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have most prudently been prepared in duplicate, and transmitted to 
Kew, so that in case of any unforeseen event hindering the completion 
of this work by Dr. Mueller himself, the invaluable fruits of his labours 
will not thereby be lost to science. 
We shall eagerly look for further news from our indefatigable and 
talented correspondent, and communicate it at once to the publie 
through the pages of this Journal. With still greater pleasure shall 
we look forward to the termination of his expedition, when it will 
doubtless be desirable that he should return to Europe, for the publi- — 
cation of his Victoria flora, with the fruits of the expedition upon which . 
he is now starting. 
Note on the Application of British Rusnes in Sussex; by W. 
Borrer, Esq., F.L.S. 
l have been examining our “ manufacturer” as to what plants he 
makes use of in his various rush-fabries, and he tells me he has used— 
Hard Rush . . . . . Juncus glaucus ; 
Bon Rosh. — Ge eS » usus; 
Hollow Rush. ra- „  conglomeratus : 
all the three for mats, the last two for chair-bottoms, and the Soft only 
in two modes of preparation for burning. He knows of no implement 
for preparing this but the human fingers. He has made, but not of late - 
years, little dusting-brooms of the Polytrichum commune; and he has - 
seen a “handsome” mat of a long sort of it that grows in the forest. - 
He never made one of these, but can, if he “come across” the material. _ 
I think it is more than half a century ago that I have seen these — 
“ Silk Brooms.” A member of my family, who grew up in the barba- — 
rous region of the Sussex coast, and is thus but a denizen of these more 
advanocd parts, says she never saw one. 
The “ Rush-lights ? were formerly in very common use among our - 
farm-house servants and the labourers. Now they are almost — 
but still, I am told, to be found in a few farm-houses. 
I have ordered a sample of each ‘of the articles höst vi; 
as soon as the season admits. The Rushes for burning I expect to 
have in a few days. I will not forego the honour of contributing to 
the Royal Museum. Roe c ae 
