354 CRITICAL NOTICES OF NEW PUBT.ICATIONS, 



Arboretum Brilannicum; or the Hardy Trees of Britain, Native and 

 Foreign, pictorially and botanically delineated, &c. &c. by J. C. 

 Loudon, F. L. S., &c. No. 5. May, 1835. London : Longman 

 and Co. 



The Magazine of Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, Botany, 

 Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology. May, 1835. 



The Gardener's Magazine, May, 1835. 



The Architectural Magazine, and Journal of Improvement in Architecture, 

 Building, and Furnishing, &c. May, 1835. Conducted by J. C. 

 Loudon, F. L. S., &c. London : Longman and Co. 



These monthly publications have lost none of their usefulness and 

 value, — indeed, we are disposed to think that each succeeding number 

 lays claim to some new attraction. In the Arboretum Britannicum, we 

 observe a decided improvement in the execution of the plates. The 

 History and Geography of Trees in the British Islands is continued, 

 with some information and anecdotes of an interesting character. — ^The 

 Magazine of Natural History, &c. contains some intelligent papers 

 written with considerable tact. — In the Gardener's Magazine are various 

 communications on the gardening of Belgium and France, which are 

 well worthy of perusal; and a series of designs for laying out and 

 planting Flower Gardens, merit particular attention. — The Architectural 

 Magazine is rich in its original articles. Amongst others is an able 

 paper on the elements and principles of Gothic Architecture, by Picton, 

 the Architect, embellished with many well-executed wood- cuts. 



From the Arboretum Britannicum we select the following interesting 

 article: — "John Bartram, one of the most distinguished of American 

 botanists, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1701. His 

 grandfather, of the same name, accompanied William Penn to this 

 country in 1682. John Bartram was a simple farmer ; he cultivated the 

 ground for subsistence, while he indulged an insatiable desire for botany. 

 He was self-taught in that science, and in the rudiments of the learned 

 languages, and medicine and surgery. So great, in the end, was his 

 proficiency in his favourite pursuit, that Linnaeus pronounced him * the 

 greatest natural botanist in the world.' He made excursions, in the 

 intervals of agricultural labour, to Florida and Canada, herborising 

 with intense zeal and delight. At the age of 70, he performed a journey 

 to East Florida, to explore its natural productions ; at a period, too, 

 when the toils and dangers of such an expedition far exceeded those of 

 any similar one which could be undertaken at the present time, within 

 the limits of the United States. He first formed a botanic garden in 

 America, for the cultivation of American plants as well as exotics. 

 This garden, which is situated on the banks of the Schuylkill, a few miles 

 from Phaladelphia, still bears his name. He contributed much to the 

 gardens of Europe, and corresponded with the most distinguished 

 naturalists of that quarter of the globe. Several foreign societies and 

 academies bestowed their honours upon him, and published communica- 

 tions from him in their Transactions. John Bartram died in 1777, in the 

 76th year of his age. At the time of his death he held the office of 

 American botanist to George III. of England. He was amiable and 

 charitable, and of the strictest probity and temperance. (Encyc. Amer.)** 



