LITERARY NOTICES. 



most persons find in a change of air, finds something added to the pleasurable sensation 

 of breathing and taking exercise, in the delicious summer freshness of this spot. 



There is another memorandum which I made here and which is worth relating. In Eng- 

 land at large, the great wealth of the landed aristocracy, and the enormous size of their 

 establishments, raises the houses and gardens to a scale so far above ours, that they are 

 not directly or practically instructive to Americans. In the Isle of Wight, on the other 

 hand, are numerous pretty cottages, villas and country houses, almost precisely on a trans- 

 atlantic scale as to the first cost and the style of living. For this reason, one who can 

 only learn by seeing the thing done to a scale that he can easily measure, should come to the 

 Isle of Wight to study how to get the most for his money — rather than to Chatsworth or 

 Eaton Hall. And it is this kind of rural beauty, the tasteful embellishment of small pla- 

 ces, for which the United States will, I am confident, become celebrated in fifty years 

 more. Yours sincerely, A. J. D. 



Brighton^ Aiigtist, 1850. 



Xitrrnni fAm, 



A Practical Treatise on the Construction, 

 Heating and Ventilation of Hot- Houses, 

 including Conservatories, Green-Hou- 

 ses, Graperies, and other kinds of Hor- 

 ticultural Structures. By Robert B. 

 Leuchars. Boston, Jewett & Co., 8vo. 

 p. 366. 

 We have looked through the pages of this 

 volume, which is fresh from the press, and 

 welcome it as a valuable contribution to our 

 horticultural literature. 



It is the production of a practical gar- 

 dener whose communications are familiar to 

 our readers, and he enters into the various 

 branches of his subject with that minute 

 knowledge of the wants and requirements 

 of exotic plants, that can only be possessed 

 by one who is thoroughly conversant with 

 their culture. 



Besides this, the work is a better manual 

 on the construction of the various species of 

 glass structures, than any that we remem- 

 ber in the English language. The author 

 presents a well digested account of all the 

 various forms and designs most generally 

 approved abroad, and gives very excellent 

 advice, based on his experience here, for the 

 erection of horticultural buildings in the 

 United States. The best methods of warm- 

 and ventilating hot-houses, and the man- 

 ement of the atmosphere when the build- 



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ings are filled with plants, are treated with 

 much scientific and practical ability. The 

 work is illustrated with numerous cuts and 

 diagrams explanatory of the text, and is 

 sold at the low price of $'1. It will be found 

 a very useful text-book for those who are 

 about erecting glass structures of any kind, 

 from the small forcing-pit, up to the most 

 costly domed conservatory, and we shall be 

 glad to see it pass through several editions. 



Elements of Scientific Agriculture, or the 



Connection between Science and the Art 



of Practical Farming. By John P. 



NoRTOX. Albany, Pease & Co., 12mo., 



208 pages. 



This little volume has been published several 



months, and has already found favor in the 



ej'^es of a large circle of readers. It is au 



attempt on the part of Professor Norton, 



of Yale College, to put in the shape of an 



elementary volume, Avhich the farmer may 



carry in his pocket, or the student use as a 



class book, the scientific knowledge of the 



present day in the cultivation of the soil. 



The intention is well carried out in its ex- 

 ecution. The language is clear and plain, 

 and the unnecessary use of technical terms 

 has been avoided. The novice in the science 

 of farming, or the practical farmer who 

 just discovered that science has already 



