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In <Hnnpany with my Mend, Lieutenant Bre- 

 ton. R. N., I visited EUzahvih Bat/, about two 

 miles distant from Sydney, and tlie property of 

 the Honourable Alexander Macleay. The situ- 

 ation is l>efi«itilht» Mng in ft t^md bay or 



43f Port Jackson, and the gaJCdeu and hfM h 

 near tlie >('a. Tliis spot, natnvallv of tlie most 

 sterile description, lias been rendered, at a great 

 expense and perseverance, in some degree pro- 

 ductivfj MA nursery for rare trees, s}jmb&, and 

 plants^ from all parts of the world. We were 

 much gratified with the valuable and rare speci- 

 mens the garden contained , and surprised tliat a 

 Spot possessed of no natural advantages sJiould 

 baT^i t#«teed> Jg^lSspaJJatively, a lilfte 



Itt the garden, a speeicti of cacltts was pointed 

 out to me by the gardener, Mr. Henderson, 

 which Mt^ Macleay had brought some year.^ 



ago from IKo Sm^ i it isiA flowered iie 

 MNil iimi:, md tht^r hsi^i eltang^ Into idiat had 

 the usual external form of th<! jruit. On making 

 a i^ertion of one, it had the usual fructual cha- 

 racter, although in au immature state. 1 was, 

 however, informed that tha feliSt 4a.«i?er attaine*! 

 ]ikata^i^> but be^iinie m on® of tlio h^mehm, 

 blossoms being produced fioni it, wliich would 

 ttgnin pfttducti fnut, iuid tJiat fruit wiudd uot 



