Miscellanies. 211 



28. Jl JVatural System of Botany, or a Systematic View of the 

 organization, natural affinities, avd geographical distribution of the 

 whole vegetable kingdom, together with the uses of the most important 

 species in medicine, the arts, and rural or domestic economy, by John 

 Lindley, F. R. S., <^c. 4'C. Second edition, with numerous addi- 

 tions and corrections, and a complete list of genera, with their syno- 

 nymes. London, Longman h Co., 1836. 8vo. pp. 526. — The 

 students of Botany in this country are generally acquainted with the 

 first edition of this work, through the American reprint, edited by 

 Dr. Torrey, and published by the Messrs. Carvill, of New York. 

 The edition now before us is so greatly improved by the addition of 

 original matter, and especially by the arrangement of the orders upon 

 entirely different priaciples, that it might almost be considered a new 

 VA'ork. The preparation of a complete list of genera, properly ar- 

 ranged under their respective orders, sub-orders, &c. must have been 

 a very laborious and difficult task. It was, however, greatly needed, 

 as, until its appearance, there has been no general enumeration later 

 than that in the Ordines Flantarum of Bartling, published in the 

 year 1830. 



A more extended notice of the work may be expected in the en- 

 suing number of this Journal. 



29. Hints on the cultivation of the Mulberry, with some general ob- 

 servations on the Production of Silk, by hewis Tinelli, Dr. of Civil 

 Law in the Univ. of Pavia. New York, 1837. — This little book 

 of about 50 pages 8vo., is designed chiefly to show that the cultiva- 

 tion of the mulberry and the growth of silk are as well suited to the 

 soil and climate of the United States as to European countries. He 

 begins with a brief history of the seropedic art, and then shows the 

 prevailing opinion to be false that the successful growth of the mul- 

 berry requires a warm climate. In proof of this, he adduces the 

 fact that Switzerland, Germany, and even Sweden, produce silk in 

 large quantities and of excellent quality ; and Lombardy, where 

 some of the best silk in market is grown, is frequently covered with 

 snow for two months of the year. He gives the preference to the 

 MoRus MuLTiCAULis for this country, since it is so easily propagated 

 by cuttings and requires no very peculiar soil. Our interest in the 

 book is increased from the fact that the author is one of those injured 

 and unfortunate men whom the tyrannical power of Austria has 

 driven as exiles to our free and happy country, after wasting their 

 bodies by years of severe imprisonment in her gloomy dungeons. 



