1 68 Gleanings in Old Garden Literature. 



series^ Plantations, a?id Agriculture. . . . 

 2 vols, small octavo. The title, which is 

 a sort of Table of Contents, is followed by 

 a Preface, dated from 319, Oxford Street, 

 London, in which the author claims credit 

 for his work as " a truly original performance, 

 upon a plan never before attempted." The 

 First portion is devoted to directions for 

 propagation, pruning, etc., on a more copious 

 scale than former works; the Second con- 

 tains the botanical classification and nomen- 

 clature. We see what rapid progress had 

 been made, when these volumes appeared, 

 in the acclimatisation of exotics and enrich- 

 ment of our gardens with the hardier varieties 

 of Asiatic and American plants and shrubs. 



