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synonym of W. alpina, Newm., to the first of these (the authors have 

 fallen into an error; their figure represents W. Ilvensis, Newm.), Cys- 

 topteris fragilis, C. dentata, C. Dickieana, C. alpina, C. tenuis, C. 

 montana, 31 species of Lastrea, 16 of Polystichum, 1 of Cyclopteris, 

 1 of Diclymochlaena, 7 of Nephrolepis, 2 of Oleandra, 1 of Dictyoxi- 

 phium, 2 of Lindsaea, 1 of Leucostegia, 1 of Microlepia, 1 1 of Daval- 

 lia, 1 of Balantiura, 3 of Dicksouia, 2 of Cibotium, 4 of Cyathea, 4 of 

 Hemitelia, and 6 of Alsophila. 



* Garden Hints for Amateurs.' 



' On the Barometer ; by E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.R.A.S., M.B.M.S., &c.' 



Discontinuation of the ' Gardener^s Magazine of Botany.'' 



It is with much regret I have to announce that this useful work is 

 discontinued. " Experience," say the Editors, " has shown them that 

 among gardeners, the numbers who seek for scientific information and 

 technical botany are a limited class ; and although they [«'. e., the 

 proprietors] have been honoured by support which has secured the 

 highest circidation attained by any high-priced botanical publication, 

 still that sale has fallen short of a remunerative point." 



The ' Gardener's Magazine of Botany ' is to be succeeded by the 

 ' Companion to the Flower Garden,' the very name of which implies 

 that it is to take its station on ground not only occupied, but crowded. 

 If it maintain a footing it will be highly creditable to the taste and 

 energy of its conductors. I can only say, may its bloom be perpetual ! 



* Tlie Annals and Magazine of Natural History^ Nos. 47 and 48, 



November and December, 1851. 



The only botanical paper in the November number is intituled ' A 

 List of all the Mosses and Hepaticae hitherto observed in Sussex ; by 

 William Mitten, A.L.S.,' and contains a. first description of Bartramia 

 pumila, found in a wet place near Tilgate Pond, Tilgate Forest, Sussex. 



The only botanical information I find in the December number is a 

 note by Mr. C. C. Babington, on the occurrence of Acanthus mollis 

 in the Scilly Islands. 



" In answer to questions addressed to the Rev. J. P. Mayne, that 

 gentleman has infonned me that it grows in a spot separated from 

 some houses by a narrow field, on the south side of a hedge, upon 

 some heaps of stones collected there on the destruction of an old lane 

 that formerly passed the spot. An old man who rents the field tells 



