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MISCELLANY. 
BOTANY. 
Fuchsia fulgens> —At the flower-shov/ in the Egyptian-hall on Thursday, there 
was exhibited, for the first time in this country, a specimen in’ full blow of that 
magnificent plant Fuchsia fulgens. It was introduced from Mexico by Messrs. 
Lee, of Hammersmith, and for its culture they obtained the large silver medal. 
The leaves of the plant are of a bright green, tinged with a beautiful deep purple 
towards the centre. The flowers are red, and the inner fold is of a deep scarlet. 
They measure three inches and a half in length, and hang down in luxuriant 
branches of from thirty to sixty blooms, varying according to the strength of the 
shoot.— Oct. 11. 
The Tea Tree. —I read in your paper lately an account of the Tea-tree being 
cultivated in the gardens of Mr. Lerry, at Angers. I recollected at the time to 
have seen, as I believed, a hedge of evergreen plants in the nursery gardens of 
Mr. Page, near Southampton. I have since been to see them, and there are now 
plants that are not less than six feet high, growing with all the hardiness of a 
common Bay-tree; the leaves healthy, and in some seasons producing ripened 
seed. I am induced to believe that the shores of Devonshire, or the Isles of Wight, 
Jersey, and Guernsey, would grow this plant for profitable use.— Mark Lane 
Express. 
Enormous Turnip. —On the 12th instant a white Turnip was taken from the 
•field of Mr. James Crompton, Meltham Grange, near Howden, the diameter of 
which was five feet one inch ; the circumference of the bottom, 3 feet one inch ; 
stood, when growing, 14 inches; when the top and root were taken off weighed 
15 lb.; was sown on the 22nd of June last.— Oct. 11. 
A Fact for Naturalists. —In the neighbourhood of Bierley there is a tree 
which was, a few years ago, split with lightning. An iron chain which was 
fastened round it in order to restore it to its pristine form is now covered with 
bark, and the tree is in good condition.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. 
Victoria regalis. —Dr. Weissenborn, of Weimar, states, in the November 
number of the Magazine of Natural Historg, that the plant named by Mr. 
ScHOMBURGH Victoria regina^ is unquestionably Fury ale Amazonica^ Poppig. It 
is therefore probable that Mr. Schomburgh will be under the necessity of with¬ 
drawing his name.—^En. 
GEOLOGY. 
Bemarkable Caverns, Geology, &c., in Brazil.— Dr. Lund, the Danish 
traveller, now in Brazil, has discovered, in the mountain chains between the Rio 
Francisco and the Rio das "Yelhas, a great number of caverns; among which 
Sappa nova de Marquine, in the Sierra de Marquine, is one of the most remark¬ 
able. The mountain consists of clay-slate, flinty-slate, and limestone of the 
