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Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum; or the Hardy Trees - 
and Shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, &c., fie 
abridged from the large edition in 8 vols. By J. © 
Loupon, F.L.S., &c. 
We have already borne testimony to the value of the 
original large edition of this work, of which the present is an 
abridgment, in the 3rd vol. of Taylor's Annals of Nat. His 
tory. Its extent, and consequent cost, makes it a sealed 
book to many, to whom its contents would yield vast stores 
of information. In order to render it more generally usetus 
the present form has been adopted, and it thus will be given - 
at a cost of only £2 10s.a volume of 1200 pages, accom- 
panied by about 2100 excellent wood cuts. ^ Here is abund- 
ance of useful matter, notwithstanding that much of the 
detailed description is omitted. The number of figures iS- 
actually increased; the author having obtained access t0 
specimens since the publication of the former edition, which 
he had no opportunity of examining before, and some addi- 
tional species and varieties are here first described. 
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The Plants of the Grampians, viewed in their relations to Alti- 
tude. By Hewerr CorrreLL Warson, Ese., F.L.S. 
I Kunth’s Enumeration of the Plants collected by Hum- 
boldt and Bonpland, in the intertropical countries of Americi 
