MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES &C. 
xxxix 
NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 
1st. Journal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of 
India , Part II. of Vol. VI., (from the Editors.) 
This number contains a valuable and interesting 1 report by Dr. 
Jameson, Superintendent Botanical Gardens, N. W. Provinces, il¬ 
lustrated by numerous well executed plates, on the Tea plantations 
in Kumaon and Gurwahl, and on the method of treating the tea- 
plant, the manufacture of black and green teas &c. The other 
papers are 
“ On the culture of American Cotton in India, and the proper time for 
sowing it in various localities. By Dr. R. Wight, Superintendent Go¬ 
vernment Cotton Farms, Coimbatore. 
“ Note on the culture of the Tea plant at Darjeeling. By Dr. A. Camp¬ 
bell, Superintendent of Darjeeling. ^ 
“ On the Export of Wheat from India to England. By Professor Royle. 
“ Corresponding regarding the “ Pooah” fibre of Nipal and Sikim, a spe¬ 
cies of Nettle, and the “ Oadal,” Sterculia villosa j with a report on their 
qualities. 
“ Note on various Indigo-giving Plants. 
(i Remarks on the propagation of Plants by Leaves. Communicated by 
H- Rehling, Esq.” 
The Report of the Society for the year 1847 is of a highly satis¬ 
factory character. If a little of the stimulus which is supplied by a so¬ 
ciety possessed ofso much vitality could be communicated to theStraits, 
we should not only see the culture of our numerous products scien¬ 
tifically investigated and improved, but abundant new vegetable ma¬ 
terials brought into use. The jungles of the Peninsula must contain 
many things besides Gitta taban adapted for the arts, but hitherto 
only partially known to the Malays, or undiscovered even by them. 
The Report notices the introduction of a valuable tanning substance 
from Chittagong—the pod of a tree called Teree. 
11 Mr Sconce was induced to send a quantity of these pods to the Society 
under the impression, from the similarity of the tree which produces them 
to the American Sumach, (Catsalpinia coriariaj that they too would be 
found to afford a good tannin. The result has fully justified his anticipa¬ 
tion. Mr. Toil (to whom the Society awarded its gold medal in 184f>, in 
