24 *Nofice« of ntie Plants, 



Art. VI. FloricvUiwal and Botanical .^\)tiees of neit Plants 

 figured in foreign periodicals; tcith Remarks on those re- 

 cently introduced to, or originated in, *imcrican gardens, 

 and additional information upon plants already in cultivation. 



Edirards's Bo!am<:al Ii<gisiir, or Ornamental Flower Garden 

 and Shrubbery. Each number containing from six to eight 

 plates, with additional miscellaneous information, relative to 

 new Plants. In monthly numbers; Ss. plain, 3s. 6d. colored. 



Paxton's Magazine of Boiamj . and Register of Flowering Plants. 

 Each number containing four colored plates. Monthly. '2s. 6d. 

 each. Edited by J. Past on, gardener to the Duke of Devon- 

 shire. 



Thi Gard<'n.er's Gazdte. and Weekly Journal of Science and 

 Literature. Weekly; price 6d. each. 



Floricultural and Botanical Intelligence. — The Lichens of 

 .Afif England. — No. III., Vol. TIT. of the Boston Journal 

 of ,\atural History^ lately published, contains an article entitled 

 "A further Enumeration of some New England Lichens," by 

 E. Tuckerman, Jr., LL. B. It is a valuable contribution to 

 the crypio^araic flora of this country, and has evidently been 

 prepared with great labor. It is desirable that a complete sy- 

 nopsis of our New England species should be made, in order 

 to facilitate the study of the tribe. Mr. Tuckerman has been 

 indefatigable in his exertions, and has done much towards ac- 

 complishing so important an object. 



.^Vl^ seedling Panfies. — Our friend and correspondent, Mr. 

 Walker, of Roxbury. has sent us, for inspection, a new seed- 

 ling pansy, which he thinks one of the best he has ever grown, 

 and which opinion we most heartily second. The flower is ex- 

 ceedingly large, the upper petals dark purple, and the lower ones 

 deeply marked with the same color, on a yellow ground. It 

 is nearly hemispherical in its form, the colors clear and bril- 

 liant, the eye neatly formed, and the whole flower flat on the 

 surface. The following note, from Mr. Walker, accompanied 

 the flower: — 



"Sir: — I herewith send you a specimen of one of my new 

 seedling Fiola grandiflora. I have named it Sophia Helen, 

 and am of opinion it is one of the best, if not the best, I ever 

 raised. But sir, I am aware how apt florists are, like mothers, 

 to estimate their ' little jewels' as the 'greatest beauties,' when 



