308 Literary JSTotices. 



Cottage, and Villa Grounds, of from one perch to ten acres or 

 more in extent ; including plans of some of the more interesting 

 small gardens in the suburbs of London, Edinburgh, DubUn, 

 Paris, Berlin, Munich, and Vienna. 3. Directions for their Plant- 

 ing, Culture, and General Management. 4. Directions for the 

 Cultivation of all the Cuhnary Plants, Fruits, Flowers, Shrubs, 

 and Trees usually grown in small Gardens. 5. Directions for 

 Building and Furnishing small Green-houses, Pits, and Frames; 

 for the Culture of such Plants as are usually grown in them in 

 small Gardens, and for the Management of Plants in Pots, in 

 Balconies, on House-tops, and in Rooms. 6. A Monthly Cal- 

 endar of Work to be done, including Directions respecting 

 Poultry, Pigs, Cows, Grass Fields, &c. 7. A priced List of 

 the Trees, Shrubs, Plants, Tools, &c., usually required for 

 small Gardens. 



GeranidcecB. — A new work on the geranium tribe was to ap- 

 pear on May 1st, in 4to numbers, on the first day of every al- 

 ternate month, price 7s. The flowers will be painted in oil, by 

 the first artists in flower-paintings, from which the engravings 

 will be taken, and colored to imitate the originals. Li the exe- 

 cution of the flowers it has been attempted to surpass any works 

 that have preceded it, so that any individual flower might form a 

 copy, that ladies fond of flower-painting might use, preparatory 

 to their painting from nature. It will be published by the Messrs. 

 Ridge way. 



Zur Geschichte, Kultur, und Klassifikation der Georginen 

 und Dahlien. — This is the German title of a work now publish- 

 ing in 8vo numbers, in Leipsic, at one dollar each. It may be 

 translated as the History, Classification, and Culture of the 

 Dahha. 



Plora Hibernica was preparing for publication about the mid- 

 dle of April. Part I, comprising the Flowering Plants and the 

 Ferns of Ireland, by J. T. Mackay, M. R. I. A., A. L. S., 

 &c. ; and Part II, comprising the t/J/usci, Hepaticas, and Li- 

 chenes, by Thomas Taylor, M. D., M. R. I. A.; and the 

 .y^'lgse, by W. H. Harvey. In one royal 8vo volume of about 

 six hundred pages. 



The Flora JJomestica, or History of J\Iedicinal Plants indige- 

 nous to Great Britain, illustrated by numerous colored plates, 

 by Benjamin H. Barton, F. L. S., will be pubhshed in parts. 

 Part I was to appear on May 2. The work will contain a cor- 

 rect description of all the medicinal plants growing wild in the 

 woods and fields of Great Britain, and such as are cultivated 

 and easy of access in the gardens. The history of each plant 

 will comprise its botanical and popular character ; its poisonous 

 qualities, if any ; the uses to which it has been applied in medi- 

 cine, the arts, and in rural and domestic economy ; the mode 



