Murray's Northern Flora. 503 



<{ W. H. Harvey, Esq., the well known algoiogist, before 

 his departure to the Cape of Good Hope, kindly undertook 

 to describe the Algae. Since his departure, I have been 

 fortunate enough to add nine species," newly discovered in 

 " Ireland, communicated by several botanical friends, as will 

 appear in that portion of the work." 



A desire has arisen with one, that a second volume could 

 now be produced, occupied with entertaining matter of nar- 

 rative, adduced on such species of plants described in the first 

 volume as there might be this kind of matter appertaining to. 

 The kind of matter meant occurs in Johnston's Flora of 

 Berwick upon Tweed, The Naturalist's Poetical Companion, 

 Baxter's Illustrations of One Species in every Genus of 

 British Flowering Plants, and in Loudon's Arboretum Bri- 



tannicum. 

 t 1uo bafmoq 



Murray, A., M. D. : The Northern Flora ; or, a Description 



of the Wild Plants belonging to the North and East of 



Scotland ; with an Account of their Places of Growth and 



Properties. Parti. 8vo, 183 pages. Edinburgh, Black: 



Aberdeen, Brown and Co., and Clark and Son ; London, 



Smith, Elder, and Co.; 1836. 



<* It may be fairly observed, that the Scottish floras of 

 Lightfoot and Hooker belong to the south and west of the 



kingdom, rather than to Scotland in general The tract of 



country at present in view may be supposed to be separated 

 from the rest of the island by an irregular boundary, stretch- 

 ing from the Forfarshire coast on the east, to that of Suther- 

 landshire on the west ; and may, in a general way, be said 

 to consist of that portion of the east and interior of Scotland 

 which lies to the north of Montrose, in addition to the western 



part of the county of Sutherland The object has been to 



offer an account of the native vegetation of the tract referred 

 to, which might afford to those residing within it the means 

 of acquiring a knowledge of the native plants they may ex- 

 pect to find, without the evident and well-known inconvenience 

 arising from the extraneous matter occurring, of necessity, 

 in w r orks of a more general character ; while a knowledge of 

 our indigenous species might be imparted to others at a dis- 

 tance who may be interested in such matters." 



The species are treated on in the order of the Linnaean 

 method of arrangement. Part I. includes from Monandria to 

 Ciiscuta in Pentandria. The species are treated on in a style 

 as original as can well be. A large portion of narrative mat- 

 ter, relative to the contradistinction of the species, to their 

 uses in medicine and agriculture, perhaps to other subjects 



