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southern latitudes could be made to survive, in their modified ofF- 

 spring, the rigors of a more northern clime. The benefits which 

 Mr. Knight has conferred on horticulture by his skill and experi- 

 ments, not only in cross impregnation, but in other branches of 

 his study, need no comment. His name will endure, a proud 

 monument of philanthropy, exercised in pursuits at once dignified 

 and useful. 



We close as we begun, with congratulation at the prospects of 

 the Society. We trust that every means will be taken to pro- 

 mote its interests, by rendering it capable of extensive influence 

 on the happiness and welfare of the community. 



John Lewis Russell. 



Art. II. Literary J\*otices. 



Part I. of the second volume of Chandler and Booth''s Illus- 

 trations of the Camellice, containing four beautifully colored 

 plates, with the history and description of each, was to appear 

 in London on the first of April. In Imp. 4to. 10s. 6d. each. 



The Orchidacem of Mexico and Guatemala^ by James Bate- 

 man, Esq., is to appear early in May. Only one hundred and 

 twenty-five copies will be published, and each part will be 

 raised to non subscribers from one guinea and a half, (the 

 subscribers' price,) to two guineas. This work will not interfere 

 w^ith Dr. Lindley's Scrtum Orchideum^ as an arrangement has 

 been made, by which the same species will not be figured in 

 the respective publications. The first number of the latter work, 

 (as a specimen,) will also appear in May. 



A Horticultural Tour through Germany^ Belgium, and 

 France, during 1836, by James Forbes, F. H. S., author of 

 the Hortus Wohurnensis, is to appear in May. It will be pub- 

 lished in royal and demy 8vo. 



The Hon. and Rev. Wm. Herbert's new work on Amaryllacece, 

 which has been announced for some time, was to certainly ap- 

 pear in April. 



Dr. Lindley has in a state of considerable forwardness the 

 second volume of Ladies'* Botany, which will perfect the work. 



*R Botanial Lexicon of the terms, facts, and doctrines of Ve- 

 getable Physiology, by the Rev. Patrick Keith, F. L. S., in 

 1 vol. Bvo., with numerous illustrations, is nearly ready. 



