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from typhoid fever ; nature had gifted her in every regard, especially 
with the talent of painting. Scarcely had the wound been healed, when 
a more severe blow befell us ; it pleased God to take my dear beloved wife 
from us ! She died from heart disease in her 57th year, after 32 years 
happy marriage ! Her place in my heart can never be filled, the wound 
that her death caused will never heal ! She was a tender, loving, 
faithful, and indulgent wife. 
My eldest daughter Marie keeps house. My third daughter Clara is 
married to Dr. Phillips, living in Sydney now. He has a large practice. 
She has made a very good party. Anna the fourth daughter is staying 
at present with her. My son Otto has an appointment in the Govern- 
ment service and is at the same time Lieutenant in the local artillery. 
Although a septuagenarian, I am still hale, and healthy (with the 
exception of attacks of gout), no white hair has made its appearance 
yet, and people consider my age between 50 and 60 years. 
Like Sir Robert, orders and distinctions have been conferred on me 
from a number of crowned heads and scientific European and 
American bodies ; and the names of Robert and Richard Schomburgk 
will not soon be forgotten. 
I am sure you have had enough of my letter all about myself and my 
family and so will close the biographical sketch of the Schomburgks. 
I hope your letter will not be the last one. I have sent by this mail 
in a separate letter, the photographs of the family. With kindest 
remembrances and veiy good wishes to you and Dr. Manget. 
Believe me, 
Dear Mrs. Manget, 
Very faithfully yours, 
R. SCHOMBURGK. 
The Cannon-ball Tree (Couroupita guianensis). The 
following extract is from the "Gardener's Chronicle" 
of August the 5th 1882 : — 
Mr. Jenman, the colonial botanist of British Guiana, sends us a 
photograph of the flowering and fruiting stem of a young cannon-ball 
tree, taken in the Promenade Gardens, Georgetown, British Guiana, 
which we have had engraved. This particular tree, which, as will be 
seen, is well named, is about 45 or 50 feet high, with a stem 18 inches 
