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other processes, may be carried beyond tbe limits of human en- 

 durance ; it is not seldom exhaustive of the time and money _, as 

 ■well as the forbearance of the reader. Our correspondent's letter, 

 in which he proffers this kind assistance, is not forthcoming: it has 

 been lost or mislaid, which is just the same, or our readers should 

 have had his proposal in his own words. All that can be pru- 

 dently told our readers at present is what we have, in substance, 

 stated to our contributor, viz. " Send a sample of your ware, show 

 us what you can do in this line, and we will do as dealers in 

 other and very different wares do, viz. judge of the stock by the 

 sample.'' This procedure is recommended to all who read this, 

 viz. that they should suspend their judgment on this proposal 

 till they have had an example of what we are able to supply on 

 this new subject. 



Meyer, the great modern historian of Botany, several months 

 ago completed his third volume of the history of the science, and 

 he has only brought it down to the era of the Saracens, Charle- 

 magne, and the establishment of the Medical School at Saler- 

 num {Schola Salernitana). How many more volumes the work 

 may contain, or how many years it may be ere it is completed, 

 we suppose the learned author cannot tell. But we can tell that 

 the publishers of London would give small encouragement to a 

 work so indefinite in magnitude and duration. 



We promise that each section or chapter of the projected history 

 shall be a complete account of some portion of the subject. 



Our correspondents are specially invited to send us their 

 opinions, views, remarks, and suggestions on the proposal now 

 submitted to them for their consideration and patronage ; and 

 with our humble and sincere acknowledgments of their kind and 

 disinterested assistance, we cordially wish them and all our readers 

 the customary congratulations of the season. 



Chelsea, January, 1859. 



Some account of Rozel, in the Island of Jersey, with remarks 

 upon the Plants growing upon the Island, indigenous and exotic. 

 By John Lloyd. 



At half-past eleven o'clock at night, on Monday, the 2nd of 

 August, 1 embarked on board the steamer the ' Courier,' bound 



