The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-03 00:00:00

to announce the publication of .each forthcomin
Numbcr, as soon as it shall have reached our hands.
The parishes in the cau►►ty of Elgin, who,e topogra-

cal and natural history is contained iu.this part,

are Elgin, St. Andrews, Shanbryd, Maus, Urquhart,
Speymouth, Knockando, Birnie, ,Abernethy, New
Spynie, and Alves. The parishes in the county of
Haddington are, Haddington, Prestonkirk, White-
kirk, Althelstaneford, Stenton, Whitthighatn, Dun-
bar, Garvald, Humbie, Salton, Arniston, and Yester.
The' map is beautifully engraved, and forms the size
of two pages of letter-press.

DR. LINDLEY'S BOTANICAL PEGISTER ;
OR ORNAMENTAL FLOWER GARDEN AND
SHRUBBERY.
Nos. 8,9, 10, and 11, y Vol. VIII. New Series.
As We are so much in arrear in our notice of this
delightful work of Dr. Lindley's, little more than a
glance at the contents of the above Numbers can be
ventured on. The drawings continue to he executed •
by the faithful pencil of Miss Drake, and their grace-
fulness and beauty in arrangement and design render •
them pre-eminent. Spotted Coryanthes,
helmet flower,) is -a native of the woods of Demerara,
where it is not uncommon hanging from the branches •
of trees, and suspending in .the air the singular lips of
its flowers, like fairy buckets, as if for the use of the
birds and insects that inhabit the surrounding foliage.
There is certainly not a more singular genus than this
in the whole vegetable kingdom; nor one whose
flowers are less like flowers to the eye of the ordinary
observer. The petals are of the most delicate texture ;
when young they spread equally round the centre, but:
after a few hours they collapse, and assume the ap-
pearance of a bat's wing half closed. The lip is fur-
nished near its base with a yelloW cup, over which
hang two horns, constantly distilling water into it, and
in such abundance as to fill it several times ; this cup
communicates by a narrow channel, formed of the in-
flated margin of the lip, with the upper end of the
latter, and this also is a capacious vessel vary much
like an old helmet, into which the honey, that the cup
cannot contain, may run over. Ipomaa Aitoni is a
very pretty climber, flowering from April to October.
Minzubus Luteus is the prettiest of the genus, and is
raised with the greatest facility, provided its seedbe'
sown in a damp place, under shade, so as not to be
fully exposed to the sun's rays. It will their -grow
vigorously, and flower beautifully in May and June,
and will come up again year after year from its self-.
sown seeds. Edwardsia Chiletzsis, is a fine tree, s
native of Chili, where the inhabitants call it mayu. It
is a hardy, handsome tree, flowering in May in great
profusion. Long-stalked Chironia, a very pretty
shrub, covered with a succession of purple flowers
from July to October, and propagated freely by cut-
tings. Fuchsia. Discolor, remarkable for itu compacts.
bushy manner of growth, its deep purple branches, its
small very undulated leaves, and also for its being
more hardy than any other fuchsia yet in our gardens.,
For the latter reason we attach especial importance to•
it, for by a judicious intermixture of its pollen with
such beautiful plants as F. Conica, Globosa, and its
other' more tender relatives, the whole race may be.
rendered capable of bearing the climate of Great
Britain, and may thus become far more generally vale-
able than they yet are. Eutoca viscida, a new, hardy
annual. from California, growing in any common soil.
The blue of the flowers is remarkably deep and bril-
liant. The Douglas Thorn a hardy tree of small size,
flowering in May. Elichrysuin bicolor, a beautiful
new, hardy annual. Oxalis pistta, a truly beautiful
half hardy perennial, flowering most copiously during
July•and August. If grown. in pots, its dense green
leaves, covered with large salmon colored flowers, form
a lovely object. The Lovely Rhododendron,' a most
'beautiful plant, and beautifully drawn. It is of rather
delicate appearance, but is quite hardy, and an alma'
I dant flowerer.