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possible, according to the sums they had advanced ; in the 

 like proportion, subscribers of ninety, sixty,and thirty florins, 

 will receive three hundred, two hundred, and one hundred 

 species respectively ; but all the subscribers will still retain a 

 further claim upon the continuation of the Schimperian col- 

 lection, when (as we hope,) they shall have safely arrived. 

 Under favourable circumstances, we flatter ourselves there- 

 fore with the prospect that the subscriptions already realized 

 will enable us to distribute, in the long run, these valuable 

 and highly interesting plants at a cost to the subscribers not 

 exceedingfifteen florins per hundred. Still the accomplishment 

 of this hope will depend in a great measure on the manner 

 in which the expenses attending the expedition of Kotzchy 

 are met; — those latter (viz., Kotschy's) plants, which are of 

 great interest, collected in Genaar, Chartum and Cordofan, 

 are already on the way : Intelligence of the departure thereof 

 from Alexandria by an Austrian ship to Trieste, lately re- 

 ceived, announces to us that the consignment includes no fewer 

 than thirty thousand specimens, and consists of five hundred 

 species, from wiiich collections may be made up of five hun- 

 dred, four hundred, and three hundred species each. By our 

 contract with Kotschy, we find ourselves enabled to supply 

 these collections at the low price of fifteen florins per century; 

 therefore we now offer the same, and beg for early orders from 

 our honoured members and all other friendsof Botany, for col- 

 lections respectively at seventy-five, sixty, and forty-five florins, 

 post free, and, as usual, the payment in advance : we ear- 

 nestly hope for kind and liberal support in this undertaking 

 also, especially as it stands in so close connexion with the 

 before-mentioned Abyssinian expedition, and indeed, to a 

 certain extent, with it, forms one entire set of plants. We 

 venture to look for the favour of new subscriptions for 

 Kotschy's plants, as the very great expenses incurred by 

 Schimper's journey are not yet defrayed. 



Though pleasing and highly promising as it certainly 

 is for science, that the courageous Schimper remains so 

 long in Abyssinia, yet this prolonged sojourn did not enter 



