We should have recorded sooner, but for an accident, the death of Robert lies-ton, gardener to Colonel Polk, of Tennessee. Mr. Meston was an occasional contributor to the Horticulturist, and evinced, by his writings, a degree of knowledge rind thoughtfulness on his favorite subjects, that was quite extraordinary. Be leaves a family, for whom great sympathy is expressed by the neighborhood.

David Ross, a botanist and gardener, died on the 27th of September, at Louisville, Kentucky. He had endeared himself to the inhabitants of that place, by his devotion to science, his suavity, and great goodness of heart. At the time of Ms death, he was laying out Cave Hill Cemetery, which he had greatly improved, and where his urbane and gentle manners had won the esteem and confidence of all who knew him.

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William Yarrel, the naturalist, has lately paid the debt of nature. Both he and his father were newsmen; he has left a very distinguished reputation, especially as an ornithologist.

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We regret to announce the death of Samuel T. Jones, of Staten Island, New York, a most successful horticulturist, and formerly an eminent merchant of New York. These pages have recorded his enthusiasm and remarkable success in fruit culture. We have never seen a greater amount of good fruit grown in the same space; hot-house grapes, peaches, and pears, were Mr. Jones's especial favorites, and nobody had finer. We have measured peach-trees in his grounds much larger in circumferenoe than the body of an ordinary man, and bearing most profusely. His method of treating these trees is recorded by himself in the Horticulturist for 1856, p. 501, and maybe referred to with great advantage.

Mr. Jones was a native of Philadelphia, resided some years in England, and returning to New York, was the active mind in developing the mineral resources of the neighborhood; in the introduction of zinc paint he was conspicuously the leader.

In private life, as a member of the community, and as a consistent Christian, Mr. Jones will long be remembered. As a husband, father, and friend, he is most sincerely lamented by those privileged with his acquaintance.

The Death of the Duke of Devonshire is deeply regretted by horticulturists abroad. He is called "one of the most illustrious examples of refined taste and magnificent conception which the horticultural world has ever seen." "The fame of the gardens of Chatsworth," says the Gardener's Chronicle, "has spread through the world, and gave an impetus to the formation of the people's parks. To the very last the love of flowers was intensely manifested in this lamented nobleman; they may almost be said to have become a necessity of his existence. When a melancholy attack of illness brought on a debility which was incurable, his pleasure was to be wheeled to some object the beauty of which he still would gaze upon, and the conservatory at Chiswick is fitted up with little contrivances to enable him to stroll feebly among the shrubs which it contains. The Duke died at Hardwicke on Monday, the 18th ult., in the 68th year of his age, as peacefully as he had lived. By none will his loss be more felt than by the Horticultural Society, of which he has been President, since the death of Mr. Thomas Andrew Knight".