204 REVIEWS OF PRINTS AND ILLUSTRATED WORKS. 



** The Botanic Garden^ or Magazine of Hardy Flower Plants cultivated tn 

 Great Britain ." by B. Maund, F. L. S. London, Simpkin & Marshall. No. 117. 

 (Bordered Edition.) 



This unrivalled little series continues to put forth fresh proofs of un-decreasing 

 excellence : the attractions naturally vary according to the specimens representee^ 

 but these are, in general, so admirably selected, that the eye is no less gratified than 

 the understanding informed. The present number is one of more than ordinary 

 interest, and the plates are, as usual, exquisitely executed and coloured. The first 

 is the *' Rosa centifolia" or " variegated Provence Rose," otherwise, and, we think, 

 poetically, entitled the " Village Maid ;" this is pleasingly contrasted by a branch 

 of that very beautiftil plant, the " Hyssopits Orientalis" probably the " Hyssop that 

 springeth out of the wall ;" the sapphirine flowers of this picturesque little shrub give an 

 air of singular vivacity to the stem ; the " Leptostelma viaxima" with its silver-rayed 

 «Bgis of gold, follows up in due order, and '* CamjibeWs Hybrid Foxglme" a rich 

 Vet delicate variation of the Digitalis, completes the regular number of plates. 

 The descriptive accounts are satisfectory and of general interest ; and the " aucta- 

 rium," of which there are two pages gratuitously attached to each number, embodies 

 a mass of most valuable information, practically available to the horticulturist. The 

 portion in the number before us contains some highly important remarks on 

 that destructive malady the " bark -binding" of trees ; " decortication,^^ the remedy, 

 is, also, very luminously touched upon. As an assistant to the botanical student, or 

 a present to a fair friend, who, (as all ladies do) looks upon flowers with a favorable 

 eye and " in trim gardens takes her pleasure," the '^ bordered edition" of this work 

 must supersede every similar publication, in the opinion of taste. It is indeed 

 worthy of royal patronage. 



" Sportsman preparing ;" and " Sportsmaji's Visit ;" engraved by G. and C. 

 Hunt, from E. F. Lambert. London, John Moore, 1, West Street, Upper St. Mar- 

 tin's Lane. 



Pleasing companions, in colours, well-calculated for the eye of the amateur of 

 field-sports, to whom we recommend them with cordiality, at this apropos period 

 when 



— " Westlin winds and slaught'ring guns 

 Bring autumn's pleasant weather." 



They have the peculiar merit of being correctly and agreeably designed and cleverly 

 executed. Framed and glazed they are handsome parlour embellishments. The 

 illustrative verses are by Moncrieff of dramatic celebrity. 



" Shooting" Four plates. From original paintings by S. J. Jones. Moore, 

 West Street. 



Spiritedly engraved, richly coloured, and most particularly attractive : these are, 

 indeed, among the choicest and most tempting ornaments for the porte-feuille or the 

 chimney piece of the sportsman, which the active and liberal publisher is perpetually 

 bringing forward. 



** Etching and Engraving on Marble." 



We have been gratified with a view of two singular specimens of a curious variety 

 of lithograph not generally practised; indeed, we believe, but very partially known. 

 They are impressions from blocks of marble, on which the design has been carefully 

 drawn, and the spaces surrounding the lines corroded away, or ultimately removed 

 with the graver : the prints are struck from the surface in the manner of the letter- 

 press prints of the early engravers. The effect sti*ikingly resembles that of the clear 

 and spirited wood-cuts of the Germans, having nothing of that similitude to chalk- 

 drawing by which the common lithograph is distinguished. The first is an eques- 

 trian sketch from a mutilated bas-relief in the Elgin collection ; the figure is well 

 drawn, and exhibits a masterly spirit ; a short, tasteful, cross stroke is employed in 

 the shadows, and, with the exception of a trifling hardness in parts of the outline 

 similar to that inseparable from wood-engraving, the management of this novel 

 experiment has been very successful. 



