162 NOTICE OF BOTANICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
* The work which I am preparing to enter upon, is of a 
humbler, but I hope not less useful, description; its object 
being to furnish, at the cheapest possible rate, a series of 
accurate figures of plants, with copious analyses of the parts 
of fructification, so as, in the words of a highly talented cor- 
respondent, (the author of the * Tabular view of the generic 
characters of Roxburgh’s Flora Indica, to supply the Indian 
botanical amateur with the *one thing needful, towards 
acquiring a correct knowledge of the principles of the natu- 
ral method of classification, by presenting him with a series s 
of diagrams, if I may so call them, which he can compare — 
point by point, with the written characters of the Natüral — 
Orders, selecting for illustration as often as circumstances — 
will permit, such plants as are valued on account of their 
useful properties. ; : 
* In inviting public support to an undertaking of a kind 
so novel in Madras, it is necessary to give some information 
regarding the plan and price of the work, though neither can 
as yet be said to be definitively determined upon. ‘Sever — 
plans have suggested themselves, but the following seems to 
merit the preference. uU 
* The quarto size will be adopted, as affording more room 
for analysis, and freer scope to the artist in making the 
drawings, a very considerable number: of which are already 
prepared. "The figures are to be coloured, and on each, in 
addition to the name of the order and plant figured, broad * 
proposed to write the Tamul and Teloogoo, and occasionally 
other names, in both native and Roman characters; an 
lastly, each plate, in addition to its own number, will have 
the general number of the species in my ‘ Prodromus; if the 
plant is already described there, to facilitate reference, 8°" . 
after-arrangement, should that become necessary. The letter- ; 
press, in place of consisting of simple descriptions (as is " 
in such works) of the plants figured, and which can be little 
else than repetitions of the characters already published in 
the Flora, will, with the view of rendering tbis portion of 
work more generally useful and agreeable to both the botani- 
