2->8 Review of Br llunte?^ Georgical FJfayf, M^y 



be found in the mountainous part of the Highlands, being the 

 natural produce of thefc places ; hence the goodnefs of the wood 

 is occafioned by the flow growth which nccclfarilj enfued in fuch 

 barren fituations. We coincide with the author in thinking, that 

 in a better climate and better foil, the quality of the wood would 

 have been lelTened, though its growth would have been proportion- 

 ably hartened. 



10. 071 the phyfiology of plants. The internal ftru£lure of 

 plants is a curious and interelting fubjeft, as, by unfolding their 

 economy, not only botany, but a;;riculture, might receive great 

 improvement. The author demonftrates the anatomy of plants 

 Tvitli confiderable perfpicuity, though it is certainly difficult to 

 reafon with precilion on a fubject where analogy muft often 

 guide us, becaufe pofitive fafts arc wanting. 



We have now got through the firfl volume of this excellent 

 eolleftion,. and, in the courfe of our examination, have had little 

 caufe to cenfure, but much reafon to praife. We may only re- 

 mark, that had the date of each paper, or the time it originally 

 appeared, been annexed, the work would have appeared in a 

 more perfed fhape. Within the lafl twenty years, a confider- 

 able alteration has taken place in the agriculture of Great 

 Britain, and many opinions and praftices, originally confi- 

 dered to be found and orthodox, are now exploded and laid 

 afide. If the name of the writer had likewife followed the title 

 of each paper, the trouble of conllantly turning up the table of 

 contents would have been avoided. Thefe, however, are venial 

 defers, and may be removed in the fecond edition of the collec- 

 tion. 



N. 



General View of the Agriculture of the County of Peebles y with 

 various Suggefiions as to the Means both of the local and gene- 

 ral Lnprovement of Agriculture, by the Revererid Mr Charles 

 Findlater, Miiiiflcr of Newlands, pp. 413. OBavo. Edin- 

 burghy Conftable j London, Longman and Rees. 1802. 



Several periodical writers have queftioned the utility of the 

 National Board of Agriculture; but, without giving an opinion 

 on a point which, with fome degree of juftice, maybe cor.fidercd 

 as problematical, we can fafcly declare, that the gentlemen em- 

 ployed under the authority of the Board, in the great work of 

 lurveying the kingdom, have in general experienced a poor reward 

 for their fervices. Every one of them was fubjeded to much 

 pcrfonal trouble in the firft inftance ; many not only neglecled 

 their own private affairs to forward the views of the Board, but 



incurred 



