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EXTRACTS—HORTICULTURE. 
PART II. 
REVIEWS AND EXTRACTS. 
REVIEWS. 
BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS, 
FOUND IN OXFORDSHIRE AND ITS CONTIGIOUS COUNTIES. 
Described in Walkers Flora, drawn from Nature, and engraved under the direction 
of Mr. Wm. Baxter, A.L.S.F.H.S. Sfc. Curator of the Oxford Bot. G. 
The object proposed in the present work, is to supply the lovers of Botany with 
a set of figures, which may be relied on with accuracy, while every unnecessary 
expense will be avoided. With this view, it was at first proposed to reduce the 
size of the plants on a plan similar to that in “Maund’s Botanic Garden,” but 
this was not found compatible with sufficient distinctness and accuracy. It is 
intended to divide the work .into three series. The first to consist of one plate 
to each Genus, as a guide to Students. The second to comprise the remainder 
of the Oxfordshire flowering plants, and the third (if called for) to complete the 
“British Flora;” How well able Mr. Baxter is to conduct a work of this kind. 
The situation he holds at once testifies, which is all we can say of the Editor, as 
we have not the pleasure of personally knowing him; we are glad that the pecu¬ 
niary circumstances and conveniences of young gardeners and botanists are not 
forgotten or neglected, although we think there will be a very important defi¬ 
ciency in this work when bound up in volumes, and unless that deficiency be re¬ 
medied (which may easily be done) much of its real value will be detracted. For 
instance, the present No. before us, contains two coloured figures.—The snake’s 
head, (Frittilaria meleagris) and the wild tulip, (Tulipa sylvestris,) their localities, 
time of flowering, duration, &c. &c. are printed on the outside of the cover, when 
therefore the coloured figures are divested of these covers for binding, they are 
stripped of some of the most interesting intelligence to young gardeners. The 
low and accommodating price, no doubt, precludes the possibility of inserting 
letter-press in each number. What we would recommend is, that when a suffi¬ 
cient quantity of numbers are published to form a volume, let the number be 
printed to bind up with them, containing all the necessary information, together 
with an index; this will meet, we conceive every deficiency, and make the work 
calculated to be of much service, and consequently well deserving of encourage¬ 
ment. 
