418 Miscellaneous. 



is very valuable in containing nearly the whole of the plants he described from 

 the Berlin garden, as well as the oriental plants described in his " Species Plan- 

 tarum," from Gundelshiemer's and Tournefort's specimens, and the Siberian ones 

 from Stephen ; the latter are beautiful specimens, and some of them little known, 

 even now, by Russian botanists. This Herbarium also contains a tolerable set 

 of Humboldt's plants Comp. to Bot. Mag. ii. p. 75. 



Helvetia elastica, Eng. Fl. V. ii. 184 Some fine specimens of this rare fun- 

 gus have been sent me from the Hirsel woods, Berwickshire, by Miss Elizabeth 

 Bell of Coldstream. Dickson mentions it as a native of Scotland, but the 

 above is the only Scotch habitat which has hitherto been recorded — G. J. 



New Botanical Work Sir W. Jackson Hooker has commenced a new bota- 

 nical work entitled " Icones Plantarum rariorum vel minus cognitarum ex her- 

 bario Hookeriano selectee." — The rich collections, made in all parts of the world, 

 which compose the author's herbarium, will ensure an ample supply of subjects ; 

 among which, preference will, of course, be given to those that are most remark- 

 able for their novelty, their structure, or their history; particularly from the 

 vast treasures that have been sent to this country by Dr Wallich and Dr Wight, 

 from the East Indies ; by Colonel and Mrs Walker from Ceylon ; by the Messrs 

 Cunningham, Baxter, Gunn, and Lawrance, in Australia and New Zealand ; by 

 Messrs Gillies, Tweedie, Cuming, Mathews, Bridges, &c. in South America > 

 and by Messrs Drummond, Douglas, and Tolmie, in the Northern part of the New 

 World ; besides many collections of minor extent, but not of less importance, on 

 account of the rarity of the species, from other celebrated botanists and travel- 

 lers; An ardent desire to promote the cause of his favourite science has alone 

 induced Sir W. J. Hooker to undertake this work, certainly not the expectation 

 of any pecuniary advantage ; for even, should the publication meet with the suc- 

 cess that his fondest wishes might anticipate, yet the price set upon it is so low 

 as to forbid any hope of profit ; and he is anxious to express his acknowledg- 

 ments to the publishers, Messrs Longman and Co. for kindly guaranteeing him 

 against any positively pecuniary risk in the undertaking. Under their auspices, 

 it is intended that the work shall extend at least to 200 plates, 8vo, to be pub- 

 lished quarterly, in Parts, each consisting of 50 beautifully executed Lithogra- 

 phic Plates, and as many leaves of Letter-press, so that tbe plates and descrip- 

 tions may be afterwards arranged in whatever manner the possessor may prefer : 

 price 14s. each Part. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Rev. Dr Carey Of this eminent missionary and oriental scholar, a Memoir 



has been recently published * which, in our opinion, is scarcely worthy of the 

 man, and will, in an especial manner, disappoint those who were aware of his 

 love of natural history, and of his great attainments in Indian botany. The 

 only paragraphs in the volume relating to the subject are the three following, 

 written by his son and which we extract entire, certain to give, in doing so, a 

 gratification to many of our readers. 



* Memoir of William Carey, D. D. late Missionary to Bengal, &c. by Eustace 

 Carey. Lond. 1836. 8vo. 



