The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-01 00:00:00

PRAZER' S MAGAZINE,

A clever number, but not without its draw-
backs. The first paper, which professes to be a
review of Croker's Edition of Boswell's Life of
Johnson, is a long, dreamy, metaphysical disqui-
sition, of which we can make neither head nor
tail. The very first page has fairly floored our
comprehension. Surely the gentleman who
concocted- this mystical treatise must have supped
too heartily off fried tripe, and put forth his re-
marks under the inspiration of a sort of waking
night-mare ! What, in the name of common
sense is the meaning of all this farrago of words?
"'!'he so copious terrestrial dross that welters
chaotically as the outer sphere of Bos-
well's character, does but render for us
more remarkable, more touching, the celestial
spark of goodness, of light and reverence
for wisdom, which dwelt in the interior, and
could struggle through such incumbrances
(what incumbrances ?) and in some degree
illuminate and beautify them." This, we
suppose is intended to be fine writing ; but Mr.
Burchell, in the " Vicar of Wakefield," has
happily characterised such eloquence by the term
" Fudge." The " Great Plague in the Four-
teenth Century" contains some curious particu-
lars, which, in these days of choleraphobia, cannot
fail to be devoured with avidity. " Miss Fanny
Kemble and Mr. Sheridan Knowles" is a dis-
criminating, sagacious analysis of the dramatic
capabilities of those two eminent writers. "On
Parties" displays much sound thinking without
any affectation of style or sentiment. It is the
work of a scholar, a gentleman, and a man of the
world. The remaining articles, which we cannot
find space to particularize, are of the usual
calibre.

UNITED SERTICE JOURNAL.
This Magazine has reached us at so late an
hour, that we have merely time to say, that,
judging from its table of contents, it bids fair to
be an interesting number.

EDWARDS'S BOTANICAL REGISTER,
OR ORNAMENTAL FLOWER GARDEN AND sfiRUREF.RY,
CONTINUED BY PROFESSOR LINDLEY.
No. 3, Vol. 5, NEW SERIF 4.

Perhaps the most remarkable production that
the art of hybridising has effected among herba-
ceous plants is to be found in the present month's
number of this elegant and ably-conducted work.
It is Russell's potentilla, and is between p. afro-
sanguinen and p. napalensis. It is as nearly as
possible intermediate between, those two most
truly distinct species. Its flowers rival those of
the former in size and depth of colour, while
their richness is strikingly increased by an infu-
sion of the purple carmine ground of the petals
of the latter; the foliage partakes almost equally
of either parent :

"'The monster offspring heirs the father's pride,
Mark'd in the damask beauties of the bride."
It is a perfectly hardy perennial plant, increased
with facility by the division of its crown ; and
flowering most part of the summer. Tawny
Coburgia (so named in compliment to his Ma-
jesty Leopold 1., King of the Belgians) is a very
pretty hardy bulbous plant from South America.
The bulbs may be kept dry in the winter, and
planted out in the spring, as they will not endure
the very severe weather of our winters without
protection. Owing to an abundance of offsets
they rarely flower with us, but perhaps a strong
and richly manured loam would remedy this.
Eranthemnin* fa'cundum (ever-blowing eran-
themum) communicated by the Right Hon. R.
Gordon. It is readily increased by cuttings,
and flowers almost all the year round. What is
most remarkable in it is its unusual disposition
to forth flower-buds instead of leaf-buds. If any
thing occur to check its growth, such as a dry
atmosphere, or repotting, or exposure to sudden
cold, it is directly thrown so abundantly into a
blossoming state, that young plants will often
commit a sort of vegetable suicide, killing them-
selves by their excessive fecundity. If well ma-
naged, encouraged to form leaf-buds, and main-
. Literally Love.ttower, •
halter 11IVI tea- of the species deserve the title