] 74 Mtices of new and beautiful Plants 



the Earl of Errol, President, and the Vice Presidents of the 

 Metropolitan Society of Florists and Amateurs. In monthly 

 8vo numbers, with a plate; Is. each. 



Floricultural intelligence. — The Botanical Register and 

 Sweet's British Floiver Garden are hereafter to be united, and 

 published at the reduced price of 3s. 6c/. each number. In 

 an address to the patrons of the former work, in the concluding 

 number of the last volume, the prospectus slates that "the pres- 

 ent limited number of descriptions in each number (eight,) is by 

 no means sufliciently extensive for a record of the rare and beau- 

 tiful plants submitted to their notice; and on the other hand, 

 feeling anxious to diminish rather than increase the expense of 

 the work, Dr. Lindley has suggested the plan of increasing the 

 number of descriptions as much as possible, and instead of giv- 

 ing a figure to every description, as formerly, to figure such only _ 

 as force themselves upon the attention of the botanist or ama- 

 teur, either by their surpassing beauty, or some rare and curious 

 quality." Under the title of "Botanical and Horticultural news," 

 a monthly register will be added, containing the most rare and 

 interesting matter relating to these subjects. It is also proposed, 

 in all cases, to give precise directions for the cultivation of the 

 plants that may be introduced into the work. This will greatly 

 enhance the value of the work, which has heretofore been a 

 sealed book, so far as relates to anything connected with the 

 management of the plants figured. We shall endeavor to extract 

 all the useful information from these two combined publications- 

 Mr. John Gibson, the Duke of Devonshire's collector, who 

 has lately returned from a successful botanical tour in the East 

 Indies, whither he was sent for the express purpose of introduc- 

 ing a number of plants which have been found there and described 

 by botanists, brought home with him a great quantity of rare 

 plants, — among others the thibaudias, which are represented as 

 of surpassing beauty. Three species have been introduced by 

 him, and are now floin-ishing in the Duke of Devonshire's collec- 

 tion at Chatsworth, under the care of Mr. Paxton, who intends 

 to give the history, culture and merits of all the plants brought 

 home by Mr. Gibson. The following is Mr. Gibson's descrip- 

 tion of the Thibaudia setigera Wallich: — A very bushy, tallish 

 shrub, attaining the height of five or six feet, with large lanceo- 

 late, entire, dark green leaves, produced in irregular clusters round 

 the branches; the flowers are of a beautiful brilliant red, slightly 

 variegated, and produced in the greatest profusion, in loose pan- 

 icles, on the young shoots: these panicles are axillary. When 

 the blossoms are at the greatest height of perfection, the whole 

 plant appears one complete mass of flowers. It has not yet 

 flowered in England, but as soon as it does it will undoubtedly 



