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from the English edition. The work is not yet out in Eng- 

 land. It will be published in Nos. by Wiley and Putnam 

 New York, and the first No. will be ready early next month. 



It is well known to chemists that this work is unsurpassed 

 in importance and eminently practical ; and the intelligent 

 cultivator may expect from it a rich treat. 



An edition of Prof. Johnston's Agricultural Catechism^ 

 which has now reached its seventh Scotch issue — is also 

 about being published in Albany, with an introduction by 

 Mr. John P. Norton of Farmington Ct, now assistant in Prof. 

 Johnston's Laboratory. Mr. Norton has adapted it for Amer- 

 ican readers by the alteration of such passages as were local 

 and inapplicable in this country. — Ed. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Domestic Notices. 



Tank System of Heating. — In the third number of your Magazine for this 

 year, (1844,) I find a notice from your correspondent, Mr. Buist, of Phila- 

 delphia, who stated that he had just completed a house on the Tank Sys- 

 tem of heating, and would give you an account of the results. To which 

 you added that you would be pleased to learn the success of the experi- 

 ment, and that you had yourself some information to communicate as soon 

 as time would permit. As I have a small grapery for which I should like to 

 find some economical method of heating, I should like to see the result of 

 both experiments in the next number of your Magazine. — Respectfully, thy 

 friend, John Hoivland, New Bedford, Dec, 1844. 



[We should be pleased to communicate any information which will aid 

 our friend in the completion of his heating apparatus ; and we can with safety 

 say, that so far the gutter system has worked well with us : It affords a 

 mild and genial heat, is attended with but little trouble, — and consumes only 

 a moderate quantity of fuel. Mr. Buist will, we hope, comply with the 

 wishes of our correspondent, and give us the results of his experience with 

 the Tank System. Our own experiments, which will be illustrated by a 

 plan, have been postponed in order to have a trial through two successive 

 seasons ; and we shall endeavor soon to give a full description of the appa- 

 ratus constructed under our care. — Ed.] 



New Seedling Rose. — Mr. Peter Raabe exhibited a fine scarlet seedling 

 Bourbon rose, raised from Mad. Desprez, at a late show of the Pennsylvania ' 

 Horticultural Society. The committee make honorable mention of it in 

 their report. — Ed. 



