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"In this year" (Pritzel), George Don publishing his Hist, plant, or Gardener's Dictionary: — 

 the Fourth and last volume "in 1838." 



" In this year" (Humb. cosm. v.), Faraday's induction-currents. "The great discovery of the 

 development of light by magnets." 



" In this year" (Winckl.), Bunge publishing the plants observed in Northern China. 



"In this year" (Mann), Meyen accompanying Wendt to the Hawaiian Islands — After his death, 

 descriptions of plants observed by him were published in Act. Acad. Caes. in " 1843." 



" 1832 A. D." (Gliddon), first voyage of a British steamer on the Red Sea : initiating ocean steam- 

 navigation. A change in international relations — tending to restore Egypt to her ancient position as 

 the World's thoroughfare ; the natural centre of the routes of intercourse by land and sea. 



About this time also (Clot-Bey), by Ibrahim-Pacha, a botanic garden under European superin- 

 tendence established on Rhoda Islet near Cairo: in effect, extending to Egypt the European system 

 of procuring and introducing newly discovered plants. The history of plants known to the Egyptians 

 properly closes here : — the botanic garden already at the time of my visit, containing many species 

 not mentioned in these pages. 



" In this year" (Winckl ), publication of the Plant, rar. collected by Bertero in Chili ; — and "in 

 1835," of those found on Juan Fernandez. 



" Aug. 30th " (Maunder), Otho. a younger son of the king of Bavaria, having signified his accept- 

 ance, proclaimed in Nauplia king of Greece 



"In this year" (biogr. mem. Nutt.), N. Wyeth returning from his expedition to and beyond the 

 Rocky mountains, and his plants placed in the hands of Nuttall for publication. 



" 1833 A. D." (Maunder), an English "sub-governor"' sent from Australia to reside in New Zea- 

 land: — this continued until " 1S40," when New Zealand was "constituted a colony dependent on" 

 Australia, a governor appointed, also a commission "to inquire into the validity of all claims to land" 

 purchased by adventurers from the natives. 



"The same year" ( . . . ), arrival at Calcutta of a ship laden with ice, sent by Frederic Tudor 

 from Boston in New England. The commencement of the ice trade of traffic by sea in ice. 



"In this year" (Winckl.), F. E. L. von Fischer and C. A. Meyer publishing Pars prodr. nor. 

 ross.* 



"The same year" (Mann), Douglas in Northwest America, and in "the last week" arriving at 

 the Hawaiian Islands, — where he met a violent death on the following " 12th of May." 



" In this year" (Pritzel), H. B. Croom and H. Loomis publishing their Catalogue of plants ob- 

 served in the neighbourhood of Newbern. — Removing to Florida, Croom met with . . . . : and 

 after his death, a Second edition of the Catalogue was published by Torrey "in 1837." 



Collomia grandifLora of Northwest America. Discovered there by Douglas. — Transported to 

 Europe, escaped from cultivation several years prior to 1850 near Erfurt, as well as near Schleiden on 

 the Roer (A. Dec). 



Navarrelia Jicterophylla of California. An annual, transported to Europe, described by Bentham, 

 and observed by A. Decandolle g. b. 79S for ten or fifteen years a weed in the botanic garden at 

 Geneva, but had not extended beyond its walls. 



" 1834 A. D. = 31st year of the Seventy-fifth Chinese cycle" (Pauth. 27 and 4S8), Tao-kouang 

 reigning. 



One hundred and eighty-fourth generation. May 1st, 1834, mostly beyond youth: the Jewish 

 writer Steinschneider : the Greek writer A. G. Paspati : the Italian writer Ant. Targioni : the French 

 writers, S. Munk, the archaeologist Mariette : the German writers, Carolus Mueller, F. Yon Kobell, 

 Bernays, Zunz, Boeckh : the English writers, George Williams, W. S. W. Vaux, Henry Fynes Clin- 

 ton, John F. W. Herschel the astronomer, Martin Joseph Routh, Edward Robinson, Talvi, Thomas 

 Wright, J Gardner .Wilkinson, Samuel Birch, Perring, R S. 1'onle: the Slavonic writers, Alexander 

 Pushkin, Ivan Krylof, Sreznefski, Grigoryef, Khanikof, and Kasembeg: the botanists, Moritzi, 

 Schouw, C. S. Rafmesque Schmaltz: the painter Horace Yernet b. 1789. 



" In this year " (Humb. cbsm. v., and Winckl.), after publishing his researches in the Crimea and 

 Caucasus "in 1815," Parrot visiting mount Ararat, and the summit for the first time reacted. 



* Amsinckia intermedia of Chili. Annual and Boragineous, described by Fischer and Meyer, — 

 and known to grow wild in Chili (A. Dec). About 1841, transported apparently with seeds of Madia, 

 made its appearance along a canal leading into the Garonne, continued there until " 1847," and trans- 

 ferred into a garden at Cepet lias become a weed (Lagreze-Fossat). 



