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THE CONVEYANCE OP PLANTS 
vessel arrived at Brest on the 24th July, only 
two months after their departure from Rio, 
and the shrubs reached Paris in the latter end of 
August, reduced to one thousand five hundred in 
number, about one-third of the original stock, 
including young seedlings.” * 
This narrative requires no comment. I believe 
that not one of the plants would have perished in so 
short a voyage had they been protected by glass. 
A few words, however, are requisite, by way of 
caution. 
In preparing the cases for the voyage, some 
little attention is requisite. The objects to be at- 
tained are to admit light freely to all parts of the 
growing plant, and to make them sufficiently tight 
to prevent the escape of moisture, or the admis- 
sion of saline spray or other extraneous particles. 
Effectually to secure this end, the glazed frames 
should be well painted and puttied some time be- 
fore they are required for use. The part of the 
case which contains the mould should not be more 
than six or eight inches in depth ; and the plants 
succeed better if planted in the soil than in sepa- 
rate small boxes, as the moisture is thereby 
more equally diffused. 
The soil should be that in which the plants or- 
dinarily grow ; and care should be taken that all 
* I am indebted for this account to Hooker’s 44 Journal of Botany.” 
