Sketches by Boz. Greenwich Fair
If the Marks' be "the lungs, of London," we wonder what Greenwich Fair, is--a periodical breaking out, we suppose ; a sort fo spring-rush--a three days fever, which…
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5 stories in Sydney's papers
Colonial Statistics. Western Australia. Report of the Committee appointed by the Agricultural Society of Western Australia, at their General Quarterly Meeting, held at Guildford, Western Australia, May 5, 1837, for the Purpose of Inquiring into the Origin and Progress of the Flocks of New South Wales, and the Expediency of Resorting to similar Measures for the more rapid increase of the Flocks of this Colony
THE circumstances which have attracted the attention of the Agricultural Society to the consideration of the above important subjects are the following:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Poetry. Lilly of the Valley. [The following lines were written in the North of Scotland to a lady on presenting her with a specimen of the Lilly of the Valley, found by the author in an uncultivated spot in the beginning of a bleak Spring, and reared by him artificially, in order to be presented to his fair florist as the earliest specimen of the season.]
TAKE, gentle lady, take This flower of earthly birth:— Its swelling bud 'twill shortly break; And Solomon, midst all his mirth,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News of the Day. Show of Flowers
Agreeably to announcement, the first show of flowers, vegetables, and fruits of the Floral and Horticultural Society, was held at Mr. Smart's rooms on Wednesday, at 12 o'clock. This attempt…
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A contemporary has directed the attention of the public, to the advantages likely to arise from the formation of Agricultural Societies in this Colony. A short time since, we had intended…
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