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have very distinct meanings as synonymes is also curious : 

 for instance, the phrase " bundled or pendulous tubers ; " as 

 if all pendulous tubers were produced in groups or bundles, 

 whereas some, particularly in the Orchideae, are invariably 

 solitary. We would also caution him against the employ- 

 ment of Latin plurals, until he ascertain the gender of their 

 singular number : the words Hybernaculum and Lilium are 

 neuter nouns, and, consequently, cannot have the plural in 

 ce ; thence Hybernaculse and Liliae are incorrect. 



We should be doing injustice to our author, if, notwith- 

 standing there remarks, we did not admit, as we have already 

 done, that the volume contains much valuable information to 

 the young and inexperienced florist. 



A. T. T. 



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

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

 Account of those considered the most interesting. 



Our Hdrtus Britannicus being now published, we shall in future, in enumerating the plants 

 figured in the Botanical Periodicals, place a star (*) against all those which are not enumerated 

 in the Catalogue. This will direct the attention of our readers to these species, which will 

 be collected together at the end of every year, and incorporated with other newly introduced or 

 discovered species in the Annual Supplement to that work. 



Britain. 



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

 Edited by Dr. Hooker. In 8vo Numbers, monthly. 35. 6d. col. ; 3s. plain. 



-ZVb. XL I I. for June, contains 



2990 to 2996. — Oncidium altissimum. — Crocus minimus. A presumed 

 British plant, unknown in our gardens, but as elegant and prettily varied 

 with colour as any in the genus. — .Euphorbia corollata. Raised at Bury 

 Hill, from seeds sent from North America by Mr. Nuttall. — Sphacele 

 Lindleyz. From Valparaiso; flowered in 1828. — Helenium autumnale. 

 — A'ster laevigatas. — *0'cymum montanum. 



No. XLIII.for Jidy, contains 

 2997 to 3003. — Renanthera coccinea. — *ii!anunculus cardiophyllus. "One 

 of the many new discoveries made by Dr. Richardson and Mr. Drummond in 

 the second over-land Arctic expedition, under the command of Captain Sir 

 John Franklin." Found in the limestone districts of Canada, and in the 

 alpine prairies of the Rocky Mountains, between lat. 52° and 55°. Large 

 bright glossy yellow flowers, which remain a long time expanded ; hardy. 

 Whether a perennial or an annual is not mentioned ; but " it is likely to 

 prove a great acquisition to our collections of hardy plants." — *Indigofera 

 sylvatica. The I. speciosa of the gardens. A showy conservatory plant, with 

 bright rose-coloured flowers, inclining to purple. — *Begom'a longipes. — ■ 

 Trillium erythrocarpum. Pure white petals, marked with a bright purple 



