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to see them; but in a new work, these may be considered as 

 faults of omission. As soon as the work is fully established, 

 we do not doubt the editor will secure the aid of some com- 

 petent person, fully acquainted with all our fruits, to assist 

 him in the letter-press department: this is all that is wanting, 

 to render the Companion a standard work to the American 

 pomologist. 



The practical information which the editor has gathered to- 

 gether possesses much interest. Original articles on the cul- 

 tivation of the grape vine, on transplanting fruit trees, on 

 pruning, and on protection of peach trees from the worm, have 

 been published, besides three articles from our pages, and 

 other miscellaneous matter; the whole forming, when the vol- 

 ume is completed, a valuable work. 



In conclusion, we can cordially recommend the Orchard- 

 isf's Companion as a work richly illustrated with specimens 

 of our best fruits, from which the amateur cultivator or the 

 gentleman may select the choicest varieties for his garden. 



Art. II. Fourth Report of the Agriculture of Massachusetts; 

 Counties of Franklin and Middlesex. By Henry Col- 

 man, Commissioner of the Agricultural Survey of the 

 State. 1 large vol., 8vo., 528 pages. Boston: 1841. 



Much do we regret that it has so early become our duty 

 to record in our pages the opening words of the Agricultural 

 Commissioner, that the volume at the head of this article 

 "constitutes the fourth and last Report of the Agriculture of 

 Massachusetts." The benefits which have been conferred 

 upon the whole farming community, by the labors of the 

 Commissioner, are too apparent to be a subject of remark 

 here. The vast resources of the State have been developed 

 — the zeal of the farmers has been aroused — their profession 

 improved and exalted: — the dissemination of valuable informa- 



