BOTANIC GARDEN. 



Aiiiong^ the attractions which Sydney presents 

 to till' visitor is tlie Bf)t;niic Garden, with its neat 

 and tasteliilly arruugcd walks ; it is, however, 

 to be regiett€4 ^i^Wsksxiimtt, as a 



botaitiit; gagL^deit,^* IS not eiusonrsgfid, libelsig, 

 in fact, ttierely a govern mmt vegetahle and fruit 

 garden. Sndi an establishment wonld be most 

 valuable as a nursery for tlie introduction 

 6f %mSi 6b±abSi or plants, e&tl^ltble d^ei* 

 for tiniber, iruils, ^mtemi or dym^ md thus 

 add |0 ibe resources of the colony; % its 

 means liow many valuable produetioiis miolit be 

 introiluced : at jjrcscnt exotics are almost en- 

 tirely con&aed to tlie g9f€l^ cxf a finr Ifktielllgent 

 8ettlei!&. StiE mvetel ismm md pbttts 



inti'ofbiced from New Zealand, the nortli-west, 

 and other parts of Aiistraliiu Cape, ^v. A fine 

 healthy speci]neu of tJie ^* Adenanthos svrkcd^" 

 has^ beten successfully iatvoduced^ (which is cor- 

 reetli" £gur«<I. itt La{^llardim*& Plant. Nov. 



scfo^Ui mid wlnsde Etififig tlki^ iiight; it t# cSklted b^ l9)e 



Javnnese " Borouff MaUr,*' or " Death bird," and is rojrardcd 

 by theni, as well as by some of the Europeaa residents, as a 

 hM of ffliotnefiv ftnfl its iKye« is^ supposed to innate the 



apjiriiaclilnir dc-ath or.sonie individual. I was infirrmi'd, tli&t 

 the decease of a gentleman at Batavia was indicated some 

 time before by one 6f these hhds Mtttrmg its iktd^i^cfaoly 

 screams, and hoYtn-ing near the du-ellin^;, and this was 

 mentioued by a European, who credited the superstitious 

 iilea tlmt these biirds were ominous* 



