THE BOTANICAL GALLERY. 22,3 



first contain longitudinal and transverse sections 

 of the wood of Porto Rico and St. Thomas, 

 brought by the gardener Kiedle on his return 

 from the voyage of captain Baudin : the specimens 

 were damaged on the voyage, but the species 

 are known. 



The adjoining compartment contains one hun- 

 dred and seven samples of the wood of Cayenne, 

 sent by M. Duclerc, 5 inches by 3, polished on 

 one side and rough on the other, named and dis- 

 posed in series, according to their uses for car- 

 penter's work, joinery, cabinet-making, etc. The 

 lower part of this compartment, with the two 

 following, contains beautiful specimens of the 

 wood of the Isles of France and Bourbon, and 

 various species from different countries, remark- 

 able for their texture, their rarity, or their 

 uses. In the last compartment is a numerous 

 miscellaneous collection brought from Portugal 

 in 1808, and presented to the Museum by the 

 brother of marshal Serrurier, which would be 

 more valuable if the samples, which are only 

 4 inches by 3, were larger. 



The foreign specimens in these cabinets do not 

 all bear the name of the species, which cannot 

 always be determined by inspection, and we are 

 often ignorant of the systematic name answer- 

 ing to that in trade : travellers who transmit 



