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lated ; The Botanist substituted for it." This is signed with initials, 

 somewhat difficult to decipher, the last being " S." : should the two 

 preceding be " F. W." as is not unlikely, we might conclude that 

 they were those of Frederick W. Smith, the author (and perhaps the 

 illustrator, for none of the plates are signed) of the Florists' Maga- 

 zine. The first number of this was issued in July 1835, and forms 

 the subject of a laudatory notice in the Gardener^ s Magazine for 

 August of that year (p. 425). It was to be issued monthly, each 

 number containing 4 plates with 8 pages of letterpress, and costing 

 4s. ; it was " devoted to the newest and most beautiful varieties of 

 florists' flowers," and is of purely horticultural interest. The Kew 

 copy is in quarto size as originally issued, and is a very handsome 

 book ; it includes the first volume and the two parts Avhich were all 

 that appeared of the second ; from the latter we learn that the work 

 came to a " premature end, not having met with sufficient patronage 

 to cover its expenses." The whole work was subsequently issued in 

 smaller size as one volume, dated 1836 — "vol. i." having been re- 

 moved from the title-page : in this the pagination is sometimes 

 omitted. The Index includes the two parts of vol. ii., the paging of 

 Avhich is given as if continuous with that of the first volume. 



The appearance in September 1836 of the first number of The 

 Sotanisf synchi'onized with the penultimate"issue of the Magazine * 

 for which it was to be a " substitute." Whether Maund was directly 

 or indirectly responsible for the abrupt termination (with the next 

 (16th) number) of the Flo^-ists'' Magazine — either by arrangement 

 with F. W. Smith or through the latter's fear of competition — must 

 be matter of conjecture. 



The Botanist appeared in two editions — one (that usually met 

 with) in quarto in half-crown numbers, the other, smaller in size, at 

 eighteen-pence : each contained four plates with descriptive letter- 

 press. With the first issue of the larger edition appeared the first 

 instalment (4 pp.) of a " Dictionary of English and Latin Terms," 

 written by Henslow for the work. It Avas proposed to continue this 

 monthly until completion and to issue it also with the small edition, 

 but the latter scheme was abandoned almost immediately^ on the score 

 of expense, and the Bictionary itself was never completed in this 

 form ; it was however issued as a volume, under the title A Bictionary 

 of Botanic Terms, in 1850, and went through several editions. With 

 the second volume of The Botanist Avas issued as a supplement the 

 first portion of a Guide, similar in shape, well printed and with 

 numerous illustrations, for which Henslow Avas doubtless also re- 

 sponsible. This Avas continued at intervals, extending to 55 leaves 

 (not pages) numbered at the foot : it is headed " Explanation of the 

 Woodcuts illustrative of Natural and Artificial Divisions." It does 

 not seem that this, Avhich is uniform in size Avith the Magazine and is 

 well printed, Avith numerous outline illustrations, Avas eA-er completed 

 or reissued : it is sometimes bound separately as in the British 

 Museum and Linnean Society's libraries. Both this and the parts of 



* See Gardener s Magazine, Oct. 1803, p. 539, where " completes " should read 

 •' begins." 



