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rum selectarum, quasquas ad vivorum exemplorum normam reddei*e licuit, 71 

 vol. a 12 tables. Desseins, papier velin anglais, format et texte imprime en 

 latin, comme dans l'oeuvre precedent. Les 852 tables, qui composent cette 

 partie, forment une collection des plantes les plus rares et les plus belles des. 

 Indes Orientales et Occidentales. 3. J. S. de Kerner, le Raisin, ses especes et 

 varietes, dessinees et colorees d'apres nature, 12 livraisons en 1 vol. con- 

 tenant 144 tables, imp. fol., hauteur V 9" 4'", largeur 1' 5 7 4"', texte imprime 

 en francais. Chaque table represente, outre l'espeee, le detail de toutes ses par- 

 ties. 4. J. S. de Kerner, les Melons, 34 tables en 1 vol. meme format et texte,. 

 imprime en francais, representant les principales especes de melons." 



Our correspondent adds : — " M. Kerner was a man of great talents, and of 

 the highest degree of merit in his department of science. His works are 

 most beautifully executed j but, from their great size and cost, copies of them 

 are only to be found in imperial or royal libraries. Perhaps some of your 

 lords, or your public institutions, might desire copies ; and, if so, as they are 

 not sold through the booksellers, they can only procure them by applying to 

 M. Kerner, as above. I am informed that the price asked will be very mo- 

 derate, and much less than the works could have been obtained for in the late 

 M. Kerner's lifetime." — Charles Zoller. Stuttgart, May 17. 1834. 



Plants in the Garden at Hurlach, near Augsburg, brought from Mexico, in 

 the spring of 1834, by Baron Karwinsky : — Agave atrovirens, variespina, 

 Fxtli, sobolifera, laxa, flaccida, serrulata, Espaditas, brachystachya, and tehna- 

 canensis; Fourcrce v a longae' va and rigida ; J'loe Sabilla; Cereus canaliculars,, 

 ramosus, gemmatus, and baxanus ; Epiphyllum latifrons, longifblium, specio- 

 sum flore rubro, and flore luteo; Testudinaria elephantipes macrophylla; 

 i?uph6rb«« fulgens and heterophylla; Yucca striata, comosa, and laetevirens ; 

 Chamaedorea, species ; Coco yule, a palm from the coast of the South Seaj 

 Bactris aculeata, Passiflora Granadilla. — C. Ranch. London, June, 1834. 



Art. III. Domestic Notices. 



The Show of the Metropolitan Society of Florists and Amateurs, held at the 

 Crown and Anchor Tavern on June 10., was, as we have learned from friends 

 who attended it, one of much merit, and one which evinced, both in the pro- 

 ductions exhibited, and the number of visiters to inspect them, an improve- 

 ment on the previous shows. The flowers of the heartseases, ranunculuses, 

 pinks, and other flowers from the open air, were deemed small, and their 

 smallness attributed to the dry weather which had preceded ; but they were 

 generally, otherwise, in fine condition. The heartseases were numerous, and 

 of excellent quality : they had a light, lovely appearance ; compared, by one 

 friend, to a multitude of beautiful butterflies. The pinks were not very 

 numerous, but were very good. The ranunculuses were beautiful : there were 

 several stands of flowers, and some individual ones, shown for prizes; and, 

 besides these, Mr. Groom displayed, not for a prize, a fine collection of about 

 fifty kinds ; and Mr. Hogarth, also, a collection. Of roses there were five or 

 six collections for prizes, and one or two large collections besides. Of pelar- 

 goniums there were from 150 to 200 fine specimens of choice and new kinds : 

 one with crimped petals, and called Buonaparte, attracted much notice. Among 

 the choicer kinds we may name grandissimum, Gains's pulcherrimum, Smith's 

 magniflorum and Admiral Nelson, fulminans, new Duchess of Gloucester ; 

 and the following kinds, sent by Mr. Dennis : — Queen Adelaide, habranthum, 

 Adansoni, olympicum, concessum, and some seedling kinds, not yet named, of 

 high qualities. Of miscellaneous objects we are told of the under-mentioned : — 

 A superb specimen of Kalim'a latifolia, contributed by Mr. Waterer, of Knap 

 Hill : the plant was tall, large, and covered with flowers. Pimelea decussata, 

 supplied by Mr. Lowe, of the Clapton Nursery ; a plant 4 ft. high, garnished 

 all over with heads of flowers. Polygala oppositifolia, a plant 5 ft. high, and 

 abounding in blossoms : this, with Schizanthus retusus, and some excellent 



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