Retrospective Criticism, 



607 



1925. TACSO^NIA. 



+28452 pinnatistipula J. pinnate-stip. £, □ or 30 sp Pa.Ro Chile 1828. C p.l Sw.fl.gar.2.3.156 

 2037. THE"A 18160 viridis 



2 latifulia B. C. broad-leaved 4t i_J or 4 f.n W China 1825? C p.l Bot. cab. 1828 



1000. TRADESCA'NT/4. r gar . t 363 



+29296 congesta Penny crowded & A or 2 jl.o B N.Amer. 1826. D co Maund's bot. 

 123. TRITO v NIA. 



odorkta B.C. fragrant tf iAI or * su Y C.G.H. 1829? O sp Bot. cab. 1820 



1148. TROP^ v OLUM. [Beech, voy , p 14 



+28188a brachyceras Hook, short-horned ± & lAI or 2 Chile ;1828. C l.p Hook. bot. 



1017. TVLIPA. 



8426a maleolens Bert. ill-smelling tf A or 1 my R.Y Italy? 1827? O co Sw.fl.gar.2.s.l53 

 2 variegata Swt. variegated-jfrf. $ A or 1 my K.Va Italy? 1827? O co Sw.fl.gar.2.s.I53 



In the Additional Supplement, Nos. 28650. and 28796. are superfluous, 

 being applied to synonymes, and not to species. 



*#* Besides looking forward to a future Supplement to our Hortus Bri- 

 tannicus, we are about to commence A Supplement to the Encyclopaedia of 

 Plants ; and, as we are desirous of the accuracy and completeness of both 

 the Hortus and the Encyclopaedia, we shall thankfully receive and acknow- 

 ledge all corrections and all additions to them with which any one may 

 please to favour us. 



Art. III. Retrospective Criticism. 



CORRECTIONS to the June Number, p. 257 — 384. In Mr. Main's article 

 " On pruning Forest Trees," fig. 51. p. 310. is exhibited bottom upwards. 

 In p. 325. line 10. for " Rev. George Jennings " read " Rev. L. Jenyns." 

 In p. 351. line 3. from the bottom, for " Phagus " read " Phajus." In 

 p. 381. line 7. from the bottom, for "albumen" read "alburnum." 



In Mr. Rivers's Tour, p. 393. line 5. for " edges " read " hedges." 



Fuchsia bacilldris Lindl. and Fuchsia globosa Hort. are not identical, as 

 they are stated to be, p. 505., but widely distinct: see p. 598. — J. D. 



Cratce s gus Qxyacdntha rosea superba is (see p. 505.) the name, in the 

 Horticultural Society's garden, for the splendid variety of hawthorn de- 

 scribed p. 362. Is it distinct from the Crataegus Oxyacantha punicea of 

 Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet, t. 1363.? — J. D. 



Bretton Hall. — Sir, In looking over the June Number of your Magazine, 

 I perceive, under the head of " Domestic Notices : — England," p. 361., 

 you have informed your readers that " the hot-houses at Bretton Hall, 

 including the magnificent dome figured in Vol. V. p. 681., and all the 

 plants, with the museum, and many other articles, the property of the 

 late munificent patroness of gardening and botany, Mrs. Beaumont, have 

 lately been brought to the hammer, and sold for a mere trifle." A state- 

 ment so general and unqualified, at the present moment, together with the 

 numerous advertisements and flaming descriptions by the eloquent Mr. 

 Robins, which appeared in the public prints previously to the sale, are all 

 highly calculated to confirm an impression which is already very prevalent 

 in the country, viz., that the whole of the hot-houses and plants have 

 been sold, without reserve. So far from that being the case, I beg to in- 

 form you that there are hot-houses left, and others now building, equal to 

 supply the wants of even an extravagant family, should that be required. 

 And when I tell you that, in addition to the " massy stone-built conserva- 

 tory " noticed in another parr of your Magazine, there are, a splendid 

 orangery, a heath-house, and a plant-stove, now building, it can hardly be 

 believed that " all the plants " have been sold. The two latter will be 

 equal in extent to the green-house and plant-stove of the Count de Vandes, 

 at Bayswater. I also beg to say, that I have authority for stating that the 

 gardens will still continue to be supported in the most creditable manner. 



In the statement above alluded to, you have referred to Vol. V. p. 681. 



