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The interest attaching to these burners lies in the fact that they are 
probably used for te Gum Olibanum or Frankincense, which is a 
product of Southern Arabia 
Pictures of the Lake—The lake at the southern end of the Royal 
Gardens is an entirely ar o creation. It was commenced about 40 
years ago by the late Sir William Hooker, the then Director, who had 
nothing more than an old grii pit to work upon. It was further 
developed by Sir Joseph Hooker, and no pains have since been spared 
prove its sc 
and the collections of alders and willows fringe it on the north and 
we 
These, apart from their botanical interest, have been, as far as possible, 
arranged 10 pr F^ a pictorial e effect. This has veut the attention 
of M, and Mme. de l Aubiniére who, for the last two years, hav 
employed in painting a series of studies and RH from different 
pin A view. As an inspection of a selection of these would be of 
many visitors to the Royal oap the private ine in the 
North Gallery has been utilised for the purpose 
Select debian: Plants readily eligible for Industrial Culture 
or Naturalisation—A ninth edition of this useful work by Sir 
Ferdinand von x? eller, Government Botanist at Melbourne, has 
recently issued from the office of the Government Printer at Melbourne. 
arantee of the 
This fact alone is a sufficient E EETA the ypas of the nok ie 
eyes of the public. As the title indicates, extra dre dealt 
with ; and the book may best be described as a piman u ofi Formation 
ecse — of T eee gleaned from a variety of sources. 
largely on the aU dibcinas from whieh he wh, and whose names 
compiler gives the native countries 
cultivated; their products or uses; their native mu and other par- 
ticulars of interest or utility. Lists are also given of plants suitable 
for certain climates and situations. The plan of the feki is — 
‘and there is an index to vernacular names. 
Cape Herbarium.— The following account of the origin and history 
of the Cape Herbarium is reprinted from the Cape Times of October 
The Ca ape Government Herbarium has its home in the upper portion 
of the offices of the Agricultural n Grave Street, and is under 
the charge of Professor MacOwan, the Government Botanist. The 
collection was originally the private se rts made by Med Zeyher for 
himself, from the vast quantity of ifs of Cape exsiccata, which 
in eonjunction with Ecklon, and ari alone, collected 
and prepared for sale to European sire during a period of about 
s. Zeyher finally visited ah s with a large dissi of 
scientific material, which he was anxious ace and realise. To raise 
funds for the voyage, he pledged his berber to Dr. Ludwig Pappe, 
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