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DEVON AND EXETER BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

... some' splendid' cuoumbers, exhibited-by L V. Palk, Esq., M.P.; kidney beans, by PH. Porter, Esq.,' and W. 'Hooper, Esq., and asparagus, by Sir Thomas Aclaud, W. Kiogdon, Esq., aud Mrs. S. Ringdou. The tulip bed of Mr. Setrgenilt owardwks greatly admired, and ...

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... phenomena In language. E. p. Bridgewater, a town in Somersetsbire, Is corrupted from Walter de burgh; Sias t gra rse from Asparagus; Cowccumbersfrom Cuenmis; BEicakes from Bis. cuits; please the pigs, from pleas the plx, or sacred box in which the host ...

BOTANICAL GARDENS EXHIBITION

... S. Yates, REsq. Cutumbrs single fruit : , Henry Mieholls, Esq.; 2, Henry sHv R)MooEsq. i3, C. C. Worstey, Rol1eq. Co 15 Asparagus, J0 beadaliq: 1, Eart of iLlemere; 2, Samuel Brooks, ICE n Esq. of to Mlushrooms, platerof: I,Ernst Reesrs In ,,, Pease, ...

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... friends in the hay window vs at White's. They asked him,. What sport ? and he replied, aic Develish good run ; but the asparagus beds went awfully hr heavy, and the glass all through wa-s up to one's hecks ; the nmm ,,only thing wanting was a landing ...