280. Scientific Intelligence. 
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shire of Sutherland, and with a number of diggers who are co 
lecting alluvium from the borders of the Holmsdale river, and 
washing it in the stream. The quantity hitherto collected is not 
great, perhaps 200/. worth, but the quality is described as goo 
and the color bright: and diggers who have worked in Australia 
are of opinion that when proper means are taken the yield will be 
something considerable.— Atheneum, Feb. 6. 
Ill. BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY. 
1. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany, a simple introduction to 
the common plants of the United States east of the Mississippi, 
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ture, and native country, and would perhaps find a hint or tw? 
about its mode of cultivation, as well as discover the “long name 
which Linneus, or some disciple of his, has seen fit to mm 
his book will necessarily commend itself to all amateurs ot 
horticulture, whether for the kitchen flower-garden or conserv® 
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tory, ere 0 other work in the English language W “ii 
an account of the plants commonly (or even rarely) 
met with in cultivation ile the Manual will be the most we 
an American botanist can have on his table, he will always — 
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yinner stu will thank Dr. Gray for this little pook, 
bebsrers fairly puts the science within the reach of the outh , pe 
makes ‘any More a matter of every-day life than it er 
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municated for this Bs 
ne Unios sensitive to light? Note by C. A. Wurre. (Com 
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