Literary Notices. 34-5 



delighted us to learn, from its perusal, that the evils now suffering by the 

 manufacturing population of Manchester are not necessarily inherent in 

 the manufacturing system adopted there, but are to be traced to the influx 

 of population from Ireland, and to other causes, all of which admit of 

 remedy. The whole of these may be included under injudicious legisla- 

 tion, restricted commerce, and general ignorance. We are satisfied, with 

 the enlightened and benevolent author, that the evils he has " unreservedly 

 exposed, so far from being the necessary consequences of the manufac- 

 turing system, have a remote or accidental origin, and might, by judicious 

 muTiagement, be entirely removed." 



Art. V. Literary Notices. 



An Introduction to Botany, by Professor Lindley, is in a forward state 

 of preparation, and will shortly be presented to the public. 



An Introduction to tlie Knowledge of British Birds, for Young Persons^ 

 by R. A. Slaney, Esq. M.P., is in the press, and will soon be published. 



Art. VI. Floricultural and Botanical Notices ofneixs Plants, and 

 of old Plants of Literest, supplementary to the latest Editions of 

 the " Eyicyclopcedia of Plants," and of the '■'■ Hortus Britannicusy 



Curtis' s Botanical Alagazine ; each monthly Number containing eight plates 



3s. 6d. coloured, 3.?. plain. Edited by Dr. Hooker, King's Professor of 



Botany in the University of Glasgow. 

 Edwards's Botanical Register; each monthly Number containing eight 



plates; 4s. coloured. Edited by John Lindley, Esq. F.R.S., Professor 



of Botany in the London University. 

 Sweet's British Flower-Garden; each monthly Number containing four 



plates; 3^. coloured, 2s. 3d. plain. Edited by Robert Sweet, F.L.S., 



author of several botanical works. 

 Loddiges's Botanical Cabinet; each monthly Number containing ten plates ; 



5s. coloured, 2s. 6d. partly coloured. Edited by Messrs. Loddiges. 

 Maund's Botanic Garden; each monthly Number containing one plate, 



bearing pictures of four plants ; \s. 6d. coloured and large paper, Is. small 



paper. Edited by Benjamin Maund, Esq. 



The reader will find the few abbreviations used in the following extracts 

 explained in p. 12. 



DiCOTYLEDONOL'S PlANTS. 



in. Tianunciddcece. iJelleborus purpurascens JV. ^- K. is figured in 

 the British Flower-Garden for May, t. 142. It much resembles H. viridis 

 L., but has a degree of pubescence on its radical leaves, which are pal- 

 mately divided ; its sepals (calyx leaves) are rounilish, and tinged with lurid 

 red on their exterior surface, and along the inner margin of their tips. H. 

 viridis has its radical leaves perfectly smooth, and pedately divided ; its 

 sepals roundish, ovate, and perfectly green. H. purpurascens very probably 

 exists, in some gardens, confounded with i/. viridis. Mr. Sweet's figure 

 and these remarks may lead to their being distinguished. H. viridis, as 

 usually seen in gardens, scarcely attains to more than half the stature 

 which descriptions in books ascribe to it in its native chalk woods; and 

 this defection may result from omitting to accommodate the plant with the 

 soil and shade congenial to its native habits. Mr. Sweet is of opinion 

 that the best situation for H, purpurascens will be " a warm sheltered 

 wood, where the dead leaves with which it might be covered in winter- 



