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cordingly, presented a synopsis of the natural history of the 

 honey bee, an& a review of various modes of managing bees. 

 The principle of Mr. Nutt's mode is that which the author 

 most approves ; and this mode he has elucidated in most 

 detail, and has applied some modified applications of it. Two 

 of these are, " his attempt to apply the invaluable discoveries 

 of Mr. Nutt to cottage practice," and his devising the 

 " ladies' safety hive." 



The author is right zealous to promote the extension of 

 improved modes of managing of bees; and he has written 

 his work so cordially, clearly, and agreeably, that it is not a 

 little likely to conduce to this good end. He has endea- 

 voured to exhibit reasons for the practices he recommends. 

 He is not dogmatical ; for these are his words : — " He hopes 

 that those who enter perseveringly into the question will keep 

 a diary of principal events, with results, and remit them to 

 him; and proper use shall be made of them in a second 

 edition, if one be called for. . . . Should he have erred, he will 

 be thankful to have the error communicated to him ; and he 

 will take the earliest opportunity of acknowledging it." 



Art. II. Literary Notices. 



Audubon's Biography of the Birds of America. — The 

 Biography to the Second Volume of the Birds is announced 

 (at Havell's, 77. Oxford Street) as "just published." 



A- Synopsis of the Phasmidce, by George Robert Gray, 

 M.E.S.L. ; author of " A Monograph on the Phasmidae of 

 Australia." 



Loudorts Arboretum Britannicum. — The first number 

 appeared on the 1st of January; and we have here given a 

 specimen of the plates, which are printed from zinc. The 

 work will be completed in twenty-four numbers, in two 

 years, and will form two volumes 8vo; one of letterpress, 

 and the other of plates. We have circulated printed papers, 

 to procure the dimensions of trees, especially of foreign trees, 

 not only throughout Great Britain and Ireland, but all over 

 Europe and North America. It will be the first work of the 

 kind, that we are aware of, in which all the botanical spe- 

 cimens are drawn to one and the same scale. The plan of the 

 work will be found in detail in the Gardener's Magazine for 

 December ; and we earnestly invite all our readers to send us 

 the dimensions, and other particulars of any remarkably large 

 indigenous trees, or any fine specimens of foreign ones, which 

 may be in their neighbourhood. 



