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are derived from the east coast of New Holland, the north, or the west 
coast. The latter are wholly from the west. Passing hence into the 
SECOND ROOM. 
The Wall of the Eastern End is occupied by two large transverse 
sections of trunks, presented by the Canadian Commissioners of the 
Exhibition of 1862, the one of Quercus alba (the White Oak) and 
the other of Juglans nigra (the Black Walnut), both from Upper 
Canada. In the corner is a flowering specimen of a species of Agave, 
from the garden of the Apothecaries' Company at Chelsea; and by the 
side of the doorway a young ash-tree, denuded of its bark, shewing the 
tracks of a destructive insect (the Scohjtus destructor) on the surface of 
the wood. 
In the Wall Cases of the South Side is placed an extensive collection 
of Fossil Woods, polished and in many instances sliced so as to exhibit 
their internal structure, bequeathed by the late Mr. Robert Brown. 
They are arranged as follows : — In Case 1 are placed the Fossil 
Ferns and their allies ; in Case 2, the Fossil Cycads, Sigillarias 
with their Stigmaria roots, and Strobili of various kinds ; Cases 
3 and 4 contain Fossil Palms, and Cases 5 and 6 Fossil Exogenous 
Woods. 
In the corner is a remarkable cylinder of Cork, removed from the 
trunk, from the Mountains of Valencia, presented by the Spanish 
Commissioners to the Exhibition of 1862. 
The Wall Cases on the North Side are filled with a large collection 
of Australian Woods, presented by the Australian Commissioners to 
the Paris Exhibition of 1855. 
The Table Cases are chiefly occupied by Specimens of Woods, 
arranged as follows : — 
In Cases 1, 2 and 3, are placed a large series of Woods from the 
interior of Brazil, among which may be noticed many varieties of 
Rosewood. Part of Case 3 and Case 4 contain Woods of New Zealand ; 
and Cases 5—8 are filled with sections of Woods of New Holland, 
obtained, like those in the Wall Cases, from the Australian Commis- 
sioners to the Paris Exhibition of 1855. 
Case 9 is occupied by a Collection of Woods from the Cape of Good 
Hope, bequeathed by Major-General Hardwicke ; Cases 10—12 con- 
tain sections of Woods of Ceylon; Case 13 exhibits specimens of 
various substances (chiefly vegetable) subjected to intense heat in the 
great fire in Tooley-street in June, 186], and a set of Woods (native 
and foreign) grown in Scotland; Case 14, Woods of Van Dienicn's 
Land; Case 15, of Lower Canada ; and Case 10, of Upper Canada. 
JOHN JOSEPH BENNETT. 
