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well known. The concluding article is on a jardin d'hiver, a new plant 

 structure, erected by M. Fion, which is said to form a very interesting winter 

 promenade in the midst of the trees of China and Japan. 



Otia Hispanica, SfC. A Selection of the rarer Plants of Spain, &c. By Philip 

 Barker Webb. Part II., 1840, folio, pp. 8, one coloured plate. Paris, 

 Brockhouse ; London, Coxhead. 



Part I. of this work is noticed p. 94. ,* that before us is wholly occupied 

 with marine fuci, which are described by Dr. Montague, and beautifully en- 

 graved and coloured. The species are GrifFithsfa flabeliata Mont., G. 

 Schousboe^i Mont., Gigantina gaditana Mont., G. conferta Schousb., and De- 

 lessen'fl interrupta Ag. 



PlantcB utiliores. Illustrations of useful Plants employed in Medicine, &c. 

 By M. A. Burnett. Nos. I, II, III, and IV. 4to. London, 1839-40. 

 Each number contains two coloured plates, with letterpress descriptions 

 from the unpublished MSS. of the late Professor G. T. Burnett, and the 

 price of each is only 1*. 



Miss Burnett is the sister of the late professor of botany in King's College ; 

 and of the usefulness of this work, as well as of the fidelity of its execution, 

 we have the authority of Dr. Sigmond, in the following extract from a letter 

 printed on the wrapper of No. II. : — 



" They [the plates of the tobacco plant and the blue passion-flower] are exe- 

 cuted witli great fidelity, and accurately coloured. Such a work must prove 

 unusually interesting, from its furnishing portions of the unpublished manu- 

 scripts of my learned friend, the late Professor Burnett. — George G. Sig- 

 mond, M.D. August 31. 1839." 



Would that any thing that we could say might promote the sale of this 

 publication ; not only to put us in possession of the unpublished manuscripts 

 of Professor Burnett, for whose memory we have the very highest respect, 

 but for the sake of his amiable and accomplished orphan sister ! Such a work 

 from such an authoress merits the especial patronage of the families of profes- 

 sors and medical men, and also of every lady of wealth and rank who wishes to 

 encourage talent and promote virtue. 



Kew and its Gardens. By Frederick Sheer, Esq. Post Svo, pp. 69. London, 

 1840. 



Besides the description indicated in the titlepage, some notice is taken in 

 the preface of the alleged intention of government to give up the Royal Bo- 

 tanic Gardens at Kew; and an appendix contains a petition to the Lords of 

 the Treasury from the Richmond Literary and Scientific Institution, praying 

 that the botanic gardens at Kew may not be abolished. Similar petitions, it 

 is stated, were agreed on at the Richmond and Brentford Mechanics' Insti- 

 tutions. 



Delia Origine ed Anzianitd dell' Orto Botanico di Padova, Sfc. On the Origin 

 and Antiquity of the Botanic Garden of Padua. By Professor Visiano, 

 Prefect of that Garden. 8vo, pp. 43. Venice, 1839. 



The origin of the garden is traced to 1533, and an account of it is brought 

 down to 1787. 



The Amei'ican Floiver- Garden Directory, Sfc, S^c. By Robert Buist, Nur- 

 seryman and Florist, Philadelphia. 8vo, pp. 380. Philadelphia,, 1839. 



This differs from most of the American works on gardening, in being an 

 original composition from beginning to end. It is most judiciously adapted to 

 the country in which it is published ; and the author is one of the best culti- 

 vators in the United States. There is no American work that we know of at 

 all to be compared with it in point of usefulness. We owe the author an 

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