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l*ROCKUUINOS OK TilK 



lull! lliat iliis tojt jKiii wlu'M i xfolijittd, is toiulor ami prosoiits 

 a pitli, Nvhiih tiilur boilitl, roastod, or tookcd in any oIIrt man- 

 lUT is t'NC't'lU'nt ; lliis 1 can readily l)cliove, hocauso our Brazi- 

 lian Talin is of tlu' sainr nature, and is higlily cstoemod. 



" 'I'lie juiti' obtained from llie l*alin trees is innnediately 

 passed into eopper ( auUlrons, in wliiel), by a process similar to that 

 used in the manufacture of sugar in Brazil, and with intense heat, 

 it attains the necessary consistence. The syruj) is taken to J^an- 

 tiayo in sheej)skin ba{;s fastened upon mules backs j its ap- 

 pearance and taste resemble those of molasses. 



** 'J'his syruj) may be relined to a very high degree, and the 

 |)roprietor of the Estate of (^ocalan intends to make experiments 

 in the distillation of Kum, wiiich will be as good, 1 think, as 

 that made from ISugar Cane. He cut down this summer, upon 

 his own account, 500 Palm trees, and sold 2r>0 to a maker of 

 syrup at 4 J dollars each. It is supposed that each Palm tree 

 produces, upon an average, an aroba or 32 lb. liquid measure of 

 syrup, and each aroba is sold upon the premises for I'Z dollars." 



" The Palm tree begins to blossom in October, this is the 

 time that it ought to be cut. U he Cocoas are ripe in March j they 

 are round, and of the size of a walnut, white inside, and having 

 a small cavity in the centre ; the taste is similar to that of most 

 of our Brazilian Cocoas. 



The following were the principal subjects of exhibition ; 



From John Allnutt, Esq., F. H. S., a Camellia. 



From Messrs. Rollison and Sons, of Tooting, a most noble 

 plant of Dendrohium ccerulescens, having between 9,00 and 300 

 flowers expanded at one time : a variety of Stanhopea oculata 3 

 Cypripedium insigne, and a species of Vanda, from China, (a Silvkr 

 Knightian Medal awarded for the Dendroblum.) 



From Mr. George Mills, F. H. S., a brace of Cucumbers. 



From the Garden of the Society, a collection of Orchidaceous 

 and other plants ; including Cymbidium s'mense, Oncidium Caven- 

 dishianum, Zygopetalum rostratum, and Acacia longifolia j with 

 cut flowers of Chimonanthus fragrans and C.fragrans grandiflorus. 



The following Present was announced 



The Botanical Register, for February, from the Publisher. 



