456 Nolices respecting A^ew Banks. 



withhold from this Ingenious botanist antl zealous lover of 

 scituce. All the botanists^ p'.iilosophers, and enlightened 

 nien in the Slate btar testimony to the merits ot Dr. H. 

 and his botanic garden. 



The Catalogue of Plants, although in alphabetic order, 

 will be foauid very convenient to students in botany who 

 are but i\npcrKectlv acquainted with the English synonyms 

 of vegetables, their habitats, and whether lliey are annual, 

 biennial, perennial, shrub, tree, hardy, or belong to the 

 green- or hot-hnu<e. Since Dr. H. was appointed Professor 

 of Botany and Mattria iVicdica in Columbia Collece, be 

 wished to extend his botanical researches, particularly in 

 collecting tlonicstie plants. 'Fn his iiardcn he has brought 

 a conservatory and two spacious hot-houses, exhibiting a 

 front of ISO feet, to great pertection. These he has en- 

 riched by presents tVon) all the principal botanists in Europe, 

 with whom he keeps up an extensive correspondence, and 

 to whom he thus publicly expresses his obligations. Dr. 

 H. also declares his " intention immediately to commence 

 the publication of ' American Botany, ot A Flora of the 

 United States.' In this work it is his desii^n to give a de- 

 scription of the plant, noticing its essential characters, sy- 

 nonvms, and place of growth ; with observations on the uses 

 to which it is applied m medicine, agriculture, or the arts ;" 

 illustrated with coloured engravings like Dr. Smith's Eng- 

 lish Botany. From the well known talents and industry of 

 the author, European botanists will naturally await the ap- 

 pearance of such a worl-; wUh much anxiety. 



All Experimental Eiramhialion of the last Edition of the 

 Pharmacopoeia Londinensis ; ivilh Remarks on Dr. 

 FoweU's i'ruuslaiion and Aii/ioialicv<;. By Richard 

 Phillips, pp. 158, 8vo. W. Pbilllips and T. Underwood, 

 1811. 



In our £6\h vol. Mr. Phillips published an account of 

 liis analyses of Bath waters, and the ineenuity and mathe- 

 matical accuracy of those experiments have ranked him 

 among the most correct analysts of the day. Had the offi- 

 ciating members of the Colltsie of Physicians possessed any 

 knowledge of chemistry, or even much chcinical reading, 

 such a chemist, as well from his practical as his theoretical 

 knowledge, must havt; been one of the tirst persons whom 

 thev would Ikuc addressed on the subicct of a new Phar- 

 macopceia. T his, however, it nuist be confessed, would 

 have been more just than politic, as disease not health is 

 the interest of physicians, and genuine science is by no 



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