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to drop their leaves within a day or two, and to remain bare during the 
rest of the winter. This may have been in some measure also due to 
the injurious intluence of the fog itself. 
In the present instance the plants were placed below on the 12th 
November, and were removed on deck on the 19th November. They 
been below exactly one week. On deck they were placed on a 
hatchway on the starboard side, and shaded from the direct rays of the 
sun by an awning. 
In order to make myself acquainted with the exact condition of the 
plants before they left my charge, the cases were opened on the 92nd 
November, about 36 hours before arriving at Barbados. All the plants 
were in good order; a few, it is true, had lost their leaves, but the greater 
number were in excellent condition. The case in which the plants had 
vember. The cases for St. Vincent and Trinidad were transhipped on 
board the * Eden"; the case for Demerara was transhipped to the 
fof the great interest they took in this valuable consignment of plants, 
and for the facilities afforded for their careful treatment during the 
oyage. 
The reports received respecting the Gambier plants on arriving at 
their destination were as follows :—Jamaica, Dec. Lst, “34 plants in 
*" good order, 8 in fair order, 38 somewhat weak »; British Guiana, 
Dec. 3rd, “ the plants arrived safely, all living”; Trinidad, Dec. Tth, 
“ all the plants arrived safely, the larger portion growing freely" ; St. 
Vincent, Dec. 19th, “15 plants in good order, 7 leafless, 10 dead "— 
these plants were overcarried by tlie “ Esk " to Trinidad and La Gua 
and returned to St. Vincent 10 days late ; Dominica, Nov. 28th, “the 
plants arrived in good condition." 
As it had been arranged that I should first proceed to the Leeward 
Islands, I left Barbados on the evening of the 24th November, in the 
* Solent." The next morning we touched at Castries, the ehief port of 
St. Lucia, and I had an opportunity of going ashore for about two hours, 
aud visiting the Botanical Station with Mr. John Gray, the Curator. 
‘he steamer left Castries about 9 o'clock. The voyage from St, Lucia 
to Dominica was rendered particularly interesting on account of the 
clearness of the atmosphere and the beautiful view obtained of the chain 
_ of islands. Probably in no part of the world would it be possible to see 
a more charming picture of tropical scenery. After calling at St. Pierre, 
in Martinique, we arrive ‚ in Dominica, about 5 o'clock in 
he afternoon. The President of Dominica, Mr. G. R. Le Hunte, and 
Dr. Н. A. A. Nicholls came on board to meet ше. I was gratified to. 
