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likely to be new. I found also a fine Meladoma^ larger-flowered than 

 M. Malabathrica^ though not so handsonae in its form and general as- 

 pect. 



If I could have a list of all the known East Indian Ferns, it would 

 be a great belp to me in collecting these plants. 



BOTANICAL INEOEMATION 



The Mammoth Tree.* 



At the request of our obliging correspondent, Alex. G. Taylor, Esq., 

 of Monterey, the proprietors of the locality of this now celebrated tree, 

 Messrs. Lapham and Haynes, have sent to us the following " Descrip- 

 tion of tJie Mammoth Tree Grove^'' accompanied by a well-executed 

 landscape,! drawn on the spot, and engraved at San Erancisco, and 

 which we are sure faithfully represents the remarkable spot. Around 

 the picture are compartments, with separate views of the more remark- 

 able trees of the place. 



" This gigantic forest is situated in a small valley at the source of one 

 of the tributaries of the Calaveras Eiver, Calaveras County, California- 

 Arriving at Murphy's by one of the daily line of stages, either from 

 Sacramento City or Stockton, or by the Sonora coach, the traveller 

 finds himself within fifteen miles of this celebrated grove. Here animals 

 or vehicles can be procured at all times, and at reasonable rates. Leaving 

 Murphy's by an excellent carriage-road, and gradually ascending, wind- 

 ing through a splendid forest of pines, cedars, and firs, with occasional 



* "We will not offend our American friends hy giving here the botanical name of 

 the tree. It is unworthy a great nation to suppose that an eminent botanist, who 

 first distinguishes the true characters of a new plant, is not entitled to give it what 

 name he pleases, provided he infringes no botanical riile, — of a tree too, unquestion- 

 ably first brought into scientific notice by an English traveller. — Ed. 



t This interesting lithograph-plate is placed in the Museum of the Royal Gardens 

 of Kew. The roller about which the print was wound is made of the wood of the 

 tree, and is also deposited in the Museum, It is not a hai'd wood, and it has no fra- 

 grance, otherwise it much resembles the cedar-pencil wood {Juiiiperus Virginiana). 

 Still more recently we have received fresh seeds from Eras. Ilobler, Esq., procured 

 by his brother, George Hobler, Esq., in California ; and seeds and cones and speci- 

 mens of the branches, and a plank of the wood, from Dr. Torrey, collected by Dr. 



J. M. Bigelow in one of the Pacific Railroad Sun-eys ordered by the United States 

 Government. — En. 



