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“There now only remains to me the agreeable duty of recording 
my obligations to those who have in any way contributed to the 
welfare of the Garden under my care; and I can scarcely be too 
earnest in the expression of my feelings towards Sir Wm. Jackson 
Hooker, who, while directing the first Botanic Garden in the 
world, has not been unmindful of other establishments, of vastly 
inferior importance. ‘To this gentleman I am indebted for the 
introduction of the Mangostan, a plant which money could 
not procure, and for other productions both useful and beau- 
tiful, calculated to add greatly to the comfort and pleasure of 
the inhabitants of this island. 
“My thanks are likewise due to the Rev. Mr. Wharton, of 
whose choice collection I have freely shared; and also to Mr. 
Purdie, the Curator of the Botanic Garden at Trinidad, from 
whom I have received seeds of many valuable plants, hitherto 
unknown in Jamaica. That old and well-regulated establishment 
promises to be of the utmost importance, by contributing many 
plants altogether unknown here, and re-establishing others which 
had been lost through the system of change in management 
to which this Garden had unfortunately been subject, whereby 
its utility was in a great measure lessened to the country.” 
NatHantent WILSON. 
Botanical extracts from Mr. Low's History or Borneo. 
(Continued from p. 21.) 
Botanical Articles of Zxport from Borneo. 
Having already described the vegetable products of Borneo 
which are chiefly used in the country, we proceed to notice such 
as are principally collected for exportation. First comes the 
Camphor, called by the natives, and in commerce, Kapur Barus, 
or Barus Camphor, and so termed to distinguish it from the 
produce of the Lawrus Camphora or Japan Camphor. The name 
is derived from the place, Barus in Sumatra, where it is princi- 
pally obtained and whence it was perhaps first exported. The 
true Dryobalanops Camphora, which affords the valuable drug, 
has hitherto been only found in Borneo and Sumatra: and even 
on these islands it is confined to the northern parts. Mr. Marsden 
says the tree is very common in Sumatra, in the country of the 
Battas, but does not grow south of the Line. I once detected 
some trees of Dryobalanops in Sarawak, where they were, perhaps, 
