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mentioned proved to be non-existent ; while the British 

 Consul at Ehodes, and Mr. Maltass of Smyrna, declared 

 that Cos and Rhodes never had produced Storax. 



The question was revived by a pamphlet by Professor 

 Krinos, who maintained that Liquid Storax was known 

 to the ancient Greeks that both the solid and liquid 

 were the produce of one tree ; and he proposed to alter 

 the text of Dioscorides in order to support the theory. 



The arrival of specimens of leaves and fruits, from 

 undoubted sources, settled Hanbury's doubts and the 

 crowning proof of the accuracy of the old Greek author 

 was a conspicuous object in his Museum Specimens. 



SOME RARE KINDS OF CARDAMOM, and the Linnean Cardamom 

 Paper written by Professor Oliver and himself on a NEW 

 SPECIES OF AMOMUM, will prove how he had caught the 

 spirit of Pereira, and how fit he was to follow in his 

 steps. He worked on the Zingiberacece " as though he 

 loved them ; " amusing were his private comments on 

 those who without much real learning had ventured on 

 the intricacies of the theme ; and had longer life been 

 granted, Han bury would have amplified and extended to 

 the utmost a line of investigation which possessed for 

 him a peculiar charm. 



The explanatory engravings which illustrate the Peruvian 

 manufacture of PERUVIAN BALSAM were supplied by 

 Dr. C. Dorat, and represent the collection of the Balsam 

 at Juisnagua, near Sonsonate. Previous to this occurs a 

 paper of antiquarian interest, on the use of the Balsam 

 in the preparation of the Chrism in the Church of Rome. 

 For the sake of these Peruvian sketches he was induced 

 to undertake Spanish, and was able to say in 1864, with 

 regard to the Description des Indes Occidentales, 

 traduite de TEspagnol (Amst., 1622): "I have also 



