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humidity. The moss, after having been slightly watered, 

 was stuffed in at the ends of each bundle of plants. The 

 latter were then replaced, and the cases closed. This is 

 the mode adopted by Messrs. Audibert in sending vine 

 plants to Russia, and other countries of Europe ; and 

 they were of opinion that this would be sufficient to pro- 

 tect the vines till their arrival within the tropics, when 

 the warm weather would cause them to shoot, and it 

 w^ould therefore become desirable to sustain the shoots a 

 little by the admixture of earth or sand among the 

 cuttings. 



Messrs. Audibert refused to receive any payment for 

 the plants I had selected from their collection, although 

 I insisted very strongly on paying the stated price, as 

 well as for the time his workman was occupied. He 

 furnished me with several copies of his catalogues, and 

 as I had informed him there was an Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society in New South Wales, he expressed 

 a strong desire to be put in communication with them. 

 M. Audibert also furnished me with introductory letters 

 to the Directors of the Botanic Garden, and of the 

 Cabinet of Natural History at Marseilles. 



I concluded these matters in time to join the dihgence 

 for Marseilles, which passed at half-past two, having, by 

 Mr. Audibert's advice, forwarded the cases containing 

 the plants to Avignon, there to wait my return to that 

 town. 



I had several times endeavoured, but without success, 

 to ascertain the best mode of pickling or preserving 

 olives. Mr. Audibert told me he had no doubt the inn- 

 keeper where I had left my baggage could inform me ; 

 and I took down from his dictation the directions, of which 

 the following is a translation. The olives which he pro- 



