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the products of the former fertile province will, ere long, be made 
public.—‘“ Journal S. Arts.” 
REFUSE TEAa.—According to the last consular reports, it would 
seem that the tea dust and stalks, which formed the principal in- 
gredient in brick tea, which was formerly shipped largely to Russia, 
are now being directed to this country. This tea dust is the refuse 
remaining after the packing of the tea, and is worth from five to 
seven taelsper picul. A portion is disposed of forlocal consumption 
in Shanghae, but it is principally shipped to England, where it is 
said to meet with a ready sale. In 1864, 5,288 piculs of 133 lbs., 
were shipped from the port of Hankow alone.—“Journal S. 
Arts.” 
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PROFESSOR HARVEY. 
From boyhood, the late William Henry Harvey had 
cultivated a love of natural history, and more especially of 
botany. When about twenty-one years of age, he accom- 
panied his brother, who had received an appointment in 
that colony, to the Cape of Good Hope, and published, in 
the “Journal of Botany” for 1837-8, descriptions of the 
new genera and species which he collected. These ripened 
into an octavo volume, “Contributions towards a Flora 
Capensis.” Returning to England in 1839, he was offered 
the appointment his brother had held, and went back to the 
Cape the following year. In 1844, he returned to take the 
post of Keeper of the Herbarium of the University of 
Dublin. He added his own collection to that of the 
College, in consideration of which the salary was increased 
by 450 per annum, but with that was so inadequate, that 
only a love of science could have been’ his motive in 
holding the position. The University conferred upon him 
the honorary Doctorship, and his life henceforth was one 
of pure devotion to science. In 1846 he commenced his 
“Phycologia Britanica,” the 360 plates of which were drawn 
upon stone by the author's own hands. Then came his 
“ British Seaweeds,” a great success in every sense. In 
1848 he was elected Professor of Botany to the Royal 
_ Society, Dublin. In 1849. the “ Seaside Book,’ now in its — 
third edition, made its appearance. At the invitation of 
