THIS little book is not altogether devoid of use; but the author has often sacrificed clearness at the shrine of ambition, in endeavouring to compress about three times too much matter into his pages.

THE series of volumes known as “English Botany” was begun in 1790 by James Sowerby, the botanic artist, who engaged Dr. James Edward Smith, the possessor of the Linnean collections and founder of the ...

This collection consists of the field notes of Joseph Nelson Rose from collecting trips to Mexico and the southwestern United States to collect cacti. The majority of Rose's field notes are lists of ...