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general at this place, that I have been able to devote my 

 personal attention to this object. 1 shall be glad to afford you 

 any farther information that you may wish on the subject. 

 Madeira, Nov. 26. 1839. 



We received from Dr. Lippold the specimens alluded to, 

 which are of most extraordinary vigour. With respect to manu- 

 facturing the tea, Mr. Veitch is doubtless acquainted with Mr, 

 Bruce's Remarks on the Mamifadure of Tea, and on the Tea 

 Plantations in Assam, which he will find, accompanied with an 

 original map of the tea district, in Jameson's Journal for January, 

 1840, p. l26. — Co}id. 



Art. Vll. On Emigration, •with reference to Gardeners ; and on the 

 Prospects of Botaiiical Collectors. By Peritus. Communicated 

 by K. B. D. 



I don't think I would have troubled you so soon again, had it 

 not been for your asking my opinion as to your emigrating? I 

 should decidedly say no. There may certainly be some dif- 

 ference between your plans and those of others who have gone 

 out in search of plants, and thereby to make a livelihood ; but 

 still, the uniform want of success, hitherto, ought to make any 

 one very cautious, and calls for much careful consideration ere 

 such a step is taken. Take poor Drummond's case : he went 

 out under most auspicious circumstances, and was well patron- 

 ised ; and his plants, both living and dried, were eagerly bought 

 up; and yet he was unable to realise even his very moderate 

 desire, to purchase and stock a few acres, and to settle with his 

 family. Look also at Douglas : he barely got a living at the 

 best, and was often in most distressing circumstances; and that, 

 too, after sacrificing his health in search of plants. Others I 

 might mention, but they all tell one melancholy tale. And as to 

 patronage, what is it ? Parties die, fashions (for there is a fashion 

 even in flower-growing) alter, and tastes vary ; and then, when, 

 perhaps, you have embarked all your energies in the work, thrown 

 up all your prospects for its sake, you discover your mistake. 

 Nay, tell me, if you can, of one instance which has been suc- 

 cessful. Perhaps you may cite Australia as a place where a 

 gardener might do well. He is, perhaps, in receipt of large 

 wages, or may apparently be doing well; and yet look at the 

 heavy prices he has to pay for the necessaries of life. Besides, 

 the states of Central America are the most unsettled of all the 

 portions into which Spanish America was split; and, unless by 

 your influence over a number of individuals, you can hardly 



