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and {ire good examples of tlicir kind, and some are extracted from other 

 books. We have been kindly permitted to use a few here. 



It is not very clear what constitutes an " alpine " plant in the horti- 

 cultural sense of the term. Mr. Eobinson, in the alphabetical enume- 

 ration of species which occupies some 2.50 pages of his book, includes 

 a number of plants which have little in common but their beauty, and 

 some of which are restricted natives of low grounds. Under each 

 species is a sliort account of its appearance, scarcely to be called a 

 description, indications of its place of growth, and directions for its 

 successfid cultivation. It would have added to the usefulness of this 



enumeration if the Natural Family to which the species belongs had 

 been added in each case. The account of the Drabas was written by 

 Mr. J. C. Niven, of Hull, and that of the genus Cyclamen by Mr. 

 James Atkins, of PainsAvick. As the latter has cultivated these plants 

 for many years, and studied them also in our herbaria, it may be use- 

 ful to give a list of those mentioned in the book before us: — 1. Cy- 

 clamen Count, inclufling C. vcrnuui of Sweet ; 2. C. ibericum (C. 

 Atk'msii is a hybrid of tliis with the last) ; 3. C. europcenm (including 



