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ence shall have become more extensive, they must be the 

 source from whence we must draw largely for information in 

 every department of gardening. Of the best of recent publi- 

 cations of a general nature, that of Mr. Johnson holds a conspic- 

 uous place, containing, as it does, a great amount of informa- 

 tion in a small volume, and placed within the means of every 

 cultivator who cannot afford the expensive Encyclopaedias of 

 Loudon. 



The American edition now before us has been under the 

 editorial supervision of Mr. D. Landreth, of Philadelphia, and, 

 in its arrangement, the usual style has been laid aside. The 

 preface of the American publishers informs us that '•' the ordi- 

 nary form in cases of a reprint, with additions and explan- 

 atory notes, has been departed from in the present instance, 

 with a desire to preserve the book from the awkward aspect 

 which it would necessarily present if every addition by the 

 American editor had been included within brackets, or print- 

 ed in varied type." 



They also inform us that "this edition has been greatly 

 altered from the original. Many articles of little interest to 

 Americans have been curtailed, or wholly omitted, and much 

 new matter, with numerous illustrations, added : yet the pres- 

 ent editor freely admits, and has desired the publishers freely 

 to state, that he has only followed in the path so admirably 

 marked out by Mr. Johnson, to whom the chief merit of the 

 work belongs." 



We must' willingly admit that a book whose every page is 

 marred with a profusion of brackets, or a varied type, to des- 

 ignate the editor's notes, has our especial dislike ; and, if we 

 can know just what the original writer slates, and avoid this 

 it is a great improvement in the republication of foreign works. 

 Without having time to compare this with the Enghsh copy 

 we notice that, on all important subjects, the editor informs 

 us how far he has followed the original. 



The arrangement is alphabetical, and one of the most im- 

 portant as well as earliest subjects is the apple. Here we 

 have apparently nothing of the English edition, as the editor 

 copies a list of apples from the catalogue of Messrs. Landreth 

 & Fulton, with the remark that they are believed to be emi- 

 nently worthy of culture. The descriptions of several vari- 



