... fruit was composed of amethysts. A dress of Chinese silk, painted in bou- quets of flowers by the hands of the first artists enclosed in a case of Japan, painted in flowers a la Chinoise, and richly gilt. A great variety of what are called Cadeaux de Corbeille ...

... families employed in agriculture has increased only from 895,998 to 961,134, or at the rate of per cent. From a table designed to show the progress of agriculture in England during each of the 75 years between 1760 and 1835, it appears that in the ten years ...

... accommodation and reduced charges to the public, had been realised to the fullest extent. The receipts, however, would not show an increase of revenue proportionate to the business done, in consequence of the increased expenditure that had become necessa ...

... Barracks, where they shouldered their muskets and showed how fields were won, after which, they where highly complimented by the gallant field officer for their efficiency. They wore thouniforms of the Chelsea Out Pensioners, and many bore on their breasts ...

... IL02,861 is granted this year towards works in process of completion. In 1854 Sir Charles Barry had pre- pared an estimate showing that £284,000 would be necessary for the completion of the paiace. This figure has already grown to £304,000, and 'its indefinite ...

... the demand for fruit and flowers. Some enthusiastic proprietors have suggested covering not only the whole garden but Southampton- street and Greet Russell-street with glass roofs, so as to put the great vegetable and flower trade beyond the accidents ...

... George Davis, of 2, North-terrace, also of Brompton. Now, Mr. Charles Gruneberg, with Hose his wife- amid the flowers herself the fairest flower — did for awhile devote himself as- siduously to an innocent horticultural career; and for a time all went well ...

... the flowers will be arranged in a large bank in the centre nave, with smaller ones in the aisles. Seeds, cuttings, tools, seats, and garden furniture of all kinds will be sold only ifi the aisles-the centre being reserved exclusively for flowers. The ...

... all the flowers will be arranged in a large bank in the centre nave, with smaller ones in the aisles. Seeds, cuttings, tools, seats, and garden furniture of all kinds will be sold only in the aisles-the centre being reserved exclusively for flowers. The ...

... medal. Last week he received from the War Office the Turkish medal for gallant conduct in the East. CHELSEA PENSIONERS.—^The Cardiff Local Company of Chelsea Pensioners assembled at Longcross on Monday morn- ing, at half-past nine, to go through the usual ...

... the United Kingdom for »ie Tending the 1st October amounted to .1 1 >2 > and for the corresponding week of 1858 to (t- ^00, showing an increase of £ 34,110. • During the past week- forty total wrecks have been posted on the books at Lloyd's. It is said that ...

... - place, Liverpool; and the fourth, of X3, withal added, to be divided between John F. Cheesman, 7, Mariborough- square, Chelsea, and Eadie Nimmo, of 395, Parliamentary- road, Glasgow. They mentioned the e- ay by John Bruce, of Buchanan-street, Glasgow ...