716 Mackai/s Catalogue of Irish Plants. 



canina : in the second number, Polygonum Bistorta, Paris 

 quadrifolia, Adonis autumnalis, and (Xphrys apifera. The 

 plants are well drawn and engraved, the first six of the 

 eight, in particular ; but the colouring, in our copy, of the 

 4th, 7th, and 8th subjects, admits improvement. Each spe- 

 cies has a separate leaf allotted to the description of it, in 

 which the Linnaean class and order and natural order to which 

 it belongs is stated, and the generic and specific names, cha- 

 racters, and etymons given, as well as synonymes, habitats, a 

 detailed description, and the uses, if any, to which the species 

 is applied. Dissections of the parts of the flower which 

 characterise the genus are given on the plate, and explained 

 in the text. 



Mac/cay, James Tow?isend, M. R. I. A. A. L. S. &c. &c. : A Cata- 

 logue of the Phsenogamous Plants and Ferns found in Ire- 

 land, with Descriptions of some of the rarer Sorts. Dublin, 

 1825. 4to, 98 pages. 



We notice this book, retrospective as is its date, for the sake 

 of connecting it with Mr. Mackay's interesting communication 

 on some newer discoveries, in our Vol. VII. p. 230. ; where, if 

 we mistake not, this catalogue is alluded to as the list 

 published " in 1804," which is doubtless a misprint for 1824. 

 The present is a useful catalogue, for its indication of habitats, 

 and for the original remarks sprinkled through it : but its size 

 is inconvenient ; and as Mr. Mackay probably contemplates a 

 second edition, we hope he will, in consideration of the pockets 

 of botanical travellers, make choice of duodecimo pages, and 

 type as small as nonpareil. Botanical explorers are most fre- 

 quently youthful, and can therefore read small print readily 

 enough. 



Mantell, Joshua : A Chart of Floriculture, comprising the 

 Propagation of Stove, Green-house, and hardy herbaceous 

 Plants ; hardy Trees and Shrubs ; with the Soils best 

 adapted to their Growth. A folio sheet, 30 in. by 21 in. 

 1832. Published by J. Baxter, Lewes, Sussex. Reprinted 

 from the second edition of Baxter's Library of Agricultural 

 and Horticultural Knowledge. 



Information on the best modes of propagating plants, and 

 the soils fittest for their healthful growth, is, as the above 

 title indicates, the express object of this chart. This object is 

 very well achieved by digesting into separate alphabets the 

 genera of stove plants, of green-house plants, of hardy trees 

 and shrubs, of hardy herbaceous plants, and of annual and 

 biennial plants; and by appending to the end of each generic 

 name letters and figures which represent certain detailed 



