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Sect. XII.] 



BOTANY, 



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herbarium. Another important branch of the science 

 comes to be mentioned, hitherto much neglected, but 

 towards which travellers will do well to contribute 



mean the museum of vegetable products, or it may be 

 called the " Museum of Economic Botanv." 11.; desioii 



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is to bring together in one spot and to exhibit tho 

 interesting vegetable products from all parts of the world 

 which cannot be shown in the living plants of a 

 the preserved ones of an herbarium. The publi 

 see growing in our Botanic Gardens the 



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Palm 



and the Cow-tree from the Caraccas. 



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'le interest of 

 these is greatly enhanced when, in the same establish- 

 ment, the curious and beautiful lace of the first, the fruit 

 and ivory-like seeds of the second, and the cream-like 

 substance of the third, used as nourishment by the 

 Indians, can be inspected. 



Among the objects, therefore, which are to be collected 



for the museum are 

 1. JFru 



size and possess any peculiarity of form and structure 



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Palms, &c. &c. Ma 



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ture) previous to packing. Those which are about to 

 burst open into valves, or to separate by their scales 

 {Pvne-cones and Araucarias), should be bound round with 

 a httle packthread. The soft and fleshy kinds can only 



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