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tains in the vicinity of Port 

 Jackson. — Banksia (Sir Jo- 

 seph Banks) dryandroeVe* 

 (Dryandra, and e'ldos, like ; a 

 Banks?'a resembling a Dry- 

 andra); Tetran. Monogjn., 

 and Proteace<^. {Jig. 168.) 

 ^y comparing this figure 

 with that of Dryandra for- 

 mosa {fig. 166.), the young 

 botanist will be able to dis- 

 tinguish a Banksza from a 

 Dryandra whenever he sees 

 them in flower. The differ- 

 ence is in the receptacle, 

 which, in Banksja, forms an 

 amentum, while in Dryandra it is a chaffy disk. 



The British Flower-Garden^ for July, contains some new and very hand- 

 some plants. Cummingia (named by Mr. G. Don, " in compliment to Lady 

 Gordon Gumming, whose attachment to the science of botany justly entitles 

 her to this distinction") campanulata; Hexan. Monog., and ^sphodeleae. 



169 ^^^^S^ ^fi^' ^^^' «) ^ ^"'^ 



from Peru, with 



grassy leaves, and 

 elegant blue flowers. 

 Salpiglossis {safpigx^ 

 a trumpet, glossisy 

 a tongue ; flowers 

 trumpet-shaped, and 

 style tongue-shaped) 

 picta; iS'olaneae. A 

 magnificent herba- 

 ceous plant from 

 Chile, first raised 

 in the garden of 

 P. Neill, Esq., our 

 much valued cor- 

 respondent, at Cannon Mills, near Edinburgh. — Magnol/a Soulangiawa 

 is a splendid hybrid production, raised by the Chevalier Soulange-Bodin, 

 between M. conspicua (the M. Yulan of DecandoUe) and M. Kobiis. 



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Brande's Quarterly Journal^ for June, contains some interesting papers, 

 but especially one, entitled Illustrations of Nature, or the Arrangement 

 of Physical Existence, indicated in Outline, by G. T. B. The writer main- 

 tains that the three kingdoms of nature are " arbitrary and incorrect 

 divisions." This is so contrary to the common sense of mankind in all 

 ages and countries, that the writer cannot hope for many converts to his 

 opinion. But all great and general views, all comprehensive theories, are 

 good, as tending to cultivate the higher powers of the mind. A good deal 

 has been said of late in favour of the quinary, septenary, and circular sys- 

 tems. G. T. B. suspects the " trine distribution" to be universally pre- 

 valent ; and, for having had his attention directed to this principle, he 

 acknowledges his obligation to Tritogenea, the philosophic work of Mr- 

 George Field. After three or four pages of discussion, the following tabular 

 view is given : — 



