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The Week.
first prizes to Mr . Dods and Mr . AVitbrcad ; for plants of flue folia « c to Mr Gedney and Messrs . A eitch and Sons ; for pitcher plants , to Vcitch and Sons ; for azaleas , to Mr . Green ; roses , to Messrs . Low and Sons ; Capo heaths , to Mr . Cutbush and -Air . Jackson ; calceolarias to Mr . Cross ; and the prize for fuchsias , which were fine and numerous , was taken by Mr . Obridge . The pelargonium prize fell to Mr Turner , and , among the amateurs , to Mr . Bailey . Mr . Dawson took the first prize for fruit , and m fancy pelargoniums the prize was again taken by Turner and the amateursb All the other
among , y Mr . Nye . arrangements of the palace were of tho nest kind , and gave variety and interest to the whole . The music waexcellent , and continuous throughout the day . In the evening the aniiivorsirv duiner of tho Gardeners' Benevolent Society took place in the south win" of Ihe palace , Judge Halliburton presided , and Sir Joseph Paxton , with some of the leading patrons of horticulture were present . The table , we need scarcely < m- ' was profusely decorated with the choicest fruits and flowers , and the evenin" - w-Vspent most p leasantly , and with the best results to the deserving charity in the aid of which the festival took place .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . E . H . PIERCE . AVE have with regret to record the death of Bro . Earl Horton Pierce , one of tho most clever members of the company now performing at the St . James ' s Hall as Christy s Minstrels , who was so well known for his remarkably keen perception of the humorous , _ l . ro . Pierce had been slightly indisposed , and away from his professional avocations for one week , but nothing serious had been apprehended Last Sunday morning he said to his attendant about daybreak that he could not remain bedand he asked him to take him
m , to a place of worship , which he accordingly chd-H . gbgate being selected .. The poor invalid went through all his devotions with the utmost fervour , and on getting outside the building he clasped his hands aud dropped down dead . Bro . Pierce was initiated in , and was a sub . scribing member of , the St . James ' s Union Lodge , No . 211 . BRO . P . CROFTON , P . M .
On the 4 th instant , after a short illness , expired Bro . Philip Crofton , of the Horns Tavern , Bermondsey Square , aged thirty-seven , deservedly respected ; and especially lamented by the brethren of St . James ' s Union Lodge No ? 11 of which ho was a Past Master . '
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
r" lino . FBKDEKICK BECK K .-Our AVorshipful > ot Iter ' s letter arrived too late fo .-our impression of this week . V 10 TOMA .-A . 1 interesting account of tho proceedings at the first Provincial Grand Lodge of Ballarat is in typo , and will appear in our next . "A DEACON . "—AVe cannot make any such promise . In our new volume the matter will most likely be discussed .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
first prizes to Mr . Dods and Mr . AVitbrcad ; for plants of flue folia « c to Mr Gedney and Messrs . A eitch and Sons ; for pitcher plants , to Vcitch and Sons ; for azaleas , to Mr . Green ; roses , to Messrs . Low and Sons ; Capo heaths , to Mr . Cutbush and -Air . Jackson ; calceolarias to Mr . Cross ; and the prize for fuchsias , which were fine and numerous , was taken by Mr . Obridge . The pelargonium prize fell to Mr Turner , and , among the amateurs , to Mr . Bailey . Mr . Dawson took the first prize for fruit , and m fancy pelargoniums the prize was again taken by Turner and the amateursb All the other
among , y Mr . Nye . arrangements of the palace were of tho nest kind , and gave variety and interest to the whole . The music waexcellent , and continuous throughout the day . In the evening the aniiivorsirv duiner of tho Gardeners' Benevolent Society took place in the south win" of Ihe palace , Judge Halliburton presided , and Sir Joseph Paxton , with some of the leading patrons of horticulture were present . The table , we need scarcely < m- ' was profusely decorated with the choicest fruits and flowers , and the evenin" - w-Vspent most p leasantly , and with the best results to the deserving charity in the aid of which the festival took place .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . E . H . PIERCE . AVE have with regret to record the death of Bro . Earl Horton Pierce , one of tho most clever members of the company now performing at the St . James ' s Hall as Christy s Minstrels , who was so well known for his remarkably keen perception of the humorous , _ l . ro . Pierce had been slightly indisposed , and away from his professional avocations for one week , but nothing serious had been apprehended Last Sunday morning he said to his attendant about daybreak that he could not remain bedand he asked him to take him
m , to a place of worship , which he accordingly chd-H . gbgate being selected .. The poor invalid went through all his devotions with the utmost fervour , and on getting outside the building he clasped his hands aud dropped down dead . Bro . Pierce was initiated in , and was a sub . scribing member of , the St . James ' s Union Lodge , No . 211 . BRO . P . CROFTON , P . M .
On the 4 th instant , after a short illness , expired Bro . Philip Crofton , of the Horns Tavern , Bermondsey Square , aged thirty-seven , deservedly respected ; and especially lamented by the brethren of St . James ' s Union Lodge No ? 11 of which ho was a Past Master . '
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
r" lino . FBKDEKICK BECK K .-Our AVorshipful > ot Iter ' s letter arrived too late fo .-our impression of this week . V 10 TOMA .-A . 1 interesting account of tho proceedings at the first Provincial Grand Lodge of Ballarat is in typo , and will appear in our next . "A DEACON . "—AVe cannot make any such promise . In our new volume the matter will most likely be discussed .