353 BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTicKS, AND QUERIES. [November. 



Blume, Rumphia, 4 vols, in 2, folio, 200 coloured plates of Orcliids, etc., half- 

 morocco. £15. 



Pceppig et Endlicher, Nova Genera et Species Plantarum, quas in regno Chi- 

 lensi, Peruviano et terra Araazonica, 3 vols, folio, with 300 coloured plates. £10. 



There were present at this sale many of the botanists, plant-buyers, and 

 booksellers of the Metropolis. These classes were represented by Dr. J. 

 D. Hooker, Mr. Syme, Mr. Brocas, Mr. H. J. Bohn, Mr. Willis, Mr. 

 Wheldon, Mr. Pamplin, etc. etc. 



' British Wild Flowers.' By J. E. Sowerby and C. Pierpont Johnson. 



A long notice of the irregularities in the publication and the nonfidtil- 

 ment of engagements and promises in reference to the above work has been 

 received. It is too long to be printed in extenso ; and besides, it is a 

 matter which only concerns the publisher and the purchasers of the work. 



'British Wild Flowers' have been noticed in the ' Phytologist ' more than 

 once ; and it is believed that any further formal notice of the publication 

 would be useless both to the public and to the publisher. 



The author is advised to send his papers to Mr. Sowerby. A commu- 

 nication will be left for him at the office of this journal if he will favour 

 the Editor with his address. 



" West Derbyshire, near Liverpool," a locality given in Part IX. of Sir 

 W. J. Hooker's ' Species Filicum,' for a monstrosity of Lomaria Spicant, 

 to which you have made allusion, is no doubt a misprint for West Derby, 

 near Liverpool. J. H. D. 



Glenmore, September; 1859. 



Sir, — Your reviewer makes a great error in cavilling at the description 

 of West Derby as near Liverpool : he seems to be ignorant that West 

 Derby is a district in the neighbourhood of Liverpool, containing upwards 

 of 50,000 acres. I believe Toxteth Park is in West Derby. From 



A Londoner. 



15^A September, 1859. 



Mr. Sim, of 9, Commercial Street, Bridge End, Perth, wishes to ex- 

 change specimens of Claytonia alsinoides, Carex limosa, Sclieuclizeria pa- 

 lustris, etc., for Cyclamen liedercefolium, Villarsia nympliceoides, Hyoscya- 

 mus niger, Isnardia palustris, Simetkis bicolor, or other plants of interest. 



Communications have been received from 



A Londoner ; J. H. Davies ; Henry Lascelles Jenner ; also a long com- 

 munication about Sowerby's ' British Wild Flowers ; ' a Reader of the 

 Word ; Harriet Beisly ; S. B. ; W. P. ; F. Y. Brocas : John Barton ; J. 

 Gr. Baker ; A. Jerdon, etc. 



In September number, p. 285, for Gerard Burton, read Gerard Barton. Also, 

 in October number, Thirsk Report, Mr. Gerard Burton is printed for Mr. Gerard 

 Barton. 



