as a lecturer, he was one of the best teachers I ever heard. Free and conversa- 

 tional in his manner, his matter was excellent, and methodically arranged. I 

 entered his class with little knowledge of, and less liking for. Botany, and left it 

 with the results that I have mentioned, having amongst my competitors Dr. W. 

 B. Carpenter, Dr. Lankester, Dr. Jenner, &c." 



In 1832 Mr. Lindley procured from a German university the degree of " Doctor 

 of Philosophy." From that time he was known as Dr. Lindley. In 1838 he 

 became Yice-Secretary of the Horticultural Society — a post which he has ever 

 since continued to hold. 



We have little more to chronicle of Dr. Lindley beyond a list of his principal 

 publications, in addition to those already noticed, and they deserve the general 

 criticism that they are all excellent. 



In 1833 he published his Nixus planiarium (Approximations of Plants), and 

 in 1838, Flora Medica, and Sertum Orchidaceum, besides reporting upon the 

 short-comings at Keio Gardens. 



In 1839 appeared his Ladies'' Botany, and School Botany, and in 1840, his 

 Tlieory of Horticxdture — decidedly one of the best efforts to illuminate and direct 

 practice by science.* 



In 1841 he published his Elements of Botany, and in conjunction with Mr. 

 Paxton and Mr. Dilcke, founded the Gardener's Chronicle, over which he con- 

 tinues to preside as editor. The same year, also, he became Professor of Botany 

 at the Royal Institution, and published, in conjunction with Mr. Hutton, The 

 Fossil Flora of Great Britain. 



In 1846 appeared his largest and valuable work, The Vegetable Kingdom. 



AYe must here close our very imperfect notes, and will do so by expressing a 

 hope that for many years to come our generation may benefit by the high botanical 

 acquirements of Dr. Lindley. 



THE WHITE GRAPE CURRANT. 



BY P. BARRY, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Never, in this country, has the cultivation of the currant received so much 

 attention as it does at the present moment. 



We have it upon reliable authority, that all the skill and industry of our nur- 

 serymen are unequal to the propagation of a stock sufficiently large to meet the 

 demand, and that heavy importations are annually made from Europe, not of neio 



* [This important work has been very greatly enlarged, and a new edition has just ap- 

 peared in London. Tlie wood-cuts are nearly completed for an American edition, which has 

 placed under our editorial care. It will probably be published in 1857, in Philadelphia 

 New York. — Ed.] 



