In Border 7 _a_, at which we have now arrived, is a beautiful tree, called the _Araucaria Bidwillii_, the rigid foliage of which much resembles the imbricated Pine of Chili. The aborigines of Australia make a favourite article of food of the seeds from the large cones of this tree, which attain the size of a child’s head. But one of the most prominent of the trees in this compartment stands a little nearer the column. This is the Bottle-Brush plant of Australia, and when in bloom with its red bosses of flowers, from which it has been named, it bears a very curious appearance. The Japan Cedar (_Cryptomeria japonica_) is also here. This tree was brought from China by Mr. Fortune. The Borders opposite the Sheffield Court are filled with many rare and beautiful specimens; but those Borders which are close to the glass façade contain some plants of the highest curiosity and beauty. In the centre of the left-hand Border will be found the _Socotrine Aloe_, from which is procured the medicine which bears its name. On either side of the entrance to the Court are two magnificent specimens of the Tree Ferns of Tasmania and Australia, whose luxuriant crowns make them objects of the highest beauty. These plants are without doubt the finest specimens of this luxuriant Fern in this country. At either extremity of the Borders are most interesting specimens of Bromeliaceous plants, with which, till lately, the pine-apple was classed. The Fuchsias here are upwards of 40 feet high. Returning now to the Nave, we find in Border No. 9 _a_, a beautiful silver-leaved Acacia, grouped with other plants of the greatest interest, amongst which may be pointed out a New Zealand Palm (_Areca sapida_), and an _Agnostis sinuatis_, recognisable by its peculiar leaf. At the end of this Border will also be found the Botany Bay Fig-tree, and the _Olea Europea_, from which the olive-oil of Commerce is procured. The succeeding Borders Nos. 11 and 11 _a_, opposite the Birmingham Court, contain selections of most valuable and interesting plants, similar in many respects to those we have described; amongst them may be noticed the _Freycinetia Baueriani_ from Norfolk Island. Close to the entrance of the Birmingham Court, in Border 11 _b_, is the new and beautiful _Mitraria Coccinea_ from South America.