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42. Boxwood (Turkey), used for inallet beads. 



43. Alder (Great Britain), used for sabots. 



44. Elm (North America), used for forage and water carts, sponge and 

 rammer staffs, and railway trucks. 



45. Deal, White (Petersburg), used for packing cases. 



46. Deal, S]3ruce (Quebec), used for life-saving rocket sticks. 



47. Deal, Yellow (Archangel), used for signal rocket sticks, and chests 



for tools and small arms. 



48. Pine, Pitch (North America), used for picket posts, and sleighs for 

 moving 80 and 100 ton guns. 



This Collection from the War Department included also ex- 

 amples of Gun Stocks in different stages of manufacture, 

 from the raw block of Walnut to the finished article, for 

 both the long Snider and the Martini-Henry Kifles ; 

 samples of peeled Willow and Alder woods, with Charcoal 

 made therefrom, used in the manufacture of Gunpowder ; 

 Specimens of "Jack-Wood" from Ceylon, said to withstand 

 the ravages of White Ants owing to its intense bitterness ; 

 Specimen of Elm used for a Chopping Block, at Colombo, 

 Ceylon, eaten out by White Ants, and ilhistrating their 

 destructive nature to wood ai-ticles ; and a complete 

 Mounted set of Cavalry Lances, Avith shafts of Ash,^Bamboo, 

 and Lance-wood. 



A large and interesting Collection of Cones and Seeds in cases, 



bottles, and bags, all accurately labelled, from Vilmorin, 



Andrieux, &, Co., Paris. 

 A great variety of seeds, barks, fibres, gums, resins, oils, woods, 



and other Forest Products, from the various Presidencies of 



India and Burmah. 

 A valuable Collection of fibres produced from indigenous plants ; 



many Specimens of Woods, and Samples of Forest Produce, 



from the Island of Mauritius. 

 A Collection of Samples, in clear glass tubes arranged in cases, 



of about 500 kinds of Arboricultural, Agricultural, and 



Horticultural Seeds, with the Weeds and Adulterations 



commonly found among thein, from Germany. 

 A fine Collection of Tree and Shrub Seeds, and of Cones, grown 



on the Stevenstone Estate, Devonshire, from James Barrie, 



Stevenstone. 

 Several fine Samples, in clear glass jars, of Scots fir and Common 



Spruce Fir Seeds, from Norway. 



