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mania ? " We should have liked the name of the tulip explained} 

 and the application of it. We think that, in treating of flowers 

 originated through man's agency, the genealogy of them should, 

 in every practicable case, bfe accurately registered : the practice 

 of this idea might induce the registering of a string of facts of 

 efficient service to the student of vegetable physiology. It is 

 true that the mode of the origin of new varieties is well known ; 

 but some instruction might result from the individual cases, were 

 the details of these registered. — f 



Art. li. A History and Description of the different Varieties of the 

 Pansy, or Heartsease, novo in cidtivation in the British Gardens, 

 illustrated tvith Twenty-four coloured Figures of the choicest Sorts. 

 By J. Sinclair and J. Freeman. In 8vo Numbers, monthly, 6d. each ; 

 to be completed in 24 Numbers, each containing a coloured figure 

 of one select variety, with descriptions, &c. London, 1835. 



The object of this work, we are informed in the introduction, 

 *' is to bring into notice all the choice and leading varieties of 

 heartsease now in cultivation. 



" Such has been the rapid increase of the pansy tribe within the last few 

 j'ears, that there are now among the London florists and nurserymen upwards 

 of 400 named sorts, of almost every conceivable colour ; yet there has never 

 been any publication wholly devoted to the heartsease. Although there have 

 been so many distinct varieties of the pansy raised of late years, the number 

 of choice sorts fit to please the eye of the florist or amateur, is yet but limited. 

 The subjects chosen to illustrate this work are those only which are considered 

 really good, and form the first class of show flowers. The work is to be con- 

 tinued monthly, and will be completed in twenty-four numbers. Each number 

 is to contain one variety, faithfully drawn and coloured from nature, with a 

 full description of each figure, accompanied with their various modes of pro- 

 pagation, soil, and situation, with every other particular which may be calculated 

 to promote the growth and culture of the heartsease." (p. 1.) 



The first number contains one plate and sixteen pages of 

 letterpress, all, as the technical phrase is, very well got up. We 

 have seen some of the plates intended for future numbers, which 

 are all beautifully engraved and coloured ; and, indeed, from 

 knowing the authors and their connexions in the botanical and 

 horticultural world, we have no doubt that the work will be 

 completed in good style, as, indeed, it ought to be, for it is 

 dedicated to Mrs. Lawrence. 



After an explanation of the terms to be used in describing the 

 Pansy, are given a technical description of the order Fiolarieae, 

 a generic character, and a description of /^lola tricolor var. 

 Allen's John Bull, &c. As a specimen of the practical matter 

 we give the following paragraphs : — 



" The results of various experiments relative to the growth of the Pansy, 

 amount merely to this, — that, to produce fine large blooms, due attention must 



