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species of Swan River plants, lately sent home by Mr. Drum- 
mond for sale, as announced in vol. i. p. 397, only two remain 
undisposed of. 
Mr. GARDNER, in Ceylon. 
The Botanical world will hear with pleasure that Lord 
Stanley has appointed Mr. Gardner to the charge of the - 
Botanic Gardens at Kandy, Ceylon, vacant by the recent 
death of Mr. Normansell; and we are sure, from his zeal 
and acquirements, that we may soon hope to see a Flora of 
that fertile island from his pen. He left England for Ceylon 
in September of last year, 1843. 
Mn. Wm. Garpiner’s Scottish Plants. 
Mr. William Gardiner, a most intelligent Botanist of 
Dundee, is indefatigable in his researches among the rich 
alpine district of Braemar, as well as throughout Forfarshire 
and the neighbouring country, rendered classical by the 
researches of Don and Drummond; the results of his re- 
searches be offers for sale, at the following excessively mo- 
derate prices : 
First set, containing 1000 specimens £4 
Second  ,, š 500 a £2 
Third ls » 250 P £L 
These collections consist of carefully selected, dried, 
named, and localized Scottish phaenogamic and cryptogamic 
plants, including as many distinct species as possible, and of 
the rarer kinds, chiefly collected in the alpine district of 
Braemar; and in order to afford more information respecting 
the localities, than the labels accompanying the specimens can 
convey, it is also proposed to publish, in the form of 
a pamphlet, “ Botanical Rambles in Braemar, in 1844" to 
be sold for one shilling. Various localities on the sea- 
coast of Forfarshire, in the interior and elsewhere, intended 
to be botanically visited, will be noticed in an appendix. 
