Botanical Cabinet. — Flora Australasica, SfC 321. 



Botanical Cabinet. By Messrs. Loddiges. In 4to and 8vo Parts. 5s. and 2s. 6d. 

 Part CXXVIT. for November, contains 

 1261 to 1270. — Crataegus spathulata. A thorn from North America. 

 It is surprising that this genus is so little cultivated in shrubberies. Messrs. 

 Loddiges have upwards of sixty species and varieties in their arboretum, 

 all of which are beautiful, and so obviously of the thorn kind, that the 

 most superficial observer would never mistake them for any other tree. An 

 acre laid out as a thornery would form an interesting episode to the general 

 scenery of a pleasure-ground. — Uvularia sessilifolia. — Pasonia mollis. — 

 Chionanthus virginica. The seeds of this tree are two years before they 

 vegetate. — Mesembryanthemum incurvum. — Pancratium Amuncaes. — 

 Campanula /inifolia. — *Spirae"a bella. A beautiful hardy shrub from Ne- 

 pal in 1821, with pink flowers in May. — Mussafnda glabra. — .Erica 

 eriocephala [erion, wool, kephale, head ; spike of flowers). 



Part CXXVIII.for December, contains 

 1271 to 1280. — Spirae'a trilobata. A beautiful hardy shrub from Si- 

 beria, in 1821. — Alstroemena Hookerz". " We feel much pleasure in fol- 

 lowing Mr. Sweet in giving this plant a specific name ; for who has merited 

 so much from botanists as Dr. Hooker, by the number, elegance, and accu- 

 racy of his works." — Aretia pubescens. A minute and very pretty plant, 

 lately from the Alps of Switzerland, rarely more than 1 in. high, with 

 white flowers in June and July. — .Erica Plukenetiawa . — Camellia sasdn- 

 qua. " The Chinese are said to mix the flowers with their tea, to increase 

 its fragrance ; but in a fresh state they are quite scentless." — Epidendrum 

 ellipticum. — Dillwym'a ericifolia. — Astragalus aristatus. — Mesembryan- 

 themum lacerum. — yE'sculus flava. A very ornamental tree. 



Flora Australdsica. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. &c. Monthly. 5s. coloured ; 



2s. plain. 



No. VI. for November, contains 

 21 to 24. — Eudesmia (eu, well, desme, a bundle; the stamens); Myr- 

 taceae .Myrteae. A handsome, upright, evergreen shrub, with beautiful 

 bluish-white leaves with red edges ; of the usual culture, and likely to suc- 

 ceed in the open air in our milder counties. — Dryandra nervosa; Proteacea?. 

 A handsome, dwarf, bushy, evergreen shrub, from the south coast of New 

 Holland to the Clapton nursery, by Mr. W. Baxter, the indefatigable 

 collector of Francis Henchman, Esq. F.L.S. H.S. The usual culture. — 

 Kennedy cocclnea. A weakly-growing, but very handsome, scarlet pea- 

 flowered twiner, easily propagated by cuttings in sand, and likely to become 

 one of our most splendid green-house climbers, {fig. 111. facing p. 522.) — 

 Jcacia ornithophora. An upright evergreen shrub, resembling A. armata. 



No. VII. for December, contains 

 25 to 28. — Pittosporum (pitta, resin or pitch, sporon, seed)fulvum ; Good- 

 enovia?. Dwarf spreading evergreen, with yellow flowers. — Lechenaulti« 

 formosa. A bushy, little, heath-like, suifrutescent plant, thickly clothed with 

 small evergreen leaves, and producing solitary flowers of a bright scarlet 

 tinged with orange. — Hakea maligna ; Proteaceae. A handsome, upright, 

 evergreen shrub, with white sweet-scented flowers, resembling those of the 

 hawthorn. — Eutaxia (good order; leaves) pungens; Legumindsae Papi- 

 lionacea?. A small, evergreen, heath-like shrub, with long slender branches, 

 thickly clothed with dark green leaves, the flowers and terminal spikes of 

 a bright yellow and dark orange. All these plants are of the usual culture. 



Geraniacea;. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. &c. Monthly. 3s. each. 



Nos. XCV. and XCVI.for November and December, contain 

 oil to 384. — Pelargonium Leghkeckff, Mrs. Legh Keek's Stork' s-bill. — 

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