392 Literary Notices. 



horticulture, where the writers devote page after page to elaborating some favor- 

 ite notion, — important in their estimation it may be, but of no interest to 

 their readers, who want information and guidance. 



Never liaving served an apprenticeship under a scientific gardener, we know 

 little of the high mysteries of the art ; but, for nine people out of ten, we believe 

 the book named above will be a safe and satisfactory guide. In some futuFc 

 edition, we hope to see a fuller list of strawberries and grapes ; but these multi- 

 ply so fast, that any manual soon gets antiquated. Lindley's " Outlines of Hor- 

 ticulture " makes a valuable appendix to the book ; which makes us forget for the 

 time the backwardness of the season, and see in imagination rows of peas push- 

 ing their way to light, beans sprouting, and the ten thousand signs that show 

 summer at hand and the gardener busy. 



