The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . nhead ; but in a lesserdegree, Mr. Owen cultivated Carnations, TuberousBegonias, and other plants, necessary for maintaininga local florists business. Until he commenced busi-ness for himself, Mr. Owen was a gardener, and hislast situation was with G. Schwabe, Esq., in theHenley-on-Thames district, by whom it is said con-siderable help was afforded deceased, when it wasdecided he should remove to Maidenhead. Mr. Owenwas only in his fifty-seventh year, and his untimelyend could scaroely have been more


The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . nhead ; but in a lesserdegree, Mr. Owen cultivated Carnations, TuberousBegonias, and other plants, necessary for maintaininga local florists business. Until he commenced busi-ness for himself, Mr. Owen was a gardener, and hislast situation was with G. Schwabe, Esq., in theHenley-on-Thames district, by whom it is said con-siderable help was afforded deceased, when it wasdecided he should remove to Maidenhead. Mr. Owenwas only in his fifty-seventh year, and his untimelyend could scaroely have been more sudden. He wasat work iu the pottiug-shed on Saturday afternoon atabout 1 , when he fell baokwards, without theleast warning, and expired within two been examined by hie medical adviser only a week previous to his death, an inquest was unneces-sary, it being known that an affection of the heartexisted. To the bereaved wife and family we tenderour respeotful condolences, which are shared, we feelsure, by most of our readers. Deceased was interredon Thursday at [The term accumulated tempomture indicates the aggre-gate amount, as well as the duration, of degrees oftemperature above or below 42° Fabr. for the periodnamed : and this combined result is expressed in Day-degrees— a Day-degree signifying 1° continued fortwenty-four hours, or any other number of degrees foran inversely proportional number of hours.] Tkmpekatirc. Rainfall. BrightBun. it T| !»in ±2 11 5* ACOCiTULATED. II ±1 3 | Hi 1 i !L $ a 1 I1* 4


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