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Agriculture and the Hotise of Russell. 
one of the treasures of the Society's collection of pictures. 
This print shows us in the centre of the picture the Duke 
himself, mounted on a favourite mare, and inspecting a piece 
of broadcloth presented by Mr. George Tollett, "of his own 
Merino growth." Near his Grace stand Lord Somerville, 
Mr. Charles Gordon Grey, and Mr. Curwen, M.P. ; also, H.R.H. 
the Duke of Clarence (afterwards William IV.), Lord Winchelsea, 
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, and Mr. Ellman. Further to the 
left is a group inspecting a Southdown tup, in the centre of which 
stands the Marquis of Tavistock (afterwards seventh Duke). In 
the background is Mr. Northey, M.P., on horseback, inspecting 
some Swedish turnips presented by Mr. Thos. Gibbs; also, Mr. 
Astley, Lord William Russell, Mr. Chas. C. Western, M.P., Sir 
Charles Bunbury, Bart., and others. On the right of the picture 
are two men shearing sheep, and near them is a group, including 
Mr. Arthur Young, Sir John Sinclair, Sir Joseph Banks, Mr. 
Coke, Sir George Osborne, Sir John Sebright, Col. Beaumont, 
and the second and third sons of the Duke, afterwards General 
Lord George William, Russell and Earl Russell. In order " to 
commemorate the encouragement given by the late and present 
Dukes of Bedford to the art of modelling cattle," an artist 
(presumably Mr. Garrard himself) is repi'esented in one 
corner as distributing models to the Duke's four infant 
sons, Wriothesley, Edward, Charles, and Francis John, amongst 
whom is one. Lord Charles James Fox Russell, who still 
happily survives to this day. Lord Charles, i-epresented in the 
pictui'e in a child's frock and a straw hat, became one of the 
very earliest members of the English Agricultural Society, his 
adhesion to it bearing date May 26, 1838 ; and as such he 
was made a Foundation Life Governor of the Royal Agricultural 
Society of England on March 5 of last year. 
The sixth Duke himself became a Governor of the English 
Agricultural Society on June 6, 1838, and was one of the first 
Vice-Presidents of the Society, holding this office until his death 
on October 20, 1839, at the age of 73. The vacancy thus 
caused in the list of the Society's Vice-Presidents was not filled 
until the first Genei-al Meeting held after the Charter had 
been granted (May 22, 1840), when, on the motion of Mr. Ray- 
mond Barker, tlie Duke of Buckingham was appointed. 
In addition to his conspicuous sei'vices to agriculture chronicled 
above, it should be added that his Grace is entitled to much 
credit for his experiments on the produce and nutritive qualities 
of grasses, the results of which are shown in the Tlortus 
Gramineus WohuniOisis, a costly folio produced by George 
Sinclair in 1816, under the Duke's direction, find coutaiuing 
