Indian Ci/primdce. 



of his plates. Dr. M'Clelland, when he finally knew of the existence 

 of these drawings, was surprised to ascertain that Hardwicke in his 

 " Illustrations" had freely copied many of them, without giving the 

 slightest credit to Buchanan, and had even annexed to them new 

 names, although the names of their discoverer were attached to the 

 drawing, and in his own handwriting. But the names were not 

 merely changed ; " during the twenty years Buchanan's drawings lay 

 at the botanic garden, before they were transferred to Hardwicke's 

 Illustrations, many of the colors appear to have undergone a change, 

 such as light blue and green becoming dark brown ; not aware of 

 this, the copyist has not only imitated the altered colors, but added 

 a little to their intensity; the consequence of which is, that the 

 figures thence obtained in the expensive work referred to, are made 

 to appear in black, when they should only be a pale grey or green." 

 p. 355, note. Mortified to find, that a departed naturalist had thus 

 been robbed of a portion of his well-earned fame, and proud to 

 be the means of rescuing from oblivion the labors of Buchanan, Dr. 

 M'Clelland has not only in every instance, when practicable, referred 

 to his plates in the most generous manner, but has even presented us 

 with some of the original plates, although he had made similar 

 drawings previous to their discovery. His whole conduct in this 

 transaction is noble and disinterested ; and while the naturalist, after 

 reading this volume, acknowledges his obligations for the information 

 received, he will also feel for the author a deep and abiding esteem.* 



Robinson's Patent Sugar Mills. PI. VI. 



In a Memoir recently presented to the Academy of Sciences of 

 Paris, by M. G. Peligot, it was demonstrated that the constituent 

 parts of the Sugar-cane, of the species called Otaheite, are 90 per 

 cent, of juice, and 10 per cent, of fibrous or woody matter. 



At any period, researches, the object of which would be to deter- 

 mine with exactness the different quantities or proportions of the 

 component parts of the Sugar-cane, would have commanded in a 

 special manner the attention of that part of the public interested 



* American Journal of Science, 1S41, p. 92, 



