Periodical devoted to the illustration in colour of new and uncommon plants grown in British gardens; although primarily horticultural in appeal, it contains the first descriptions of many new species.

Excerpt from Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, Vol. 2 The increasing interest exhibited during the past year, in the introduction and culture of Flowering Plants, may in a great measure account for the very extensive sale of the magazine OF botany, which, without doubt, now surpasses that of any other work of the kind in this country. From this unexpected success, the Author is led to hope that his endeavours, however humble. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Paxton's Magazine of Botany: And Register of Flowering Plants In' the commencement of 1849 we entered on a wider field than we had previously occupied, including in our work Notices and Cultivation of every thing connected with Gardening. Although the plan did not admit of so many plates being given monthly, yet, perhaps, an equal number of subjects have been figured with any former year, and the amount of letter-press has been much greater yet the alteration altogether has not been so satisfactory, either to our subscribers or ourselves, as could have been wished. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.