I.OTANY, 



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the plants affording the latter, we are as ignorant :.^ 

 whe'^ this invaluable medicine was first introduced into 

 Europe by the Jesuits in 1632, It is a frequent and 

 ju^^ subject of regretj that naturalists who make collec- 

 tions in remote and little frequented countries, are ap 

 to neglect the procuring of authentic specimens of the 



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Economy, 



It is difficult to recommend botanical hooks^ useful to 



an uiiiyersal traveller* and 



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library. Many of the best collections of plants have 

 been made without books ; and, unfortunately, there is 

 no complete work published, De Candolle's ' 



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Candolle's ' Prodromus 

 abilts ' is the best, and 



it is advancing towards a termination ; and Walpers* 



^ Repertorhtm 



SysternaticcB ^ is a valuable 

 supplement to It. Don's * Dictionary of Gardening and 

 Botany ' is useful, so far as it goes : it is in 4 vols., 

 4to., published at 14/. 8.^, but now offered by many 

 booksellers at 1/. 8=s'. 



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Dr. Lindlev's various intro- 



ductory w^orks on Botany ought to be in the hand of 

 every student, and, above all, his * Vegetable Kingdom.^ 

 • Loudon's Encyclopcedia of Plants^^ with its numerous 

 wood-cuts, is an excellent travelling companion. And 

 for any particular country it is desirable to ascertain 



the books that may happen to describe the vegetation 

 of it. They are too numerous to allow of a list bein 

 here given, 



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