Ix PEOCEEDIIS-GS OP THE 



NICH — the first two dated 1832 and 1855, and the third, called the 

 first of a second series, 1837: they contain a few original papers, 

 with several extracts and abstracts. 



Gristel's Yacuna, oder die Geheimnisse aus der organischen und 

 Icblosen Welt, two volumes, octavo, Sti!,a.ubijS"G, 1857, with a 

 great deal of irrelevant matter, contains some papers on the local 

 flora, and some of Gristel's own in Entomology. 



Sprengel, Scln^ader, and Link's Jahrbiicher der Gewachskunde, 

 three parts forming one volume, octavo, Beelik, 1820, besides 

 translations and abstracts, contain a few original papers by 

 Swartz, Link, Treviranus, Ehrenberg, and Sprengel. 



Sprengel's Neue Entdeckungen im ganzen Umfang der Pflan- 

 zenkunde, three volumes, foolscap octavo, with a few plates, 

 Leipzig, 1820 to 1822, consists chiefly of reviews, abstracts, and 

 extracts, but contains also a few original papers of his own, 

 and one by Trinius. 



E-abenhorst's Botanisches Centralblatt is unknown to me. 



Seemann's Bonplandia, Zeitschrift f iir die gesammte Botanik, 

 published at BoNisr, in separate numbers of about a sheet each, 

 forming annual volumes, long quarto, in two columns, was com- 

 menced in 1853. It contains, besides bibliographical notices and 

 botanical intelligence, short original papers in descriptive as well as 

 physiological Botany, but exceedingly difficult to find, the prepara- 

 tion of the indexes to each volume having been unfortunately left 

 to some ignorant compiler, who has resorted to the most in- 

 genious contrivance for rendering them useless : the alphabetical 

 ax'rangement is neither that of subjects nor of authors, but of th6 

 first word of the titles of the articles, whether it be an article, a 

 preposition, or a noun. The Journal was carried on to the tenth 

 year (1862)., when it ceased, after having in the last volumes com- 

 menced giving a few plates. 



The German Horticultural periodicals are numerous, but most 

 of them of mere temporary or local interest, A few, however, 

 contain botanical papers or descriptions which we are compelled 

 to take notice of. The most important are the following : — 



The Yerhandlungen des Vereins zur Beforderung des Garten- 

 baues in den kouiglichen preussischen Staaten, at Berlin, contain 

 reports of the Society's Meetings, with a few papers read, occa- 

 sionally botanical, and a very few plates of new plants. The first 

 series is in twenty-one volumes, quarto, 1830 to 1853, followed 

 by a second in octavo, seven volumes, 1853 to 1859, when the 

 work appears to have been given up, having been replaced by 



