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NOTICES OF BOOKS, 
British Flower-Garden, and the Florists’ Magazine, for the month of 
May, are also given, together with “ Operations for July” in the stove, 
greenhouse, and flower-garden. 
Smith’s Florists’ Magazine. The number for July contains:— 
A finely-drawn and coloured figure of the celebrated Tulip the Dutch 
Catafalque ; to which is annexed some very fair criticisms, and some 
very good advice to both sellers and buyers of Tulips. Mr. Smith has 
added a copy of the prices obtained at a sale of Tulips at Alcmaer, in 
Holland, in the year 1637, a s a proof of the Tulip-mania so prevalent 
at that time in that trafficing country. 
One hundred and twenty bulbs sold for . . £8,437 10 0 
One, the Admiral of Enchuysen, with its offsets . 487 10 0 
Two Brabanters . . . . . . 356 5 0 
One, the Viceroy, sold for .... 394 0 7i 
Not only the names and prices of these bulbs, but also their weights, 
are particularly set down in the City Register. 
The second plate represents the Victoria and Polyphemus Calceola¬ 
rias, of the whole family of which Mr. Smith gives a very good account. 
“ They may be divided,” he says, “ into four classes—the annual, bien¬ 
nial, perennial-herbaceous, and perennial-shrubby. The latter are the 
greatest favourites, and promise to be hardy enough to stand our 
winters.” 
The third plate exhibits three fine Carnations, viz. Bertrand , Prince 
de Nassau, and Bijoux de Clermont , drawn from specimens in Mr. 
Hogg’s collection. 
The fourth plate shows a specimen of the Mimulus Wheelerii, or 
Wheeler’s Monkey-Flower. This, of the many varieties now in culti¬ 
vation, is the most showy, and should be in every collection. There is 
also in the number a beautifully engraved cut of the Tropceolum tri¬ 
color, with description and directions for culture. “ In purchasing 
plants which are rather costly, care should be taken to ensure a fair¬ 
sized bulb ” (tuber is meant). 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Florigraphia Britannica ; or Engravings and Descriptions of 
the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Britain. By Richard Deakin, 
F.R.C.S.E., and Robert Marnock, Curator of the Sheffield Bota¬ 
nical and Horticultural Garden . 
