420 BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
returned to his native country with a large collection of 
objects of Natural History, which are in a course of publica- 
tion. Of the Botany, the first volume, consisting of twenty 
Fasciculi in large quarto, and three Fasciculi of the second 
volume, with numerous well executed plates, accompanied by 
careful analyses and descriptions from the pen of Professor 
Zuccarini of Munich, are now before us. To Botanists and 
Cultivators of our island, the work possesses peculiar interest; 
especially since Dr. Siebold has been the means of intro- 
ducing many of the plants to the European gardens, and 
because we know that they will frequently bear our winters : 
for though the islands of Japan are situated in a much more 
southern latitude than England, the remark of Dr. Siebold 
must be borne in mind ; “It should be recollected, as we 
have had frequent occasion to remark, that the eastern coun- 
tries in Asia are very far colder than those under the same 
degree of latitude in Europe, and this holds equally good in 
Japan. In lat. 32? N. the mercury falls in winter so low as 2° 
or 3° below zero of Reaumur’s thermometer, and the moun- 
tains are often covered with snow, which lies unmelted for a 
week ; in 38° or 40°, the rivers are so set fast as to be crossed — 
on foot; while on the Island of Jezo, (in lat. 43°, 45°), the 
natives are frequently compelled to take refuge, during winter, 
in caves of the earth.” 
We shall mention the several plants that are figured in 
this work, which is published without any systematic order, 
and commences with :— K 
1. Illicium religiosum, Siebold.—This we also had the op- — — 
portunity of figuring in the Botanical Magazine, Tab. 8966 — — 
a plant introduced to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew; by ; 
Mr. Makoy of Liege. ; 
2. Quercus cuspidata, Siebold. 
3. Forsythia suspensa: a pretty shrub of the order Jas- 
minec, introduced to the gardens of Japan, from China. 
4. Anemone cernua, Th. 5. A. Japonica, n. sp- 
6. Deutzia crenata, n. sp. 7. D. scabra, Th. 8. D. gr% : 
cilis, n. sp. DE 
