MACINTOSH

Alexander Fisher . b. 1795; cornet 14 light dragoons 31 Oct. 1811; captain 79 foot 17 June 1819; lieut.-col. 15 foot 15 Dec. 1825 to 8 April 1834 when placed on h.p.; col. of 90 foot 4 March 1857, col. of 93 foot 3 June 1862 to death; general 27 Dec. 1864; K.H. 1833. d. Oatlands park, Walton-on-Thames 28 Aug. 1868. M’INTOSH, Charles (son of a gardener). b. Abercairny, Perth shire, Aug. 1794; in charge of Abercairny gardens; gardener to marquis of Breadalbane at Taymouth castle, then to sir Thomas Baring at Stratton park, Hants.; under Mr. Horner laid out and planted grounds of Colo eum, London 1824; gardener to prince Leopold at Claremont many years; remodelled royal gardens at Laecken, Bru els; gardener to duke of Buccleuch at Dalkeith 1838–58, where he planned the grounds and conservatories; a landscape gardener and garden architect 1858 to death; A.L.S.; edited The British year book for the country 1856; author of The practical gardener 2 vols. 1828–9; Flora and pomana, or the British fruit and flower garden 1829; The greenhouse, hothouse and stove 1838; The orchard 1839; The new and improved practical gardener 1839; The book of the garden 2 vols. 1853–5; The larch disease 1860. d. Newcome villa, Murray field, Scotland 9 Jany. 1864. Proc. of Linnæan society 1864 p. xlii.