b RECORD OF HORTICULTURE. 



extracts from the old authors, with an occasional one from 

 those of modern times. There is no particular system of 

 cultivation or training advocated ; the author evidently be- 

 lieves that the American public have become fully posted 

 on these points. Really the great fault of this book is its 

 want of such positive working directions, that the novice 

 might take it up and follow it to the letter, having every 

 step from the cutting to the full-fruiting vine plainly de- 

 scribed. The work is got up in Tilton & Co.'s splendid 

 style, and notwithstanding its defects is well Avorthy of a 

 perusal by those interested in this branch of Horticulture. 



Garden Vegetables. By Fearing Buhr. Boston : Tilton & Co. 

 12nio; 355 pp ; muslin, $2 50. 



Mr. Burr in this work has given just enough science for 

 all practical purposes, and no more. His recommendations 

 as to soils and cultivation are plain, simple, common sense, 

 just what the cultivation of vegetables require. It is well 

 written, superbly illustrated, and one of the best — if not the 

 very best — works upon the subject in the English language. 

 It is to be hoped that both the author and publishers will 

 be well repaid for giving the public so good a book as 

 " Garden Vegetables." 



Grapes and Wine. The Cultivation of the Native Grape and 

 Manuflicture of American Wines. Illustrated. By Gp:orge 

 HusMANN. New York: Geo. E. & F. W. Woodward. 12mo; 

 192 pp. ; muslin, $1 50. 



If Mr. Strong's work is deficient in j^ositiveness, we cer- 

 tainly find it in abundance in this book. Mr. Husmann has 

 had much experience in grape culture, and he writes as 



