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Art. TI. Catalogue of WorTcs on Gardening, Agriculture, Botany, 

 Rural Architecture, 8fc., published since December, 1830^ ijoith 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. 



Curtis's Botanical Magazine, or Ftower-GardeJi displayed. New Series. 

 Edited by Dr. Hooker. In 8vo Numbers, monthly. 35. Q>d. coloured ; 

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No. LI. for March, contains 

 3053. Hovea pannosa (Cun. MSS.), Pannose Hovea. " A very elegant 

 and ornamental species, its blossoms being of a beautiful purple, the upper 

 side of the leaves glossy green, aud the under side and the branches thickly 

 covered with a ferruginous tomentum. It approaches H. linearis, but that 

 species has much narrower leaves, and smaller and pale-coloured flowers. 

 Native of New South Wales." — 3054. Tuplstra nutans Wal., Nodding Tu- 

 pistra. A very interesting plant, of which Il6hde«jap6nica (Orontiumjapd- 

 nicum till lately) of the gardens gives some idea. — 3055. Nothochte'na 

 *tenera. " A graceful little fern, which, in point of genus, seems interme- 

 diate between Nothochlae'na and Cheilanthes. From all the known species 

 of Nothochlae^na [Dr. Hooker spells this word Nothoclae'na] it is distin- 

 guished by its tender, glaucous, and quite glabrous fronds." — 3056. iu- 

 pinus *CruikshanksM. " This truly magnificent species of lupine was 

 discovered by Mr. Cruikshanks, growing upon the Andes of Peru in great 

 plenty, not far from Pasco, and near the verge of perpetual snow. Our 

 fine plant was raised from seed at the Glasgow botanic garden, and planted 

 in the open border early in the summer of 1830, when it was soon covered 

 with a profiision of richly coloured blossoms, which attracted the attention 

 of all who saw it. Although not exceeding 4 to 5 ft. in height, it is rather 

 arborescent than shrubby. Corollas large ; very handsome ; bluish purple, 

 variegated with yellow, white, and red. Mr. Murray would not risk it out 

 through the winter, but removed it to the green-house. It is very impatient 

 of moisture, and' does not strike readily from cuttings. No seeds were 

 produced upon our plant." — 3057, Locisa *hispida. This is the same as 

 the L. dzmbrosiaefolia of Jussieu, and of Lindley in the Botanical Register ; 

 and, although ti'eated as a green-house annual at the Edinburgh botanic 

 garden, it may with care be cultivated out of doors. — 3058. Delima sar- 

 mentosa, Sarmentose Delima. An evergreen stove shrub, with panicles of 

 small white flowers ; its rigid and scabrous leaves are used by the Cingalese 

 for polishing. — 3059. Monodora (from monos, one, and doron, a gift, in 

 allusion to its solitary fruits) Myristica, Jamaica Calabash Nutmeg. Long 

 says, the seeds are impregnated with an aromatic oil, resembling that of the 

 Eastern nutmeg, from which they diflter so little in flavour and quality, that 

 they may be used rbr similar purposes in food or medicine. This author 

 consequently recon;inends the plant for general cultivation in the West 

 Indies. 



No. Lll.for April, contains 

 3060. Banksza littoralis ? The cone of flowers very beautiful. Came 

 into blossom in the green-house immediately after B. speciosa, " and con- 

 tinued also in blossom at the same time with it : the two species form a 

 good contrast in their colours and manner of flowering." Professor 

 Graham, who contributed the article on the above plant, doubts its identity 

 with B. littbralis of Brown, but asserts it quite the same with the B. litto- 

 ralis of Lindley in the Botanical Register ; if so, it is, as onr friend Mr 

 Sweet informs us, the B. Cunninghamii of Brown. From the same autho- 

 rity we learn that the B. undulata of Lindley in the Bot. Reg. is only the 

 B. serrata of Linn, in Brown's Prbdromiis, and that the B. marcescens of 



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