452 Catalogue of flwh on Gardening, 



45. On an hnproved Mode of heating Ilot-houses, practised hy 



M. Seidel at Dresden. 



Beds of sand are heated by flues placed in a vault under- 

 neath, and the pots are cither sunk in the sand, or placed on 

 it, according to their respective natures and conditions. 



46. to 52. are Notices, Extracts, &c., of local Interest, and com- 



plete the volume. 



Art. IV. Catalogue of Worls on Gardening, Agricidtitre, Botany, 

 Rural Architecture, &;c., lately published, ivith some Account 

 of those considered the most interesting. 



BRITAIN. 



JRlLFA', IV. E.: Remarks on the Importation, and Result of the Introduc- 

 tion, of the Cachcmire and Angora Goats into France ; and the extra- 

 onhnary Properties of the new Race, Cacliemire- Angora; with its 

 Capability of also rendering the Connnon Goat of value to the Colonists 

 of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Paniph. 8vo. London, 

 1832. 



A great variety of information is here brought tc^ether on the subject 

 of the Angora goat, its introduction into France, to England (at Weald 

 Hall in Essex), and of an attemj^t to carry it out to Australia. Mr. Riley 

 made two journeys to Paris, and each time brought over several of the 

 goats ; which we had the i)leasure of seeing in perfect health, in April last, 

 and which have been subsequently shipped to Sydney. 



T/ic Cashmere Shawl Goat has been successfully introduced into England 

 by C. T, Tower, Esq., of Wealil Hall, Essex ; and as that gentleman, by 

 this time, must have some of his fiock to dispose of, wc think their intro- 

 duction among cottagers, for their wool and also (as suggested Vol. V 

 p. 5.'32.) for their milk, a fair subject for some of our female readers to 

 Bpeculate on. This variety of the connnon goat (or, probably, it may be 

 a distinct species) is a fine-looking animal, ami woultl be very ornamenta* 

 in a park, on a ruin, on the side of a rock, or in a churciiyard. It would 

 also l)e very pleasant to have a home-maile Cashmere shawl. We shall, 

 therefore, give all the information we can on the subject, from INIr. Tower's 

 account, as published in the last volume (xlvi.) of the Traiisactioiis of the 

 Society of Arts. The Cashmere goat was brought from Persia to France 

 during the time of Napoleon, and under his patronage, by the celebrated 

 M. Ternciiux. In lH-^:i, Mr. Tower, happening at that time to be in I'aris, 

 purchased four of them, two males and two females, and succeeded in 

 conveying them safely to his residence in Essex. The soil of the park at 

 Weald liall, where they have been kept ever since, is moist, and the situ- 

 ation is much exposed. The animals have, nevertheless, continueil in health, 

 and nniltiplied rapidly; so that his present Hock consists of twenty-seven, 

 including the four original ones. Of these latter, a polled female, which 

 was old when |)urchased by him, has every year produceil at least one kid, 

 and has twice had twins. Those indiviiluals of which the horns cross are 

 in Persia esteemed the best ; and one of Mr. Tower's la.st year's kids hau 

 this peculiarity. They show no im[)atience of cold, and are very healthy; 

 requiring only the occasional shelter of a shed in \k:Y\ rough weather. In 

 spring, sunmier, and autumn they graze like sheep; and, during winter, 

 have been fetl with hay, and refuse vegetables from the garden ; but their 



