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sum, and dwarf Fig Marigold are examples. In gardens they are al 
ranked with herhaceous plants, but their permanent stems give them 
the character of shrubs. I therefore apply to them the term frutlets." 
rom these extracts our readers will be able to judge for, ther 
whether such matter is in harmony with the title of Domestic Bot 
he second part of the book is devoted to “ The families of plants, 
tematically arranged, with a description of their characters, propert 
gathered during a life’s experience at Kew. Ee 
The name of Mr. W. H. Fitch is a sufficient guarantee for the exce 
lence of the sixteen coloured plates, illustrating the habits of the principa 
plants. K. B.M. 
Potanical Hews. 
The first part of a new volume (28th) of the ‘Transactions 
Linnean Society’ has lately been published. It consists of a 
adopted by the gritos of the “Genera Plantas T. koa best 
nown. In the present paper the whole of the species are enumerated, 
with their references and Synonyms, and the new ones—a large num! 
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„ vatin. The whole are placed in 134 genera, grouped under 
tribes. : Mouriria and Memecylon are included in the Order. In the 
troduction, which, with the remarks on the species, is written in French, 
are observations on the peculiar difficulties presented by the Order "n | 
ies. The characte — 
employed for the genera are the placentation, the character of the e 
and seeds, and especially the structure of the stamens. For techuiet 
