Florkultural and Botanical Notices. 63 



Art. IV. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of new Plants, and of 

 old Plants of Interest, supplementary to the latest Editions of the 

 " Encyclopcedia of Plants, 1 ' and of the " Hortus Britannicus." 



Curtis' s Botanical Magazine; each monthly Number containing eight plates ; 



3*. 6d. coloured, 3s. plain. Edited by Dr. Hooker, King's Professor of 



Botany in the University of Glasgow. 

 Edwards's Botanical Register ; each monthly Number containing eight plates ; 



4s. coloured, 3s. plain. Edited by Dr. Lindley, F.R.S., Professor of Botany 



in the London University. 

 Sweet's British Flower-Garden ; each monthly Number containing four plates ; 



3s. coloured, 2s. 3d. plain. Edited by David Don, Esq., Librarian to the 



Linnaean Society. 

 Loddiges's Botanical Cabinet; each monthly Number containing ten plates; 



5s. coloured, 2s. 6d. partly coloured. Edited by Messrs. Loddiges. 



Some Facts and Considerations which have a general Relation to Floriculture. 



Mr. Telfair is no more. — Ever since the death of his accomplished lady, 

 which took place the preceding year, our valued friend, as he himself had 

 informed us, seemed to have lost every earthly tie; and, after a violent illness 

 of only five days, he breathed his last on July 14. 1833. In his death, science 

 has to deplore the loss of one of her most ardent votaries, and society one of 

 the best of men. (Dr. Hooker, in Bot. Mag., Dec. 1833, t. 3286.) 



The Publication of Loddiges's Botanical Cabinet was terminated on Dec. 2. 

 1833. — " Having been enabled to complete our twentieth volume, and thus 

 to place 2000 plants before the public, our labours are closed ; the precarious 

 state of our draughtsman's health not permitting him to go on any farther. 

 We cannot take leave of our kind friends without expressing our sincere 

 gratitude for the encouragement with which they have favoured us, in our 

 humble attempts to illustrate a small portion of a most attractive branch of 

 natural history." (Botanical Cabinet, Dec. 2. 1833, at the close of the text 

 appended to t. 2000.) 



Mr. Drummond. — " It is very much through the instrumentality of Dr. 

 Graham that Mr. Drummond has been enabled to accomplish his long and 

 successful journeys in the southern states of North America ; where, amidst 

 many dangers, and notwithstanding the severest attacks of fever and cholera, 

 he has amassed a collection of upwards of one thousand species of plants. 

 The Nuttalk'a Papaver, and the little-known Sarracenk psittacina, are among 

 the most interesting that have been sent home in a living state. From Texas 

 and New Mexico it is expected that his collections will be still more valuable." 

 (Dr. Hooker, in Bot. Mag., Dec. 1833, t. 3287.) 



Mr. Hitchen's celebrated Collection of succulent Plants, of the more striking 

 of which we have given a long list in IX. 114., has been purchased by Mr. 

 Frederick Mackie of the Norwich Nursery. This gentleman has printed a 

 list of the duplicates which he offers for sale ; but we are happy to learn from 

 him that it is his purpose " to keep the collection as complete as possible, 

 and to add to it as opportunity may offer." 



Aquatic Plants are generally very beautiful, either in their flowers or their 

 foliage ; or remarkable for the singular manner in which they have been con- 

 structed, to enable them to pass their lives amidst the water. Unless provided 

 with floating apparatus, the small quantity of air contained in their leaves 

 would be insufficient to support them on the surface of the water ; and they 

 would sink and drown, like animals themselves. But, to prevent this occur- 

 rence, we always find some curious and beautiful contrivance : such as a 

 distention of the leafstalk, till it assumes a swollen and gouty aspect [in 

 the genera Pontederia, Trapa, Utricularia] ; or the construction of myriads of 

 air-chambers in the solid stem itself [Typha, iSparganium, iVympha3 N a, Sagit- 

 taria] ; or the roots distended into vegetable swimming bladders [Jussieiia ] ; 



