Botanical Miscellany. 349 



that a subsequent thinning is absolutely necessary. The 

 bunch is about 6 in. long, and fully as broad across the 

 shoulders ; the berries hang loosely, and before ripening are 

 of a rich yellowish green, but afterwards become of a bright 

 pale amber colour, oval, and about 12 lines long by 9^ or 10 

 across, with the skin tough, and the flesh solid, juicy, sweet, 

 and extremely high flavoured." Mr. Buck deems the fruit 

 capable of hanging a long time on the vine after being ripe. 



(Zb be continued^) 



Art. II. Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agriculture, Botany, 

 Rural Architecture, S^c, lately/ published, ivith some Account 

 of those considered the most interesting. 



BRITAIN. 

 Hooker, W. J!, LL.D., King's Professor of Botany in the 

 Glasgow University : The Botanical Miscellany ; contain- 

 ing Figures and Descriptions of such Plants as recommend 

 themselves by their novelty, rarity, or history, or by the 

 uses to which they are applied. In quarterly parts, Svo, 

 105. Qd. each. London, 1832. 



Part ix. was published on the 1st of March. It completes 

 the third volume, and contains a titlepage and index. The 

 communications in it are as follows : — The conclusion of the 

 history of the Huwa, the inhabitants of the province Emirna 

 in Madagascar : 32 pages. Botanical description of the Tan- 

 ghin, Tanghinia veneniflua, by Professor Bojer. This is the 

 Cerbera Tanghin of the Botanical Magazine, t. 2968. Illus- 

 trations of Indian Botany, by Dr. Wight : to this are attached 

 exquisite figures oi Limbnia missionis, Ixora parviflora, grandi- 

 flora, a superb-blossomed species, Salacia laevigata? Caddba tri- 

 phylla, Convolvulus Turpethum, Glycosmis triphylla, Jussia3^« 

 repens, and Pongdmia religic)sa. Contributions towards a Flora 

 of South America and the Islands of the Pacific, by Dr. 

 Hooker and Mr. Arnott, continued from part viii. : the con- 

 tinuation occupies 65 pages, and is an important contribu- 

 tion to scientific botany : the more popular genera of which 

 species are described are Fuchs/a, ffinothera, Cuphea, Myv- 

 tus, Psidium, Eugenia, Malesherbm, Lodsa, Calandriuia, 

 Ribes, Escallon/a, ^ryngium. Notice respecting Mr. Berk- 

 ley's Gleanings of British h!lgde. Notice respecting the Illus- 

 trations of the Genera of German Plants. Account of In- 

 dian Labiatse, in the collection of J. F. Royle, Esq., Director 

 of the Hon. the East India Company's Botanic Garden at 



