... propagate the plant by pieces of the roots instead the ordinary mode cuttings, which appear to have been eminently success'ul. He states that notwi hstanding the unfavourable st it c of the weather the plants during the first year grew to a height of several feet, and pro luced a fair crop of hops, whilst the plants propagateel by cuttmus never produce a crop the first year. He however, warns ...

... NIGHT WITH SKELETONS. South London has recently suffered—in fact, is at present suffering, an invasion of hideous kind. It has been overrun with skeletons, and to make the horror if possible more horrible, the skeletons are not of the frightening but innocuous kind, which stalk about when churchyards yawn and graves give their dead. They are real live skeletons, and as such may at any moment ...

... Amongst the company who were present the magnificent banquet given by the Lord May; honour the Sultan yesterday, were The and Duchess of Montrose, Mr. R. Baggallay, QjG. M.P,. and Mrs. Baggallay ; Colonel R. M. Biddulpn :id Mrs. Biddulph; Mr. M. Biddulph, M.P., and Mrs. idulph ; Mr. G. Clive, M.P.; the Mayor of Heref r.t (J. F. Symonds, Esq.), and Mrs. Symonds; the 'ayor of Leominster (T. B. ...

... The commercial morality of American publishers has been almost a byword on this side of the water, owing to the absence of any copyrLht seiurity for English authors, and, as is commonly the case with indiscriminate condemnations of a whole class, the fair fame of many honourable and generous men has been sacrificed to the sharp practice of a number of unscrupulous speculators. We believe that ...