GeranidcecB. — Botaiiic Garden. — Florisfs Guide. 311 



No. LXXV.for May, contains 



297 to 300. — A'ci^ (a handsome Sicilian shepherd) rosea; KmaryWidcce. 

 An elegant little bulb, tVom the south of Europe, with pale, rose-coloured, 

 nodding flowers in August. Fulham Nursery. — iihexia ciliosa ; Melas- 

 tomaceae. A perennial with ovate acute strongly 3-nerved leaves, and ter- 

 minal flowers of bright red and purple, from North America to the collec- 

 tion of Robert Barclay, Esq., at Bury Hill. — O'rchis ^ambucina. From 

 Switzerland to Mr. Colville's nursery, where it thrives well in rich loamy 

 soil, rather moist. Spataianthus {spatalos, delicate, anihos, flower) s[)eci6sus; 

 IrideiB. A splendid bulb-tuber, from the Cape of Good Hope, by Mr. 

 Synnot, to Mr. Colville's nursery, where it grows in a mixture of light turfy 

 loam, peat, and sand, either in a frame or in a warm border, covered with 

 mats in frosty weather. 



The present number completes the third volume, and is accompanied by 

 a systematic index to the volume, in which the species are arranged accord- 

 ing to their natural affinities ; a similar index for all the three volumes ;' 

 and alphabetical indexes to the present volume, and to the three volumes. 



The BritisliFlower-Garden is, therefore, a most desirable work for the 

 amateur or botanical student, because he may not only study the plants 

 from their descriptions and from figures drawn and coloured from nature; 

 but all the plants being hardy, he may purchase and plant them, and study 

 them in a living state. 



GeranidcecE. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. &c. In 8vo Numbers, monthly. 5s. 



Nos. IX., X., and XI. for March, April, and May, contaiii 

 33 to 40. — Pelargonium coilophyllum, P. picturatum. P. Cumming/<a?, 

 " named in compliment to Lady Gordon Cumming, a great admirer of this 

 handsome family, and a lady much attached to the science of botany." P. 

 calamistratum. P. saturatum, a very handsome dark-flowered hybrid, 

 raised by Mr. W. Smith, at Coombe Wood, in 1827. P. carbasinum {car- 

 5a5»n(s, made of fine linen ; appearance of petals), lAuen-Jiowered Stork's 

 bill. P. divergens, P. acutidentatum. P. plectophyllum, Plicate-leaved 

 Stork's-bill, a dark and splendid flower, from the collection of R. H. 

 Jenkinson, Esq. P. zingiberinum, Gmger-scented Stork's-bill. P. tortuosum. 

 P. acetabulosum, a splendid hybrid, raised from seed at the nursery of 

 Mr. Dennis. 



The Botanic Garden. By B. Maund, F.L.S. &c. In small 4to Numbers, 

 monthly. Large paper, \s. 6d.; small paper, \s. 



Nos. LI. to LI II. for March, April, and May, contain 

 201 to 204. — CEnoihhra LindleyoHa, Gi\ia capitata, Primula Auricula, 

 Tritoma media, Terbena Aubletza, Biscutella hispida, Nolana paradoxa, 

 and Petunia nyctaginiflora, all very handsome border flowers. — TroUius 

 europae'us, ^conitum Napellus, Faccinium amoe'num, Astrantia major, all 

 beautifully coloured. 



We should like to see a similar work, one equally well got up and equally 

 cheap, on fruits — a British Fruit-Garden : and why might not our native 

 insects be so depicted ; even our native birds and our minerals ? 



The Florist's Guide and Cidtivator's Directory, &c. By Robert Sweet, 

 F.L.S. &c. In 8 vo Numbers, monthly. 55. coloured; 2*. plain. 



Nos. XXL, XXII., and XXIII.,for March, April, and May, contain 

 81 to 84. — Duke of Clarence Ranunculus, Lord Hill Tulip, Rose 

 Daphne Tulip, Howe's Venus Auricula, Lord Coliingwood Tulip, Cara 

 Ranunculus, Aglaia Tulip, Strong's Princess of Denmark Carnation, 

 George IV. Tulip, Carlos Ranunculus, Booth's Freedom Auricula, and 

 the Grand Monarque Tulip. 



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