JANUARY. 17 



northern part of the Chinese empire ; has flowered in the greenhouse of the 

 Hoi-ticultural Society, Chiswick. 



Ei'iDENDRUM LONGiPETALUM. A tathcr pretty Orchid, and a very distinct 

 species, having a long straggling panicle of flowers very sweet-scented ; petals of 

 a dull brownish purple an(l green ; lip white, beautifully marked with straight 

 crimson veins on a yellow ground. It was obtained by the Horticultural Society 

 from Guatimala. These three are figured in Paxton's Flower-Car den for De- 

 cember. 



Barbacema Rogierii. a very handsome flowering dwarf stove-plant, simi- 

 lar to B. purpurea. The flowers are much larger, very showy, and of a rich 

 velvety purple, blended with maroon. It was introduced to English collections 

 in the early part of 1850 from the nursery of M. Van Iloutte of Ghent ; its 

 native country is tropical America. Figured in the Magazine of Botany. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. J. Houlston. 



REVIEWS. 



A Synopsis of the Coniferous Plants grown in Great Britain, by Messrs. 

 Knight and Perry, King's Road, Chelsea. Longman. 



A NEAT quarto consisting of 64 pages, in which will be found nume- 

 rous details concerning the genera of Conifers, and the species or 

 varieties included under them, together with a few general remarks 

 on their cultivation. It is furnished with a good index ; and will, 

 we are sure, be highly useful to all lovers of the interesting tribe of 

 plants to which it relates. 



Hints on the Culture of the Anemone, Double and Single. By Carey 

 Tyso, Wallingford. London, Jackson and Walford ; or the 

 Author. 

 A VERY useful little publication, that ought to be in the possession 

 of every one of our readers. The simplicity of its style is not the 

 least of its merits. Though a dealer, Mr. Tyso tacks on no low- 

 priced Catalogue to his little treatise, for which we highly commend 

 him. He tells his readers how to grow the flowers, leaving them 

 to judge for themselves where to purchase. We propose, with the 

 author's permission, to make an extract or two when we are less 

 pressed with matter. 



The Art-Journal. London, George Virtue. 



Happily it is not within our province to criticise this work, which has 

 regularly reached us during the past year. Although fond of paint- 

 ings, engravings, and woodcuts, we profess no critical knowledge 

 upon the subject. After this candid acknowledgement, as our praise 

 would be worthless, so we are spared the task of finding fault. We 

 will, however, venture to offer a humble opinion and a mite of advice 

 arising from a real interest in the success of the Art-Journal. It 

 ought, in its illustrations, to represent to all the world the state of 



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