Nos. 18 to 21, both inclusive, of this handsome work have appeared, exclusively occupied by figures and descriptions of pears. Among the more interesting are the Poire de Pentecote, with its aliases carefully worked out; the Duchesse d'Angouleme, once called Poire des Eparonnais; the Goulu Morceau, or as we call it, apparently improperly, Glou Morceau, originally brought out in 1759, but long overlooked notwithstanding its rare merit; Poire Tonneau, a stewing kind.

Flore des Serres for December, 1857, has been published with original figures of the Tom Thumb Tropaolum; de Pompon de Tirlemont Larkspur, a handsome variety of the Siberian; some superb looking varieties of Dianthus chinensis, which, as Mr. Van Houtte observes, would have been regarded as Japanese lying wonders had not the Horticultural Society Of St. Peters-burgh stamped them with authenticity by giving them a gold medal; moreover, M. Regal, a name of weight, declares that he saw hundreds of them in flower with a Mr. Heddewig, trad guarantees their being all that has been represented. Imagine flowers, thirty on a plant, of the deepest crimson, or crimson streaked with white, and three inches in diameter! We see that Mr. Van Houtte has seed on sale. Another plate represents what is called Dianthus sinensis, laciniatus, another variety with enormous flowers, one form of which is single, pale, and lilac, the other smaller, the color of an Opium Poppy, but double; both being cut and slashed into numerous long sub-divisions. It is announced that the arrear of the Flore for 1858 will be made up by the end of April, after which the numbers will appear with the same regularity as formerly.