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, Cum ing, 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 the 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. 
