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may be glad to avail themselves of the valuable knowledge 

 afforded by this treatise. But as this American edition is ed- 

 ited by our esteemed friend, Mr. Skinner, who has sent us a 

 copy, we must not only say that it is a really useful work, 

 but one which should be in the hands of every farmer who 

 cares anything for the health of his horses. The best evi- 

 dence of its value is its having already reached in England 

 the twenty-eighth edition. 



Art. III. The American Agriculturists Almanac for 

 1846. By A. B. Allen, Editor of the American Agricul- 

 turist. Pamphlet, 12mo. New York and Boston. 1845. 



Our cotemporary, Mr. Allen, is out in good season with his 

 Almanac for 1846. Besides the usual astronomical matter, 

 calculated for places as far west as Indiana, it has also a va- 

 riety of intelligence interesting to the farmer. Mr. Allen's 

 name is a sufficient guaranty of the manner in which the 

 agricultural matter is made up. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. J. General Notices. 



Culture of Veronica Speciosa. — The flora of New Zealand has hitherto 

 been chiefly distinguished by curious, rather than attractive ornamental 

 flowering plants. Witness the numerous remarkable Coniferae which have 

 of late years been added to our collections. Veronica speciosa is a striking 

 exception to this rule, and leads us to anticipate much more favorably of 

 the yet unexplored regions of this vast territory. It is well known to bota- 

 nists that there are other equally beautiful shrubby species of Speedwell 

 not yet introduced, or at all events not common, in our gardens. This cir- 

 cumstance will certainly not in the least detract from the importance of this 

 species, a most beautiful specimen of which was exhibited at one of the 

 great meetings of the London Horticultural Society, from the Royal Gar- 

 dens at Frogmore. This matchless plant produced quite a sensation ; and 

 thus, in spite of unfavorable predictions, fully established its merits as a 

 first-rate greenhouse or conservatory plant. The claims of this noble spe- 

 cies are enhanced considerably by its forming so fine a contrast with the 



