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and for a long time confused with E. Dens canis, though so well distin- 

 guished by the early authors. "' 



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

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



No. XL. for October, contains 

 157 to 160. — Roi des Capucins Carnation. A bizan-e; a very fine flower, 

 plants of which are sold by Mr. Hogg at 10s. a pair. — Othello Ranun- 

 culus. This very dark crimson flower was raised this year by the Rev. Joseph 

 Tyso (Vol. VI. p. 548. 626.) of Wallingford, from seed saved from dark 

 flowers, such as Variat, Naxara, and Viola le vrai Noir ; and purchased by 

 Mr. Brown of Slough for five guineas. " There are a number of flowers 

 in the same lot of seedlings which sold from one to three guineas, and 

 several of the best are yet unsold." — Sherwood's Lady Crewe Tulip. 

 White edged with rose colour, raised ten or eleven years ago by Mr. Sher- 

 wood, near Derby, and considered among the prettiest feathered rose 

 tulips ever raised in England. Mr. Hogg is in possession of this and four 

 or five other very fine roses, all raised by Mr. Sherwood, who, if he had 

 lived, would have made 500/. by them. — *Brown's Superb Rose. A 

 hybrid between R. indica and R. centifolia, raised in the nursery of Mr. 

 Brown, at Slough, and one of the most desirable roses that can be culti- 

 vated, as it is an abundant flowerer, and flowers at various seasons of the 

 yeai-. 



No. XL I. for November, contains 

 161 to 164. — Holmes's King Tulip. Pretty, and very distinct; taken 

 from a plant in the collection of J. P. Burnard, Esq., of Formosa Cottage, 

 Holloway. — Hogg's Queen Adelaide Carnation. From the collection at 

 Paddington Green. — Warris's Blucher Auricula. — Hogg's Prince George 

 Tulip. A fine bybloemen, and suitable for the third row of the tulip bed. 



No. XLII. for December, contains 

 165 to 168. — Lee's Globe White Slip Rose. Curious on account of 

 its globular form. Raised by Mi\ Lee^ at Hammersmith, from the seed of 

 ^osa villosa. — Violet a Belle Forme Tulip. From the collection of 

 Messrs. Brown, at Slough, where it is grown in the third row, and con- 

 sidered a good flower. " At Messrs. Brown's nursery tulips are grown in 

 great perfection. — Maculata Suprema Ranunculus. Handsome ; from a 

 specimen that had been raised from seed by Mr, Waterstone of Paisley, 

 who has raised numerous fine varieties of this flower, many of which are 

 in the possession of Mi*. Alexander of White Cottage, Alfred Street. — 

 Bray's Invincible Pink. Handsome; from the select collection of Mr. 

 Hogg, Paddington Green. Plants 2s. a pair. 



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

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



No. XL VI. for October, contains 

 179 to 182. — Z)61ichos pruriens ; Leguminosse. Not uncommon in our 

 stoves. The pods are brought from the West Indies, and being densely covered 

 externally with short hairs, which penetrate the skin when touched, and 

 cause a very troublesome itching, advantage has been taken of this irrita- 

 tive quality to expel worms from the human intestines. It has been sup- 

 posed that the hair of the caterpillars of the procession moth (Lasiocampa 

 processionea), so common in gardens, might answer the same purpose. 

 The slaves in Guiana are so much afflicted with the round worm (ium- 

 bricus teres i.), that they and their children are regularly physicked with 

 the cow-itch, jyolichos, and rhubarb every three or four months without 

 distinction ; and they are said to discharge so many worms that theif stools 



