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the farmers of America, in which the author has endeav- 

 ored to show them the importance of preserving the for- 

 ests which they now possess, as well as to furnish them 

 with directions for raismg new ones. No farmer or land- 

 owner should be without a copy. 



Peat and its Uses. By Samuel Johnson, A.M. New York : O. 

 JuDD & Co. 12mo ; 168 pp. ; muslin, $1 25. 



Although this is not a horticultural work, still the im- 

 portance of peat as a fertilizer must be apparent to every 

 horticulturist in our country, consequently it is as valuable 

 to them as to any other class of cultivators. This book tells 

 the whole story, treats the subject practically and scientif- 

 ically, and is the very best treatise ever published on the 

 subject. If there are not one hundred thousand copies of 

 this book sold within the next year, the American people 

 do not know nor study their own interest. 



American Gardener's Assistant. By Thomas Bridgeman. New 



Edition, revised and enlarged, by S. Edward Todd. New York : 

 William Wood & Co. 12mo ; 530 pp. ; muslin, $2 50. 



This work purports to be a revised and enlarged edition 

 of an old and very good work in its thne. We discover 

 in the present edition an attempt at revision and additions, 

 but it falls so far short of what it should be, that it is lit- 

 tle better than a caricature of the original. If we refer to 

 Part L, which treats of vegetables, we will find few of our 

 most valuable kinds mentioned, and almost any of our 

 seedsmen's catalogues, which may be had for the asking, 

 are better guides than this voluminous treatise. None of 

 the new or old varieties of rhubarb, tomatoes, peas, pump- 



