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cultural population. The author, Mr. F. li. Olmstead, of 

 Staten Island, New York, is one of our young farmers, 

 enthusiastic in his pursuit of the profession, and though 

 conversant with what has been written by the late Mr. Col- 

 man, and other authors, respecting the amateur agriculturists 

 of England, he was desirous to learn more of the ordinary 

 practices of cultivation prevailing among those who laid no 

 claim to the appelation of "high farming." 



We are pleased to see a volume of this kind find its way 

 to the public through such a cheap source as Mr. Putnam's 

 Semimonthly Library. In any other manner it would fail to 

 reach half the number of readers that it will now do. Every 

 farmer will find in it much that is worthy of being remem- 

 bered ; and those who have no other interest in agriculture 

 than its advancement of our natural prosperity, cannot fail to 

 find it a very pleasant "travelling" or "fireside" companion, 

 from the insight which it gives into the manners, the habits, 

 and natural character of the majority of the people of a 

 country from which we have descended, and from whose 

 system of husbandry we have copied so much. 



We had marked several extracts which we had intended 

 to copy, but as we have little room to spare, we must 

 content ourselves with recommending it as an interesting 

 volume to the farmer or general reader. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. General JVbtices. 



Cultivation of Bignonia jasminoides. — Among the many favorites of 

 recent introduction into our plant houses, few are more deserving of atten- 

 tion than the Fuchsia-like Begonia. Its graceful habit, the brilliant color 

 of the flowers, the short time required to have plants in a blooming state, 

 and the abundance with which its blossons are produced, render it worthy 

 of universal cultivation. To those with whom winter-flowering plants are 

 in demand, this Begonia will be found indispensable, and when well grown 

 and bloomed it cannot fail to be generally esteemed. 



The plant being a favorite with me, I aim to have it in flower the whole, 

 or at least the greater part of the year, and to secure this, it is necessary to 

 propagate at two different seasons. In the first instance, cuttings are ob- 



