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three very fine winter crookneck squashes. From J. D. Williams, two 

 superior drumhead cabbages. From J. Hovey, tomatoes. From J, 

 L. Moffat, yellow tomatoes, very handsome. From J. Clapp, South 

 Readini^, crookneck squashes, netted, pine-apple, and water-melons. 

 From S. Hyde, Jr., Newton, mangel wurtzel. From Mrs. Weld, Rox- 

 bury, pumpkins. From Perez Smith, Newton, a twin Canada squash. 

 Some fine melons were exhibited. From Mr. AVilder, a black rock. 

 From Mr. Vose, two melons raised from seeds procured in Paris, said 

 to be fine. From Dr. Howard, green Smyrna melons, the same we 

 have previously noticed. 



Art. V. Retrospective Criticism. 



Errata. — In our last, p. 323, nineteen lines from the bottom, strike 

 out " respecting titles of works,"" a sentence inserted by mistake after 

 our revision of the proof. 



Dr. Hossack's Collection of Banksias. — Mr. Editor, you will excuse 

 me, if, to prevent a mistake, I inform you that, according to the notice 

 of the last number of your Magazine, p. 306, (under the head of Do- 

 mestic Notices,) Mr. Gray did not buy the rich and entire collection of 

 the late Dr. Hossack's banksias. Joseph W. Perry, Esq., of Brooklyn, 

 purchased, according to the catalogue, as follows: — 



No. 89, Banksia repens. 

 " 96, " latifolia. 



No. 84, Banksi'a littoralis. 

 " 85, " grandis. 

 " 188, " serrata. 



There were left, therefore, only two Banksias, No. 187 and 246, viz: 

 B. spinulosa and ericetefolia, which Mr. Gray could purchase. 



The B. latifolia and serrata are two splendid and very large specimens; 

 by far the finest which were among Dr. Hossack's collection. I was 

 myself present at the sale, and I bought for Mr. Perry to a very consid- 

 erable amount, and the best plants to be found among the whole. I 

 take the liberty to send you a list of some of our best plants, although 

 I have not yet completed my catalogue. [This list will be found in a 

 previous page.] Yours, J. M. Paulsen, Gardener to J. W.Perry, Esq. 

 Brooklyn, N. J., September 1st, 1838. 



We are glad to be corrected in any error, and Mr. Paulsen will re- 

 ceive our acknowledgments for the above. We were aware, some time 

 since, that Mr. Perry purchased some of the Banksias in Dr. Hossack's 

 collection; but, as we supposed the collection contained some fifteen or 

 twenty plants, we did not hesitate in saying, when writing the notice al- 

 luded to, that Mr. Gray was the purchaser of the larger part, though 

 we have not yet seen the plants. Mr. Perry has been fortunate in pos- 

 sessing himself of the above specimens, and we hope, under the man- 

 agement of Mr. Paulsen, that he will be enabled to raise a number of 

 young plants. The Banksias are scarcely known in the country, but a 

 nobler tribe of green-hnuse shrubs docs not exist, and there is no reason 

 why they should not be found in all choice collections. The commemo- 

 rative name alone entitles them to extensive notice. The seven spe- 

 cies, including those purchased by Mr. Gray, embrace the handsomest 

 of the family. D. longifolia is particularly splendid. — Ed. 



