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deal of interest. He conducted me over the gardens, and 

 through the conservatories, pointing out every object 

 Vi^hich he thought would interest me. The latter are very 

 extensive, and in the most perfect order. Among other 

 plants he made me remark the Galactodendron, the tree 

 of the Cow, or Milk tree," of Humboldt, which he said 

 would undoubtedly grow in New South Wales. He also 

 pointed out, growing in the open air, the Carouhier of 

 Spain, the Ceratonia Siliqua of Linnjeus, that yields a 

 pod, upon which the mules are almost exclusively fed in 

 the mountainous districts of Spain, and the south of 

 Italy. This tree I had not so much as heard of. There 

 was a small department separate for New South Wales 

 plants, of which there was a considerable number. Finally, 

 Professor Delisle told me, that I was not only welcome to 

 cuttings of all the vines he had, but he offered me his 

 correspondence for any thing he could in future supply. 

 He also said, he would make up a packet of seeds for our 

 Botanic Garden. In return for such liberality, I did not 

 hesitate to pledge myself to make him whatever returns 

 our Botanic Garden could supply. He accordingly called 

 for the catalogue of vines, which was partly printed, being 

 a copy of the list of the Ecolc of vines established in the 

 Gardens of the Luxemburg, at Paris, by Messrs. Chaptal 

 and Bosc, when the former was Minister of the Interior. 

 A great proportion of the numbers which had been left 

 blank in the original, were filled up in writing. He gave 

 directions that a copy of the list should be prepared for 

 me, and that a man should attend me take the cuttings 

 of the vines. I determined to take a duplicate of each 

 variety. 



Saturday, 26th November. — Having ordered a quan- 

 tity of leaden tickets to mark the cuttings, and a couple 



