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Companion to the Botanical Magazine

1836; Gale Group; Linguagem: English

George Bentham, Sir W. J. Hooker, G. A. W. Arnott, R. Wight, G. A. W. Arnott, George Bentham, David Douglas, D. Douglas, Richard Charlton, G. A. W. Arnott, John Lindley, Robert Christison, Sir W. J. Hooker, G. A. W. Arnott, William Arnold Bromfield, Joseph Woods, E. Spach, M. Charles Des Moulins, G. A. W. Arnott, Professor Ch. Gottfr, G. A. Walker Arnott, N. I. Winch, Allan Cunningham, John Lindley, John Lindley, John Lindley, Allan Cunningham,

Frontmatter: Companion to the Botanical Magazine. Essay: Notes upon Some Genera and Species of American Orchidaceæ, Erythroxylon Coca: or Coca-Shrub of Peru, Notes on a Collection of Plants Made in the Province of Asturias, in the Year 1835, by M. Durieu, Account of Mr. Douglas' Second Visit to the Columbia; His Excursions in California; and His Visit to Mouna Roa in the Sandwich Islands; with Particulars, Observations on Some New, or Little Known Genera and Species of Scrophulariaceæ, Qualified, as Mr. Douglas Undoubtedly Was, for a Traveller, and Happy as He Unquestionably Found Himself in Surveying the Wonders of Nature in Its Grandest Scale, in Conciliating the Friendship (a Faculty He Eminently Possessed) of the Untutored Indians, and in Collecting the Productions of the New Countries He Explored; It Was Quite Otherwise with Him during His Stay in His Native Land, The Space Which the Life of Mr. Douglas Has Occupied in These Pages, Combined with Our Desire That It Should Form an Uninterrupted Narrative, Has Occasioned a Delay in the Appearance of Several Brief Botanical Notices, and, What Is of More Consequence, Some Important Memoirs, Which Have Been Kindly Communicated by Valued Friends, and to Which We Shall Give Place as Soon as Possible, Characters of New Species of Indian Acanthaceæ, Summer Excursions on the Columbia River, Copy of a Letter from Mr. Charlton to James Bandinel Esq., Account of the Zoology of the Columbia, Remarks on M. Spach's Memoir on the Cistaceæ, Spartina Alterniflora, Illustrations of Indian Botany, North American Plants, Discovered and Introduced by John Fraser, between 1785 and 1799; and by J. Fraser, Jun., from 1799 to 1817, List of Plants, Introduced by Mr. Douglas, in 1826-7, A Description of Spartina Alterniflora of Loiseleur, a New British Species, Wardia: A New Genus of Mosses, Discovered in Southern Africa, Floræ Insularum Nov Æ Zelandiæ Precursor; or a Specimen of the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand, Illustrations of Indian Botany; Principally of the Southern Parts of the Peninsula, Notes upon Some Genera and Species of Orchidaceæ in the Collection Formed by Mr. Drége, at the Cape of Good Hope, Botanical Information Algæ Danmonienses, Mr. Douglas' Voyage from the Columbia to the Sandwich Islands, and the Ascent of Mouna Roa, Spartina Stricta Specific Character, Synopsis of the East Indian Species of Drosera and Parnassia, Botanical Information, Floræ Insularum Novæ Zelandiæ Precursor; or a Specimen of the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand, A Brief Biographical Sketch of the Late Richard Cunningham, Colonial Botanist in New South Wales, A Brief Memoir of the Life of Mr. David Douglas, with Extracts from His Letters, Account of a Botanical Excursion into Brittany, in a Letter Addressed to the Editor, Excœcaria Agallocha, Remarks of the Gamboge Tree of Ceylon, and Character of Hebradendron, a New Genus of Guttiferæ, and That to Which the Tree Belongs, On the Esculent Plants of Van Diemen's Land, Notice Concerning the Late Mr. Drummond's Collections Made Chiefly in the Southern and Western Parts of the United States, A Monograph of the North American Species of Rhynchospora, Information Respecting Seeds Which Have Been Found in Roman Tombs, and Which Have Retained Their Powers of Germination, Synopsis of the Hemimerideæ, a Tribe of Scrophulariaceæ, Botanical Information Unio Itineraria, Acalypha Alnifolia, Chrysorhöe; a New Genus of Chamælaucieæ, New Ceylonese Melastomaceæ, Excursion to North California and the Umptqua or Arguilar River, &c. To Procure Cones of the Gigantic Pine, Douglas' Journey to Hudson's Bay, November 28th, Thus Happily Terminated Mr. Douglas' First Adventurous Journey in North America, a Journey Extending from the Pacific to the Source of the Columbia River, and Thence to the Atlantic Ocean, Recent Information on the Subject of the Unio Itineraria, Botanical Information New Botanist's Guide, Vol. II, Lacis Ceratopylla, A Sketch of a Journey to the North-Western Parts of the Continent of North America, during the Years 1824,5, 6, and 7, Contributions Towards a Flora of South America and the Islands of the Pacific, Plantæ Vasculares, On the Sources and Composition of Gamboge, with an Examination of Some Analogous Concrete Juices, Description of Some New Cistaceæ, Copy of a Letter from the Missionaries of Hawaii to Richard Charlton, Esq., His Britannic Majesty's Consul at the Sandwich Islands, Biographical Sketch of John Fraser, the Botanical Collector. Table of contents: Index To Volume II. of the Companion to the Botanical Magazine. Backmatter: E. Couchman, Printer, 10, Throgmorton Street, London.