THE DEAL CEMETERY. A vestry was held in the year 1855, pursuant to notice, in St. Leonard's Church, Upper Deal, to determine on the necessity of establishing a General Burial Ground for the Parish of Deal. After some discussion, it was resolved to adopt the "Burial Acts, 16th and 17th Vic., Chap. 134." A Provisional Committee was appointed, with powers to select and to purchase the land, consisting of five acres, and to enter into contracts for the execution of the work in conformity with the plans and specifications previously approved and sanctioned by the vestry. Towards the end of the month of March, 1856, the structure was completed, and the ground divided into sections, of such proportions as seemed to accord with the numerical relations of each dissenting denomination in the parish. In this Cemetery the Dissenting and Roman Catholic Communities have the right of interment, and of choosing their Minister to officiate at the burial of the dead, after their own form and ritual. The portion appropriated for the use of such as belong to the Church of England was consecrated by Dr. Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury, in March, 1856, at which ceremony a large number of Parishioners attended. Particulars as to fees and payments, and regulations for burials, are to be had at the Registrar's Offices, in Queen Street. outlay altogether amounted to £3,200. The cost of the INFIRMARY AND DISPENSARY, SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS, In the year 1862 the inhabitants of Deal were much gratified in being informed that Mrs. Oldman, then recently deceased, had, by her will, left the munificent sum of £500, to be applied towards the erection of a Medical Dispensary in Deal. A Committee of gentlemen and 'medical practitioners residing in the parish, was formed with the design of raising additional means for the erection of a suitable building as should be adapted for the reception of a certain class of patients within its walls, and of administering, gratuitously, advice and medicine to patients not receiving parochial aid. The Committee appealed to the inhabitants for assistance, which was responded to most liberally, that, in a very limited time, ground was purchased and contracts entered into for carrying out Mrs. Oldman's wishes. The medical men living in the parish attend the Dispensary in rotation, giving their time and advice to all such as require it, upon presenting a subscriber's recommendation. If the following verses of the Poet were ever applicable to anyone living in Deal, they are so no longer, for the whole community is grateful for the medical prescriptions given at the Dispensary to the necessitous poor : "God and the Doctor men alike adore, God is forgotten, and the Doctor slighted." The cost of the building, including the ground, &c., amounted altogether to £1,200 and upwards. WILD PLANTS AND FLOWERS GROWING IN THE SANDHILLS, BETWEEN DEAL AND SANDWICH. (From the "Floral Guide," contributed by various Botanical Authorities.) Medicago Denticulata (Toothed Medick)-There are several other kinds of plant, as the Lupulina Maculata and Sativa or Lucerne, a valuable artificial grass, affording excellent green food for horses or sheep, known to the Romans, and highly extolled by that people. Statice Armeria, (Sea Lavender or Thrift).-In some parts of Scotland this plant is deemed a good herbage for some kinds of stock. Statice Limonium is also abundant in the Hills. Salsola Kali, (Prickly Salt-wort)-Collected in large quantities formerly, and burnt in making soda. A violent emenagogue, duiretic and hydragogue. As a medicine it is out of date. Silene Maritima (Sea Catch-fly.) Arenaria Peploides (Sea Sandwort.) Arenaria Marina (Sea Spurrey) "Spurrey."-This is often sold and pickled as Samphire, which it is not. Juncus Squarrosus (Moss Rush.)-There are many species of the Rush familiar with most people, some used for making rush lights, and others are adapted for matting purposes, and strewing the floors of earthen floors in olden times. Salvia Pratensis (Meadow Clary.) Salvia Verbenaca (Wild Clary.) Hordeum Maritimum (Sea Barley.) This grass grows freely along the hedges and highways; the long awns stick to the gums of the horses, inducing inflammations. Boys and children play with the ears of awns, suffering them to run up the sleeves of their coats. Phalaris Arundinaca (Reed Canary Grass.)-Used as thatch to ricks and cottages. There are several varieties of it cultivated in gardens. Eriophorum Angustifolium (Common Cotton Grass.)—Cattle are in some places fed with it. It is also used in making wicks for candles. Erodium Cicutarium (Hemlock or Stork's Bill.)-This plant grows at certain places in the Sandhills. It is a powerful narcotic when taken in very small doses; produces convulsions, coma and death. Trifolium Averense (Trefoil or Hare's foot.)-There are many varieties of this plant. Artemisia Maritima (Drooping Sea Wormwood.)—This plant is used for various purposes, and sometimes converted into a conserve. Frankenia Lavis (Smooth Sea Heath.) Orobanche Minor (Lesser Broom Rape.) Samolus Valerandi (Common Brookweed.)—This plant is found in almost every part of the world. Among the ancients it was held in high repute and veneration, and as being connected with many superstitious rites and ceremonies. Glaux Maritima (Black Salt Weed.) Allium Vineale (Crow Garlick.)-A small bulb growing freely in the Marshes adjoining the Sandhills. Cows that feed on it are sure to give an ill-flavour to the milk. Juncus Acutus (Sharp Flowered Rush.) Juncus Maritimus (Sea Rush.) Orobanche Major (Greater Broom Rape.) Silene Conica (Corn Catch-fly.)-These last two mentioned are to be found near Sandown Castle. Cnicus Pratensis (Meadow Plume Thistle.) Hyoscyamus Niger (Common Henbane.)-The leaves of this plant, when recent, have a slightly fetid smell and a mucilaginous taste; when dried, they lose both taste and smell, and their narcotic strength is in part impaired. Henbane is one of the narcotics which has been longest known to physicians, having been employed by the ancients for mitigating pain and restraining hemorrhage. In the present day it is chiefly used as a substitute for opium, where the latter, from some peculiarity of habit, occasions any disagreeable symptoms. It is to be found between Sandown Castle and No. 1 Battery. Medicago Minima (Little Bur Medick.) Sedum Acre (Biting Stone Crop.) Apargia Hirta (Simple Haired Hawbit.) Arundo Arenaria (Sea Reed.)-This plant is capable of being manufactured into ropes and mats, but its chief value is in binding the sand on the sea-shore, and thus preventing its movement by the wind-a natural law so manifestly adapted for the end intended, as must convince any sceptic that even in so insignificant and valueless a thing as sand the Author and Designer of Nature displays his power and wisdom. Triticum Junceum (Sea Rushby Wheat Grass.)-The creeping Triticum Repens, or Couch Grass, is the veriest pest to our gardeners; all of this species occasion much labour in checking their spread over the land. Convolvulus Soldanella (Sea-bind Weed.)-This plant is found growing among the loose shingle. Cynoglossum Officinale (Common Hound's Tongue.)—The odour of this plant is peculiar and unpleasant, resembling that emitted from mice. Spergula Nodosa (Knotted Spurrey.) Hippophae Rhamnoides (Common Sallow Thorn or SeaBuckthorn.) Onopordum Acanthium (Common Cotton Thistle.) Sedum Anglicum (English Stone Crop.) Stellaria Glauca (March Stitch Wort.) Poa Bulbosa (Bulbous Meadow Grass.)-To be found abundantly in our Deal streets and lanes. Phleum Arenarium (Cat's-tail Grass.)-This grass is to be found in the Sandown Marshes, and it is very easily propagated where it is not wanted. It is not easily eradicated when once it had got into the soil. Eryngium Maritimum (Sea Holly or Eringo.)-Formerly the roots of the Eringo were much esteemed and sought after. Confectioners covered them with crystalised sugar, and the |