80 Scientific Agriculture^ <^c. 



Mr. Allen is facetious upon this subject. " These dead 

 carcasses," he says, "appear to be a great bug-bear in our 

 friend's path, and one would suppose, by the dread in which 

 he stands of them, that the bunches of fruit, instead of having 

 the usual bloom, would be ornamented with hogs' bristles, 

 horses' hair, dogs' teeth, &c." We have no fear of them our- 

 selves ; but our duty is to caution the amateur cultivator 

 against all quackery, and place him in a path that he will 

 never have cause to regret he followed. Let all who have 

 the time and the desire, test the two methods, and judge for 

 themselves. 



Art. II. Scientific An-ricidture, or the Elements of C/icmis- 

 try, Geology, Botany, and Meteorology, applied to Practi- 

 cal Agriculture. By M. M. Rodgers, M. D. I Vol. 12 mo. 

 pp. 280. Rochester, 1848. 



The title of this small volume fully indicates the nature of 

 the contents, viz., the practical application of chemistry, ge- 

 ology, botany, 6cc., to the art of cultivation. Mr. Rodgers, 

 the author, seems very familiar with his subject, and, though 

 " conscious of his inability to do justice to the difficult task," 

 he acquits himself well, and furnishes a very interesting and 

 useful work. 



The matter is treated of in five parts, as follows: Part I, 

 Chemistry. II, Geology. Ill, Botany. lY, Meteorology. 

 V, Scientific Agriculture. 'Under the last head, there is a 

 great deal of interesting information. The chapter on ma- 

 nures, or, as the author heads it, Slercology, contains much 

 that we should be pleased to extract, if we had space. The 

 volume is accompanied with a full and complete glossary, and 

 a copious index. 



We cheerfully commend this work, both to the young Hor- 

 ticulturist and Agriculturist, assured that they will rise from 

 its perusal, with a much better knowledge of the science, in 

 which they are so deeply interested. 



