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by travellers, and still less by any scientifie Botanists. It 
was, we know, the intention of Dr. Welwitsch, a German 
naturalist, to explore them about two years ago, and he pro- 
ceeded as far as Lisbon, where he still resides; the difficulty 
of finding a passage, or some other circumstance, having pre- 
vented. his reaching his place of destination. It was, then, 
most gratifying to us to be informed, by Capt. Beaufort of 
the Admiralty, that H. M. Steamer, * Styx," was, this 
spring, to proceed on a surveying voyage to the Azores, and 
that her commanding officer, Capt. Vidal, was quite willing 
to give, to a competent naturalist, the necessary accommoda- 
tion on board his vessel, with every facility for prosecuting 
his researches during the summer and autumn in that inte- 
resting group of islands. The offer was made to our friend, 
Hewett Cottrell Watson, Esq., so well known by his re- 
searches on the geographical distribution of plants, and by 
him gladly accepted. The Styx sailed early in May, and we 
cannot doubt but Mr. Watson will return with ample mate- 
rials for a flora of that insulated cluster, and valuable 
observations on the arrangement of the native species ac- 
cording to elevation, etc. 
Further Botanical Intelligence from Swan River. 
Again we have had the pleasure of hearing from our intel- 
ligent and industrious correspondent, Mr. James Drummond. 
* I have now," he says, * collected sufficient specimens of 
our Swan River Plants for fifteen distinct sets, each of about 
1,000 species, with tickets fastened upon each; and these 
bearing corresponding numbers, I shall, by having the same 
numbers attached to my own specimens, be able to know 
exactly which I have sent away. Of these sets, thirteen I 
destine for sale, and take the liberty of placing them in your 
hands for that purpose. More than three-fourths of them 
have been collected within the last six months, and I do hope 
that you will be pleased with them, as I have taken a good ` 
