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Sydenham Edwards, who, perhaps, has never been equalled 

 for the skill he possessed of transferring an accurate resem- 

 blance of the largest plants to the small space of an octavo 

 page. After the death of Mr. Curtis, the editorship was con- 

 fided to Dr. John Sims, by whom it is now held. The work 

 has arrived at the large extent of 52 volumes, and many 

 hundred plates. The latter are now executed under the 

 direction of Mr. Curtis, an artist of deserved reputation, and 

 are remarkable for the fidelity with which they are prepared. 

 The colours are, however, generally dim, and the letter-press 

 is less copious than it used to be when the bodily health of the 

 excellent and venerable writer was more vigorous. 



The Bota?iical Register, which derived its origin from a 

 misunderstanding between the proprietors of the Botanical Ma- 

 gazine and some of their previous supporters, was commenced 

 in 1815, under the management of Mr. Sydenham Edwards, as 

 draughtsman, and of John Bellenden Ker, Esq., an acute and 

 very skilful botanist, to whom the Botanical Magazine had 

 been for a long time principally indebted for its scientific 

 reputation. The work has now reached the extent of 11 vo- 

 lumes and 948 plates, the latter parts of which have appeared 

 under the direction of Mr. Lindley. The plates of this publi- 

 cation are better filled by their subjects than those of the Bo- 

 tanical Magazine, and the letter-press has altogether a different 

 character. The latter may be considered as a register for the 

 old school of botany, the former for the modern ; this of the 

 principles of the French botanists, and of those in this country 

 who think with, them, that of the opinions formerly inculcated 

 by Linnaeus. 



The Botanical Cabinet was established in 1815, by Messrs. 

 Loddiges, the celebrated nurserymen at Hackney, as a means 

 of making the public acquainted, in a cheap form, with the plants 

 in their own possession. It is an unpretending work, re- 

 markable for the neatness of the figures and the useful inform- 



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ation which it contains upon the cultivation of plants. It is 

 the only publication of the kind in which we remember to 

 have seen a feeling of religion the most distinguishing cha- 

 racteristic. It has now reached the extent of ten volumes 

 and 1040 plates. 



The Exotic Flora is a work of a different kind from any 

 which have been yet noticed. While the others, from 

 their cheapness, .are altogether precluded the advantages 

 of botanical dissections, the latter form a principal object of 

 the Exotic Flora, which is published by Dr. Hooker, chiefly 

 from materials afforded him by the botanic gardens of the 

 northern parts of this kingdom. The execution of the work 



