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and not waste their arguments, as they sometimes do, under an utter mis- 

 conception of the object in dispute. 



Dr. Darlington is an excellent botanist and we commend 

 his remarks to the attention of our readers. 



Aet. IV. The Western Farmer and Gardener s Almanac, 

 for 1844. By A. Randall. 12mo, pp. 114. Cincinnati. 

 1844. 



A useful little almanac to the farmer, containing in addi- 

 tion to the usual astronomical calculations, a variety of 

 agricultural and gardening information, and several archi- 

 tectural designs and plans for cottages and villas. Among 

 the more important articles is an essay on soils, — a chapter 

 engrafting, — hints on breeding — on cattle, — sowing seed, — 

 on architecture, and calendars of work for the farm and gar- 

 den for every month, adapted to the Northern and Southern 

 sections of the Union. The western farmer will find it an 

 interesting volume. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Domestic Notices. 



Tank System of Heating. — I have this day completed a house on the 

 tank system of heating ; you will hear of its results. — Yours truly, R. 

 Buist, Philadelphia, Dec. 29th 1843. [We shall be much pleased to have 

 our correspondent give us an account of the temperature of the house 

 during the late cold weather, together with quantity of coal or other fuel 

 consumed ; also the first cost of the apparatus, and the size of the house 

 which it is intended to heat. We have some experiments of our own to 

 communicate as soon as we can find leisure to write them out. — Ed. 



South Carolina Tea. — Some time since an account was given in a 

 Virginia newspaper, of the culture of the tea, from China seed, in Green- 

 ville, S. C, and it was supposed by many at the time to be a hoax : but 

 it seems that the statement is true — at least so far as it relates to South 

 Carolina tea ! — for certainly no individual who knows anything about 

 plants, could ever have believed it to be the tea of commerce. 



