Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 35 



Art. V. Floricultural and Botanical Notices on Kinds of Plants 

 newly introduced into our Gardens, and that have originated in them, 

 and on Kinds oj" Interest previously extant in them ; supiplementary 

 to the latest Editions of the " Encyclopcedia of Plants," and of 

 the " Hortus Britannicus." 



Curtis' s Botanical Magazine ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 eight plates ; Ss. 6d. coloured, 35. plain. Edited by Sir William 

 Jackson Hooker, LL.D., &c. 



Edwards's Botanical Register ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 eight plates; 45. coloured, 35. plain. Edited by Dr. Lindley, 

 Professor of Botany in the London University. 



Sweet's British Flower-Garden ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 four plates ; 35. coloured, 25. 2>d. plain. Edited by David Don, 

 Esq., Professor of Botany in King's College, and Librarian to the 

 Linnaean Society. 



Maund's Botanic Garden, or Magazine of Hardy Flower Plants cul- 

 tivated in Great Britain ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 four coloured figures in one page; large paper \s.6d., small \s. 

 Edited by B. Maund, Esq., F.L.S. 



Birmingham Botanic Garden ; in monthly numbers, 4to, 25. Qd. each. 

 Conducted by G. B. Knowles, Esq., and Frederick Westcott, Esq., 

 Honorary Secretaries of the Birmingham Botanical and Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



The Botanist ; in monthly numbers, each containing four plates, with 

 two pages of letterpress ; 8vo, large paper, 25. 6d. ; small paper, 

 l5. 6d. Conducted by B. Maund, Esq., F.L.S., assisted by the 

 Rev. J. S. Henslow, M.A., F.L.S., &c., Professor of Botany in the 

 University of Cambridge. 



The Floricultural Magazine and Miscellany of Gardening, edited by 

 Robert Marnock, Curator of the Botanical and Horticultural Gar- 

 dens, Sheffield. In monthly numbers, Qd. each. 



Berberaceae. 



390. ^PIME'DIUM [1906. 



*macranthum Lindl. large-flowered ^ A pr 1? ap Li and P Japan 1835 D s.l Bot. reg. 



A very pretty sweet-scented species, " remarkable for the 

 large size of its pale violet flowers." It is, no doubt, quite hardy, 

 and well deserving of cultivation. Plants are in the Fulhain 

 Nursery. [Bot. Reg., Nov.) 



CruciJercE, or Brassicdcece. 



1853. /BE''RIS 

 *16365ai coroiiaria D. Don crown-flowering O or 5f jn VV ... 1836 S co Svv. fl.-gard. 2. s. 359. 



A hardy annual, of easy culture, and by far the most showy of 

 the genus. " Few plants have better claims to a place in the 

 flower-border. Its flowers are large; and, at a distance, the plant 

 bears a considerable resemblance to the double white rocket." 

 {Sweefs Fl.-Gard., Nov.) 



1338. TESICA^RIA 



*gracilis Hoo/c. slender-stemmed O or f my.au Y Texas 1S3i S co Bot. mag. 3333. 



A native of the same country as V. grandiflora, noticed in 

 p. 73., viz. Texas; and discovered at the same time by Mr. Drum- 

 mond. " It is less showy than the latter, but a lively and graceful 



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