe Eee Srp out. There w 
s like velvet, num 
— 
ous, in w 
access was ha hit 
and 
tidy i neat id. Serene 
, bei ocked with 
sorts of flowers and plan Or variegated foliage f Sai 
her e Banana 
the New World and bki nana 
seen there, which i = a prety ooking edible — ike 
a small, tong; fres Ith yellow 
aes whi ripe, has hé. at a Muk Melon; i 
soft, and in like manner can be taken 
d eaten, though it is 
alled Persian of 
duced largely in that part of Baluchistan which 
b ia, and Makran 
tarines, Peaches, white and black Grapes, Figs, P 
Strawberries, ers, 
ose them, as required. Zhz Di 
flig 
the Stak (Murray). 
The Wether 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT BLACKHEATH, LONW 
FOR THE WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, Dg SCEMBER Q, 
i 'Hygrome- p 
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TEMPERATURE OF 
THE AIR. 
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| BAROMETER 
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Mean 
MONTH AND Day, 
Mean Keaaing 
Reduced to 
32° Fahr, 
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of 18 Years, 
Highest. 
or 
from Average of 
_ -50 Years, 20 
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r. o—it3 24. 8 n{ NXE 
29.88 +0.12 43.7/32.1/ 1.6 37.7 — $535.5 92 
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29.78 Sener 42. Si o 
8 | 29.23 —0.54 52 635 3'17 
9 (am 49-0 32.0 17 .0 38.3 
hee eam ; corriy. cloudy. 
mometer on grass, 12°, 
oe r as dai ; partialiy cloudy till evening, then 
barometer = the level of ae sea at the | peg 
the +e 
-inches by Io A.M. on 
; | dese 3.7 as by 3 3 P.M. yh 
5.— tiil the afternoon; cloudless- 
overta me 
rong wind t 
ne ay: small amounts of light 
7.—A v 
prevalent in the a afternoon. j ney 
— 8-—Ov throughout; rain fell frequently- A gale | 
5 P.M. 
— very ii 
wind at night. 
9. Overcast till 1 P.M., and some rain fell; a 
loudle seat nig ght. 
— 
In London and its i the reading 
was 29.13 in r d 
Nove 20) 
apes! inches je the « Aahe of th the sey 
to 28.94- in es by 9 on th ine 
inches at the of she mee 
eek 
day ed from 36° a Dene 
ber 5, the mean for the week being 434 
