Catalogues Received.— Robert Buist lias sent us his Catalogue for the Spring of 1857, 

 which, as it contains his own observations on evergreens, &c., we shall notice at some 

 length. 



Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses, Evergreens, 

 &c., cultivated and for sale at Fruitland Nurseries, Augusta, Geo. By D. Redmond. A 

 most full and excellent collection of plants, and a very accurate catalogue. 



Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Vines, &c., cultivated and for sale, by Isaac 

 Pullen, near Hightstown, Mercer Co., N. J. 



Prince's Catalogue for 1856 and 1857. 



Register of Rural Affairs and Cultivator Almanac for 1857, with one hundred and thirty 

 engravings ; Number 3. Albany, Luther Tucker & Son. A risum^ of the intelligence of the 

 past year adapted to the coming one, and a very excellent compilation, and a good almanac 

 combined. 



The Aquarium and Wardian Case, by Shirley Hibbard, has been published by Dix, Edwards 

 & Company. It is a lucid account of the mode of keeping the smaller inhabitants of the 

 sea and the river in glass cases at home, and of Dr. Ward's mode of growing ferns and 

 other plants in the parlor in sealed glass cases. It is a beautiful volume, and will be read 

 with great interest. 



Proceedings on laying the corner-stone of the Library Edifice for the Free Public Library 

 in New Bedford, Mass. Highly interesting and progressive are these proceedings ; our own 

 Loganian Library, in Philadelphia, and this new institution, are said to be the only realli/ 

 free public libraries in the States. Matthew Howland, Esq., will accept our thanks. 



Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Plants, cultivated and for sale at 

 the Persimmon Grove Nursery, Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois. By Arthur Bryant. 



The Araucaria imhricata, at Dropmore, England, has attained the height of thirty-eight 

 feet two inches ; diameter of branches, twenty feet ; girth of stem, five feet. This superb 

 tree grows on a mound of earth, which is the proper mode for it. It is in most luxuriant 

 health, clothed with branches down close to the ground, and forms a perfect pyramid. It 

 would be almost worth while to move from the North to the South, if only to grow this 

 beautiful object, before which we knew an American to be disposed to go down on his knees 

 in admiration ! 



Necrology.— William Yarrel, the naturalist, has lately paid the debt of nature. Both he 

 and his father were newsmen ; he has left a very distinguished reputation, especially as an 

 ornithologist. 



The Red Spider. — This troublesome pest in orchard houses, &c., is thus to be got rid of, 

 according to a most experienced gardener : Sulphur on hot-water pipes, and also on walls 

 outside exposed to the sun, are great helps for keeping red spider down, if associated with 

 a moist atmosphere, or a free use of the syringe. From the hot-water pipe, and from the 

 hot open wall exposed to the sun, the sulphuretted fumes given off are what the spider 

 does not like, and these will flit, if not kill him, when he would walk among pieces and 

 particles of the dry, cool sulphur as gay and as happy as a cricket. Dry heat is, of all cir- 

 cumstances, his delight ; but an atmosphere saturated with moisture, and impregnated with 

 sulphur fumes, is his detestation. A strong heat, if not attended with corresponding mois- 

 ture, might not greatly hurt the spider, even though sulphur was used. Unless in very 

 cold weather, indeed, we can hardly see how the pipes could be heated to near boiling point, 

 and a close, moist atmosphere be contained in the house in July, or even part of June. There 

 is no difficulty in keeping a-peach house clear of spider, during the growing and swelling 



