BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 283 
In one of the latest meetings of the Accademia dei Georgofili a dis- 
tribution of prizes took place for improvements in agriculture; one of 
them was awarded for the introduction and cultivation of the Sulla 
(Hedysarum coronarium) as fodder in Tuscany. 
The last number of the Transactions of the Accademia de’ nuovi 
Lincei of Rome contains a paper on Melia Azedarach, by the late Pro- 
fessor Donarelli, in which however I have found scarcely anything new. 
The care of the botanical garden at this city has been confided to 
a new gardener. He seems an intelligent and careful young man, and 
hopes are entertained that the establishment will prosper under his 
hands. 
Professor Parlatore is going to absent himself from Florence for a 
few weeks on account of his health. Mr. T. Caruel is about to start 
on a journey to the Apennines, and afterwards intends visiting the 
sea-coast.— Bonplandia, August 15, 1853. 
Plants of M. Boivin. 
We are requested to state that the following collections of plants 
formed by M. Boivin, an eminent botanical traveller in Madagascar 
and adjacent islands, are on sale in Paris, at 30 francs per 100 species ; 
and any information respecting them may be procured from Mr. Graves, 
rue de Verneuil, n. 52, at Paris. 
Madagascar plants : five collections of 52, 39, 35, 34 and 16 species 
each. 
Isle Ste. Marie: six collections, 72, 55, 44, 37, 25 and 19. 
Bourbon : seven collections, 389, 356, 324, 294, 262, 219 and 175. 
Nossibé: four collections, 61, 41, 23 and 17. 
Mayotte: seven collections, 172, 149, 132, 115, 90, 57 and 32. 
Simon's Bay: eight collections, 50, 33, 32, 28, 21, 20, 17 and 15. 
Herbaria for Sale. 
Professor Billot, of Hagenau, who in 1846 commenced publishing 
dried specimens, correctly named, of the rarer species of the plants of 
France and Germany, still continues that task. “He has lately sent out- 
the tenth and eleventh century of specimens, and we may state, on 
