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Catalogue of Botanical Works, fyc. 



The remainder of this paper enumerates the titles of ar- 

 ticles approved of for publication, the substance of which we 

 shall give in a future Number. 



Art. IV. Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agriculture, Botany, 

 Rural Architecture, fyc. published since June last, with some 

 Account of those considered the most interesting. 



Britain. 



Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden displayed; New Series. 

 Edited by Dr. Hooker. In 8vo Numbers ;„ 3s. 6d. coloured; 3s. plain. 



iVb. VII. for Jidy, contains 



2748 to 2754. — Zygopetalon (zygo, to unite ; the five petals are united at 

 the base) Mackaii; 20 and 1, and Orchidese. A plant of great beauty, and 

 amongst the most showy of its family. 



Caryophyllis aromaticus (Jig. 27.), Clove Spice; 12 and 1, and ilfyr- 

 tacea?. A moderate-sized tree of the East India Islands, supposed to have 



been known in Europe since the seventh century. It is now cultivated 

 in the islands of the West Indies and South America. The clove of com- 

 merce is the unexpanded flower (a), the corolla forming a ball or sphere 

 on the top, between the teeth of the calyx ; thus, with the narrow base or 

 germen tapering downwards, giving when dry the appearance of a nail (b) : 

 hence the French Clou, from which the English Clove is evidently de- 

 rived. The uses of cloves in domestic economy and medicine are suf- 

 ficiently known. " The cloves are gathered by the hand, or beaten with 

 reeds so as to fall upon cloths placed under the tree, and dried by the fire, 

 or, what is better, in the sun. The fully formed berries (c) are preserved in 

 sugar, and eaten after dinner to promote digestion." 



Telfama pedata ; 22 and 5, and Cucurbitacese Nhandirdbeae. An extra- 

 ordinary climbing plant, from the eastern coast of Africa. The fruit is 

 three feet long, and eight or ten inches in diameter, full of seeds as large 

 as chestnuts, which are as excellent and agreeable as almonds, and when 

 pressed yield an abundance of oil, equal to that of the finest olives. Per- 

 ennial; on the margins of forests, enveloping the trees with its branches. 

 Plants have flowered in the stove at Bury Hill. Mr. Telfair has sent seeds 

 from the Mauritius to the Isle of Bourbon, New Holland, Otaheite, and 

 New Zealand, and will thus " have the honour of giving a most useful 



