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28. 4 Natural System of Botany, or a Systematic View of the 
organization, natural affinities, and geographical distribution of the 
whole vegetable kingdom, together with the uses of the most important 
species in medicine, the arts, and rural or domestic economy, by John 
Lindley, F. R.S., &c. &c. Second edition, with numerous addi- 
tions and corrections, and a complete list of genera, with their syno- 
nymes. London, Longman & Co., 1836. 8vo. pp. 526.—The 
students of Botany in this country are generally acquainted with the 
first edition of this work, through the American reprint, edited by 
Dr. Torrey, and published by the Messrs. Carvill, of New York. 
The edition now before us is so greatly improved by the addition of 
original matter, and especially by the arrangement of the orders upon 
entirely different priaciples, that it might almost be considered a new 
work. ‘The preparation of a complete list of genera, properly ar- 
ranged under their respective orders, sub-orders, &c. must have been 
a very Jaborious and difficult task. It was, however, greatly needed, 
as, until its appearance, there has been no general enumeration later 
than that in the Ordines Plantarum of Bartling, published in the 
year 1830. 
A more extended notice of the work may be expected in the en- 
suing number of this Journal. 
29. Hints on the cultivation of the Mulbert with some general ob-— 
servations on the Production of Silk, by Lewis Tinelli, Dr. of Civil 
Law in the Univ. of Pavia. New York, 1837.—This little book 
of about 50 pages 8vo., is designed chiefly to show that the cultiva- 
tion of the mulberry and the growth of silk are as well suited to the 
soil and climate of the United States as to European countries. He 
begins with a brief history of the seropedic art, and then shows the 
prevailing opinion to be false that the successful growth of the mul- 
requires a warm climate. In proof of this, he adduces the 
fact that Switzerland, Germany, and even Sweden, produce silk in 
large quantities and of excellent quality; and Lombardy, where 
some of the best silk in market is grown, is frequently covered with 
snow fortwo months of the year. He gives the preference to the 
Morus Mutricau.is for this country, since it is so easily propagated 
by cuttings and requires no very peculiar soil. Our interest in the 
book is increased from the fact that the author is one of those injured 
and unfortunate men whom the tyrannical power of Austria has 
driven tiles to our free and happy country, after wasting their 
‘years of severe imprisonment in her gloomy dungeons. 
