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of that vast building ; for ep ‘the soba plants (a few | 
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the appearance of 
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now in _ progress and nearly completed) ; the | seals of, ‘bot 
T n of what has long been | Jas. Ross’s Antarctic Voyage, by 
iho great desideratum of the Toa a une 8 a srg of the Admiralty ; 
mperate Greenhouse, cale | Dr. Fi ebach’s 
with the cxtent and import doe “of ‘this s great asc West Indian Islands,’ ord 
esta blishment, and de: stine d for the reception of State for the Colonna, aa Mr. 
e eia | Ceylon plants. And, Boge I cannot ‘dos this Report 
A grant has been sanctioned _by | without lias allus a feeling expressed by the 
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our own colonies. 
Wuelianoni for- 
this structure FAs ai oun 
beautiful and efficient prepa 
Burton, Esq. (the designer of our Palm house); i 
for the erection are now under ae 
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pinching off all ther running vahan rape 
keeping them dwarf. The mode T pr opi" is ar teaa 4 
the last we eek of Mari ch, or beginning of April, ie 
pots, prs are 
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by Dr. era “Colonial Botanist at Melbourne; of the a 
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extended “Cape Colony,” by Drs. Harvey an Son > 
nnually -becomin and of Ceylon, and of the. West pars Islands, just 
and more frequente d it has been Rained | “alluded to; and we have good reason for believing that 
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very soon a Flora of “ Hong-Kong,” and another most 
| been properly m 
| with one eine mass of rank scarlet pe: viä 
—— one, that of all our‘ Australian Colonies,’ 
Should this measure be fully carrie 2d 
piss be red at comparatively little 
benefit he Colonies and to the 
es 
private ga lon ngi to h 
been greatly improved Y the addition of new 
and extensive sh rul 
to this ground also for the suppl 
of the Metro pe a Parks, whieh R well se with the 
or futu: 
walks 
ees now completed. pene 
for: 
mediat To the ae Honourable the First Comision of 
ntifie | Works, &e. 
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| ava must be be 2 ed in the same way a as for y ‘ 
pods gathered as soon as they are fit for 
are 
an earlier than en sown at 
ground; but the plants also form a 
ture in the flower garden. Should they 
d e Correspondence. Jima 
Orchid | Houses.—Judging from the very excellent i 
r frequented by p 
tain information on “everything connected | | 
es represented above are better = those gene- 
y and Mee age Economy, and the useful 
meeer Fall Vandas, Aerides, &e., are placed — on 
and commercial products of plants; not = by 
own countrymen, - kable 
“but to a remar e eae in proportion to dta eights by thi 
“there is weeracly-a't a botanical work nearer ‘the An than usual. ‘The effect 
i€ the contin p mjene if a 
ent of is improved few Ferns 
Jargely T amaai 
menues —— centre is shown POE ray ceo 
n by Mr. | the floor about 15 inches or se in this I grow water 
, who lav eagerly | plants, th plenty of gold fish. “This 
‘boon HA and which | house-is placed in a line with and a of 
have en pr. of beneficial — the oe e —_ ard ome sahih the sh mokame A 
pow “aod Tirgely în indebted to the several me ent walk, 4 t 
t 
Works. 
‘six months ago, -several short 
practical lectures have been vointarily rily gi 
Oliver to our foremen and gardeners, 
ene ene oe of this sale? 
sting 
paene s paia For- many months Tast year 
sent one this house required no cae and was never 
tto than enjoyable. ts the 
that every 
nearer Eenes 
T a prag a- competent | stated, is brought + 
to visit the Fejee | form—a consideration eerie: 
and to- -on }-plants-are more 
i easily Bd. Less 
among the 
Peden fet : 
bgt with ina a ast 
make out at any, trace al 
rence 
finen, frakk, Aa 
destro oH a num imen, Gew es by 
so badly an Araucaria, about 7 
of an alternate row OF Arancs 
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