428 Scientific Intelligence. 
Ill. Borany anp Zootoey. 
1. Victoria Regia; or the Great Water Lily of America; with a 
brief account of its discovery and introduction into cultivation ; with 
illustrations by William Sharp, from specimens grown at Salem, Mas- 
sachusetts, U.S. A.; by Joun Fisk ALLEN. oston, 1854.—This re- 
gal Water-Lily, whose gigantic size baffles the ordinary resources of 
the cultivator, was, as is well known, first raised and flowered in this 
country by Caleb Cope, Esq., of Philadelphia, who, aided by our sun- 
nier climate, succeeded in giving the plant an ampler development than 
it had attained in England. Mr. Allen of Salem, a gentleman of great 
enthusiasm and success in cultivation, has the honor of having followed 
Mr. Allen has now emulated Sir Wm. Hooker’s magnificent work, 
illustrating the Victoria by colored figures mostly of the natural size, 
and in the highest style of art. Mr. Allen’s treatise is an equally sump- 
sections. Unsparing of expense, Mr. Allen has given six plates; while 
ished since Kunth’s Enumeration; but is of no more critical value 
than that work. : : 
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