188 Bibliography. 



Art. XVII. — Bihlio graphical Notices. 



1. New edition of Micliaux's North American Sylva. — The first vol- 

 ume of this work, (announced on page 377 of the last volume,) has at 

 length appeared. The text is reprinted verbatim, from Hillhouse's 

 translation ; Mr. Nuttall's additions being reserved for the supplemen- 

 tary volumes. The engravings (No. 1 to 50,) which are handsomely 

 colored impressions from the original plates, will bear comparison with 

 those of the former edition : this, we are sorry to add, is more than can 

 be said of the paper and typography of the text, which are truly 

 wretched. We trust that Mr. Nuttall's portion of the work, at least, 

 will make its appearance in a more attractive dress. 



2. Loudon'' s Encyclopcedia of Trees and Shrubs ; heing the Arbore- 

 tum et Fruticetum Britannicum, abridged, ^c. London, 1842. — Since 

 our notice of the first fasciculus, (p. 376 of the last volume,) this truly 

 valuable work has been completed, according to the original announce- 

 ment, in ten monthly parts, forming a volume of 1162 pages octavo. 

 It contains the characters, synonymy, popular names, as well as popular 

 descriptions, of all the species and varieties of hardy trees and shrubs, 

 now in British gardens, with directions for their culture, and notices of 

 their uses in the arts, &c. The volume is illustrated by 2109 wood 

 engravings, the indefatigable author having been able to obtain figures 

 of nearly all the species described in it. Although this abridgment 

 does not include all the interesting information to be found in the eight 

 volumes of the larger work, "yet it contains all that is necessary for 

 discovering the names of the different species, and for ascertaining their 

 culture, propagation, and uses in Britain ; in short, all that is essential 

 for the nurseryman, gardener, and forester.'" 



3. Flora Rossica, sive Enumeratio Plantarumin totius imperii Ros- 

 sici provinciis Europcsis, Asiaticis et Americanis hucusque observata- 



■ rum: auctore Car. Frid. Leedebour, Bot. Prof. Emer. &c. &c. 

 Stuttgart, (Schweizerbart,) Fasc. I, 1841, pp. 240, 8vo. — A Flora of 

 the Russian dominions, is indeed a formidable undertaking ; and, com- 

 bined with a complete Flora of North America, would comprise a large 

 part of the botany of the extra-tropical portion of the northern hemis- 

 phere. Following the arrangements of De CandoUe, the first fasciculus 

 of Dr. Leedebour's work, includes the orders from Ranunculaceae to 

 Cistaceee ; the former, with the Cruciferse, occupying the greater part 

 of the number. 



