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titles. " Every hen is proud of her own chick," and I have seen no 

 plan that communicates the contents of a periodical so simply or so 

 rapidly to the mind as that adopted in the ' Phytologist.' I cannot 

 reconcile myself to the want of this direction-post. Howevei*, 1 will 

 extract the titles from the book itself: they are as below : — 



' Miltonia spectabilis, var. Morelliana.'' Anon. 



' Theory and Practice of Pruning. By Mr. H. Bailey.' 



' Visits to remarkable Gardens.' Anon. 



' A Note on the Darapsa Melon. By Mr. H. C. Ogle.' 



' On the Culture of Gloxinias and Gesneras. By Mr. J. L. Mid- 

 lemiss.' 



' Botanical Fragments,' being extracts from various sources. 



' Inarching to supply vacancies in Fruit-trees.' From the ' Journal 

 of the Horticultural Society.' 



' Metrodorea nigra.' Anon. 



' On Variegation in Plants. By Dr. Morren,' 



' Vines and Vine-borders. By Mr. A. Shearer.' 



' The Hedge-plants of India.' A review. 



' Nursery calls ; Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co.' Anon. 



' Some Remarks on the agency of Manures; — humus. By Mr. J. 

 Towers.' 



' Lupinus pubescens and Hartwegii.' Anon- 



' The Genera and Species of Cultivated Ferns. By Mr. J. Houl- 

 ston and Mr. T. Moore.' 



' Contrasts in Landscape Gardening. By David Gorrie, Esq.' 

 From the ' North British Journal of Agriculture.' 



' Horticultural Society.' Report of the usual Meeting, held Febru- 

 ary 18. 



' Fuchsia : Florists' Varieties.' Anon. 



' The Properties of the Fuchsia. By Mr. G. Glenny.' 



' Notes, cultural, critical, and suggestive.' 



' New and rare Plants.' 



' Progress of Horticulture.' 



' Garden Hints for Amateurs.' 



A glance at these titles will instantly show that the horticultural 

 predominates over the botanical ; nevertheless the botanical is sound 

 and valuable, and the paper on exotic ferns, by Messrs. Houlston and 

 Moore, is the best contribution to botany published in our journals 

 during the present year. Forty species are concisely but clearly de- 

 scribed. I heartily wish the authors may be induced to continue this 

 excellent paper, and give us descriptions of every species of fern ; it 



