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but the author confesses that he is as yet unable to come to any de- 

 finite conclusion on the point. The important facts however, so far 

 as they are known, are well stated. 



The work concludes with remarks on physiological phaenomena of 

 a general nature, including the colour, light, and motions of plants. 



'J'he plates are from drawings by the author, and they are exe- 

 cuted in a clear and correct manner. 



We have no hesitation in recommending this work to the atten- 

 tion of all students of botanical science. The conciseness and clear- 

 ness of the descriptions, the accuracy of the views, and the philoso- 

 phical spirit which pervades the whole work, deservedly place it in a 

 high rank among the elementary botanical treatises of the present 

 day. 



Supplement to English Botany. 



It is long since we have called attention to this valuable and most 

 beautiful work, and therefore now repeat our earnest call upon all 

 our botanical readers to extend their patronage to it. We do this 

 the more earnestly because we know that it is in great want of that 

 support which it has so good a right to expect, for at the present 

 time •* the sale barely repays the money expended upon print and 

 paper, the proprietor being himself the artist and engraver." From 

 this cause much irregularity has attended its publication, but it is 

 now the intention of Mr. J. W. Salter, the son-in-law of Mr. Sow- 

 erby, who has undertaken its management, to issue it regularly on 

 the first of every third month, with six plates in each number instead 

 of four. 



Mr. Salter states that he is " favoured with the support and en- 

 couragement of those distinguished botanists whose assistance has 

 conferred so much value upon the work," and that " he has every 

 reason to hope that the descriptive part of future numbers will not be 

 inferior to that which has already appeared." We feel confident that 

 such will be the case, and may add concerning the plates, that no bet- 

 ter, even if equally good, representations of plants are to be found 

 in any work of science or art. The drawings and engravings will be 

 made by Mr. Sowerby and Mr. Salter, the persons from whose hands 

 the illustrations in former numbers have proceeded. 



We have now before us two numbers published since the issue of 

 the prospectus from which we quote, and can safely state that they 

 are fully equal to their predecessors ; they are numbered 68 and 69, 

 being 12 and 13 of the new series, no part of which will be included 

 in the " small edition" lately issued by the proprietors of the original 

 work. Amongst the plants figured in them are Lamium intermedium, 

 Hieracium Lapeyrousii, Statice rariflora, beautiful plates both bota- 

 nically and artistically; also Poa Parnellii and P. Balfourii, new 

 grasses which are well represented ; and in addition several inter- 

 esting cryptogamic plants. 



When we remember the very numerous copies which have been 

 purchased of the original work and the " small edition," it is unac- 

 countable to us that this supplement (an essential appendage to 

 either of them) has obtained so little support. 



