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ferences to authors and to plates ; affinity of the species j affinity of the 

 genus ; the culture of the species; and, lastly, a detailed description of the plate. 

 A translation of the work, with the same plates, would be very instructive to 

 the English amateur; but it would not answer, as is evident from the failure 

 of Maund's Botanist, which was conducted very much on the same plan, 

 though not with the same care and knowledge of the subject, and was cheaper 

 than any other botanical periodical. 



AbUldung und Beschreibimg bluhender Cactccn, S^c. Figures and Descriptions 

 of Cacti in Flower, &c. By Dr. L. Pfeiffer and Fr. Otto. Parts III. 

 IV. and V. Cassel and Leipzig. 



We noticed the first appearance of this work in our Volume for 1839, 

 p. 322., to which we refer for the essence of the prospectus, and for the high 

 opinion which we have expressed of the letterpress and engravings. Part II. 

 we have never received. The parts before us contain : — 



Tab. II. Cereus Curtis?* Lk. et O., C. Royeni Bot. Mag. t. 3125., 

 C. octagonus Hort. A native of New Granada. — 12. Cereus flagriformis 

 Zucc. Mexico. At first this species was thought to be a variety of C. fla- 

 gelliformis, but when it came into flower M. Zuccarini gave it the name of 

 flagriformis, which, though a different word, has the same meaning as 

 flagelliformis (whip-shaped). — 13. Mammillaria uberiformis Zucc. Mexico. 

 — 14. Echinocactus leucocantha Zucc. Mexico. — 13. Cereus coccineus 

 Salm., C. bifrons Haworth, Suppl. p. 76. Mexico. — 16. Cereus setaceus 

 Sail)!., Dec. Prod. Vu. p. 469. Brazil. — 17, Rhipsahs pentaptera Pfeif'. and 

 R. platycarpa Pfciff., syn. Epiphyllum platycarpum Zucc; and Cereus pla- 

 tycarpus Zucc. Brazil. — 18. Opuntia foliosa Salm., Dec. Prod. \\\. p. 471., 

 Cactus foliosa Willd., C. pusflJa Haw., Opuntia puslUa Haw. South 

 America. — 19. Mammillaria uncmhxa Zucc, M. adunca Sheid. Mexico. — 

 20. Echinocactus acutissima Lk. et O., Mammillaria floribunda Hook. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 3647. Chih. — 21. Echinocactus hybocentra Lelim., E. mammil- 

 larioides Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3538. Brazil. — 22. Cereus eriophorus Lk. et O., 

 C. cubensis Kariu. et Zucc. Cuba. — 23. Cereus undatus Lk. et O. Native 

 country unknown. — 24. Opuntia cochinillifera Mill. Diet. ed. 8. No. 6., 

 Cactus cochinillifera L., C. campechiana Diet. Natur. vi. p. 203. South 

 America. — 25. Mammillaria eriacantha Lk. et O., M. cylindracea Dec. 

 Mexico. 



This is a splendid work, every plate being as carefully finished and coloured 

 as if it were an original drawing. It will be hailed with delight by the col- 

 lectors of Cacti in both hemispheres ; not only for the beauty and fidelity of 

 the representations of their favourite plants, but on account of the number of 

 new species which it portrays. 



Sowerby's small Edition of English Botany. In Bvo numbers, every alternate 

 Saturday. 



This most excellent work is drawing rapidly to a close ; Nos. 429. and 

 430. containing plates of lichens. We have so often recommended Sowerby's 

 Botany to all persons of leisure living in the country, and to all gardeners 

 who can afford it, that we can only repeat our previous recommendations. 

 In every garden there ought to be a garden library, the property of the 

 proprietor, and this is one of the books that ic ought to contain. Young 

 ladies living m the country will find it a source of perpetual interest. At this 

 season, for instance, though there are almost no flowering plants in a growing 

 state, yet there are numerous mosses and lichens which are growing vigor- 

 ously ; and a number of evergreen ferns at the roots of hedges, and on pollard 

 and other trees, that they would find the names of, by gathering a specimen, 

 bringing it home, and turning over the leaves of Mr. Sowerby's book. 



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