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arrangement may be rendered available to practical gar- 

 deners. The same arrangement and sorts, unless something 

 better occurs, will be given in the catalogue of fruits at the 

 end of our Hortus Britannicus. 



Appendix I. — Biographical Sketch made by the Secretary, at a 

 Special General Meeting of the Society, held on the 1st of Oct. 

 182% for the Purpose of electing a Member of the Council in the 

 room of Mr. James Dickson, deceased. 



See Encyc. ofGard. 2d edit. p. 1113, A.D. 1805. 



II. — A List of. Pears cultivated in France and the Netherlands, 

 with the Periods of their Maturity, their Quality, Size, Flavor, 

 fyc. By Le Chevalier Joseph Parraentier, Corresponding Mem- 

 ber of the Horticultural Society. 



This list is useful, as indicating the time of ripening, quality, 

 flavor, size of the fruit, and the situation most proper 

 for the tree; and also to those who do not understand 

 French, the proper mode of spelling the names. All these 

 sorts, and many others, will be enumerated in the catalogue 

 of fruits at the end of our Hortus Britannicus. 



Art. IV. Essay on the Beneficial Direction of Rural Expenditure. 

 By Robert Slaney, Esq. London. 12mo. 



We shall take the opportunity offered by our notice of this 

 work, to give our sentiments respecting the well-being and the 

 well-doing of the agricultural labourers of England ; subjects 

 most intimately and powerfully connected with the healthy and 

 vigorous state, not only of our prosperity, but also of our hap- 

 piness and morals as a nation. Before, however, we go into 

 these topics, it may be proper to premise our opinion of Mr. 

 Slaney's little volume. It is evidently the production of a man 

 who has really at heart the advantage of those for whom he 

 writes ; and as this embraces the rational and beneficial amuse- 

 ment of the rich, as well as the bettering of the condition and 

 character of the poor, we should have received his work in 

 good part, and given it the warm and sincere approbation of 

 our heart, even if it had been less worthy than it is of re- 

 ceiving the approbation of our judgment. We will not flat- 

 ter him, however : he has exhibited, throughout the whole of 

 it, undoubted proofs that he has thought much, read much, 

 and seen much, regarding the subjects on which it treats; but 

 we cannot help expressing our opinion, that if he had trusted 



