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A Branch and Flower 
I | F . llie EXOTIC, now growing- spontaneous- 
y m New port, with one of the peculiar 
clay 7iests of an undescvibed western bird, —will, 
I to-morrow evening (Wednesday) be exhibited 
<n the Western. Museum, where the under¬ 
signed will expatiate on the nature, and proba- 
de origin, of the plant and birds He will also, 
otter some brief explanations of his New Theo 
uy of the Earth, and exemplify them by the 
aid of diagrams and models. 
The monies arising from the sale of Museum 
Tickets, on this occasion, will, by the liberal per¬ 
mission of Mr. Dorfeuille, be paid over to the 
undersigned, whose principal object, in the 
proposed exhibition, is to raise sufficient funds j 
to enable him to enclose the plant (uflth glass 
cases, &c. ) so as to secure it in a proper manner r 
from the approaching cold weather , which, 
without such protection, seems likely to pre¬ 
vent it from arriving at maturity. 
The door of the Museum will be open at 7 
o’clock, and the re marks, &c. will commence 
at 8 o’clock. 
To-morrow evening beingsct apart for the 
special purpose herein particularized, it is ho 
ped that the subscribers to the Museum will 
not avail themselves of the privilege of attend¬ 
ing without purchasing a Ticket ; the cost of 
which will be no more than they would pay 
for ferriage on crossing the river (as many 
have done) to see the plant. 
Besides an agreeable and edifying lounge 
through the Museum, and the sight of an ex¬ 
traordinary and curious swallow’s nest, and a 
branch of a grand and peculiar plant, with its 
large, beautiful and fragrant flower—(including 
the remarks to be made on the N^w Theory'I 
—there exists a sufficient inducement for gen¬ 
eral attendance in the proposed preservation 
of t he tender, (and probably tropical) stran- 
geh-plant from the frost, in order that it may, 
by reaching maturity, be propagated from the 
seed, as an ornamental flower in our parterres. 
JOHN CLEVES SYMMES. 
Cincinnati, Sept. 30, 1823. 
