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Macalisberg, the latter from Namaqua and Bushman Country, 

 the intermediate Nos. (ex. gr. 7, 8, 9) include nearly an equal 

 quantity from both countries. 



The editor of this Journal can testify to the excellent con- 

 dition of the specimens, and application for sets may be 

 made through Sir W. J. Hooker, or Mr. John Smith, Royal 

 Gardens, Kew. 



The collections of the Cape Colony are not yet ready for 

 distribution : when they are, due notice will be given in 

 this Journal. • 



Borgeau's Canary Island Plants. 



We are glad to be able to announce that a distribution of 

 M. Borgeau's plants of the Canary Islands, has already 

 commenced, and two centuries of them are actually on sale, 

 and at the very low rate of £l the century. It must not be 

 inferred from their moderate cost, that the specimens are 

 proportionately indifferent. They are, on the contrary, very 

 fine and well prepared, and of great value to our Her- 

 baria from the circumstance of their being accompanied with 

 correct names (for which we believe the public is indebted 

 to Mr. Webb) on printed labels, accompanied by the locality. 



Type de chaque Famille et des principamc Genres des Plantes 

 croissant spontanement en France; exposition detaillee et 

 complete de leurs Caracteres et de VEmbryologie ; par 

 F. Plee. 



We have hitherto seen only one number of this work, 

 but that "suffices to give us a favourable opinion of it. 

 Each No. (price 1 f. 25 c. of France) contains an excellent 

 figure, illustrative of a family, and of a genus, and species, 

 accompanied by a suitable description and remarks. The 

 subject before us is the Calystegia sepium, illustrative of 

 the natural order Convolvulacece ; and so well is this plate 



