e 
, seven or eight 12mo. fasciculi—price 3s. 6d. 
 each—forming £o neat pocket volumes. 
_ *Ontheleft-hand page of each leaf, one, 
two, or more specimens of a species will 
be carefully gummed, with the scientific 
and English name, reference to the page 
— ef the British Flora where the species is 
~ described, locality, and time when found, 
—all accurately written underneath. 
“ With the concluding fasciculus will 
be given, along with title-pages for both 
volumes, a printed table of the contents 
of each, arranged according to Sir W. J. 
. Hooker's British Flora, and including a 
SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERIC AND SPE- 
CIFIC CHARACTERS. 
.. “A blank will be left at the top of each 
. page for numbering the species, and by 
means of the tables, the specimens can be 
numbered and arranged with the greatest 
ease; while the numbers not being attached 
to them when published, will allow of any 
. Subscriber adopting whatever mode of ar- 
rangement he chooses, as well as of the 
Author adding species that may be found 
: during the publication of the work.—Fas- 
. culus Ist will be published in May 1837. 
" Subscribers’ names will be received 
by the Author, at Mr. George Robertson's, 
merchant, 18, Overgate, Dundee. 
." W. H. White, Esq., London, has also 
kindly undertaken to receive subscribers' 
names for the Author.” 
À very neat Specimen of the work has 
1 Sent to us, by which it appears, that 
. the individual Mosses are extremely good, 
Od very neatly arranged. Twenty species 
es tpi in each Fasciculus, of which 
imu published every alternate 
complished Botanist, Dr. J. F. Lippold, 
‘ Bag uégestion of William Christy, jun., 
: Bed Some other Naturalists, is now 
. “gating the Island of Madeira. Pre- 
: ing P tg embarking, he issued the follow- 
lo give tide to which we are anxious 
i greater publicity. 
«ms, 1, PROSPECTUS. 
"e s Island of Madeira is well known 
ne of the points most favoured by 
BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
Another enthusiastic and moreover very a 
339 
nature ; and it is especially by its rich and 
varied vegetation, uniting the products of 
two zones, that it interests the Naturalist, 
The undersigned (for a long time a most 
passionate amateur of Botany and Horti- 
culture), knowing that there are man 
English Botanists and Horticulturists who 
wish to have collections of dried or living 
plants, of seeds, of bulbs, &c., from that 
delightful island, proposes to go there him- 
self, as a collector of plants in particular, 
and of other objects of Natural History 
in general. 
In order to effect this project, he offers to 
amateurs a subscription under the follow- 
ing conditions :— 
* ]. Each subscriber will receive, for 
a subscription of £5, three hundred indi- 
genous plants of Madeira, carefully dried 
in the German manner; or one hundred 
species of seeds, bulbs, roots, &c., which- 
ever he prefers, dried or living. | 
ed e undersigned engages himself 
to go to Madeira as soon as he has fifteen 
subscribers. 
* 8. The conveying of the plants, seeds, 
&c., will be at the risk and expense of the 
subscribers ; the undersigned only insures 
their package. 
* 4, "The distribution of the transports 
of plants will be in the ordér of the date 
of the subscriptions. 
«5, If any amateurs of insects, shells, 
or minerals, wish to receive collections of 
them from Madeira, the undersigned will 
wilingly execute their commissions, re- 
ceived by W. Christy, jun., Esq., who un- 
dertakes to make the necessary arrange- 
ments in this department. 
«6, W. Christy, jun, Esq, Clapham 
oad, London, will have the kindness to 
receive subscriptions for the undersigned, 
“Dr. J. F. LiPPOLD. 
‘ London, November, 1836.” 
Dr. Lippold safely reached that inte oo 
ing island, as we are informed by Mr. 
Christy, after a voyage from the E 
of ten days. He writes in extasy ed i 
luxuriance of the vegetation, thoug À he 
had then seen nothing but Funchal and its 
: : t 
environs. Mr. Lowe received him mos 
