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last; and they are alternately reversed, * Dduw unpq Heb qep.” In 
various particulars this work is so unlike its predecessor of the same 
name, that we should have considered it a distinct publication, but for 
its bearing, besides * No. 1, New Series,” the number “ CLIX.” —we 
presume, of the old series. Now the last number of the ‘ Phytologist’ 
that we received is indeed No. CLVIII.; but our copy at least is an 
imperfect or incomplete volume, of only 216 pages (the previous vo- 
lume reaches 1160 pages), and has neither title nor index. In its 
altered form we cannot doubt but it will meet with the support and 
encouragement that it deserves from British botanists. 
Loupon’s EncycLopap1a oF PLANTS; comprising the specific Cha- 
racter, Description, Culture, History, Application in the Arts, and 
every other desirable particular respecting all the Plants indigenous to, 
cultivated in, or introduced into Britain. New Edition, corrected to the 
present time. Edited by Mrs. Loupon ; assisted by Groner Dow, 
F.L.S., and Davip Wooster, late Curator of the Ipswich Museum. 
One very thick 8vo volume of 1574 pages. Longman and Co. 1855. 
This is one of the most remarkable works perhaps that has ever 
appeared on the subject of Botany in our country, of which the first 
edition is familiar to very many people both at home and abroad, a 
very large impression indeed having been prepared in 1829, and for 
many years the work has been out of print. Indeed, it required the 
patience, the research, and the genius of Mr. Loudon to perform the 
task, and he had fortunately the assistance of Dr. Lindley and of the 
late Mr. David Don in the descriptive matter, and of Mr. J. D. 
Sowerby in the execution of the truly beautiful woodeuts. The object, 
as was then stated, was “ to include in this Encyclopædia all the indi- 
genous, cultivated, and exotic plants which are now found in, or have — 
been introduced into, Britain; to give a natural history of those plants - 
in popular but not unscientific language, accompanied by such descrip- — 
tions, engraved figures, and elementary details, as should enable a E 
beginner, who is a mere English reader, to discover the name of any 
plant which he may find in flower, refer it to its proper place, both in — 
the Natural and Artificial Classification, and acquire all the informa- i 
tion respecting it which is useful or interesting. The work is then 
divided into two parts; the first containing the Liunæan or Artificial 
