25G FloriciiUural and Botanical JShticcs. 



Art. IV. FloricuUural and Botanical J\''oticcs of ncic Plants 

 figured in foreign periodicaU; \cith Remarks on those re- 

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

 and additional information upon plants already in cultivation. 



Edicards's Botanical Rtgistcr, or Ornamental Flower Garden 

 and Shrubberv. Each number containing trom six to eight 

 plates, with additional miscellaneous information, relative to 

 new Plants. In monthly numbers; o»\ plain, os. 6rf. colored. 



Paxton's Magazine of Botanij , and Register of Flowering Plants. 

 Each number containing four colored plates. Monthly. -5. 6d. 

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

 shire. 



The Gardiua-'s Gazette, and Weekly Journal of Science and 

 Literature. Weekly; price 6d. each. 



The Gardeners Chronicle, a stamped newspaper of Rural Econ- 

 omy and General Xews. Edited by Prof. Lindley. Weekly. 

 Price 6d. each. 



Floricultural and Botanical Intelligence. — Our botanical 

 and doricultural friends are referred to the first article in the 

 present number, communicated by our correspondent, Mr. 

 Teschemacher. The list contains many new and interesting 

 plants, and it is gratifying to learn that so large a number of 

 them have already appeared above ground. We shall look 

 forward with considerable interest to the notices and descrip- 

 tions of those which flower, which will, by the kindness of 

 Mr. Teschemacher, be communicated through our pages. 



»A«ic species of 'Rubus {or Raspberry.) — We have been 

 presented by George B. Emerson, Esq., with a few seeds of 

 a new species of iJubus, which was discovered in the Sand- 

 wich Islands by the United States' Exploring Expedition. 

 The seeds were brought out by Capt. Couthouy, who was at- 

 tached to tlie expedition, and who lately arrived at this port 

 from Tahita, where he left the squadron composing the expe- 

 dition. 



The following note, from Mr. Emerson, accompanied the 

 seeds: — 



"Dear Sir, — At a late meeting of the Boston Society of 

 Natural History, Capt. Couthouy presented to the Society a 

 few articles which he had brought with him from the Sandwich 

 Islands and other places, and amongst them some seeds of a 



