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No. LIL for June, contain!, 

 205 to 208.— Pulsatilla vernalis; .Hanunculaceae Jnemoneae. A hardy peren- 

 nial, low and tufted, flowering in April. — O'phrys lutea; Orchideae. A hand- 

 some species from Gibraltar, succeeding well in a warm border in sandy 

 loam with a little pounded chalk. This species and O. fusca, figured in the 

 Botanical Register of this month, were introduced by William Atkinson, 

 Esq., of Grove End, from Gibraltar. — Aubrietia purpurea ; Cruciferas. A 

 low tufted perennial with purple flowers in May. — ClaytomVj caroliniana ; 

 Portulaceae A tuberous-rooted perennial, from the garden of R. Barclay, 

 Esq., of Bury Hill, and succeeding well in light sandy soil. 

 CistinecB. By Robert Sweet, F. L. S. In 8vo Numbers, every alternate 

 Month. 5s. each. 



Aft). XII. for May, contains 

 45 to 48. — Cistus canescens, Narroiv-leaved hoary Rock-Rose. Sect. I. 

 Erythrocistus (Erythros, red, and Cistus). Rare, handsome, and very like 

 C. incanus. Cuttings. — Helianthemum lignosum, Hard-wooded Sun-Rose. 

 Sect. II. Tuberaria (with tuberous or swelled stems). Curious, requiring 

 the protection of a frame in winter. Sandy loam and peat; seeds. — Cis- 

 tus platysepalus, Broad-sepaled Rock-Rose. Sect. III. Ledonia (Ledon or 

 Gum-Cistus-like.) Handsome white flowers. A little protection in win- 

 ter ; young cuttings. — H. lineare, Lmeav-leaved Sun-Rose. Sect. IV. 

 Euhelianthemum (Eu, for, H. i. e. Hs. proper). Pretty white flowers, 

 well adapted for rock-work ; cuttings or seeds. 



The Botanic Garden. By B. Maund. In small 4to Numbers, Monthly. 



1*. 6d. 

 No. XXIX. for May, contains 

 115 to 116, — Gexitidna Catesbae'z, Xeranthemum annuum, Dahlia 

 superflua purpurea plena, Mimulus (an ape or masked actor ; in allusion 

 to the flower) luteus. The etymologies and accentuations are given in 

 this work, and we really think the example is worth imitating by all the 

 others. No mystery ought to hang about any part of science ; it is only 

 per force that men make use of words which they know nothing about. 

 An excellent example has been set in this respect by the authors of the 

 Library of Useful Knowledge, which we hope will soon be imitated in all 

 works adapted for general perusal or reference. 



No. XXX. for June, contains 

 Symphoria racemosa, the Snow Berry, a handsome and singular little 

 shrub ; Zizyphus paliurus ; Scabiosa atropurpurea ; Chrysanthemum sinense. 

 The figures are very neatly done. Whoever can afford to have infants, and 

 wishes them to imbibe a taste for botany and gardening, or, in other words, 

 to lay in a capital stock of ideas and associations for a cheap, permanent, 

 and increasing source of happiness, applicable to every period of life, and 

 to be enjoyed in every country, in or out of misfortune, ought to spare 

 185. a year for this work. 



Bevan, Edward, MB.: The Honey Bee; its Natural History, Physiology, 

 and Management. London. 12mo. 95. 

 The " result of an attempt to supply a Treatise exhibiting a concise view 

 of the present state of our knowledge of the bee." Two or three bee-hives 

 add greatly to th« interest of the flower-garden, and the present manual is 

 just such a book as was wanted for the entertainment and guidance of the 

 amateur. Most people wno are fond of bees, have some favourite theory or 

 scheme for their management : ours is that of keeping them in Polish or 

 log-hives ; that is, long hollow cylinders or trunks of trees, of six inches 

 diameter within, as we have seen generally in Poland, and as we read 

 {Honey Bee, p. 95.) are also in use in Egypt and North America. The 



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