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viously kuowu to us from Cunningham's collection^ and which we had 
marked, as new. Balweria does not seera to differ from Deplanchea^ 
Vieillard et Bureau iu Bull. Soc. Eot. Fran. 1S62, from New Cale- 
donia. Ilaussmannia is evidently closely allied tj Cam^sis, but may 
be distinct. Amongst the many new species is a Musa^ from Mount 
Elliot (J/". Baiiksii), It is not stated whether the fruiting panicles 
are erect as in M, Troghdytarmn, or nodding as in M. Chinensis, 
Hedera Andraliana^ with pinnate leaves^ seems to us to be the type 
of a new genus. The ruminate albumen, a feature common to several 
Hederacece^ is not sufficient to make it a true Hedtra^ which has simple 
leaves, and a semi-inferior ovary, whilst Hedera Australiana has com- 
pound leaves and a completely inferior ovary, Aralia Moorei, w^hich 
Dr. Mtiller incidentally mentions, belongs to Heptapleurunty and is iden- 
tical, as the author justly suspects, with Parairopia venulosa. 
British and Garden Botany ; consistinff of Descriptions of the Flower'- 
ing Plants, Ferns, and Trees indigenous to Great Britain^ mth 
Notices of all Plants commonly cidtivated in this country for use and 
ornament ; preceded by an Introduction to Structural and Physiolo- 
w 
gical Botany, By Leo H, Griudon. With numerous illustrations, 
Loudon: Eoutledge, 1861, 8vo, 869 pp. 
Mr. Griudon is not the only person to whom publishers have ap- 
plied to write them a book on botany, for which, they assert, there 
is a constant and daily demand. The popular mind will have it tha 
there must or ought to be a cheap book, consisting of a single volume 
and comprising all the indigenous plants of our islands and those 
most commonly cultivated in our gardens, described in untechnical 
language, and arrauf^ed in such a wav that a mere beginner can find 
out their names by using some cleverly-constructed key. There must 
be besides plenty of popular matter about the different species ; folk- 
lore must be noticed, and appropriate scraps of poetry must be intro- 
duced. All this, and a great deal more, is expected from this won- 
deiful volume; *' and if you would only write it," your publisher 
continues, " it might result in mutual advantages " — which the pub- 
lisher generally manoges to see very clearly, but the author very 
seldom does. It appears that j\Ir. Grindon has attempted to supply 
what the public so urgently demand. How far, in doing so, he has 
