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The Vegetable World. Being a History of Plants, witli their 

 Botanical Description and Peculiar Properties. By Louis 

 FiGUiER. New York : D. Appleton & Co. 8vo ; 576 pp. ; 

 cloth. $G. 



This is most splendidly illustrated, and, on the whole, 

 very valuable, although the reader must be well posted 

 on the subject to avoid the numerous errors that occur in 

 almost every chapter. We can not for a moment suppose 

 that these mistakes are the author's, but must have 

 been made by the translator. Louis Figuicr is a very 

 successful author of several popular works, and although 

 he is not considered high authority in botany, he knows 

 very well that the female organs of Juglans regia are not 

 borne in catkins — page 359; or that lilies are not all water- 

 plants — page 321. Many such errors might be cited ; but 

 it is doubtful if the English or American publishers will 

 ever take the trouble to correct them, even if they were 

 all pointed out, consequently nothing would be gained by 

 our fault-finding. • 



Vineyard Culture. Improved and Cheapened. By A. Du 

 Breuil. Translated by E. and C. Parker, with Notes and 

 Adaptations to American Culture by John A. Warder. Cin- 

 cmnati, Ohio : Robert Clarke & Co. 12mo ; 337 pp. $2. 



Du Breuil's name is probably more familiar to the 

 horticulturists of this country than that of any othei 

 French author. 



Aside from the numerous copies of his works to be 

 found in both public and private libraries, copious extracts 

 from them are inserted in many of the English as well as 

 American books on jrardeninir. This of itself is sufficient 



