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from the beginning it was my mishaken conviction that the Gazette 

 had no chance of success, and that its amiable and accomplished Edi- 

 tor had estimated at too high a rate the proceeds of botanical journal- 

 ism, still it was not for me, the proprietor of a similar journal, to 

 discourage or deprecate an undertaking evidently suggested by, and 

 possibly in some shght degree competing with, my own. 



' 77/<? Gardener'' s Magazine of Botany,' Nos. 20, 21, and 22, Sep- 

 tember , October J and December ^ 18^1. 



The papers in the September and October numbers are intituled : — 



* Cantua Buxifolia,' being the figure, description, history, &c., of a 

 very beautiful shrub, of the order Polemoniaceae, said to be as easy 

 of cultivation as the Fuchsia. It was collected by Mr. Lobb, in the 

 Peruvian Andes, and introduced into this country by the Messrs. 

 Veitch, of Exeter. The coloured figure is extremely beautiful. 



' Theory and Practice of Gardening; by Mr. H. Bailey. — The Pea, 

 the Apple.' 



* On the Management of Strawberries for Forcing; by Mr. J. L. 

 Middlemiss.' 



' The Chemistry of Soils ; by Dr. Voelcker. — The Classification of 

 Soils.' 



' New Fruits : — Gathoye's Peach, Count d'Ansembourg Peach, Le- 

 kerbetje Pear, Childeric I. Pear.' 



' Pentstemon cyanthus,' being the figure, description, history, &c., 

 of an extremely beautiful, hardy, herbaceous plant, of the order Scro- 

 phulariacese. It is a native of the upper valleys of the Platte river, 

 in the Rocky Mountains, whence seeds were obtained by Mr. Burke. 

 It was introduced into this country by Messrs. Luccombe, Piuce, & 

 Co., of Exeter. 



* Vegetable Physiology ; by Arthur Henfrey, Esq., F.L.S., &c. — 

 The Food of Plants.' 



' A Plant Morphologically considered ; by the Rev. Dr. M'Cosh, of 

 Brechin.' This has appeared, in extenso, in the pages of the ' Phy- 

 tologist.' 



* Notes, cultural, critical, and suggestive : — Nocera Onion, Climate 

 of Natal, Culture of the Vine, Grouping of Trees in Parks.' 



* Grevillea lavandulacea,' being the figure, description, and history 

 of a pretty, erect, greenhouse shrub, of the order Proteaceae. It was 



