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mevidna. A beautiful hybrid, raised by Miss Gamier of Wickham, Hants, 

 from seeds of A. siblrica, from flowers impregnated with the pollen of A. 

 vulgaris. It nearly equals A. sibirica in beauty ; the sepals of its flowers 

 are bright purple, and the petals are partly purple, partly of a bright straw 

 colour. — 104. Wistaria frutescens. 



The present number completes vol. i., and the accompanying titlepage 

 states that The British Floiver-Garden includes " hardy plants, or those 

 which are somewhat tender, but may still be cultivated in a warm border, 

 needing only a mat or a garden pot to be placed over them in severe frost : 

 some wUl even require both expedients." \ It is also further observed : — 

 " We intend, in the succeeding volumes, to introduce some of Mr. Knight's 

 showy New Holland plants, or those from other collections, as the greater 

 part of them will succeed well by the side of a wall, in a warm border, 

 with no other protection than a mat in severe frost ; or if some straw or 

 rushes are sewed inside of it, all the better ; the bottom of the plant being 

 tied round with dry hay or straw, to keep the bai'k from cracking with the 

 frost. By these means the beautiful productions of New Holland, as well 

 as of Mexico, Chile, Chiloe, the Straits of Magellan, and Peru, may be 

 cultivated with success j and the Cape bulbs will succeed well with no other 

 protection than a mat in severe weather j or the bulbs may be taken up in 

 autumn, kept dry through the winter, and be planted out again in spring." 

 A list of books quoted, an index arranged according to the natural system, 

 an alphabetic Latin index, and an alphabetic English one, of the plants figured 

 in the volume, are added. 



Botanical Cabinet. By Messrs. Loddiges. In 4to and 8vo Parts, monthly. 

 Large paper, 5s, ; small paper, and partially coloured, 2s. Qd. 

 Part CL XIX. for May, contains 

 1681. Justicza *asperula. " It appears to be a low shrubby plant, pro- 

 ducing its elegant flowers in great abundance, and in long succession." — 

 1682. — Hakea obliqua. — 1683. Alstrcemen'a Sakilla. — 1684. Corrse^a 

 pulchella. — 1685. ^rica droseroides. This elegant plant stands in our 

 Hortus Britannicus as a variety of glutinosa. — 1686. J5^rica *Beaumontz- 

 dna. " This kind was raised by Mr. RoUison, who has named it in honour 

 of Mrs. Beaumont, whose celebrated garden at Bretton Hall, in Yorkshire, is 

 well known to most plant collectors. It is a dwarf kind, bushy, and flowering 

 abundantly in the beginning of summer. The blossoms in their shape and 

 colour remind us of those of the lily of the valley. — 1687. Zygopetalum 

 *crinitum. The flowers of this fine and distinct species " are fragrant ; and 

 the markings on the labellum are composed entirely of short stiff hairs." — 

 1688. Cestrum /aurifolium. — 1689. Pteris *calomelanos. " This beautiful 

 fern, being from the Cape, will probably be found to thrive in a temperature 

 cooler than that of the stove." — 1690. Vernonia *axillifl6ra. A desirable 

 plant, as its purple blossoms form a relief to the yellow flowers which predo- 

 minate at the time Yerndnia will blossom, if treated as a frame plant. In- 

 troduced by the late R. Barclay, Esq., who was justly celebrated for the 

 number of new species which he introduced through his valuable foreign 

 correspondence, and for his kind and liberal communication of them. 

 At the sale of books, Messrs. Loddiges purchased, among others, a book in 

 which his name and the date of 1781 were inscribed in his own hand- 

 writing ; thus proving Mr. Barclay's devotion to botany and gardening to 

 have been of 50 years' standing. 



f Our correspondent E. will perceive that this declaration of the 

 scope of the work anticipates his criticism on the admission of plants not 

 strictly hardy into it. We now, therefore, leave it to E. to modify his 

 criticism to the remaining ciixumstances, or to forego it. — J. D. 



