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anxiety. The enormous trees of the native woods bordering 

 the sides of the river, the grandest of the vegetable world, he 

 could only admire ; and, certainly, many naturalists must yet 

 be content to view them at a distance. 



The great diversity and magnificence of the palms are in- 

 expressible ; he met with all the kinds described by Dr. 

 Martins, and even with many more which had escaped the 

 searching eyes of that famous traveller and noted botanist. 



At Para our traveller found M. Langsdorf very ill, and 

 completely unable to continue their proposed voyage upon 

 the Amazon and Rio Negro : therefore, the whole of the ex- 

 pedition embarked at the end of January, and, after a seventy 

 days' passage at sea, arrived again at Rio de Janeiro. 



All their rich collections, obtained in their extended and 

 painful journeyings through so many uninhabited arid campos 

 and native woods, were then put in order, and sent to St. 

 Petersburgh, the place of their destination. M. Riedel re- 

 mahied a few months longer at the capital of the Brazilian 

 empire, and prepared during that time a collection of live 

 plants for the imperial botanic garden at St. Petersburgh, 

 with which he embarked in May, 1830, at Rio de Janeiro, 

 and arrived, after a happy and quick passage of sixty-four 

 days, safe at the port of St. Petersburgh. 



Of the rich collection of live plants which we received 

 through M. Riedel's great care, in very good condition, into 

 the imperial botanic garden, I will give you some account in 

 my next letter, especially of the most remarkable for novelty 

 and interest. 



I am, Sir, yours, &c. 



Imperial Botanic Garden, F. Faldermann. 



St, Petersburgh, April 1 8. (A^. S.) 1 83 1 . 



Art. III. Instances of Monstrous Productions. Communicated 

 by C. B. Rose, Esq. 



Sir, 

 The following descriptions of monsters possessing curious 

 and rather unusual deviations from the natural developement 

 of certain parts, I am desirous of having inserted in your 

 instructive and highly interesting Magazine, that these 

 strange examples of nature's freaks may stand recorded for 

 the information of those philosophers who in after times may. 

 be anxious to collect facts, in order to elucidate (if it be pos- 



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