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S. Smithiana, Willd. 
S. Smithiana, E. Bot. 
S. holosericea, Hook. 
S. ferruginea, Aud. 
S. acuminata, E. Bot. 
S. cinerea, L. 
S. cinerea, Sm. 
S. aquatica, Sm. 
S. oleifolia, Sm. 
S. aurita, L. 
Such specimens, collected chiefly by Mr. Leefe and Mr. 
Ward, of Richmond, Yorkshire, who has long made the 
Willows his peculiar study, and authentically named with the 
valued and valuable assistance of M. Borrer, cannot fail to 
be of the utmost use to every student and lover of British 
Plants, and highly to the honour of the author. As may 
be supposed, it is only a limited number of copies of such 
à Work that can be prepared, and it will reflect little credit 
. 9n the botanists of this country, if they allow these to lie long 
. mthe hands of the publishers ; Mr. Bowman, of Richmond, 
— Yorkshire, and Messrs. Whittaker and Co., London. 
Specimens or Scorrısu PLANTS. 
—.— Stxcz the days of Dickson, and Don, and Drummond, 
_ We know of no one who has ransacked the plains and the hills, 
_ 4nd the glens and the mountains of Scotland more success- 
. uty than Mr. Wm. Gardiner, of Dundee: and it is not a 
~ “e remarkable that Don and Drummond also were inhabi- 
nis of the same district, the immediate vicinity of. Dundee. 
From Specimens that Mr. Gardiner has communicated to us, 
md especially from some cryptogamous ones that we have 
‘Ately received from him, we know that he is not only very 
p Sstul in his researches, but possesses the art of preserving 
a Specimens with great skill and neatness, whether of 
