184 FLORA OF CUMBERLAND. 
“ vee gg by 8. Curtis, Laser Nott ts, 1820” and on No. 
© printed ‘‘painted by T. Baxter,’ * who evidently executed all 
but the first two, which are aia the work of Clara Maria 
ope. So far as dates are concerned, this Baxter may be identical 
with the Worcester china-painter Thomas Baxter, of whom a short 
account is given in the Dict. Nat. Biogr. iii. 487, and who died in 
London, April 18, 1821. The flowers are beautifully drawn and 
coloured ; each is backed by a conventional landscape, in the style 
of those similarly placed in Thornton’s Temple of Flora. 
That the work was never carried to completion seems clear from 
the yee of letterpress and the incomplete lettering of the plates. 
sley directs my attention to an advertisement on the 
las al the Botanical Magazine for August, 1831, which seems 
to show that only the above-named ten plates were issued, and that 
these were obtainable separately. After a reference to the Monograph 
of Camellia, the advertisement proceeds :—‘ Also some _splen ndid 
Cabinet Pictures of the same size as the Work on Camellias, 
consisting of a Series of Ten highly-finished Groups of the most 
esteemed Flowers amongst Florists: viz. Tulips, = yaciuithi Ran- 
unculuses, Anemonies, Carnations, Pinks, Polyan nthuses, Auriculas, 
and Two of Dahlias. These splendid coloured engravings may be 
had separate at 12s. each ; or the whole Series of Ten, for £5, with 
a very highly ornamental Title to the whole. The Series of these 
superb coloured ore in appropriate Frames, would grace any 
Drawing Room James Britten. 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Flora of Cumberland, containing a full List of the Flowering Plants 
and Ferns to be found in the County, according to the latest and 
most reliable Authorities. By Wrt11am Hopeson, of Working- 
Wi 
rata yy the bot bey of the county, and has secured much local 
elp. As far as the author’s qualifications go, it is a conscientious 
and painstaking piece of = and the Flora, more than any with 
we are acquainted, is an individual undertaking. To this 
indeed it owes both its interest and its defects. Notwithstanding 
Friend, whose help is specially acknowledged, can hardly be con- 
sidered a critical, although he may be, as Mr. Hodgson says, ‘‘ 
