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himself for his acumen and skill in the caricography of New 

 England, and we fear that the present work will add no new 

 laurel to his well earned fame. To republish descriptions of 

 our flora, after the many manuals already in circulation, seems 

 needless; and all the new species and the rarer, of botanical 

 interest, with the decidedly useful and important, did not de- 

 mand so much labor and time. As a specimen of what we 

 could wish to see in this department of our science, we would 

 mention the reports of Dr. Harris on insects, where instead 

 of taking Hitchcock's published catalogue as a basis, he has 

 given, in most simple but interesting descriptions, the noxious 

 and the useful insects of our State. \Ye know not whether 

 that gentleman is yet to report further progress in his entomo- 

 logical researches, but we repeat, that a report such as his, 

 will do more to introduce an attention to the subject of natural 

 history, among our citizens, than those which are but meagre 

 outlines of any department of natural science, and which, ex- 

 hibiting little of its claim of respect of its intrinsic beauty, 

 can scarcely serve as a record of useful knowledge. X. 



MISCELLANEOUS LNTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Domestic Kotices. 



Splendid exhibitions of the Tulip. — It is a gratifying circumstance 

 to us, to be able to inform our readers that there are now three most 

 gorgeous displays of that king of llorists' flowers, the tulip, in the 

 vicinity of Boston, viz. — one at the Public Garden, in the city, being 

 a bed of one thousand and four bulbs: — our correspondent, Mr. 

 Walker's well known and splendid collection of two thousand bulbs: 

 — and lastly, the amateur collection of J. Cabot, Esq., of Salem, of 

 upwards of one thousand five hundred bulbs. A few years since, 

 Mr. Walker's was the only collection of any note; next came Mr. 

 Cabot's; and now, the Public Garden, desirous of adding as much 

 as possible to their attractions, have added the fine bed now in 

 bloom. It is an evidence that the taste for the tulip is gradually 

 finding its way among amateur cultivators and lovers of flowers, and 

 the more such displays are placed before the public eye, where they 



