Lindley's Introduction to Botany. 707 



Smith, Sir J. E., M.D. &c., and Sowerhj, James, F.L.S. &c. : 

 '^'English Botany, or coloured Figures of British Plants, 

 with their essential Characters, Synonymes, and Places of 

 Growth. The Second Edition, arranged according to the 

 Linnaean Method, with the Descriptions shortened, and 

 occasional Remarks added. London. In 8vo numbers, 

 ] s. each ; monthly, or oftcner if desired. 



Of this work four numbers are before us. The first thre^ 

 contain five coloured plates each; and the 4th number, thre^ 

 plates and a sheet of letterpress, in which are described all tlie 

 plants figured in the four numbers : and thus there are prej-; 

 sented coloured pictures of 18 plants, and descriptions qf 

 them, for 45. Indeed, more than this is done : 27 plants are 

 described, because " the plates are omitted which represent 

 such nearly allied species of plants as may be readily distirir; 

 guished by the description from those figured." With t% 

 merits of the original English Botany we have long been ac-i 

 quainted ; and it gladdens us to see good impressions from 

 the same well-executed plates coming before the public in so 

 cheap, accessible, and welcome a form. The following are all 

 the particulars in which this second edition differs from the 

 first: — The plates (most of which will be those employed 

 foi^ the first edition) will be printed on smaller paper, and thfe 

 colouring less highly finished, ana such plates omitted' as 

 represent those nearly allied species of plants which may be 

 readily distinguished from those figured by the descriptions. 

 Still, that those who purchase this second edition may be sup- 

 plied with a figure of every species of plant described in it, 

 should they desire it, Mr. Sowerby proposes to sell separately, 

 at Sd. each, figures of those species which, although described 

 in this second edition, it does not form part of his plan to 

 include figures of also. The plates and descriptions aj?e 

 published according to the Liimaean system ; and, although 

 the descriptions are much condensed, the editor states, '^ he 

 will endeavour to give all the information contained in tl^e 

 large edition, without repeating in the descriptions those cha? 

 racters which are readily manifested in the plates." To each 

 genus, too, the editor adds the natural order to which it be- 

 longs, and a few general remarks on the habits and properti«|Sf 

 of the species of the genus. A few indispensable alterations 

 in nomenclature are to be made, and the names of the planets 

 are engraved on the plates. ,. ><t;4 



We sincerely concur in the hope of the editor and prT<5F 

 prietor, Mr. Sowerby, " that the many intelligent persons 

 whose means are limited may be induced, by the low price at 



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