158 BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
On parting, I directed the attention of Mr. R. Macguire, the first 
Lieutenant of the Herald, to the White Spruce ; and not only did that 
- officer bring some excellent specimens of it, but also a fine collection of 
other plants. New to me were several mosses, Cistopteris fragilis, the 
red currant, Ribes rubrum, and, quite unknown, a shrub, ». 1794, of 
which the leaves are preserved in the herbarium. bies alba grows, 
according to Mr. Macguire, in clumps on the banks of the river, 
attaining a height of twenty feet. The fern, Cistopteris fragilis, was 
found near a beautiful formation of basaltie columns. "Though the 
existence of Conifere is now ascertained, the exploration of the river 
has proved that not all the drift-wood with which the shores of Kotzebue 
Sound abound, originated on the banks of the Buckland, leaving the 
question from whence it came as problematical as ever. 
(To be continued.) 
Mr. Spruce’s Journey. 
We have received further information of the progress of Mr. Spruce, 
up the Amazon River. He had visited Igaripés, brilliant with the 
Victoria regia ; and we regret that our want of space prevents us from 
laying the highly interesting particulars of this Royal Aquatic before 
our readers till the next month’s number. 
North American Plants for the Herbarium. 
A recent letter from Dr. Asa Gray announces that a further distri- 
bution of Lindheimer’s Texan plants is despatched for the English 
subscribers ; and that twelve sets (only) are preparing of Mr. Wright’s 
collections, made recently between Western Texas, El Pasco, and New 
Mexico, are nearly ready. Mr. Wright is preparing for another expe- 
dition to the West and North of El Pasco, which it is expected will 
yield a rich and abundant harvest. 
We may take occasion here to state that a very fine and especially 
beautiful set of the late Mr. Oakes' New England plants is about to be 
sent (with the collections above-mentioned) to Mr. Heward, for sale, 
consisting of about 500 species, at the price of 23 dollars. 
