60 XJurtis^s Botanical Magazine. 



having been already before the public, yet the accompanying 

 remarks and observations, whether original or only illustra- 

 tive, vi^hether confirmatory or questionable, are all excellent. 

 His criticism is fair and candid ; and his profound knowledge 

 of chemistry enables him to pierce into the mists of immate- 

 rial bodies, and launch into regions as yet but imperfectly 

 explored, thereby giving new views of the constitution of 

 nature, and of the pristine elements of things. 



J. Main. 



Art. IV. Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agriculture, Botanp, 

 Rural Architecture, 8fc., published since October, 1830, with some 

 Account of those considered the most interesting. 



In enumerating the contents of the Botanical Periodicals, those genera or species marked by a 

 star (*) are not included in the first edition of the Hortus Britdnnicus. 



Britain. 



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

 Edited by Dr. Hooker. In 8vo Numbers, monthly. 3^. Qd. col.; 3^. plain. 



No. XLVI. for October, 1830, contains 

 3018 to 3024. — Jonesfffl (Sir W. Jones, a zealous cultivator and patron 

 of botany, as well as of other branches of science and of general literature) 

 Asoca. A tree with fragrant, rich, orange-coloured blossoms ; in common 

 cultivation about Calcutta, and a native of the intei'ior of the country and 

 of the Mauritius. — Hydrastis canadensis. " Because a representation of 

 this plant does not exist in any generally accessible work with which I am 

 acquainted, I have been glad of this opportunity of giving it a place in the 

 Botanical Magazine, although the fruit is still a desideratum ; and although 

 it is not a plant that recommends itself as eminently deserving a place in 

 our flower-gardens, save in those of the curious." — Primula pusilla. Pale 

 flowers^ delightfully fragrant; an inhabitant of many parts of Canada, 

 where it is not unfrequently mistaken for the real P. farinosa. — J'rabis 

 collina. Purplish rose-coloured flowers ; and will, in all probability, prove 

 hardy. — i?anunculus montanus. Handsome, and well worthy of cultiva- 

 tion. — /Scilla piimila. — Cypripedium parviflorum. " C. parviflorum of 

 Old Series of Bot, Mag., t. 911., should assuredly be referred to C. pu- 

 bescens." 



Ko. XLVII. for November, contains 

 .3025 to .3031. — i^ibiscus *splendens. A stove shrub from Mr. Fraser, 

 who designates it " the king of all the known Australian plants." He has 

 " seen it 22| ft. high, and the flowers measuring 9 in. across, of the most 

 delicate pink and crimson colour, and literall}^ covering the entire plant." 

 It has been in the country since 1828, but flowered for the first time in the 

 Edinburgh botanic garden in May, 1830. — (Saxifraga petrse^a. — Scorzonera 

 mollis. — (S'elago *GillH. An elegant undershrub from the Cape of Good 

 Hope, by Mr. Beck to the Glasgow botanic garden. Discovered by Dr. 

 Gill, after whom it is named. — -Kuscus androgynus var. — Pleurothallis 

 *saurocephalus ; Orchide^. Stove. — Dielytra {dis, twice, elytron, a cover ; 

 the two petals terminating in a bag or pouch : generally spelled Dielytra, 

 and so in our. Hortus Britdnnicus) canadensis. ^ 



