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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
We cordially wish Messrs. Wilmer the success they deserve 
in this place ; as, from its immediate vicinity to town and the 
extensive assortment of this class of flowers grown, they afford 
every florist, either in their own neighbourhood or visiting 
London, an opportunity both for inspection and selection. 
LITERARY NOTICE. 
Botany for Ladies ; or , a Popular Introduction to the Natural 
System of Plants. By Mrs. Loudon. — Murray, London. 
When we noticed Mrs. Loudon’s First Book of Botany in 
our last Journal, we recommended it from a conviction of its 
utility : we are of the same opinion still, though in the work 
before us the authoress has almost superseded the use of it, or 
rather we should say, has so enlarged the remarks and expla¬ 
nations necessary as to make the present Introduction a most 
efficient one; so much so that we feel confident a knowledge 
of familiar botany may be obtained without any other guide. 
By a direct and easy method the reader is introduced to the 
classification of plants according to the natural or Jussieuan 
system, as improved by Candolle. The work is divided into 
two parts: in the first, the most distinct and important natural 
orders are treated of, and their characteristics illustrated by 
references to familiar species of each, with numerous woodcuts 
of the flowers and their botanical structure. In the second 
part the whole, and consequently, the more difficult and obscure 
orders are described, and their constructions defined and ex¬ 
plained in a comprehensive manner. We extract the following 
notice of the popular order, Violacese : 
“ The order Violacese, though not a large one, contains several genera; 
but the most interesting is the genus viola, which includes, among many 
other species, the sweet violet (viola odorata) and the heartsease (viola 
tricolor). The flowers of both species have many claims to admiration, 
but they do not add the charm of regularity in construction to their other 
attractions, as in fact few flowers are less symmetrical. The flowers of both 
are nearly alike in their details, but, to avoid confusion, I will describe 
them separately. The calyx of the heartsease consists of five pointed. 
