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rosea, and Banksidna; Zupinus nootkatensis, and a species from Mr. Drum- 

 mond. Calceolaria bicolor and integrifolia angustifolia, Primus Capollin, 

 JPyrus spectabilis and nivalis. Ribes aureum serotinum, floridum parvi- 

 floruni, tenuiflorum, and inebrians. Halesia tetraptera macrocarpa, Rosa 

 Banks/<3? lutea, WistanVz Consequawa, double-flowering furze, azaleas, Pit- 

 maston seedling lilacs, Crataegus oxj'acanthoides, Cytisus ruthenicus and 

 elongatus, Fella Pseudo-Cytisus, I'ris susiana, tulips, a species of Ameldn- 

 chief from Mr. Douglas, seedling paeonies. 



Professor Lindley' s Lectures. — To increase the popularity of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, and for this purpose to attract the attention of the ladies 

 {in all things, where men are concerned, the most powerful agents), the 

 Council last year engaged Mr. Lindley to deliver three lectures on the con- 

 nection of botany with horticulture. Being on a tour at this time last year, 

 we had no opportunity of hearing these lectures ; but this year we have 

 heard two, and mean to attend the remainder of the course, which, we 

 understand, is to extend to six. We must say that we have been highly 

 gratified, not only with Mr. Lindley 's philosophic views, but with the 

 unaffected, clear, distinct, and, in short, admirable manner, in which he 

 delivered himself. A proof of Mr. Lindley's success in making himself 

 understood will be found in the notes which we intend to give of these 

 lectures: those of the first, subjoined below, were written entirely from 

 recollection, by one of his female auditors, before totally unacquainted with 

 the subject. We sincerely hope that the Council will prevail on Mr. 

 Lindley to enlarge these lectures, by treating of vegetable geography, and 

 some other matters ; and then to publish them, at such a low price as 

 would permit them to find their way into the hands of every apprentice and 

 journeyman gardener. The Society ought to purchase the MS. ; and then 

 print the lectures, and sell them at cost price. — Cond. 



Lecture I. Relation of Botany to Horticulture ; General View of the 

 Subject; Nature of Plants; Vegetable Tissue. — Mr. Lindley began with 

 stating that he had been induced to give a second series of lectures on the 

 subject of botany, as connected with horticulture, because, in those which 

 he gave last year, he had only touched on a few of the most striking points, 

 and did not follow a regular system, as it was his intention to do at pre- 

 sent. His object now was, to give his hearers a general view of the whole 

 subject; but, in doing this, he had many difficulties to encounter: he had 

 no elementary book to refer to, as all such that he was acquainted with 

 either treated on botany as a science, and, of course, entered into its details 

 more deeply than was suited to his purpose ; or related solely to the 

 practice of horticulture, to which he meant only slightly to advert. He 

 intended to treat of botany merely as connected with horticulture ; but it 

 was difficult to draw a line to decide how far he ought to go. Botany 

 was generally divided into three parts : one related to the structure of 

 plants, another to their functions, and the third to the terms employed to 

 designate them. The two former were intimately connected with horti- 

 culture, as he should show hereafter; and it was even difficult to dispense 

 with the latter, as it was scarcely possible to speak of botanical facts with- 

 out using the terms usually applied to them. The professor, however, 

 assured his auditors that he would endeavour to explain himself in language 

 that would be easily understood by all ; and that he would avoid, as much 

 as possible, entering into any minute or wearisome details. 



Botany ought to be studied by every horticulturist. Some horticultural 

 operations are so dependent on a knowledge of vegetable physiology, that 

 it is impossible fully to comprehend them without reference to that science. 

 Among these may be reckoned the usual means of propagating plants by 

 buds and cuttings ; of procuring improved varieties by hybridising ; of 

 multiplying them by grafting; and of rendering them fertile, or of checking 

 their excessive fecundity, by the choice of situation, or by regulating the 



