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hundred plates would have included quite enough of both. When this was 

 done, such plants as the corn poppy, violet, orange, &c. might have fol- 

 lowed, if a demand was found for them. A medical botany, in the style 

 and at the price of Maund's Botanic Garden, is a desideratum. However, 

 if there be a demand for such a medical botany as that now before us, the 

 authors and publishers are perfectly justifiable in going on with the supply. 



The Florist's Guide and Cultivator's Director!/; containing the choicest 

 Flowers cultivated by Florists, including Tulips, Hyacinths, Carnations, 

 Pinks, Ranunculuses, Auriculas, Roses, &c. Each Number will contain 

 four faithfully coloured Figures ; and every subject will be accompanied 

 by its Name, History, Mode of Culture and Preservation, or any other 

 Information likely to prove interesting or useful. The most valued sorts 

 will be selected from the various Collections, and each Collection specified 

 frqm which the Drawings are made. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. The 

 Drawings by E. D. Smith, F.L.S., Botanical Artist. To be continued 

 Monthly, and Twenty-five Numbers to complete a Volume. Price 5s. ; 

 or plain, 2s. London. Ridgway. 



We are happy to announce this work, which will certainly supply a 

 desideratum in botanical publications, and gratify the taste of a very con- 

 siderable number who are admirers and cultivators of florist's flowers, with- 

 out pretending to botanical science. Under the care of Mr. Sweet, the 

 directions for culture may always be relied on, and Mr. Smith may be con- 

 sidered as a guarantee for the accuracy and beauty of the drawings. 



No. I. for Jidy, contains 

 1 to 4. — The Waterloo Hyacinth, Page's Duchess of Oldenburgh Auri- 

 cula, Taylor's Glory Auricula, and Bataille d'Eyleau Tulip All handsome 

 flowers, very well coloured, and with a page or more of description and 

 remarks on their culture. With respect to new sorts of tulips, Mr. Sweet 

 observes, " Any person desirous of raising fine varieties from seed, might 

 generally succeed by studying what colours two different flowers, when 

 combined, would make ; then take an anther from the darkest flower, and 

 rub the pollen on the stigma of a lighter one ; and the seedlings from that 

 would be as near as possible intermediate in colour when come to per- 

 fection." 



2Fo. II. for August, contains 

 5 to 8. — Rose Brillante Tulip, Prince Galitzin Ranunculus, Lawrence's 

 Polyphemus Tulip {Gard. Mag., vol. i. p. 547.), Davy's Juliet Pink. The last 

 is a very fine flower, but we are sorry Mr. Sweet did not adopt a better 

 name to denote its hybrid origin than jDianthus adulterinus var. Julieto". 

 It seems the plant is a hybrid between D. plumarius and D. caryophyllus, 

 raised by Mr. Davy of the King's Road, and partakes of the appearance 

 both of the pink and carnation. It is well worth purchasing. On Mr. 

 Hogg's mode of breaking tulips {Gard. Mag., vol. ii. p. 44), Mr. Sweet 

 observes, that " it is likely to succeed," and " that it is well worth sub- 

 scribing for at a guinea each, as required by Mr. Hogg in his advertise- 

 ment." {Gard. Mag., vol. ii. p. 556.) 



Fleming's British Farmer's Magazine, exclusively devoted to Agriculture 

 and Rural Affairs. Quarterly. 4s. 



JVo. IV. for August, contains 

 1 . Original Communications. — Mr. Price's Herefordshire Cow, engraved 

 by T. Landseer. The Herefords are in general motley-faced, often with a 

 large proportion of white intermixed with red, forming a kind of roan. 

 The origin of this breed is very remote. — On Smut in Grain, by John Law- 

 son, jun. of Elgin. The disease is described and illustrated by twelve well 

 executed wood-cuts from drawings by Sowerby ; but these cuts are injudi- 



