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tish Warblers, &c. ; Sweet's Hortus Britannicus ; or, a Catalogue of" 

 Plants cultivated in the Gardens of Great Britain ; arranged in Natural 

 Orders : with the Addition of the Linnean Classes and Orders to which 

 they belong; Reference to the Books where they are described, their Na- 

 tive Places of Growth, when introduced, Time of Flowering, Duration, 

 and Reference to Figures, with numerous Synonyms. Part II. London. 

 8vo. 10s. 6d. 



Having already expressed a favourable opinion of this work, we have 

 only to add, that it contains by far the greatest number of varieties and 

 species of any catalogue that has yet appeared as enumerating the plants 

 actually growing in Britain. The total number in our Hortus Britannicus 

 will be greater, because we include the whole of the indigenous crypto- 

 gamia ; in flowering- plants the two catalogues will be on a par. We regret 

 to state, that a circumstance totally unforeseen has hitherto prevented the 

 appearance of our Hortus ; we defer entering into particulars at present, 

 but in due time we shall do so, ajad we trust to the entire satisfaction of our 

 readers. 



Anon. Catalogue of Fruits cultivated in the Garden of the Horticultural 

 Society of London at Chiswick. London. 8vo. pp.224. 10$. 



" An enumeration of the principal varieties of fruits actually cultivated in 

 the garden of the Horticultural Society of London, in the spring of 1826. 

 It comprehends nearly the whole of those which have ever appeared in 

 print in foreign or English lists of authority, and as many unpublished 

 kinds as have appeared to deserve record ; but it excludes a large proportion 

 of certain fruits, especially of apples and pears, the obscure varieties of 

 which are so numerous as to make a complete enumeration of them, for the 

 present at least, impracticable, often so worthless as to be undeserving of 

 notice, and yet more frequently so doubtful as to render any mention of 

 them, even by name, unadvisable. 



" The number of varieties now enumerated amounts to 3825, and there 

 exists in the garden nearly 1 000 more, of less certain authority. 



" As it is expected that this catalogue will become the standard of nomen- 

 clature for fruit-trees in the British dominions, any information which will 

 lead to the correction or improvement of the orthography of the names, is 

 requested to be communicated in writing to the Secretary of the Society." 



With respect to the plan on which this catalogue has been formed :* 



" The varieties are arranged alphabetically under the botanical genera to 

 which they are respectively referable. The index consists of all the Latin spe- 

 cific names in the catalogue, and of all the vulgar English and French gene- 

 ral names, which may be considered equivalent to the former. Prefixed to 

 each separate list are aTew observations, generally explanatory of the views 

 with which each has been prepared, and of the purposes to which the less 

 known kinds are applicable." 



The chief thing that we regret in this catalogue is its alphabetical arrange- 

 ment, from which no sort of advantage can result either to the botanist, 

 fardener, or general reader ; while the reverse would have been the case 

 ad the fruits been grouped according to their natural affinities. Asa proof 

 that the alphabetical arrangement in this Catalogue is of no manner of use : 

 suppose a gardener, botanist, or general reader, proposes to himself to turn 

 at once to the quince, apricot, cherry, or chestnut. The changes the genera 

 to which these fruits belong have been subjected to, are well known, so that 

 no reader, without previously consulting the contents or index, could deter- 

 mine whether he should look for the quince as a pyrus or cydonia, the apri- 

 cot as a prunus, as it is in Donn (10th edit, by Lind.), or an armeniaca, as 



