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REVIEWS. 



Art. I. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and 

 Domestic Improvement. Conducted by J. C. Lcudon, F.L.S., 

 H. S., &ic. In Monthly Numbers, 8vo., I5. 6d. each. No. 

 LXXII, for March. 



The first article is a " Descriptive notice of Castle Coole, in the 

 County of Fermanagh, Ireland," which relates chiefly to large spe- 

 cimens of trees on the plantation. 



Art. 2 contains " Extracts from the letters of an English trav- 

 eller" in Sydney, enumerating some of the trees and shrubs in 

 flower there in May and June, the winter months in New 

 South Wales. Some of the plants mentioned are Acacia sauveo- 

 lens and other species, E'pacris grandiflora, pulchella, mycrophylla, 

 and heteronema ; several Banksias, Styphelia tubiflora, Lambertm 

 formosa. Lobelia gracilis, Corrae^a speciosa, Pimelea Zinifolia, Hib- 

 bertio, k,c. The thermometer on June 15th, stood at 60° in the 

 shade at noon, and at 45° in the evening, when the cold is sensibly 

 felt, and fires are very comfortable. 



Art. 3, relating to the plantations of the celebrated Jacob 

 Tonson, in. 1827, contains little that is interesting to our readers. 

 An old mulberry tree, in one corner of the vineyard, was blown 

 down some years since ; its larger boughs stuck in the ground, and, 

 and having taken root there, they now support the trunk, though 

 all traces of the original roots are gone. The tree produces a reg- 

 ular crop of fruit every year. 



The fourth article is " A Plan for the exhibition of a natural ar- 

 rangement of Plants," drawn up for the Glasnevin Botanic Garden. 

 It is accompanied with a plate, which occupies two pages. The 

 ground is laid out with a serpentine walk. On the right of this 

 walk, all the exotic genera are planted ; and, on the left, all those 

 indigenous to Great Britain ; the plants of the three countries are to 

 be identified by " distinctive labels of metal, impressed with the 

 rose, shamrock, or thistle" — a valuable article when the planting 

 of Arhoretums shall be commenced in our country. 



Art. 5, " Design 7," for laying out the frontages of houses, 

 with plates. 



The sixth article contains " Remarks on the ringing of fruit 

 trees," translated from an article on the subject published in Bel- 

 gium. We consider this a very useful paper, and extract it entire, 

 for the benefit of our readers : — 



" Ringing a tree cuts off the part operated upon from the circulation 

 of the sap, and necessitates it to subsist principally on the nourishment 

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