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tor, particularly in the Western section of the country, for 

 which it is more particularly intended. Mr. Elliott is a 

 nurseryman, recently established at Cincinnati, and with 

 such facilities as are at his command, we have no doubt 

 will make the Magazine a useful and interesting publica- 

 tion. 



The first number contains seven lithographic engravings 

 of the following frnits : — The Beurre d"Aremberg pear, 

 Washington plum, Baldwin and Detroit apples, and Elton 

 cherry, together with an article on the grape. 



Tlie work is to be issued on the first of every other 

 month, making six numbers a year, and an annual volume 

 of one hundred pages, and thirty engravings. Furnished 

 at the low price of two dollars a year, in advance. 



We welcome the Magazine as a co-laborer in the cause 

 of horticultural improvement, and would commend it to 

 cultivators as a useful book of reference in ascertaining 

 the names of fruits. 



Art. III. An Addi'ess delivered before the New Haven Hor- 

 ticidtural Society^ May 25th, 1843. By A. S. Monson, 

 M. D., President of the Society. With the Transactions 

 of the Society for the year 1842. Pamphlet, 8vo. pp. 72. 

 New Haven, 1843. 



A VERY interesting Address, delivered before the New 

 Haven Horticultural Society, in May. Dr. Monson has 

 gathered together a variety of practical information, and 

 condensed it in such a manner as to form a useful book of 

 reference. His opening remarks relative to our climate, as 

 compared with that of England, convey a useful hint to 

 all cultivators : 



" The American Horticulturist needs for his guide American works on 

 gardening. Very many errors in practice have been adopted by us in 

 consequence of following instructions derived from English authorities. 

 Their mode of cultivation may, indeed, often be successful in this coun- 

 try ; but, in numerous instances, it will be productive only of failure and 

 disappointment. This is owing to the difference of climate. 



The climate of England, as compared with that of the United States, 

 is one of extreme humidity. The frequent and long continued obscura- 

 tion of the sun by clouds and fogs there, retards the ripening of fruits and 



