206 ' Works on Gardening and Rural Affairs. 



The catalogue is arranged alphabetically; the scientific names and 

 synonyms, with their authorities, are given ; the German name, habit, and 

 habitation in the garden. Of Acacia there are 59 ; of A^c&c, 26 ; Jchlllea, 

 58 ; ^conitum, 29 ; ^'sculus, 9 ; A'lnus, 7 ; J'loe, 85 ; Aspidium, 25 ; .4'ster, 

 76; P&ula, 15; Cactus, 61; Campanula, 42; Centauria, 59; Conval- 

 laria, 10; Prica, 92; .Euphorbia, 69; Picus, 30; Praxinus, 23; Gentidna, 

 12; jffieracium, 56; /beris, 11; /'lex, 13; Pris, 58 ;Lonicera, 21 ; Malva, 

 27; Melaleuca, 26; and of Mesembryanthemum, 135 species. For the 

 collection of succulents, which is extensive, due acknowledgments are 

 made to the Prince Salm-Dyck, an enthusiastic cultivator of this tribe. Of 

 M. cerifera {fig. 59.), which our cor- 

 respondent, Dr. Hamilton, proposes to 

 cultivate (Gard. Mag., vol. i. p. 403.), 

 Mr. Hartwig has in some years collect- 

 ed five pounds of berries, of which he 

 has made four large candles. Passiflora, 

 55; Pelargonium, 155; Phlox, 20; 

 Pinus, 23 ; Populus, 14; Potentilla, 28 ; 

 Protea, 24; Primus, 51 ; QueVcus, 45 ; 

 Posa sp. and var. 106 ; tfalix, 45 ; (Sal- 

 via, 55 ; jSaxifraga, 52 ; Scabiosa, 56 ; 

 Silene, 56 ; Stapeha, 50 ; Veronica, 48 ; 

 Viburnum, 22; Fiola, 26; Zizyphus, 5. 

 The total number of species and varie- 

 ties is above six thousand. Among 

 these are a few species not yet intro- 

 duced into Britain, and others considered rare here, which, as we are inform- 

 ed by Mr. Rausch, Jun., of the Imperial Gardens of Luxembourg, near 

 Vienna, have been there many years. Among the latter maybe mentioned 

 Wisteria Consequkwa, which covers a house, and has a stem as thick as a 

 man's thigh. 



On the whole, we are glad of an opportunity of noticing this catalogue, 

 because it will show to the lovers of gardening in this country how much 

 the art is held in estimation in Germany ; and we hope this and other in- 

 formation will induce some of the London nurserymen to establish tra- 

 vellers in that country, which we are sure would answer. With a view to 

 this, we would recommend all young men, intended as nurserymen, to pay 

 some attention to the Dutch and German languages, as well as to the 

 French. A few common phrases, the numerals, and about one hundred 

 technical terms, would be enough to begin with. Any lad, capable of learn- 

 ing to bud or graft, might acquire them in twenty-four hours, and he would 

 find them of immense use, not only in the event of going abroad, but for 

 the purpose of transacting business with the foreign gardeners who visit 

 England. 



Anon. : System der Garten-Nelke, &c. A System of Arrangement for Car- 

 nations on the general Principle of Weismantel's Carnation System, &c., 

 comprising a Guide to the Culture of these and other Florist's Flowers. 

 Berlin. 8vo, 1 coloured Plate. In London of Treuttel and Co. for 

 5s. 6d. 



This is a curious book, and we hope some florist of leisure will try what 

 he can make of it. Carnations and picotees are arranged in classes, orders, 

 and sorts, and a coloured petal given, exemplifying each sort, to the number 

 of twenty-two. We are not inclined to set much value on the nicety of 

 this arrangement, because we cannot conceive it to be at all permanent. 



