Flori cultural and Botanical Notices. 35 



Art. V. Floricultural and Botanical Notices on Kinds of Plants 

 nevoly introduced into our Gardens, and tJiat fiave originated in them, 

 and on Kinds of Interest previouslij extant in tliem ; supplementary 

 to the latest Editions of the " Encyclopcedia of Plants" and of 

 the " Hortus Britanniciis." 



Curtis' s Botanical Magazine ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 eight plates; 3s. 6d. coloured, 3s. plain. Edited by Sir William 

 Jackson Hooker, LL.D., &c. 



Edivards's Botanical Register ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 eight plates; 4s. coloured, 3s. plain. Edited by Dr. Lindley, 

 Professor of Botany in the London University. 



Siveet's British Flotmr-Garden ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 four plates ; 35. coloured, 2s. 3d. plain. Edited by David Don, 

 Esq., Professor of Botany in King's College, and Librarian to the 

 Linnaean Society. 



Mound's Botanic Garden, or Magazine of Harclij Flower Plants cul- 

 tivated in Gj'cat Britain ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 four coloured figures in one page; large paper ls.6d., small Is. 

 Edited by B. Maund, Esq., F.L.S. 



Birmingham Botanic Garden ; in monthly numbers, 4to, 2s. 6d. each. 

 Conducted by G. B. Knowles, Esq., and Frederick Westcott, Esq., 

 Honorary Secretaries of the Birmingham Botanical and Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



The Botanist ; in monthly numbers, each containing four plates, with 

 two pages of letterpress ; 8vo, large paper, 2s. 6d. ; small paper, 

 I5. 6d. Conducted by B. Maund, Esq., F.L.S. , assisted by the 

 Rev. J. S. Henslow, M.A., F.L.S., &c.. Professor of Botany in the 

 University of Cambridge. 



The Floricultural Magazine and Miscellany of Gardening, edited by 

 Robert Marnock, Curator of the Botanical and Horticultural Gar- 

 dens, Sheffield. In monthly numbers, Qd. each. 



Berberaceae. 



390. i^PIME^DIUM [190G. 



*macranthum Lindl. large-flowered ^ A pr 1? ap Li and P Japan 1835 D s.l Bot. reg. 



A very pretty sweet-scented species, " remarkable for the 

 large size of" its pale violet flowers." It is, no doubt, quite hardy, 

 and w^ell deserving of cultivation. Plants are in the Fulliarn 

 Nursery. {Bot. Reg., Nov.) 



Crucrferce, or Urassicdcea. 



1853. /BE^RIS- 

 •16365a coronaria D. Don crown-Jlou'ering O or ^ jn W ... 1S3G S co Sw. fl.-gard. 2. s. 359. 



A hardy annual, of easy culture, and by far the most showy of 

 the genus. " Few plants have better claims to a place in the 

 flower-border. Its flowers are large; and, at a distance, the plant 

 bears a considerable resemblance to the double white rocket." 

 (Siveet's Fl.-Gard., Nov.) 



1338. TESICA^RIA 



*gracilis Hook. s\ender.stemmed O or | my.au Y Texas 1834 S co Bot. mag. .35.33. 



A native of the same country as V. grand iflora, noticed in 

 p. 73., viz. Texas; and discovered at the same time by Mr. Druni- 

 mond. " It is less showy than the latter, but a lively and graceful 



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