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BOTANY. 



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thoroughly cleansed from salt), and then gently filling up the jar ^a^ith 

 firie'dried sand till the specimen is completely coTored ; the foliage may 

 l>e placed between the leaves of a hiotting-book. 



The fruu, or seed-vessel, which may be preserved according to its 



nature. 



A section from the truuk of a tree, say six inches in thickness (like a 



cheese), with the bark and all perfect. 



If posdble the specific gravity or weight of a very exactly cut cubic 

 foot of the verfect wood of the tree taken from the butt end, and of 

 another cubic foot taken from the top end of the trunk, when first fcUed ; 

 these weights marked upon the specimens, and the specimens brought 

 home to be again weighed and measured when seasoned. 



The uaiure of the soil in which the trees apparently flourish most, 

 and whether the weeds, so far as can be a;^ ^ . . tained^ are such as grow 



in moist or dry localities. 



General observations as to the appearance of the decay in any trees 

 of the species which may have fallen, and may be lying about de- 

 caying ; also, if the country be inhabited, the local uses to which the 

 timber is put, and the state of any of it which can be ascertained to have 

 been in Ions use for any purpose which is in its nature trying to the 



durability of timber, as alternations of exposure to wet and dry. 



Observations as to the probable ^■^ppH-, and of the facilities or other- 

 wise afforded by the nature of the country for conveying the logs to 



water-carriage. 



A knowledge of the particulars required under these heads would 



enable a correct judgment to be formed of the nature of the timber, and 

 of the purposes for which it might be available, and therefore, whether 

 it would be advantageous to ' port any for Her Majesty's service. 



I am, my dear Sir, 



Yours very sincerely 



9 



AuGiTSTiN F. B. Crecze. 





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