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should be established, in soil about six inches deep, the 

 surface of the mass secured by a little moss and transverse 

 sphnts (to confine the roots in the event of the box being 

 overturned) ; moderately vi^atered ; the glazed lid fastened 

 on with screws and putty. The case must be placed on 

 deck during the voyage, occasionally protected from the too 

 powerful rays of the sun, and the contents will require no 

 watering or attention unless the glass should be broken 

 during the voyage. 



II. MUSEUM DEPARTMENT. 



The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works, &c., having 

 been pleased to form a Museum of Economic Botany within 

 the Royal Gardens, the Director solicits the co-operation of 

 Her Majesty's Ministers and Consuls in foreign countries, 

 of the Governors of Her Majesty's Colonies, of Officers in the 

 Army and Navy, Merchants and Travellers generally, to aid in 

 contributing specimens towards so desirable an object. — The 

 design is to bring together in one spot and to exhibit such 

 interesting vegetable products, from all parts of the world, as 

 cannot be shewn in the living plants of a garden, nor in the 

 preserved ones of an Herbarium. The public may indeed 

 see in our stoves the rare Lace tree of Jamaica, the still rarer 

 Ivory Palm-nut of the Magdalena, the Bread-fruit tree from 

 the Friendly Islands, &c. ; but the interest of these is 

 greatly enhanced, if, within the walls of the same Establish- 

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

 and ivory-like seeds of the second, and the celebrated bread- 

 fruit of the third, can also be inspected. — Among the 

 objects, therefore, which are to be collected and deposited, 

 arranged and named in the Museum, are — i. Fruits and 

 Seeds, especially those which are of large size, or possess 

 any peculiarity of form or structure entitling them to notice. 

 Many of these are naturally dry and require little care 

 (except to be freed from moisture) previous to packing. 

 Those that, when ripe, burst open into valves, or separate 

 by their scales, as Pine-cones, &c., should be bound round 

 with pack-thread. The soft and fleshy fruits can only be 

 preserved in wide-mouthed bottles, or jars, or casks, (ac- 



