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suaded, will fully justify us iu asserting that they will prove essentially useful, 

 and give a rapid taste for Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, &c. in 

 their more refined operations in that couutry. What we know of Farming 

 operations is from observation, consequently theoretical ; but in the Number 

 before us there are some useful hints, and from being connected with Gar- 

 dening iu the Magazine, perhaps one may assist to make known more exten - 

 sively the other, and be a greater advantage to Ireland thai) if published 

 separately. 



The contents consist of four papers on Horticulture, two on Arboriculture, 

 four on Agriculture, with Miscellaneous Remarks, Accounts of Horticultural 

 Society's Meetings, &c. &a 



Hortus Woburnensis : A descriptive Catalogue of upwards of Six 

 Thousand Species and Varieties of Ornamental Plants, culti- 

 vated at Wobnrn Abbey. With numerous illustrative Plans for 

 the Erection of Forcing-Houses, Green-Houses, fyc. ; and an 

 Account of their Management throughout the Year. By James 

 Forbes, A.L.S., CM. H.S., &c, Gardener to his Grace the 

 Duke of Bedford, K.G. 8vo. pp. 440. 26 Lithographic 

 Prints. London, 1833. Medium paper, 21s.; royal paper, 

 with proof prints, £2 2s. ; royal paper, with proof prints, 

 coloured, £2 12s. Gd. 



In looking through this publication we have been much pleased, and we 

 think the object with which the Author sets out, as stated in the prefatory 

 observations, is most fully and satisfactorily accomplished. Mr. Forbks says, 

 " The first part of the work contains a descriptive catalogue, in abbreviated 

 terms, of the generic and specific character of upwards of 6,000 plants, such 

 as are best adapted for the green -house, plant stove, or decoration of the 

 pleasure-ground, or such as appear the most interesting to the botanist and 

 amateur in the British flower garden ;" the descriptions of which, although 

 much compressed by being within a small compass, will render considerable 

 assistance in the identifying of the numerous genera and species. These dis- 

 tinguishing peculiarities will, it is hoped, characterise the arrangement of the 

 plants in this work, from those of any other catalogue. The accompanying 

 Glossary (of terms used), will elucidate the various abbreviations in the cata- 

 logue part of the Work. The Second part of the Work, comprises the Plans 

 of the Parterres, Pleasure Grounds, Greenhouses, Plant Stove, Heathery, and 

 other erections, with a description of the different subjects enumerated; the 

 soil, and the general management best adapted for the growth of the Cape 

 Botany Day, and other exotic plants. The Third part is confined to the plans 

 and details relative to the Kitchen Garden department, with lists of the fruits 

 cultivated ; and coinpris •. numerous designs fur the erection of Forcing Houses, 



