322 Catalogue of JJorlcs on Gardening, ($r. 



We should be most happy to see Dr. Ahiian's plan fully explained, 

 being quite satisfied of tlie superiority of the natural to the Lin- 

 naean system ; though the latter is unavoidably followed in most 

 botanic gardens, from the very limited space which can be 

 afforded lor this kind of display. 



GERMANY. 



Practischc Anleitung zur Fntchtlrcibcrci. NacJi Zivajizigjal/n'ger 

 Eifahriingjur LcJirer vnd Zoglinge der Gartncrci und Gartcn- 

 Jreunde bearbeitd von C. J. Fintlemann, Kunigl. Hofgiirtnet:, 

 Lehrer hei der Konigl. Gartner Lehranstalt zu Potsdam. A 

 practical Introduction to the Forcing of Fruits, drawn from 

 Twenty Years' Experience, Sec. 8vo, 175 pages, and two 

 copperplates. Potsdam, 1837. 



This is an excellent little work, iHustrated by very neat en- 

 gravings; and, though the whole of it is not exactly suited to the 

 chmate of England, there are so many excellent things in the 

 book, that, in some future Number, we shall probably give 

 part of it in an English dress. 



Die PJanen-Insel. ILin poetischcs GcmcUde von F. K. Keil. Ed. 3., 

 10 pages. Potsdam, 183G. 



The frontispiece to this " poetical picture," is a perspective 

 elevation of the palm-house in the Pfauen-Insel, of a solid pa- 

 rallelogrammic form, apparently between 50 ft. and 60 ft. high; 

 but, no scale or dimensions being given, we are unable to com- 

 pare it with the palm-houses of this country, Austria, or France. 



FRANCE. ■ 



liapport fait j)'^'>' M. Rendu^ le 16 Mars, 1836, an nom de la 

 Commission Cliargee d'indiquer a la Societe les Moi/ens les j^lns 

 cfjlcaces jiour la Destruction da Vcr Blanc et du Manneton. 8vo. 

 32 pages. Paris, 1836. 



De Bon Jardinier, Almanack pour VAnnee 1837, accompagne 

 d'nne Revue Horticole. Paris. 12mo, price 7 francs; in 

 London, Is. 



This excellent and well-known work goes on with renewed 

 vicrour. The Revue Horticole contains notices of what the ex- 

 perienced and judicious editors, M. Audot and M. Poiteau, con- 

 sider some of the principal improvements made in France and 

 Britain during the past year. Among the latter are, Mr. For- 

 syth's pot for striking cuttings, and Mr. Niven's plan for a na- 

 tural arranfjement, both from the Gardener's Magazine. Our 

 much esteemed and eminently scientific correspondent, M. Vil- 

 morin, has noticed the Qjdnba, the Pinus austriaca, the Victoria 



