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REVIEWS. 



Art. I. The Trees of America^ Pictorially^ Botanically^ and 

 Entomologically delineated ; embracing a complete Descrip- 

 tion of the Forest Trees of North Am,erica, their Ctdture, 

 Manageinent and Propagation ; Uses, Economy in the Arts; 

 Introduction into Com,m,erce, and their Application in Useful 

 and Ornamental Plantation and in Landscape Gardening. 

 By D. J. Browne, Author of the Sylva Americana. 1 vol. 

 8vo. pp. 520 ; with many Engravings. New York. 1846. 



The vokime of Mr. Brown has been before us longer than 

 is usual, with a work of its importance, without a notice ; our 

 apology, however, for the delay, is a want of room ; and also 

 because we have already given some account of its preparation, 

 and furnished our readers, in advance of publication, with a 

 specimen of the style in which the work is executed, (p. 186.) 



The Trees of North America is a subject of sufficient scope, 

 in its nature and importance, to furnish a most interesting and 

 useful volume — surpassed by no country in the grandeur, state- 

 liness, and beauty of its woodlands and forests — to a mind im- 

 bued with a love of scenery, and open to the impressions of 

 the picturesque, what a grand theme does the subject present ! 

 Michaux and Loudon, though they have already revealed to 

 the world the riches of our forest scenery, have yet left much 

 of local interest which an industrious gleaner might garner 

 up and present in a most interesting and entertaining volume. 



To say that the author of The Trees of America has ac- 

 complished this would be more than we are willing to admit. 

 The volume, however, presents us with a great deal of valu- 

 able information in a convenient form and at a reasonable 

 rate, and accessible to many who cannot afford to purchase 

 the expensive volumes of Michaux, or the still more costly 

 and complete work of Loudon. 



The principal faults of the volume are, that the author has 

 occupied too much space with the orange, almond, peach, 

 cherry, pomegranate, apple, pear, plum, grape, &c., giving 

 details which rather belong to a treatise upon the cultivation 

 of these various fruits, than to a work describing the Trees of 

 America. It would have been better to have comprehended 



