Reviews. — Boston Journal of JVatural History. 427 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. The Jlmcrican Orchardisl; or an account of th& 

 most valuable varieties of Fruit of all climates, adapted to 

 cultivation in the United Stales, ivitk their history, modes of 

 culture, management, uses, S,-c.; with an JJppendix on Veg- 

 etables, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers; the Jig- 

 ricultural Resources of America; and on Silk, ^^c. By 

 W. Kenrick. Third ediiion, enlaro-ed and improved. 

 12ino., 449 pages. Boston: 1841. 



Mr. Kenrick's work has passed to a third edition, and that 

 is the test of its merits. After the elaborate review of the 

 second edition, in our pages, which appeared at the time it 

 was published, (Vol. II., p. 30,) by one of our most in- 

 telligent correspondents, it is unnecessary for us to extend 

 our notice of it at this time. It has been very thoroughly- 

 revised by the author, and several additions and improvements 

 made in the body of the work, as well as the appendix. The 

 author's visit to London and Paris enabled him to add some 

 excellent hints upon the method of cultivating trees in those 

 places, which will be read with gratification by American fruit 

 growers. We have not found time to go over and compare 

 the last with the present edition, but the time and expense the 

 author has spent upon it, to make it a more correct work, 

 must render it a more acceptable book to the American or- 

 chardist. 



Art. II. Boston Journal of JSTatural IHstory; containing 

 papers and communications read before the Boston Society 

 of JSTatural History. Vol. III., No. 4. 100 pages. Bos- 

 ton: 1841. 



The fourth part of Vol. ITT., completing that volume, ap- 

 peared some time since, and has laid before us, awaiting a 

 favorable opportunity for notice. It contains the concluding 



