526 Supplement to English Botany. 



in the margins of borders or in pots. Niircissus' Jonqitilla, Coronilla varia, 

 Ledum latifolium, and Campanula speciosa. 



The author tells his correspondents, on the cover, that in January next 

 he will give them such directions for |)ropagating Paeonia Moutan as " will 

 enable the nurseryman to sell those plants at one shilling each, with aniple 

 profit, for which he must now, from the tedious method of propagation, 

 charge seven shillings and sixpence." This announcement, we hope, will 

 set young gardeners to work in speculating on what may be Mr. Maund's 

 method. Is it by ripening seeds ; or by ringing under every bud, and then 

 laying down the whole plant j or by inserting buds in the common 

 pseony ? 



The Supplement to English Botany. By J. D. C. and C. E. Sowerby. In 

 8V0 Numbers, monthly. 



"Fifteen years have now transpired since the General Index appeared, 

 which formed the concluding part of Smith and Sowerby's English 

 Bota7i7j. Often during that period, it was in the contemplation of the 

 proprietors of that work to publish a supplement of those plants which had 

 been discovered to be British, since its termination. The death of Mr. 

 Sowerby in 1822, and the recent loss of the learned president of the Lin- 

 nean Society, immediately after he had put the finishing touch to the last 

 and most valuable of his writings. The English Flora, effectually prevent 

 the original conductors from having any share in the continuation. Already 

 a number of drawings have been prepared, and it is now the intention of 

 the two sons of the late Mr. Sowerby, Messrs. J. D. C and C. E. Sowerby, 

 to publish these and figures of other plants necessary to the work, as sup- 

 plementary volumes; which, when completed, will at least comprise evei'if 

 knoiun British Phcenogamoiis Plant. The proprietors calculate upon extend- 

 ing the work to two more volumes ; by which means they will be able to 

 introduce likewise such new Cryptogamic Plants (exclusive of the Fungi) 

 as have not been introduced in Dr. Greville's Ci^ptogamic. Flora of 

 Scotland. The Messrs. Sowerby will be grateful to any botanist who will 

 supply them with living native specimens of plants, suited to the work, 

 addressed to them at No. 2, Mead Place, Westminster Road, Lambeth." 



No. I. for July, contains 

 2.595 to 2597. — Isnardrt palustris; 4 and 1, and Onagrariae. Found by Mr. 

 Borer, growing in a pool at Buxtead, Sussex. — Rosa Sabini. Found wild 

 in various places in Scotland and the North of England. — R. sarmentacea. 

 A common briar in hedges and thickets. — O'phrys arachnites. From the 

 chalk downs of South Kent, between Folkstone and Sittingbourne. — Ver- 

 rucaria olivacea; Cryptogamia iichenes. On the smooth trunks of thorns, 

 ash trees, &c. — V. rhyponta. An obscure production on the trunks of 

 young trees in the New Forest, Hampshire, and in Sussex. — The engravings 

 are beautifully executed, but we think the letter-press ought to have con- 

 tained the natural order, as well as the class and order of Linnaeus. 



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

 F.L.S. &c. In Svo Numbers, monthly. 35. coloured; 25. plain. 



No. XXVI. for August, contains 

 101 to 104. — Cremona Ranunculus. From the collection of Richard Per- 

 cival, Esq., of Highbury Park, Islington — Juno Georgina. Raised from seed 

 by W. Wells, Esq., of Redleaf [altogether the most romantic, beautiful, 

 and highly enriched small place we have ever seen in this or any counti-y], 

 near Tunbridge Wells. — Emperor of Austria Tulip. From the collection 

 of Mr. Pile of Cambridge Road, Mile End. Price tl. — Ford's Prince 

 George Pink. From the collection of Mr. Hogg of Paddington Green. 



