276 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



on the title-page of which we read : " The Herbarium, Escarium, 



Foenariiim will be given in our next publication, as 



the Catalogues could not be made out in due time for this volume." 

 The Catalogue begins with the description of the " Hortus 

 Linnaeensis " : — "The first part of the arrangement is the Hortus 

 Linnicensis, or Linnaean systematic ground, divided into three 

 parts. 1st. The Herbarium, or herbaceous division, where all 

 herbaceous plants, foreign and domestic, and their respective 

 varieties, which bear the open air, are systematically arranged ; at 

 present about 4000 are cultivated. The next part of the syste- 

 matic ground is the Fruticetuvi, or shrubbery, where all shrubs 

 and low trees, and their respective varieties, which bear the open 

 air, are systematically arranged. The third and last part of the 

 Linnaean systematic arrangement is the ArhoreUim, or arbory." 

 Other divisions are the Pecudarium, or Cattle Garden ; Escarium, 

 or Esculent Garden ; Hortus Tinctorius, or Dyer's Garden ; 

 Foenarium, or Hay Garden ; and what should have been inter- 

 esting — the " Hortus Hibernicus, or Hibernian Garden," " a col- 

 lection of the several kinds, species, and varieties of trees, shrubs, 

 and herbaceous plants peculiar to Ireland." With vol. ii. part 2 

 we have the " Catalogue .... containing the Herbarium, or 

 Systematic Arrangement of Herbaceous Plants," the first page of 

 which is headed " Herbarium, or Herbaceous Division." " 



It may be of interest to some to quote Linnaeus's descrip- 

 tion in the Philosoj^Jiia Botanica of an Herbarium of dried 

 plants : — 



" Herbarium praestat omni Icone necessarium omni Botanico. 



1. PlantcE non humidae colligendge. 



2. Partes nullae auferendae. 



3. moderate explicandce. 



4. non vero inflcctendce. 



5. Fructificatione praesente. 



6. Siccaiidce inter papyra sicca. 



7. Citissime, vix ferro calido. 



8. Prelo modice compresso. 



9. AdglutinandcB ichthyocoUa. 



10. in folio semper asservandae. 



11. arnica tantum in pagina. 



12. plagula non alliganda. 



13. Genus supra adscribendum. 



14. Species k Historia a tergo. 



15. Congeneres inter philyram reponendae. 



16. Disponendae ad Methodiwi." 



James Britten. 



* This Catalogue is attributed by Mr. Jackson {Guide to Literature of Botany, 

 p. 411) to W. Wade ; there is, liowever, little doubt that it was compiled by John 

 Underwood, the Superintendent of the Garden. 



