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The list is as follows : — 



Arbor Yitse. Chanisecyparis. 



Thuja. Cotoneaster. 



Arctostaphylos. Ulex. 



Aucuba. Garrya. 



Lauras. Ilex. 



Berberis. Hedera. 



Buxus. Laurustinus. 



Juniperus. Ligustrum. 



Widdringtonia. Phillyrea. 



Biota. Taxus. 

 Cupressus. 



Of the above, several species of some of the genera may bq 



rendered available ; the artist must make his selection aud be 

 governed by the circumstances of the case, as every garden may 

 have its own peculiarities. 



XXTII. — Contributions to a History qftlie Relation between 

 Climate and Vegetation in various parts of the Globe. 



] I. — On the Physical Aspect of the Punjab — its Agriculture 

 and Botany. By Dr. Jameson, Superintendent of the 

 Botanic Garden, Saharunpore. 

 (Communicated by the Hon. Court of Directors of the E. I. Company.) 



The Punjab, properly speaking, comprehends those tracts of 

 country lying between the six great rivers, which run from north 

 to south, the most westerly one being the Indus, the easterly 

 the Sutlej, and the others the Beyas, Ravi, Chenab, and Jhelum. 



It is bounded to the east and south-east by the Sutlej, to the 

 north by the Peer Punjab and Snowy range, to the west by the 

 Indus and the Khyber and Soliman ranges of mountains, and to 

 the south by the states of Scinde and Bhawulpore. 



The whole country is of an ovoidal form, lying in a south-west 

 and north-east direction, with the apex towards Scinde, between 

 the latitudes of 29° and 34°, and longitudes 71° and 76°, and 

 occupying an area of about 85,000 square miles. 



The Punjab is an extensive and gently inclined plain, dipping 

 to the south, with mountains to the north and west, open to the 

 south and east, and traversed by six magnificent rivers, the 

 Beyas, Sutlej, Ravi, Chenab, Jhelum, and Indus, whose waters, 



