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From Redmond Barry, Esq., of Port Phillip, a collection of Seeds from 



New Holland. 

 From I. Anderson, Esq., of Edinburgh, Sedum Quitense, Alpinia sp., 



from Hong Kong, and 4 other plants. 

 From J. B. Pentland, Esq., a plant of Poecilochroma sp. (Witheringia 



superba). Seed of a new species of Cinchona, and a variety of 



Indian Corn from Titicaca. 

 From G. U. Skinner, Esq., a Plant of Achimenes Margarettae, with 



various Orchids and other newly imported plants. 

 From Miss Croker, 3 Orchids from Kio. 

 From Mrs. Le Blanc, 10 sorts of Seeds from Russia. 

 From G. H. Thwaites, Esq., Superintendent of the Botanic Garden, 



Ceylon, 12 sorts of Ceylon Seeds, including Medinilla Walkerise. 

 From Capt. Drake, Orchids from the Brazilian Coast. 

 From Mr. D. Ferguson, Botanic Garden, Belfast, 4 Bulbs of Lilium 



giganteum. 

 From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, several new Plants. 

 From Mr. Charles Moore, Botanic Garden, Sydney, New South Wales, 



a Wardian Case, containing a new Araucaria (Araucaria Cookii), 



Calanthe australis, and other valuable Plants. 

 From Prof. Chas. A. Meyer, Superintendent of the Botanic Garden, 



St. Petersburg, a collection of curious Botanical Seeds. 

 From Charles Deacon, Esq., 3 bulbs of a Lily and 14 soits of Syrian 



Seeds, with Seeds of the Melon of Cassabar, near Smyi-na. 

 From the Earl of Dundonald, Nutmegs, Tamarinds, and other Plants 



from the West Indies. 

 From G. T. Davy, Esq., 5 papers of Jamaica Seeds, Seed of the true 



Calisaya plant, Tropseolum azureum, Chloraea sp., and some re- 

 markable Maize from Cusco. 

 From the Museum of Natural History of Paris, a plant of Angraecum 



virens. 

 From J. R. Gowen, Esq., Seeds from New Zealand. 

 From H. C. Calvert, Esq., 2 kinds of Erzeroom Seeds. 

 From the Honourable Miss Murray, a Plant of Pulmonaria angusti- 



folia. 

 From the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company, 



some Orchids, with Seeds of Abies Deodara and of two species of 



Loranthus, 

 From Captain Prendergast, Bulbs from the Western Coast of Africa. 

 From W. W. Saunders, Esq., a collection of Alpine Plants. 

 From J. E. Stocks, Esq., 2 papers of Seeds from Aifghanistan. 

 From J. C. Stevens, Esq., a Plant of Vanda cserulea. 

 From Mr. Clare, of Como, Plants of the Como Cherry. 

 From John Reeves, Esq., Seeds of the Egg-Gourd. 

 From Mr. Watts, Oriental Printing Office, 8 tubers of the Potato 



■which grows wild at Laontong, North of China. 

 From the Marchioness of Hastings, a Plant of the Rhodian Grape. 

 From Mr. D. Kidd, a Plant of the Garnstone Black Hamburgh Vine. 

 From John Edwards, Esq., 47 Plants of the choicest Lancashire Goose- 

 berries. 

 From Mr. J. Shed Needham, of Massachusetts, a Plant of Needham's 



White Blackberry. 

 From John Disney, Esq., Cuttings of the Fifi Apple. 

 From the Rev. John Robinson, Cuttings of 2 sorts of Apples. 

 From R. A. Hornby, Esq.. a Plant from Conception. 

 From H. A. Aglionby, Esq., 2 sorts of Potatoes. 



