1832.] List of New Works. 367 



Moses, respecting the Twelve Tribes of British Relations with the Chinese 

 Israel. 12mo. 3s. Empire in 1832 ; Comparative State- 

 Smart's Dutv of a Christian People ment of the English and American 

 under Divine Visitation. 8vo. 6s. Trade with India and Canton. 2s. fid. 



Captain Frankland's Narrative of his 

 Visit lo the Courts of Russia and Swe- 



A Narrative of Nine Months' Resi- den, in the Years 1830 31. 2 vols. 8vo. 



dence in New Zealand, in 1827; toge- 28s. 



ther with a Journal of a Residence in British America. By John M'Gre- 



Tristan d'Acunha, an Island centrically gor, Esq. Contains full and accurate 



situated between South America and Sketches of the Climate, Soil, Natural 



the Cape of Good Hope. By Augustus Productions, Commerce, &c., of New- 



Earle, Draughtsman to his Majesty's foundland, Prince Edward Island, Cape 



Discovery Ship " the Beagle." With Breton, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, 



Engravings. and Canada ; with Practical Remarks 



Illustrations of the Vaudois, in a on Emigration. 2 vols. 8vo., with 



Series of Views, engraved by Edward Maps. 28s. 



Finden, from Drawings by Hugh Dyke Journal of a Tour through Styria, 



Acland, Esq., accompanied with Descrip- Carniola, and Italy. By S. Pobin. 



tions and a Map. 8vo. 10s. 6d. 5s. 6d. 



MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



THE character of the present season is at length. decided, and it is now too late 

 either to expect or apprehend any rigorous or continued frost. Scarcely a country 

 letter but touches feelingly upon this critical subject ; and it is the general 

 opinion, at least in the southern and midland counties, that should a frost, so 

 much the object of our prayers some time since, occur in this latter part of the 

 season, and in the present premature state of wheat crop, much of it would perish : 

 the other horn of the dilemma is, in probability, more alarming ; which is that 

 late spring frosts usually balance the seasons, the want of frost in winter being 

 atoned for in that course. Should such occur in the ensuing spring, the wheats, 

 in their too forward and highly susceptible state, would be so stricken, as to sus- 

 tain an injury irreparable by any subsequent favourable state of the weather. 

 Again, this crop which, under present circumstances, forms so heavy a national 

 and farming stake, is already supposed to have sustained a degree of exhaustion 

 from its premature luxuriance, being on some rich lands a foot and a half high, or 

 nearly ; now, should the weather continue favourable and mild throughout the 

 spring, the great and increased height the corn will acquire, must necessarily con- 

 tribute to its weakness and inability to stand against the heavy showers of the 

 summer solstice ; it, in consequence, will be generally beaten down or laid, the 

 damage of which, over great breadths, would be of heavy consequence. How- 

 ever, though it be wise to foresee and prepare against evil when possible, it is not 

 equally wise to despond. We may, after all, reap a fine harvest, (of which, in one 

 or two counties, the expectations are sanguine). Though the grounds of such 

 good fortune are not at present to be ascertained, at any rate, we can take upon 

 us to warrant the probability of, at least, a good straw harvest. It is proper, how- 

 ever, to state that, in Scotland, and in most parts of our northern border, a simi- 

 lar alarm does not exist, as to a too great luxuriance of the wheat crop. Clover, 

 and all green crops > are in an equal state of luxuriance, befitting mid-May rather 

 than winter ; and on the best grass lands throughout the season, there has been 

 a bite for a large ox. Thence hay and fodder have been spared in a most uncom- 

 mon degree ; hay, though a short crop, being in the utmost plenty, at a low price, 

 in many parts, unsaleable. Turnips are flourishing, with the green foliage appro- 

 priate to October and November : in course the roots must have suffered a constant? 

 exhaustion of substance, detracting from their nutritious quality. 



According to general information from Scotland, particularly the north, and 

 great part of England, the atmosphere has been rather dry, with little com- 

 plaint of fog ; of which, perhaps, this country has had a greater share, as well as 

 of rain, especially during last month. We have the pleasure to repeat our former 

 accounts of the great forwardness of all culture appropriate to the season, with 

 the heavy, and most unfortunate drawback of the accompanying WEED culture, 



