456 Cistinea. — Botanic Garden. — Florist's Guide. 



Cistinece. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. &c. In 8vo, every alternate Month. 3s. 



No. XVI. for .January, contains 

 61 to 64. — Helianthemum punctatum. Annual, herbaceous, with a 

 branching stern and yellow flowers. — H. apenninum. Suff'ruticose, very 

 much branched, with white flowers. - — Cistus creticus. Shrubby, erect, 

 much branched, with large, terminal, reddish purple flowers. — Helianthe- 

 mum vulgare var. multiplex. The common helianthemum, with double 

 flowers. There are two varieties, the larger of which is kn^wn by the name 

 of Mr. Lee's New Double Yellow. Both are well worth having, as pecu- 

 liarly adapted for rockwork, and of the easiest culture. 



The Botanic Garden. By B- Maund, F.L.S. In small 4to. Large Is. 6d. ; 



small Is. 

 No. XXXV II. for January, contains 

 Anemone palmata. According to Gerarde, the leaves of anemone, 

 stamped and used as snuff, purge the head mightily. Most of the species 

 are attractive, and general favourites. — Melissa grandiflora, Great-flowered 

 Balm. The green leaves yield a muscadine red to water, and give a pure 

 and perfect green to spirit of wine. — Campanula speculum (from sjieadum 

 Veneris, after the Dutch Vrouwen spiegel, or Ladies' Looking-glass; probably 

 from the shining surface of the seeds). — iychnis {lychnis, a lamp) coro- 

 nata {corona, a crown ; flowers in heads). The present number completes 

 vol. ii. part i. of this elegant, judiciously got up, and very cheap pub- 

 lication. 



No. XXXVIII. for February, contains 

 , Cytisus nigricans, Gypsophila prostrata, Crocus versicolor. " Though 

 it be as indispensable that vegetables be admitted to imbibe atmospheric 

 air, as it is for animals to breathe it, yet a flower is not always dependent 

 on immediate contact with the atmosphere for its colouring principles, for 

 we frequently find it conveyed to them through the medium of the foliage, 

 at a period when the flowers are most ingeniously excluded from exposure. 

 The Crocus flower, at the time the leaves are issuing from the earth, pre- 

 sents a familiar example. Our young friends will find an examination of 

 these bulbs and flowers, in different stages of their growth, particularly in- 

 teresting." — i?ubus arcticus. " Linnseus found this plant in Lapland, 

 where both wine and jelly are made from its berries, from which he had often 

 experienced the most salutary relief when fainting with fatigue and op- 

 pressed with hunger — circumstances under which he not unfrequently 

 laboured, whilst in the arduous pursuit of botanical science. One plant, 

 newly discovered, would, however, cover the remembrance of a multitude 

 o'f toils." 



The Florists Guide and Cidtivator , s Directory, &c. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. 



&c. In Monthly Numbers. 5s. coloured; 2s. plain. 



No. VII. for January, contains 



25 to 28. — Rosalie de Rohan Picotee, with yellow flowers streaked 



with red. — Walworth Tulip; white petals, variegated with rose colour j 



from the select collection of W. Strong, Esq., of Albion Cottage, Brook 



Green. — Smith's Champion Pink, and Le Melange des Beautes Ranun- 



'culu's; the last from the select collection of J. Goldham, Esq., of White 



Cottage, White Conduit Fields. Directions are given for the culture of 



these plants from the excellent little treatise of Mr. Hogg, of Paddington„ 



No. VIII. for February, contains 

 29 to 32. — Grimes's Privateer Auricula. — Violet Alexandre Tulip, a 

 fine Bybloemen. — Ive's Prince Leopold Carnation, a handsome Crimson 

 Bizarre. — Barratt's Conqueror Pink. Mr. Hogg, in his catalogue, men- 

 tions this as the best pink grown ; it is also very cheap, being only 5s. a pair. 



