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mons, his one regret being, as he has stated, the helpless condition of bis 
family. Though in a strange place it is gratifying to know that kind 
friends ministered to his wants, Mr. Coxed the Secretary of tbe estate, 
with his wife, and Mr. Amory the Clerk of the Works, having been un¬ 
tiring in their attentions by day and night, and their names are recorded 
here in appreciation of their valued services ; his employers, too, we are 
glad to be able to state, kindly and considerately defrayed the expenses 
of the funeral. The remains of Mr. Honeyman were interred on Thursday 
last in a befitting manner, the coffin being covered with flowers—beautiful 
wreaths, crosses, baskets, and bouquets, the offerings of friends from far 
and near, and was lowered into the grave, in accordance with tender 
Scottish sentiment, by friendly, not hired hands. 
Testimony of the appreciation in which our coadjutor was held is so 
aware of is so advanced and so sound as was the subject of this notice. 
His writings have been closely examined by the highest authorities, 
and the author of them won the respect of the most learned, while 
he enjoyed to a remarkable extent the confidence of all students of 
garden literature. He was a writer in “ Chambers’ Journal,” which 
is sufficient evidence of his literary ability ; and just before his death 
he received an award of £3 3s. for the second-prize essay on “ The 
Value of Rye Grass as a Herbage and Forage Plant, and its Suitability 
or otherwise for Sowing by itself or along with other Grasses and Clovers 
for Cutting and Grazing Purposes,” offered by the Scottish Seed and 
Nursery Trade Association. 
The measure of Mr. Honeyman’s ability as a writer cannot, however, 
be adequately determined by what has been published The MSS he 
voluminous that we cannot even cite in the briefest manner from the 
letters, all of which will be sent to Mrs. Honeyman. One, as typical of 
the whole, we insert, selecting it because the writer of it has the honour 
of first introducing Mr. Honeyman to the public as a teacher in scientific • 
and practical horticulture. 
“ I am sure,” writes Mr. D. Thomson, “ your readers and all who knew 
Mr. Honeyman will much regret his loss and sympathise with his widow 
and children. It has been my happiness to be connected with him as a 
horticultural writer for ‘ The Gardener ’ for many years, and I always 
considered him the most advanced student in chemistry as applied to 
horticulture of any practical gardener of the present time, and it is to be 
regretted that he has been called hence at a time v> hen greater oppor¬ 
tunities of practice seemed within his reach.” 
Unreservedly do we concur in the above estimate. Not a few gar¬ 
deners have considerable scientific attainments, but not one that we are 
has left behind show the remarkable character of the man. Essays on 
almost every conceivable social and educational subject of current in¬ 
terest we have the mournful pleasure of inspecting ; and he also found 
pleasure, as a relief from heavier subjects, in tbe composition of poetry'. 
These manuscripts reflect alike the cultured mind and the extraordinary 
industry of one whom, as a gardener, one of the best of gardeners has 
remarked of him, “ we shall not soon look upon his like again.” 
SHOW AND FANCY PELARGONIUMS. 
It is a matter of opinion whether spring-struck one-year-old plants 
or old cut-back specimens of the Pelargonium are preferable. Young 
plants have many points in their favour, as they strike early and late ; and 
by regulating their pinching and potting can be had in bloom from early 
spriDg until autumn. This can be also done with old cut-back plants 
