570 Florist's Guide. — Medical Botany. 



the case at nurseries. Plants are raised from seeds ; and before they come 

 into flower, the country from which they were imported is quite forgotten. 

 We should expect that all the admirers of this handsome tribe of plants 

 would wish to have so singular a production as the present in their pos- 

 session, as it appears to be a strong free grower, and a very abundant 

 flowerer, the flowers being produced in panicles ; and although not so large 

 as some others, their abundance makes full amends. It will thrive well in 

 a rich light soil ; and young cuttings will doubtless root readily." — P. At- 

 kinsidmim. A pretty little small-leaved citron-scented plant, with pale 

 blush flowers, with a brilliant dark purple patch in the centre. Raised by 

 Mr. J. Atkins, nurseryman, Northampton. — P. daedaleum. A hybrid, by 

 Mr. Dennis. 



This number completes the fifth, or supplementary, volume of a work 

 which certainly may be described as of unrivalled beauty in its particular 

 line. Whoever wishes to become acquainted with the splendid beauties of 

 this natural order, will find no other work that can at all compare with it 

 in supplying his wants. 



The Florist's Guide and Cultivato-'s Directory, &c. By Robert Sweet, 

 F.L.S. &c. In 8vo Numbers, monthly. 3s. coloured; 2s. plain. 



No. XXXVI. for June, contains 



141 to 144. — Winifred Tulip. A bybloemen, white, with dark purple.— 

 Lee's Colonel Taylor Auricula. Green-edged ; " considered by florists as 

 the finest variety grown." Price 3/. per plant. — Horace Ranunculus. 

 Yellow and brown or purple. — Ford's William of Walworth Pink. Very 

 large, and double ; brilliant dark purple, edged with white, and a patch of 

 clear white in the centre of each petal. 



No. XXXVII. for July, contains 



145 to 148. — Davey's Trafalgar Tulip. White, variegated with dark 

 purple or velvet. — Russell's Incomparable Picotee. White, edged with 

 bright scarlet. — Bonaparte Rose. Intermediate between Rosa gallica and 

 R. centifolia. — Oliver's Lovely Anne Auricula. White and green, shaded 

 with black, and edged with white, " In the collection of J. P. Burnard, 

 Esq., of Formosa Cottage, Holloway ; raised by a person of the name of 

 Oliver." 



No. XXXVIII. for August, contains 



149 to 152, — Grandee Ranunculus. From the collection of the Rev. 

 J. Tyso. — Louis XVI. Tulip. From the collection of J. Goldham, Esq., 

 of White Cottage, White Conduit Fields. — Forster's King William Pink. 

 From Mr. Hogg's collection. — Lee's Light Blush Rose. From the Ful- 

 ham nursery. 



No. XXXIX. for September, contains 



153 to 156. — Pompe Funebre Tulip. — Greig's Wellington Auricula. — > 

 Napoleon Ranunculus. — Hill's Duke of Leed's Carnation. 



Medical Botany, Sec. By John Stephenson, M. D., and James Morss 

 Churchill, Esq., Surgeon. In 8vo Numbers, monthly. 3s. 6d. 



No. XL I. for May, contains 

 160 to 162. — Cdcculus palmatus ; Dioe'cia Hexandria and Menispermese. 

 This is the Calumba plant of the shops, a native of thick forests on the 

 shores of the east coast of Africa, and lately figured and described in the Rot. 

 Mag. by Professor Hooker, Medically, it is a powerful antiseptic and tonic, 

 and is free from that nauseous taste which distinguishes many other bitters. 

 The root of our common Bryonia dioica, tinged yellow with tincture of Ca- 

 lumba, and the root of an American plant, Frasera Walters Mich., Swartzz'a 

 Fraseri Smith, are sometimes sold as substitutes for the true Calumba ; but 

 the spurious roots give no precipitate with infusion of galls. — Astragalus 

 creticus. From this low shrub, which grows plentifully in Candia, Greece, 



