294 NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
by Mr. James Cox. On the cultivation of Ixora grandiflora, by Mr. 
W. Taylor. On destroying the Gooseberry caterpillar, by Mr. H. C. 
Ogle. A few facts connected with Orchideous plants, by Mr. R. 
Errington. Visits to remarkable gardens—Caledonian Horticultural 
Society. Reviews. New and rare plants, with excellent woodcuts of 
Ixora laxiflora, Tabernemontana longiflora, Echinocactus rhodophthal- 
mus, Oxalis elegans (all copied from the ‘Botanical Magazine’). Vegetable 
Physiology, by Arthur Henfrey, Esq. On the culture of Eriostemons, 
by Mr. George Freeman. The Principles on which Plants are 
Propagated by Cuttings, by Mr. William Keane. Domestic Gardening 
(No. 1), by Mr. J. Spencer. Extracts and Memoranda. On the 
culture of Verbena for exhibition, by Mr. Barnes. Covering, in its 
general application to glazed and other horticultural structures, by 
Mr. George Smith. Professional and moral training (No. 1), by 
Mr. W. P. Keane. Miscellaneous notices. In short, the number 
is a volume in itself. 
We can only notice the original coloured figures of the remaining 
numbers. No. IL Salpiglossis sinuata, var. flava. Rhodostoma gar- 
denioides, Scheidw. (a rubiaceous plant of unknown origin). Choro- 
zema flavum and triangulare. Erica elegantissima. Double Hyacinth. 
.. No. III. Geissomeria longiflora, Lindl. Aechmea discolor. Echeveria 
retusa, Lindl. Pentstemon heterophyllus and Camellia Drysdalii. 
No. IV. contains, of coloured plates, Gastrolobium Hugelii, Ceanothus 
papillosus and dentatus, Warrea Lindeniana and Conoclinium ianthinum ; 
besides an admirable coloured plate of Rose Insects; for the Entomo- 
logical department is introduced and conducted by a masterly hand, 
“Cts FO. W. 
The woodcuts are equally numerous, and, as well as the coloured 
plates, equally beautiful with, if not superior to, those in the preceding 
numbers, and the miscellaneous matter is equally good and varied.* 
_ coloured plates was only directed to Nos. 1 and 2. No. 3, since published, exhibits 
such a manifest improvement, that the figures rank with the best botanical plates 
of the present day ; and we do not doubt they will continue to deserve that character. 
