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are few, but they are important and discussed in detail : they 

 are a continuation of the last number, and named as follows : — 



CI. Tile and Pipe Drawing : CII. Subsoil-Ploughing con- 

 nected with Thorough Draining : CIII. Irrigation : CIV. The 

 Rotation of Crops : CV. Soiling or House Feeding : CVI. Crops. 



This is a practical and excellent number. The drainage of 

 soils is yearly attracting more attention among our farmers, 

 and any information on the mode in which these operations 

 are performed in England must be highly desirable to our agri- 

 culturists. The rotation of crops, too, is a subject worthy of 

 all consideration, and the system adopted in Britain must be 

 equally applicable to our own husbandry. It is the main point 

 in high and successful cultivation to follow up a proper suc- 

 cession of crops ; for, under any other course, the land must 

 gradually lose its invigorating qualities, and finally become 

 what is termed wo/m out. Our space will not permit us to 

 offer any extracts at this time, but we may commend the work 

 to the favorable attention of agriculturists. 



Art. III. The American Floicrer Garden Companion. Re- 

 vised and Enlarged. By Edward Savers, Landscape and 

 Ornamental Gardener, &c. 1 vol. 12mo. pp. 207. Cincin- 

 nati. 1846. 



In the present edition, Mr. Sayers has added much useful 

 information, and we may commend 'it as a great improve- 

 ment upon the first edition, which has been noticed by us. 

 Mr. Sayers' s Avorks are wholly practical, and he enters into 

 those minute details which many authors take it for granted 

 every body knows, but which contain the very information 

 many readers are particularly in search of In the present 

 edition, the selected lists of plants are brought down to a late 

 date, and additional information is also given in relation to 

 the propagation of various kinds of plants, both hardy and 

 tender. The volume closes with a glossary of the gene- 

 ral terms used in describing plants. We commend it as a 

 cheap and useful book to new beginners in the art of cultivation. 



