A part of the Library of the London Horticultural Society was brought to the hammer a few weeks since. As the sale gives a list of books not generally distributed in America, and also throws some light not only on the value of this description of property, but on the taste of the public, we select a few instances. Andrews' Heathery, 6 vols., 8vo, 3l. 5s; Bedford's (Duke of) Salictum Wobornense, colored plates, 14l. 5s.; Ditto Pinetum Wobnrnense, colored plates, 10l. 15s., two works of mere cariosity and no scientific value; De Candolle's Proaromus, 14 vols., 5l.; Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, 66 vols., 3l.; Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle, 16 vols, 1l. 3s.; Botanical Register, 21l. 10s.; Andrews' (H.) Botanist's Repository, 10 vols., 4to, 664 colored plates, 7l. 7s.; Annales du Museum, 20 vols., russia, and Memoires du Museum, 20 vols., calf, and Nouvelles Aunales du Museum, 4 vols., calf, in all 44 vols., 4to, 6l.17s. 6d.; Archives du Museum, 9 vols., 4to, 8l.15s.; Asiatic Researches, 20 vols., (wanting Vol. XVII.), original edition, 19/.; Aublet's Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Franchise, 4 vols., 392 plates, russia, very scarce, 10s. 6d.; Burchell's Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, 2 vols., 4to,2l. lis.; Arabida's Flora Fluminensis, 11 vols., folio, in 5,20/.; Bateman's Orcbidacae of Mexico and Guatemala, folio, 13l.; Cavanilles Icones, 6 vols., 4to, 9l. 9s.; Chandler's Illustrations of Camellias, 3l. 3s.; Flora Danica, fine paper, 10 vols., folio, 23l. 10s.; Gallesio's Pomona Italians, 2 vols., folio, 20l.; Griffith's Posthumous Papers, 11l. 5s.; Hooker's Exotic Flora, 3 vols., 8vo, 3l. 1s.; Lindley's Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants, 1l.; Hooker and Greville's Icones Filicum, 2 vols., colored plates, 11l.: Jacquin'a Eclogss, 10l. 5s.; Jacquin's Icones Plantarum Rariorum, 3 vols., 11l.; Jacquiu's Hortus Schosubrunnensis, 4 vols., folio, 13l.; Lambert's Description of the Genus Pinus, original edition, 9l.; Lindley's Sertum Orchida-ceum, 11l. 15s.; Melville Island Herbarium of dried Plants, forming a complete Flora of Mel-ville Island, and unique, 31. 18s.; Redoute's Roses, 8vo, 1l. 10s.; The Linnean Society's Transactions, 20 vols., calf, and 6 parts sewed, 9l.; Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet, 20 vols., large pages, 9/. 15s.; Boyle's Illustrations of the Botany of the Himalayan Mountains, 2 vols., 4to, 4l. 19s.; Ruiz &, Pavon's Flora Peruviana, 4 vols., folio, 7l. 17s. 6d.; Sibthorp's Flora Grssea, 10 vols., folio, 60l.; one of the very few original copies in existence; Sinclair's Hortus Gra-mineus Woburnensis, the folio, illustrated with dried specimens, in bad condition, 2l. 11s.; Wallich's Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, 3 vols., folio, 12l. 17s. 6d.; Sowerby's English Botany, 36 vols., and Supplement, 24l.; Sweet's Geraniacess, 5 vols., 57.10s. Among the botanical and other drawings the following prices were realized: Ferdinand Bauer's Delineations of the genus Passiflora, 40 exquisite drawings in colors, with 40 other drawings of the dissections, 15/. 15s.; Chinese Drawings, 4 vols., containing 132 drawings, 18l.; Chinese Drawings of Plants, 5 vols.; undoubtedly the finest set in Europe of authentic Chinese drawings of plants, 70l.; 230 colored Drawings of Fruit, by W. Hooker, Robertson, Barbara Cotton, and others, 10 vols., 49l. 10s.