558 Beviews. [July? 



their desiderata to the Botanical Society, or to plant Exchanging 

 Clubs. The following plants, among others, are introduced : — Hutch- 

 insia alpina, Viola arenaria, Rosa Bakeri, Pyrus rupicola, Amm 

 majus, Galinsoga parviflora, Acanthus mollis, Neotinea intactai, 

 Demazeria sicula, &c. 



Hot-house Floka. 



The excellent periodical, known as ' Flore des Serres,'* published 

 at Ghent by Louis Van Houtte, continues to maintain its reputation. 

 It embraces a consideration of all that concerns gardening with refer- 

 ence to usefulness or ornament ; the culture of plants in stoves and in 

 the open air ; the cultivation of pot-herbs, and of fruit and forest- 

 trees ; the description of plants recently introduced into gardens ; 

 the examination of questions on Natural History, Meteorology, and 

 General Physics, connected with Horticulture ; as well as an account of 

 travels. Each number contains several well-executed coloured plates. 

 In the present number there are figures of Aplotaxis gossypina, a 

 composite plant of the Himalaya, covered with a dense coating of 

 hairs. Dischidia Eafflesiana, an Asclepidaceous plant of Malacca and 

 Singapore, remarkable for its pitcher-like appendages ; Maxi- 

 mowiczia chinensis, one of the Schizandraceae from the Amur dis- 

 trict ; Phoenieophorium sechellarum, and Verschaffeltia splendida, 

 palms from the Seychelles Islands. The scenery in connection with 

 some of the plants is well portrayed in the coloured drawings. The 

 work does great credit to the editor and to the artist. 



Muscology. 



The mosses peculiar to Eastern North America have been investi- 

 gated by Dr. William S. Sullivant, and he has published a work on 

 the subject. f It contains excellent delineations of the mosses with 

 full descriptions, and constitutes a valuable contribution to the mus- 

 cology of North America. Being entirely of a descriptive character, 

 it is impossible in this notice to give anything like an abstract of the 

 publication. To the practical Botanist who is studying the American 

 mosses, the work is invaluable. 



* ' Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Journal General d'Horticul- 

 ture.' Tom. xv. livr. ii., 20 Mai, 1865. 



t ' Icones Muscorum ; or, Figures and Descriptions of most of those Mosses 

 peculiar to Eastern North America which have not been hitherto figured.' By 

 Wm. S. Sullivant, LL.D., &c. With 129 Copper-plates. Cambridge, Massachu- 

 setts. 1864. 



