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Art. V. Floriadtural and Botanical Notices of netoly introduced 

 Plants, and oj' Plants of Interest previously in our Gardens, supple- 

 mentary to the latest Editions oJ" the " Encyclopczdia of Plants," 

 and of the " Horius Britawiicus." 



Curtis s Botanical Magazine ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 eight plates ; 3s. 6d. coloured, 3s. plain. Edited by Dr. Hooker, 

 King's Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow. 



Edwards s Botanical Register ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 eight plates; 4s. coloured, 3s. plain. Edited by Dr. Lindley, 

 Professor of Botany in the London University. 



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

 four plates ; 3s. coloured, 2s. Sd. plain. Edited by David Don, 

 Esq., Librarian to the Linneean Society. 



A Notice "which has a general Relation to Floriculture. — Dr. 

 Lindley has presented, in the Botanical Register^ the number 

 for September, 1835, the following notice: — " There are no 

 plants more general favourites among collectors than the species 

 of . . . Ericese. ... It is, however, very remarkable, that, notwith- 

 standing the extensive commerce of England, the zeal of her 

 merchants, and the enterprise of individuals, some of the most 

 magnificent of these plants are still known to Europeans only 

 from the dried specimens in the herbariums of botanists. We 

 allude to the noble genus Befaria, which contains many species 

 more beautiful than even Rhododendron and Azalea ; to the 

 Thibaudias, with their long tubular crimson blossoms ; and to 

 many species of Gaylussaccia. The finest of these plants in- 

 habit the Cordilleras of Peru, in the country of the Cinchonas ; 

 and, certainly, if one half the sum that has been sometimes wasted 

 in ill-considered undertakings were applied judiciously to an ex- 

 pedition into this region, there would be no reasonable doubt of 

 success, and the results would be indescribably important. We 

 should be glad to explain our views more in detail to any one 

 who might be disposed to engage in such an undertaking ; and 

 we cannot help anticipating that the project will be seriously 

 entertained by some of those liberal and wealthy nobles who 

 are indeed becoming the Maecenates of natural history in Great 

 Britain. We have been led to these remarks by the exami- 

 nation of a collection of dried specimens lately sent from the Cin- 

 chona country by Mr. Mathews, in which we find a larger 

 number of very beautiful plants than we ever have had the good 

 fortune to examine in any collection of similar extent. Among 

 other things, there is a most lovely plant, which constitutes a 

 new genus related to Thibaudia, and which, as it cannot fail 

 before many years to find it way in a living state to England, 

 we have named, in compliment to one of the most liberal of 

 those patrons of science whose noble actions render them the 



