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one end of the bed to the other. By the mode suggested, 

 we maintained, and do maintain, that the general effect 

 would be more impressive, and the examination in detail far 

 more interesting and instructive; and every one capable of 

 generalising on the subject of arrangement and variety, 

 though he never saw a tulip, will allow this to be the case. 

 That the "amateurs of taste among florists" should not allow 

 this also, is, to us, not surprising : we attribute it to their 

 prejudice for established custom, in most cases, and in others 

 to their incapability of taking an enlarged view of the subject. 

 The limited sphere of beauty within which a florist's admira- 

 tion is commonly confined, precludes ordinary minds from 

 taking in enlarged ideas. We refer the reader to what we 

 have said on this subject in Vol. II. p. 309., and in various 

 other parts of this Magazine. 



Having now noticed some of the useful matter contained in 

 Mr. Hogg's work, we shall next refer to some of those por- 

 tions of it which we consider curious or amusing; such as 

 the anecdotes concerning Isaac Emmerton, a celebrated 

 auricula-grower (p. 158.), and his unlucky pupil, (p. 161.) 

 Emmerton, it seems, was a nurseryman at Barnet, but was 

 imprisoned, and ultimately ruined, by the clergyman of his 

 parish, who was a magistrate, and whom Emmerton had in- 

 sulted by hanging him in effigy on a tree in his garden. The 

 story of Captain M'Tulpin (a nickname for a Lancashire 

 florist, who endeavoured to settle, some years ago, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London, and who commenced a work on tulips) 

 will be understood and relished by some of the fancy. In 

 the last page of his work, Mr. Hogg refers to the bad debts 

 in his ledger; in which, he says, there are sixty names, noble 

 and ignoble, and that the conduct of twenty of these has been 

 fraudulent and dishonest in the highest degree. He adds, 

 that he would publish their names, did he not feel for their 

 unoffending offspring. 



Royle, J. Forbes, F.L.S. and G.S. &c. &c. &c., late Superin- 

 tendent of the Honourable East India Company's Botanic 

 Garden at Saharunpore : Illustrations of the Botany and 

 the other branches of the Natural History of the Hima- 

 layan Mountains, and of the Flora of Cashmere. London, 

 1833. 4to. In 10 Parts, 205. each. Part I. 10 coloured 

 lithographs, 40 pages of letterpress. 



The first part of this work was published in the middle of 

 October. Of illustrations, it contains 10 lithographs, which 

 bear coloured figures of the following objects : one animal, the 



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