BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 385 
Hersarium of the late Dn. Tomas TAYLOR. 
We have previously announced the intention of the family to 
dispose of this fine Herbarium of Cryptogamic plants, and we are 
now given to understand, that if not taken by private contract, it 
will be offered for sale in London. The value set upon the entire 
collection, by competent judges, is £200. It is probable, in the 
case of a collection so rich as this is in the several departments of 
Cryptogamiæ, that the object of the present possessor would best 
be gained by offering them in sets, according to the several 
families: — viz., Ferns, Mosses and Hepatice, Lichens, Fungi, 
and Alge. Under any circumstances, we trust they will be sent 
to London for inspection, unless a liberal offer is previously made : 
for them, and then they could be inspected by persons wishing to 
purchase. Our following number will probably contain parti- 
culars relative to the extent of the Herbarium. 
Arrival of Plants from Swan River, the Annes or Quro, and 
CALIFORNIA, for sale. 
Mr. Heward, Young Street, Kensington, has lately had con- 
fided to him several sets of plants from Mr. Drummond, about 
four hundred in number, in continuation of the former sets, which 
have been collected during an extensive overland journey to King 
George’s Sound. From Dr. Jameson, also, Mr. Heward has 
received specimens of Phænogamous plants from the Andes of El 
Equador, and rich collections of Cryptogamiæ, chiefly Mosses, 
from the same regions. 
Mr. Hartweg (Turnham Green, Chiswick) is distributing to the 
subscribers his well-preserved plants (about four hundred in 
number) recently brought from California. 
Copie d'une Lettre écrite à M. PamLATORE de Florence par 
M. Aveusre pe S. HILAIRE. 
Janvier, 1848. 
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