334 THE JOURNAL OF BOTA-STT 



handwriting, dated Edinburgh, 1st June 1818, it appears to have 

 been carefully revised b}^ liim after his return to Great J]ritain. Such 

 articles have been extracted only as could be made intelligible without 

 the aid of engravings or of the dried plants themselves, which have 

 all been laid down by Dr. Wright with the greatest care." As indi- 

 cated above, a large number of Wright's plants are in Banks's 

 Herbarium. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. 

 LXXXVII. Two Catalogues. 



[Kalm, Pehe.] En Kart Berattelse om Naturliger stiillet, 

 nyttan, samt skotseln at nfigra waxter, utaf hwilka fron nyligen 

 biifwit hembragte fran Norra America, til deras tjenst, som hafwa 

 niiie, at i wart Climat gora forsok med de sanmias cultiverande. [A 

 short statement of the localities, use, with cultivation of certain 

 plants, of which seeds have recently been brought home from North 

 America for the service of those who delight in attempting the culti- 

 vation of the same in our climate.] 



Pa Kongl. Yetenskaps Academiens bef alining upsatt. [Set ap by 

 order of the Poyal Academy of Science.] 



This small octavo pamphlet of 4cS j^ages has no titlepage, but has 

 a colophon " Stockholm, uplagt pa Lars Salvii kostnad, 1751 [issued 

 at Lars Salvius' expense] ; the copy before me is of the same size and 

 bound up wdth sundry copies of the Ldrila Tidningar, the well- 

 known Swedish scientific journal of the 18th centur}^ of which it is 

 ])robably a sup])lement. It begins with a statement that the author 

 has drawn up this account of some of the more useful plants, of which 

 he [Kalm] had brought back seeds from North America : — 



"As the result of the command of the Iloj^al Academy of Science 

 I have here delivered a catalogue and short statement on soine of the 

 more useful plants, of those whose seeds I have brought with me 

 from North America, where I have travelled under oi'ders from the 

 lloyal Academy of Science. 



"I have found it necessar}^ to speak brie fl\' about the localities 

 where these plants are found and flourish, so that those who undei-- 

 take their cultivation, may have certain ground to l)uild upon, and 

 know what, soil to provide when following Nature in their culture. 



"To avoid prolixity I have o\\\\ given a few words about their 

 use. Later when I come by GTod's will to publish my travels that 

 shall be amply supplied with all circumstances. 



" There are but few of these plants I myself had occasion to ]iut 

 in hand; I was constantly journeying to and fro to find and to collect 

 seeds ; it must therefore be understood that so far as regards cultiva- 

 tion, only a little is from my own experience ; I have however 

 diligently noted the ways Nature herself takes. Therefore those of 

 my countrymen wdio have the wish to try the cultivation of these 

 plants, but have no access to good gardening books may have some- 

 thing to guide them, I have, besides ray own reports and experiments, 

 extracted from the excellent English gardener Philip Miller's ' Gar- 

 deners Dictionary ' the most necessary things he has on certain of 

 the forenamed ])l:ints' sowing and care. Mr. ]Miller can not oidy rely 



