610 IVurls on Gardeuifig, Sfc. 



Elliotson's Hohart To'von Almanack^ and Ross's Van Diemen's 

 Land AnniiaU for 1837. 8vo, two maps and a vignette. 

 Hobart Town. 



We have great pleasure in receiving any book from Van Die- 

 men's Land, that being the country and climate which we prefer 

 to all others, as coming the nearest to the finest parts of the 

 climate of England. In the Almanack^ we are happy to observe 

 an account of various nseful institutions established in Hobart 

 Town, such as schools, a mechanics' institution, a book society, 

 an inspector of live sto«k and slaughter-houses, a board of roads 

 and bridges, 8:c. The Atmual contains a general view of the 

 past and present state of Van Diemen's Land, in which is in- 

 cluded an excursion to Port Arthur, the perusal of which will 

 be found highly interesting ; though, we must acknowledge, not 

 very inviting. The following paragraph stands at the end of the 

 Almanack for November : — 



" The progress of vegetation is now very rapid : avail yourself of occasional 

 showers to plant out cabbages, &c. Young i)cas, potatoes, gooseberries, and 

 strawberries are now in season. If anything can call forth the exertions of the 

 the husbandman, and render his rural occupation delightful, it is the joyous 

 prospect which his fields and herds now afford him." 



In December, hay harvest is general throughout the Island; 

 and towards the end of the month, barley harvest begins. July 

 is die principal winter month, respecting which it is said, — 



" The average temperature of this month is as low as -tO" of Fahrenheit ; the 

 weather, however, though occasionally wet, is, on the whole, serene and plea- 

 sant, affording every opportunity to carry on the operations of the farm by 

 plough and otherwise." 



Of May it is said, — 



" This and the ensuing month may be considered as the depth of winter in 

 "Van Diemen's Land ; for, before July has expired and August commenced, 

 various indications of the approaching spring are put forth. Vegetation, ex- 

 cept in the evergreen trees and shrubs of the Island, is completely at a stand." 



FRANCE. 



Histoire Nattirdle des lies Canaries. Par MM. P. Bai'ker- 

 Webb, et Sabin Berthelot, Membres de plusieurs Academies 

 et Societes savantes. Ouvrage public sous les auspices de M. 

 Guizot, Ministre de I'lnstruction Publique. Large 4to and fol., 

 plates. Paris. 



This admirable work (in every respect a model of its kind) 

 continues to maintain the same style of excellence with which it 

 commenced. The 22d livraison, now before us, contains an 

 interesting View of the Region of Heaths in the Valley of Palmar 

 in TenerifFe; a View of the Village of Adexe, in which the palm 

 and the dromedary are seen among the scenery ; and figures of 

 W6bbza platysepala Sjiach ; a new plant belonging to the order 



