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of the 13th volume, thereby doing good service to the cause of 

 Botany. It is computed that the 14 volumes actually complet- 

 ed, contain 50,509 species, arranged in 4,525 genera. The first 

 volume was commenced in 1822. When the work is finished, we 

 will have a complete systematical account of all plants known at 

 the time of publishing the several volumes. 



Hooker's Journal of Botany. — We find from the December 

 Number of the Kew Miscellany, that Sir William Hooker's very 

 useful Journal has ceased to appear. Under one form or another this 

 veteran Botanist has published since 1827, much of his most in- 

 teresting correspondence with men of Science and travellers of 

 every grade and in every clime. We fear that the cessation of this 

 periodical will be felt by very many besides ourselves. The Jour- 

 nal of the Linnean Society, and the Annals of Natural History in 

 London, and the New Philosophical Journal in Edinburgh are now 

 the remaining media through which communications on Natural 

 History may be brought before the public. 



Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. — Six num- 

 bers of this admirable serial have reached us, appearing quarterly 

 and containing papers on Natural History read before the Society, 

 and not inserted in its " Transactions." The Zoological and Bo- 

 tanical Papers are separately paged, so that either section may be 

 taken separately. 



The " Journal of Proceedings" for the present year is sold to 

 the public at 125. for the entire Journal, or 85. for either the Zoo- 

 logical or Botanical section taken separately ; the separate num- 

 bers being charged 3s. for the whole, or 25. for either section. 

 There are some valuable Zoological papers by Professor Owen and 

 others— and a series of sketches of the Natural Families of Indian 

 Plants, " Prcecursores adFloram hidicam" by J. D. Hooker, m. d., 

 and T. Thomson, m. d., which we hope to give in the selections 

 of our next number. 



The Plant Scenery of the World ; a Popular Introduction to Bo- 

 tanical Geography.— By John H. Balfour, a. m., m. d., &c, and 

 Robert Kaye Greville, l. l. d., &c. with Illustrations. 



