192 NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



Chloms Anbina ; Essai d'nne More 'de la Region Alpine des Cordil- 

 leres de rjmerique du Sud ; par H. A. Weddell, M.D., etc. etc. 

 Livraison II.j 6 plates. 4to. Paris, 1855. 



We have here the second Fasciculus of this charming work, vvith the 

 same complement of well-executed plates as the former Pasciculus^ by 

 lliocreux, and often two and even three distinct plants upon one plate. 

 With such admirable figures and analyses, brief characters and de- 

 scriptions suffice ; and they are worked out with great care. The 

 Compodtm are here continued, and all published in the present number 

 belong to the two groups which are so extensively represented in the 

 South American Andes, the Midimiceoo and the Nassauviaceoi , The 

 illustrations given are, Tab. YII,, Onoseris hastata^YfQ&di, Tab. VIII., 

 ffl, Tylloma splendens^ Wedd. ; 5, Bichenia reptans^ Wedd. Tab. IX., 

 A, Oriastrum ptisilhtm, Peep, et Endl. ; B, Egania acerosa^ Eemy. 



Wedd 



Nassanvia 



Tab. XII., A, Nassauvia Remyana, Wedd 

 Hook, et Am. 



TuiNBOUW; Plora Van Nebeuland en zijne Overzeesche Bezitlingen, 

 etc., door W, H. be Vriese. Vol. II, Leyden. 8vo, many 

 Plates, coloured and plain. 1855, 



We gave a favourable account of the first volume of this Work at 

 page 96 of one of our early numbers for last year. The regular con- 

 tinuance of it through a second year is a sure sign of its being favour- 

 ably received by the public ; and no wonder, for it supplies a great 

 amount of valuable information bearing upon Horticulture and Botany. 

 Many of the plates are beautifully executed : we particularly allude 

 to Bilbergia Eohaniana, De Vriese ; a new Phlox, etc. ; but there are 

 some of another school, which are very inferior, viz. two Lilies, Lilinm 

 coridion, Sieb. et De Vriese, and i. partheneion, Sieb. et De Vriese, 

 and FucJisia rohiista, Tengberg. Some botanical landscapes, which are 

 copied from contemporary works, and which represent a Peruvian-Bark 

 forest, the natmral bridge of Ficus elastica in the Kbasia mountains, and 

 the scene on the Tambur River, Eastern Nepal, are very well repro- 

 duced. We are sorry our ignorance of the Dutch language prevents 

 our profiting more from the copious descriptive matter in the pages. 



